. Steckler's seeds : 1905 . Dewings Early Red Turnip Beet. Eclipse Beet. the winter, the raising of root crops is muchneglected. Being very profitable for feedingit ought to be more cultivated. Edmonds Early Blood Turnip. A wellselected variety; regular in shape; deep bloodskin, dark flesh of excellent quality. Smalltap root and small top. Long Blood. It is not quite so tender asthe foregoing variety, and therefore notplanted at all for the market and very littlefor family use. Half Long Blood, A very dark red variety,a good kind for family Early Blood Turnip beet. Extra Early Red Egypti
. Steckler's seeds : 1905 . Dewings Early Red Turnip Beet. Eclipse Beet. the winter, the raising of root crops is muchneglected. Being very profitable for feedingit ought to be more cultivated. Edmonds Early Blood Turnip. A wellselected variety; regular in shape; deep bloodskin, dark flesh of excellent quality. Smalltap root and small top. Long Blood. It is not quite so tender asthe foregoing variety, and therefore notplanted at all for the market and very littlefor family use. Half Long Blood, A very dark red variety,a good kind for family Early Blood Turnip beet. Extra Early Red Egyptian Turnip. This is a well known variety, very early, tender;deep red and of Turnip shape. Leaves of Seed Potatoes a Specialty, Eastern and Tennessee Grown. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 41 this variety are smaller than the others. Theseeds are also much smaller. We recommendit and consider it a good acquisition. The seedof this variety is obtained by us from theoriginal source and is the finest stockoffered. It increases in popularity every year. Crosbys Egyptian. An improvement onthe foregoing sort; being of more uniformshape and color. Recommend same highly;it will take the place of the old variety formarket purposes. Silver Beet or Swiss Chard. This va-riety is cultivated for its large succulentleaves, which are used for the same purposeas Spinach. It is very popular in the NewOrleans market. Lentz. A strain of Blood Turnip Beetwhich originated with one of the most promi-nent market gardeners around beet, as
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