HIGH QUALITY VEGETABLE SEEDS 



BEETS 



Galatrube, Ger. 



CULTURE. — Sow as early in the spring as the ground can be worked (5 to 6 pounds to the acre) and every 

 two weeks after for a succession up to the first week of July. For general crop, sow about the middle of May. 

 The soil should be light, sandy loam, well enriched with stable manure, and plowed and harrowed until very 

 fine. Sow in drills one foot to fifteen inches apart, and when well up thin from four to six inches. The young 

 beets, with their tops, pulled out of the row, are excellent used as Spinach. For this purpose, sow frequently, and 

 use when size of a hickory nut. 



Crosby's Improved Egyptian Beet — 

 (Special Strain.) 

 Very Early. Smooth Globe Shaped — 

 Dark Blood Red. The name of this variety 

 is misleading, as it resembles the Egyptian 

 only in its extreme earliness. The stock I 

 offer is of a distinct dark red color, which is 

 very attractive, not only in the beets as 

 pulled, but after they have been cooked. 

 They are also more spherical than the extra 

 early flat Egyptian, and I know of no better 

 quality. One of the best for planting early 

 out of doors. It becomes fit for use sooner 

 than an\ r other variety, and is equally suited 

 for forcing in hot beds or for transplanting. 

 Price, packet, 5c; oz., 10c; Y\ lb., 35c; lb., 

 $1.00. 



Extra Early Eclipse Ver y earl > r - h * n f 



J r some, smooth, dark, 

 round-shaped Beet. Small top and of ex- 

 cellent table qualities. Makes an attractive 

 seller in market. Packet, 5c; oz., 10c; Ya 

 lb., 30c; lb., 90c 



Crimson Globe An extremely hand- 



some, early or mam 

 crop variety, of medium size, almost globe 

 shaped, and entirely free from rootlets, leaving 

 the skin entirely smooth. The roots average 

 10 inches in circumference, the foliage is small 

 and of a rich, bronze purple. The flesh is a 

 rich blood red, slightly zoned, and of the finest 

 quality, always sweet and tender, never stringy. 

 Packet, 5c; oz., 10c; Ya lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. 



Crosby's Egyptian Beet. 



A blood-red, early turnip-shaped variety. Has small, upright tops; fine 

 round shape. Skin and flesh dark blood-red. Very tender and sweet. Re- 

 markably uniform in growth and a particularly desirable sort for truckers and market gardeners. 

 Pkt, 5c; oz., 10c; Ya lb., 35c; lb, $1.00. 



Top large, leaf stems light red, leaf light green, root large, round, turnip- 

 shaped, flesh pink zoned with white, very sweet and tender when youn 

 An excellent sort to plant for use as greens. Price, packet, 5c; oz, 10c; Ya lb., 30c 



Bastian's Early Blood Turnip 0f t <l ui <* and large growth, bright red color not quite so deep a 



L red as blood turnip, but larger m size Pa^Vpf Sr • n 7 • 1. 



lb, 30c; lb, 90c. 



Detroit Dark Red 



Early Turnip Basanno 



lb, 90c. 

 quite sc 



Packet, 5c; oz, 10c; Ya 



Flesh dark red and of 



1am- 

 30c. 



iPrirviov.^ '« r v.irr "Di^^/i rr. ^ • Of beautiful round form and good size 

 Edmand S Early Blood. Turnip nnest quality. Packet, 5c; oz., 10c; % lb, 30c; lb, 90c 



Long" Smooth Blood A n excellent dark-fleshed main crop sort. Very tender and sweet, and rem; 



ing so when thev are kept until spring. Packet, 5c. ; oz, 10c. ; Ya lb, 3i 

 lb, 75c. 



The leaf and stems are the parts used, and they are much superior 

 to those of other beets to use as greens. Packet, 5c; oz, 10c; Ya 

 lb, 20c; lb, 60. 



Swiss Chard or Sea Kale Beet 



SELECTED MANGEL WURZELS 



GOLDEN GIANT MANGEL.— The best Yellow Mangel in cultization. In growing this for 

 seed, we have had specimens weighing 28 lbs, those of 15 lbs. being common. Wonderfully pro- 

 lific, yielding 1,000 to 2,000 bushels per acre on good soil. Quality high, best and sweetest for milch 

 cows. Ya lb, 15c; ^ lb, 25c; lb, 40c. 



MAMMOTH LONG RED.— Regular stock. y A lb, 15c; H lb., 25c; lb, 40c. 



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