J. M. Thorburn & Co. s Catalogue of Seeds. 



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BEETS-MANGEL-WURZEL, SUGAR. ETC. CONTINUED. 



to a height of perhaps six feet, on a dry, sloping situation; cover at first with a piece of canvas, and as the 



cold increases this should be replaced by about six inches of either 

 f/ sa ^ nav « straw, sea-weed, or even corn-stalks. Lest this covering 



.vt> be displaced by the wind, a light layer of earth is necessary. So 



_> - wiLls soon as this surface soil becomes frozen, about six or eiirht inches 



more of earth should be placed over the entire heap. By follow- 

 ing up this gradual process of covering, all danger of heating will 

 be obviated, and the roots will keep in perfect order. Sow from 

 four to five pounds to the acre. 



Prices for large quantities on application. 



U Per oz. % lb. Per lb. 



\ 260 Long Red Mangel-Wurzel. A pood 



» main crop variety $0 10 fO 15 $0 30 



I 262 Mammoth. Long Red Mangel-Wurzel. 



i^HHftii- j| Very large selected strain 10 15 40 



263 Long Yellow Mang-el-Wurzel. A good 

 t^m^y^c i main crop sort 10 15 40 



i 264 Mammoth Golden Mangel- Wurzel. 



Very large, selected strain 10 20 50 



260 Yellow Ovoid Mangel-Wurzel. Of dis- 

 tinct shape; one of the most productive 



.sorts 10 15 30 



268 Giant Yellow Intermediate. Very 



p : ?~- large 10 15 40 



2r0 Golden Tankard Mangel-Wurzel. 



Bright yellow; handsome and sweet, 

 and very productive 10 15 40 



274 Red Globe Mangel-Wurzel. Similar to 



the Yellow Globe; productive .... 10 15 40 



276 Yellow Globe Mangel-Wurzel. Large 



' and productive ; keeps well 10 15 30 



278 Orange Globe. Similar to Xo. 276, but of 



tj a higher color 10 15 30 



Wlf 286 Lane's Sugar. For sugar-making or 



ff * stock-feeding 10 15 40 



290 White Sugar Beet. Grows to a large 

 size, and is useful for making sugar, 



MAMMOTH LO K "G RED MANGEL. ,, - . _ , . 1 A -, - o „ 



as well as for stock-feeding 10 15 3o 



S33 Vilmorin Improved Sugar. A much improved strain of the preceding: very 



valuable as sugar-producing Beet 10 15 



294 Austria Electoral Wohanka Sugar Beet. This variety is said to contain more 

 saccharine matter in proportion to bulk than any other sort ; it is worthy of care- 

 ful trial in this country 10 10 40 



BROCCOLI. 



Broccoli. Brgculi. Spargclfobl. 



Culture.— Sow early sorts as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, in shallow drills, drawn 

 three or four inches apart. Plant out two feet apart each way when the plants are about four inches high. 

 Cultivate the same as Cabbage, in rich soil. Use the same remedies for insect attacks as are recommended 

 for Cabbage 



The following are sorts best adapted to this climate, and the only ones which succeed generally ; they 

 are exellent, and deserve much wider culture than is usual in this country. We recommend >.o. 30< as tne 

 most certain to give satisfactory results. 



300 Early White . . . . 



30:3 Early Purple . . . 



305 Early Walcheren . 



307 Early Purple Cape. 



311 Snow's White . . . 



312 White Sprouting . 



315 Sulphur-colored . 



316 Chapel's Cream . . 



The standard sort 



Peroz. Per} 



{ lb. Per lb- 







S3 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



50 1 



50 



6 00 



40 1 



00 



4 00 



50 1 



50 



6 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



BROCCOLI. 



