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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (16203411810).jpg EXTRA EARLY BEET <br> HENDERSON'S ELECTRIC <br> An Ideal Table Beet Fine Grained Rich Red Flesh <br> Electric Beet is the best extra early variety grown quite as early <br> as any perfect in form and of medium size The leaves are quite <br> small and grow so compactly that they may be removed without <br> marring the symmetry of the roots so that they present an extremely <br> attractive appearance on the table The quality is excellent ten- <br> der sweet and quite free from tough fibre The color is most <br> attractive and its quick growing habit makes it particularly desir- <br> able for the private garden See cut Price 10c pkt 20c oz <br> 60c M lb 2 25 lb <br> We wish to say that your Electric Blood Turnip Beets are the very best for our <br> market that we ever planted W W SAMUEL SONS <br> R D No 1 Ettrick Va <br> EARLY MODEL BEET <br> This splendid variety is of English origin and is perfect for table <br> use It is medium early coming in between Extra Early Elec- <br> tric and Crimson Globe The roots are of good size slightly oval <br> with small dark crimson leaves and a slim tap root In <br> quality and color it is peerless; very fine grained tender and <br> sweet never woody or stringy Color of both skin and flesh <br> deep rich crimson equalling that of the best long Beets See cut <br> Price 10c pkt 20c oz 60c lb 2 25 lb <br> / may sof that my Early Model Beets from your seed are praised by all who see <br> them; tender sweet and of grand color <br> GEO L FARMER Tuxedo Park N Y <br> CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN BEET <br> The largest of the very early sorts It is very quick to attain size <br> The shape is a little fiat but very uniform The tops are small <br> and the whole plant grows easily and quickly The flesh is some- <br> what lighter in color than usual but is very attractive It is an <br> excellent variety for early use Price 10c pkt 20c oz 55c 34 lb <br> 2 00 lb <br> HENDERSON'S <br> CRIMSON GLOBE BEET <br> A Grand Second Early and Main Crop Variety <br> Crimson Globe Beet This variety has become remarkably <br> popular among gardeners in all sections of the country and needs <br> no recommendation to those who have grown it It is of medium <br> size generally about 3 inches in diameter very handsome in shape <br> a little deeper than round with a smooth even surface The leaves <br> are rich crimson in color borne on slender stems which grow quite <br> compactly and are thus easily removed The flesh is deep crimson <br> ringed and zoned in varying shades It is exquisitely tender and <br> delicious in flavor Though it grows quickly enough for very early <br> use it will remain tender for a very long period See cut Price <br> 10c pkt 20c oz 60c \i lb 2 25 lb <br> We got First Prize on Crimson Globe Beets at our fair They were very fine <br> Miss MABEL HANLY Imlay City Mich <br> Henderson's Crimson Globe Beet has gained and maintained a reputation as a <br> main crop variety of the finest quality and handsome appearance It is a splendid <br> keeper and in fact has become so popular that some envious seedsmen prefix their <br> names to it We had some for dinner on April 30th and they were still tender and <br> delicious WM E VAIL Yorktown Heights N Y <br> GENERAL LIST OF BEETS <br> / oz to SO feet of drill <br> DEWING'S A very handsome medium late variety smooth and round tapering <br> at the base; color blood red strongly zoned of fine quality Price 5c pkt <br> 20c oz 55c M lb 2 00 lb <br> EARLY BLOOD TURNIP A standard variety following Eclipse in season; <br> qualitv excellent; color deep blood red; the tops make excellent greens <br> Price '5c pkt 20c oz 55c i lb 2 00 lb <br> EARLY YELLOW TURNIP Orange-yellow flesh of sweet flavor; pale green <br> leaves Price 5c pkt 20c oz 55c M lb 2 00 lb <br> EDMAND'S One of the best varieties; medium in size and intensely dark in <br> color Fine for fall crop and the best for family canning Price 5c pkt <br> 20c oz 55c K lb 2 00 lb <br> EGYPTIAN A standard extra early sort maturing very quickly The roots <br> are round and flattened of good size and deep crimson in color; should be <br> used when quite young Price 5c pkt 20c oz 55c l A lb 2 00 lb <br> LONG SMOOTH BLOOD-RED An excellent late variety being a great <br> improvement on the common Long Blood and of intense dark red color <br> Price 5c pkt 20c oz 55c i lb 2 00 lb <br> For SUGAR BEET and MANGEL WUKZEL see Farm Seed Department page 73 <br> For instructions for growing Beets see our pamphlet Garden Culture of Root Crops sent free if asked for 43874810 149634 78295 Page 18 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874810 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874810 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874810 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16203411810 2015-08-25 03 01 06 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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