Bolgiano's Garden Guide for 1929 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 7 



Pole or Running Beans 



Sow 2 lbs. to ISO hills; 20 to 24 lbs. to the acre 

 HORTICULTURAL (Cranberry or Wren's Egg). A popular Pole Cherry Bean for 



Snaps or Shell Beans, especially adapted for short seasons and cool locations. Pods 4 to 



5 inches long, J^inch broad, thick and fleshy. 

 LAZY WIFE (White Pole Cherry). Pods 5 to 6 inches long and produced in great abun- 

 dance. They are broad, thick, fleshy, entirely stringless and retain their rich tender 



stringless quality until nearly ripe. Make excellent Shell Beans. 

 OLD HOMESTEAD (Kentucky Wonder). A favorite with the most critical 



trade and private gardeners. Produces clusters of round, tender, stringless, 



dark green pods, 8 inches or more long. 

 WHITE CREASEBACK. Very early. Large, round, fleshy pods borne in 



clusters. Seed pure white when mature. Makes fine Shell Beans for winter. 



A good corn-field Bean. pqr PRICES SEE PAGE 6 



BEET 



Betterave Salatrii&e Remolacha 

 Culture. — Rich, well-drained, fibrous loam will insure a good Beet crop. For early "^^ 

 table Beets, make drills 16 to 20 inches apart and sow the seed about 1 inch deep, as 

 early as the ground can be put in shape, or seed may be sown under glass four weeks 

 earlier and the young seedlings transplanted to open ground, for an extra-early crop. _ 



Give thorough, clean cultivation, and thin the plants to stand 2 inches apart in 

 the row. For succession, sow at intervals to the middle of July. For earliest sowings, 

 a light dressing of nitrate of soda, 100 pounds per acre, will sometimes work wonders. 



Bolfiano's Earlv Sorinff. This has proved one of the best and earliest Beets offered to the 



° i. L Si market-gardener and has won praise and recommendation wherever 



used. The first Beet on the market, it always brings the highest prices. Its shape is globular, 

 with small tip roots and tops. The flesh is a deep red, fine-grained, and exceptionally tender and 

 sweet. It may be sown under glass or in the open field, and will mature much earlier than other 

 varieties. See also Novelties, page 2, and illustration in color on back cover. 



Detroit 

 Dark 

 Red 

 Beet 



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BOLGIANO'S DEEP BLOOD BEAUTY. Medium sized, 

 globe-shaped Beets with smooth skin and very tender flesh. 



CRIMSON GLOBE. This is one of the best Bunching Beets. 

 It is of medium size, almost globe-shaped, and entirely free 

 from rootlets. Flesh blood-red, slightly ringed, never 

 stringy. A grand second-early or main^-crop sort. 



CROSBY'S IMPROVED EXTRA-EARLY EGYPTIAN. 



An improved Extra-Early Egyptian, just as early, but of 

 more desirable shape, color, and quality. It is very sweet 

 and tender, and a most valuable sort for early market, as 

 it is ready before other Beets of equal quality. 



DETROIT DARK RED. A splendid dark red Beet for home 

 or market, and by far the best for canning on account of its 

 beauty. Small tops and perfectly shaped small roots. Flesh 

 zoned with light and dark bands; tender and sweet. 



EDMAND'S BLOOD TURNIP. A handsome, clean, turnip- 

 shaped blood Beet. Skin and flesh deep blood-red; sweet, 

 tender, and unsurpassed for solidity and keeping pur- 

 poses. The roots grow uniformly and are of right market- 

 able size, mature early; satisfactory for bunching. 



EXTRA-EARLY ECLIPSE. Rapid grower of perfect globu- 

 lar form, with beautiful crimson flesh and dwarf foliage. 



Mangel -Wurzel or Stock Beet 



GATE-POST. Immense roots that, when fed to cows, pro- 

 duce the richest milk. If you want the best Yellow Mangel 

 you ever grew, buy this variety. 

 GIANT MAMMOTH LONG RED. Roots very large, "uni- 

 formly straight, well formed, deep red, solid; tops small. 

 Produces immense bulk and tonnage. 

 IMPROVED GOLDEN TANKARD. _ The deep, rich yellow flesh is firm 



and solid. On account of its shape, it is easily lifted from the ground. 

 KLEIN WANZLEBEN. A true Sugar Beet, valuable for stock-feeding, sugar- 

 production, or for table use when small. A broad-shouldered, tapering 

 variety of medium size, but very productive and rich in sugar content. 



Crosby's Improved Elxtra-Early Egyptian Beets 



BEET Pkt. Oz. i/4lb. Lb. 



American Beauty $0.10 $0.15 $0.30 $1.00 



Bolgiano's Deep Blood Beauty 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Bolgiano's Early Spring 10 .15 .50 1.75 



Crimson Globe .10 .15 .30 1.00 



Crosby's Improved Extra-Eariy Egyptian. ..... ! .10 .15 .30 1.00 



Dark Red Flat Egyptian 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Detroit Dark Red 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Early Blood Turnip 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Early Large Egyptian 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Early Ox-Blood 10 .15 .25 .90 



Early Wonder 10 .15 .40 1.10 



Edmand's Blood Turnip 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Extra-Early Eclipse 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Lentz 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Long Smooth Blood 10 .15 .30 .90 



Lucullus 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Nutting's Early Gem 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Swiss Chard 10 .15 .30 1.00 



MANGEL-WURZEL Oz. Vilb. Lb. 



Gate-Post $0.10 $0.20 $0.60 



Giant Mammoth Long Red 10 .20 .60 



Improved Golden Tankard 10 .20 .60 



Klein Wanzleben 10 .20 .60 



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