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also much smaller. We recommend it and 

 consider it a good acquisition. The seed of 

 this variety is obtained by us from the orig- 

 inal source and is the finest stock offered. 

 It increases in popularity every year. 

 /' Crosby's Egyptian. An improvement 

 on the foregoing sort; being of more uni- 

 form shape and color. Recommend same 

 highly: it will take the place of the old 

 variety for market purposes. 

 Y White French Sugar is used for stock 

 food in our climate; not much planted. 



\y Silrer Beet or Swiss Chard. This 



variety is cultivated for its large succulent 

 leaves, which are used for the same pur- 

 poses as Spinach. It is very popular in the 

 New Orleans market. 



l, LentZ- A strain of Blood Turnip Beet 

 'which originated with one of the most prom- 

 inent market gardeners around Philadel- 

 phia. This beet, as selected and grown by 

 him, has had a gre^t reputation in the sur- 

 roundings of the above place, but the seed 

 has been carefully guarded and kept until 

 recently, when it fell into the hands of 

 a seed grower, from whom we have re- 

 ceived our supply. It is fully as early 

 as the Egyptian Beet, but larger and of 

 better quality; and it has a fine turnip 

 form with smooth roots, dark blood red 

 4esh, tender and sweet at all times, 

 merer becoming tough and stringy, evem 

 when old. The cut is an exact repre- 

 sentation of its shape. 



Frotscher's Three-quarter Red 

 Beet. A decided improvement on the 

 Blood Turnip; excellent beet for family 

 use and also for shipping; retains its- 

 color longer than any other variety; 

 quick growth and not much foliage. 



BORECOLE or CURLED 

 KALE. 



Cmoux-vert (Fr.), Gruener Kohl 

 (Ger.), Breton (Sp.) 



Dwarf German Greens. A vege- 

 table highly esteemed in the northern 

 part of Europe, but very little cultivated 

 in this country. It requires frost tc 

 make it good for the table. Treated the 

 same as cabbage. 



r ?asS£fc 



Chicago Early Blood Turnip Beet, 



BROCCOLI. 



Choux Broccoli (Fr.), Spargbl- Kohl (Ger), 

 Brocuu (Sp.) 



Purple Cape. Resembles the Cauliflower, 

 but not forming such compact heads, and not 

 quite so white, being of greenish cast. We 

 raise such fine Cauliflower here that very little 

 Broccoli is planted. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Seed Drills, All the Best Kinds, 



