10 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



BEET-TABLE VARIETIES (Cont.) 





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Early Blood Turnip betur SO.55 S0.50 



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. 



Extra Early Flat Egyptian begyp .50 .45 



50 days. Best for forcing and particularly valuable for early 

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

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



Ferry's Crosby besby .60 .55 



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 begut .65 .60 



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

 Red. Especially fine for canning and pickling whole at 1 3^ to 1}4 

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

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

 terior deep crimson, zoning indistinct. 



Long Dark Blood (Above Ground) beark .40 .38 



80 — 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 }4 above ground; very dark 

 purplish-red below and grayish-russeted above ground; become 

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

 very dark purplish-red with indistinct zones of a lighter shade. 



BEET— SWISS CHARD 



LARGE RIBBED, DARK GREEN berib .45 .40 



The smooth or -slightly crumpled leaves are dark glossy green; 

 stem and midribs broad and comparatively thick. Distinct 

 from other chards and favored by many because of its superior 

 flavor. 



LUCULLUS beluc .45 .40 



The fleshy crumpled leaves of this variety make very choice 

 greens. Plant erect; stalks rounded and finely ribbed; foliage 

 rich deep green. 



SUGAR BEET 



Klein Wanzleben bekle .30 .28 



The most desirable beet for sugar manufacture; valuable for stock 

 feeding. Roots medium large; 12 — 15 in. long, 3}/^ — 4 in. at 

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

 content ; good keeper. 



