OSCAR H. WILL & CO. } BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 
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Rube 
(Ger.) 
Beets 
Roedbede 
(Scan.) 
CULTURE: Sow in drills 15 to 18 inches apart as early 
as the ground can be worked in the Spring. When the 
plants are large enough to handle, thin to four or five 
inches apart in the row. One ounce of seed will sow fifty 
feet of drill; six pounds per acre. About 450 seeds in a 
packet. 
EARLY WONDER. This selection from Crosby’s Egyp¬ 
tian is not as early as the Will’s Improved. The roots 
are very uniform and more nearly globe-shaped with 
very small top and tap root, dark red skin with deep 
blood-red flesh and very little zoning. A very popular 
variety with market gardeners and unexcelled for the 
home garden. Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; % lb., 35c; lb., 
60c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $4.35. 
WILL’S IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP BEET. This is 
an exceptionally 
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Will’s Improved 
Blood Turnip 
Beets. 
Detroit Dark Red Beet 
ECLIPSE. A very early variety with round, bright red roots. 
The flesh is crimson with pinkish white zones, crisp and 
tender. Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; *4 lb., 35c; % lb., 60c; lb., $1.10, 
postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $4.35. 
fine strain of 
Crosby’s Egyp¬ 
tian. The roots 
are somewhat 
flattened though 
globular, and the skin a very dark red in color. The flesh is 
of a slightly lighter shade and lightly zoned. The best first 
early Beet and a good keeper. Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; % lb., 35c; 
% lb., 60c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $4.35. 
DETROIT DARK RED. The best main crop Beet. The roots 
are smooth, medium size, globe-shaped. The skin is a dark 
blood red and the flesh is a solid vermilion-red with no zon¬ 
ing. Pkt., 5c; oz., 13c; lb., 40c; lb-* 70c; lb., $1.25, 
postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $5.60. 
OHIO CANNER. This deep blood red Beet is free from zoning, 
of fine even form, uniform in growth, tender, sweet, and free 
from stringiness. It is a few days later than our strain of 
Detroit Dark Red Beet, but holds its tenderness later in its 
growth than any other sort we have tried. This is the hand¬ 
somest Beet when canned that we know. Pkt., 8c; oz., 15c; 
% lb., 43c; lb., 75c; 
1 lb., $1.35, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 5 lbs., 
$ 6 . 10 . 
LONG SMOOTH BLOOD, 
Best of the long garden 
Beets; drought resist¬ 
ant, a very good keeper 
and grows until late in 
the Fall. Excellent for 
sod planting. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 11c; M lb., 30c; % 
lb., 50c; lb., 90c, post¬ 
paid. 
You seeds have been more than satisfactory. For past 18 
years have had best of results. I have the name of growing 
best garden in Minot and give you credit for selling me best 
seeds year after year. 
W. H. MOORE, Minot, N. Dak. 
How do you do, Oscar Will? Here comes my seed order 
again. I’ve bought seeds from you 31 years and could not raise 
a garden without them. 
MRS. J. A. LAWRENCE, Hulett, Wyo. 
. CHANGE OF ADDRESS 
We shall appreciate notification by our customers of any 
change in address, as the edition of our year book is limited, 
and we want it to reach its proper destination. 
Only customers living in North Dakota must add two per cent 
•for sales tax to their remittances for Nursery Stock, Decorative 
Greenhouse Stock, Insecticides, Tools and Supplies. This tax 
does not apply to .Seeds, Onion Plants or Vegetable Plants. 
J.B.R.S.Co 
Early Wonder Beet 
