WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., QUALITY SEEDS, HARRISBURG, PENNA. 
Sow the seed as soon as the ground 
can be properly worked. Be sure to work 
in Wizard Brand Pulverized Sheep 
Manure (we have it) or some other good 
fertilizer. Make the rows 12 inches apart for hand cultivation; 
cover the seed 1 inch; thin out the plants to stand 3 to 4 inches in the 
row; cultivate often; keep clean of weeds. Successive plantings may 
be made every 3 weeks until August 1. You will then have Beets ail 
summer, with the last crop for winter use. At this last planting put 
out all you can to provide for your own use, for canning, and for 
selling all winter. This is one of the important crops so necessary to 
provide for winter vegetables. One ounce will sow a row of 50 feet; 
5 to 6 pounds to the acre. 
IMPORTANT! Last year’s terrible drought greatly damaged the 
Beet seed crop through the United States. New seed is scarce and 
it will not germinate as well as usual, so sow a little thicker. 
“mf America’s Two Best Beets 
Schell’s Harrisburg Market 
America’s Finest Extra-Early Beet 
Dark red color all the way through; tender, highly 
flavored flesh; smooth clean skin; shape extremely 
uniform. This is the very best first-early Beet. For 
many years this very excellent Beet has been grown 
almost exclusively by the market-gardeners of all our 
city markets here for first early. Now it has become the 
leading early Beet in many other large and small city 
markets. Our sales total many tons of seed. The illustration 
gives the shape of it. It is half-globe, not as globular as our 
Black Knight nor as flat as is Crosby’s Egyptian. Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; y^b. 45 cts.; Vilb. 75 cts.; lb. $1.45; 
10 lbs. $13.50; 
25 lbs. $31.25. 
Schell’s Black 
Knight Beets 
/ 
Schell’s Harrisburg 
Market Extra-Early 
The best first-early Beet 
Schell’s Famous Black Knight Beet 
Unexcelled in Quality, Shape, and Color 
Thousands of successful gardeners make this their choice 
for early planting (to follow extra-e arly Harrisburg 
Market), second crop, fall, and winter crops. 
We believe this is the most popular Beet in America 
today for we have received thousands and thousands of 
orders from almost every city and village in every state, and 
annually sell enormousquantities—many tons of seed—of it. 
Schell’s Black Knight Beet has the color that is 
desired and that denotes quality— deepest dark red all the 
way through, just as is shown in this color photograph 
which is an exact reproduction of the Beets as they grow. 
In addition to its very desirable deep dark color, it is of 
very superior quality, richly flavored, and is very smooth, 
clean, and of a very uniform shape and size, bunching up 
attractively. The seed we have for you has been produced 
from very specially selected stock-seed, bred by years of 
selection for color, quality, and shape. 
Schell’s Black Knight Beet is the best Beet for your 
own use, and it is the best Beet for market. I know that 
all of you who have been growing it will continue to do so 
and those who have not, I urge you to grow it, knowing 
you also want the best Beet. Low prices again. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 20 cts.; Vilb. 45 cts.; Vi lb. 75 cts.; lb. $1.45; 10 lbs. 
$13.50; 25 lbs. $31.25. 
Caution! We have found a number of dealers 
substituting other varieties of Beets and selling them 
as Schell’s Black Knight. Be careful—buy only from 
our authorized dealers or ourselves. 
Schell’s Deep Blood Turnip Beet 
This early, globe-shaped Beet, of excellent quality, 
is especially esteemed on account of its dark red 
color, which extends entirely through the Beet 
and without the light-colored rings seen in some 
varieties. The medium-sized Beets are smooth and 
handsome, and are now being largely used for 
canning as well as for the home-garden and 
market. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V 4 U>. 40 cts.; 
lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. $5.75; 10 lbs. $10. 
Detroit Dark Red Beet. 4«Kiai 
quality and unusual attractiveness. Its handsome 
appearance makes it a great seller on the market. 
Globe-shaped, tapering slightly; smooth; dark 
red; very early. A good general-crop Beet. We sell 
thousands of pounds of seed of our fancy strain of this 
popular variety to market-gardeners everywhere. If 
Detroit is one of your leaders, plant my seed this year. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; %lb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25; 
10 lbs. $11.50; 25 lbs. $25. 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian. gS P 0, d Mr»fS: 
lent quality and extra-fine flavor. Small tops, making it a good forcer. A profitable mar¬ 
ket sort. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Vilb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $11.50; 25 lbs. $25. 
JPor Mangel Wurzels see page 71 
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