. Trumbull & Beebe's catalogue, 1902. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. TRUM3ULL & BSEBE'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 3. Eclipse Beet BEETS—Continued. Early Egyptian—A standard sort; ten days to two weeks earlier than the old Blood Turnip. Owing to smallness of the top it can be planted very close. It is a fair quality and medium size; fine for forcing. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c. Eclipse—An extra early variety; globe-shaped, smooth, with firm, small top; ve
. Trumbull & Beebe's catalogue, 1902. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. TRUM3ULL & BSEBE'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 3. Eclipse Beet BEETS—Continued. Early Egyptian—A standard sort; ten days to two weeks earlier than the old Blood Turnip. Owing to smallness of the top it can be planted very close. It is a fair quality and medium size; fine for forcing. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c. Eclipse—An extra early variety; globe-shaped, smooth, with firm, small top; very sweet; flesh fine and dark blood color. It is very desirable for market gardeners on account of its extreme earliness, as well as its numer- ous other qualities. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c. Long Blood Red—An old standard variety, used both for table and cattle; resists drought better than any of the other varieties of beets;color deep red; flesh very sweet. Grows entirely under ground. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c. Early Bljod Turnip -The old s'and by and a univer- sal favorite. Deep blood color. Good, early and late. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c. Edmunds Blood Turnip—Round and smooth in shape, deep blood red in color, and sweet and tender in quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c. Mangel Wurzel and Sugar Varieties If ordered by Mail, 8 cents per pound must be added for postage. As these varieties grow much larger than the preceding, they should be sown in drills about 2 feet apart and thinned out to 12 or 15 inches in the row. The long varieties are best suited to a deep soil, and the globe varieties succeed better than the long sorts on sandy soil. They are excellent food for cows to increase the flow of milk; begin to feed them towards the close of winter. Improved Long Red Mangel Wurzel—Grown extensively for agricultural purposes, producing large roots panly above ground. The heaviest cropping and best Mangel, producing 40 to 50 tons to the acre, growing eno
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