RED-FLESHED GARDEN BEET 



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Dwarf Red, or Nutting's, Beet A very handsome variety. 

 Root very symmetrical in shape, small, slender, long, deeply sunk 

 in the soil ; leaves deep red, half-erect, uncrimped, slightly undulated, 

 and much longer than broad. 



Dell's Dark Crimson Dwarf Beet. There is no great 

 difference worth mentioning between this variety and Nutting's 

 Beet, except that the foliage is larger, well crimped, and turned 

 backwards ; it has the same root and is used sometimes for border- 

 ing. This variety, like the preceding one, produces small roots, 



Whyte's Black Beet' 



Nutting's Dwarf Red Beet 



but to make some amends for this, they can be grown very close 

 together. Both varieties are moderately early. 



Many other English varieties resemble the Dwarf Red and 

 Dell's Crimson, without being exactly like either of these kinds. 

 Of these we will only mention Bailey's Fine Red, Sang's Dwarf 

 Crimson, and the Saint Osyth Beet. The two following varieties 

 are to be commended : Omega Dwarf-topped t a medium-sized, 

 handsomely shaped Beet, with delicately sweet, rich crimson flesh ; 

 and Nonpareil Dwarf Green-top, a very dwarf kind, with small, 

 well-formed, scarlet-fleshed roots. 



Dracaena-leaved Beet. A very pretty and peculiar variety, 

 with a slender lengthy root, almost the same shape as Nutting's 

 Beet, but smaller ; it differs from that by its narrower, longer, 



