. D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog]. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seed industry and trade; Landreth, D. Seed Company; Seeds; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seeds; Seed industry and trade; Seed industry and trade. Beets for Table. Ready for Table 40 to 75 Days from Sowing. Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Under a system of horse cultivation drill in rows at 2^ feet apart and thin to 2 inches. If the culture is by hand the rows may be drawn 18 inches apart. The seed may be drilled in the Spring, when the Apple is in bloom. Yield 200 to 500 bush, pe
. D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog]. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seed industry and trade; Landreth, D. Seed Company; Seeds; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seeds; Seed industry and trade; Seed industry and trade. Beets for Table. Ready for Table 40 to 75 Days from Sowing. Five Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Under a system of horse cultivation drill in rows at 2^ feet apart and thin to 2 inches. If the culture is by hand the rows may be drawn 18 inches apart. The seed may be drilled in the Spring, when the Apple is in bloom. Yield 200 to 500 bush, per acre. Extra Early Eclipse, 42 days.^ • .This variety has to a great extent superseded the Egyptian. The bulbs are perfeftt globes, blood-colored, and develop with astonishing rapidity. Foliage longer and more vigorous than the Egyptian. Lb. M Lb. Oa. Pkt. $ .50 .20 .5 EXTRA ECLIPSE Extra Early Egyp- tian Turnip. 40 days. Roots for table use developing in forty days. Bulbs half globular, [or flattened at the poles; roots very slim, skin smooth, leaves red and Lb. $ M Lb. .40 Oz. .20 Pkt. .5 Crosby's Improved Egyptian, 41 days.—^^^ol the Egyptian and consequently very desirable. Rounder in body than the Egyptian, almost as early and in legiding demand. Oz. Pkt. Lb. $ M Lb. .45 .20 .5 LANDRETHS' EARLY FORCING, 48 DAYS.—We do not know of a better early Beet than this. It is nearly as early as the Egyptian and hardier. Not so dark in flesh, but more firm when boiled or pickled; the leaf tops are re- markably short and compact, fitting the variety for forcing under glass or close planting on the border. Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. $ .50 .20 .5 LENTZ TURNIP, 50 DAYS.—Short leaved, suitable for culture under glass. Very early. 'Light in color, but not so light as the Bassanb. Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. $ .40 .15 .5 BASSANO OR EXTRA EARLY TURNIP, 48 DAYS.—This is, with the excep- tion of the Egyptian and Eclipse, the earliest sort. It is the first in market
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