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dewing's improved blood turnip beet 



BRUSSF.LS SPROUTS 



CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD CABBAGE 



AD SAVOY CABBAGE 



COMPLETE 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



PRICES 

 Delivered free in the U. S. 

 (excepting otherwise noted.) 



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BEET.— CoH//»Hfrf. 



Detroit Dark Red. A fine strain of the Early Blood Turnip Beet. Remarkably 

 uniforrn and smooth, size medium; flesh rich red, fine-grained, tender and 

 remaining so for a long time; admirable for either summer or fall use. One 

 of the best for the home garden and good to store for winter 



Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip. Handsome, smooth and round, tapering at 

 the base; color of flesh strongly zoned, of fine quality 



Early Model. (See Specialties, page 18.) 



Early Blood Turnip. A standard variety, following Eclipse in earliness; quality 

 e.'icellent; color, deep blood-red; the tops make excellent "greens" 



Early Yellow Turnip. Orange-yellow flesh of sweet flavor; pale green leaves. . 



Eclipse. {See Specialties, page IS.) 



Edmand's. A handsome, uniform, round. Turnip-shaped Beet, very smooth 

 and of good size; tops small, flesh red and of excellent quality; fine for late. . 



Egyptian. .\ standard extra early sort, being 10 to 12 days earlier than the 

 old Blood Turnip. The roots are round and flattened, of good size and deep 

 crimson in color; tops unusually small 



Electric. (Sec Specialties, page IS.) 



Half Long, Henderson's. A blood Beet of superior quality, tender, sweet and 

 free from woody fibre; for slicing it is unequalled; flesh of vivid rich red color. 

 The roots, about 3 inches in diameter, are pear-shaped with slender tap root. 



Long Smooth Blood-Red. An excellent late variety, being a great improve- 

 ment on the common Long Blood and of intense dark red color 



Swiss Chard. {See Specialties, page 40.) 



For Sugar Beet and Mangel Wurzel, see Farm Seed Department, page 68. 



BROCCOLI. White Cape. Medium-sized, creamy-white heads, similar but in- 

 ferior to Cauliflower, though hardier 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Dwarf Improved. A dwarf, compact-growing sort, 



producing "Sprouts" of fine quality 



Dalkeith. This variety is a great improvment, being of dwarf, sturdy growth and 

 producing abundantly large, solid Sprouts. These little heads of compactly 

 folded leaves develop along the stalk, and are ready for gathering from June- 

 sown seeds the same season, furnishing a supply of this most delicious of vege- 

 tables during fall and early winter, for the plants are hardy and maintain their 

 Sprouts, even during quite severe weather; in fact, frost greatly improves 

 their quality and flavor 



CARDOON. Large Spanish. Large, fleshy-leaved plants, chiefly used as a winter 

 vegetable. The blanched stalks and broad ribs of the inner leaves when 

 properly cooked are tender and of an agreeable flavor 



CABBAGE. (/ oz. produces 1,500 plants; 14 lb. to transplant for an acre.) 

 EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES, (for cabbage plants, see pagf. 176.) 



Early Jersey Wakefield, Henderson's. {Sec Specialties, page 10.) 



Charleston Wakefield, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page 19.) 



Early Market. {See Sp.-cialties, page 11.) 4 Pkts. 50c. 



Early Spring, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page 1!).) 



Early York. Very early, producing small, oval-shaped heads 



Early Winnigstadt. .'\n old, popular, medium early variety, with large, 



pyramidal heads of excellent quality; good to succeed the extra earlies. . . . 

 St. John's Day Early Drumhead. Early, very dwarf; medium-sized, hard heads. 

 SECOND EARLY or SUMMER VARIETIES. 



Early Summer, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page 30.) 



Fottler's Improved Brunswick. Heads large, flat and solid; a sure header, 



long-standing; short stem 



Succession, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page SO.) 



LATE or WINTER VARIETIES. 



Autumn King, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 31.) 



Late Flat Dutch, Henderson's Selected. Our improved highly-bred strain of 



this old favorite Winter Cabbage will be found very superior 



Premium Flat Dutch. .\ standard and excellent variety, developing earlier 



than most late sorts and not so good a winter keeper, but for fall use it is 



tender and of superior flavor 



Holland or Danish Ballhead. (See Specialties, page 31.) 



RED VARIETIES. This class is esteemed for pickling, making slaw, etc. 



Red Dutch. A popular hard-headed sort for pickling, etc. The best keeper; 



not extra large, but of excellent quality 



Mammoth Rock Red. A large-growing select strain, producing very solid 



heads weighing 10 to 12 lbs. each; color, intense dark red 



SAVOY VARIETIES. The quality and flavor of these "Crumpled Leaf" Cab- 

 bages are very superior; grown in fall and allowed to be touched by frost 



they are sweet, delicate and most delicious. 



American Drumhead Savoy. {See Specialties, page 31.) 



Netted Savoy. The finest of the Savoys; heads large, solid and compact; 



flavor of surpassing excellence 



CARROT. (I oz.for about 13,'ifeet of drill; i lbs. for an acre.) 



Carentan, Early Half Long Scarlet. A distinct, slender, cylindrical variety, 

 with few and small leaves; skin glossy and smooth; flesh red and without 

 core; quality extra fine. Excellent for forcing and frame culture 



Chantenay Half Long Scarlet. {See Specialties, page 23.) 



Coreless, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page S3.) 



Danvers, Half Long. (Henderson's Selected.) (See Specialties, page S3.) .... 



Early French Forcing. The earliest, and largely grown for forcing. Small, 

 almost globular roots orange-red in color 



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Our New 

 Leaflet. 



Best Methods of Cabbage Culture for Early and Late, 



including Wintering, Combat' 

 ing Cabbage Worm, etc., 



CO pp to Customers 



if asked for. 



