. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 25 Days CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN, IMPROVED 60 A standard early variety, very popular with market gardeners, as the tops bunch well and it makes a good appearance with dark red, flat-globe or turnip shapd roots. Small tap root. Tops large and tall. Flesh purplish ltd. The Asgrow strain of this important variety has comparatively indis- tinct lighter zones. DETROIT DARK RED 68 A standard variety for truckers, produce
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 25 Days CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN, IMPROVED 60 A standard early variety, very popular with market gardeners, as the tops bunch well and it makes a good appearance with dark red, flat-globe or turnip shapd roots. Small tap root. Tops large and tall. Flesh purplish ltd. The Asgrow strain of this important variety has comparatively indis- tinct lighter zones. DETROIT DARK RED 68 A standard variety for truckers, produce shippers and canners. The Asgrow pure-bred strain is of excellent quality, with shorter tops, dark green tinged with red. Roots globular, smooth, uniform, attractive, with small tap root. Color deep ox-blood red. Flesh dark red with indistinct lighter red zones. Fine quality, sweet and tender. Early Flat Red Egyptian 54 Very early, used by truckers for forcing to reach the earliest market. Tops small and erect. Roots flattish, medium dark red. Flesh bright blood red with lighter zones. Early Wonder 58 A standard variety now largely superseded by Asgrow Wonder. Tops medium and green. Roots semi-globular, dark purplish red, with small tap root. Flesh blood red with zones of somewhat lighter shade. Early Blood Turnip (Edmands': Crimson Globe) 68 For home and market gardens. Tops medium, but somewhat coarse. Roots turnip-shaped; dark red. Flesh bright red with zones of lighter Asgrow Crosby's Perfected Asgrow Ohio Wonder: Egyptian: Detroit: Canner: Cannev. 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 Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
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