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JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED MANGEL WURTZEL. 
The Beet is a valuable vegetable, both for the table and for stock. If seed is sown 
pretty thickly in drills in the early spring the plants can be thinned out and prepared 
for the table, like Spinach, as soon as they become a few inches in height, for a month 
or more until the roots become as large as Radishes, both roots and leaves being excel¬ 
lent. When a little larger, the roots can be cooked alone, and in this way are used until 
winter, when those remaining should be stored away in a cold cellar, or pit, covered 
with earth. In this way they will keep till spring. 
For Beets, the soil should be rich, mellow, and deep. Plant in drills, about two inches 
deep and the rows about twelve or fifteen inches apart. Set the seeds in the drills about two inches 
apart. For field culture the rows should be wide enough to admit the horse cultivator and the roots 
not nearer than one foot in the rows. The Mangel Wurtzel Beets grow to a large size, are coarse, and 
wonderfully productive, making excellent food for cattle. Those who have never tried the Mangels 
for stock, have yet to learn of their great value for cattle, both for milk and meat. Then, they are 
juicy and refreshing, and add 
to the health and comfort of 
the animals. In no way can 
so much good food be grown 
so cheaply as in Mangels. 
The engraving below ex¬ 
hibits the very thick leaf¬ 
stalks of the kind known as 
Swiss Chard, the leaf-stalks 
being eaten when cooked, 
like Asparagus, and we con¬ 
sider it a great luxury. 
Beet, Egyptian "Blood Tu rn i p, the earli¬ 
est variety grown, and valuable on this ac¬ 
count; not very productive; per lb., 75 cents; 
per oz., 10 cents. 
Eel 1 pse, a standard variety, about as early as the Egyptian; 
root round, dark red, smooth, top small; quality excellent; 
per lb., 75 cents; per oz., 10 cents. 5 
Extra Early Bassano, an early, good Beet, tender and 
juicy; flesh white and rose; grows to a good size; when sown 
late it keeps well in the winter; per lb., 60 cts.; per oz., 10 cts., 
Early Blood Turnip, turnip-shaped, smooth, tender and 
good; about ten days after Bassano; per lb., 50 cts.; oz., 10 cts., 
Edmand’s Early Blood Turnip. A market garden¬ 
er’s strain; very regular in shape; deep blood skin and very 
dark flesh; per lb., 75 cents; oz., 10 cents. 
I imperial Sugar, one of the sweetest and best Sugar Beets; 
per lb., 40 cents; oz., 10 cents. 
"Red-top Sugar. Ripens earlier than any other variety of 
Sugar Beet, and yields the largest returns in sugar per acre; 
heavy cropper; per lb., 40 cents; oz., 10 cents. 
CHIVES. (See Onions.) 
CRESS. 
Cress should be sown in a hot-bed 
or in a sheltered spot in the garden, 
quite thick, in shallow drills, and 
in a short time it will be fit for cut¬ 
ting. It gives a pungent relish to 
Lettuce and other salad plants. 
A fresh lot should be sown every 
week, as it matures very rapidly and is useful only 
when youn#. in old times it -was quite a fancy 
with the children, and some older people, to sow 
Cress so as to form a name or design, which it will 
do very soon, as it is of very quick growth. 
Cress, Fine Curled, superior; -will bear cutting several 
times; per lb., 50 cents; per oz., 10 cents . 5 
Plain-Leaved, tender; per lb., 50 cents; oz., 10 cents 5 
Broad-Leaved Garden, sometimes used for soups; per 
lb., 80 cents; oz., 10 cents.. . 5 
Australian, leaves delicate green, flavor mild and fine; per 
lb., 80 cents; oz., 10 cents. 5 
Water, does pretty well in moist situations, but better on the 
edges of streams in shallow water; per lb., $3.50; oz., 35 cents; 
Yz oz., 20 cents. 10 
CHICORY. 
Sow Chicory seed in the spring, in drills half an inch deep, and In good 
mellow soil; the after culture is the same as for Carrots. In the autumn 
the plants will be ready for blanching, when it is used as a salad. The 
principal use of Chicory, however, is as a substitute for Coffee. The roots 
are cut and dried, and then roasted for adulteration with Coffee. An 
ounce of Seed will sow about 100 feet of drill, and from 2 to 3 lbs. an acre. 
Chicory, Large-Rooted Long Madgebu rg, per lb.,90c.; oz. 10 
ECLIPSE BEET. 
GOLDEN TANKARL 
MANGEL WURTZEL. 
Henderson’s Pineapple, Bastian Early Turnip, 
Dewing’s Early Turnip. Early Yellow Turnip, 
Long Blood Bed. 60 cts. per lb.; 10 cts. per oz.; 5 cts per pkg. 
USED FOR LEAVES AND LEAF-STALKS ONLY. 
Beck’s I m proved Sea Kale, a variety of Beet with beauti¬ 
ful, tender leaves, popular for cooking as “greens;” per lb., 50 
cents; oz., 10 cents. 5 
Swiss Chard, Large Ribbed Scarlet Brazilian, per 
lb., 90 cents; oz., 10 cents. 5 
Swiss Chard, Large Ribbed yellow Brazilian, per 
lb., 90 cents; oz., 10 cents . __ 5 
Swiss Chard, La rge Ribbed Silver, per lb., 50 cts.; oz.,10e. 5 
MANGEL WURTZELS—USED FOR CATTLE. 
Golden Giant, New. (For description, see colored pages.) 
Per lb., 50 cents; oz. 10 
Carter’s Mammoth Long Red, of very large size and 
good quality; one of the best stocks of Long Red Mangel in cul¬ 
tivation ; per lb., 50 cents; oz. 10 
Carter’s Improved Orange Globe, the very best round 
Mangel; keeps better than the Long Red, and is better adapted 
for growing in shallow soils; per lb., 50 cents; oz. 10 
Golden Tankard, a new and exceedingly fine variety: par¬ 
ticularly valuable on account of its milk producing qualities; 
flesh deep yellow; per lb., 50 cents; oz. 10 
Elvetliam Long Yellow, Keel Globe, Olive Shaped Red. 
50 cents per lb.; 10 cents per oz. 
Swiss chard. 
