. Diamond jubilee 75th anniversary. Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. One Ounce of Seed will sow One Hundred Feet of Drill Select a deep, rich sandy loam and manure with well decomposed compost or a good chemical fertilizer. Sow in drills, 14 to 16 inches apart, and cover 1 inch deep. When the young plants appear, thin to 4 or 5 inches apart. For early use, sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring; for autumn use, about the middle of May; and for winter use, d
. Diamond jubilee 75th anniversary. Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. One Ounce of Seed will sow One Hundred Feet of Drill Select a deep, rich sandy loam and manure with well decomposed compost or a good chemical fertilizer. Sow in drills, 14 to 16 inches apart, and cover 1 inch deep. When the young plants appear, thin to 4 or 5 inches apart. For early use, sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring; for autumn use, about the middle of May; and for winter use, during June or July, according to the variety—the long varieties requiring more time to mature than the round early kinds. ECIiIPSE BEET.—This extra early Beet is remarkable for its fine quality and rapid growth; is of deep red color and handsome shape. As an early market sort it is unrivaled. It to a large extent superseding the Egyptian, being earlier in development, more attractive in appearance, and of superior quality for the table. CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN BEET.—A very superior strain of the well-known Egyptian, carefully selected, blood color, quick, rapid growth. The shape is very desir- able, as shown in the accompanying photograph, being not so round as the Eclipse, or quite so fiat as the ordinary Egj'ptian. It may be sown outside as late as July. EARIiY WONDER BEET.—This grand new Beet, recently introduced, is early. Red with short tops, fine for bunch- ing. Roots are of good, uniform size, slightly oval, and of deep blood red, has slim tap roots, fine grain, tender and sweet. Never gets stringy or woody. Fine for both home use and market garden. EXTRA EARLY PLAT EGYPTIAN.— This is a flat Beet, very early and deep red color. Owing to the small top it can be planted very close. G. & T. CO.'S EARLY BLOOD TTTRNIF BEETS.—This is our Special Stock of Pearly Blood Turnip Beet, which we have been growing for a number of , and which the market gar
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