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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
BEETS 
Beets can be sown almost the year around 
in California. February and March are the 
two best months for sowing for the main 
spring crop, and August and September are 
the two best months for sowing for the main 
fall and winter crop. For a successive or con¬ 
tinuous crop seed can be sown from February 
to November. Drill in rows twelve inches 
apart, covering the seed about an inch deep 
and pressing the soil firmly over the seed. 
The soil should be light, fairly rich, and kept 
moist if one wishes tender roots of good color. 
Beets are at their best when gathered while 
quite young, when the bulbs average two 
inches in diameter, no more. To secure a uni¬ 
formly well shaped product, seedlings should 
be thinned out to stand three to four inches 
apart in the row. Those that are pulled up 
will make good greens or may be transplanted 
to other rows. In field culture, however, 
thinning is not necessary. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN—A first early va¬ 
riety producing a nearly globe shaped root of 
a deep blood red and with but little zoning, 
quality of the best. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 35c; 34 lb. 60c; lb. $1.00 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP—Smooth roots, 
turnip shaped. Flesh is deep red, zoned with 
lighter shade, sweet, crisp and tender. Tops 
shorter than Crosby’s. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00 
BEET—EARLY BLOOD TURNIP 
BEET—CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN 
EARLY WONDER-—-Roots are of globe 
shape with medium tops and the color of the 
flesh is deep blood red slightly zoned. Qual¬ 
ity excellent. (Illustrated Page 40.) 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 35c; 34 lb. 60c; lb. $1.00 
DETROIT DARK RED—An excellent va¬ 
riety for either home or market gardeners. 
The roots are medium sized, globular or near¬ 
ly round, very smooth, and of dark blood red 
color. The flesh is deep vermilion red, zoned 
with a lighter shade of the same color. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb- 35c; *4 lb. 60c; lb. $1.00 
HALF LONG BLOOD—The half long roots 
are eight inches in length tapering rather 
abruptly. Flesh is very deep, rich red, sweet 
and tender. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00 
View shows manner In which individual plant 
selection is carried on at our trial grounds. 
(Carrots.) 
