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WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



TABLE BEETS 



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 IS 

 inches apart, and thin to stands to 4 Inches apart in the rows. A 



The sugar and starch, as well as mineral 

 salts, contained in beets make them a valu- 

 able crop for summer use or winter storage. 



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 sucoessional 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. 



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Maule's Blood Turnip Beet 



The Best of Them All. 



Maule's Blood Turnip beet has given such excellent satisfaction that it still retains its posi- 

 tion at the head of our hst, and for years the amount of catalogue space occupied by illustrations 

 and devoted to descriptions of this variety, has been unquestionabl}^ one of the most profitable in 

 our Seed Book. We first gave prominent notice to Maule's Blood Turnip beet in our catalogue 

 of 1889 ; the sales then were large, but today, 32 years later, they are ten times greater than ever. 

 A consistent steady demand from the same people year after year for this variety should be sufficient 

 endorsement for all gardeners to know that in planting Maule's Blood Turnip, they are planting 

 as good a turnip beet as can be found the world over, and a variety that owing to its small top 

 makes it especially desirable for bunching. Maule's Blood Turnip beet is very early, nearly as 

 early as Egyptian, ready for the table in about 50 da^^s. The color is a rich dark red, and 

 shape is globular. It is free from side or fibrous roots, being always smooth. It is excellent for 

 forcing for a main spring or summer crop, or for use in Avinter, as it is a good keeper. It always 

 cuts and cooks a rich, dark blood red ; is tender, sweet and crisp, and is in every way the 

 standard sort for the market or home gardener. Has made a good crop seven weeks from 

 solving. Maule's Blood Turnip beet has long been regarded as the standard of excellence by 

 more than 70,000 successful gardeners, who plant it j^ear after year in preference to any other. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00; 10 pounds, $17.50, postpaid. 



HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING FROM A toZ.A VALUABLE BOOK By ADOLPH KRUHM 

 The discussion of each vegetable is practical and complete, from sowing seeds to what kinds to grow in different soils and 

 sections. About 300 pages, more than 200 photographic reproductions, and 32 four- color illustrations, 



BOUND IN CLOTH $1.63, POSTPAID. 



