See culture below. 
66 Maule’s Blood Turnip * 
An all-purpose, all-season, uniform, deep red beet (50 days) 
This famous variety has an impressive list of good characteristics. It is early, yet it 
stands for a long time without growing coarse or tough. It has dark red skin and flesh, 
and is especially noted for the absence of objectionable light zones. This deepness 
of color makes the cooked beet a darker red than other varieties and guarantees a 
superior canned product. The flesh is sweet and possesses a distinctive flavor. Suc- 
cession plantings should be made, since the variety is good at all seasons; it is a most 
excellent beet for winter storage. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 85¢; 14 Ib. $1.50. 
72 Ohio Canner 
Profound red flesh (57 days) 
While this beet had been selected as one especially suitable for canning, it has proved 
a most valuable variety for table use. Roots are semi-globular in shape and very 
uniform. The foliage is reddish green and somewhat smaller than that of Detroit 
Dark Red. The very dark red skin is exceptionally smooth. The color of the flesh is 
the darkest of any of this type, showing hardly any zones at all. Remains tender and 
sweet all season. 
Cultural Suggestions: Seed for main crop may 
be sown in the early spring as soon as ground can 
be worked; later sowings for continuous supply, 
every two or three weeks until the middle of July. 
Sow seed in rows 18 to 24in. apart, and cover 1 in. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 20¢; 14 lb. 70¢. 
bed. Thin plants to stand 3 to 4 in. apart in the 
rows. The later ,sowings will produce the best 
beets for winter storing. The choicest beets for 
canning or immediate use are the young, tender, 
small roots about 1% to 2in. across. A packet will 
Maule’s Blood 
Turnip Beet 
deep. Walk on the rows to settle the soil where 
sow about 25 ft. of row; an ounce 100 ft.; 5 to 6 Ibs. 
seeds have been sown. Beets require a firm seed- 
to an acre. 
CAULIFLOWER 
170 Super Snowball * 165 Dry Weather 
Forms perfect heads when others fail (100 days) 
The earliest cauliflower (82 days) 
5 ; No cauliflower can survive continued hot weather, 
Super Snowball is the strain most often planted by gardeners because of the speed yt this specially bred Danish introduction is 
with which it reaches maturity. This quick maturing characteristic often allows highly successful in withstanding dry weather 
the crop to escape the hot weather, which is so disastrous to cauliflower. Insome hen not accompanied by extreme heat. The 
areas maturity occurs very much more rapidly than the 82 days recorded in our plants are bigger and more vigorous than the 
trials. Heads are the largest of all popular cauliflowers, and havea gently rounded = Snowball or Erfurt types, and while they mature 
top surface, white curd, good firmness and keeping quality. The under side of the quite late they produce eae een ea spite of 
head is somewhat hollow. There is good foliage growth to provide protection for : 
J : severe conditions. Dry Weather is generally sown 
the heads against light. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. $1.50; 14 oz. $2.75; oz. $5.25 for fall harvesting, “ee seed being erated ae ire 
May. The ample foliage makes good protection 
for the hard, white, compact heads. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. $1.00; 14 oz. $1.85; oz. $3.50. 
j 171 Holland Erfurt 
The most widely adapted; best keeping curds (90 days) 
The plant characteristics of Holland Erfurt and 
Super Snowball are quite similar, but the varie- 
ties differ sharply in the shape and composition 
of the head. Holland Erfurt has a well-rounded 
curd with the branches placed very close together, 
providing unusual compactness and weight. The 
bottom of the head is not hollow like Super Snow- 
ball, but solid all the way across. This solidity 
and firm nature helps the heads to make up in 
weight what they lack in size to equal Super 
Snowball. Erfurt is generally grown for a fall 
crop; it keepsand ships better than other varieties. 
Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. $1.50; 14 oz. $2.75; oz. $5.25. 
Cultural Suggestions: For early cauliflower, start the 
seed indoors or under glass during February or March. 
When soil has become warm, transplant seedlings to the 
garden. For a main crop to cut during autumn sow seed in 
May or early June in a specially prepared seedbed or frame; 
transplant seedlings to garden in late June or early July, 
setting the plants 2 ft. apart, in rows 3 ft. apart. A packet 
will produce about 150 plants; an ounce about 4,000 plants. 
Two ounces for an acre. Days to maturity are from field 
Si uper Snowball setting of plants. The fall crop is usually best. 
“My garden was such a 
people what was the name of 
SEEDS PLANTED HERE,”— 
success last year you would have to see it to believe it. I got tired telling 
the seeds, so I put up a sign on the garden —WM. HENRY MAULE'S 
Mr. John Rausch, Chicago, Illinois. 13 
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