CHAPTER XVIII. 
BEETS. 
Market gardeners sometimes complain that beets are 
“‘too slow’’ for growing under glass with profit. Neverthe- 
less great quantities are thus grown in hothouses, hot beds 
and frames, and there is reason to call the beet crop a good 
one for the worker with glass. 
When cold frame beets can be sold at the rate of eight 
bunches for a dollar, wholesale, and hot bed beets at the 
rate of five bunches for a dollar, wholesale, there is some- 
thing in the business for the producer. A bunch will contain 
from five to eight beets. 
. CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN BEET. 
These figures are realized for what may be termed the 
first and best in the Philadelphia markets, but prices quickly 
fall. The demand is continual, but Southern competition 
has ‘injured Philadelphia prices to some extent. Still, this 
market will always be a good one, capable of absorbing 
enormous quantities of fruit and vegetables, and willing 
to pay good prices for prime articles. 
Another objection to beet culture under glass, aside 
from the time required, is the room demanded by the leaves 
or tops. 
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