STOKES SEEDS 



Crosby's Egyptian 



No. 8— CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN 



Days to maturity, -40-50. Crosby's Egyptian 

 is far and away the most important commer- 

 cial Beet in the United States and Canada. Crosby's 

 Egyptian will give genuine satisfaction wherever 

 planted. We are particularly pleased with the 

 general uniformity of the type and with the color of 

 the root both interior and exterior. The top growth 

 of this strain we would describe as of medium height. 

 The stock shows very fine selection in all points, 

 including the slender tap root. Our illustration will 

 convey some idea of this stock. Growers can place 

 everv confidence in it. Price, delivered: oz., 10c; 

 1/4 lb.. 35c; lb., feOc; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., % 95c 

 per lb.; 10 lbs.. (5, 90c per lb.; 50 lbs.. ^ 85c 

 per lb. 



BEET 



{BETA VULGARIS) 



Origin— A native of Europe, North Africa and Western 

 Asia. It is named Beta because its seed pod resembles the 

 shape of the Greek letter of that name. It has also been 

 suggested that it came from the Celtic word Beta, meaning 

 red. Beta Vulgaris, the parent of our garden varieties, is a 

 native of Egypt, thus identifying two or three so-called 

 Eg\ ptian Beets handled by present-day seedsmen. The 

 native parent grew wild along the Southern shores of the 

 Mediterranean, and was found as far East as the Caspian Sea 

 and Persia. "E%'erything," according to de Candolle, "shows 

 that its cultivation does not date from more than two or three 

 centuries before the Christian Era." It is not 

 known exactly when the Beet root was first 

 introduced into cultivation. The ancients were 

 well acquainted with the plant, but we have no 

 account from which we can have certain knowl- 

 edge that they cultivated it. Certainly it has 

 been a garden vegetalile for two thousand years, 

 as it is mentioned by most of the early writers on 

 plants. De Serres, the seventeenth century 

 French botanist, states that it was brought into 

 France from Italy just prior to his time, and it 

 no doubt was taken to England shortly afterward. 



No. 9— DETROIT DARK RED 



Days to niaturit\-, 45-55. Because of the import- 

 ance of Detroit both as a canning and a shipping 

 Beet we have taken great care to produce a stock 

 that will be a credit to us and to those who plant it. 

 Above all other points the matter of deep, blood-red 

 interior color is of the greatest importance. Detroit 

 Dark Red reaches an extremely high mark in that 

 respect. We know of no other stock that can 

 approach it regardless of price. Canners and 

 shippers can place great confidence in this statement. 

 Price, delivered: oz., 10c; Vi lb., 35c; V2 60c; 

 lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., @ 95c per lb.; 10 lbs., (§> 90c 

 per lb. ; 50 lbs., 85c per lb. 



Detroit Dark Red 



