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3. Root half long. 
A. Root red. 
No. 11. HALF LONG BLOOD, Burr; Laud., '86; Thor., '85. 
Syn. Dwarf Blood Burr : Dwarf Beep Blood Bed, ViL, '84 : Dwarf Bed, 
VEG. GAR. : Fioe Dwarf Bed, Burr: Early Half Long Blood, Burr: 
Nutting's Selected Dwarf Red, WHITE ; Vil. : Fr., Better 'ave rouge naine, 
VIL., '84. Ger., Schwarzrothe zwerg Salat-Riibe, Vil. 
Root regular conical, sloping to the slender neck, growing mostly 
beneath the soil; well developed samples 3 in. in diameter, 6 to 10 in. 
long: surface very smooth, slightly striate in places; side-roots very 
small and few; skin dark dull red, light brown or russet about the 
neck; — foliage abundant, very spreading; leaves dark glossy purple, 
with a slight metallic luster in some plants, much longer than broad, 
somewhat blistered, border slightly undulate; — flesh ringed with 
blackish red and scarlet; — season intermediate. 
A sweet, well flavored, good-keeping variety, by many considered 
superior in quality to the Long Blood. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 37; Veg. Gar., p. 79. 
Basttan's Half Long Blood, Greg., '83, '86, '87; a strain of the 
above having very dark colored flesh. 
Henderson's Pineapple, Greg., '83, '87, Syn. Half Long or Pineapple, 
BRILL; very closely resembled the Half Long Blood. The root 
rounded rather more gradually to the neck, the side-roots were rather 
more numerous, and the color of the flesh was perhaps slightly deeper. 
Omega, Till., '85, appeared to be a strain of the Half Long Blood, 
differing from it in being a little more slender, having the surface 
more striate, with more side-roots and with more scanty foliage. 
Perfection, Everitt, '85. A strain of the Half Long Blood with a 
rather more symmetrical root. 
No. 12. VEITCH'S CHELSEA, Ben., '86. 
Root short conical, rounding or tapering to a slender neck, and grow- 
ing 2 to 3 in. above ground; well developed samples 11 in. long, 4 in. 
in diameter; surface somewhat irregular, striate in the lower half; skin 
deep, dull red; — foliage very abundant, leaves rich glossy purple, shad- 
ing to green in some plants; — flesh very deep red, ringed with paler red. 
Possibly only a strain of Whyte's Black. 
No. 13. VICTORIA, Thor., '84, '85; Vil. 
Root very short conical, sloping to a rather small neck, growing 
slightly above ground ; well developed samples 4 in. in diameter, 6 in. 
through the axis ; surface usually smooth, often somewhat furrowed in 
