RADISH 
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Sparkler White Tip — Popular home-garden type 
with medium tops, and round roots which are two- 
thirds dark red, with bottom third white. Flesh is 
white, crisp, and well-flavored. 26 days. 
SPECIAL IMPORTED STRAINS:— 
Cavalier — Grown from transplanted stock for 
maximum uniformity of type and quality. Produces 
early, smooth, olive-shaped globes of bright-scarlet 
color. Flesh is white, crisp, and mild. Tops are 
about 3 inches tall, ideal for forcing. 22 days. 
Cherry Belle — An extra early, round, bright scar- 
let type with short tops, which make it ideal for 
greenhouse forcing. Fine uniformity and bright 
color make it a choice home garden variety also. 
23 days. 
Comet—Grown from transplanted stock for greater 
quality and uniformity. Perfectly round, bright 
scarlet globes which stay crisp and firm without 
becoming pithy. Root size compares with Scarlet 
Globe, but shape is round instead of olive-shaped. 
Tops are about 4 inches. 25 days. 
Bicolor — Grown from transplanted stocks. Uni- 
form in producing round roots which are dark red 
on upper half, and white on lower half of globes. 
Attractive and uniform in coloring, with bright 
green medium tops Flesh is white and crisp. 26 
days. 
RHUBARB 
CULTURE: Sow in Spring in drills an inch deep and 
12 inches apart. Thin out plants later on to 6 inches 
apart in the rows. Keep soil well cultivated and 
moist, and sow in richest soil available. In the Fall, 
transplant into hills 3 to 4 feet apart each way. 
Well-manured soil is best. Stalks should not be 
cut until second year of growth. In transplanting, 
save only reddest plants because seeds do not pro- 
duce uniformly good plants of rhubarb. If planting 
roots, set directly into hills 3 to 4 feet apart. 
VARIETIES:— 
Victoria — Standard garden type, fairly uniform. 
Plants are hardy and heavy yielding. Stalks are 
crimson at base, becoming pink and then green to- 
ward leaf-tips. Leaves are very large, green, and 
crumpled. 2 years from seed. 
SALSIFY (Oyster Plant) 
CULTURE: Sow early in spring in drills 1 inch 
deep in 24 inch rows. Then thin out to 5 inches 
apart in the row, when plants are established. Good 
sandy loam produces the best roots and cultivation 
is the same as for carrots or parsnips. Salsify is 
very hardy and stands cold weather well. Used 
mainly as a winter vegetable; the roots store well. 
Plant has a top like green onions, a root like a slim 
parsnip, and a flavor like oysters, when the roots 
are cooked. 
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