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SUGAR BEETS AND STOCK BEETS. 



CTjIiTURE The soil for these should be plowed more deeply and the drills should 



be farther apart than for garden beets. Sow in April or beginning of May in drills 

 from 2 to 3 feet apart, and when 4 to 5 inches high thin to 12 to 15 inches in the 

 row As soon as frost comes dig up the roots, cut off and then pile 5 to 6 feet deep 

 on a raised and sloping situation and cover at frost with straw or hay and one inch 

 of earth As it gets colder, increase to 5 or 6 inches of earth; by so doing all danger 

 of heating is obviated, and the roots keep until next summer. Four or five pounds are 

 sown to the acre Sugar beets are also used for stock feeding, and while not as large 

 as the Mangels, they have a higher percentage of sugar. 



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Wliite Preach Sug-ar. 



Ziong- Ked Mang-el. 



Crolden Tankard. 



WHITE TRENCH SUGAR. — Largest and 

 best of the true Sugar Beets for the South. 

 Especially valuable in fattening live stock 

 of all kinds. Packet, 10c. ; oz., 15c.; H lb., 

 85c.; lib., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. 



KI.EZN WANZLEBEN SUGAR BEET.— 



The roots are large, tops are rather large 

 and the leaves slightly waved. It is the 

 largest yielding and best for sugar making. 

 Very desirable for feeding stock. When 

 small used for table. Packet, 10c. ; oz., 

 15c.; 14 l"b., 35c.; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 



IiONG RED MANGEL. — Largest and 

 heaviest yielder in the South of all the 

 Mangels. Roots grow from % to 2-3 above 

 surface and usually 18 inches to 2 feet 

 long; 4 to 6 inches in diameter. This is 

 the best possible variety for you to plant. 

 Packet, 10c.; oz., 15c.; 14 lb., 25c.; lb., 75c.; 

 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid. 



GOI.DEN TANKARD. — Yellow beet. The 

 most prolific, very nutritious, one of the 

 most nrofitable varieties for stock feeding. 

 Packet, 10c. ; oz., 15c.; y^, lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00; 

 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. 



CABBAGE. 



CUI^TURE. — Cabbage requires a strong, good soil and should be heavily fertilized 

 or manure worked in well before transplanting. The best fertilizer for Cabbage should 

 contain available Phosphoric Acid 7%, Potash 8% and Nitrogen 5%. To raise large 

 Cabbage without good soil and without working the plants well is an impossibility. 

 Cabbage is sown here almost every month of the year, but the seed for the main crop 

 should be sown from July to September. For a succession, seed can be sown till Novem- 

 ber. The main crop for spring should be sown during November. Wakefield varieties 

 should be sown a little earlier than the Succession, the latter kind not till November 

 but in a frame, so the young plants can be protected against cold weather, which we 

 generally have in December and January. After the middle of January setting out can 

 be started. These early varieties of Cabbage require special fertilizing. Cabbage is one 

 of the best paying crops for the market gardener, but it requires more work and atten- 

 tion than most people are willing to give to raise during the months of July and August. 

 Plants raised in August are the surest to head here. Sow the seeds thinly in seed beds, 

 and water several times during the day; the seed should not be allowed to get dry from 

 the sowing of the seed till large enough to transplant. There is no danger in doing this 

 of scalding the plants; so treated they will be less liable to attack by cabbage flies. 

 Tobacco dust and "Corona Arsenate of Lead Dry," see pages 98 and 99, scattered on the 

 plants and in the walks between the beds prevent insects. One ounce to 3,000 plants, 

 o ounces to the acre. Requires 90 to 120 days to mature. 



