SWISS CHARD 
Leaves are cooked and served like spinach and the mid-ribs like asparagus, or 
both may ‘be cooked together. Leaf-stalks make delicious fritters. Cutting may 
be done by removing outer leaves‘ of various plants, thus allowing the center and 
remaining leaves to grow, or entire plants may be cut off a couple inches above the 
crown and new leaves will be produced. A healthy and nutritious, easily grown 
vegetable. Chard stands hot weather and is an abundant, continuous yielder. 
153 Burpee’s Rhubarb Chard © — distinc 
60 days. A Swiss Chard that looks like rhubarb. The leaf-stalks, 
considered by many as the most delicious part of the chard plant, 
are bright but delicate, translucent crimson; the rich color extends 
out through the veins into the dark green, heavily crumpled leaves. 
Easily grown, thrives everywhere. You will enjoy the different, 
tasty, delicious. flavor of Burpee’s rhubarb chard. We offer an out- 
standing, reselected, colorful strain. Vigorous, upright grower. 
. - Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25; 1 lb. $2.25 
135 Burpee’s Fordhook Giant © — rai 
aoe 60 days. Named after Burpee’s Fordhook Farms. Leaves are rich dark 
--—s« green, much crumpled or savoyed, and when grown well, will measure 
10 in. in width and 2% ft. in length; texture is thick and fleshy. The 
pearly white stalks make an excellent dish prepared like asparagus. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 14 1b. 90¢; 1 lb. $1.60 
136 Large Ribbed White 60 days. Grown mostly for the broad, 
white, tender mid-ribs of the large, smooth green leaves. The succulent 
; foliage is of thick texture and has a nice flavor when cooked like spinach. 
= Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 1b. 75¢; % lb. $1.25 
137 Lucullus 60 days. Well-known variety for which some culinary 
experts claim first place on account of its mild, spinach-like flavor. Light 
green, heavily savoyed, crumpled leaves grow to large size. The thick, 
re fleshy, broad white stalks are splendid for creaming like asparagus. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 1 Ib. $1.25 
1002 Perpetual or Spinach Beet 50 days. A form of leaf 
beet somewhat similar to chard; smooth green leaves with mid-rib 
hardly noticeable. Resistant to heat. Good summer substitute for 
spinach. Quick grower and produces for a long time. 
~. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 1% |b. 90¢; 1% lb. $1.45 
Burpee’s Rhubarb Chard 
How to Grow Swiss Chard 
Sow seed any time from early spring until 
midsummer in rows 18 to 30 in. apart; cover 
with % in. of soil. When seedlings are 3 to 4 
in. high, thin 8 to 10 in. apart in the row. ; 
The plants are quite hardy and will yield>. 
throughout the summer and fall until frost. 
All chards are suitable for freezing. They 
yield heavily wherever beets can be grown. 
A pkt. will sow 25 ft. of row; an oz. 100 ft. 
Bur pee’s TAMPA LA Amaranthus gangeticus 
First introduced in America 
How to Grow Tampala 
by Burpee in 1944 Being a so-called hot-weather plant, seed should not be 
aS : : ; sown until the soil has become thoroughly warm. Make 
Within 6 to 8 weeks from sowing, Tampala 1S ready several successive sowings 10 days to 2 weeks apart and, 
to use when the entire plants make the most deli- for the most tender leaves, use entire young plants when 
y ce a ech ind Pa 6 to 10 in. high. However, a plant may be left every 2 ft. 
Es cious ‘‘greens’’ either raw as a salad or cooked as you and: leaves picked as they ‘mature. : 
¥ would spinach: Asa cooked, canned or quickly frozen 
bs green, Tampala is, in the opinion of many, superior 
to spinach or Swiss Chard—more appetizing color, 
4 flavor more delicious, shrinks very little, holds its 
; color better and is easier to prepare. Give it a trial. 
1375 Burpee Tampala —ight green 
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¥ Delicious green vegetable raw or cooked which has been 
a enjoyed by the Chinese and the people of India for cen- 
-_ turies. Introduced by us as ‘‘Tampala’”’ by which name 
it is known in India. Leaves are light green in color. 
Pkt. 20¢; 2 pkts. 35¢; 14 oz. 80¢; oz. $2.25 
3 1377 Burpee Fordhook Tampala 
Darkest green-leaved selection of this newly recognized 
green leafy vegetable which has an unusually long 
period of usefulness in the summer garden. 
Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 14 oz. $1.00; oz. $3.00 
1376 Burpee Red Tampala 
It is equal in all respects to Burpee Tampala and Burpee 
- Fordhook Tampala, but instead of the leaves being 
green they are variegated green and red, the red extend- 
ing out along the veins of the dark green leaves. 
Burpee Fordhook Tampala—full La plant 
s~wPkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 1% oz. $1.00; oz. $3.00 Grow Burpee Seeds—Burpee Seeds Grow .. 103 
