. [Catalog] : spring 1956. Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort. 138 Swiss Chard 138 Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet Swiss Chard is prepared for table in the same manner as spinach. Seeds planted early in the spring will quickly produce plants from which cuttings may be made in 24 days, and continued all summer. Late summer seeding produces a cold hardy crop all winter. Can be cut to the
. [Catalog] : spring 1956. Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort. 138 Swiss Chard 138 Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet Swiss Chard is prepared for table in the same manner as spinach. Seeds planted early in the spring will quickly produce plants from which cuttings may be made in 24 days, and continued all summer. Late summer seeding produces a cold hardy crop all winter. Can be cut to the ground and new shoots will soon spring up and make a fast growth. 25 days. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; ^ lb. 55c; 1 lb. $, postpaid. BROCCOLI. 141 Broccoli, Green Sprouting Cold hardy—plant spring and fall Sprouting Broccoli This is a cool season crop and may be grown in the spring and fall. A rich soil, high in nitrogen and organic matter with pH of is desirable. For the spring crop sow seed in beds December or January, to be transplanted in the field or gar- den in February or March. For the fall crop, seed in June or July for transplanting in July or August. Fertilize same as cabbage; be sure to use proper amount of borax. Space plants 18 inches apart in rows 3 to 3',2 feet apart. Harvest heads before flower buds open. One-fourth pound of seed will produce enough plants for an acre (1 oz. seed will produce about 2,000 plants). 141 Italian Green Sprouting Plants medium tall, rapid growing and produce a large head of dark bluish green color at center of plant in about 70 days from date of planting. The head is a compact cluster of tightly closed flower buds. When the central head is cut, numerous sprouts develop from the leaf axis, each sprout terminating in small green separate heads. These are cut in lengths of 10 to 12 inches. Served in the same way as asparagus, forming a very tasty and nourishing dish. June seeded plants trans- planted in July provide a welcome mid-
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