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D; M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
SUGAR BEET 
Yellow Leviathan Mangel Wurzel 
The culture of the Mangel Wurzel. also called Mangel, Cattle Beet and Field Beet, is 
much the same as for Sugar Beets. The Mangels may be grown in almost any soil, but 
deep loams are necessary for heavy yieids of the long varieties. 
. j A large, long variety grown for stock feeding. The roots are light red, grow 
Long Kcu well out of the ground and are easily harvested. The flesh is white, 
tinged with rose. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. roots 
D. M. Ferry & Co's Improved Mammoth Long Red are very 
large, uniformly straight and well formed and comparatively thicker than the common 
sort The flesh is white tinged with rose. This strain under careful culture is 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; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
, _ The roots of this exceedingly productive sort grow about one-half out of the ground and very easily 
Yellow Leviathan harvested. Ill shape they are long fusiform, or spindle shaped tapering from the middle to each end, 
and have a small collar. Tin* color is light gray tinged with brown above ground, yellow below. The flesh is white, some¬ 
times slightly tinged with yellow. The tops are green and comparatively small. The roots have less tendency to become 
woody tlian most sorts. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; x /a Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
_ _ ' rx, , i The tops are comparatively small, with the leaf stalks and veins distinctly tinged with yellow. The 
Golden I ankard neck is small. The roots are large, ovoid, but with bottom usually of larger diameter than top, light 
gray above ground, deep orange below. The flesh is yellow, zoned with white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; V4 Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
Improved Mammoth Long Reo 
Mangel Wurzel 
1 he Sugar Beets are desirable not only for sugar making but are valuable for stock 
feeding and when small may be used for the table. The best soil is a rich, friable 
sandv, 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, early in spring in drills two to two and one-half feet apart, and about one inch 
apart in the row, covering with about one and one-half inches of fine soil firmly pressed 
down. Cultivate frequently. When about three inches high begin thinning and con¬ 
tinue at intervals until the roots stand about ten inches apart. 
FOR SUGAR MAKING 
t i > x r* - • This is unquestion- 
Jaensch S Victrix ably the most highly 
developed strain of beet for sugar making. The 
roots are of medium size, white with tinge of 
gray, half long, and very uniform in type. The 
flesh is.white and is exceptionally rich in sugar 
Content. Per Lb. 50c, postpaid. Lots of 5 Lbs. 
to 25 Lbs. by express, at purchaser’s expense, 
40c per Lb. 
■■ r., • > i j One of the rieh- 
V llmonn s Improved est sorts in sugar 
content. It will do better on new lands than 
any other, suffers less from an excess of 
nitrogen and will keep the best. The tops are 
of medium size, with smooth, bright green 
leaves. The roots are of medium size, similar 
in appearance to Jaensch’s Victrix, with 
white flesh and often yield from ten to sixteen 
tons per acre. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 
y 4 Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
. XXT if The roots are a little 
Klein Wanzleben larger than Vilmor- 
in's Improved and a little hardier and easier 
grown. The tops are rather large and the 
leaves slightly waved. This sort often yields 
under careful culture from twelve to eighteen 
tons per acre. It is probably the best sort for 
the experimenter to use. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
HALF SUGAR MANGEL 
FOR STOCK FEEDING 
/^i • _ |-« o r> , This strain 
Giant reeding ougar Beet of giant 
or Half Sugar Mangel stock 
beet is especially desirable for stock feeding, 
affording not only a very large crop much 
easier to harvest than other sorts but also 
having higher nutritive value, being especially 
rich in sugar. The roots are light bronze green 
above ground, grayish white below, with white 
flesh. 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 ex¬ 
pense than any other root crop. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. i5c; Va Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
DDnrrni I The heads resemble somewhat a coarse cauliflower and the culture is the same in all essentials as 
DlXvLL'VJLI f or that vegetable. Broccoli 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. 
„ , , , This is considered the best sort for most sections. The plants are very hardy, vigorous 
Early Large White rrench and easily grown. The heads are white, compact, hard and of good quality. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 40c; 2 Oz. 75c; Va Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.00 --—- 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
This vegetable is used in the fall and early winter and by some considered more 
____— tender and delicious than any cabbage. The plant resembles the cabbage, the 
edible nart being the numerous very small heads or sprouts an inch or two in diameter formed on the stalk at each leaf joint. 
The 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. favori te Paris market sort is probably the most useful variety. The plants are half dwarf, 
Imorovea Half Dwarf growing about one and one-half to two and one-half feet high. They are very hardy and produce 
compact rounded, grayish green sprouts of good size and flue quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; Va Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 
