. Annual catalogue vegetable, field & flower seeds. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. BEET. French, Betterave. German, 9?unfelrube. Spanish, Remolacha. Culture.—One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill ; 5 pounds will sow an acre. Rich, deep soil, not too recently manured, is best for this crop ; sow about 1 inch deep in drills 15 inches apart, and when well established, thin the plants to 6 inches apart in the row. Crosby's Egyptian. New ; upright-growing tops, with few leaves a
. Annual catalogue vegetable, field & flower seeds. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. BEET. French, Betterave. German, 9?unfelrube. Spanish, Remolacha. Culture.—One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill ; 5 pounds will sow an acre. Rich, deep soil, not too recently manured, is best for this crop ; sow about 1 inch deep in drills 15 inches apart, and when well established, thin the plants to 6 inches apart in the row. Crosby's Egyptian. New ; upright-growing tops, with few leaves and email neck ; firm-fleshed and perfectly shaped roots, with dark red, tender, crisp, sweet flesh, make this an ideal early and general market sort, pop- ular alike with grower and consumer. Oz. 10 cts., % lb. 20 cts., lb. 50 cts. Dewing's Extra-early Turnip. Flesh deep blood-red, tender and sweet. Oz. 10 cts., %Vo. 20 cts., lb. 50 cts. Eclipse. Extra early, uniform shape; bright red, fine-grained and delicious. Oz. 10 cts., %Vo. 20 cts., lb. 50 cts. Edmand's. Handsome shape; flesh of a dark blood-red, sweet and tender. Oz. 10 cts., l/C\b. 20 cts., lb. 50 cts. Egyptian Blood Turnip. Well-known variety, of a rich, deep crimson color. Oz. 10 cts., Xlb- 20 cts-< 1^- 5° cts- Early Bassano. Very early ; flesh pink, zoned with white; sweet and tender when young. Oz. 10c, %Vo. 15c, lb. 40c. Early Blood Turnip. Dark red, tender, and keeps well. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts. Long Smooth Blood. Excellent, large, late variety. Oz. 10c, %\b. 15c, lb. 40c. Gwiss Chard. Known also as Silver or Sea Kale Beet. Grown for its leaves, the midribs of which are cooked like asparagus. Oz. 10c, %Vo. 20c, lb. MANGEL-WURZEL AND SUGAR BEET. Culture.—Five or 6 pounds will sow one acre. The seed should be planted in rows 2 feet apart and thinned Long Red Mangel. in the rows. To obtain the to 8 inches best results. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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