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Early Model Red Globe Beets 



GARDEN BEETS 



Culture. — Sow as early in the spring as the ground can be 

 worked (one ounce will sow 60 feet of drill, five pounds will sow an 

 acre), in drills i foot to 15 inches apart; and when the seed is well 

 up thin them out from 4 to 6 inches apart. Sow everj'two weeks for 

 a succession up to the first of July. 



SHORT CROP. The crop of Beet Seed Is very short owing to 

 adverse weather conditions, hence the much higher prices 

 than usual. 



Early Model Red Globe. 



This fine, distinct table Beet is remarkable for its uniform shape, of 

 very deep colored flesh and has a fine, sweet flavor. It has a small 

 green leaf, ribbed crimson, and a very small tap-root. The bulbs 

 develop quickly and can be sold when very young. Smooth and free 

 from small rootlets. Skin and flesh are of an unusually deep rich 

 blood-crimson, retaining this color when cooked ; valuable for can- 

 ning and pickling. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., ?{lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.50, by 

 mail, postpaid; bj' express, lb. $1.40, 5 lbs. S6.50. 



New Fireb all. ( Very short crop.) 



^— ^— Perfectly globe- 

 shaped, and ten days to two weeks earlier than Crosb3 's Egyptian. 

 Its very small leaf-stalks and tiny tap-root make it desirable as an 

 early forcing variety for market-gardeners, and for sowing in frames. 

 Skin smooth ; the flesh is solid, with a very sweet flavor and of an 

 intense bright red color. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 60 cts., lb. $2, 

 postpaid. 



New Columbia. dwarf variety with a flattened, 



— — deeply buried root, the skin of which is 

 almost black and the flesh blood-red ; very early — almost equal in 

 this respect to the extra-early Egyptian. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 

 40 cts., 

 lb. $1.50, 

 p o s t - 

 paid. 



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Lanier's Soperba. 



Mr. VVm. Lanier, one of Philadelphia's oldest 

 and best -known market -gardeners, for many 

 years supplied its market with the handsomest and most salable beets to be had. 

 He was a careful grower, and by careful selection improved the style and shape 

 until he had them as nearly perfect as Beets could be made. It is a semi-half- 

 long sort, of a beautiful bell-shape ; dark red color and tender quality. Pkt. 10 

 cts., oz. 15 cts., J^lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.50; 5-lb. lots, by express, $1 per lb. 



Rllbv Dulcet. more nearly globe-shaped than Lanier's Superba ; is 

 — ' not quite so earl3', but in every other respect is a hand- 

 some market sort ; small top, small tap-root ; skin and flesh deep, rich purplish 

 crimson; fine-grained, sweet and tender in all stages of growth. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., Klb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 50, 5-lb. lots, by express, $1.35 per lb. 



Dark StinSOn. This is a finely-bred variety for summer market. The 

 * roots average 2l4 inches in diameter, with richly col- 

 ored leaves only five inches in length. Beets are smooth and regular in form, 

 with small tap-root. Flesh is fine grained, free from an}' woodiness, even when 

 fully grown, and is of dark red coloring. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 12 cts., '{lb. 35 cts., lb. 

 $i.2.s, postpaid. 



Mrs. M. a. B. McKenzie. Catawissa, Pa., R. F. D. i, wTites Aug. 10, 1909: 



"Your garden seeds always gave satisfaction, especially the Siokes' Standards. The beets, 

 muskmelons, watermelons and in fact all of them, were of the best. Stokes' Standard 

 watermelons were the best we ever raised." 



Ruby Dulcet Beets 



HERE IS A NEW PROPOSITION 



CASH PREMIUMS ON SEEDS GIVEN GRATIS 



For every order of 50 cents or more I will put in, gratis, a packet containing a mi.\ture of seeds (mostly vegetable), in- 

 cluding many oddities and novelties and choice new varieties that will be exceedingly interesting and valuable in any garden. 



There are many useful and beautiful plants that are only known in certain localities or to certain nationalities that are 

 totally unknown to others, and yet they have real merit, and part of the object of this offer is to get your curiosity aroused 

 to try out these odd things, and so I offer them in this free distribution. 



LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS will be offered on the packet to those raising the greatest number of successful plants 

 from the packet. Prizes will also be given to those exhibiting this collection at any agricultural show, either local, county 

 or state. Suitable cards for placing on the exhibition will be sent to intending exhibitors. The packet will be liberal in 

 size and will amount to considerable value. 



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