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WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1924 



TABLE BEETS 



The sugar and starch, as well as mineral 

 salts, contedned in beets make them a valu- 

 able crop for summer use or winter storage. 



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 ^ inches apart in the rows. A 



packet will sow a row about 25 feet long; use 1 ounce to ICO 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 successional 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. 



* 66 Maule's Blood Turnip Beet 



The Best of Them All 



See Front Cover for Colored Illustration 



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

 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, and every year since then the sales have steadily increased. 



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

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

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

 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 days. The color is 'a rich dark red, anc 

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

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

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

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

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

 more than 82.000 successful gardeners, who plant it year after year in preference to any other. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce 25 cents; quarter pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50; 5 pounds, $11.25, postpaid. 



OUR SLOGAN FOR 1924 



AN ORDER FROM EVERY SEED BOOK 



