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BEETS.— The Best Garden Varieties. 



One ounce xviU sow a driU of dfty feet : five pounds will plant an acre. 

 popular new early beet; 



COLUMBIA. The popular new- 

 earlier tlian Eclipse, and one of the finest in qual- 

 ity. Large, of turnip shape, smooth skin, blood- 

 red fl-sh. very rich and tender. Profitable for 

 market, and especially desirable in the private gar- 

 den on account of Its superior quality. Sown 

 later.it is also excellent for winter use: a splendid 

 keeper. Pkt.. 5c: oz., lOc: ^ lb.. 20c;lb., 60c. 



DETROIT DARK RED TURNIP. Xo. 2 in 



i'lu^traiion. Splendid for garden culture, and the 

 best dark-red turnip variety. Smooth skin and 

 fine-grained flesh of good quality. It.< small, up- 

 right-erowing tops, early maturing, regular shap<^, 

 ai d fine color make it a favorite with all who 

 plant it. Pkt., 5c; oz.. lOc: 14 lb., 15c; lb.. 50c. 



BASTIAN'S EARLY TURNIP. Xo. 5 in il- 

 lustration. For a general-purpose beet this is un- 

 excelled: being of early, quick growth, large size, 

 fine form, excellent quality, and bright red color. 

 It also makes a splendid winter beet sown in July. 

 Very popular with market gardeners. Pkt., 5c; 

 oz., 10c; 34 lb., 15c; lb., 40c. 



ECLIPSE. Xo. 4 in illustration. One of the 



earliest and best of all. possessing all the qualities 

 desired in a first-class beet. Roots globular and 

 smooth; fl-sh fine-grained, very sweet, fine flavor; 

 rich glossv-red. A rap d grower with small top. 

 vorite. Pkt.. 5c; oz., 10c; ^^ lb.. 15c; lb., 50c. 



EARLY BLOOD TURNIP. Xo. l in illustration. The 

 old. popular, and reliable early sort; perfect in form, of good 

 size, and desirable every way; flesh very tender and sweet. 31y 

 seed of this is of the im'proved strain. Pkt.. 5c; oz., lOc; 14 

 1.5c; lb.. 40c. 



EXTRA EARLY DIRIGO. Valuable, especially for its 

 extreme earliness. A turnip beet of rich blood-red color, reg- 

 ular form, smooth skin, and good quality, with small top: a 

 rapid erower, maturing very earlv. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 54 > 

 15c; lb., .50c. 



EARLY EGYPTIAN. Xo. 3 in illustration. A standard 

 early market variety: deep red. flat, turnip-shaped roots, tender, 

 smooth, and sweet.' Pkt.. 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 1.5c; lb., 40c. 



CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN. A rapid-growing blood-turnip 

 beet of excellent quality: maturing early. It possesses fine 



Very profitable; matures early and sells at sight; the market gardeners' fa- 



form, good size, and small tops, and retains its good quality 

 without becoming woody and tasteless, as do others. It is 

 vastly superior to the old Egyptian. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; }4 lb., 

 15c; lb., 5<)c. 



EDMAND'S EARLY TURNIP, An excellent beet, coming 

 in use for secoua eariy, being nut of the earliest. Very uni- 

 form, handsome, round shai>e, deep blood color, sweet, and ten- 

 der. Extra small top. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 15c; lb., 50c. 



EARLY YELLOW TURNIP. Very similar to the Early 

 Blood Tubmp. except in color, which is a bright yellow. Pkt., 

 5c; oz., 10c: 34 lb.. 15c; lb., .5'3c. 



LONG BLOOD "WINTER. An excellent late variety for 



fall and winter u.-e; very tender and sweet, remaining so until 

 spring. Pkt., 5c: oz.. 10c: 34 lb., 1.5c; lb., 40c. 



SUGAR BEETS AND MANGEL WURZELS. 



P> ice. pkt.. oc; oz.. 10c % lb., 15c.- lb., 3.5c. 



MAMMOTH PRIZE LONG RED. Decidedly the heaviest 

 croppee. :he finest, largest, and best long red Mangel in cultiva- 

 tiou; flesh red. fine in texture and quality; of great value for 

 feeding stock; very productive, easily grown, and easily gath- 

 ered. My seed is selected from extra large, fine specimens, 

 representing the true type of this valuable Mangel. 



GOLDEN GIANT IN- 

 TERMEDIATE. A very 

 heavv vie der; color russet- 

 yelloV. fl-sh white. The 

 roots are remarkably even 

 in form, large, and grow 

 about half above the 

 ground, as shown in illus- 

 tration, thus making the 

 crop easy to harvest. The 

 most productive yellow 

 Mangel in cultivation- as 

 rich and sweet as a Sugar 

 Beet; flesh white, firm, 

 olose-grainei, and nutri- 

 tions; greatly relished by 

 horses, cattle, sheep, and 

 swine; vigorous and rapid 

 growers; fine keepers. 



GOLDEN TANKARD. 



A distinct yellow-fleshed 

 variety; one of the most 

 desirable Mangels for stock 

 feeding, as it contains less 

 water and more suear than 

 any other; highly prized by 

 dairy farmers; early to ma- 

 ture and very productive. 



LANE'S IMPERIAL 

 SUGAR. The most valu- 

 able for feeding cows, 

 sheep, or swine. It has 

 yielded forty tons to the 

 acre, tuin at a cost of only 

 five cents per bushel; which makes it very profitable for etoafc: 

 If to be sent by Express decfiucx' 



Deduct 10c jyer pound if sent by express. 

 farmers. The beets grow to a large size, are perfect in shape 

 and almost entirely free from side" roots; easily grown and an 

 excellent keeper. 



RED TOP SUGAR. The earliest of the Sugar Beets. 

 Boots slender: about 4 or 5 inches across at the top, tapering 

 gradually to a point; hardy and very productive. 



IMPROVED WAUGLEBEN SUGAR. The best variety 

 to grow for the manufacture of sugar. In Germany it is grown 

 almost exclusively for this purpose, on account of the large 

 percentage of saccharine contained in the tubers. The growth 

 of both top and root is not so large as other varieties. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



DWARF PERFECTION. A fine variety, producing com- 

 pact sprouts of excellent quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., i5c; 34 lb., 40c; 

 lb., $1.40. 



PARIS MARKET. A new and distinct variety; half dwarf, 

 bearing handsome, solid round .«prout8 of the best qualiiv.. 

 Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c: 34 lb.. 40c; lb.. $1-50. 



CORN SALAD. 



BROAD LEAVED. --V delicious small salad ; very popular 

 durint the winter and early spring as a substitute for lettuce; 

 can also be cookr-d and used like spinach. Pkt.. 5c; oz., 10c; 

 34 lb., 20c; lb., COc. 



CRESS— Pepper Grass. 



UPLAND CRESS. A hardy perennial, with the form, fla- 

 vor, and piir.L'i iicy f)f the Water Cress, but which thrives, 

 and produces hirger foliage, in dry soil. So hardy that, with a 

 light covering in' winter, it is green all the year round, and is 

 ready for use in spring before any other salad. Pkt . lOc; 

 oz.,.30c. 



Golden Intermediate. 



Cook Co., III. 



The seeds I purchased of you last spring proved better than 

 any I have purchased elsewhere, atid I hope I will have same 

 success this year. H. .1. DE PIERRE. 



.lOc per pound from prices named. 



