26 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1916 



TABLE BEETS 



Culture — For earliest use and market sow seed of any round sort 1 ounce to ICO feet of drill, and cover lightly; 5 to 6 lbs. per acre. The 

 under glass, in February or March, and transplant to open ground in round and turnip shaped beets are best for spring and summer; the half 

 March or April. Seed for main crop may be sown as soon as ground long kinds for winter. Make suecesslonal plantings and cultivate freely, 

 can be put into proper condition. For table beets sow In drills 18 Beet tops are much used for greens, and frequently form a profitable 

 inches apart, and thin to stand 3 to 4 inches apart In the rows. Use 1 I crop with many of our market gardener customers. 



MAULE'S BLOOD TURNIP BEET. 



« 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 po.si- 

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

 and devoted to descriptions of this variety, has been unquestionably 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, 27 years later, they are five 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, the}- are planting 

 as good a turnip beet as can be found the world over, and a variety-^hat o'udng to its small top 

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

 early as Egyptian, and greatly surpasses that variety in flavor. The color is a rich dark red, and 

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

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

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

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

 so^dng. Maule's Blood Turnip beet, has long been regarded as the standard of excellence by 

 more than 40.000 successful gardeners, who plant it year after year in preference to any other. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75; 10 pounds, $15.00, postpaid. 



Market Gardeners 



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