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FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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SUGAR BEET 



Desirable not only for the manufacture of sugar, but are invaluable for stock feed- 

 ing and when small may be used for the table. The best soil is a rich, friable sandy, or 

 clayey loam. Kick, mucky soils will often give an immense yield of roots which, though 

 excellent for feed, are of little value for sugar malcing. Plant in drills two to two and 

 one-half feet apart, twelve to twenty seeds to the foot. The seed should be well covered 

 with about one to one and one-half inches of soil pressed firmly over it. Cultivate 

 frequently. When about three inches high thin to about ten inches apart. 



FOR SUGAR MAKING 

 . tt\T',- Unquestionably the most highly developed strain of beet for 



JsienSCn S VlCtriX sugar making. Roots of medium size, white with tinge of 

 gray, half long, and very uniform in type. Flesh white, exceptionally rich in sugar 



content. Per Lb. 40c, postpaid. Lots of 

 5 Lbs. to 25 Lbs. by express, at pur- 

 chaser's expense, 30c per Lb. 

 1 i-.i • > f J One of the 



Vilmonn s Improved richest i n 



sugar content of the sorts in cultivation. 

 It will do better on new lauds than any 

 other, suffers less from an excess of 

 nitrogen and will keep the best. The tops 

 are of medium size, with smooth, briglit 

 green leaves. The roots are of medium 

 size, similar in appearance to Jaensch's 

 Victrix; flesh white, often yielding from 

 ten to sixteen tons per acre. Pkt. So; 

 Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 



FOR STOCK FEEDING 

 iri • \iT 11 Roots a little 



Klein Wanzieben larger than 



Vilmorin's Improved and a little hardier 

 and easier grown. The tops are rather 

 large and the leaves slightly waved. Yields 

 from twelve to eighteen tons per acre. 

 Probably the best sort for the exper- 

 imenter to use. Pkt. Sc; Oz.lOc; % Lb. 15c; 

 Lb. 40c. 



Giant Feeding Sugar Beet strain 

 or Half Sugar Mangel °L y'desir' 



able for stock feeding, affording not 

 only a very large crop much easier to 

 harvest than other sorts but also having 

 higher nutritive value, being especially 

 rich in sugar. Roots light bronze green 

 above ground, grayish white below, with 

 white flesh. On account of growing 

 partly out of the ground and the long 

 ovoid sliape the crop can be harvested 

 and stored easily and at less expense 

 than any other root crop. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 10c; 1/4 Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 



Giant Feeding Sugar Beet 

 Half Sugar Mangel 



MANGEL WURZEL 



Long 



o 1 A large, long variety grown for stock feeding. The roots are light red. 

 Keel grow well out of the ground and are easily harvested. -"■ " ' 



white, tinged with rose. 



The flesh is 



Pkt. 5c; dz. 10c; V4 Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 



r\ im r^ o /^ t t J Roots very large, uniformly straight 



D. M. rerry cfeCOS Improved and well formed and comparatively 



Mammntk T nnrr Rorl thicker than the common sort. Flesh white tinged with 

 IVldnilllULll l-iUPllg rveu ^^^^ under careful culture enormously productive. 

 Our stock will produce the largest and finest roots which can be grown for feeding 

 stock and is vastly superior to many strains offered under other names, such as 

 Norbitan Giant, Colossal, Monarch, etc. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; V4 Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 

 »r II • • J.1 The roots of this exceedingly productive sort grow about 



I ellOW Leviathan one-half out of the ground and very easily harvested. 

 In shape thev are long fusiform, or spindle shaped tapering from the middle to each 

 end. Color light gray tinged with brown above ground, yellow below. Flesh white, 

 sometimes slightly tinged with yellow. Tops green, comparatively small; collar 

 small. The roots have less tendency to become woody than most sorts. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 10c; V4 Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 

 /^ IJ T 1 J Tops comparatively small; leaf Stalks and veins distinctly 

 VaOlden l ankard tinged with yellow. neck small. Roots large, ovoid, but 

 bottom usually of larger dia meter than top, light gray above ground , deep orange be- 

 low. Flesh yellow, zoned with white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; % Lb. 1 5c; Lb. 35c. 



IJD/^/^f^/^f f The heads resemble somewhat a coarse cauliflower and the culture is the same in all essentials as 

 MJi'^^^y-^^-y^^i-'i. for that vegetable. Broccoli is well adapted only to those sections where the season is long, cool and 

 rather moist. One of the most valuable features is that it withstands greater extremes of temperature than cauliflower. 

 C I f 1171- 'i C 1- This is probably the most useful variety. Plants very hardy, vigorous and easily grown. 

 tarly Large White rrenCh Heads white, compact, hard and of good quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; 

 V4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



RR I T ^^P" I ^ ^PR 01 TT^ This vegetable is used in the fall and early winter and by some considered more 

 MJM.\.\J»J»Jljl-iiJ tJM. L\.\yKJ 1. tj tender and delicious than any cabbage. The plant resembles the cabbage, the 

 edible part being the numerous very small heads or sprouts an inch or two in diameter formed on the stalk at each leaf joint. 

 The culture is the same in all essentials as for cabbage, except the leaves should be broken down in the fall to give the little 

 heads more room to grow. 



I J 14 1£ r% C Probably the most useful variety, plants growing one and one-half to three feet high, very 



ImprOVeu rialr UWart hardy and giving compact, round sprouts of large size and good quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. ISc; 

 2 Oz. 25c; 1/4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



Yellow Leviathan Mangel Wurzel 



