ier J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 
SUGAR BEETS AND STOCK BEETS. 
CULTURE.—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. 
Golden Tankard. 
White French Sugar. Long Red Mangel. 
WHITE FRENCH SUGAR.—Largest and LONG RED MANGEL.—Largest and 
best of the true Sugar Beets for the South. 
Especially valuable in fattening live stock 
of all kinds. Packet, 10c.; oz., 15c.; %4 Ihb., 
30c.; lb., 90c.; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid. 
KLEIN 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 mak- 
ing. Very desirable for feeding stock. 
When small used for table. Packet, 10c.; 
oz., 15c.; 1% Ilhb., 25c.; 1b., 75c.; 5 lbs., $3.00, 
postpaid. 
heaviest yielder in the South of all the 
Mangels. Roots grow from one-half to two- 
thirds above the surface and usually 18 
to 24 inches long; 4 to 6 inches in diam- 
eter. This is the best possible variety for 
you to plant. Packet, 10c.; oz., 15c.; %4 Ihb., 
25c.; lb., 75c.; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. 
GOLDEN TANKARD.— Yellow beet. The 
most prolific, very nutritious, one of the 
most profitable varieties for stock feed- 
ing. Packet, 10c.; oz., 15c.; % 1b., 30c.; lhb., 
75c.; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. 
CABBAGE. 
CULTURE.—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 weli is an impossibility. 
Cabbage is sown here almost every month of the year, hut the seed for the main crop 
should he sown from July to September. For a succession, seed can be sown till Novem- 
ber. The main crop for spring should be scwn during November. Wakefield varieties 
should be sown a little earlier than the Succession, the latter kind not till Novembe1 
but in a frame, so the voung 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 dav: 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 1o 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, 
5 ounces to the acre. Requires 90 to 120 days to mature. 
