. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1918 43rd year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1918 35. SPINACH German, Splnat. French, Eiplnard. For summer use, sow at intervals of 2 or 3 weeks from April to August, and for winter crops, sow^ in September, covering it, in exposed places, with straw, to protect it from severe frost. 1 ox. to 100 feet of drill. 10 lbs. to the acre. Practically all the Spinach see
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1918 43rd year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1918 35. SPINACH German, Splnat. French, Eiplnard. For summer use, sow at intervals of 2 or 3 weeks from April to August, and for winter crops, sow^ in September, covering it, in exposed places, with straw, to protect it from severe frost. 1 ox. to 100 feet of drill. 10 lbs. to the acre. Practically all the Spinach seed available is produced in Holland and, OTfinK to the embargo placed upon its export since 1!)10 by the Dutch gov- ernment, is extremely scarce in this country. All prices are therefore un- usually high. Salsify. LONG SEASON "; A remarkably hardy Spinach yielding an abundance of large, thick, dark green crumpled leaves, which retain their crispness much longer than any other variety and slow to run to seed. With this new sort. Spinach may be grown continuously throughout the entire season. It is not only hardier and more lasting than any of the large leaved sorts, but it possesses the further merit of being a profuse yieilder. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 65c; 1 lb $ VictoriaâThe best Spinach for spring sowing, from the fact that It re- mains in fit condition for at least 2 or 3 weeks after all the other sorts have run to seed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 65c; 1 lb $ Round Thick-LeavedâAn improvement on the itound Leaf. The best all- round sort. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 65c; 1 lb $ Long Standing (Late Seeding)âLater In going to seed than the other va- rieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 65c; 1 lb $ Long Standing PricklyâMatures a little later than the round-leaved sorts. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; 1 lb $ Bloomsdale Savoy-LeavedâThe leaves are vyrinkled, resembling the Savoy Cabbage. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4, lb. 65c; 1 lb $ Nevf ZealandâGrows ve
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