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W. K. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
Egyptian Tnrnlp. A standard sort, being from 
ten to twelve days earlier than the Blood Tnmip. The 
roots are large in size, and of a rich, deep crimson -color. 
From the smallness of the tops of the Egyptian at least 
•ne-fourth more can be 
any other variety. 
own on the same space than 
Extra Early or Bassano. Turnip-shaped. An 
Improved early kind, small top, round root, sweet and 
tender, attain a very large size. 
Bastian’s Half-Long Blood. Of bright color and 
excellent quality; a valuable variety to follow. The early 
sorts for winter use plant about the middle of July. 
Edmund’s Blood Turnip. See Specialties. 
Mangel Wurtzel.— (For Field Culture.) 
4 to 6 pounds to the acre. Extensively cultivated in all parts of the country as a field crop for feeding stock in 
the winter. When grown for this purpose, the distance between the rows should be from two to two and a half feet 
■o that the cultivation can be done with horse tools instead of with hand.hoes. 
Norbiton Giant. One of the finest quality in cultivation; grows to an enormous size. 
Golden Tankard Mangel. Considered indispensable by the best dairymen, owing to its productiveness and 
richness in saccharine matter. Deep yellow flesh and skin. 
Orange Globe Mangel. Golden Tankard Mangel. Long Red Mangel. 
Yellow Ovoid. A very nutritious and valuable variety; bulb ovoid; intermediate between the long and globe 
varieties; flesh solid, vigorous and productive. 
Red Globe Mangel. A large red oval variety, which keeps well, and produces better crops on shallow soil 
than the Long Red. 
Orange Globe Mangel. The same as the above, only diflering in color. 
Mammoth Long Red. grown extensively for agricultural purposes, producing large roots partly above the 
ground. 
White Sugar Beet. The large amount of saccharine matter contained in this variety makes it very valuable 
for stock feeding purposes; grows to a large size. 
Bed Globs Mangel. 
Yellow Ovoid 
Cabbage. 
One ounce for about^OOO plants. 
Cabbages require a deep rich soil and thorough working* The seed for the early crops can be sown in hot beds 
When of size to transplant, place the earlier kinds from 12 to 18 inches apart. The largest and later kinds 2 feet or 
more. The plants should be set down to first leaf, so that the stem is all below the surface of the ground, and hoe 
often. Our seed is from the finest and purest selected strains of American growth. 
Stone Mason. 
An improved variety 
of Mason Drumhead, of 
sweet and tender quality. 
Early Large York. 
Is a popular known va- 
riety, superior, robust, 
and endures the heat well. 
Large Late 
Ked Dutch. 
Large Late Drumhead. A favorite winter variety 
with the market gardener. It bears extra large solid 
heads, and is a little later than the Flat Dutch. 
