. Beckert's garden field & flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Parsnips. (SpaStinafe.) Aside from its value as a table vegetable, the Parsnip also furnishes a healthful and nour- ishing food for stock, and is especially valued for this purpose by dairymen. Sow the seed in drills 15 inches apart, as early as possible in spring, and thin the plants until they are 5 or mS u ap,art in e rows" The roots are improved by frost, and only enough for winter use nee
. Beckert's garden field & flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Parsnips. (SpaStinafe.) Aside from its value as a table vegetable, the Parsnip also furnishes a healthful and nour- ishing food for stock, and is especially valued for this purpose by dairymen. Sow the seed in drills 15 inches apart, as early as possible in spring, and thin the plants until they are 5 or mS u ap,art in e rows" The roots are improved by frost, and only enough for winter use need be taken up in the fall, leaving the rest in the ground until spring, to be dug up as required. By running a plow, such as is used for breaking sod, along one side of the rows, held crops of Parsnips will be thrown out so that they can be harvested easily. Deep, rich, heavy soil is best suited to the culture of Parsnips, but on any deep, rich, mellow soil the yield is good per acre, and the roots will be smooth and large if no fresh manure is used ; this te"11?,!0 make lhel? coarse-grained and misshapen. An ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of drill ; five pounds will sow an acre. V IMPROVED HOLLOW CROWN. The variety most widely cultivated. The roots are tender and sweet, and their yield per acre is heavy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 65 cts. , â GUERNSEY. The roots do not grow as long as those of the preceding, but are trucker and more easily gathered. A very heavy cropper; roots smooth; flesh fine- grained and of excellent quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., #lb. 25 cts., lb. 65 Improved Hollow Crown Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wm. C. Beckert (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Allegheny, Pa. : Wm. C. Beckert
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