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two or three inches in height they should be thinned to stand four to six inches apart 

 in the rows. Those pulled out are excellent when cooked like spinach, or may be 

 transplanted to other rows for an additional supply. 



Seed may be sown also early in a hot-bed and transplanted to the garden when the 

 season is warm enough. 



While we exercise the greatest care in selection of our crops for seed, the color o 

 the flesh in the early sorts will vary considerably with different soils and seasons. A 

 " packet " contains about five hundred, and an ounce package two thousand seeds 

 Use one ounce to loo feet of drill : four pounds per acre, in rows three feet apart. 



- Improved Blood Turnip Beet.— The tops 

 are neat and of uniform growth ; leaf stems and veins 

 dark red. The roots are rich dark red in color. Flesh 

 deep red, fine grain, very sweet and retaining its blood- 

 red color when cooked. For a constant supply suc- 

 cessive sowing of seed should be made throughout the 

 spring and early summer, Pkt. 5c. Oz. loc. % lb. 15c, 

 Lb, 50c. 



MANGEL. -(Wurzel). 



//Golden Tankard Yellow-Fleslied llangel 



nrhis distinct variety is a most important addition to our 

 list of roots for stock feeding, as it contains less water 

 and more sugar than any other mangel. A special fea- 

 ture is the rich deep yellow color of the flesh, nutritious 

 and milk-producing qualities. Oz. loc. % lb. 15c. Lb. 

 30C. 5 lbs. or more at 25c. per lb. 



^Champion Yellow, or Orange Olobe 

 Mangel. — Productive, easily pulled, and an excellent 

 keeper when stored in heaps for winter use. It is spheri- 

 cal in shape and is of an orange-yellow color. The flesh 

 of the root is white, firm, and suguary. Oz, loc, % lb. 

 15c, Lb. 30C. 



f Improved Manimotli Prixe Long Red. 



(also called Xorbtain and Giant Jnnibo Man- 

 gel).— The heaviest cropping and best long Mangel. 

 This mammoth variety grows to an immense size, single 

 roots weighing twenty to thirty pounds each, and always 

 of very fine texture and good quahty. Henry Hodgson, 

 of Millersville, Ohio raised on one acre 55,750 lbs. of 

 roots from seed purchased from us Oz. loc. % lb. 15c. 

 Lb. 30C. 5 lbs. or more at 25c. per lb. 



Bed Globe Mangel. — This variety is valuable for 

 earliness and smooth, symmetrical, globe shaped roots. 

 The roots are about eight inches in diameter Oz. loc. 

 X lb. 15c. Lb. 30C. 5 lbs. or more at 25c. per lb. 



^Sfkrly Blood-Red Turnip Beet. The old stand-by. 



V'Pewings Improved Blood Turnip. A popular starin .... 



UUxtrx Early Egyptian. Very quick-growing blood turnip. . 



VO'osby's Egyptian. Beets round and of better quality 



%■■' Eclipse. Extremely early, round, blood-red beets • 



tB as tain's Extra Early Red Turnip. Fine and early 



l-Bastain's Half -long Blood, or Philadelphia Perfection Beet. 



i/Long, Smooth Blood-Red. An excellent late variety 



.^Bassano. Extra early and leading Market variety 



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All Garden Beets in regular-sized packets, 5 cents per packet. 



