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BEETS LATE KEEPING KINDS 



TN ARRANGING for a crop of beet roots suitable for 

 * winter storage, it is well to remember that the object 

 may be attained by either planting late maturing sorts 

 early in the season or early kinds late in the summer. 

 Early sorts, properly grown in the fall, prove remark- 

 ably good keepers. Detroit Dark Red, especially, may 

 be sown as a crop to follow beans, around middle of July. 



However, where space can be devoted to later matur- 

 ing sorts, either Crimson Globe, as shown on page 139, or 

 Black Red Ball will be found excellent sorts reaching two 

 and a half to three inches in seventy to eighty days. 

 For winter storage, it is advisable to let the roots grow 

 somewhat larger than two inches. 



Half Long Blood, as illustrated above, and Long Smooth 

 Blood are two still later maturing sorts, requiring from 

 ninety to one hundred days to reach full size. Both have 

 uniformly dark red flesh and keep all winter. Beets may 

 be stored in frost-proof cellar, in boxes with sand or soil. 



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