. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 7^ B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue BEET.—cont'ii. Pine-Apple.—An English variety, foliage small, but very dark re
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 7^ B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue BEET.—cont'ii. Pine-Apple.—An English variety, foliage small, but very dark red; roots dark crimson. Perpkt., lOccnts: oz., 15: }-\ lb.,40; lb., | Ilalf-IiOni? Blood.—A favorite variety; smootli skin and vei y dark flesli; keeps w'fdl. Per pkt., 5 cents: oz., 10: %, lb., 80; lb., $ liane's Improved Imperial Sugar.—The best Ueet raised for feeding cows or young stock. From tliirty to forty tons raised to the aero at a cost of from five to eight cents per bushel. The cheap- ness with which they can be raised, the largo amount of healthy, nutritious food raised to the acre, and its great value as food lor cattle, sheep and swine, make this the most profitable root to raise. Perpkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; \ lb., 25; lb., 75. Swiss Chard, or variety of Beet, sonietiuu-s called "yea Kale Beet," is cultivated for its leaf-stalks, wliicli are served up much like Asparagus, and for its leaves, cooked as Spinach. Perpkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; M lb., 25; lb., 75. Smooth Long Dark Blood.—This is a long, smooth Beet, growing to good .size, half out of the ground, Avitli few or no side roots; color, dark blood red; toi) small, dark red and upright growth; keeps well. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; lb., 20; lb. 60. French Sugar.—This grows to large size, much above ground; roots, medium length, white; leaves green; considerably grown in this countrj' for feeding. Cultivated extensively for manufacture of sugar. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz.,
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