F. W. BOLGIANO & CO. 



BEETS. 



CULTURE OF BEETS.— Our Beet seed are grown from SELECTED TRANSPLANTED ROOTS, and have given truckers and market 

 gardeners, who appreciate a high standard of perfection, the utmost satisfaction. One ounce will sow 50 feet of soil, 5 to 6 pounds for an acre. 

 The soil best suited for beet culture is that which is rather light and well enriched. Sow in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the 

 ground can be worked. When the plants are large enough thin out to stand 6 inches apart in rows ; continue sowing for a succession as late as 

 the middle of August. Keep well cultivated. 



Dewing's Blood Turnip.— 



Tops medium size and veins dark 

 red; leaves green; roots dark red, 

 turnip-shaped with large top ; flesh 

 carmine red zoned with lighter 

 shade ; tender, sweet and a good 

 keeper. Packets, 5 and 10 cents ; \ 

 pound, 15 cents ; £ pound, 20 cents ; 

 pound, 40 cents. 



Bolgiano's Early Blood 

 Bed Turnip Beet.— Handsome 

 in shape, early, deep red color, and 

 gives satisfaction to the practical and 

 experienced growers. Packets, 5 

 and 10 cents ; | pound, 15 cents ; i 

 pound, 20 cents ; pound, 35 cents. 



Half Long Blood Beet.— 



We recommend this beet to be of 

 great value. Its roots are of a pleas 

 ing shape, its flesh is dark deep red 

 and very tender and sweet. As i 

 fall and winter beet it has few equals 

 Its keeping qualities are of the best, 

 Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; £ 

 pound, 15 cents ; | pound, 25 cents; 

 pound, 40 cents. 



CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN BEET, 



Crosby Extra Early.— A 



very superior strain of blood-red 

 Egyptian, carefully selected for 

 years by Mr. Crosby, a noted 

 market gardener, whose aim was 

 to secure a perfect forcing va- 

 riety. The results obtained were 

 handsome form, good size, few 

 small tops, very small tap root, 

 fine quality, and above all, quick, 

 rapid growth. The shape is very 

 desirable, not quite so flat as the 

 ordinary Egyptian, nor so round 

 as the Eclipse. Best shape for 

 packing and shipping. Takes on 

 its turnip shape and looks well 

 even in the early stages of its 

 growth, on which account it is 

 perferred. This is a decided advantage to those who force for real early market, 

 and especially for a market where beets are sold in bunches. Once used it is 

 preferred to all others for forcing in frames or for first sowing outside. Pack- 

 ets, 5 and 10 cents ; \ pound, 15 cents ; £ pound, 25 cents ; pound, 50 cents. 



Detroit Dark Bed Turnip.— One of the best deep red turnip beets for 

 market gardeners or home use. Its small upright growing tops early maturing, 

 and fine globular shape and color of the roots, make it very popular with every 

 one who plants it. Our seed is selected from the best strain of stock seed, and 

 will give great satisfaction. Packets 5 and 10 cents ; \ pound, 15 cents ; i 

 pound, 20 cents ; pound, 35 cents. 



BOLGIANO'S EXTRA EARLY ECLIPSE BEET. 



In all our experience we have 



never had a beet that took so well 



at the introduction and that the 



demand increased so much as this. 



HH It is valuable for home gardens 



jj| and indispensable for market gar- 



~BI dens. It was introduced from 



-:J Germany as a selection or hybrid 



vj from the famous Egyptian. It 



j: is remarkable for its very rapid 



'-■ i growth, the perfection of its 



' !; form, which is globular, of its 



jsfj beautiful crimson flesh, and for 



its dwarf foliage. The roots are 



. of a bright glossy red, very fine 



r grained and of a delicious flavor. 



V Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; 



f \ pound, 15 cents ; h pound, 20 



,:.: : cents : pound, 35 cents. 



&' Extra Early Bassano 



: Beet.— This beet is sometimes 



called Philadelphia Sugar Beet. 



;: Roots large, turnip shape, come 



;',, very early, and are very sweet 



p and tender ; one of the leading 



varieties in this market ; flesh 



bright light red. Packet, 5 



| pound, 20 cents ; pound, 35 cents. 



Edmand's Blood Turnip Beet. 



ts ; ounce, 10 . 



This is the most thoroughly fixed and 

 uniform in type. The flesh is deep blood 

 red in color, and exceedingly sweet and ten- 

 der in quality. It is round and smooth in 

 shape and of good market size. It does not 

 grow over large, where room is permitted, as 

 many kinds are apt to do, therefore needs 

 not to be thinned so much as most varieties. 

 It grows a small top, and but a single tap 

 root, which fact commends itself to the 

 gardeners' attention who grows beets for 

 bunching purposes. Packets, 5 cents and 

 10 cents ; % pound, 15 cents ; y, pound, 20 

 cents ; pound, 35 cents. 



FOUR POUNDS TO 

 THE ACRE. 



MangeUWuvzel Beet for Cattle Food. 



CULTURE OF CATTLE BEETS.— They should be sown from April to June in drills 2 feet apart, and 

 afterwards thinned out to stand 1 foot apart in the rows. Keep well cultivated, and you will have an abundant crop 

 of roots for winter use. 



Golden Tankard Yellow-Flesh Mangel.— Deep yellow fleshed, of milk-producing quality. Pound, 25c. 



Improved Sugar Beet for Making Sugar. — Large growing sort, rich in sugar, hardy and very produc- 

 tive. Pound, 25 cents. 



Giant Mangel- Wurzel.— The heaviest cropping, of mammoth size, fine quality. Pound, 25 cents. 



