. Dreer's garden book 1929. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /imigiaiICT;^*3iS^l^<;l^*^^^ 17 BEETS — Continued 152 Edmand's Blood Turnip. This fine second early Beet grows with a short top, skin darlc red, flesh purple, slightly zoned and very sweet and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; J lb., 45 cts.; lb., \5i Extra Early Egyptian. A very early sort with roots rounded on top, but flat at bottom end. Flesh a very deep red with slightly lighter zoning, of
. Dreer's garden book 1929. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /imigiaiICT;^*3iS^l^<;l^*^^^ 17 BEETS — Continued 152 Edmand's Blood Turnip. This fine second early Beet grows with a short top, skin darlc red, flesh purple, slightly zoned and very sweet and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; J lb., 45 cts.; lb., \5i Extra Early Egyptian. A very early sort with roots rounded on top, but flat at bottom end. Flesh a very deep red with slightly lighter zoning, of good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ 157 Lentz. For those who prefer a light colored Beet, we recommend this variety. An extra early round Beet. Very attractive color, being a rich red with light zones. A good forcer under glass. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ 159 Long Dark Blood. A good late variety. Roots grow about 8 inches long and tapering, have smooth dark red skin and the flesh is of good quality. Deserves wider popularity. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ Gi.\NT LucuLLus Swiss Chard SWISS CHARD, or Spinach Beet One ounce will sow 100 feet of row. CULTURE—Sow in driUs 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and when large enough thin out to stand 6 inches apart in the row. Continue sowings for succession crops, until the middle of July. 167 Giant LucuUus. This vegetable is prepared for the table in the same manner as Spinach; sometimes, however, the mid- rib is prepared like Asparagus. Seed planted early in the spring will quickly produce plants from which leaves may be cut all summer, as you can cut right down to the ground, and new shoots will soon spring up and make a fast growth, while those plants which are allowed to grow on without any cutting _ will make large curly leaves, with thick light-colored mid-ribs, which are delicious when cooked and ser
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