8 RHUBARB or PIE PLANT 
Victoria 
AIAN SE and hardy; stalks crimson shading to green towards leaf. Heavy 
yielding. 
A standard garden variety. Like other rhubarb varieties plants produced from 
seed are somewhat variable. Of the seedlings the reddest-stemmed, best appear- 
ing specimens should be selected and transplanted and the balance discarded. 
SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT 
Mammoth Sandwich Island 
Roots—long and tapering, white. 
Top—heavy and grass-like. 
Easily grown from seed. Used as a creamed vegetable and in flavoring soups. A good 
winter keeper in storage and some of the roots also may be left in garden over winter 
and used first thing in spring. 
SORREL 
Narrow-leaved (Silver leaf) 
Plant—perennial with long, slender, thick, bright green upright leaves with mildly acid 
flavor. 
Used in salads and as spring greens. Sometimes caled ‘“Sour-Grass” because of its 
acid taste. 
SPINACH 
Maturity days listed indicate average time required to produce marketable plants 
under our Minnesota trial ground conditions. 
Bloomsdale Long Standing Bloomsdale Savoy Reselected 
(Round Seed) 45 days (Round seed) 40 days 
Plant type—vigorous, erect, compact and Plant type—a rapid and vigorous grower, 
uniform. upright, compact, hardy. Crowns and 
Leaf character—very thick, medium large petioles upright, holding leaves up off 
leaves with incurved tip, deeply savoyed, soil. 
rich dark glossy green, tender and of Leaf character—thick, medium large, deep- 
excellent quality. ly blistered, glossy dark green, quality 
An improvement over the Bloomsdale excellent but bolts to seed quickly in 
Savoy for late Spring or Summer crop. warm weather. 
A few days later, it stands several days Because of its fast growth, good quality 
longer in hot weather before throwing and adaptability to either spring or fall 
seed stalks. Extensively used for ship- planting, it is widely used by home, 
ping, home and market garden growing. market gardeners and shippers. 
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