. Descriptive catalog of vegetables for canners. Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS OF SEEDS FOR GANNERS 33 RHUBARB-Gontinued LINNEAUS A second early variety with thick, long stalks, reddish in color, and of fine flavor. Used by gardeners and for canning. VICTORIA A main crop sort, vigorous in growth, with upstanding, thick, red stalks of excellent quality. Used by gardeners and for canning. SPINACH The time from planting t
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables for canners. Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS OF SEEDS FOR GANNERS 33 RHUBARB-Gontinued LINNEAUS A second early variety with thick, long stalks, reddish in color, and of fine flavor. Used by gardeners and for canning. VICTORIA A main crop sort, vigorous in growth, with upstanding, thick, red stalks of excellent quality. Used by gardeners and for canning. SPINACH The time from planting to cutting of marketable plants varies considerably with the season of the year in which sowings are made. The accompanying schedule applies to spring planting in the Northern States. Spinach was developed from a wild plant in Western Asia. Culture — For best results, spinach requires a large amount of humus in the soil. Sowings can be made in March and April for early summer harvest and in August and September for fall crop. Plant seed in rows 16 to 20 inches apart. 10 to 12 pounds of seed will sow an acre. Days from sow- ing- to cutting BLIGHT RESISTANT SAVOY (VIRGINIA SAVOY) 39 A savoy-leaved sort, bred at the Virginia Experiment Station for blight resistance. Upstanding, vigorous plants, seeding rather early; highly desirable for planting in infested soil. BLOOMSDALE SAVOY, LONG STANDING 42 Only a few days later than the regular Bloomsdale Savoy, it holds twelve to fourteen days longer before throwing seed stalks. Plants are very uni- form and sturdy, with very attractive, highly crumpled and blistered dark green leaves. Exceptionally valuable for home and market gardens, for canning and for shipping from the extreme South. GIANT NOBEL OR GIANT THICK LEAVED 45 A recent European introduction of high merit. Very valuable for market gardens and canning. Plants large, vigorous, and spreading. It is slow to form seed stalks, and an extremely heavy yielder. Leaves very large, th
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