

D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Vilmorin's 

 p Improved 



In general the most desirable beet 

 for the sugar factor}' is the one con- 

 taining the largest percentage of 

 sugar. In this variety we have one 

 of the richest sorts in cultivation, 

 and moreover it will do better on 

 new lands than any other variety, 

 suffer less from an excess of nitro- 

 gen, and will keep the best. In size 

 it is medium or a little below, yield- 

 ing from ten to sixteen tons per 

 acre, and containing, under favorable conditions, as 

 sugar. The beet grows below the surface. The green 

 spreading. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 10c; ^ Lb. I5c; Lb 



A little larger than Vil- 

 morin's Improved and con- 

 taining about the same 

 amount of sugar. Its yield 

 of beets is from twelve to 

 eighteen tons per acre. 

 The beet grows below the 

 surface. The green leaves 

 are rather large and spread- 

 ing, with wavy edges. A 

 little hardier and easier 

 grown than Vilmorin's 

 Improved. Probably the 

 best sort for the experi- 

 menter to use. Pkt. oc; 

 Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 10c; 



H Lb. l.oc; Lb. 3oC. 



high as eighteen per cent of 

 leaves are smooth edged and 

 . 35c. 



eets for StocE. FeedHim 



Giant Feeding Sugar Beet, or Half Sugar Mangel ^auon?oSc!; 



entific men and the experience of practical stock feeders have established that a ration of 

 some appetizing green food is of such great importance 

 as to be practically essential to the profitable winter 

 feeding of stock. In the northern states a supply of 

 such food can only be obtained from some root crops. 

 Of these Mangel Wurzel is popular because of the im- 

 mense yield, but is not fully satisfactory because of the 

 low nutritive value. By the same system of careful 

 selection and breediug which has accomplished sc 

 much with the Sutrar Beet, there has been established 

 in the GIANT FEEDING SUGAR a strain of beeti 

 which, while giving nearly as large a yield of easilj 

 grown and harvested roots as a crop of Mangels, sup- 

 pliesafoodof verymuch higher nut ritivevalue.the roots 

 for feeding purposes being really more valuable, pound 

 for pound, than those of the very best strains of Sugar 

 Beet, and the yield under equally favorable conditions 

 being more than double. The roots grow partly out of 

 the ground and because of this and their shape the 

 crop can be harvested and stored at hss expense than 

 any other root crop. We are certain that every one 

 who plants this variety and grows it with care will be 

 much pleased with the crop. Every farmer 

 should try it. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; 

 3^ Lb; 15c; Lb. 35c. 



French White Sugar Red Top 



Previous to the introduction of Giant 



Feeding Sugar, this was the sort most 



largely grown for stock feeding in Europe, 



where the superior feeding value of the 



Sugar Beets over the coarse Mangel Wur- 



zels is generally recognized. This sort is 



so rich in sugar that it is sometimes grown 



for sugar factories. "SVe do not recom- 

 French White Sugar mend it for this purpose, but do as a most 

 Red Top Beet. profitable crop for feeding stock. The 



numerous green leaves are quite erect, and 

 tbe elongated, egg-shaped root is tinged with red at the top. 

 Jt is very hardy and productive, yielding about twenty tons to 



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the acre. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; h Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 



H^rench Yellow Sugar 



Excellent for stock feeding. 

 H Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 



Grows to a large size; roots 

 lialf long, yellow and sweet. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; 



QiANT Feeding Sugar Beet. 



