40—Vegetable Seeds : THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1908 
MARKET GARDENERS BEET 
_ The Great all seasons Beet 
Market Gardeners’ Beet. 
ALWAYS GOOD—NEVER PAST ITS PRIME. 
This new beet is one of the best on my list for general culti- 
vation by market gardeners and farmers. Makes a very rapid 
growth from the start, often larger than Egyptian, age for age. 
It continues to grow for a long period, making a heavy root for 
autumn or winter use. Only one sowing is necessary to pro- 
duce early beets for market and a main crop for winter use. 
The quality is first-rate at all periods of growth, whether the 
beet weighs a quarter of a pound or six pounds. It is a good 
(keeper and may be used all winter. When cooked, it is of a 
beautiful, dark red color throughout, and of unsurpassed table 
quality. The illustration shows the exact shape of the Market 
Gardeners’ beet. It is symmetrical in form and of decidedly 
handsome appearance. There are but few fibrous roots and the 
top is small. It should appeal strongly to business gardeners 
and to everybody wanting an all seasons table beet. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; } pound, 25 cents; pound, 90 cents. 
Maule’s Midsummer Beet. 
The roots are deep red in color, and always symmetrical and smooth. 
The fiesh is of a rich, dark red color. In quality it is sweet, crisp and 
tender, and it is an enormous cropper. It is a heavy beet without being 
hard to pull. 
It never becomes woody, even in the small portion above the ground, 
and is always good for table use or stock food, whether pulled young 
orold. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 14 Ib., 25 cts.3 lb., 75 cts. 
HALF-LONG BLOOD.—An excellent main crop beet; a great favor- 
ite as afield sort. It combines good table quality with highest stock 
feeding value. It is a large cropper and reliable winter keeper. The 
rootis more tapering than the turnip shaped beets, and reaches deeper | 
into the soil. The flesh is dark red, tender and sweet; foliage rich and 
dark. This standard beet is an old favorite 
with market men and stock owners. Pkt., 
5 ets.; 0oz., 10 cts.; 14 Ib., 25.3 lb., 75 cts. 
DETROIT DARK RED.—A splendid beet 
of a deep red color, for home or market. By 
.far the best for canning, on account of its | 
beauty. Small, upright tops and perfectly 
4 smooth roots. Flesh zoned with lighter and | 
darker bands; tender and sweet. Pkt., 5 ets,; | 
oz., 10 cts.; 14 1b., 25 ets.; 1b., 90 cts. ' 
THE ALPHA.—(See green pages.) | NEW CARDINAL.—I picked up this excellent 
MARKET KING.—(See green pages.) variety in England, in 189. It has proven a worthy 
C is introduction. Ready for market six weeks from 
sowing. The shape is well shown in the illustra- 
tion, from a photograph. The flesh is dark crim- 
son, changing into rings of a lighter color, very 
tender and of delicate flavor. When cooked it is ofa 
beautiful, solid crimson, and of rich, sugary flavor, 
entirely free from fibre Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 
15 cts.; 14 pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 
MAULE’S IMPROVED LONG RED. — Next 
to Market King this is the best long red beet on 
the market, being of unexcelled quality for table 
| and live stock. It has yielded twelve tons to the 
acre. In color it is rich carmine, and in quality it 
is sweet and tender. In rich ground it may be 
sown with advantage in July or August, as a Ssec- 
| ond crop. - It will not be injured by the October = 
frosts and will produce a great abundance of first- aa 
class root food for winter. No other beet can take MAULE's Imp. Lona Rep. 
its place. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 14 Ib., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 
NEW CARDINAL. 
W. E. Walter, Temple, Okla.—About 30 years ago when I was a little boy, there 
lived a Dutchman in our neighborhood, who always raised a fine garden. I heard 
a neighbor ask him how he did it. and he replied that he always got his seeds from 
Wm. Henry Maule. 1 am now 43 years old, and I too plant your seeds, and find 
the rule that worked in Indiana then, works good in Oklahoma, 30 years later. 
This is—If you want the best garden in your neighborhood plant Maule’s Seeds. 
Simon M. Merrell, Auburn, Maine.—The seeds arrived safely, and I am well 
pleased with them in every respect. Shall know where to go next time. 
