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White French Sug"ar. 



Iiong Bed Mang'el. 



Golden Tankard. 



SUGAR BEETS AND STOCK BEETS. 



CUIiTUBX:. — 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 potmds are sown to the acre. Sugar 

 beets are also used for stock feeding, and 

 while not as large as the IMangels, they 

 have a higher percentage of sugar. 



LONG RED MANGEI.. — Largest and 

 heaviest 3'ielder in the South of all the 

 Mangels. Roots grow from y-> 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., 30c.; lb., $1.00; 

 5 lbs,, $4.50, postpaid. 



GOIiDSN TAITKAS-D.— Yellow beet. The 

 most prolific, very nutritious, one of the 

 most profitable varieties for stock feeding. 

 Packet, 10c.; oz., 15c.; 14 lb., 40c.; lb., $1.00; 

 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. 



WHITE ERENCE 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.; 14 lb., 

 30c.; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, 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 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 sovvm 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 Janiiary 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 Dry" 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, 



PLANT FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS. 



For those who desire an early cron we strongly recommend the planting of Frost- 

 Proof Cabbage Plants as described on Page 54 of this Catalogue. We begin makmg Fall 

 shipments about December 15th, but when conditions are favorable we can ship as 

 early as November 20th and up to May 1st. This will enable the market gardener to 

 have an early crop when prices are high, as well as to furnish early Cabbage for the 

 home gardener's table. 



