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No. 17. LONG BLOOD, Burr; White. 
Syn. Common Long Blood, Burr: Long Blood Bed?, Land./ 8±; Long 
Dark Blood, Ferry, '83 ; Long Bed?, Thor., '85.* 
Boot long conical, rounding to the rather large neck, growing 
mostly beneath the soil; well developed samples 12 in. long, 2 J in. in 
diameter; surface more or less striate, with a row of rootlets extend- 
ing nearly the whole length on either side; skin deep dull red; — foliage 
medium, or rather, scanty; leaves rich glossy purple; little waved, 
margins finely undulate; petioles pale red; — flesh deep red, more or 
less prominently marked with stripes of paler red; — season late. 
Formerly one of the most popular beets for winter use, now 
largely superseded by the Long Smooth Blood. 
No. 18. LONG SMOOTH BLOOD, Brill; Hen.; Thor., '85. 
Syn. Early Long Blood (d), WHITE : Improved Long Blood, BUKB : 
Large Blood Red (d), VEG. GAR. ; Vil. : Long Smooth Blood Bed, Ev., '85; 
Hen., '87; Thor., '85: Long Smooth Dark Blood, Greg., '86: Fr. Betterave 
rouge ecarlate, Vil. : B. rouge grosse (d), Vil. : B. rouge longue, Vil. : Ger., 
Lange blutrothe Salat-Riibe, Vil. 
Developed from the Long Blood, than which it is of much larger 
size, of better quality, and a week earlier. Boot cylindrical or long 
conical, rounding gradually to the rather large neck, growing J to \ 
above ground, often bent and distorted and sometimes forked below; 
well developed samples 12 to 18 in. long, 2 to 4 in. in diameter; sur- 
face considerably furrowed and somewhat striate; skin dull dark red; — 
foliage very abundant, leaves varying from dark rich glossy purple to 
green, with carmine petioles, ribs and veins ; — flesh zoned with very 
deep, almost blackish red, and bright crimson. 
At present considered the standard market beet for winter use. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 38; Veg. Gar., p. 80. 
No. 19. PINEAPPLE, Hen., '86, '87. 
Syn. Henderson's Dwarf Bineapple, Sib., '83: Pineapple Short Top, 
BURR. 
Root long conical, rather slender, growing slightly above ground; 
well developed samples 2 J in. in diameter, 9 in. long; skin very deep 
dull red; neck small; — foliage remarkably scanty; leaves strongly 
inclining to purple, becoming intense purple late in the season, long 
* This appears to be the Betterave rouge longue lisse of Vilmorin, 
Synonyms, Long Smooth Blood Red; Long Smooth Rochester; Ger., 
Lange dunkelrothe amerikanische Salat-Riibe and the American Long 
Smooth Blood-Red, or Radish beet of the Vegetable Garden. 
