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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
SUGAR BEET 
Giant Feeding Sugar Beet, or 
Half Sugar Mangel 
Long 
MANGEL WURZEL 
o j A large, long variety grown for stock feeding. The roots are light 
IvCCI red. grow well out of the ground and are easily harvested. Flesh 
white and rose colored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c: Lb. 40c. 
rx r. 1 Roots very large, uniformly straight and 
D. M. rerry OfcLo S Improved well formed, comparatively thicker and 
Mammoth I onff Red aeeper colored than the common sort and with smaller 
iviammom Long rvea top pjesh white tinged with rose. Under careful 
culture enormously productive. Our stock will produce the largest and finest roots 
which can be grown for feeding stock and is vastly superior to many strains offered 
under other names, such as Norbitan Giant, Colossal, Monarch, etc. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c; Vi Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 
Yellow 
bro 
. T . Roots long ovoid, growing over one-half out of the ground 
low Leviathan and very easily harvested. Color light gray tinged with 
w.wwn above ground, light yellow below. Flesh white, sometimes slightly tinged 
with yellow. Tops green, comparatively small; neck small, short. The roots nave 
less tendency to become woody than most, sorts. An exceedingly productive vari¬ 
ety. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; Vi Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. , ., 
r n T i ] Tops comparatively small, with yellow stems and mid-nbs, 
(jOlden lankard neck very small. Roots large, ovoid, but bottom usually 
of larger diameter than top, light gray above ground, deep orange below, r lesn 
yellow, zoned with white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c; Lb. 45c. 
Desirable not only for the manufacture of sugar, but are invaluable for stock feed¬ 
ing and when small may be used for the table. The best soil is a rich, friable sandy, or 
clayey loam. Rich, mucky soils will often give an immense yield of roots which, though 
excellent for feed, are of little value for sugar making. Plant in drills two to two 
and one-half feet apart, twelve to twenty seeds to the mot. The seed should be well 
covered with about orte inch of soil pressed firmly over it. Cultivate frequently. 
When about three inches high thin to about ten inches apart. 
BEETS FOR SUGAR MAKING 
I i 9 •* . • Unquestionably the most highly developed strain of beet 
Jaenscn S Victnx for sugar making. Roots of medium size, white with tinge 
of gray, half long, and very uniform in type. Flesh white, exceptionally rich m 
sugar content. Per Lb. 40c, postpaid. Lots of 5 Lbs. to 25 Lbs. by express, at pur¬ 
chaser’s expense, 25c per Lb. 
■»/. 1 * > i j One of the richest in sugar content of the sorts in cul- 
V llmonn S Improved tivation. It will <lo better on new lands than any 
other, suffers less from an excess of nitrogen and will keep the best. Tops of me¬ 
dium size, with smooth, bright green leaves. Roots of medium size, similar in 
appearance to Jaensch’s Victrix; flesh white, often yielding from ten to sixteen tons 
per acre. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; % Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 
j/i . * i Roots a little larger than Vilmorin's Improved and a lit- 
tvlem W anzleben tie hardier and easier grown. Tops rather large; leaves 
slightly waved. Yields from t welve to eighteen tons per acre. Probably the best 
sort for the experimenter to use. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 
SUGAR BEETS FOR STOCK FEEDING 
. i-i j. r* Da.A strain of beets very desirable for stock 
L»iant reeding' ougar tSeet, feeding, affording not only a very large 
I-| a lf Qiirrnt- Manrrel crop much easier to harvest than other sorts but 
ur JUgdr luaiigci much richer in sugar and other nutritive elements. 
Roots light bronze green above ground, grayish white below, with white llesh. On 
account of growing partly out of the ground and the long ovoid shape the crop 
can be harvested and stored easily and at less expense than any other root crop. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 
tx \ . iiirc o A beet of highest nutritive value 
Royal (jiant, or riali OUgar Rose for feeding. Somewhat egg shaped 
and growing half out of the ground it is very easily harvested. Quite similar to 
Giant Feeding Sugar except color of skin which is 
bright rose above ground, white below. Flesh 
white, sometimes slightly tinged with rose. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 
17 l v ii c Grows to a large 
rrench Yellow bugar size; root half 
long, yellow and sweet. Flesh white, sometimes 
slightly tinged with yellow. Excellent for stock 
feeding. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; Va Lb. 15c; Lb. 35c. 
IDnrrni I The heads resemble somewhat a coarse cauliflower and the 
Jfv V-/Lj 1 culture is the same in all essentials as for that vegetable, 
roccoli is well adapted only to those sections where the season is long, cool anclrather 
oist. One of the most valuable features is that it withstands greater extremes of 
mperature than cauliflower. 
larly Large White French .. , 
Heads white, compact, hard and of good quality. 
Va Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.00 _ 
This is probably the most useful variety. 
Plants very hardy, vigorous and easily grown. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 40c; 2 0z. 75c; 
ODITCCI7T C Qt>l?rYITT'Q This vegetable is used in the fall and 
Di\ LI OJLLJ rVV-/ vJ 1 O early winter and by some considered 
more tender and delicious than any cabbage. The plant resembles the cabbage, the 
edible part being the numerous very small heads or sprouts an inch 01 
ameter formed on the sialk at each leaf joint. Culture is the same.iniill essentials as 
for cabbage, except the leaves should be broken down in the tall to giv e the little heads 
...ore room to grow Probably the most useful variety, plants growing 
Improved Half Dwarf one and one-half to three feet high, very hardy and 
giving compact, round sprouts of large size and good quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; Va Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
Improved Mammoth Long Red 
Mangel Wuhzel 
