6 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. "IVT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. j 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen '^Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's Fine Grained Rich Red Table Beets 
MAY'S Market Gardener 
THIS IS ANOTHER early variety and a great fa- 
vorite with the truckers on account of uni 
formity of size and symmetry of shape. In color 
it is a deep red outside, inside a deep carmine. It 
is finely grained, unsurpassed in quality, tenderness 
and sweetness. It continues to grow until late in the 
fall, attaining a large size as a winter beet 
One sowing only is necessary to produce a 
crop for early summer marketing and a 
main crop for winter use. Packet 10c. , 
ounce 20c., M-Pound SOc, pound $1.75 
MAY'S 
Early Eclipse 
To THE GROWER desiring a 
very early crop we would 
recommend this variety as the 
first to be ready for table use 
and therefore able to command 
a high price on the market. It 
is perfectly smooth and round. The 
skin and flesh are a deep red — 
very sweet, tender and succulent 
It does not grow to a very large size 
but is of a fine grain and meatiness 
Packet not possible to the 
10c., oz ^« large varieties. 
?^und^- % Of [he 
50c., vcryearlv 
pound 
$1.75. 
MAY'S Crimson Globe 
THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY fine second early or main en- 
beet. It measures about 3 inches in diameter, 
slightly oblong in form, entirely free from fibrous rom 
nd so smooth of skin and regular of form that win 
ished it has the appearance of a highly polished dark rt 
ball. The flesh is deep crimson, very tender, and abst 
hitely without the stringiness or woodincv 
which so often characterizes the ordinary 
bed. Packet lOc, ounce 20c., }<i-pouiid 
50c., pound $1.75. 
A" 
LWAVS obtain your seed jn h 
Northern Grown Stock 
you want good seed. "Like pi 
duces like", therefore go 
selected Northern Grown Sci 
should be planted. Of i! 
many varieties that claii 
public favor, we have .selecir 
only a few, and these the bcs" 
in cultivation. We aim to in- 
clude in our lists all new sorts, 
together with the best of the older 
kinds. Northern Grown Seed shoulil 
be used by the man who "start 
anything" and wishes to see "results.' 
Prices are quoted on pounds 
and they also include 
postage. 
MAY'S 
MARKET 
GARDENER 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
GARDEN BEETS ARE EASILY CROWN and form a TeHobU crop. For early use select car)y varictje-;. planting one inch deep in rows i6 inches apart, lo seeds to 
the foot of row, as soon as the ground can be worked, the young plants being able to stand quite a severe frost without injury. Cultivate seedlings as 
soon as they appear and when they are 8 or lo Inches hiRh thin out until the plants are 6 inches apart. By this process ihey will be large enough for use in 
June. If desired unusually early the seed may be sown under glass and the seedlings transplanted, but for winter use seed should not be sown until the 
last of May or the first of June, and for a succession of crop sow at intervals until the middle of July. For the earliest sowings a light dressing of nitrate 
of soda, in the proportion of lOO pounds to the acre, is very pood. 
For General List oj Vegetable Seeds, see pages 3^ io J3. 
