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, 5106 pounds for an acre. The soil best suited for beet culture is that which is rather light and well enrlchf d. 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 ol August. Keep well cultivated. 



Dewing-'s Blood Turnip.- 



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 variety. 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 

 stage of its growth, on which 

 account it is preferred. This 

 is a decided advantage to those who force for real early market, and espe- 

 cially for a market where beets are sold in bunches. Once used it is pre- 

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

 ets, 5 and 10 cents; J4 pound, 15 cents; V2 pound, 25 cents; pound, 50 cents. 



Detroit Dark Red 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 seeds are selected from the best strain of 

 stock seed, and will give great satisfaction. Packets, 5 and 10 cents ; J4 

 pound, IS cents; V2 pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents. 



BOLGIANO'S EXTRA EARLY ECLIPSE BEET. 



_ In all our experiance we have 



never had a beet that took 



^ so well at the introduction and 



%^ that the demand increased so 



B. much as this. It is valuable for 



home gardens and indespensa- 



ble for market gardens. It was 



introduced from Germany as a 



Llection or hybrid from the 



mous Egyptian. It is re- 



nrkable for its very rapid 



lowth the perfection of its 



irm, which is globular, of its 



Tutiful crimson flesh, and for 



dwarf foliage. The roots are 



1 bright glossy red, very fine 



nned and of a delicious flavor. 



iLket, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; 



I pound, IS cents; Vi pound, 



) cents; pound, 3S cents. 



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 ; 

 14 pound, 15 cents; V2 pound, 20 

 cents ; pound, 35 cents. 



Half Long Blood Beet.— 

 We recommend this beet to be of 

 great value. Its roots are of a 

 pleasing shape, its flesh is dark 

 deep red, and very tender and 

 sweet. As a fall and winter beet 

 it has few equals. Its keeping 

 qualities are of the best. Packet, 





Edmand*s 

 Blood Turnip Beet. 



This is the most thoroughly 

 fixed and uniform in type. The 

 flesh is deep blood red in color, 

 and exceedingly sweet and tender 

 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 

 varieies. It grows a small top, 

 -^^ '3- caiij,, diiu die vci^ s'wccL and but a single tap root, which 



-%-_^^ _ .„ , _ "id tender; one of the leadmg fact commends itself to the gar- 



dener's attention who grows beets 

 for bunching purposes. Packets, 

 cents; ounce, 10 cents; J4 pound, is cents, V2 pound, 20 cents; pound, 3s 5 cents and 10 cents; J4 pound, 15 

 cents. cents ; V2 pound, 20 cents ; pound, 



35 cents. 



MANGEL=WURZEL BEET FOR CATTLE FOOD. 4 lbs. to the Acre. 



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

 and afterwards thinned out to stand i foot apart in the rows. Keep well cultivated, and you will have an abund- 

 ant crop of roots for winter use. 



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



Improved Sug-ar Beet for Makings Sugar. — ^Large growing sort, rioh in sugar, hardy and very pro- 

 ductive. Pound, 25 cents. 



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



Extra Early Bas.sano 

 Beet. — This beet is sometimes 

 called Phildelphia Sugar Beet. 

 R lots large, turnip shape, come 

 ly early, and are very sweet 

 md tender; one of the leading 

 varieties in this market; flesh 

 bright light red. Packet, s 

 , V2 pound, 20 cents; pound, 3s 



