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_ D * M . FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
5 U GAR B E ET 
Desirable not only for the manufacture of sugar, but are invaluable for stock feeding 
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 
1 l tfc,e Y a,ue f or sugar making. Plant in drills two to two and Sne-half feet 
apart, twelve to twenty seeds to the foot. The seed should be well covered with about one 
thin & Cultivate fw « uenU * Whea about 
BEETS FOR SUGAR MAKING 
la finer*ViVfinV Unquestionably the most highly developed strain of beet for 
«iacil5Cll » Vicirix sugar making. Roots of medium size, white with tinge of 
giay, halt long, and very uniform in type. Flesh white, exceptionally rich in sugar 
content. Per Lb 65c, postpaid. Lots of 5 Lbs. to 25 Lbs. by express', at purchaser’s 
expense, 50c per Lb. 
P ne ..°*- the richest in sugar content of the sorts in cul- 
* ? improved tivation. It will do better on new lands than any other, 
suffers less from an excess of nitrogen and will keep the best. Tops of medium size, 
with smooth, bright green leaves. Roots of medium size, similar in appearance to 
Jaenscn s \ ictrix; flesh white, often yielding from ten to sixteen tons per acre. Pkt. 5c: 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Vi Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 
WanTLbon Roots a little larger than Vilmorin’s Improved and a little 
rvieiii vy anzieDen hardier and easier grown. Tops rather large; leaves slightly 
waved. Yields from twelve to eighteen tons per acre. Probably the best sort for the 
experimenter to use. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Vi Lb. 20c; Lb.65c. 
SUGAR BEETS FOR STOCK FEEDING 
Gianf A strain of beets very desirable for stock feed- 
5f euin & JU 6 ar Deet, ing, affording not only a very large crop much 
OF Half Sucrar Mangel ? as ‘ er to harvest than other sorts' but much richer 
6 6 in sugar and other nutritive elements. Roots light 
bronze green above ground, grayish white be¬ 
low, with white flesh. On account of grow¬ 
ing partly out of tne 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; 2 Oz. 15c; 
Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 05c. 
n_1 o* x. A beet of highest nutritive 
IxOyal fjriant, or value for feeding. Some- 
Half Sugar Rose '' r h 0 ^ in e /Lifo a u P t d o t a t^ 
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. ( Sold out) 
Giant Feeding Sugar Beet, or 
H*lf Sugar Mangel 
MANGEL WURZEL 
I nnrr A lar & e ’ lon £ variety grown for stock feeding. The roots are light 
Lon 6 iveu red, grow well out of the ground and are easily harvested. Flesh 
white and rose colored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 
D IVA £> Roots very large, uniformly straight and 
. IVI. ferry GL Lo S Improved well formed, comparatively thicker and 
I nna R#»r1 deeper colored than the common sort and with smaller 
iridiiiiiioifi Long xvea top Flesh white tinged with rose. Under careful 
Improved Mammoth Long Red 
Mangel Wurzel 
2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 
Yellow 
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yellow. Tops* green, comparatively small; neck small, short. The roots have less 
tendency to become woody than most sorts. An exceedingly productive variety. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 
p *-1 T °ps comparatively small, with yellow stems and mid-ribs; 
viuiaeil 1 anKara neck very small. Roots large, ovoid, but bottom usually of 
larger diameter than top, light gray above ground, deep orange below. Flesh yellow, 
zoned with white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 
I The heads resemble somewhat a coarse cauliflower and the 
culture is the same in all essentials as for that vegetable. 
Rroccoli is well adapted only to those sections where the season is long, cool and rather 
moist. One of the most valuable features is that it withstands greater extremes of 
temperature than cauliflower. 
I I?_ l This is probably the most useful variety. 
JC-arly Large Wnite rrench Plants very hardy, vigorous and easily grown. 
Heads white, compact, hard and of good quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 40c; 2 Oz. 75c; 
Va Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.00 ___ 
RRIISSFI S S PR TT ^ This vegetable is used in the fall and 
LJ J.V AU UI 1\WU 1 J 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 neads or sprouts an inch or two in diameter 
formed on the stalk at each leaf joint. Culture is the same in all essentials as for 
cabbage, except the leaves should be broken down in the fall to give the little heads 
more room to grow. 
t_it R n . r Probably the most useful variety, plants growing 
rialr L/Warr one and one-half to three feet high, very hardy ana 
giving compact, round sprouts of large size and good quality. Pkt. 5c; Ozl 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; Va Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
