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variety for winter use. Tops large; neck small; leaf 
stems and veins red; leaf green; roots large, tapering 
toward both ends, growing even with the surface, dark 
red; flesh dark red, zoned with lighter shade, very ten¬ 
der and sweet, and remaining so when kept till spring. 
Long Dark Blood.—Tops large; neck large; leaf 
stems and veins red; leaves red; roots very long, cylin¬ 
drical, smooth, growing onc-half out of the ground, 
brown above, dark red beneath; flesh dark red, crisp, 
tender and keeps well. 
Swiss Chard, Silver, or Sea Kale Beet. — A 
distinct vegetable, and much superior to the common 
beet for greens. If sown at the same time it will be fit 
for use before them. Later, the plants form broad, flat, 
beautiful white and wax-like stems to the leaves which 
are very deli¬ 
cious cooked as 
beets, or pickled. 
We recommend 
all of our cus¬ 
tomers to try it. 
The following 
varieties are used 
for stock feed¬ 
ing. They are 
easily grown and 
harvested, keep 
well through the 
winter, and give 
an immense 
amount of cattle 
food, at a small 
cost, but need a 
rich, well pre¬ 
pared soil. Sow 
in drills thirty 
inches apart, as 
early as the 
ground can be 
got in condition. 
Cultivate well 
when young, and 
thin out the 
plants to one foot 
apart in the row. 
If these thin- 
Frkpich White Sugar. Red Top. nings are care¬ 
fully handled and the larger leaves cut off they can 
easily be reset to fill vacancies, and will make the largest 
roots. Care should be taken not to break or bruise the 
roots in harvesting. 
French White Sugar, Red Top. — This variety is 
the result of the careful selection and culture of one of 
the most extensive and scientific cultivators in Europe. 
It unites capacity for a large yield with an exceedingly 
rich flesh, making it the best for cattle feeding. We 
think that for this purpose it is much superior to the 
larger and coarser Mangel Wurzcls, and we urge our 
customers to try it, believing that they will find it 
superior to any field beet they have cultivated. Tops 
medium sized; roots above medium size, long, top 
shaped, growing slightly above the surface; white, 
washed with red at top; flesh fine grained and very 
sweet. 
French White Sugar, Green Top. — Grown as a 
field beet, but liked by some for table use. Tops large, 
bright green; roots large, broad, top shaped, white, 
washed with green or brown; flesh tender and very 
sweet. 
French Yellow Sugar. — Grows to a large size, 
much above ground; roots half long, yellow; grown in 
this country for feeding stock. In France it is cultivated 
extensively for the extraction of sugar. 
Lane's Improved Imperial Sugar. — This Ameri¬ 
can variety has proved the best for the uses which such 
beets are put to in this country. It is not so sweet as 
the French Sugar Beets grown especially for sugar 
making, but the roots arc longer and more symmetrical, 
of fine grain and very sweet, making it good for table 
use or for cattle feeding. 
Vilmorin’s Improved Imperial Sugar.—An im¬ 
proved variety from France. It affords the largest per¬ 
centage of sugar of any known variety. 
Long Red Mangel Wurzel.—A large, long variety, 
grown for stock feeding. It stands a good deal out of 
ground; color light red; flesh white and rose colored. 
D. M. Ferry & Co s Improved Mammoth Long 
Red Mangel Wurzel.—An improvement on the old 
variety. 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.— 
Very large, growing well out of ground. The roots 
are well formed, 
straight, smooth, 
and of a fine 
scarlet color with 
com paratively 
small top and 
neck. 
Y ellow Globe 
Mangel Wur¬ 
zel.— A large, 
round orange 
colored variety, 
of excellent qual- % 
ity, which keeps 
better than the 
Long Red, and 
produces better 
crops on shallow 
soil. 
Carter’s 
Warden Prize 
Yellow Globe 
Mangel Wur¬ 
zel. —A most 
excellent, yellow 
fleshed, globe 
variety. The 
tops are small, 
and the roots, 
although large, 
are of excellent 
quality. Average 
weight, fifteen 
to eighteen 
pounds. Highly 
recommended 
for shallow soil. 
Y ellow Ovoid 
Mangel Wur¬ 
zel.- Root ovoid , 
intermediate 
between the 
long and globe 
varieties; flesh 
solid, usually 
white, zoned 
with yellow; D. M. Ferry A Co s Improved 
hardy, vigorous Mammoth Long Red Man- 
and productive. otL Wurzel. 
