BEETS, continued 
Dewing’s Early Blood Turnip. A splendid early maturing variety of 
excellent top-shape, with a smooth skin and thick carmine-red flesh, 
zoned with rings of a lighter shade. Tops are compact, bronzy 
green. It is a greatly improved form of the well-known Early Blood. 
Early Eclipse. While this is one of the oldest Beets in cultivation, it is 
still one of the most thoroughly dependable varieties. It produces 
fine crops of excellent roots fit for table use within 60 days of sowing. 
Differs from Crosby’s Egyptian by its elongated form or top-shape, 
and the flesh is a light crimson or deep rose-pink. The smooth skin 
is evenly toned and makes it very attractive. Exceptionally rich 
sweet flavor. 
Early Wonder. A very early sort with a globe root tipped with a small 
taproot. It matures very evenly, all plants becoming ready for use 
at about the same time. Flesh is rich dark red, sweet, and crisp. 
Egyptian Blood Turnip. One of the best Beets for early growing or 
forcing, because it reaches the desirable size for bunching very 
quickly. The tops are small and compact, so that it can be grown 
close together in the frame or greenhouse. The roots are flat turnip¬ 
shaped, dark red on the surface, with deep purplish red flesh marked 
with lighter zones. 
Good-for-AII. This is an excellent new variety developed from the 
popular Detroit Dark Red. It is especially fine for canning and 
pickling whole at 134 to 134 inches in diameter. The roots are smooth, 
even in size and shape. They are almost perfectly globular. The 
collar and taproots are very small; the interior a deep crimson and 
very free from white zones. 
SWISS CHARD or SPINACH BEET 
Beisskohl Poiree Bietola Bleda Blad bede 
One packet provides enough plants for 20 feet of row. 
Culture. Chard is of easiest culture and responds to the same treatment 
as common beets. The broad-leaved stems may be gathered from midsummer 
until frost. These broad side-stalks or ribs are used as a pot herb and if desired 
the leaf plants may be cooked with them. 
Large Ribbed White. Yellowish green with strong white midribs or 
chards. 
Lucullus. Pale green, curly leaves with white chards of fine flavor. 
MANGEL WURZELS and 
SUGAR BEETS 
Runkelreuben Betteraves fourrageres Remolachas forrajerras 
Six pounds will plant one acre. 
Culture. Mangel Wurzels are generally grown as a field-crop, sown in 
drills 23di to 3 feet apart for horse-cultivation. Thin the plants to 6 inches 
apart and cultivate thoroughly throughout the season. Harvest the roots before 
hard frosts injure them. One of the finest feeds for dairy cattle during the 
winter, helping to maintain a contin uous milk-flow. 
Giant Half-Sugar Rose. Very large smooth roots of clean, oval shape. 
The skin is rosy white becoming more deeply tinted with pink toward 
the top. The very sweet white flesh has a high nutritive value. 
This variety is grown very extensively. 
Golden Tankard. The standard yellow-fleshed variety for general 
planting throughout the country. The roots will average 18 to 
24 inches long and 8 to 10 inches in diameter, usually larger near the 
base than above the ground. Flesh is rich yellow, zoned white. 
Ideal. A popular variety, also known as Yellow Eckendorf. It is 
regarded as one of the very best of the yellow Mangels. The root is 
cylindrical, with blunt base, and is a uniform shade of yellow 
throughout. 
Mammoth Long Red. The standard red-fleshed Mangel and a favorite 
in this section of the country. It yields an immense tonnage per 
acre. Roots are very large, sometimes more than 20 inches long, 
and stand well out of the ground when ready for harvest. The 
flesh is white tinged with red. 
Swiss Chard 
Mammoth Long Red 
Mangel Wurzel 
THE PAGE SEED COMPANY, Greene, N.Y. 
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