HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



BEETS THE QUALITY PRODUCT NOT OBTAIN- 

 ABLE ON MARKET 



DURING their season, beets are easily the favorite 

 root crop of America. That they are not used as 

 extensively as turnips throughout the winter months is 

 perhaps due to the fact that home gardeners are not 

 familiar with the splendid keeping qualities of properly 

 grown and stored beet roots. 



Quality and flavor are most essential to make beets 

 palatable. All turnips taste alike, as do carrots, pars- 

 nips, and radishes. But poorly grown beets may be 

 bitter or woody or perfectly tasteless, so much so that 

 their storing for winter use offers little temptation. 



The following chapters will enable home gardeners to 

 grow perfect beets. The use of pedigreed sorts remedies 

 many faults. Their correct growing eliminates others. 

 By growing a number of selected sorts, suitable for each 

 individual's purpose, perfectly delicious beets may be 

 enjoyed the year around. 



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