OLDS’ GARDEN BEETS 
easily grown and will do well 
3 worked, sowing a little later 
ts to 3 inches. Each packet 
i uniform in size. For larger 
43: ★OLDS’ EARLY WONDER. (56 days.) 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian. Very uniform 
rk red. globe shaped, small top. Especially good 
early class. 
for late planting although in the extra 
Early hardy, productive and handsome. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
@ 40 y 2 . ★OLDS’ EARLIEST FORCING. (50 
days.) (Fireball.) Earliest of all beets; suitable for 
forcing A turnip-rooted or globe shaped variety and 
red as a radish. It has a smooth skin and is solid 
and very sweet in flavor. The leaf stalks and tap roots 
are quite small, making it valuable for sowing in frames. 
Retains its fresh table qualities remarkably. well. irkt., 
10c; oz., 15c; y 4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
r EGYPTIAN. (55 days.) A 
•iety. One of the very earliest of 
ery small top. Roots very dark 
t beneath. Flesh dark, purplish 
5c; oz., 10c; y 4 lb., 30c; lb., 95c, postpaid. 
3 2. (70 days.) A fine sec- 
table or market variety. Globe 
and slightly zoned. A rich blood 
tender and never stringy. Foliage 
5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 
Dark Red 
all beets in fact, wit 
red, rounded on top, 
red. Pkt., 
52. ★CRIMSON GLOBE 
ond early or main-crop 
shaped, medium in size 
red in color, sweet, 
small and dark. Pkt 
$1.00, postpaid. 
© 42. PER¬ 
FECT E D 
D ETROIT. 
(65 days.) 
Award of Merit in 
the 1934 All-Ameri¬ 
ca Contest. A new 
strain of Detroit 
Dark Red Beet. The 
result of several 
generations of in- 
breeding. It is un¬ 
questionably the 
darkest red and 
most uniform type 
stock of Detroit 
Beet ever offered. 
Slightly earlier than 
the regular variety. 
Will run 99 per cent 
extremely dark red 
without visible zone 
markings. Perfected 
Detroit is the finest 
beet for the market 
gardener or for can¬ 
ning. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; y 4 lb., 60c; lb., i 
49. HALF LONG BLOOD. (75 days.) This variety 
is becoming popular because it outyields the turnip shaped 
beets. It produces more bushels per given area. De¬ 
cidedly an excellent second early variety and a good 
keeper; roots half long, smooth and deep red in color. 
Pkt.. 5c: oz.. 10c; y 4 lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
IS® 
41. ★OLDS’ IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD TUR 
NIP. (60 days.) A fine, bright red beet. Remarkabl; 
even in size and appearance. A flattened globe shape 
good quality. Tops large and coarse. Pkt., 5c; oz„ 10c 
Vi lb., 25c; lb., 80c, postpaid. 
