. Dreer's garden book 1926. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /imffl^iMiiCT:^il!)itt^l^^;^ll^^;^;i^ 17 BEETS—Continued Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet One ounce will sow 100 feet of row. CULTURE —Sow in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and when large enough thin out to stand 6 inches apart in the row. Be sure to press seeds in firm contact with the soil, to insure prompt and even germination. An easy way to accomplish this is to walk o
. Dreer's garden book 1926. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /imffl^iMiiCT:^il!)itt^l^^;^ll^^;^;i^ 17 BEETS—Continued Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet One ounce will sow 100 feet of row. CULTURE —Sow in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and when large enough thin out to stand 6 inches apart in the row. Be sure to press seeds in firm contact with the soil, to insure prompt and even germination. An easy way to accomplish this is to walk over the rows after sowing seeds. Continue sowings for succession crops until the middle of July. This vegetable is prepared for the table in the same manner as Spinach; sometimes, however, the mid-rib is prepared like Asparagus. 167 Swiss Chard, Giant Lucullus. An excellent and most useful vegetable, a row or two of which should be in every garden. This variety will quickly produce plants from which leaves may be cut all summer, as you can cut right down to the ground, and new shoots will soon spring up and make a fast growth. Those plants which are allowed to grow will make large curly leaves, with thick light-colored mid-ribs, which are delicious when cooked and served like asparagus, while the leafy parts make excellent "; Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts.; lb., $ 168 Swiss Chard, or Silver Beet. Produces many large, light- colored leaves, supplying an abundance of good greens. The centre ribs may also be cooked and served like asparagus. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ Mangel Wurzel —Offered on page 49 Sugar Beets Sow same as Mangels, except thin to 6 to 8 inches in the row. 170 Klein Wanzleben. Without question the best in cultivation; not the largest in size, but the richest in sugar contents. Oz., 10 cts.; i lb., 30 cts.; lb., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., by express, $ 171 Lane's Improved White Sugar. This Beet att
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