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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Deep Blood-red Castlenaudary Beet.— Root small, nearly 

 buried in the soil, rather slender, straight, sometimes with a tap- 

 root of some length ; skin black-red ; flesh very dark red, compact, 

 solid, and very sugary ; leaves dark red, with long stalks. This 

 variety does not yield a heavy crop, but its quality is excellent. 

 The English varieties Long Deep Red and Very Dark Red are 



very similar to this. The same may be said of Dobbie's New 

 Purple and Goldie's Superb Black, their roots being only a little 

 thicker. 



Whyte's Black Beet. — Synonyms : Osborn's Improved Blood- 

 red, Barratt's Crimson, Oldacre's Blood-red, Perkins's Black. — A 

 handsome medium-sized kind. Root long, thick under the neck, 

 sometimes a little angular instead of being regularly round ; skin 

 smooth, of a very deep slate colour ; flesh black-red, firm, and of 

 good quality ; leaves rather stout, slightly crimped and undulated, 

 of a brown-red colour, more or less tinged and mixed with green ; 

 leaf-stalks red. This is one of the best varieties ; the flesh is very 

 deeply coloured, and the root can be easily distinguished from all 

 others by the gray or leaden hue of the skin. It is fairly pro- 

 ductive, and keeps well. 



Rough-skinned Red Beet. 



Deep Blood-red Castelnaudary Beet, 



