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. i 
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 iy 
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 | 
parsnip, and a flavor like oysters, when the roots | 
are cooked. 
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