1935 SPRING SEED CATALOG-HENRY FIELD CO.-SHENANDOAH 
BEETS 
Use While Young and 
Stock Beets 
"O' T T? TJ '\ 7 ' Good Varieties For The 
Vj£/i/r>IV X Home Garden 
CULTURE—Fifty feet of row should make you 100 
bunches, enough for a bunch every day all fall. You 
certainly can grow a hundred plants. Directions on 
each packet of seed showing the easiest and best way 
to grow. 
660— GOLDEN PLUME. One of the best varieties 
for home use. Has a real celery flavor so much 
better than shipped-in celery. Stalks tender and crisp. 
Forms a full tender heart. A golden yellow when 
blanched. Price, Pkt. 100; *4 oz. 300; oz. 500; 
% lb. $1.75. 
662— GOLDEN SELF BLEACHING. Vilmorins new 
type. Taller and later than Golden Plume. Hearts 
firm and crisp. Stalks tender and of good quality. 
Bleaches to a creamy white. Price, Pkt. 50 *4 oz. 25$; 
oz. 400; % lb. $1.50. 
663— WHITE PLUME. An extra early variety. 
Stalks bleach to a pure white. Good quality. Price, 
Pkt. 50; y% oz. 150 oz. 250; % lb. 900. 
661— GIANT PASCAL. A late variety for winter 
use. A rank grower. When stored and bleached it is 
of the very finest quality, crisp and tender. Price, 
Pkt. 50; V> oz. 150; oz. 250; V 4 lb. 900. 
601—BLOOD TURNIP. An old standby. Round, flesh 
red with white rings. Second early. Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 100; 
% lb. 350; 1 lb. 900. 
608—LONG BLOOD. A long 
or half long shape. Dark red in¬ 
side and out. Tender and sweet. 
Very late. Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 100; 
% lb. 350; 1 lb. 900. 
605—EARLY ECLIPSE. A 
quick growing tender beet. 
Bright red, round in shape. 
Flesh bright red with zones of a 
lighter shade or white. Price, 
Pkt. 50; oz. 150; % lb. 400; 
1 lb. $1.00. 
603 — CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. 
Early, rounding flat in shape. 
Flesh almost a solid red with 
sometimes rings of a lighter 
shade. Medium early. Price, Pkt. 
50; oz. 100; % lb. 350; 1 lb. $1.00. 
602 — CRIMSON GLOBE. A 
handsome bright red beet. Price, 
Pkt. 50 oz. 100. 
607—EARLY WONDER. You 
will get your first mess of beets 
from this variety. Creamed or 
buttered they will be mighty 
good. Very early. Roots a flat¬ 
tened globe. Runs a nice even 
size and shape. Flesh blood red 
with rings of a lighter shade. 
Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 150; % lb. 
400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
GOLDEN PLUME 
8 UREHEADING 
556—DRY WEATHER. A good sized 
creamy white head. Very tender, later 
and larger than Early Snowball. 
Price, Pkt. 150; % oz. 600; oz. $2.00. 
CAULIFLOWER 
CULTURE—In the central west plant cauliflower 
early. Late planting seldom succeeds. Start it just 
like you do cabbage. 
557—SUREHEADING. A pure line selection of 
Snowball with a strong tendency to head in spite of 
anything. Reports say that during an unfavorable 
season 75% of this variety headed while only 45% of 
all others. Medium sized, solid, pure white heads. 
Price, Pkt. 200; y 4 oz. 750; oz. $2.50. 
558—EARLY SNOWBALL. Beauti¬ 
ful snowy, white heads, 5 to 7 inches 
across. Early. Price, Pkt. 150; % oz. 
600; oz. $2.00. 
Feed Mangels to 
Chickens. Increase 
Egg Production. 
Use at least 10 to 
12 pounds of seed to 
the acre. Plant early. 
They keep your 
stock in better con¬ 
dition and increase 
the milk flow and 
egg production. 
620 — GIANT 
SLUDSTRUP. Very 
large, oblong, easily 
pulled. An improved 
strain grown in Hol¬ 
land. Price, 1 oz. 50; 
% lb. 180; 1 lb. 65c; 
3 lbs. $1.50. 
616—GIANT FEED¬ 
ING SUGAR. A true 
stock beet, not a 
sugar beet. Large, 
easily pulled. This is 
also a Holland 
grown special strain. 
Price, 1 oz. 50; 14 lb. 
Left MAMMOTH LONG RED 18 ^> 1 lb * 65 0! 3 lbs - 
Right GIANT SLUDSTRUP $1.50. 
619 — MAMMOTH 
LONG RED MANGEL. Called by some “Gate Post” 
because of its size. Is easily pulled. Makes tre¬ 
mendous yields. Price, Oz. 50; % lb. 180; 1 lb. 650; 
3 lbs. $1.50. 
Tender 
CULTURE — Make your 
first planting early, using 
about one ounce of seed 
to 100 feet of row. Plaht 
for succession. Use while 
young and tender. Make | a 
late planting for wintfer 
use. 
604 — DETROIT DARK 
RED. It seems to be just 
what people want in ! } a 
table beet. Doesn’t slibw 
white streaks or rings but 
is a deep rich red inside 
and out. A nice globe 
shape with a small tap Detroit dark red 
root. Quality fine, crisp and sweet. Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 
150; % lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.23. 
606—DARK RED CANNER Ohio Conner). New. 
A good all purpose beet but extra fine for winter 
storage, sweet beet pickles or canning. Later than 
Detroit Dark Red. Use not only for spring planting 
but to come on for fall use. Extremely dark red, 
small and mostly globe shape. Developed by the 
Ohio Experiment Station. Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 20c; 
V 4 lb. 500; 1 lb. $1.50. 
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