, sugary, and tender. Leaves numerous,
spreading, bright green, slightly stained with red; the leaf-stems and
nerves bright purplish-red.

An early and comparatively new French variety, of fine flavor, excellent
for summer use, and, if sown as late as the second week in June,
equally valuable for the table during winter. Not recommended for field
culture.

Sow in rows fourteen inches apart, and thin to six inches apart in the
rows.

BARROTT'S NEW CRIMSON. _Thomp._

Root similar in form to the Castelnaudary, but somewhat larger; smooth
and regular, and not apt to fork. Flesh dark crimson, fine-grained and
tender. Leaf-stalks yellow.

BASSANO.

Early Flat Bassano. Turnip-rooted Bassano. Rouge Plate de Bassano.
_Vil._

Bulb flattened; six or seven inches in diameter by three or four inches
in depth; not very regular or symmetrical, but often somewhat ribbed,
and terminating in a very small, slender tap-root. Skin of fine texture;
brown above ground; below the surface, clear rose-red. Flesh white,
circled or zoned with bright pink; not very close-grained, but very
sugary and well-flavored. Leaves numerous, erect, of a lively green
color, forming many separate groups, or tufts, covering the entire top,
or crown, of the root. Leaf-stems short, greenish-white, washed or
stained with rose.

An Italian variety, generally considered the earliest of garden-beets,
being from seven to ten days earlier than the Early Blood Turnip-rooted.
The flesh, although much coarser than that of many other sorts, is
tender, sweet, and of good quality. Roots from early sowings are,
however, not suited for winter use; as, when overgrown, they almost
invariably become too tough, coarse, and fibrous for table use. To have
them in perfection during winter, the seed should not be sown till near
the close of June.

In moist, favorable seasons, it succeeds well in comparatively poor,
thin soil.

Cultivate and preserve as directed for the Early Turnip-rooted.

CATTELL'S DWARF BLOOD.

Root small, regularly tapering. Flesh deep blood-red. Leaves small,
bright red, spreading, or inclined to grow horizontally. Quality
good,--similar to that of the Red Castelnaudary; which variety it much
resembles in its general character.

On account of its small size, it requires little space, and may be grown
in rows twelve inches apart.

COW-HORN MANGEL WURZEL. _Vil._

Serpent-like Beet. Cow-horn Scarcity.

A sub-variety of the Mangel Wurze