WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS 
Detroit Dark Red Beet 
A variety of exceptional quality and un- 
usual attractiveness. Its handsome appear- 
ance makes it a great seller on the market. 
Globe-shaped, tapering slightly; smooth; dark 
red; very early. A good general-crop 
Beet. We sell thousands of 
pounds of seed of our fancy 
strain of this popular variety 
to market-gardeners 
everywhere. If Detroit 
is one of your leaders, 
plant my seed this 
year and have the 
best. Pkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 15 cts., 141b. 45 
cts., lb. $1.25. 
Detroit Dark Bed 
Beet 
Grown from my High Qual- 
ity Seed. One of the best for 
market. 
Lutz's Green-Lear 
Wi nter Table 
Beet 
S' large, dark red. table 
Beet; tender and sweet; keeps 
well and is a most desirable variety 
for fall and winter use. For slicing it 
is the best variety. Everyone should 
grow some of these for winter use. Pkt. 
S cts., oz. 15 cts., '41b. 45 cts., lb. $1.86. 
Lutz's Green-Leaf 
Winter Table Beet 
An excellent keeper. 
Very dark red. 
SWISS CHARD BEET, or SEA KALE 
Lucullus. Stems are cooked as a salad or pickled. This vegetable is com- 
mg mto great favor, as it is being grown more extensively, and market- 
gardeners can soon build up a strong demand for it. Grow it 1 Pkt. 
5 cts., oz. IS cts., Xlb. 45 cts., lb. $1.25. 
MANflFI -Wl IP7FI (STOCK BEETS). six pounds will sow an acre. Dairy farmers should 
iTi/-»i ivEi_i_ TTV^I^^l-l- grow more of these for their cows. They make the best kind of winter feed, 
cost httle and make more rich milk than almost any other feed. Fattening, breeding, and milk cattle do equally 
well on them. About one-fourth of the daily rations should be of roots. They are also excellent feed for poultry, 
' " ' _ . -. . _ . _ Sludstrup. Reddish yellow; very large and of excellent 
quality for stock-feeding. Oz. 15 cts., KIb. 35 cts., 
lb. $1 ; 6 lbs. I5.40 
Mammoth Long Red. Very large; red flesh. Oz. 
15 ct.H.. KIb. 35 cts., lb. $1; 6 lbs. $5.40. 
Golden Tankard. Flesh yellow. Oz. 15 cts., 'A\h 
35 cts., lb. Si; 6 lbs. S5.40. 
HOW TO GROW THEM.— (Same as Mangel- Wurzel.) Sow 6 pounds to the acre in May 
or June, in rows 3 feet apart, thinning the plants when 3 inches high to 8 to 10 inches in 
SUGAR BEETS. 
the rows; cultivate often. 
Vilmorin's Improved. Size medium, yielding from lo to i6 tons to the acre. Oz. 15 cts., %\h. 35 cts., lb. $1. 
Brussels Sprouts 
HOW TO GROW THEM.— Sow theseed the same ascabbage, 
in coldframes or hotbeds for early, or 
outside as soon as the ground can be 
worked. When the plants are 3 or 4 inches! 
high, set them out in rows like cabbage, I 
20 to 24 inches apart in the rows and the 
rows 20 inches apart for hand cultivation 
or 3 feet apart for horse cultivation. One 
ounce of seed will plant a row 200 feet 
long and make 2,000 to 3,000 plants. 
New Prolific Exhibition 
A very superior selection with very 
fine, even-shaped Sprouts of good 
size and flavor. Very prolific, as 
shown in the illustration. Pkt. 10c. , 
oz. 25 cts., l^lb. 80 cts., lb. $3. 
Dwarf French Improved. The 
plants grow 2 to 3 feet high and 
produce from the sides of the stalk 
numerous little Sprouts which re- 
semble very small cabbages i or 2 
inches in diameter. The leaves 
Mammoth Gtolden Tankard Beets shoiild be broken down in the fall 
When cows are fed on them, their milk looks like all cream. to give the little heads more room jf^^ Brussels 
Yellow flesh. An acre of them wiU help cut down your next to grow; very hardy. Pkt. 5 cts.. Sprouts, Prollfio 
winter's feed bill. oz. 25 cts., Vilb- 75 cts., lb. $2.50. Exhibition 
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