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The flesh is quite rich in color, and very tender and 
sweet. 
Henderson’s Pine Apple.—The roots are half-long, 
medium size, well formed, and of a very dark crimson 
color. Flesh fine-grained, sweet, tender, and excellent 
for table use. 
Half-Long Dark Blood, Rough, or Bark Skinn¬ 
ed.—Intermediate between the Long Dark Blood and 
Karly Blood Turnip. Roots medium length but irregu¬ 
lar. Skin exceedingly rough. Flesh deep, purplish-red, 
circled with lighter shades, and the most crisp and ten¬ 
der of any variety. A most valuable sort for home use, 
but not suited for market because of its appearance. 
French White Sugar. — Roots large, half-long; 
skin white, washed with green at the crown; flesh white, 
coarse-grained, crisp and very sweet. Although gener¬ 
ally grown for stock, it is so very sweet and tender that 
many people prefer it to any other variety for the table. 
Swiss Chard, Silver or Sea Kale Beet.—Culti¬ 
vated for its leaves. Sown early in the spring it makes 
rapid growth and is fit to use for greens sooner than any 
Swiss Chard. 
other variety, and for this purpose it is very much su¬ 
perior to the common Beet. Later the leaves grow very 
large, with broad, flat, beautifully white and wax-like 
stems and mid-ribs which, when separated from the 
green portion, are cooked like Asparagus or made into 
most attractive pickles. 
fl-S^'The following varieties are especially valuable 
for stock, and we can honestly urge our friends to plant 
them in quantity. On rich soil they give immense crops, 
are easily raised, harvested and kept through the winter. 
Sow in drills thirty inches apart, on rich. 7 veil prepared 
ground , as early in the spring as possible Cultivate 
well, and when the plants are three inches high thin out 
and transplant so as to leave them one foot apart in the 
row. In harvesting, lake care to break or bruise the 
roots as little as possible, as they will keep better if un¬ 
broken. 
French Yellow Sugar.—Grows to a large size, much 
above ground ; roots half-long, yellow ; considerably 
grown in this country for feeding stock. In France, it 
is cultivated extensively for the extraction of sugar. 
Vilmorin’s Improved Imperial Sugar.—An im¬ 
proved variety from France, said to afford the largest 
percentage of sugar of any known variety. 
Lane’s Improved Imperial Sugar.—This superb 
variety ir. the result of a careful selection for several 
years of the French Imperial Sugar Beet. After careful 
trial, it is with the greatest confidence recommended as 
being hardy. productive,#and containing a large percent 
age of sugar. 
Long Red Mangel Wurzel. A large, long variety. 
Vilmorin’s Improved Imperial Sugar. 
grown for stock feeding. It stands a good deal out of 
ground ; color light red , flesh white and rosc-colored. 
D. M. Ferry & Co’s improved Mammoth Long 
Red Mangel Wurzel.—An improvement on the old 
variety, giving the greatest satisfaction. The roots are 
uniformly straight and well formed, and deeper colored 
than the common sort. Highly recommended for stock 
feeding 
Norbitan Giant Long Red Mangel Wurzel. — An 
English variety of very large size, growing well out of 
ground. The top is very small for its size, and the roots, 
well formed, straight, smooth and of a fine scarlet color. 
Carter’s Warden Prize Yellow Globe 
Mange! Wurzel. 
Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel.—A large, round, 
orange-colored variety, of excellent quality, which keeps 
better than the Long Red, and produces better crops ou 
shallow soil. 
Carter’s Warden Prize Yellow Globe Mangel 
Wurzel. -A most excellent, yellow-fleshed, globe vari- 
