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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Deep Blood-red Castlenaudary Beet. Root small, nearly 

 buried in the soil, rather slender, straight, sometimes with a tap- 

 root of some length ; skin black-red ; flesh very dark red, compact, 

 solid, and very sugary ; leaves dark red, with long stalks. This 

 variety does not yield a heavy crop, but its quality is excellent. 

 The English varieties Long Deep Red and Very Dark Red are 



Rough-skinned Red Beet. 



Deep Blood-red Castelnaudary Beet. 



very similar to this. The same may be said of Debbie's New 

 Purple and Goldie's Superb Black, their roots being only a little 

 thicker. 



Whyte's Black Beet. Synonyms : Osborn's Improved Blood- 

 red, Barratt's Crimson, Oldacre's Blood-red, Perkins's Black. A 

 handsome medium-sized kind. Root long, thick under the neck, 

 sometimes a little angular instead of being regularly round ; skin 

 smooth, of a very deep slate colour ; flesh black-red, firm, and of 

 good quality ; leaves rather stout, slightly crimped and undulated, 

 of a brown-red colour, more or less tinged and mixed with green ; 

 leaf-stalks red. This is one of the best varieties ; the flesh is very 

 deeply coloured, and the root can be easily distinguished from all 

 others by the gray or leaden hue of the skin. It is fairly pro- 

 ductive, and keeps well. 



