HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
BEETS— THE EARLY KINDS 
P ROVIDING the growing season affords a normal 
amount of moisture, Eclipse beets will perfect two- 
inch roots sixty days after seeds are sown. This does 
not mean that every root will be ready then, but rather 
that a dozen or twenty beets in a twenty-foot row will have 
reached the desirable size. Eclipse is one of the oldest, 
but also one of the most dependable sorts; top-shaped. 
Extra Early Egyptian is a decidedly flat, turnip-shaped 
sort, as early as Eclipse, but not as desirable for the home 
garden. A strain of it called Crosby’s Improved Egyptian 
is, perhaps, the greatest market variety in the country. 
It is ready for use a few days after Eclipse. 
Detroit Dark Red, as illustrated, must be considered the 
ideal sort for the home garden. In sixty-five days after 
sowing seeds its perfectly ball-shaped roots average two 
to two and a half inches in diameter. 
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