DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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Henderson’s Half Long Dark Blood 
Pine Apple. Rough Skinned. 
Half-Long Dark Blood, Rough, or Bark Skinn¬ 
ed. Intermediate between the Long Dark Blood and 
Early Blood Turnip. Roots medium length, straight 
and well formed. Skin exceedingly rough. Flesh deep, 
dark red, circled with lighter shades. 
Fine-grained, sugary and tender. 
Long Dark Bloo d.—Long, 
smooth, growing to good size, half 
out of the ground ; color dark blood 
Long Dark Blood 
French White Sugar. 
red ; top small, dark rod, and of upright growth ; keeps 
well. It is apt to be tough when sown too early. 
Improved Long Dark Blood. -The result of many 
years careful selection, and has absolutely no superior, 
if indeed it be equaled. All marketmen should grow 
this variety. 
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. 
Carter’s Warden Prize Yellow Globe 
Mangel Wurzel. 
French White Sugar. — Similar in growth and form 
to the preceding ; roots half-long, white ; used for feed¬ 
ing stock, and has begun to be much used for the garden. 
Vilmorin’s Improved Imperial Sugar.—An im¬ 
proved variety from France, said to afford the largest 
percentage of sugar of any known variety, which opin¬ 
ion has been confirmed by tests of six varieties on the 
grounds of the Maine Agricultural College, as this van- 
