10 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



BEET— TABLE VARIETIES (Cont.) 



lib. 10 lbs. 



or more or more 



Code Word per lb. per lb. 



Early Blood Turnip, Improved betur $0.55 $0.52 



60 days. For home and market garden. Tops medium small, but 

 fairly coarse. Roots deep turnip-shaped; dark purphsl;i-red. Flesh 

 deep purpUsh-red zoned with a lighter shade. 



Extra Early Flat Egyptian begyp .55 .52 



50 days. Best for forcing and particularly valuable for early 

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

 slender tap roots; flesh dark purpKsh-red zoned Ughter. 



Ferry's Crosby besby .60 .55 



50 — 55 days. Of excellent quaUty for home garden and early 

 market. Tops small, but fairly coarse. Root deep turnip-shaped, 

 almost globular; bright carmine-red. Flesh bright vermiUon-red 

 with fainter zoning. 



GOOD FOR ALL begut .85 .80 



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

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

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

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

 terior deep crimson, free from white zones. 



Long Dark Blood Above Ground beark .50 .45 



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 M to 3^ above ground; very dark 

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

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

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



BEET— SWISS CHARD 



LARGE RIBBED WHITE (Silver Leaf) bewis .50 .45 



Tender young leaves can be had 40 — 45 days after sowing seed 

 and thereafter until frost occurs. Used much in home and market 

 gardens. Plants become 24 in. tall. Leaf blade large and broad; 

 fight yellowish-green, smooth; borne on broad, fleshy, very pale 

 green leaf-stem, which is often cooked in the same manner as 

 asparagus. 



Large Ribbed, Dark Green Leaved berib .50 .45 



Dark green leaves with broad white stems. Plant upright in 

 growth; leaves fairly smooth. 



LUCULLUS. , beluc .50 .45 



In season with Large Ribbed White. Popular home and market 

 garden sort. Plants become 24 in. tall. Leaf blade large and broad, 

 rich yellowish-green; much bUstered or crumpled; borne on thick 

 pale green leaf-stem. 



SUGAR BEET 



Klein Wanzleben beklb .30 .28 



The most desirable beet for sugar manufacture; valuable for stock 

 feeding. Roots medium large; 12 — 15 in. long, S}4 — 4 in. at 

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

 content; good keeper. 



