Spinach 'Bloomsdale'

From your friends at Botanical Interests: This heirloom spinach is an old favorite among gardeners. It has very dark green glossy savoy-t...Read Moreype curled leaves. Bloomsdale also has excellent flavor, is bolt resistant, and is easy to grow. Spinach is a nutritional powerhouse that is delicious fresh or steamed! In the 1930's, the spinach industry credited the cartoon character Popeye for a 33% increase in national spinach consumption. Today, we don't need a cartoon character to sell us on its benefits! A low calorie nutritional powerhouse, spinach is loaded with Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Folate, Iron, Calcium, antioxidants, fiber, and many other nutrients. We love to eat it steamed with nutmeg or raw in salads, but you can also eat it sauteed with pastas, omelettes, and in dozens of other dishes. Its uses in the kitchen are nearly limitless!

Introduced around 1908. Quick-growing with fine quality, tender leaves of excellent flavor.

I have grown Bloomsdale off an don for years and find it very "meaty" and tasty. I harvest it at all stages and like it very much. I...Read Moret is important to grow it in cool weather. In hot weather it bolts.