. Nebraska Seed Co.'s annual catalogue : reliable garden and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Vegetables. Dewing's Imp. Bl'd Turnip Beet. Edmund's Early Turnip Bl'd. MARKET GARD- ENER S—'Ihis is a variety very symmetrical, with small tap root and but few fibrous roots; color outside is deep blood-red, inside layers of blood-red and light red alter- nately. When cooke 1 they are a beautiful dark red throughout, fine grained and unsurpassed in quality. Ono sowing only is necessary to early b
. Nebraska Seed Co.'s annual catalogue : reliable garden and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Vegetables. Dewing's Imp. Bl'd Turnip Beet. Edmund's Early Turnip Bl'd. MARKET GARD- ENER S—'Ihis is a variety very symmetrical, with small tap root and but few fibrous roots; color outside is deep blood-red, inside layers of blood-red and light red alter- nately. When cooke 1 they are a beautiful dark red throughout, fine grained and unsurpassed in quality. Ono sowing only is necessary to early beets for mar- ket and main crop for winter use, wh ich is not the case with any other variety. DEWING'S IMPROV- ED BLOOD TURNIP—An improved variety of tho Early Blood Turnip, of deep blood form and flavor; an excellent market sort. EARLY BLOOD TUR- NIP—A well-known standard early variety, following the above in earliness; it is of a rich, deep blood-rrd color, and of excellent ouahtv, EARLY FLAT BAS- SANO-Ohiefly valuable for its earliness. EGYPTIAN TURNIP—A standard sort, being from ten to twelve days earlier than tho old Blood Turnip. The roots are large ia size,and of a rich, deepcrimson color. EXTRA LONG SMOOTH BLOOD—Standard winter; tender* sweet, and a good keeper. SWISS CHARD, SILVER OR SEA-KALE BEET—Culti- vated solely for its leaves. The mid rib is stowed and served as aspara- gus, the other portion of the leaf being used as spinach. ~ MANGEL WURZEL. French, Betterave. German, ItunTcel Huebe. Sow in April and May in thor- oughly ploughed, well manured soil, in drills 2 inches deep and about 18 inches apart. Thin out to 32 inches, and keep the weeds down by frequent hoeing and cultivating. The import- ance and vaiue of this crop to all stock farmers cannot be over estima- ted, but it is fully realized and acted on by very few farmers. When the fact is considered that fifty tons of Mangel Wurzel may be grown on a single acre, thus providing fres
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