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



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



situation ; cover at first with a piece of canvas, and as the cold increases this should be replaced by about six 



inches of either salt hay, straw, sea- weed, or even corn-stalks. Lest 

 ^NK/f this covering be displaced by the wind, a light layer of earth is 



~ v/-^ necessary. So soon as this surface soil becomes frozen, about six or 



eight inches more of earth should be placed over the entire heap. 

 By following up this gradual process of covering,, all danger of heat- 

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

 from four to five pounds to the acre. 



jfesS^Prices for large quantities on application. 



Peroz. # lb. Per lb. 



262 Mammoth Long Red Mangel- Wurzel. 



Very large, selected strain ; 10 lbs. and 



\\ over, @ 40 cts. per lb $0 10 $0 20 $0 50 



fl| 263 Long Yellow Mangel- Wurzel. A good 



m main crop sort 10 20 50 



9 264 Mammoth Golden Mangel-Wurzel. 



Very large, selected strain 10 20 50 



266 Yellow Ovoid Mangel-Wurzel. Of dis- 

 tinct shape ; one of the most productive 

 sorts 10 15 40 



268 Giant Yellow Intermediate. A very 



large yellow sort 10 20 50 



270 Goldefi Tankard Mangel-Wurzel. 



Bright yellow ; handsome and sweet, 



jS, 'i v j and very productive 10 20 50 



^s^llil H»V : •• 274 Red Globe Mangel-Wurzel. Similar to 



jp^Pi^ 5 * the Yellow Globe ; productive 10 20 50 



1 ' 276 Yellow Globe Mangel-Wurzel. Large 

 I and productive ; keeps well 10 20 50 



286 Lane's Sugar. For sugar-making or 



.aJ^'JJf stock-feeding 10 15 40 



ill 290 White Sugar Beet. Grows to a large 

 size, and is useful for making sugar, as 

 well as for stock-feeding 10 15 40 



293 Vilmorin Improved Sugar. A much 

 improved strain of the preceding ; very 

 valuable as sugar-producing Beet. ... 10 20 50 



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 

 careful trial in this country where beet- 



m am moth long red mangel. sugar is being produced 10 15 40 



Broccoli. 



Broccoli. Broculi. ©£argeifof)L 



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 

 excellent, and deserve much wider culture than is usual in 

 this country. We recommend No. 307 as the most certain 

 to give satisfactory results. 



Per oz. 1/ lb. Per lb. 



$0 80 $3 00 



300 

 303 

 305 

 307 

 3ii 

 312 



313 

 3H 

 315 

 3i6 



Early White $0 30 



Early Purple 



Early Walcheren 



Early Purple Cape 



Snow's White 



White Sprouting 



Purple Sprouting 



Veitch Self-Protecting .... 

 Sulphur-colored 



30 



80 



3 00 



50 





5 00 



5° 



T SO 



5 00 



50 



* 50 



6 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



50 





5 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



30 



80 



3 00 



