4 R. & J. Farquhar & Co.^ Seed Merchants^ Boston. 



BEET. {Runkel jRube.) 



TMs excellent vegetable is a native of Egypt, and has been higbly esteemed as a garden vegetable 

 ::for apv/ards of two thousand years. 



Cnlture.— A sowing for an early supply should be made as soon as the ground can be worked 

 dn spriiig. For main crop, sow early in May, and for winter beets from the first to the third week in 

 .Juibe. Sow in drills fifteen inches'apart, and cover the seed one inch with tine earth pressed firmly 

 •upon the seed by treading or otherwise. Thin oi;t the plants to six inches apart. The soil should be 

 <iee-piy ananured and well cultivated. In lifting and storing the roots, care must be taken that they are 

 mat bruised. One oimce of seed to fifty fett of drill; six pounds to one acre. 



Per pkt. Per oz Per lb. 

 jEdmand's Early Turnip Blood. Very fiue turnip-shaped beet; 



of round form ; good size ; dark red color, and flue flavor ; 



splendid keeper, 05 .10 ^0.60 



JEjyptian Turnip. Earliest of all ; tender flavor ; form flat ; small 



top and tap-root. Excellent for flrst crop, 05 .10 .60 



.'Early Eclipse. The best and most profltable very early variety ; 



of excellent form, dark color and tender quality, ... .05 .10 .60 



Xewing's Blood Turnip. The most popular beet for main crop ; 



color blood red ; of good size, smooth and handsome, . . .05 .10 .60 



Bastian's Early. Fine form, color and quality; much in demand 



for early crop, 05 .10 .60 



-"Bassano. Excellent variety for early crops; very tender; round 



shape; free from coarse roots ; color light, 05 .10 .60 



iong Smooth Blood. Excellent late sort ; dark and very smooth ; 



stands drought better than any, 05 .10 .50 



Dell's Black. Long ; of medium size ; very dark foliage ; fine 



quality, .05 .15 1.50 



Perpetual Spinach. Leaves excellent for cooking as greens, . .05 .10 .75 



.Swiss Chard. Used as greens ; the leaf stalks and ribs used as 



Asparagus, 05 .10 .75 



Beet for Greens. Small beet plants make delicious " Greens," . .05 .10 .40 



SUGAR BEETS AND MANGEL "WURZEL. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 



Bffangel "Wurzel, Mammoth Long Red. This fine variety is 

 more generally used than any other; large size and heavy 

 cropper, 



H^angel Wurzel, Norbiton Giant Long Red. Of very large 

 size; excellent for deep soils. Unsurpassed variety, 



Jilangel "Wurzel, Yellow Globe. Excellent keeping; solid 

 variety; adapted for shallow soils, 



JVIangel Wurzel, Red Globe. Of somewhat larger growth than 

 the Yellow Globe, 



Mangel Wurzel, Golden Tankard. Deep yellow; very rich; 

 splendid keeper, .... 



X.Iangel Wurzel, Yellow Ovoid. Of even form; solid; excel- 

 lent in every respect, 



Ijane's Improved Sugar Beet. Large; hardy and very pro- 

 ductive, 



^White Silesian, Sugar Beet. Highly valued for feeding, . 



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BROCOLI. {Spargel Kohl.) 



This vegetable somewhat resembles the Cauliflower, but is hardier; not so good for general cultiva- 

 tion. The seed should be sown in .Alav. in a seed bed, and tbe plants afterwards set in rows two and a 

 lialf feet ai)art, and eighteen inches between the plants. Kich mellow soil. One ounce of seed x>rod%ices 

 <xbout fifteen hundred plants. 



■^ ■' ^ Per pkt. Peroz. Per lb. 



"White Cape. Heads white, close and compact; standard sort, . .05 .40 83 00 

 Purple Cape. Heads greenish purple, 05 .40 3.00 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. {Spross^nK.m.) 



Produces along the whole length of the stem a number of small sprouts resembling miniature cab- 

 Iba{r;es of one or two inches in diameter, of excellent riavor. Tlie seed should be sown about the middle of 

 May, in a seed-bed, and the plants afterwards set in rows two feet or more apart, and cultivated like 

 cabbage. Tins vegetable does not require extreinelv high cultivaticm, however. It is ready for use late 

 in .autumn, after the early frosts. One ounce of seed liroduces about fifteen hundred plants 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 



Scrymger's Giant. Closely filled with large compact sprouts; 



very line, 05 .20 82.50 



Selected English. Pine; improved stock; very tender, . . .05 .25 3.00 



