. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. CHAPTER SAVOY SPINACH. SPINACH, CORN SALAD, ENDIVE. These three vegetables have a certain natural affinity, in that all are quite hardj^, and all are well suited to cold frame culture. Spinach. This is the most impor- tant member of the group. It is grown in enormous quanti- ties near all the large markets. The seed is sowed in frames (and in the open ground) in Septem- ber, and the spinach is ready for the Christmas market, when it is worth from $
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. CHAPTER SAVOY SPINACH. SPINACH, CORN SALAD, ENDIVE. These three vegetables have a certain natural affinity, in that all are quite hardj^, and all are well suited to cold frame culture. Spinach. This is the most impor- tant member of the group. It is grown in enormous quanti- ties near all the large markets. The seed is sowed in frames (and in the open ground) in Septem- ber, and the spinach is ready for the Christmas market, when it is worth from $2 to $2, per barrel wholesale at Philadelphia. The round-leaf sorts are preferable. Dreer's Round-Seeded Savoy is excellent for fall sowing. The Bos- ton gardeners sell their sur- plus spinach to the canners, getting 20 cents per bushel for it. Spinach seed germi- nates quickly, and the plants grow rapid!}'. Corn Salad. This is treated the same as spinach, except that it is often planted regularly like lettuce, while spinach is broadcasted or sowed in rows. It is sold in the Philadelphia market in consider-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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