HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



HENDEKSON'S SELECTION OF 



GARDEN BEETS 



FOK MAKKET GARDENERS. 



DETROIT DARK RED BEET. 



We have an excellent selection of this well known variety, which 

 has become so popular among market gardeners. 



Its great value lies in its remarkable uniformity in size and color, 

 which shows to great advantage when marketed in the basket. 

 It is sometimes used for bunching, but sells best when used as a 

 basket beet. It is one of the best for fall crop, or to store for the 

 winter market. 



The outer color is dark, the roots are smooth, and very uniform 

 in shape. The flesh is of good color and of excellent quality. The 

 tops are medium in size, rather dark in color, and the whole plant 

 quite vigorous. (See engraving.) Price, 20c. oz., 60c. j lb., $2.00 lb. 



CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN BEET. 



One of the best for the first open ground crop. The tops are 

 medium in size, the root round and slightly flattened. The flesh 

 is strongly marked in two shades of red. It bunches well, and is 

 of good quality. This variety produces a proportion of pale 

 fleshed roots. These have lighter colored tops and so may be 

 easily taken out when thinning. (See engraving.) Price, 20c. 

 oz., 60c. J lb., $2.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S 



EARLY BLOOD TUKNIP BEET, 



(See back cover) 



This is a great improvement upon the good old standard variety. 

 Early Blood Turnip Beet. It is a great favorite with many gar- 

 deners and is very attractive in appearance, the roots being smooth 

 and uniform, and the color deep blood red. The flesh is tender and 

 sweet and it is an excellent variety for canning. 



This variety should be sown for a late crop on account of its 

 quickness in maturing. For winter storage it is unexcelled. Price, 

 20c. oz., 60c. \i lb., $2.00 lb. 



ECLIPSE BEET. 



One of the best to follow after the very early sorts. When young 

 it may be bunched, but it is also used as a basket beet, and is known 

 and sells freely on every market. It is medium in size, the tops 

 small for size of root, the outer color is dark and the flesh strongly 

 ringed in two shades of red. Price, 20c. oz., 60c. Mlb-> $2.00 lb. 



HENDERSONS 



EXTRA EARLY ELECTRIC BEET. 



With the utmost confidence we urge the use of Electric for earliest 

 crops. It is not only early, but superior in every respect. The short, 

 slender tops grow so erect, that it takes less room than any other 

 sort. It is rapidly becoming popular for growing under glass. 

 Large areas are sown in frames very early in spring, and the frames 

 removed to mature the crop. The roots are round, smooth, clean 

 and of fine color. It makes a perfect bunch and the quality is 

 excellent. Price, 25c. oz., 75c. 3^1b., $2.50 lb. 



EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN BEET. 



An exceedingly early variety and considered by many to be the 

 best of the early garden beets. When sown in the open ground in 

 favorable weather, the roots may be pulled for table use in June 

 at which time they are as big as a small apple and their flavor is at 

 its best. The root is rounded and flattened, especially underneath; 

 grows almost entirely out of the ground, to which it is held by a 

 slender tap-root. The skin is very smooth; violet-red in color; 

 flesh of a dark blood color; leaves brownish-red, more or less mixed 

 with green, (see back cover) Price, 20c, oz., 60c. J^lb., $2.00 lb. 



