COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
25 
Table Beets 
CULTURE—1 oz. will sow 50 feet of row, 4 lbs., to 
an acre. Plant beets when frost is out of the ground and 
the soil in workable condition. Have the rows 16 inches 
apart, plant moderately thick in the row and later thin out to 
4 inches in the row. The thinnings furnish excellent greens 
which are prepared for the table as spinach and for which 
there is always a good demand on all markets. Give fre¬ 
quent cultivation. 
EARLY BEETS —About 15th of February broadcast X A lb. of 
seed per sash in a hot bed that is not too warm, transplant 
on a cloudy day when your plants are about 6 in. tall using 
only good plants throwing away all weak ones. If your 
ground is in good shape you will get a crop of beets days 
ahead of field sown beets. 
CRIMSON GLOBE —Flesh blood red, slightly zoned. 
DEWING’S BLOOD TURNIP —Medium early. 
ECLIPSE —Smooth globe shaped, dark fleshed sort. 
ELECTRIC —Round, deep red with rings of lighter hue. 
HALF LONG BLOOD RED —Heavy smooth roots, very dark 
red and sweet. Price: Any of the above, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
lb. 60c. 
LONG, SMOOTH, DARE RED —Roots long, smooth, heavy 
flesh black red, sweet and very tender. The best keeper. 
Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; *4 lb. 20c; lb. 80c; 10 lbs. $6.00. 
BEETS FOR STOCK— See page 68. 
WHICH BEET IS THE BEST? 
For the earliest crop and for forcing try either Early Wonder 
or Iowa. For canning and for a maximum crop, Iowa and Detroit 
are hard to beat. The Egyptian beets are of highest quality and 
very dark in color but loosing in favor possibly because more or less 
flattish. For a market with large foreign population, try Select Long 
Smooth Blood. 
Swiss Chard 
Also called silver beet or spinach beet. Is grown exclusively 
for its leaves. The root never develops to a large size and is of no 
value. The leaves are carried on long, broad, thick stalks of which 
the leafy portion is used as spinach amd the stalks or midribs like 
asparagus. It produces continually throughout the summer till frost 
and furnishes an abundance of excellent “greens” during the hot 
summer months when spinach cannot be grown. Culture same as 
for beets. 1 oz. for 100 ft. row, 4 lbs. per acre. 
Lucullus and Green Giant Swiss Chards are both savoyed and 
curly. However in some markets the curly Chards are not wanted 
and if the favor is shown the smooth leaved variety, our Silver Giant 
Chard, is the sort to grow. 
SWISS CHARD LUCULLUS 
Popular variety with leaves heavily crumpled, very large, stalks 
white, thick and tender, well flavored. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 80c; 
10 lbs. $5.00, prepaid. 
SWISS CHARD GREEN GIANT— See page 59. 
SWISS CHARD SILVER GIANT— See page 59. 
CALABRESE BROCCOLI 
The plants, about 30 in. high, produce many branches 
terminating in cauliflower-like rosettes, which together with 
the heavy fleshy stalks are the edible parts of the plant. 
Exceedingly tender, buttery in flavor, a delicacy of the high¬ 
est order. Prepare for table same as cauliflower. For an 
early crop sow March first under glass and in May or early 
June for a late crop. Plant in rows 3 ft. apart and 18 in. 
apart in the rows. For market cut the heads with about a 
foot of stalk and to 2-3 in a bunch. It always brings a good 
price on the market and no gardener will make a mistake by 
getting acquainted with this new vegetable. 
SPECIAL STRAIN. There are many varieties of Broccoli now 
on the market. We tried them all. The strain we offer is the best 
there is and if you are in need of Calabrese Broccoli and will try our 
strain you will find that it is the most profitable strain in existence. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 80c; lb. $8.00. 
BROCCOLI ST. VALENTINE 
Produces large, white, handsome heads, closely resembling cauli¬ 
flower in appearance—in fact, is being sold as cauliflower in every 
grocery store during the winter months; the buying public not 
knowing the difference. A highly paying crop for any gardener 
located South or on' the Pacific coast. The seed is sown in May or 
June, transplanted in July or August and the crop is ready in 
February or March. In the extreme South the seed can be started 
earlier and the crop can be had earlier. St. Valentine Broccoli is 
much hardier than cauliflower, moderate frosts not hurting it at all. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 80c; lb. $8.00, prepaid. 
NINE STAR BROCCOLI 
A perennial variety, claimed to be bardy and not to win¬ 
ter-kill, producing cauliflower-like heads in numbers. If the 
seed is sown in April or May planted out in June to Septem¬ 
ber 4 feet apart, will, the following April produce 5 to 15 
heads of good saleable size of excellent quality and then year 
after year. Try if located South. In Iowa it winter-kills. 
Pkt. 15c. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
If you’ve never seen them growing, let us tell you the plant is 
erect, two feet or more in height and in addition to the rather broad, 
heavy leaves the stem produces miniature heads of cabbage, prob¬ 
ably an inch or less in diameter. 
Brussels Sprouts are easily raised, cultivation being identical 
with late cabbage, seed sown in April or May, the small plants trans¬ 
planted to the row and ready for use in the fall. Fashionable hotels 
are generally good customers of the market gardener for this vege¬ 
table. If you like cabbage try a package this season; AMAGER 
MARKET is the variety. The cost is small indeed and you may be 
able to add another vegetable to the variety now on your list. 
The culture of Brussels Sprouts is the same as for cabbage, ex¬ 
cept that the leaves should be pulled down in the fall to give the 
small heads more room to grow. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS—AMAGER MARKET 
A fine strain, quite early, with sprouts compactly set. 
yielding as high as five thousand quarts of beautiful sprouts 
per acre. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $3.40. 
IMPROVED EXTRA DWARF 
Dwarf habit, the stems are thickly set with Sprouts which grow 
about one inch in diameter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c; lb. $3.00, 
prepaid. 
You can order all seeds priced at 45 cents per ounce or over in 
quarter and half ounce lots at ounce rate. Quarter and half pounds 
at pound rate. Five pounds or over at 10 pound rate. 25 lbs. or over 
at 100 pound rate. 
