DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Henderson's 

 Pine Apple. 



Half-Long Dark Blood 

 Rough Skinned. 



Half-Long Dark Blood, Rough, or Bark Skinn- 

 ed.— Intermediate between the Long Dark Blood and 

 Early Blood Turnip. Roots medium length, straight 

 and well formed. Skin exceedingly rough. Flesh deep, 

 f'\ dark red, circled with lighter shades. 



V '"' .^-j Fine-grained, sugary and tender. 



Long Dark Blood.— Long, 

 smooth, growing to good size, half 

 out of the ground ; color dark blood 



Vilnnorin's Improved Imperial Sugar. 



red ; top small, dark red, and of upright growth ; keeps 

 well. It is apt to be tough when sown too early. 



Improved Long Dark Blood.— The result of many 

 years careful selection, and has absolutely no superior, 

 if indeed it be equaled. All marketmen should grow 

 this variety. 



French Yellow Sugar. — Grows to a large size, much 

 above 4round ; roots half-long, yellow ; considerably 

 grown in this country for feeding stock. In France it 

 is cultivated extensively for the extraction of sugar. 



Long Dark Blood French White Sugar 



Carter's Warden Prize Yellow Globe 

 Mange! Wurzel. 



French White Sugar. — Similar in growth and form 

 to the preceding ; roots half-long, white ; used for feed- 

 ing stock, and has begun to be much used for the garden. 



Vilmorin's Improved Imperial Sugar.— An im- 

 proved variety from France, said to afford the largest 

 percentage of sugar of any known variety, which opin- 

 ion has been confirmed by tests of six varieties on the 

 grounds of the Maine Agricultural College, as this vari- 



