. Mingle & Co.'s almanac and garden manual 1899. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. Large White Belgian. Early Scarlet Horn.—The best early variety, flesh deep orange, fine grained, agreeable flavor, and grows well on shallow soil Danvers.—Medium length, very large and heavy yielder, rich dark orange color, smooth and handsome. Early Half Long Scarlet (Stump Root).—A popular early variety, medium size ; flesh bright scarlet, brittle and of gc od flavor Improved Long Orange.—The well known standard ; roots long, thickest
. Mingle & Co.'s almanac and garden manual 1899. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. Large White Belgian. Early Scarlet Horn.—The best early variety, flesh deep orange, fine grained, agreeable flavor, and grows well on shallow soil Danvers.—Medium length, very large and heavy yielder, rich dark orange color, smooth and handsome. Early Half Long Scarlet (Stump Root).—A popular early variety, medium size ; flesh bright scarlet, brittle and of gc od flavor Improved Long Orange.—The well known standard ; roots long, thickest near the crown, tapering regularly to a point, color deep orange. The best for field crop and table use. Long Red Altringham.—Similar in fcrm to the Long Orange, but of a bright red color growing with the top an inch or two above the ground. Large White Belgian.—Grows one-third above the ground ; root pure white, green above ground, with small top ; raised exclu- sively for stock Sow for early about middle September, in a bed of rich clean earth. In about four or five weeks afterwards the plants should be pricked out into another bed, at a distance of four inches from each other every other way ; these should be encompassed with garden frames, covered with glazed sashes, and boards or shutters. The beds must be so secured, and the tops of the beds so covered as to keep out all frosts, giving them light and air every mild day throughout the winter ; transplant in / pril into a bed of the richest earth in the garden, at a distance of two feet and a half each way. Keep them well hoed, and bring the earth gradu- ally up to the stems The late variety matures in the autumn, and is sown and managed similarly to winter cab- bage, but is not so certain to succeed in this climate. Extra Early Paris—The most popular early variety ; white, and al- most certain to head. Lenormand's Short Stem.— The best late variety ; large, well form- ed heads, extra quality, and the best
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