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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
BEET. 
DANIELS' CRIMSON PERFECTION. RMwxA /roiwa Photograph. 
Cultivation. — To ensure a crop of good Beetroot, it is of the highest importance that the seed should be of the very best strain procurable 
such as offered by ourselves. Anothor very important point to observe is that the ground must not be specially manured for this crop, a good plan 
being to select a plot that has been cropped during the previous season with French Beans, Potatoes, or Celery. The soil should bo a good light loam, 
where possible, and in an open part of the garden ; the ground should be deoply trenched (the deeper the better) quite early in the season. Before 
•owing, the ground should be made firm and level. 
Sow the seed any time from the middle of April to the end of May. For an early crop New Red Globe is one of the best. Daniels' Crimson Perfection 
and Green Top will be found the most useful for a general crop. The seed should be sown in drills one inch deep and about 18 inches from row to 
row. A liberal quantity of seed should be used to ensure a good plant, and when the seedlings are nicely up, they should bo thinned out, leaving 
them'about 9 inches apart. As a rule those sown at the end of May produce roots of better quality. Keep the beds regularly hoed and weeded so that 
the soil may be free about the plants. 
When specimen roots are wanted for Exhibition, it is the usual practice to make holes about 2 feet deep in the bed with a crowbar, and fill them 
with fine soil. The seeds are sown in these and thinned out, one plant being left to each hole. In this way splendidly shaped roots aro grown 
The crop should be lifted in October and stored in dry sand in a shed or cellar for Winter use. Care should be taken that the roots are not injured 
in any way, or they will bleed and lose quality ; also the leaves should not be cut but twisted oil with the hand. In this way the roots may bo kept until 
the following Summer. 
per oz. — s. 
W* DANIELS’ CRIMSON PERFECTION SALAD. 
A grand dark-leaved variety of medium size and very 
symmetrical. The flesh, which is of the finest texture, 
is deep crimson in colour and of excellent quality. 
A first-class sort for exhibition. Owing to the fine 
deep colour of its foliage it is very valuable for orna- 
mental purposes . . . . per pkt. 6d. 1 
DANIELS’ BLACK QUEEN. Fine dark-leaved variety, roots medium 
in size, and of good shape and colour . . per pkt. 3d. 0 
CHELTENHAM GREEN-TOP. Roots very dark, of excellent quality; 
one of the best for pickling . . . . per pkt. 3d. 0 
DARK RED SALAD. A very useful variety, roots of a good deep 
colour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 
DRACfENA-LEAVED. A highly ornamental variety for the Flower 
Garden. The leaves are fine, long, and of a deep rich orimson. 
The root is of fine quality and excellent colour per pkt. 4d. 1 
per oz. — 3. a. 
DANIELS’ GREEN-TOP. This splendid Green-top 
Beet is chiefly remarkable for the fine deep colour of the 
roots, which are of excellent shape and of first-class 
quality and flavour . . . . per pkt. 4d. 1 0 
DELL’S BLACK. A fine dark-foliaged variety, roots small, but of 
exceptional! v fine shape and colour .. per pkt. 3d. 0 9 
EGYPTIAN DARK RED TURNIP-ROOTED. One of the best for 
Summer Salads, as it comes to maturity very early . . ..06 
NEW RED GLOBE. A valuable variety, much superior to the 
Egyptian Turnip-rooted. The roots are of fine globular shape, 
of rich colour and excellent flavour ; a fine varioty for 
exhibition . . . . . . per pkt. 4d 1 0 
NUTTING’S DWARF RED. Fine dark foliage . . ,. 3d. 0 10 
PRAGNELL’S EXHIBITION. A fine dark-leaved variety, roots very 
handsome and of good colour . . . . per pkt. 4d. 1 0 
SILVER SEA KALE. 'I ’ho leaves make an excellent substitute for 
Spinach . . . . . . . . . . ..06 
“I am more than satisfied with the last lot of Seeds. 1 have splendid crops." — 
Mr. A. ACKERMAN, Harry Dock. 
“T have taken over thirtv Prizes in two years with the produce from your 
Seeds.”— Mr. F. RUNNICLES, Kir ton. 
“ Tou will find a further order enclosed, as I cannot get nny Seeds to beat 
yours." Mr. S. MITCHELL, Oxton. 
“ I took fifteen Prizes at our show, last week, with Vegetables grown from your 
Seeds.”— Mr. A. SANGSTER. Feltham. 
“I took First Prize for Defiance Cabbage, King of the Cauliflowers, Giant Red 
Celery, Ne Plus Ultra Beans, atohless Marrow Peas, and a Special at the Wensum 
Valley Show." — f r. W. PYE. Lyng, 
‘ Your Seeds have always given me every satisfaction: they have never failed." 
Mr. W. BIMMEY. Hudeck. 
