LOW’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
BEET, Mangel Wurtzel. 
Culture. — Sow in May in drills, two feet apart between the row’s; after well started thin to one foot apart in 
the rows. Five lbs will sow one acre grown for feeding stock. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
41. 
Long Red. — A large, long variety 
5 
IP 
'5 
5° 
42. 
Yellow Globe. — Large, round, yellow fleshed 
5 
IO 
>5 
5° 
43 . 
44 . 
Norbiton’s Giant. — A new variety of superior merit, immense yielder 
Carter’s Mammoth. — An English variety of very large size, heavy cropper, 
5 
10 
<5 
5° 
simliar to Norbiton’s Giant in color, size, shape, and habit of growth . . * . 
5 
10 
•5 
5° 
BEETS, Sugar. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
1-4 Lb. 
Lb. 
45. 
46. 
Lane’s Imp. American. — A long white variety used to feed to stock . 
Vilmorin’s Imp. French. — This is a new variery cultivated by the French 
5 
10 
*5 
5® 
47. 
people for the manufacture of sugar 
Swiss Chard, Silver or Sea-Kale. — This variety is cultivated solely for its 
leaves. The midrib is stewed and served like asparagus, the remaining portions 
of the leaves being used as spinach. To obtain the best results it should be cut 
3 
10 
■5 
5° 
often, as each crop of leaves produced are more tender than the previous one 
BORECOLE, OR KALE. 
•5 
10 
•5 
40 
Culture. — Sow about the middle of April and transplant to good, deep, rich soil, in 
June, 
and cultivate 
the 
same as cabbage. They are much more delicious than cabbage, and are somewhat improved after a light frost has 
touched them. A deep, well enriched soil is essential, and they will repay the grower who raises them. They are 
worthy of more consideration than they usually receive. 
Pkt. Ox. 1-4 Lb. Lb. 
48. Tall Curled Scotch 
49. Dwarf Green Curled 
50. Carter’s Garnishing 
5 l 5 40 
5 *5 40 
5 *5 40 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
Culture. — Sow in May and transplant in July; cultivation same as for cabbage. A species of cabbage pro- 
1 during heads of miniature size from sides of the stalk ; the heads are very delicate when boiled in the same way as 
cauliflower. High culture is not essential ; it is ready for use in autumn after a light frost. 
Pkt. Oz. 1-4 Lb. Lb. 
51. Scrymger’s Giant 5 20 5° 
52. The Albert 20 50 
CARROT. 
Culture. The carrot flourishes best in good, light, well-enriched loam. If possible the ground should be 
stirred to the depth of fifteen inches, incorporated with a liberal application of well-rotted compost, and cleared as 
much as possible of stones and hard lumps of earth, and made mellow and pliable ; early sowing succeeds best. The 
drills should be made one inch in depth and from twelve to fifteen inches apart. An ounce of seed will sow about one 
hundred feet of row, and two to three Bounds is usually required to sow an acre. 
53. Guerande. — New. ........ 
54. Chanteney.— The handsomest shape and finest quality of any carrot grown ; 
medium in size with stump root, and will yield as much as the large varieties 
per acre. Excellent shape for market. 
65. Early Scarlet Horn — This variety is very early, as a table variety is much 
esteemed on account of the smallness of heart and its tenderness. Will thrive 
better than most varieties on light, shallow soils 
56. Long Orange. — An old standard variety, best sort known for field culture, and 
is used to feed horses and cattle, as a root diet, for which itis unsurpassed 
57. Danvers. — A new variety of great promise. In Shape midway between Long 
Orange and Early Horn. In color it is a very rich shade of orange ; grows 
very smooth and handsome. It is exceedngly productive, having yielded from 
twenty-five to thirty tons per acre. 1 would specially recommend this variety as 
the best sort for general culture in this latitude ; for illustration see plate 
58. White Belgian. -- A very large variety, and like the Orange, invaluable as a 
feed for cattle. Large, white, a good yielder under favorable circumstances 
Pkt. 
5 
£ O 
N 
1-4 Lb. 
35 
Lb. 
I.25 
5 
15 
35 
1.25 
5 
*5 
35 
$1.25 
5 
x 5 
20 
80 
5 
*3 
35 
I,2 3 
5 
>5 
35 
1.25 
The “Guerande” and “Chantenay” are far ahead of all others in excellence. 
