(V. R. Strong & Cc., Sacramentc, Cal. 
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TABLE BEET?. 
One ounce will plant fiO feet iu drill ; five pounds 1 acre. 
Require ricb, mellow, deep soil. Plant in rows or drills 1 f«M>t apart for early Place .seed 2 anti 
4 ineties apart and cover 2 inches. While growing, thin out and u>>e, giving room for development. For 
field culture, the rows should l)e further apart, to admit the horse cultivator, and the plants thinned to 
1 foot in the rows. The Mangels grow to a very large size and are wonderfdlly productive. 
Early Eclipse— Remarkable for rapid growth, smallness? of lop. and extra line quality ; smooth, round, 
skin and flesh bright red; very line grained and sweet. 
Egyptian Blood Turnip^ne of the earliest; medium size, good quality and small top. 
Early Bassano — Very early fiat variety ; tender and juicy ; flesh rosy and white. 
Early Blood TurnIp-ASood quality ; blood red ; tender and good keeper. 
Bastlan’s Half Long— This is one of the very best for family use and the market gardener ; of bright 
color and of excellent qimlity. 
Pine Apple -Excellent half long ; foliage dark red ; roots of a dark crimson color. 
Long blood— A good late variety ; sweet and tender ; popular sort. ' 
Swiss Chard, or Sea Kale— The leaves are used as Spinach, and the raid-rib stewed and sensed as 
Asparagus.- 
Orange Globe Mangel. 
Egyptian BUhhI Turnip. 
Ixmg Blood. 
Long R^*d Mangel. 
Henderson’s l*ineapple. 
Imperial Sugar. 
Early BUkkI Turnip. Bassano. 
MANGEL AND SUGAR, FOR FIBU) CULTURE. 
White Sugar, or Imperial— The sweetest and most desirable for sugar, and one of the best for field 
use and cattle food. 
Golden Tankard Mangel— Valuable variety ; fine form and .sweet ; bright yellow, and heavy cronjier. 
Yellow Globe Mangel- -Roots large and globe-shaped; very productive ; better keeper than the Long 
Red and will grow in shallower soil. 
Red Globe Mangel— Large, red, oval : keeps well, and produces better crops in shallow soils than the 
long variclks. 
Mammoth Red Mangel— Is grown most extensively for agricultural pxirposes: produces very largo 
roots, partly above ground. 
