MAULE'S 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 18 inches apart, and 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 G lbs. 

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

 spring and summer; the half long kinds for winter. Make 

 successional plantings and cultivate freely. They are fit for 

 use in 35 to 65 days. Beet tops are much used for greens, 

 being cooked like spinach. 



^,66 Maule's Blood Turnip Beet 



50 days. 

 The Best of Them All 



Maule's Blood Turnip Beet has giveu sucli excel- 

 lent satisfaction that it still retains its position at the 

 head of our list. It is very early, nearly as early as 

 Egyptian, ready for the table in about 50 days. 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 sum- 

 mer 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 every way the 

 standard sort for the market or home gardener. 

 Maule's Blood Turnip Beet has long been regarded 

 as the standard of excellence by more than. 50,000 

 successful gardeners, who plant it year after year in 

 preference to any other. 



66 Maule's Blood Turnip Beet 



I Packet 10 cts.; ounce 20 cts.; V4 pound 50 cts.; Va pound 85 cts.; pound $1.50; 5 pounds $6.25, postpaid 



* 81 Maule's Dark Red 

 Egyptian 



35 days. The Earliest of All Beets 

 for Home or Market 



The Egyptian beet is one of the most 

 popular varieties among market gar- 

 deners for forcing purposes. Justly or 

 unjustly it is considered to be the ear- 

 liest of all. It certainly will bear close 

 planting in the valuable space under 

 glass or in a warm garden in early 

 spring. It is turnip shaped, aTid when 

 young is crisp and tender. In color 

 It is dark red. Ready for use in 35 

 days. 



Packet 10 cts.; ounce 15 cts.; 



% pound 35 cts.; % pound 60 cts.; 



pound $1.00; 5 pounds $4.00, postpaid 



^84 Detroit Dark Red 



50 days. Excellent for the Home Gar- 

 den or Canning 



This early globe-shaped beet of excel- 

 lent quality is especially esteemed on ac- 

 count of its dark red color, which extends 

 entirely through the beet, and without 

 the light colored rings seen in some va- 

 rieties. The medium sized beets are 

 smooth and handsome and are now being 

 largely used for canning as well as for 

 the home garden or market. It retains 

 its good quality even after it gets large, 

 and is an excellent variety on this ac- 

 count for fall use as well as for spring. 

 Maturing in about 50 days. 



Packet 5 cts.; ounce 10 cts.; 



1/4 pound 25 cts.; % pound 40 cts.; 



pound 65 cts.; 5 pounds $3.00, postpaid 



% 14 Eclipse 



45 days. Desirable for Home Gardens 

 or Bunching 



We have a strain of extra purity and 

 merit, particularly noted for earliness. It 

 is indeed high praise to say that our 

 Eclipse beet is almost as early as 

 Crosby's Egyptian, for the latter has 

 been long accepted as one of the earli- 

 est; Eclipse has ever been recognized as 

 superior to Egyptian in table value. Our 

 strain has small top and is smooth, fine 

 grained and tender, with bright red col- 

 or. Maturing in 45 days. For home gar- 

 dens it is one of the best. 



Packet 5 cts.; ounce 10 cts.; 



1/4 pound 25 cts.; % pound 40 cts.; 



pound 65 cts.; 5 pounds $3.00, postpaid 



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



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