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Beets — Continued 



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11. Extra Early Dark Red Flat Egyptian Beet. The Egyptian Beet is 

 one of the most popular varieties among market gardeners for forcing purposes. 

 It will bear close planting in the valuable space under glass or in a warm garden 

 in early Spring. It is turnip-shaped, and when young is crisp and tender. In 

 color it is dark red. To gardeners having a preference for Egyptian we offer 

 the best strain of seed now on the market. 



20. Early Blood Turnip Beet, Improved. It is early, smooth, does not 

 grow overlarge, has few roots. It does not become stringy, matures a medium 

 size, deep crimson Beet of decided uniform type. 



21. Edmond's Blood Turnip Beet. A handsome, clean, turnip-shaped 

 blood Beet. Skin and flesh are of deep blood red, sweet and tender in quality 

 and unsurpassed for solidity and keeping purposes. The roots grow regular 

 and are of right marketable size. Tops are small, allowing them to be grown 

 close together. They mature early and give every satisfaction as a bunching 

 sort. 



10. Early Large Egyptian Beet. A very good variety of the larger sorts. 

 Globe-shape, rather flat across the top, very dark, a quick grower, and good 

 seller. 



13. Lentz Extra Early Beet. Color a deep, blood red, tender and sweet 

 at all stages of its growth. Has small top and can be used six weeks from 

 sowing. Very productive, splendid keeper and shipper. 



358. Nutting's Early Gem Beet. Extremely early, light colored top, flesh 

 beautifully zoned light red. Very popular as a Florida Shipping Beet. 



571. Half Long Dark Blood. This is rapidly becoming a very popular 

 sort and will probably produce more bushels from a given area than any other 

 sort, as it does not occupy so much space in the rows as the turnip-shaped 

 varieties. 



15 A Long Smooth Blood Beet. An old time favorite in the South. Has long, smooth, blood-red roots, going well down 

 into the soil, enabling it to resist drought and heat. Flesh very tender and sweet. 



165. Lucullus. The Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet, but can be served both as Asparagus and as Spinach. Delicious. 



341. Swiss Chard or Silver Beet. Grown exclusively for the foliage, which cooked makes most delicious greens. 



Detroit Dark Bed Beet 



Mangel Wurzel 



Culture. Sow 5 pounds to the acre in April or June, in rows 3 feet apart, and thin to 6 inches in the row. Cultivate frequently with horse tools and 

 you will have an abundant crop of roots for Winter use. 



1217. Bolgiano's Sludstrup. This wonderful Mangel contains the largest percentage of dry matter. Root is smooth, 14 

 inches long, rich orange color, flesh pure white. About one-half of the root grows above the ground. 



1151. Jumbo Mangel. It is a milk producer of the highest quality, and keeps the cattle over Winter in a prime condi- 

 tion. It will outyield any other Mangel two to one. It is easy to grow, producing immense roots, thus yielding a most profitable 

 crop. 



1152. Gate Post Mangel. Immense size. When fed to cows it produces 

 the richest milk. If you want the best Yellow Mangel you ever grew, buy 

 Bolgiano's Gate Post Mangel. 



1153. Giant Mammoth Long Red Mangel. The roots are very large, 

 uniformly straight and well formed. Color deep red, roots solid, tops 

 small. Produces an immense bulk and tonnage. 



1154. Improved Golden Tankard Mangel. The color is a deep, rich 

 yellow. The flesh is firm and solid. On account of its shape enormous 

 crops are grown, and is easily lifted from the ground. 



359. Golden Giant Intermediate. Root intermediate between the long 

 and the globe-shaped. Flesh white, firm, and sweet, much liked by cattle. 



1155. Giant Feeding Sugar Beet or Half Sugar Mangel. This Sugar 

 Beet, while giving nearly as large a yield as a crop of Mangels, supplies a 

 food of very much higher nutritive value. For feeding purposes it is more 

 valuable than those of the very best strains of Sugar Beet, and the yield 

 under equally favorable conditions is more than double. The roots grow 

 partly out of the ground, the crop can be harvested at less expense. Every 

 farmer should try it. 



1204. Klein-Wanzeleben Bener Elite. It may be distinguished by its 

 brighter color and its lighter colored leaves, which are beautifully undulat- 

 ing, and scalloped around the edges; while not as a rule equal to the 

 Vilmorin in saccharine richness, it is considerably more productive. 



360. Lane's Improved Sugar. An American variety and the best 

 stock-feeding Beet known. It is not so sweet as the French Sugar Beets 

 grown especially for sugar making, but the roots are longer and finer 

 grained; very sweet. 



Deep Blood Beauty Beet 



