CORNEL 
104 Spinach Kersiae Main Uses Days 
VIRGINIA SAVOY (Blight Resistant ) MSCF 35 
Bloomsdale, Blight Resistant 
Developed by the Virginia Truck Experiment Station for blight (mosaic) resistance. 
Valuable for fall planting when blight is most severe. The fastest growing savoy type, 
it matures a crop in the fall when other varieties fail. Resembles Bloomsdale, but in 
spring bolts to seed quickly and must be harvested when first ready. Round seed. 
PLANTS —Fairly upright or semi-vase in form, tending to hold leaves off ground; ex- 
ceptionally rapid grower. 
LEAVES—Similar to Bloomsdale but not quite as heavily curled, nor as uniform. 
VIROFLAY C 45 
A very large, medium early, smooth-leaved spinach for canners. This variety cannot 
be classed with the long-standing sorts. Extensively used for the West Coast canning 
crop, producing a characteristically lighter green canned product. Round seed. 
PLANTS —Very large, spreading growth; hardy, vigorous. 
LEAVES—Very large, broad, arrow shape, rather thin, smooth, bright green, of good 
quality. 
HYBRID 
Work is now under way in the USDA and cooperating state experiment stations to 
combine desirable characters of different spinach varieties through hybridization. 
Much of this work is aimed at resistance to blue mold, a major problem disease in most 
spinach growing areas. The hybrids listed below, the first to be introduced, have shown 
considerable blue mold resistance as well as significant increases in yields over stan- 
dard varieties. 
Early Hybrid No. 7 spinach, a semi-savoy type with outstanding vigor and resistance 
to blue mold. 
