Archive image from page 14 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS 11 A field of Crosby's Egyp- tian beet on one of our California ranches. Telegraph Code Word Early Blood Turnip 60 days. For home and market garden. Tops medium small, but fairly coarse. Roots deep turnip-shaped; dark purplish-red. Flesh deep purplish-red zoned with a Ughter shade. Extra Early Flat Egyptian 50 days. Best for forcing and particularly valuable for early market. Tops medium and upright; roots flattened, with long slender tap roots; fle
Archive image from page 14 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS 11 A field of Crosby's Egyp- tian beet on one of our California ranches. Telegraph Code Word Early Blood Turnip 60 days. For home and market garden. Tops medium small, but fairly coarse. Roots deep turnip-shaped; dark purplish-red. Flesh deep purplish-red zoned with a Ughter shade. Extra Early Flat Egyptian 50 days. Best for forcing and particularly valuable for early market. Tops medium and upright; roots flattened, with long slender tap roots; flesh dark purphsh-red zoned Hghter. Ferry's Crosby 50—55 days. Of excellent quality for home garden and early market. Tops small, but fairly coarse. Root deep turnip-shaped, almost globular; bright carmine-red. Flesh bright vermilion-red with fainter zoning. GOOD FOR ALL 52—55 days. Excellent new variety developed from Detroit Dark Red, Especially fine for canning and pickling whole as 'rosebuds.' Roots smooth, even in size and shape, and almost perfectly globular; collar and tap roots very small; interior deep crimson, zoning indistinct. GREEN TOP BUNCHING 50 to 55 days. Our 1940 introduction. Early, extremely attractive bunching beet. Tops medium sized and erect. Foliage clean, grayish-green that does not turn red or brown in fall. Roots round, smooth, and glossy, slightly flattened when mature; flesh bright blood red. Reach diameter of 23 to 3 inches in 50 to 60 days under favorable growing conditions. Flesh finer and has less fiber than most bunching beets. (See page 3 for illustration.) Long Dark Blood (Above Ground) 80—90 days to produce roots 8—10 in. long. High quality table beet for late summer and fall; good keeper; superior for pickles. Tops large, upright. Roots grow 3 to 3 above ground; very dark purplish-red below and grayish-russeted above ground; become 14—16 in. long; 3 in. thick at shoulder and are tapered. Flesh very dark purplish-red with indistinct
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