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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
DECT The Cultivation of Beets . — The seed should be sown from as soon as the ground can be worked in spring until July 1st, in soil 
“ that has been well trenched and manured. Let the rows be about 18 in. apart, thin them to allow about 9 in. between the plants, 
and keep the soil well cultivated during the summer. 1 os. of seed will sow 50 ft. of drill, 5 to 6 lb. per acre. 
• Oarters Crimson Ball.— Awarded the First Class Certificate 
of the Royal Horticultural Society. A round summer variety. 
The roots are ready for use in the summer salads. Round Beets 
are of the greatest value on account of earliness. The roots can 
be lifted during the height of the summer season when salads 
are In demand ; and the fresh taste imparted by the highly- 
coloured slices is considered preferable to that from stored roots. 
The old-fashioned flat types were never in favour with cooks, 
because of their weak colour and stringy texture. In Carters 
Crimson Ball these defects have been remedied. Fine specimens 
of this variety have been exhibited in Gold Medal Collections, 
and during the past few seasons 65 First Prizes have been 
reported. 
7 Carters Dainty. — This is a small-growing variety of more than 
ordinary merit. It has long tender roots of a splendid deep 
crimson colour, and of the finest flavour possible. In naming it 
Dainty, we wish to convey the extremely refined quality of this 
variety; it does not, attain to the size of our Perfection. Included 
in seven Gold Medal Exhibits during the past two years. 
Price of the above . . i oz. \ oz. 1 oz. i lb. 1 lb. 
.10 ,15 .25 .90 3.25 
No. 
12 Carters Perfection. — We continue to re-select this fine Beet, 
which is now a perfect and refined root. The best long Beet in 
cultivation ; medium size, rich crimson lake colour, and splendid 
flavour; foliage shining and dark. Carters Perfection is a 
magnificent show variety and figures prominently in all the 
principal vegetable exhibits throughout the country. Included 
in three Gold Medal Exhibits. 87 First Prizes were reported 
from customers. 
27 Carters Selected Stock, Crosby’s Egyptian. — This 
well-known Beet is recognised by beet growers in general as the 
standard of the early varieties. The roots are round and run 
very uniform in size and shape, the flesh being a rich red in 
colour and very sweet. 
Price of the above . . I oz. $ oz. 1 oz. J lb. 1 lb. 
• 10 .15 .25 .90 3.25 
13 Carters Blood Red. — A very fine long variety, with well-shaped 
roots of splendid deep colour and of good flavour. 
14 Carters Improved Dark Red.— A splendid long Beet of 
excellent quality. 
29 Edmand’s Early Blood. — A fine dark round Beet for main 
and late crops. 
31 Detroit Dark Red. — One of the very best for home or market 
garden and for canning purposes. Roots uniformly smooth, of 
medium size, and globe shaped; skin, dark red; flesh, solid 
vermilion red. Our special stock of this variety shows little, if 
any, white zones. Tops small, upright, dark green shaded red. 
22 Cheltenham Green Top. — Green leaves, with fine bright 
long red roots. 
28 8wiss Chard. — An improved type of a delicious vegetable, in 
reality a Beet in which cultivation has developed the leaves 
instead of the root. It is sown at the same season as Beetroot 
in rows about li ft. apart, and the plants thinned out to 
1 ft. apart. 
Price of the above . . } oz. 1 oz. J lb. 1 lb. 
.10 .25 .85 3.00 
FIELD BEETS OR MANGEL WURZEL. 
1628 Carters Improved Mammoth Long Red. — The largest 
and most productive of all the long red sorts. It is smooth 
skinned and fine grained, and very regular in size. During the 
very dry summer of 1911 this variety did particularly well on all 
soils when shallower-rooted varieties mostly failed. 
1625 Carters Red Emperor. — A heavy cropping intermediate 
variety, with high feeding value, density of flesh, digestible 
solids, and keeping qualities. Its rich, solid flesh render* 
Carters Red Emperor a valuable Mangel for fat stock raiser* 
who require the maximum bulk of feed with the maximum of 
digestive food solids. 
1627 Carters Dreadnought— This is a fine type of the inter- 
mediate oval-shaped Yellow Mangel, possessing a small top and 
fine shoulder. It withstands the drought, and from its peculiar 
habit this variety may be set closer in rows than other sorts of 
Mangel. 
Price of the above . . 1 oz. J lb. 1 lb. 10 lbs. and upwards 
.15 .40 1.25 1.15 per lb. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS , Inc . , 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., BOSTON f MASS. 
