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SOME DESIRABLE NEW BEETS. 





-^Perfegjeo Ha lf L on a 



Johnson & Stokes' New Surprise Beet. 



The Very Earliest of All ! 



(Q^ Jj A^HIS Beet has now had five years' thor- 

 PI^CJ^ ough test on our Bucks County farm, 



<^ r>R and been tried by hundreds of practi- 

 cal market gardeners among our cus- 

 tomers, and we have no hesitation in 

 pronouncing it the earliest BEET ever pro- 

 duced. Heretofore many growers have used the 

 well-known Egyptian variety, in spite of its poor 

 table qualities, because it was about the earliest 

 sort obtainable. The New Surprise has the very 

 small top of the Egyptian, which so admirably fits 

 it for growing under glass ; but in table qualities 

 the New Surprise is a great contrast, the flesh 

 being remarkably sweet, fine-grained and tender, 

 while the Egyptian is apt to be hard, woody and 

 tasteless, especially in the later stages of growth, 

 and also to crack open. In short, this is not only 

 the earliest beet, but also one of the very best — a 

 combination of which shrewd growers everywhere 

 are quick to take advantage. Pkt., loc. ; oz., 15c,; 

 X lb., 40c.; lb., I1.25 ; 2 lbs., $2.25. 



New Surprise is All tve Claim. 



" We cannot praise your New Surprise Beet too highly ; 

 it is all you claim for it. All your seeds are more than satis- 

 factory." 



E. Oldfather, Rochester, Ind. 



New Columbia Beet. 



^^ ii AC^HIS new Beet promises to be a valuable 

 ^t^CP" acquisition. The color of the skin, 



U r, r>R. flesh and top are like the well-known 

 Egyptian. It also grows nearly as quick- 

 ly, but is somewhat larger and rounder 

 in shape and of better quality. Those who give the 

 New Columbia a trial will be fully repaid. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz., loc; li lb,, 30c. ; lb., |i. 00. 



Ford's Perfected Half-Long Beet. 



1. R. JAMES FORD, who is well known to 

 most of our customers as the originator 

 ^\ViL °^ '■^^ famous Ford's Mammoth Pod- 

 QfKjCii) ^^° Lima Bean, is one of Philadel- 

 phia's most successful market garden- 

 ers. Several years ago he began a series of experi- 

 ments in beet culture, which finally resulted in 

 the production of the excellent variety here shown. 

 It has many distinctive points of great value. In 

 size the roots are remarkably uniform. The color 

 is a very deep red, several shades darker than the 

 well-known Philadelphia Perfection, and Bastian 

 Half-long varieties. It is also earlier, maturing a 

 a few days after the Early Turnip varieties ; and 

 as a fall and winter beet, it has no equal, as none 

 other can approach it in keeping qualities, Pkt., 

 IOC ; oz., 15c.; X lb., 40c.; lb., I1.25 ; 2 lbs., ^2.25. 



