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TABLE BEETS 



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 as soon as ground 

 can be put into proper condition. For table beets sow in drills IS 

 inches apart, and thin to stand 3 to 4 inches apart in the rows. Use 1 



ounce to 100 feet of drill, and cover lightly; 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 plantings and cultivate freely. 

 Beet tops are much used for greens, and frequently form a profitable 

 crop with many of our market gardener customers. 



MAULE'S BLOOD TURNIP BEET. 



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Maule's Blood Turnip Beet 



The Best of Them All 



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. TVe first gave prominent notice to Maule's Blood Turnip beet in our catalogue 

 of 1889 ; the sales then were large, but today, 29 years later, they are eight times greater than ever. 

 xV consistent steady demand from the same people year after year for this variety should be sufficient 

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

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

 makes it especially desirable for bunching. Maule's Blood Turnip beet is very early, nearly as 

 early as Egyptian, and greatly surpasses that variety in flavor. The color is a rich dark red, and 

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

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

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

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

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

 more than 50,000 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; 10 pounds, $22.50, postpaid. 



Maule's Blood Turnip Beet Gives the Best Results Everywhere 



I want to tell you something about Maule's Blood Turnip beet; the beet of superb 

 quality. This season every family planted gardens so we had no sale for early 

 vegetables. I had a great crop of this tine beet. We have picnics out here on the 

 ranch. For one of these occasions I picked a two gallon jar of these line beets, and 

 set them out free for all. In less than a week I was sold clear of all my surplus 

 beets. I now have a fine crop of Maule's Market Gardeners beet for winter use. 



F. S. WHITE, General Western Representative, White Plains, Mo. 



I wish to tell you of the success I have had with your seeds. I have planted 

 your seeds for 6 years and haven't once been disappointed in a crop. I find 

 they are the best I have ever planted. Last year I planted your Blood Turnip 

 beet; will say it is the best I ever saw. It cannot be beat. Enclosed find my 

 seed order for next year. 



JULIUS STRUBLE. Allen, Mich. 



