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SPINACH 
SPINACH 
Culture. An all-year crop. Sow early in spring, in drills one 
foot apart, and thin the plants as you need them for cooking. For 
winter and spring use, sow in September. One ounce of seed will 
sow about 75 feet of row. 
Nobel (Giant Thick Leaved). A recent introduction and the 
best of the round seeded thick leaved varieties. Heavy yielding, 
leaves very large, thick, broad, smooth and deep green in color. 
We recommend ‘‘Nobel’’ for either home, market garden or can- 
ning use. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4 Ib. 30c. 
New Zealand. A plant with thick, fleshy texture and soft crys- 
talline leaves. Is not like the ordinary spinach in appearance, 
but it is used in the same way. Sow when the ground warms up, 
soaking the seed in water for 24 hours before sowing. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; 14 Ib. 40c; Ib. $1.25. 
Special Viroflay. A long standing variety especially selected 
for a type less susceptible to go to seed than others. The leaves 
are large and thick. This variety is a decided advancement in this 
class of spinach. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4 Ib. 30c. 
SQUASH 
Culture. Sow after danger of frost is past. Light, warm soil is 
best. Plant in hills prepared the same as for pumpkins and 
melons, the bush kinds about 4 feet apart, and the running vari- 
eties from 6 to 9 feet apart, according to their nature, as some 
will run more than others. Plant about one-half dozen seeds in 
each hill and thin to three best plants. The earth about the 
plants should be kept loose and clear from weeds until runners 
are well started. Cutting off the leading shoots of the running 
varieties is recommended as having a tendency to promote 
growth and early maturity of the fruit. One ounce of seed will 
plant from 30 to 50 hills. 
Summer Squash 
Early White Bush Scallop. A very early variety, with flat, 
creamy white scalloped squashes, 4 to 6 inches in diameter. The 
vine is bush in habit and rather dwarf. This variety is the 
common ‘‘Pattypan’’ squash. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; '4 Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
Italian or Zucchini Squash. Is a bush variety and should be 
planted 5 feet apart. It should be used when quite young. When 
stewed, it has a rich, creamy flavor not equalled by another 
squash. Some gardeners have made considerable money making 
a specialty of it. For the family garden we would recommend its 
use instead of the small white bush scallop, because of the excel- 
lent flavor and it is much more prolific. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 
60c; Ib. $1.75. 
SQUASH, YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
SANTA BARBARA 
Black Zucchini. Similar to the regular Zucchini with the ex- 
ception of being a very deep green in color. Especially desirable 
for market growing and shipping purposes. Bush. Pkt. 10c; 
0z. 20c; 14 Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
Butternut. 85 days. A new small winter variety, with very 
much the delightful flavor of a sweet potato. The fruits are hard 
shelled, smooth, bottle shaped and yellowish brown. The seed 
cavity is very small and almost the whole fruit is clear, solid, 
high quality meat. Pkt. 15c; oz. 75c; 4 Ib. $2.25. 
Table Queen (Acorn). Cut in halves and baked this is a very 
tasty squash. It weighs about 1% lbs., is dark green outside 
with rich yellow flesh of delicious flavor. Matures in about 100 
days. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 65c; Ib. $2.00. 
Yellow Summer Crookneck. A well-known summer variety. 
The fruit is crooknecked, rich golden yellow and thickly warted; 
very tender when young. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
Winter Squash 
Banana. A wonderful yielder and good keeper. Two to three 
feet long, with a tough whitish green shell and delicious, tasty 
meat. Very fine for winter..Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; '4 Ib. 65c; Ib. $2.00. 
Hubbard. The best known winter sort; of superior quality; 
large size. Fruit heavily warted, dark green in color with orange 
flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; '4 Ib. 65c; Ib. $2.00. ; 
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TOMATO 
TOMATO 
Culture. Tomatoes do best on light, warm, not over-rich soil, 
and success depends upon securing a rapid, vigorous and un- 
checked growth during the early part of the season. Sow in hot- 
beds from six to eight weeks before they can be set out of doors, 
which is when danger from frost is past. 
Transplant 3 to 6 feet apart in rows 4 to 6 feet apart according 
to. variety—3 feet for those varieties of upright growth and 6 feet 
is not too far for vining varieties which soon cover the ground 
solidly. The soil should be plowed and pulverized to a depth of 
10 or 12 inches, the deeper the better, in order that the roots may 
keep in the cool earth, for as soon as the roots are heated by the 
hot, dry soil near the surface, the plant quickly sickens and dies, 
and the grower can see no cause for it. 
Marglobe. A most promising introduction. Resistant to fusar+ 
imu wilt and nail-head rust. Is a hybrid from Marvel, a govern- 
ment strain; the flesh is red and the very thin outer skin is 
golden. The red flesh showing through the golden skin produces 
a rich red color with a tinge of gold showing through. The meat 
is solid with very few seeds, non-acid, almost a globe shape, size 
is medium, averaging 7 to 9 ounces in weight. Pkt. 10c; oz. 70c; 
Yq Ib. $2.35. 
New Smooth Ponderosa. 118 days. A strain developed after 
years of selection for smoothness. The old variety is rough and 
uneven. This new selection produces smooth’ solid meaty fruits 
of fine quality and deep purplish pink in color. A desirable sort 
for home and market garden and to some extent for shipping. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.10; 4% Ib. $3.60. 
Pearson, Improved. (76 days.) Primarily for canning but also 
of value as a shipper. Vigorous self-topping plants with ample 
foliage to protect the heavy set of fruits, which are medium 
HESS semi-globe and of good red color. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.25; \%4 
Ib. $4.15. ; 
Pritchard (Scarlet Topper). (80 to 85 days.) Wilt resistant of 
the type of plant known as self-topping or self-pruning. Mid- 
season to late and a heavy topper. Fruits globe-shaped, deep 
scarlet, smooth and solid. A good home and market variety and 
very popular for shipping. Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; '4 Ib. $2.15. 
Spark’s Earliana. An extra early variety, producing large clus- 
ters of bright red fruit of medium size; very solid and of delicious 
flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; 4 Ib. $2.15. 
New Stone. One of the largest and most solid late varieties. 
Fruit very smooth and uniform in size; bright scarlet, unsur- 
passed for canning and slicing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; '4 Ib. $2.15. 
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