. [Catalog] : spring 1962. Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort. 128 Detroit Red Dark ^41 Italian, Green Sprouting. A standard variety for truck- ers, shippers, canners, and home gardeners. Attractive roots are globular, smooth, uniform. Color deep oxblood red. Flesh dark red with in- distinct lighter red zones. Fine quality, sweet and ten- der. 58 days. Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; 14 lb. 65c
. [Catalog] : spring 1962. Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort. 128 Detroit Red Dark ^41 Italian, Green Sprouting. A standard variety for truck- ers, shippers, canners, and home gardeners. Attractive roots are globular, smooth, uniform. Color deep oxblood red. Flesh dark red with in- distinct lighter red zones. Fine quality, sweet and ten- der. 58 days. Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; 14 lb. 65c; lb. $, postpaid. 125 Early Blood Turnip Early market beets, also suit- able for the home garden. The roots are nearly round; exterior color dark red, flesh dark red with lighter red zones, crisp, tender, sweet and a good keeper. 50 days. Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; 14 lb. 65c; lb. $, postpaid. 138 Swiss Chard or )inach Beet Spi 125 Beet, Early Blooa Turnip 138 Beet, Detroit Dark Red Swiss Chard is prepared for table in the same manner as spinach. Seeds planted early in the spring will quickly produce plants from which cuttings may be made in 24 days, and continued all sum- mer. Late summer seeding produces a cold hardy crop all winter. Can be cut to the ground and new shoots will soon spring up and make a fast growth. 25 days. Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; 14 lb. 65c,- lb, $, postpaid. Plants medium tall, rapid growing and produce a large head of dark bluish green color at center of plant in about 70 days from date of planting. The head is a compact cluster of tightly closed flower buds. When the central head is cut, numerous sprouts develop from the leaf axis, each sprout terminating in small green separate heads. These are cut in lengths of 10 to 12 inches. Served in the same way as asparagus, forming a very tasty and nourishing dish. June seeded plants transplanted in July provide a welcome mid-winter crop in this latitude. 70 days. Pkt. 15c; oz. 45c; lb. $; lb. $, postpai
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