R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Seed Meo'chants, Boston. 



BEET. {J^unM Rube:) 



This excellent vegetable is a native of Egypt, and has been highly esteemed as a garden vegetable 

 for upwards of two thousand years. 



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

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

 June. Sow in drills fifteen inches apart, and cover the seed one inch with fine earth pressed firmly 

 upon the seed by treading or otherwise. Thin out the plants to six inches apart. The soil should be 

 deeply manured and well cultivated. In lifting and storing the roots, care must be taken that they are 

 not bruised. One ounce of seed to fifty feet of drill; six pounds to one acre. 



Perpkt. Peroz, Per lb. 

 Edmand's Early Turnip Blood. Very fine turnip-shaped beet; 



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



splendid keeper, . . . .05 -10 



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



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



Early Eclipse. The best and most profitable very early variety ; 



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

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



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

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



for early crop, 05 .10 



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



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



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



stands drought better than any, 05 .10 



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



quality, 05 .15 



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

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



Asparagus, 05 .10 



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



SUGAR BEETS AND MANGEL "WURZEL. 



Per pkt. 



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

 more generally used than any other; large size and heavy 

 cropper, 05 



Mangel "Wurzel, Norbiton Giant Long Red. Of very large 



size ; excellent for deep soils. Unsurpassed variety, . . .05 



Mangel "Wurzel, Yellow Globe. Excellent keeping; solid 



variety; adapted for shallow soils, 05 



Mangel "Wurzel, Red Globe. Of somewhat larger growth than 



the Yellow Globe, 05 



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



splendid keeper, .... 05 



Mangel "Wurzel, Yellow Ovoid. Of even form; solid; excel- 

 lent in every respect, • -05 



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

 ductive, 05 



"White Silesian, Sugar Beet. Highly valued for feeding, . . .05 



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.75 



.60 



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.50 



1.50 

 .60 



.60 

 .40 



Per oz Per lb. 



.10 



$0.40 



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.40 



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.50 

 .35 



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 Mav, in a seed bed, and tbe plants afterwards set in rows two and a 

 half feet apart, and eighteen inches between the plants. Rich mellow soil. One ounce of seed produces 

 about fifteen hundred plants. ^^^ p^^ ^^^ ^^ p^^ ^^ 



standard sort, . .05 .30 $3.00 

 05 .30 3.00 



"White Cape. 

 Purple Cape. 



Heads white, close and compact; 

 Heads greenish purple, 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Sprossen Eohl) 



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

 baees of one or two inches in diameter, of excellent flavor. The 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 ike 

 cabbage. This vegetable does not require extremely high cultivation however. It is ready for use late 

 in autumn, after the early frosts. One ounce of seed produces about fifteen hundred plarUs. 



x 6r pKt« Jrcr ox. 



Scrymger's Giant Closely filled with large compact sprouts; 



verv fine, ^5 



Selected English. Fine ; improved stock ; very tender, . . .Oo 



.20 

 .20 



Per lb. 



$2.50 

 3.00 



