DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



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New Beet 



The Fireball 



Mr. Vaughan, the introducer, says: This 

 new beet is perfectly globe shaped, extra 

 early in season and earlier than Crosby's. 

 The skin is smooth, the flesh is solid with a 

 very sweet flavor, and of a bright intense 

 red color. The top root is tiny and the leaf 

 stalks are quite small, making it valuable 

 for early and late sowing in frames. It is 

 also very desirable in the open ground where 

 it retains its fresh table qualities better 

 than most beets. In home gardens it is ab- 

 solutely without a superior. We believe this 

 variety will prove one of the most popular 

 beets introduced in years. Price per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz 15 cts., 1^ lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



CRIMSON GLOBE BEET 



This is a most valuable introduc- 

 tion. It is a very early variety, skin 

 smooth and it is as handsome a beet 

 as you can find. The root is not 

 large, averaging about 3 inches in 

 diameter. The leaves are quite small 

 with slender stems. There is no va- 

 riety where richness of color in both 

 top and roots is so beautifully com- 

 bined as in this sort. Color of flesh 

 rich deep red shading to purple, is 

 fine grained. Judges appear to be 

 unanimous as to its excellent quality 

 and as a superior market beet. Price 

 per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 35 

 cts., lb. $1.00. 



Improved Danish Ball Head 



This variety is also sold under the name of 

 Hollander, German Export and Dutch Winter, and 

 today stands without a peer, as the hardest head- 

 ing cabbage, longest keeping qualities, and great 

 weight for its size. This variety has been se- 

 lected and perfected for more than fifty years by 

 the Danish gardeners. 



In Denmark and Holland it is grown almost 

 exclusively for winter cabbage, and they annually 

 export large quantities to other countries. It will 

 stand long journey and keep far into the spring, 

 the heads ure of medium size, are very solid and 

 deep, and of a fine white color, making them en- 

 tirely dilTerent from any other strain, and they 

 keep better than any other sort, the heads being 

 just as solid and perfect when taken up in the 

 spring as when they were put away in the fall. 



Quality fine, being tender and crisp, with but 

 little waste heart. This will do best if planted a 

 week or ten days earlier than our common drum- 

 head sorts, and on deep, heavy loam, and liberally 

 manured land. 



Improved Danish Ballhead Cabbage 



Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., ^4 lb. $1.00. 



