14 Lakeview Seed Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
King- of tlie Garden, 
Lima — A very vigorous 
grower with large pods 
well filled. Sets its pods 
early and continues bear- 
ing till frost. Large packet, 
10 cents ; qt., 60 cents. 
Early Jersey Lima— For 
description see Specialties, 
page 6. Large packet, 10 
cents ; qt. , 60 cents. 
Dreer's I in p roved Lim a 
— It is claimed for this va- 
riety that it is earlier than 
corumon Lima, and is bet- 
ter adapted to northern 
latitudes. Large packet, 
10 cents ; qt., 55 cents. 
Early Cluster Golden 
W ax — For description see 
Specialties, page 6. Large 
packet, 15 cents ; qt,, 90 
cents. 
Horticultural, orSpeck- 
led Cranberry— A 
Tound speckled bean, equally good as a snap or shelled bean '■> 
used both in the green and dry state. Large packet, 10 cents 5 
qt., 55 cents. 
On tcli Case Knife — A white pole bean of fine quality. Can 
be used as a snap bean, but generally shelled. Large packet, 
10 cents ; qt. , 45 cents. 
BEETS. 
Beets are grown in every garden, and used in all stages of 
-their growth. The soil should be rich, mellow and deep. They 
are among the first vegetables to be sown in the spring. Sow 
the seed quite thickly in drills one foot apart and two inches 
deep. When the beets are beginning to form they can be 
thinned out and used as " beet greens." 
If a heavy rain should fall soon after sowing the seed and the 
surface of the ground becomes crusted over, the ground must be 
raked lightly with a steel garden rake to break the crust over the 
seed. If this is not done the young sprouts may not be able to 
push up through the crust on the surface. From this cause seed 
sometimes fails to come up. and the sower thinks his seed was 
bald when the trouble was not in the vitality of the seed but in the 
experience of the sower. 
% For the Mangel Wurzels you can hardly have the ground too 
rich They make a heavier growth than the table beets, and the 
rows should be sown at least 18 inches' apart. "When large quan- 
tities are grown it saves labor to sow the rows wide enough apart 
to use a horse and cultivator between them. Many growers pre- 
fer the Sugar Beet for stock. It is certainly a fine beet, and 
grows nearly as heavy crops as the Mangels. 
Beets are best kept through the winter by burying them in pits, 
which should be dug about a foot deep and three feet wide, and 
long enough to hold the stock on hand. Scatter dry earth over 
them and then cover with straw and earth sufficient to keep them 
from freezing. 
Eclipse, New— For description see Specialties, page 7. Per 
packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; lb., 80 cents. 
Early Blood Turnip— Not as early as the above but of good 
quality ; blood red, tender and a good keeper. Per packet, 5 
cents-; oz., 10 cents; lb., 60 cents. 
Early Yellow Turnip— A good early beet, differing from the 
Blood Turnip only in color, which is a bright yellow. Per 
packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; lb., 60 cents. 
Xiong Blood Red— A good late variety for fall and winter use; 
long, smooth sweet and tender. Per packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 
cents ; lb., 50 cents. 
