LOW’S CATALOGUE OP SPECIALTIES. 
Eclipse Early Turnip Beet. 
This valuable variety has, since its introduction into this country acquired a high reputation as an extra early 
beet, owing to its many superior qualities. Although inferior to the Edmands in several desirable points, it is a 
rifle earlier, which feature is of great importance in getting early vegetables, and is of great value to the inarket- 
nan. The color of the beet is a handsome, dark carmine red, and the quality is fine grained and sweet, being all 
that can be desired, and when compared with the Egyptian it is a decided improvement. At the timeof its intro- 
duction there was some considerable trouble caused by Its tendency to sport, but by careful selection and 
watchtul training I have been enabled to quite remove this tendency, and thus “ Low’s Eclipse Beet” has acquired 
a distinction peculiarly its own, and is in fact much superior to the more common strains of this sort ; it is giving 
perfect satisfaction, and is worthy of all praise. Price per pkt., 5 cts. ; per oz., 15 cts. ; per 1-4 lb., 30 cts. , per lb., Si. 
Edtnand’s Blood Turnip Beet. 
The successfuITesults with which the introduction of this 
Beet have been attended have been most gratifying. We sent 
it out in small quantities on trial in the season of 1884, and 
since then it has increased in sales until now it requires from 
one to two tons to supply my trade alone. It is the most 
thoroughly fixed and uniform in type of any turnip beet we 
have ever 'grown. The flesh is deep blood red in color and 
exceedingly sweet and tender in quality. It is round and 
smooth in shape and of good market size. It does not grow 
over large, where room is permitted, as many kinds are apt 
to do therefore needs not to be thinned so much as most 
varieties. It grows a small top but a single tap root, which 
fact commends itself to the gardner’s attention who grows 
beets for bunching purposes. It is very early and is de- 
cidedly the best beet for marketmen’s use, being justly popu- 
lar and much called for wherever it has been sold. In the 
vicinity of Lowell, Mass., the section where it originated, it 
is almost exclusively grown, and is considered far superior 
to anything else known. I have a good supply of this va- 
riety, grow n this season, and it is of excellent quality; can 
supply it at the following prices. As an extra [inducement, 
that it may obtain a,more general introduction, we put the 
price very low. Price per pkt., 5 cts.; per oz., 15 cts. ; per 
14 lb., 30 cts.; per lb., $1.00. 
“Guerande” Stump-Rooted Carrot. 
Intermediate as to length between the Scarlet Horn and the 
Short Horn. It is thicker at thsjjuKk than the latter, and carries 
its thickness well down towards Be bottom. It has been known 
to yield at the rate of thirty-five tons per acre. Every carrot can 
be easily pulled by hand ; no ploughing or digging is necessary. 
In the experimental grounds of the New York Agricultural Col- 
lege,©! 25 varieties tested, it yielded more than double the average 
weight of all the ether kinds. Those who grew it last season 
report it an immense cropper. Price, per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz, 15 cts. ; 
1-4 lb, 34 cts. ; lb.. Si. 24 . 
New Chariton ay Carrot. 
In the Chantenay we have another new, choice French Carrot. It is the handsomest shaped 
and finest quality of any, medium in size, with stump root, of as rich, dark orange color, and in 
shape is very symmetrical. The stock has been so well bred that the carrot have attained to 
such a uniformity in shape they are almost duplicates of each other. In earl, ness it ranks inter- 
mediate between the Danvers and the Short Horn. It is of the style of the Danvers, but finer 
and more symmetrical, and theretora better as a market carrot for table. It will yield as much or 
more than the larger varieties per acre. Customers will find the Chantenay a decided acqui- 
sition. Price per lb., post-paid, $1.25; per 1-4 lb. 35 cts. ; per zo., 15 cts,; per pkt, 5 cts. 
