CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
OTHER POLE BEANS — (Continued) 
Red Speckled Cut=short, or Corn=Hill. An old, well 
known, hardy, productive bean; used largely in the 
South for planting with corn. 
Scarlet Runner. On the order of the Limas; grown 
mostly in America for its ornamental, bright scarlet 
flowers. 
Striped Creaseback, or Scotia. A very hardy, produc¬ 
tive cornfield bean. The pods are round, straight 
and creasebacked; slightly stringy. 
Tennessee Wonder. Somewhat similar to Kentucky 
Wonder but with immensely larger, straighter, 
smoother and more creasebacked pods. 
White Creaseback. A very hardy, early, old-time 
variety with uniform, round and slender, slightly 
stringy pods. 
White Dutch Case Knife. A very old variety with 
long, straight, flat, stringy, though brittle, pods. 
TABLE BEETS 
Culture .— The soil which is best suited is that which is rather light and thoroughly enriched with manure. For an 
early supply sow in spring as soon as the ground becomes fit for work, in drills about 18 inches apart and Y 2 inch 
deep. For main crop, sow the first week in May, and for winter use, sow in June. 
One ounce to 50 feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds to the acre in drills 
THREE SPLENDID BEETS 
BOSTON CROSBY 
An exceptionally desirable selection from Crosby’s Egyptian and 
very popular with market gardeners. The roots are uniform, globe 
shaped with a very small top and tap root, skin dark red; flesh deep 
purplish red with little zoning. 
DETROIT DARK RED 
One of the best main crop varieties for home or market garden. 
Roots of medium size, globe shaped and very smooth; skin dark red, 
flesh solid vermilion red. Tops small, upright, dark green, shaded 
red. 
GOOD FOR ALL 
A fine new variety producing deep 
red globular roots with small tops. 
An excellent variety for home and 
market gardeners and also desirable 
for canning. 
Crimson Globe. A late or main crop variety, medium in size, globe shaped with 
deep purple flesh. 
Crosby’s Egyptian. Desirable for first early market. Roots uniform, flattened 
globe in shape, exterior and interior color deep red. 
Dewing’s Early Blood Turnip. Medium early dark red, top-shaped; flesh carmine. 
Early Blood Turnip. Standard red table beet with round, slightly flattened roots. 
Early Wonder. Roots very uniform, nearly globe shaped, with small top and tap 
root; skin dark red, flesh deep blood red, with little zoning. 
Eclipse. Small tops and medium sized, round, bright red roots. 
Edmand’s Blood Turnip. A second early sort, with short tops; roots nearly round, 
dark red in color. 
Extra Early Egyptian. One of the very earliest, with small tops and distinctly flat, 
fairly thick, dark red roots. 
Half Long Blood. An excellent second early sort and good keeper; roots smooth, deep red in color. 
Long Smooth Blood. A standard long, late variety with deep purplish-red flesh; excellent keeper. 
Swiss Chard, Silver or Sea Kale. Its yellowish-green large leaves are used as greens. 
Swiss Chard, Lucullus. An improvement on the old variety, with foliage much crumpled or savoyed. 
Swiss Chard, Ford hook Giant. A strikingly handsome variety with large, very dark green, much crumpled 
leaves and broad white stalks. 
Detroit Dark Red 
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