HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



BEETS THE EARLY KINDS 



PROVIDING the growing season affords a normal 

 amount of moisture, Eclipse beets will perfect two- 

 inch roots sixty days after seeds are sown. This does 

 not mean that every root will be ready then, but rather 

 that a dozen or twenty beets in a twenty-foot row will have 

 reached the desirable size. Eclipse is one of the oldest, 

 but also one of the most dependable sorts; top-shaped. 



Extra Early Egyptian is a decidedly flat, turnip-shaped 

 sort, as early as Eclipse, but not as desirable for the home 

 garden. A strain of it called Crosby's Improved Egyptian 

 is, perhaps, the greatest market variety in the country. 

 It is ready for use a few days after Eclipse. 



Detroit Dark Red, as illustrated, must be considered the 

 ideal sort for the home garden. In sixty-five days after 

 sowing seeds its perfectly ball-shaped roots average two 

 to two and a half inches in diameter. 



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