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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation.) 
Long Yellow Mangel 
>IANGEL-WURZELS and SUGAR BEETS. 
Sow in April or May, six to eight pounds per acre. The value of 
these for stock-feeding cannot be over-estimated ; for sheep, dairy- 
stock, and fattening of cattle, experience has proved the Mangel- 
Wurzel to be at once healthful, nutritious, and ecor 
ounce will sow 50 feet drill, 6 pounds per acre. 
Breck’s Mammoth Long Red, a selection of the long 
red variety. It is smooth skinned, fine grained, 
and a heavier cropper. We consider it superior to 
all others.. • • 
Gatepost, the characteristics of this desirable variety 
are small top, tap root, heavy cropper, color pale 
orange. 
Golden Tankard, a half-long variety of a bright yellow 
color .... ...... 
Long Yellow, differs from long red only in color . 
Kinver Yellow Globe, large globular formed roots. 
Adapted for growing in shallow soils ... 
Norbiton Giant, Long Red, a valuable variety 
Red Globe, similar to Yellow Globe, except in color . 
Breck’s Imperial Sugar, an improved American-grown 
French Sugar Beet. 
Klein Wanzleben Sugar Beet, unsurpassed for the 
production of sugar or for cattle feeding . 
Lane’s Improved Sugar Beet, a well-known variety, 
valuable for feeding to cattle. 
cmiical. 
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BORECOLE, or KALE. 
German, Blatterkohl .— French, Chou Vert. — Spanish, Breton. 
Breck’3 Sugar Beet 
Sow early in the spring in pre¬ 
pared beds, covering the seeds 
thinly and evenly; transplant in 
June, and treat in the same man¬ 
ner as for cabbage. They are ex¬ 
tremely hardy, and will endure 
quite a low temperature. One 
ounce will sow 150 feet drill. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch, leaves 
of a bright green and very tender 
and closely curled. This variety 
should be sown in the spring. 
The quality is improved if the 
plants are touched by frost be¬ 
fore being used. Pkt., .05; 
oz., .10; lb., 1.00. 
Siberian or German Greens, sow 
in fall for spring use. Pkt., .05 ; 
oz., .10 ; lb., 1.00. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch, similar 
to the dwarf but of more vigor¬ 
ous growth. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; 
lb., 1.00. 
BROCCOLI. 
Kale. Green Curled, Scotch 
German, Spargelkohl. — French, Chou Brocoli.— 
Spanish, Broculi. 
This vegetable somewhat resembles the Cauli¬ 
flower, but is hardier. I11 parts of the country 
where the thermometer does not fall below 20° 
to 25 0 Broccoli can be had from November until 
March. It succeeds best in a moist and rather cool atmosphere. The seed should be sown in May in 
a seed-pan and the plants afterwards set out in rows two and a half feet apart and eighteen inches 
between the plants. 
One ounce of seed produces about 1,200 plants. 
Early Purple Cape, similar to White Cape, but hardier .... 
Walcheren, a valuable late variety, with large, fine heads 
White Cape, heads medium size, close, compact, and of a creamy color 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
Lb. 
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•30 
$ 3 -oo 
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.40 
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•30 
4.00 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
