14 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



67 



Maulers Alpha Beet 



Maule's Alpha Beet is ready for market in 40 to 45 days from 

 date of sowing. It is what I call a finely made-up beet, as 

 shown in the illustration. It is turnip shaped, with a dispo- 

 sition to deepen to the half-long- type ; though by no means a 

 half-long beet. It is deeper than Crosby's Egyptian, with 

 more body and more value. The shape of the beet indicates 

 strong individual traits. The flesh is of a dark crimson color. 



with lighter rings, and is handsome in appearance, becoming 

 solid crimson when cooked. The top is small, which favors 

 close planting, though this beet, in common with all others, 

 matures most quickly when given plenty of room, say 4 or 5 

 inches in the row. It has a rich, sweet 'flavor when cooked, 

 and is tender and free from fibre or toughness. It is, in fact, 

 by all odds, one of the best extra early table or market beets 

 ivithin my knoivledge. 



Maule's Alpha Beet is worthy of uni- 

 versal trial by gardeners. It is good for 

 the table and good for market, and will at 

 once win public favor by reason of its ear- 

 liness and its excellence. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 I pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.50. 



89 



New Swiss Chard or 

 Spinach Beet 



This grand new and distinct variety is a great 

 acquisition. Tlie stalks are as thick and broad as 

 rhnbarb. The plants grow to a height of from 2 

 to feet, and the stalks are from 10 to 12 Inches 

 long below the leaf and inches broad. These 

 stalks are delicious when cooked and should be 

 served in the same manner as asparagns. The 

 leaf portion is heavily- 

 crumpled or savoyed 

 and is very crisp and 

 tender. The leafy por- 

 tion of the foliage is 

 cooked and served in \ 

 the same manner as 

 spinach. The leaves and 

 stalks, being served as 

 separate vegetables, af- 

 ford two distinct dishes 

 from the same plant at 

 one time. 



Plct., lOc; o*., ISc.j 

 14 lb., lOc.jlb., $1.50. 

 Also see page 13. 



LucuLLus Swiss Chard. 



ECLIPSE BEET. 



74 Eclipse 



Is one of the best known of the table beets, 

 and I have a strain of extra pnrity and merit, 

 particularly noted for earllness. It is indeed 

 high praise to say that my Eclipse beet is 

 almost or qnite as early as Egyptian, for the 

 latter has been long accepted as the earliest of 

 all; and Eclipse has ever been recognized as 

 superior to Egyptian in table value. My strain 

 has small top and is smooth, fine grained and 

 tender, M'ith bright red color. Many market 

 gardeners have discarded Egvptian entirely in 

 favor of this strain of Eclipse, and for a home 

 garden sort It is one of the best. 



Pitt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., SOcj lb., $1.00. 



CRIMSON GLOBE BEET. 



78 Crimson Globe 



^1^1-.?^^'^^^™® variety of medium size, almost 

 globe shape, and entirely free from rootlets; a 

 grand second early or main crop sort. The 

 roots are of medium size. Beets average 10 

 inches m circumference, very handsome in 

 shape, being a little deeper than round, with a 

 remarkably smooth surface. The foiiage is 

 small and of a rich bronze purple, borni on 

 s ender stems which occupy but a small poi- 

 tion of the root. The flesh is a rich blood ¥?d, 

 slightly zoned or ringed in a most beautifui 

 manner, making it very attractive in appear- 

 ance; always sweet and tender, and of the fln- 

 fL'^T}!^^'' "^^^^"^ stringy. In the home gar- 

 den, It is a most excellent sort; for market use 

 as a mam crop variety, it is a favorite everv- 

 Wb-ere. It is just the beet you w^'iht. 

 Pkt., lOc.5 oz., 15c.; % lb., lOc; lb., $1.35. 



MAULERS DARK RED EGYPTIAN BEET. 



81 Maule's Dark Red Egyptian 



The Egyptian beet is one of the most popular 

 varieties among market gardeners for forcino^ 

 l^o unjustly it Is considered to 



be the earliest of all. It certainly will bear close 

 p anting in the valuable space under glass o? 

 in a warm garden in early spring. It if turnin 

 shaped, and when young is^risp and teBde? 

 In color It IS dark red. To gardeners having a 

 preference for Egyptian I Sffer the besfSfS^ 

 Pkl, 5c.; oz., 15c.; % lb,, 40c.; lb., $1.35. 



73 Bastian's Early Red Turnip 



Early, large, fine turnip form and l)right red 

 color, zoned with lighter rings. Tended and 

 sweet and remaining so for a longtime p,-oht. 

 able for market or home garden." An old ft vor- 



' Pk/^^'^'^''-^ ^^"^-^^ ""V^ gardener frlejds, 

 Plst., 5c,; oz., lOc.j lb., 30C.5 lb., $1.00. 



