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BEET—Table Varieties—Continued 
Good For All 
A new variety of great promise. 
Tel. Per 
Cipher Pound 
Early Wonder . Benefider $0 55 
A selection from Crosby’s Egyptian though not so early as our strain 
of that variety. Roots uniform, nearly globe-shaped, with small top 
and tap root; skin dark red, flesh deep blood red, with little zoning. 
Popular with market gardeners for early or late planting. 
Eclipse . Benefit 45 
An early variety with small tops and medium sized, round, bright 
red roots; flesh bright red, zoned pinkish-white. 
Edmands’ Blood Turnip. Benight 45 
A second early sort, with short tops; roots nearly round, dark red; 
flesh purplish red with little zoning; a good keeper. 
Extra Early Egyptian. Benignant 40 
One of the very earliest, with small top; roots distinctly flat and mod¬ 
erately thick, very dark red; flesh dark purplish red, zoned a lighter 
shade. 
Good For All. Benitier 75 
A recent addition to the list of fine quality beets. Roots are nearly 
globular, of even size and with a small tap root. Exterior and 
interior a rich deep crimson color. Tops are small and very refined. 
Half Long Blood. B'enison 40 
Excellent second early sort and good keeper. Roots deep red, half 
long and smooth; distinctly zoned; small tops. 
Long Smooth Blood. Benzoin 35 
A standard, long, late variety; roots 14 inches long, smooth, rather 
slender; flesh deep purplish red; good quality and excellent keeper. 
Swiss Chard, Dark Green White Ribbed (Smooth)... .Beotin 40 
A dark green leaved variety, quite similar to Fordhook Giant, but hav¬ 
ing fairly smooth upright foliage and broad white leaf stems. 
Swiss Chard, Fordhook Giant. Bepaint 45 
Decidedly the best of the Chards, Leaves broad, upright in growth, 
very dark green, crumpled or savoyed, with broad, white mid-rib. 
Swiss Chard, Silver. Bequeath 35 
Its yellowish-green, large leaves are used as greens and the middle leaf- 
rib served like asparagus. 
Swiss Chard, Lucullus. Bequest 40 
An improved type of Chard. Of more upright growth than the Silver 
variety; leaves _ yellowish-green, fairly crumpled, mid-rib and veins 
white; stalks thick, broad and flat and as large as rhubarb. 
