. Pacific Seed Company 1902. Nursery stock California Sacramento Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Mangel Wurzel and Sugar Varieties. If ordered by mail, 8 cents per pound must be added for postage. As these varieties grow much larger than the preceding, they should be sown in drills about 2 feet apart and thinned out to 12 or 15 inches in the row. The long varieties are best suited to a deep soil, and the globe varieties succeed better than the long sorts on sandy soil. They are excellent food for cows to increase the flow of milk; be- g
. Pacific Seed Company 1902. Nursery stock California Sacramento Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Mangel Wurzel and Sugar Varieties. If ordered by mail, 8 cents per pound must be added for postage. As these varieties grow much larger than the preceding, they should be sown in drills about 2 feet apart and thinned out to 12 or 15 inches in the row. The long varieties are best suited to a deep soil, and the globe varieties succeed better than the long sorts on sandy soil. They are excellent food for cows to increase the flow of milk; be- gin to feed them towards the close of the winter. Improved Long Red Mangel Wurzel—Grown extensively for agricultural purposes, producing large roots partly above ground. The heaviest cropping and best Mangel, producing 40 to 50 tons to the acre, grow- ing enormous in size, but of fine texture and quality. We consider this variety the most profitable and valuable of all stock-feeding beets. Oz., 10c; lb, 25c. Champion Orange Globe Mangel—A globe-shaped orange yellow root, of large size and fine nutritive qualities, growing partly above ground, and from its shape it succeeds well on light land. It is of beautiful form, neat top, fine, clear skin, and of choice quality. Oz., 10c; lb, 35c. Golden Tankard—This is a distinct and superior strain of the Yellow or Golden-fleshed Mangel, being much finer and firmer in the flesh, and containing more sugar. On account of its peculiar shape, enor- mous crops are grown when the plants are set out closer in the rows than ordinary Mangel crops. Oz., 10c; lb, 30c. Lane's Improved—A variety produced by repeated selections; a fine ex- hibition variety; it is of fine form, very productive and very desir- able for stock. Per lb, 35c. Vilmorin's Improved White Sugar—An improvement on the other va- rieties of Sugar Beets; more hardy and containing a greater per- centage of sugar. Oz., 10c; lb, 35c. Wenzleben—This is the variety of Sugar Be
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