Beets 



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Only well -rotted manure, or compost, should be 

 used for beets. Fresh manure will force the 

 growth of the tops at the expense of the roots. 



Early beets can be raised by transplanting plants 

 raised in the hotbed, or even in a box in the house. 

 The transplanting must be most carefully done 

 in order that the main root will not be broken, or 

 branched roots will result and the beet not only 

 will be knotty in shape but there will be waste in 

 preparing them for the table. 



There are four distinct types of beets: The ordinary 

 garden beet; the leaf beet, or Swiss chard; the 

 sugar beet; and the mangel, or stock beet. The 

 leaf beet and garden beet are the ones for the 

 home gardener to grow. 



Beets should be planted in drills from a foot to a 

 foot and a half apart, and when they have grown 

 several leaves, they should be thinned to only three 

 or four to a foot. Seed should be sown in the spring 

 as soon as all danger of frost is over. 



Beets usually come up very thickly because each 

 seed ball contains several seed, so the amateur 



