. Leonard's catalogue of seeds & tools : 1899. Nursery stock Illinois Chicago Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. ThankHsrlvlug immpkln. Crosby's Egyptian Beet. A selection from that old market Beet, Early Egyptian, which retains the earliness of the parent stock, and has added thickness, giving it a more desirable shape. It is the deepest red, almost black in color, and is of finer quality than the Egyptian, being sweeter and even more and -moother. A very desirable sort for small l>eets, for early market, as ii is in p
. Leonard's catalogue of seeds & tools : 1899. Nursery stock Illinois Chicago Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. ThankHsrlvlug immpkln. Crosby's Egyptian Beet. A selection from that old market Beet, Early Egyptian, which retains the earliness of the parent stock, and has added thickness, giving it a more desirable shape. It is the deepest red, almost black in color, and is of finer quality than the Egyptian, being sweeter and even more and -moother. A very desirable sort for small l>eets, for early market, as ii is in pres. ntable market shajH- quicker than any variety, except Leonard'* Kgvptiati. It is a very rapid grower, and can \*> sown out-id - as .Julv. Pkt, 5c, oz. lOc, hi'lb. 15c, lb. 60c. Leonard's Extra Early Egyptian Beet. This is the earliest and best hunching Beet for mar- ket gardeners It has Ix-eii grown for the past nine year- by the gardeners of Chicago, and now they will take no other for early bunching. It is i specially selected strain, grown by me f.»r the past ten years, and is being improved each year, nnd is su|>crior to any other strain of Kgyptian Beet. The illustration i- a fair representation of the form of this lid t. We might have a ltenutiful photographic half-tone picture, which would show it ii]) to ls tter advantage, but this illustration ..f this Beet has ap|x ar>"d in all our catalogues since we introduced it. and will answer our pur]x>sc now. which is simply to keep before our garden, r friends the importance and superior merit of this Beet for early market use. The Beets grow very uni- form as to size. The .shape i- [x rlect. and the color exceedingly .lark. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, i4 lb. 15c, lb. »!<•. ( rosby'H Egyptian H«t< LeOflMU*! Kitrn Egyptian Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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