CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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ROOT CROPS FOR FARM STOCK. 



MANCEL WURZEL AND SUGAR BEET. 



Mangels make excellent winter feed for cattle, producing on good soil from 800 to 1,200 bushels per 

 acre. Sow in June at the rate of 6 lbs. per acre, in drills 2 feet apart, and thin out to 9 inches in the 

 rows. Store in barns before freezing weather sets in, for use during the winter. 



Sugar Beets are also nice feed for milch cows, being very rich in saccharine, which increases the- 

 quantity and quality of the milk. 

 Carrie's Improved Mammoth Long Bed — An exceptionally large growing variety and of 



finest quality. Specimens of this sort often weigh from 26 to 30 lbs. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \i 



1£„ 15 cts.: lib., 30 cts.; 10 lbs. by express S2.SO 



E^vethan Long Yellow— Similar to the long red, color excepted; very desirable. Pkt., 5 cts.; 



oz., 10 cts.; 14 lb., 15 cts.; lib., 80 cts.; 10 lbs. by express 2.0ft- 



Champion Yellow Globe— This variety is admirably adapted for shallow soil, although its roots [__ 



attain to a very great size, weighing from 15 to 18 pounds. It is excellent in quality. Pkt.,5J 



pts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts.; lib., 30 cts.; 10 lbs. by express 2.5ft' 



bfiint Intermediate— A variety growing in shape between the Long Red and the Yellow Globe 



sorts, very productive, flesh solid, a wonderful cropper, grows well out of ground and is very 



j easily harvested. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts., 1 lb., 30 cts.; 10 lbs. by express 2.5ft> 



Golden Tankard— A good cropper, of fine form and excellent flavor. Color bright yellow. Pkt., 



5. cts.; oz., 10 cts.; >41b., 15 cts.; lib., 30 cts.; 10 lbs. by express 2.00. 



jjnTite Sugar— The variety so extensively grown in France for the production of sugar. A large 



grower, excellent for feeding stock. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \i lb., 15 cts.; 1 lb., 30 cts.; 10 lbs. 



, by express 2-5C' 



Kane's Imperial Sugar— A great improvement on the common sugar beet, containing a very 



large percentage of sugar. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; >4 lb , 15 cts.; 1 lb., 35 cts.; 10 lbs. by express. 2.75- 

 Wl'morin's Sugar— A most excellent variety. Yields a large crop, containing a larger percentage 



of sugar than any other. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts.; 1 lb., 35 cts.; 10 lbs. by express.. 8.00> 



TURNIP. 



German, @tect=9?iil>e. 



French, Navet. 



MAMMOTH LONG RED MANGEL. 



Exclusively grown as a farm crop, for cattle feeding during the fall and winter mouths, producing; 

 under good cultivation 1.000 bushels per acre. The roots should be stored in barns, cellars or pits as- 

 soon as hard freezing weather commences, and used as wanted during the winter. They are also. 

 excellent for table use. Sow in drills two feet apart at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre, and thin out to eight 

 inches apart. 

 Golden Ball (Robertson's)— A rapid grower; globe-shaped and of a beautiful bright yellow 



color, and a good keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts.; lib 30> 



Purple Top White Globe— A handsome looking bulb, and is rapidly taking the lead of all other 



varieties of early Turnips. Pkt., Sets.; oz., 10 cts.; \i lb., 20 cts.; lib 4© 



Yellow Aberdeen— Very hardy and product- 

 ive; very firm; good keeper; color pale yel- 

 low and closely resembles the Rutabagas; good 

 either for table or stock. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 10 

 cts.; 14 lb., 15 cts.; lib 30 



Pomeranian White Globe — One of the most 

 productive; in rich soil the root will 

 frequently grow to 12 lbs. in weight. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \i lb., 15 cts.; 

 1 lb 30 



RUTABAGA. 



(Swedish or Russian Turnip.) 



Currie's Improved Purple Top — A 



most excellent sort for either table or 

 stock; yields heavily without tendency 

 to long neck. Pkt. , 5 cts. ; oz. , 10 cts. ; % 



lb.,20cts.; 1 lb 40 



Skirving's Purple Top — A 

 good variety for table or stock; 

 grows to a large size; flesh firm, 

 solid and sweet and a good 

 keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 

 M lb., 16 cts.; lib 30 



ARTICHOKES -Improved White French. 



Produce 1,000 Bushels per Acre. 



Easily Crown. Great Disease Preventers. 



The Hogs do the Harvesting. 



Their wonderful productiveness and the ease with which they can be produced is al- 

 ways a surprise to those who cultivate them the first time. A. C. Williams, of Iowa, a 

 very prominent breeder of Poland Chinas in large numbers, says: The keep of my hogs, 

 when the ground is not frozen, is Blue Grass, Clover and Artichokes. Forty head of hogs 

 and pige may be kept without other food on an acre of Artichokes from the time frost is 

 out of the ground until they grow again, and from October first until the ground freezes 

 solid. They produce more hog food per acre than any crop I am acquainted with, and 

 the hogs will harvest the crop themselves. Hogs taken from Artichokes to Blue Grass 

 and Clover will not root up the sod, as they are free from intestinal worms, constipa- 

 tion, indigestion and fever, caused by feeding corn in winter. They can be planted either 

 in fall or spring, for while in the ground freezing and thawing does not hurt them. Cut 

 to one eye, like potatoes, and plant in rows 3% feet apart and 18 inches in the row. The 

 second year break up the ground as for corn, after which the plants will come up thick 

 all over the surface; run through each way with a cultivator, when a few inches high, 

 putting them in hills like corn. If left too thick they will not yield. When dug in the 

 fall and stored they should be mixed with one part of soil to ten parts of Artichokes, to 

 prevent shrinking. Per peck, 50 cts.; per bushel, $1.50 ; per six bushel lots, sufficient for 

 one acre, for $7.50. 



When required toy IfeEail, Add 8 cts. per lto. for Postage. 



