Two vegetables grown from one plant at the same time makes Swiss Chard essential in every garden 



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* 67 Maule*s Alpha 



The Be«t Extra Earljr 

 for Table or Market 



Maule's Alpha beet is ready for market in 40 to 42 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 

 lof the best extra early table or market beets. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; quarter pound, 50 cents; 

 pound, $1.75; 5 pounds, $8.00, postpaid. 



90 Mixed Table Beets 



One Planting Will Give An Ample Supply All Summer 



Contaius an assortment of beets, some of which will mature In 

 about 35 days and continue until the late sorts are ready, whicti is In 

 about 66 days, so that one planting will give a supply of delicious beets 

 all summer. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; 

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



* 89 Lucullus Swiss Chard 



The Cut and Come Agcun Spinach Beet 



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

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

 2 to 2]4 feet, and the stalks are from 10 to 12 inches long below the leaf 

 and 13^ 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 iu 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, 40 cents; 

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



55 Large Ribbed White Swiss Chard 



Provides "Greens" from Early Spring Until Frost 



It seems American people are becoming more acquainted with the de- 

 sirability of having a little Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet in their garden. 

 This beet is grown for Its leaves only. The middle of the leaf or mid rib 

 is cooked and served like asparagus. The other portions of the leaf may 

 be used like spinach. Ready to cut in about 25 days. 



Packet, 8 cents; ounce, lH cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; 

 pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid. 



91 Edmand's Early Turnip 



A Good 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 merit; maturing in about 42 

 days; one of the best beets to follow the extra 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, 8 cents; ounce, 13 cents; quarter pound, 4-0 cents; 

 pound, $1.25: 5 oouuds. $5. postpaid. 



56 Maule's Improved Long Red 



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 and live stock. It has yielded twelve 

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

 and 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 flrst-class root food for winter, either 

 for table or stock. Matures in about 65 days. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; 

 pound. $1.25:5 pounds. $5-75. postpaid- 



