. Choice selections in seeds and plants. Nursery stock, New York (State), Tarrytown, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New York (State), Tarrytown, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. pkt. oz. 141b. lb. BEET (for Table). One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. To grow good beets the ground must be very rich, as a rapid growth is essential. Plant, for early beets, as soon as the ground can be dug, with later sowings (about June 1st) for succession and winter crops: sow in row
. Choice selections in seeds and plants. Nursery stock, New York (State), Tarrytown, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New York (State), Tarrytown, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. pkt. oz. 141b. lb. BEET (for Table). One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. To grow good beets the ground must be very rich, as a rapid growth is essential. Plant, for early beets, as soon as the ground can be dug, with later sowings (about June 1st) for succession and winter crops: sow in rows 12 inches apart. When the = plants have made three or four leaves, thin out to 6 inches apart. The young tops then make excellent greens. Eclipse.—The Eclipse is as early as the Egyptian, but larger, smoother, much sweeter, with a small, firm top—globe shaped. We cannot recommend this fine Beet too highly Egyptian Turnip.—Very earl}-; dark blood red Edmund's Turnip.—Deep blood red in color and exceeding- ly sweet and tender in quality. It is round and smooth in shape and of good market size. It grows a small top and but a single tap-root, which fact commends itself to the garden- ers' attention who grow beets for bunching purposes; very early; excellent for table use Bassano.—A standard early sort Imp. Blood Turnip.—The standard variety for main Long Smooth Blood Red—An excellent late variety Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet-—Cultivated only for its leaves, which are tender and are used as spinach BEET (for Feeding Stock). From four to six pounds will soiv an acre. Sow in April or May. These are all selected stock—the best varieties 5 10 20 50 5 10 20 50 5 10 20 50 5 10 20 50 5 10 20 50 30 New Columbia Beet. Columbia.—This new turnip beet is one of the very earliest, grows very quickly and does not become stringy like most early varieties when allowed to grow full size. In quality and earliness will supersede well-known varieties like Eclipse and Edmand
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