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Crease Back. A variety of Pole Bean which bas been cul- 

 tivated in the South for a lon^ time, but has never come into the 

 trade. It is an excellent bean, earlier than the ''Southern Pro- 

 lific;" pods round, wi'h a crease in the back, from which the 

 name. It is a good grower, bears abundantly, and if shipped will 

 keep better tlian most other kinds. I had some grown for me 

 this season and offer a limited suj^ply. 



ENGLISH BEANS. 



Feve de Marais (Fr.), Puff Bohxe (Ger), Haba Comux (Sp.)- 

 Broad Windsor, ^ot so much cultivated here as in some 

 j)arts of Europe. It is much liked by the people of the Southern 

 part of Euroiie. Ought to be planted during Xovember; as if 

 planted in the spring they will not produce much. 



BEETS. 



Betrave (Fr.), Ruxkelruebe (Ger.), Eemolacha (Sp.) 



Extra Early or Bassaxo . 

 SiMox's Early Eed Turxip. 

 Early Blood Tukxip. 



LoXG Bl 'OD. 



Half Loxg Blood. 



Egyptiax Red Turxip. 

 LoxG Red Max gel Wurzel. 

 White Frexch Sugar. 

 Silver or Swiss Chard. 



Culture, 



The ground for beets should be rich and well spaded or plow- 

 ed. Sow in drills twelve to eighteen inches aparr, cover the seed 

 about one inch deep. Thin them out when about a month old to 

 four or six inches apart. In this latitude beets are sown from 

 January till the end of April, and from the middle of July till 

 the middle of November j in fact, some market gardeners sow 

 some every month in the year. In the summer and fall it is well 

 to soak the seeds over night, and loll in plaster before sowing. 



Exti'a Early or BassanOj is the earliest v^inety, but not 

 poi3ular on account of its color, which is almost wnite when 

 boiled. Earliness is not of so much value here, where iheie are 

 beets sown and brought to the market the whole yea-' lound. In 

 the Xorth it is diff-rent, where the first ciop of beets in the mar- 

 ket in spring will bring a better i^iic;^ than the varieties which 

 mature later. 



Simon's Early Red Turnip Beet. 



Early Blood Tarnip Beet 



