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Beets—Continued 
Half Long Blood. Late variety and finest quality for winter 
use; smooth skin; flesh dark red, sweet and exceptionally tender. 
Rerioz.) 20cr324-lbiro0c:s ibe $1.85. 
Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet 
Cultivated for its leaves. The mid-rib is boiled and served 
like asparagus, and the other portions of the leaves are used 
as spinach. When wanted, cut close down to the ground with- 
out injury to the crown, and new leaves will grow continuously 
from early summer until frost. 
Dark Green Broad White Ribbed. The rib and stem are very 
wide, pearly white and tender. A great improvement over the 
old sort. Large dark green, moderately curled leaf. Per pkt., 
L0G oz, 20¢c...54-1b.7 55c5; 16.2 $1475: 
Lucullus, Dark Green. The leaves are fleshy, crumpled, dark 
green; this variety makes excellent greens. Plant erect, stems 
oe finely ribbed: Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 20c.; 14-lb., 55c.; 1b:, 
$1.75. 
Beets—Mangel Wurtzel 
(For Feeding Stock) 
Mammoth Long Red. Grows to an enormous size, producing 
Givin ChardiDarit Green 30 to 40 tons per acre of valuable food for stock; roots grow 
White Ribbea well above ground, therefore easy to harvest. Per oz., 20c.; 
: . 4-Ib., 40c.; 1b., $1.25. 
Giant Sludstrup. An orange yellow sort, ovoid in shape, not the largest in bulk 
yield, but excels in amount of dry matter per acre yield. Per oz., 20c.; %4-lb., 40c.; 
Ib., $1.25. 
Golden Tankard. Half long, nearly uniform diameter from top to bottom. 
Out 1948. 

Sugar Beets 
Lane’s Imperial Sugar. (White French). A white-fleshed, very productive 
variety for stock feeding; skin below ground rose-colored, above ground gray. 
Per oz, 20c.7354-1bi 40c be $1.25. 
Klein Wanzleben Sugar. Extensively used for stock feeding because of its 
high food and sugar content. Roots long and tapered with a thick shoulder. 
Flesh, white, skin, gray-white. Per oz., 20c.; %4-lb., 40c.; Ib., $1.25. 
Broccoli 
Spargel Kohl—Broculi—Broccoli 
Broccoli Green Sprouting not only is a delicious, easy to grow vegetable, but 
is especially rich in Vitamins A and C. Sow seed in open ground in May and 
transplant 18 to 24 inches apart in the row, rows 2% to 3 feet apart. The larger 
center bud cluster (head) is cut when ready, after which smaller clusters are pro- 
duced on lateral sprouts. 
Early Green Calabrese. The most popular 
sort. Cultivated for its green bud clusters and 
tender terminal leaves. The main stalk clus- 
ter when cut encourages many side sprouts 
with smaller clusters. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 50c.; 
1 =1b.,. $1.65; Ib:, $5.50: 
Broccoli Rab Annual (Italian Turnip 
Greens). Produces very quickly, strap leaved 
tops and tender bud clusters; sow in March 
for May cutting or in September for Fall crop. 
Bere pk te Ucn Ofg 20C. 4b, ooCeeID Ss 
$175: 
Broccoli Rab Biennial. Similar to above 
except hardy and has a longer root. Sow in 
September for Spring cutting. Pkt. 10c.; 
oz., 20c.; %4-lb.,.65c.; lb., $2.00. 

Mammoth Long 
Red Mangel 

Brussel Sprouts 
Rosenkohl—Berza de Brussels—Brocoli di Cavolo 
The plants grow two or three feet high and produce, from the sides of the stalk, numerous little 
sprouts one or two inches in diameter, resembling cabbages. The leaves look like the Savoy, and 
should be broken down in the fall, to give the little cabbages more room to grow. 
Long Island Improved. Special stock. Dwarf, compact, producing large sprouts; far superior to regu- 
lar stock. Per pkt., 20c.; 0z., $2.25. 
Broccoli Calabres 
