10 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



BEET— TABLE VARIETIES (Cont.) 



1 lb. 50 lbs. 



or more or more 



Codeword per lb. per lb. 



Early Blood Turnip, Improved blox SO. 4.5 80.35 



60 days. For home and market garden. Tops medium small, but 

 fairly coarse. Roots deep turnip-shaped ; dark purphsh-red. Flesh 

 deep purplish-red zoned with a lighter shade. 



Edmand's Early Blood Turnip bloom .45 .3,5 



60 days. For home and market garden. Tops medium small, but 

 coarse. Roots deep turnip-shaped, almost globular; very dark 

 red. Flesh deep purplish-red zoned with a Hghter shade. 



Extra Early Egyptian Blood Turnip blaxton .55 .45 



50 days. Best for forcing and particularly valuable for early 

 market. Tops small and upright; roots flattened, with long 

 slender tap roots; flesh dark purplish-red zoned Hghter. 



Ferry's Crosby blazer .55 .45 



50 — 55 days. Of excellent quahty for home garden and early 

 market. Tops small, but fairly coarse. Root deep turnip-shaped, 

 almost globular; bright carmine-red. Flesh bright vermilion-red 

 with fainter zoning. 



GOOD FOR ALL .boog 1.00 .90 



52 — 55 days. Excellent new variety developed from Detroit Dark 

 Red. Especially fine for canning and pickhng whole at 13^ to IH 

 inches in diameter. Roots smooth, even in size and shape, and 

 almost perfectly globular; collar and tap roots very small; in- 

 terior deep crimson, free from white zones. 



Long Darl< Blood Above Ground bodie .55 .45 



SO — 90 days to produce roots 8 — 10 in. long. The best table beet 

 for field culture; a splendid keeper; superior for pickles. Tops 

 large, upright. Roots grow }i to ^2 above ground; very dark 

 purplish-red below and gra3^sh-russeted above ground; become 

 14 — 16 in. long; 3 in. thick at shoulder and are tapered. Flesh 

 very dark purphsh-red with indistinct zones of a hghter shade. 



SWISS CHARD, LARGE RIBBED WHITE (SHver Leaf) . brazoria .55 .45 



Tender young leaves can be had 40 — i5 days after sowing seed 

 and thereafter until frost occurs. Used much in home and market 

 gardens. Plants become 24 in. tall. Leaf blade large and broad; 

 hght yellowish-green, smooth; borne on broad, fleshy, very pale 

 green leaf-stem, which is often cooked in the same manner as 

 asparagus. 



Swiss Chard, Large Ribbed, Green Leaved breex .55 .45 



Dark green leaves with broad white stems. Plant upright in 

 growth; leaves fairly smooth. 



SWISS CHARD, LUCULLUS breathit .55 .45 



In season with Large Ribbed "VMiite. Popular home and market 

 garden sort. Plants become 24 in. tall. Leaf blade large and broad, 

 rich yellowish-green; much bHstered or crumpled; borne on thick 

 pale green leaf-stem. 



SUGAR BEET 



Klein Wanzleben Bristol .25 .23 



The most desirable beet for sugar manufacture; valuable for stock 

 feeding. Roots medium large; 12 — 15 in. long, 3H — 4 in. at 

 shoulder, tapered; white with a tinge of gray; very rich in sugar 

 content ; good keeper. 





