SORREL 
Broad-Leaved 
60 days 
Plant—Perennial with long, thick, curled bright green upright leaves with mildly 
acid flavor. 
Used in salads and as spring greens. Sometimes called 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. 
America 52 days 
All-America Selection—1952 
Plant—Vigorous, spreading, uniform. A 
long standing Bloomsdale type. 
Leaves—Glossy, thick dark green, round- 
ed, heavily savoyed. 
It is an excellent slow bolting type. 
Darkest green spinach on the market. 
45 days 
Plant—Similar to Bloomsdale Reselected, 
but somewhat later and more compact. 
Will stand hot weather better than 
Bloomsdale Reselected. 
Bloomsdale Long Standing 
Leaves—Slightly crumpled, shade darker 
than Bloomsdale Reselected. 
An improvement over the Bloomsdale 
Savoy for late spring or summer crop. 
A few days later, it stands several days 
longer in hot weather before throwing 
seed stalks. Extensively used for 
shipping, home and market garden 
growing. 
ee > 4 ag 
| A stock seed plot of Bloomsdale Long Stand 
ing Spinach in N. K. & Co.'s Breedinateraunde 
Bloomsdale Reselected or 
Savoy Leafed 40 days 
Plant—Upright in growth, virgorous. 
Leaves—Medium, crumpled, dark green. 
Produces heavy tonnage per acre. 
Because of its fast growth, good quality 
and adaptability to either spring or fall 
planting, it is widely used by home, 
market gardeners and shippers. 
Giant Nobel 45 days 
All-America-Selection—1933 
Plant—Large, strong grower, hardy, 
spreading. 
Leaves—Dark green, thick, smooth, broad, 
arrow shaped with a round tip. 
One of the best of the thick smooth leaf 
types. Easily cleaned of sand, excellent 
quality and early in season, coming in- 
to cutting stage between Bloomsdale 
Savoy and Long Standing types. A 
suitable variety for both market gar- 
deners and the canning industry. 
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