. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. RADISH—Continued. CHINA ROSE-COLORED (Winter)—This variety is becoming- very popular with the market gardeners. It is of a half long- shape, pink color, flesh solid. It has not that strong flavor peculiar to the Black Spanish, and keeps equally well. It should be sown during August. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, *4 lb. 25c, lb. 70c. LONG BLACK SPANISH (Winter)— This variety is sown the last of summer for fall and winter use. Grows to a large size; oblong shape; quite solid. If stored in pits or packed away in sand, it will keep good
. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. RADISH—Continued. CHINA ROSE-COLORED (Winter)—This variety is becoming- very popular with the market gardeners. It is of a half long- shape, pink color, flesh solid. It has not that strong flavor peculiar to the Black Spanish, and keeps equally well. It should be sown during August. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, *4 lb. 25c, lb. 70c. LONG BLACK SPANISH (Winter)— This variety is sown the last of summer for fall and winter use. Grows to a large size; oblong shape; quite solid. If stored in pits or packed away in sand, it will keep good until spring. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 25c, ib. 70c. ROUND BLACK SPANISH—Of similar nature and quality of the long, differing in shape. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 25c, lb. SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT. CULTURE—The Oyster Plant succeeds best in light, well-enriched, mellow soil, which, previous to sowing the seeds, should be stirred to the depth of eighteen inches. Sow early in the spring, in drills fifteen inches apart; cover the seeds with fine soil, an inch and a half in depth. One ounce to sixty feet of drill; seven pounds to an acre. 3IAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLANDS—This new salsify, recently intro- duced from the Sandwich Islands, grows fully double the size of the com- mon variety', and is superior in quality. It is pure white in color, and is invaluable to market gardeners. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, % , lb. $ SPINACH. Salsify. CULTURE—Sow the seeds n drills a foot apart or broad- cast and cover about one-half inch deep. The main crop is sown in September, and it is sometimes covered with straw in exposed places dur- ing winter, which prevents it from being cut with the frost. For summer use it may be sown at intervals of two or three weeks from March to August. Spinach is best de- veloped and most tender and succulent when grown in rich soil. One ounce to one hun- dred feet of drill; ten to twelve pounds to an Please note that these images are extracted fro
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