6 R. & J. FARQUHAR & COJS SEED CATALOGUE. 
SUGAR BEETS and MANGEL=-WURZEL. 3x. 6. 1. 
Lane’s Improved Sugar Beet. Large, hardy, productive and excellent.. . . . 
White Silesian Sugar Beet. Nutritious and highly valued for feeding : 
Mangel=-Wurzel, Mammoth Long Red. The variety generally grown fo 
= wnifounlydame and well formed’; yields enormously) <)-2° 2-5 = eee 
Mangel-Wurzel, Golden-Yellow Mammoth. Flesh bright golden-yellow ; exceedingly rich 
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Mangel=Wurzel, Norbitan Giant. A long, red variety of great size and superior quality; 
very Solidsandsansexcellent keeper. S290 2 52) ) foe fe oe ee 
Mangel=Wurzel, Yellow Globe. Adapted for shallow soils; very solid . 
Mangel=Wurzel, Red Globe. Somewhat larger than Yellow Globe. Pkt., .05; 
07,410; --lb:,4o: 
Mangel=-Wurzel, Golden Tankard. A greatly improved sort of cylindrical 
form with small top; roots very large and solid; flesh yellow. Pkt.,.05; 02z., 
s105*Ib., 40. 
Mangel=Wurzel, Yellow Ovoid. Flesh yellow; productive and nutritious 
PkKt..£05 5°0Z;).105-41b., -40. 
BROCCOLI.  (Spargel Kohi.) 
This vegetable resembles the Cauliflower, but is hardier. For cultivation, see Cauliflower. 
White Cape. Heads white, close and compact; a standard sort. Pkt., .05; oz., 
30; lb.,.$3.00. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.  (Sgrossen Koni.) 
’ Produces along the whole length of the stem a number of small sprouts resembling miniature 
cabbages 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 cul-_ 
tivated like 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 
plants. 
Paris Market. The finest variety; of half-dwarf growth. Pkt.., 05; 0z., .20; |b.,$2. 
Selected English. Sprouts tender and of a rich flavor after frost. Pkt., .05; 
e- OZ.,*20 3*Ilb., $2.00. 
Serymger’s Giant. Closely covered with large compact sprouts. The very 
best sort. Pkt., .10; 02z., .30; lb., $2.50. SCRYMGER’S GIANT BRUSSELS SPROUT. 
CARDOON. (Karan.) 
Grown for the mid-ribs of the leaves, which are blanched in the same manner as celery. 
Large Spanish. The best sort . Spake Signer dareh Ph het 
CARROT. (chre.) 
The Horn Carrots are grown for early use and in shallow soils; in flavor 
they are more delicate than the medium and long varieties. : 
The latter require deep soil, thoroughly enriched with old manure; fresh 
manure tends to produce forked and worm-eaten roots. 
Before sowing make the surface smooth and fine. Sow in April and May, 
in drills about half an inch deep and afoot or more apart. Thin as soon as 
large enough, ‘eaving the plants from three to eight inches apart, according to 
variety, and keep free from weeds. Ovxe ounce of seed ts sufficient for one hun- 
dared feet of drill; three to four pounds for an acre. 
Earliest Scarlet French Forcing. For forcing; small, 
round and tender. Pkt.,05; oz., 15; 1b., $1.00. 
Early Scarlet Horn. Thick roots of medium size ard fine 
color; the variety generally grown. for early use and for 
bunching. Pkt., 05; 0z.,.10; 1b., $1.00. 
Guerande, or Ox Heart. Short; thick; much larger than 
Early Hom. Pkt., .05; 0z., .10; Ib., $1.00. 
Chantenay. Form half-long; stump-rooted; fine-grained; 
small core. Pkt., .05; 0z., .10; 1b., $1.00. 
Danvers Half=Long. Best main crop variety; fine form and 
color; half-long with small tap-root ; productive and keeps 
well. Pkt.;.05; 0z., .10; lb., $1.00. 
Half-Long Scarlet. Fine-grained variety of medium size. 
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Improved Long Orange. Roots large and long; yields DAN ORS EAU TONER tenet 
enormously in deep soil. Pkt., .05; 0z., .10; 1b., .80. Pie. One ce 
White Belgian. Large, long-rooted variety; valuable forstock . . . .....2.2.~. 05 .I0 $0.75 
CHICORY. (Cichorien.) 
Cultivate same as carrot. One ounce of seed to one hundred and fifty feet of drill. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Large-Rooted. The young leaves, when blanched, are used forsalads. . . . . . . . . .05 15 $1.50 
) Flolliston, Mass., Sept. 20. 
Dear Sirs,—At the /loiliston Grange Fair I will exhibit seventy-four different varieties of vegetables, etc., raised 
Jrom your seed. I have used your seeds for fourteen years and, if I live, shall use them fourteen more. Have al- 
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ways found them true and reliable. 
