24 D. M. FERRY & -CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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MANGEL WURZEL 
The Mangel Wurzel, also called Mangel, Cattle Beet and Field Beet, may be grown in almost any soil, but deep loams are 
necessary for heavy yields of the long varieties. When well grown the roots give an immense yield of very valuable food for 
stock. Plant early in spring in drills two to two and one-half feet apart, and about one inch apart in the row, covering 
with about one and one-half inches of fine soil firmly pressed down. Cultivate frequently. When about three inches high 
begin thinning and continue at intervals until the roots stand about ten inches Apart. 
° ° ; Desirable for stock feeding, affording not only a ver 
Giant Feeding Sugar Beet or Half Sugar Mangel large crop much easier to harvest than other esses Ba 
also having higher nutritive value, being especially rich in sugar. The roots are light bronze green above ground, grayish 
white below, with white flesh. On account of growing partly out of the ground and the long ovoid shape the crop can be 
harvested and stored easily and at less expense than any other root crop. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 25c; Lb. 65c. 
The roots are very large, uniformly straight and well formed and comparatively thicker 
Mammoth Long Red than the common sort. The flesh is white tinged with rose. This strain under careful 
culture is enormously productive. Our stock will produce the largest and finest roots which can be grown for feeding 
stock and is vastly superior to many strains offered under other names, such as Norbitan Giant, Colossal, Monarch, etc. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 25c; Lb. 60c. 
e The roots of this exceedingly productive sort grow about one-half out of the ground and are very 
Yellow Leviathan easily harvested. In shape they are long fusiform, or spindle shaped tapering from the middle to 
each end, and have a small collar. The color is light gray tinged with brown above ground, yellow below. The flesh is white, 
sometimes slightly tinged with yellow. The tops are green and comparatively small. The roots have less tendency to be- 
come woody than most sorts. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 20c; %4 Lb. 25c; Lb. 60c. 
The tops are comparatively small, with the leaf stalks and veins distinctly tinged with yellow. 
Golden Tankard The neck is small. The roots are large, ovoid, but with bottom usually of larger diameter than top, 
light gray above ground, deep orange below. The flesh is yellow, zoned with white. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 20c; 
 «-s SUGAR BEET 
The Sugar Beets are desirable not only for sugar making but are valuable for stock feeding and when small may be 
used for the table. The best soil is a rich, friable sandy, or clayey loam. Rich, mucky soils will often give an immense 
yield of roots which, though excellent for feed, are of little value for sugar making. 
Plant early in spring in drills two to two and one-half feet apart, and about one inch apart in the row, covering with about 
one and one-half inches of fine soil firmly pressed down. Cultivate frequently. When about three inches high begin thinning 
and continue at intervals until the roots stand about ten inches apart. 
FOR SUGAR MAKING 
° The roots are a little larger than Vilmorin’s Improved and a little hardier and easier grown. The 
Klein Wanzleben tops are rather large and the leaves slightly waved. This sort often yields under careful culture 
from twelve to eighteen tons per acre. It is probably the best sort for the experimenter to use. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 20c; 
Yy Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c 
BROCCOL The heads resemble somewhat a coarse cauliflower and the culture is the same in all essentials as 
for that vegetable. Broccoliis well adapted only to those sections where the season is long, cool 
and rather moist. One of the most valuable features is that it withstands greater extremes of temperature than cauliflower. 
hi This is considered the best sort for most sections. The plants are very hardy, vigorous 
Early Large White French and easily grown. The heads are white, compact, hard and of good quality. Pkt. 10c; 
Oz. 80c; 2O0z. $1.30; 4 Lb. $2.25; Lb. $7.50 
° ° A very useful variety recently introduced from Europe and rapidly becoming popular 
Italian Green Sprouting here. It is quitedistinct from the white heading broccoli. The plants are rapid growing 
and produce a large head at center of plant in about ninety days from date of planting. The head is a compact cluster of 
tizhtly closed flower buds and resembles cauliflower only in shape or formation, as the color is dull bluish-green. It is used 
without blanching and is ready for use as soon as fully developed. After this central head is removed the plant produces 
many branches, each bearing smaller terminal and lateral heads 
which are fully as desirable as the first head produced. If these 
heads are gathered as soon as they become large enough for use, 
the plant will continue to produce for a period of eight to ten 
weeks. The long bearing period makes this a very economical vege- 
table to grow. The quality is fully equal to cauliflower and by some 
is considered superior. The secondary heads are borne on stems 
from four to six inches in length and these stems are fully as de- 
sirable for use as the heads. Served in the same way as asparagus 
they form a very tasty and nourishing dish. 
It is adapted to growing in spring, simmer or fall, and is certainly 
much more easily and successfully grown in the northern states 
than cauliflower or Brusse)s sprouts. Pkt. 10c; Oz. $1.00; 4 Lb. $3.00 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 2% 3,22 ‘3,292 
early winter and by 
some considered more tender and delicious than any cabbage. Plant 
resembles the cabbage, the edible part being the numerous very small 
heads or sprouts an inch or two in diameter formed on the stalk at 
each leaf joint. The culture is the same in all essentials as for cabbage, 
except the leaves should be broken ‘down in the fall to give the little 
heads more room to grow. 
L I l d I d We have found this strain very 
ong isian mproved desirable in that it will produce 
sprouts under less favorable conditions than any variety we have 
ever tried. The plants areof dwarf habit but furnish a large yield of 
sprouts of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; Oz.25c; 2 Oz. 40c; % Lb. 75c; 
Lb. $2.50 : Irattan GREEN SpRouTING Broccoui 
