Beets are so easily grown and can be used in many ways, they should be in every garden 



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TABLE BEETS 



The sug'ar and starch, as well as mineral 

 salts, contained in beets make them a valu- 

 able crop for summer use or winter storage. 



Culture— For earliest use and market, sow seed of any round sort 

 under glass, In February or March, and transplant to open ground in 

 March or April. Seed for main crop may be sown In the early spring 

 as soon as ground can be worked. For table beets sow in drills 18 

 inches apart, aud thin to stand 3 to 4 inches apart in the rows. A 



packet will sow a row about 25 feet long; use 1 ounce to 100 feet;, 5 to 6 

 lbs. per acre. The round and turnip shaped beets are best for spring 

 and summer; the half long kinds for winter. Make successional plant- 

 ings and cultivate freely. They are fit for use In 35 to 65 days. Beet 

 tops are much used for greens, being cooked like spinach. 



Swiss Chard 



21 days. The Cut and Come Again Spinach Beet 



This handsome and distinct variety is a great acquisition. The stalks 

 are as thick and broad as rhubarb. The plants grow to a height of from 

 2 to 2% feet, and the stalks are from iO to 12 Inches long below the leaf 

 and l}4 inches broad. These stalks are delicious when cooked and should 

 be served in the same manner as asparagus. The leaf portion is heavily 

 crumpled or savoyed and is very crisp and tender. It is cooked and 

 served in the same manner as spinach. The leaves and stalks, being 

 served as separate vegetables, afford two distinct dishes from the same 

 plant at one time. Can start cutting in about 21 days. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 45 cents; 

 pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, S5.75, postpaid. 



* 67 Maule's Alpha 



40 days. The Best Extra Early 

 for Table or Market 



Maule's Alpha beet is ready for market in about 40 days. It 

 is turnip shaped; a little deeper than Crosby's Egyptian. 

 The flesh is of a dark crimson color, and is handsome in 

 appearance. It has a rich, sweet flavor when cooked, and is 

 tender and free from fibre and toughness. Undoubtedly one 

 of the best extra early table or market beets. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 50 cents; 

 pound, $1.50; 5 pounds, $7.00, postpaid. 



Customers may order half pounds at the pound rate, 3 pounds 

 or over at the 6 pound rate. 





86 Maule's Improved Long Red 



■ 65 days. Heavy Cropper and a Good Keeper 



Next to Market King this is the best long red beet on the market, 

 of unexcelled quality for table aud live stock. It has yielded twelve 

 tons to the acre. In color it is rich carmine, and in quality it is sweet 

 aud tender. In rich ground it may be sown with advantage in June 

 as a second crop. It will not be Injured by the October frosts and 

 will produce a great abundance of first-class root food for winter, either 

 for table or stock. Matures in about 65 days. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 35 cents; 

 pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, S4.50, postpaid. 



«i .-.4 CJ J> 1? 1 T* •„ 42 days. A Good 



* yi namand s harly 1 urnip Main crop sort 



An excellent early variety, producing a desirable turnip-shaped 

 beet, with both skin and flesh of a deep blood red. Very sweet and ten- 

 der. A standard sort of well established UT^eiit; maturing in about 42 

 days; one of the best beets to follow the exira early varieties and for 

 late crop; well adapted to forcing. This beet has become very pop- 

 ular as a home garden sort or for the market gardener wanting an 

 Ideal shaped blood red beet. 



Packet; S cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 45 cents; 

 pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.75,po8tpaido 



