SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 
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The sweet, tender roots of this are very fine for summer, 
fall and winter use, while the tops are very useful for greens. 
Vinegar in which Beets have been pickled is often used to 
pickle hard boiled eggs, as it gives them a beautiful color 
and pleasant flavor. When young and tender. Beets are 
most delicious if boiled or steamed until tender, then sliced 
or chopped into small pieces and seasoned with butter and 
pepper. 
Black Queen -A fine new sort of extra fine appearance and 
quality. Flesh of rich, black-red color, and leaves and 
stalks partaking of the same ruddy color. Root pear- 
shaped, smooth, well buried in the ground. A very dis¬ 
tinct variety. Pkt., 10c.; oz.,25c. 
Improved Early Blood Turnip— Very fine quality, and an 
old, popular sort. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 00c. 
Early Egyptian Dark Turnip— Another fine standard sort; 
very early, high flavored, sweet and good. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 
10c.; lb., 50c. 
Edmand’s Blood Turnip— This is winning golden opinions 
everywhere. Smooth, round shape, exceedingly sweet 
and tender, and never coarse, tough or stringy. Very 
early, but remains in good condition for a long time. An 
extra fine market sort. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., GOc. 
Eclipse—A very early Beet, of beautiful dark, rich color, 
and smooth, round shape. Quality of the very best. Our 
strain is pure. Pkt., oc.; oz., 10c.; lb., 00c. 
Dracena Leaved —Brought out as an ornamental leaved 
plant v which indeed it is; but the table quality of the 
roots is so very fine it is now classed among table Beets. 
Roots dark red, and very sweet and tender. Foliage 
long and narrow, deep metallic red. Pkt., 10c., oz., 30c. 
Detroit Early Dark Red Turnip —This is claimed to be per¬ 
fection itself. Early, smooth, uniform, quick growth, 
small top, tender, and darkest red colir. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 
10c.; lb„ 60c, 
Improved Long Smooth Red— Long, handsome roots of 
fine quality. A great cropper and good keeper. Pkt.. 
5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 50c. 
Bastian’s Blood Turnip— An early quick-growing sort, 
highly esteemed by all market gardeners, as it is large, 
deep red in color, and very tender and rich when cooked, 
never losing its fine color. Pkt., 10.; oz., 15c.; lb., 50c. 
Lane’s White Sugar— This is the well-known “Sugar 
Beet,” so largely planted for sugar. Sweetest of all. 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 50c. 
One packet each of above ten sorts , 50c . 
Mangel Wurzel Beets. 
These giant Beets are grown 
mainly for stock feeding, and they’ 
produce enormous crops. The t wo 
following are best, and by r far the 
most productive—in short all that 
can lie desired. 
Mammoth Long Red — This 
grows to weigh 30 to 30 pounds 
and is calculated to produce 
upwards of 50,000 pounds of 
roots to the acre. Animals are 
very fond of it, and the roots 
are very nutritious. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 10c.; lb., 40c.; 5 or 10 lb. lots 
by express, at 30c. per lb. 
Colden Tankard —Anew yellow 
sort, very sweet and tender. 
Large oval roots, much easier 
to pull than the long mangels. 
A heavy cropper. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 10c.; lb., 40c.; 5 or 10 lb. lots 
by express, 30c. per lb. 
GOLDEN TANKAHD. 
