Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



15 



BEET. 



Betterave. Rcmolacha. 2oiatrube. 



Culture. — Sow as early in the spring as the ground can be worked, and every two weeks after for a suc- 

 cession, 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 to from four tosix inches. 

 The young Beets pulled out of the rows are excellent used as 

 Spinach. 



VARIOUS BEETS 



Per oz. 



Columbia. (New. ; A round, 

 smooth-skinned variety, with deep 

 blood-red flesh ; it is very early, 



and of the finest quality $0 



Extra-Early Turin. A dwarf 

 growing round Beet ; deep blood 

 color ; tender and very early . . . 

 Extra-Early Egyptian. Very 

 early and of dark blood color ; 



rather flat in shape 



Extra-Early Eclipse. Very early; 



round-rooted and dark-red .... 

 Lent z Extra-Early Turnip. A 

 large, small-top, round Beet ; fine 



strain 



Dewing Early. Of fine form and 

 flavor, and good for market . . . 

 Bastian. A very early light col- 

 ored turnip Beet 



EdmandL Blood Turnip. A mar- 

 ket gardener's strain ,of great 

 ery dark flesh of best quality .... 



VAh. 



regularity in shape ; deep blood skin 

 Early Blood Turnip. Dark red, and of fine flavor ; productive . . . 



Early Yellow Turnip. Flesh yellow and tender 



Half-Long Blood. Fine dark strain 



Black Queen. Very dark, half-long root, and leaves almost pure black 



Ne Plus Ultra. Very dark ; half-long ; foliage dark 



Victoria. Metallic red 



Dell. Black-leaved 



Long Smooth Blood. A good late variety 



10 



*o 25 



$0 85 





2 5 



°5 



10 



20 



60 



iO 



20 



60 



10 



20 



60 



10 



20 



60 



10 



20 



60 



:o 



20 



55 



10 



20 



50 



10 



25 



75 



10 



25 



85 



20 



40 



1 50 



15 



30 



1 00 



15 



35 



1 25 



15 



35 



1 25 



10 



20 



60 



FOLIAGE BEETS. 

 Kinds of which the leaves only are used ; 



Scarlet-Ribhed Chilian 

 Yellow-Rihbed Chilian 

 Crimson-Veined Brazilian 

 Golden-Veined Brazilian . 

 Scarlet- Veined Brazilian 

 Dracaena-Leaved 



very ornamental. 



Per oz. ^lh. Per lb 

 r*o iogo 35 Si 



These are 

 grown exclu 

 > sively for their< 

 handsome 

 foliage. 



BEETS— MANGEL=WURZEL, SUGAR, ETC. 



■ftunfetrii&en. 



Culture. — As all Mangels require a deep soil in order to 

 •w well, plow and subsoil at least a foot to eighteen inches, and 

 3ly plenty of rich stable or Thorburn's Complete Manure. 

 «v in May or June, in rows eighteen inches to two feet apart, 

 i thin to eight inches in the rows. Young plants may be trans- 

 nted to fill up vacancies. Sow in addition, when the plants 

 ; three to four inches high, at the rate of 200 lbs. Complete 

 nure, 200 lbs. bone flour, and 400 lbs. salt, per acre. As soon 

 frost occurs, dig the crop. But in order to be well preserved 



gradual consumption during the winter, Mangel Wurzel 

 'Uld be heaped to a height of perhaps six feet, on a dry, sloping 



ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED BEET. 



