. Annual illustrated catalogue of seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. A. Tilton's Descriptive Seed Catalogue. BEET .—OONTINUED. PKT. OZ. Long Smooth Blood.—The most popular variety for use. Tops large; neck small; leaf stems and veins red ; leaf green ; roots large, tapering toward both ends, growing even with the surface, dark red ; flesh dark red, zoned with lighter shade, very tender and sweet, remaining so when kept until spring 05 Swiss Chard, Silver or Sea Kale Beet.—A distinct vegetable, and much superior to the co
. Annual illustrated catalogue of seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. A. Tilton's Descriptive Seed Catalogue. BEET .—OONTINUED. PKT. OZ. Long Smooth Blood.—The most popular variety for use. Tops large; neck small; leaf stems and veins red ; leaf green ; roots large, tapering toward both ends, growing even with the surface, dark red ; flesh dark red, zoned with lighter shade, very tender and sweet, remaining so when kept until spring 05 Swiss Chard, Silver or Sea Kale Beet.—A distinct vegetable, and much superior to the common beet for greens. If sown at the same time it will be fit for use before it. Later, the plants form broad, fl^t, beautiful white and wax-like stems to the leaves, which are very delicious cooked as beets, or pickled 05 BEET.—MANGEL WURZEL. The mangel flourishes from the extreme North to the higher altitudes of the South. It keeps well during winter, and is a most profitable crop for stock feeding; anal3-ses indicating that 400 pounds of Mangels are equivalent to 100 lbs. of best hay. Crops of 1,200 to 2,000 bushels per acre re recorded. Mammoth Long Red.—A large well-formed variety (often tS inches long) growing out of the ground. Under a high state of cultivation it has produced 60 tons per acre. Color, light red; flesh, white and rose colored. Oz. 5c., LB. 10 $ lb. ^oc. Norbitan Giant. —Very large, growing well out of the ground. The roots are well formed, straight, smooth, and of a fine scarlet color with comparatively small top and neck. Oz. lb. 40c. Qolden Tankard.—Tops comparatively small with yellow stems and midribs; neck very small; roots large, ovoid but filled out at the top and bottom so as to approach a cylindrical form. Flesh, yellow, zoned with white. A great improvement and worthy of trial ou every farm. Oz. 5c., lb. 40c. CABBAGE. German. Kopfkohl. There is no vegetable which is more universally cultivated than this. It is found in the
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