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BEETS. 
Our beet seed is grown from SELECTED TRANS- 
PLANTED ROOTS and has given truckers and 
market gardeners, who appreciate a high standard 
of perfection, the utmost satisfaction. One ounce 
will sow fifty feet of soil, 5 to 6 pounds for an acre. 
The soil best suited for beet culture is that which is 
rather light and well enriched. Sow in drills 1 
foot apart and linch deep as early as the ground 
can be worked; when the plants are large enough 
thin out to stand 6 inches apart in rows; continue 
sowing for a succession as late as the middle of 
August. Keep well cultivated. 
CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN BEET. 
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Crosby Extra Early.—aA very superior strain 
of blood-red Egyptian, carefully selected for years by 
Mr. Crosby, a noted market gardener, whose aim was 
to secure a perfect forcing variety. The results ob- 
tained were handsome form, good size, few small 
tops, very small tap root, fine quality, and above all, 
quick, rapid growth. The shape is very desirable, 
not quite so fiat as the ordinary Egyptian. nor so 
round as the Eclipse. Best shape for packing and 
shipping. Takes on its turnip shape and looks well 
even in the early stages of its growth, on which 
account it is preferred. This is a decided advantage 
to those who force for real early market, and es- 
pecially for a market where beets are sold in 
bunches. Onceused itis preferred to all others for 
forcing in frames or for first sowing outside—Pack- 
ets, 5 and 10c. Pound, lic. 4 Pound, 25c. Pound, 50c. 
Extra Early Flat Egyptian.—A famous 
variety for either market or privaie gardens; is 
from ten to twelve days earlier than the old blood 
turnip. The roots are large in size and ofa rich, 
deep crimson color. From the smallness of the 
tops of the Egyptian at least one-fourth more can be 
grown on the same space than any other variety— 
Packets 5c. and10c. 4 Pound, 15c. 4 Pound, 20c. 
1 Pound, 30c. 
Early Market Beet.—This is very early, and 
makes a large, marketable beet sooner than many 
other sorts begin to buib. When cut it has a beautiful 
red color, which makes it attractive’at the table. It 
is very shapely in form, good size for market pur- 
poses, and retains all its tenderness. It pleases 
everybody, selis we!l everywhere, hence continually 
grows more and more in’ favor—Packet, 5c. 
Ounce, 10c. } Pound, 15c. 4 Pound, 25c. Pound, 40c. 
Bolgiano’s Early Blood Red Turnip 
Beet.—Handsome in shape, early deep red color, 
and gives satisfaction to the most practical and ex- 
perienced growers—Packets, 5c. and 10c. 3} pound, 
15c. 4 Pound, 25c. 1 Pound, 40c. 
~BOLGIANO’S 
EXTRA EARLY ECLIPSE BEET. 
The remarkable 
demand and the ever 
increasing popular 
ity of tuis beet 
would compel us, if 
we had not from 
our Own tests passed 
judgment upon it, to 
rank it among the 
most valuable varie- 
ties we have for 
either market or 
private gardens. It 
was introduced from 
Germany as a selec- 
tion or hybrid from 
the famous Egyp- 
tian. It is remark- 
able for its very 
rapid growth, the perfection of its form—which is 
globular—of its beautiful crimson flesh and for its 
dwarf foliage. The roots are of a bright glossy red, 
very fine grained and ofa delicious flavor. Packet, 
5c. Ounce, luce. ¢ Pound 15c. 4 Pound, 20c. 
1 Pound, 35c. 
Lentz’s Extra Eariy Slood 'rurnip.— We 
recommend it as containing all the valuable essen- 
tials of an early beet. It is nearly as early as the 
Egyptian, but larger and of better quality, of fine, 
dark red color, tender_and sweet at all times, 
whether old or young. It has a very small top, and 
will produce a crop in siz weeks from time of planting 
the seed. It is very productive and a good keeper. 
Alwaystender. Packet,5c. Ounce,10c. 3? Pound, 
15c. 4 Pound, 20c. 1 Pound, 30c. 
Early Large Egyptian.—None better fcr an 
early or general crop than the large Egyptian; 
handsome shape, and does not crack open. This 
crop commands a good market all the season 
through. Packets, 5c.and 10c. Pound,1l5c 4 Pound, 
25c. 1 Pound, 40c. 
. 
This is the most 
thoroughly fixed and 
uniform in type. The 
flesh is deep blood 
red in color, and ex- 
ceedingly sweet and 
tender in quality. It 
is round and smooth 
in shape and of good 
market size. It does 
not grow over large, 
where room is per- 
mitted,as many kines 
are apt to do, there- 
fore needs not to be 
thinned so much as 
most varieties. It 
gsrows a small top, 
and but 9 single tap 
root. which fact com- 
mends itself to the 
gardener’s attention 
who grows beets for 
bunching purposes. 
Packets, 5c. and 10c. + Pound, lic. 3 Pound, 25c. 
Pound, 40c. 
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