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Title: Annual catalogue of seeds and bulbs
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1896owcl (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: O. W. Clark & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Buffalo; Vegetables; Flowers; Fruit; Gardening; Commercial catalogs
Publisher: Buffalo, New York : O. W. Clark & Son
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Beets, French, Betterave. German, 9tunfelriif>en. Spanish, Remolacha. Culture. — One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill; 5 pounds will sow an acre. Rich, recently manured is best for this crop ; sow about 1 inch deep in drills 15 inches apart, and when well established, thin the plants to 6 inches apart in the row. Detroit Dark Red. New ; upright-growing tops, with few leaves and small neck ; firm-fleshed and perfectly shaped roots, wiih dark red, tender, crisp sweet flesh, make this an ideal early and general market sort, popular alike' with grower and consumer. Oz. 10 cts., %Vo. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. Dewing's Extra Early Turnip. Flesh deep blocd-red, tender and sweet. Oz. 10 cts %\b. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. Eclipse. Extra early, uniform shape- bright red, fine grained and delicious- Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. Edmand's. Handsome shape ; flesh of a dark blood-red, sweet and tender. Oz. 10 cts., %\h. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. Egyptian Blood Turnip. Well-known variety, of a rich, deep crimson color. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. Early Bassano. Very early ; flesh pink, zoned with white, sweet and tender when young. Oz. 10c, ^lb. 15c, lb. 50c. Early Blood Turnip. Dark red, tender, and keeps well. Oz. 10c, %\b. 15c, lb. 50c. Long Smooth Blood. An excellent large, late variety. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. Swiss Chard. Known also as Silver or Sea Kale Beet. Cultivated only for its leaves, the midribs of which are cooked like asparagus. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 25 cts , lb. 75 cts. Hangel=Wurzel and Sugar Beets. Culture.—Five or 6 pounds will sow one acre. The seed should be planted in rows 2 feet apart and thinned to 8 inches in the rows. To obtain the best results from deep soil not too

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