HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
BEETS— THE QUALITY PRODUCT NOT OBTAIN- 
ABLE ON MARKET 
D URING their season, beets are easily the favorite 
root crop of America. That they are not used as 
extensively as turnips throughout the winter months is 
perhaps due to the fact that home gardeners are not 
familiar with the splendid keeping qualities of properly 
grown and stored beet roots. 
Quality and flavor are most essential to make beets 
palatable. All turnips taste alike, as do carrots, pars- 
nips, and radishes. But poorly grown beets may be 
bitter or woody or perfectly tasteless, so much so that 
their storing for winter use offers little temptation. 
The following chapters will enable home gardeners to 
grow perfect beets. The use of pedigreed sorts remedies 
many faults. Their correct growing eliminates others. 
By growing a number of selected sorts, suitable for each 
individual’s purpose, perfectly delicious beets may be 
enjoyed the year around. 
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