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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
BEET—TABLE VARIETIES (Cont.) 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Lutz’s Green-Leaf beutz 
65 days. (Winter Table Beet.) A very large beet, 4 to 6 in. in 
diameter, tapering to a point like a “top.” Color deep, dark red, 
flesh tender and delicious. Ideal for winter storing. 
Ohio Canner behio 
50 to 55 days. A good home garden and market variety, used 
for canning in some districts. Tops of medium height, medium 
dark green, semi-erect. Roots slightly rounded or flattened on 
top, rounded at sides, and tapered at bottom. Tap roots larger 
than Detroit Dark Red. Interior color deep blood red, rarely 
zoned or ringed. Outstanding for interior color. 
Perfected Detroit 
55 to 60 days. A strain of Detroit Dark Red well adapted for 
market or canning purposes where good color, heavy yield, and 
tops of good height are desired. 
Tall Top Early Wonder 
50 to 55 days. Similar in all characteristics to Early Wonder 
but produces taller and more upright tops. Much preferred in 
sections where tops are used for greens. 
BEFEC 
BETAL 
SUGAR BEET 
Klein Wanzleben bekle 
150 days. The most desirable beet for sugar manufacture; valu¬ 
able for stock feeding. Roots medium large; 12—15 in. long, 
3 Yz —4 in. at shoulder, tapered; white with a tinge of gray; very 
rich in sugar content; good keeper. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
Mangel Wurzels, because of the ease of culture, enormous yield and high food value in the ration, 
are very valuable for stock feed. We list below the most desirable varieties. Days from date of plant¬ 
ing to maturity 120 to 150 days. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Danish Red Giant Eckendorf beeck 
Enormously productive. Roots very large; thick, cylindrical, 
compressed at mid-section; blunt; red above, rose below ground; 
grow largely above ground; easily harvested. 
Danish Yellow Giant Eckendorf beorf 
Enormously productive. Roots light yellow; tinged with green 
above ground. Similar to Kirsch’s Ideal or Ideal, and aside from 
color, the same as Danish Red Giant Eckendorf. 
Danish Sludstrup beldu 
Very high yielder. Roots long oval, orange colored; flesh white 
with faint yellow tinge. 
Giant Half Sugar, Green Top behul 
Roots long ovoid, grayish-white with light bronze-green shoulder; 
flesh white. 
Giant Half Sugar, Rose Top beros 
Roots long oval, tapered; grayish-white with rose-colored shoul¬ 
der; flesh white, rich in sugar. 
Giant Yellow Intermediate beyel 
Roots large, long oval, grow about % above ground; light gray 
tinged with brown above, and orange-yellow below ground; flesh 
firm, white, rich in sugar, of high feeding value. 
Golden Tankard beant 
Roots large; thick oval, nearly cylindrical; light gray above, deep 
orange below ground; flesh yellow with white zones. 
Mammoth Long Red beoth 
Superior to strains offered as Norbiton Giant, Colossal, Monarch, 
etc. Roots large; long spindle shape, straight, and thick; grow 
A to Yi out of ground; light red; flesh white tinged with rose. 
