80 CURTIS & cobb's 



Per oz. 



Early flat bassano. From seven to ten days earlier than the Early 



Turnip Blood. Flesh white, circled or zoned with bright pink ; 

 very tender and juicy. Per pkt., 5 . . . ' . • • .15 

 " turnip blood. One of the best varieties- for general use. Flesh, 



deep blood-red ; remarkably sweet and tender. Per pkt, 5 . . .15 

 Dwarf blood. A French variety. It may be classed as one of the best 



table beets, and is well worthy of cultivation Per pkt., 5 . . . .15 

 Long smooth dark blood. An improved variety of the common Long 

 Blood. Flesh dark blood-red, sweet, tender, and fine grained, with 

 few side roots ; fine winter beet, if sown late. Per pkt., 5 . . . *Z$ 

 Henderson's pineapple. Short top, medium size. Flesh deep blood- 

 red, fine-grained, sweet, and of excellent quality. Per pkt., 5 . .20 

 Carter's St. Osyth. Medium-sized, good shape, short top, deep blood- 

 red color ; fine flavor. Per pkt., 5 20 



" perfection salad. New ; is perfect in form, flavor, and color ; 



it is a small-size, short -top variety, delicate in texture and sweet 

 in flavor ; even growth and dark foliage. This is the perfection 

 of a Beet for salad purposes. Per pkt., 25. 

 White sugar. A large variety, grown extensively for feeding stock ; the 



yoong roots are tender, sweet, and well -flavored. Per pkt., 5 . . .10 

 Swiss Chard, or silver. Sometimes called Sea-Kale Beet ; is culti- 

 vated for its leaf-stalks and for its leaves ; cooked as Spinach. 



Per pkt., s 15 



JTeW perpetual spinach. Leaves large, of good color ; flavor superior 

 to Spinach, for which it is used as a substitute. In use the whole 



season. Per pkt., 5 20 



Beck's improved Sea-kale. A delicate esculent ; quite equal to Sea- 

 Kale. Per pkt, 25. 



BOBECOLE, OB KALE (Brassica Oleracea Acephala). 



German, Blatter Kohl. French, Chou vert. Spanish, Breton. 

 Sow in the open ground, in May. In transplanting, treat the plants same 

 as young cabbages, setting them more or less remote, according to the size 



or habit of the variety ; requires a light rich soil. 

 Green curled Scotch. One of the most popular varieties ; very hardy, 



and much improved by frost. Per pkt, 10 25 



Dwarf curled kale, or German greens. A very hardy and com- 

 paratively low-growing variety ; leaves finely curled. Per pkt, 10 . .25 



Tall green curled. A fine hardy and productive variety ; height, two 

 and a half feet. Per pkt., 10 



Cottager's kale. An English variety; exceedingly hardy, of excellent 

 flavor, and very productive. Per pkt, 10 ..... 



Carter's improved garnishing. This will produce more than twenty 

 varieties, some of which are worthy of a place in a greenhouse, being 

 quite equal in color to the new Coleus ; varying from rich crimson to 

 white-laced and fringed. Per pkt, ro. 



Ragged jack. A fine English variety. Per pkt, 10. 



Abergeldie kale. A dwarf curled kale, of extreme beauty, good color, 

 delicate, mellow flavor ; as double as a fine curled Parsley ; a valuable 

 winter-green, and extemely handsome to garnish. Per pkt., 25. 



