. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 40 nfl [ItolRWRER -PHI LADEtPHIA-W ^^ RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS CW Spinat, Ger. SPINACH One ounce for ioo feet of drill; 10 to 12 lbs. in drills for an acre. Espinard, Fr. Espinaca, Sp. PkS^^^^SavovSpinach Culture.—Spinach is an important market gardener's crop, of easy culture. For spring and summer use sow in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and every two weeks for a suc
. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 40 nfl [ItolRWRER -PHI LADEtPHIA-W ^^ RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS CW Spinat, Ger. SPINACH One ounce for ioo feet of drill; 10 to 12 lbs. in drills for an acre. Espinard, Fr. Espinaca, Sp. PkS^^^^SavovSpinach Culture.—Spinach is an important market gardener's crop, of easy culture. For spring and summer use sow in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and every two weeks for a succession. For winter and early spring use, sow in September in well-manured ground; cover with straw on the approach of severe cold weather. The ground cannot be too rich. The stronger the ground the more delicate and succulent will be the leaves. The New Zealand Spinach, which requires more room, as it makes a large and spreading plant, may be started from seed early in spring to give greens during the heat of summer. Light applications of nitrate of soda have often a magic effect on Spinach. Spinach is sometimes forced by sowing in early September in frames, over which sash is placed during February and March, and further protected by mats during severe freezing weather. Dreer's Round=seeded Savoy Spinach. (See cut.) This is the hardiest large Savoy-leaved; curled and crimped, with thick fleshy leaves; ex- cellent for family use, and best of all for fall sow- ing. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; J'lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $ Long Season Spinach. Sowings can be made in early spring and followed monthly with further sow- ings, and the crop will be continuous throughout the entire summer, hence its appropriate name, "Long ; The leaves are a rich dark green color, very thick, crimped and of splendid qual- ity. 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; Jib., 20 cts.; lb., 55 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $ Victoria. Remarkably fine texture and of the
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