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Beets—Continued 
EARLY MODEL. Extremely early, of perfect globe form and finest quality. The 
foliage is very small. The beets are always smooth and of deepest blood red color. 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; X lb., 30c.; lb., 75c. 
EARLY ECLIPSE. Extra early, round, smooth, blood red roots, popular both for mar¬ 
ket and home garden. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; X lb., 30c.; lb., 75c. 
DETROIT DARK RED. Form globular or ovoid, smooth roots with small tops, skin 
blood red, flesh dark red, zoned with a lighter shade, tender and sweet. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 15c.; X lb., 30c.; lb., 75c. 
EDMAND’S EARLY. The beets are of round form, very smooth, extra early, and of 
good marketable size. Skin and flesh deep blood-red; extremely tender. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 15c.; X lb., 25c.; lb., 75c. 
DARK STINSON. This is a finely bred variety for summer market. The roots average 
two and a half inches in diameter with richly colored leaves only five inches in length. 
Beets are smooth and regular in form, with small taproot. Flesh is fine-grained, free 
from any woodiness, even when fully grown, and is of dark-red coloring. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 15c.; X lb., 35c.; lb., 90c. 
LENTZ EARLY. Fine for sowing in hotbeds and outdoors early. It is a desirable 
winter variety; blood red. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; X lb., 25c.; lb., 90c. 
BASTIAN’S HALF LONG BLOOD. A valuable variety to follow Bastian’s Extra 
Early. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; X lb., 35c.; lb., 75c. 
Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet 
LARGE-RIBBED WHITE. This variety is grown for the broad, white leaf-stalks, 
which, when bunched and cooked in the same manner as asparagus, make a delicious 
Early Eclipse Beet summer vegetable. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; X lb., 35c.; lb., 90c. 
LUCULLUS. The stalks are as thick and broad as those of rhubarb, being one and one-half inches broad, heavily ribbed, and 
from ten to twelve inches long below the leaf. The extra-large leaves of thick texture are heavily crumpled or "savoyed” and 
of fine flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c.; X lb., 35c.; lb., $1.20. 
Mangel Wurzel 
MAMMOTH LONG-RED. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; X. lb., 25c.; 
lb., 65c. 
GOLDEN TANKARD. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; X lb., 25c.; 
lb., 65c. 
Sugar Beet 
Sow as Mangels, except to 8 inches in row. 
LANE’S IMPERIAL WHITE SUGAR. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
X lb., 25c.; lb., 65c. 
There is nothing equal to Wizard Brand Sheep Manure in the 
flower and vegetable garden. 
Cauliflower 
Culture. For earliest Cauliflower, raise plants by sowing 
in hotbed or greenhouse during January or February, and trans¬ 
plant to flats or cold frames, 2 or 3 inches apart each way. Set 
in open ground as soon in spring as the land can be put in good 
order. Soil to be warm, very rich, fibrous loam, well supplied 
with humus and moisture. Copious water applications during 
dry weather, especially when the plants are heading, and light 
dressings of nitrate of soda and potash are of much help. Set 
plants 2 to 2X feet apart each way. When heads are formed 
and are hard, they should be blanched by drawing the leaves 
together and tying with raphia or strips of soft cloth. 
BEST EARLY CAULIFLOWER. The earliest and best quick¬ 
growing Cauliflower. The plants are of strong growth, with 
erect, pointed, dark-green leaves, growing closely about the 
head. In good soil the heads measure eight to ten inches across, 
they are a pure snowy white, with very close, compact curd 
of extra fine quality. Pkt., 15c.; X oz., 60c.; oz., $1.90. 
Early Snowball Cauliflower 
DRY WEATHER CAULIFLOWER. Produces equal solid, pure white heads 
and only about a week later. The heads are considerably larger in size, with 
more foliage. It is adapted especially for growing in dry locations, where 
nearly all other varieties fail to make good heads. Pkt., 15c.; X oz., 60c.; 
oz., $1.90. 
MASSER’S EARLY SNOWBALL. This is an improved extra early strain 
of dwarf, compact growth that has become extremely popular. Under 
favorable circumstances nearly every plant will make a fine, solid head 
of good size. It is valuable for both early and late Cauliflower. Heads 
of good size, solid, snowy white. Pkt., 10c.; X oz., 60c.; oz., $1.90. 
Chicory 
Culture. Sow seed in early spring in rows 12 to 16 inches 
apart, and thin the plants 2 to 3 inches. To blanch the leaves 
for salad in winter, dig the roots in the fall, cut the leaves off 
a little above the root crown, and place them horizontally in 
layers, alternating with layers of sand or loam, in a dark cellar, 
the tops all pointing outward of the sloping heap or heaps. 
One ounce to 100 feet of drill. 
WITLOOF CHICORY, FRENCH ENDIVE. Pkt., 10c.; 
oz., 25c.; X lb., 75c.; lb., $2.75. 
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