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the old Victoria. It is about a week later than Linnaeus 

 and about a week earlier than the mammoth varieties. 

 Stalks are large and of fine appearance. Their color is 

 bright and clear, the fiber is crisp and tender, with 

 plenty of juice, and the flavor is excellent. Most can- 

 ners and wine-makers prefer it to all others. Both for 

 market and for home use, it is grown far more commonly 

 than any other variety. It produces less weight per 

 acre than the mammoth kinds. Another weak point 



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is its overabundant production of seed. Seed stalks are 

 numerous throughout the season and must be removed as 

 soon as they show or the plant becomes weakened. 



Mammoth Red or Stotfs Mammoth. — This varie:y 

 is catalogued under several different names, but is com- 

 monly known by the wholesale growers of the eastex'n, 

 central, and northern states as the Mammoth Eed, or 

 simply as Mammoth. On the Pacific coast the same 

 variety, or one very similar, is called The Giant. It 

 is a tremendous cropper, growing four to five feet high. 



