Garden & lawn / James Carter & Co.

              CARTERS TESTED SEEDS—CHOICE VEGETABLES
BEET.
The Cultivation of Beets.—The seed should be sown from as soon as the ground can be worked in spring until July 1st, in sod
that has been well trenched and manured.   Let the rows be about 18 in. apart, thin them to allow about 9 in. between the plants,
and keep the soil well cultivated during the summer.   1 oz. of seed will sow 50 ft. of drill, 5 to 6 lb. per acre.
No.
6 Carters Crimson Ball.—Awarded the First Class Certificate
of the Royal Horticultural Society. A round summer variety.
The roots are ready foi use in the summer salads. Round Beets
are of the greatest value on account of earliness. The roots can
be lifted during the height of the summer season when salads
are in demand; and Hie fresh taste imparted by the highly-
coloured slices is considered preferable to that from stored roots.
The old-fashioned lint tyi>es were never in favour with cooks,
because of their weak colour and stringy texture. In Carters
Crimson Ball these defect* have been remedied. Fine specimens
Of this variety have l»ccn exhibited in Gold Medal Collections,
and during the past few seasons 65 First Prizes have been
reported.
7 Carters Dainty.—This is a small growing variety of more
than ordinary merit. It has long tender roots of a splendid deep
crimson colour, and of the finest flavour iiossible. In naming it
Dainty, we wish to convey the extremely refined quality of this
variety; it does not attain to the size of our Perfection. Included
in seven Gold Medal Exhibits during the past two years.
Price of the above ..    J oz.     i oz.      1 oz.     J lb.      lib.
.10 .15 .25 .85       3.00
No.
12 Carters Perfection.—We continue to re select this fine Beet,
which is now a perfect and refined root. The best long Beet in
cultivation ; medium size, rich i i mi.mi lake colour, and splendid
flavour; foliage shining mnl dark. Carters Perfection is a
magnificent show variety and io:iiies prominently in all the
principal vegetable exhibits throughout thecountry. Included
in three Gold Medal Kxhlbltn. K7 First Prizes were reported
from customers.
27 Carters Soloctod Stock, Crosby's Egyptian.—This
well-known Beet Is rccognlited by l>evt growers in general as the
standard of the early varieties. The roots are round and run
very uniform in size and nhape, the flesh being a rich red in
colour and very sweet.
Price of the above I oz.      1 oz.      1 oz.      1 lb.      1 lb.
,10 .15 .25 .85       3.00
13 Carters Blood Rod. A very fine long variety, with well-
shaped roots of splendid deep colour and of good flavour.
14 Carters Improvod Dark Rod.—A splendid long Beet of
excellent quality.
29 Edmand'a Early Blood.—A fine dark round Beet for main
and late crops.
31 Dotroit Dark Red.—One of the very best for home or market
garden and for canning purposes. Roots uniformly smooth, of
medium size, and globe shaped; skin, dark red; flesh, solid
vermilion red. Our special stock of this variety shows little, if
any. white zones.   Tops small, upright, dark green shaded red.
22 Cheltenham Green Top—Green leaves, with fine bright
long red toots.
28 Swiss Chard.—An improved type of a delicious vegetable, in
reality a Beet in which cultivation has developed the leaves
instead of the root. It is sown at the same season as Beetroot
in rows about li ft. apart, and the plants thinned out to
1 ft. apart.
Price of the above    ..     I oz.        1 oz.        \ lb.        lib.
.10 .25 .75 2.50
FIELD BEETS OR MANGEL WURZEL.
1628 Carters Improved Mammoth Long Red.—The largest
and most productive of all the long red sorts. It is smooth
skinned and fine grained, and very regular in size. During the
very dry summer of IHII this variety did particularly well on all
soils when shallower-rooted varieties mostly failed.
1625 Carters Red Emperor.—A heavy cropping intermediate
variety, with high feeding value, density of flesh, digestible
solids, and keeping qualities. Its rich, solid flesh renders
Carters Red Emperor a valuable Mangel for fat stock raisers
who require the maximum bulk of feed with the maximum of
digestive food solids.
1627 Carters Dreadnought—This is a fine type of the intermediate oval-shaped Yellow Mangel, possessing a small top and
fine shoulder. It withstands the drought, and from its peculiar
habit this variety may be set closer in rows than other sorts of
Mangel.
Price of the above    ..     1 oz. \ lb. 1 lb. 10 lbs. and upwards
.10 .30 1.00 .901b.
CARTERS  TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., BOSTON, MASS.