1884 <^> 
RELIABLE SEEDS 
<0> 1935 
BEETS 
Ready for Table Use in 40 to 60 Days 
CRIMSON GLOBE —Early sort. 
Root medium sized, spherical, slight¬ 
ly longer than wide. Red flesh, 
marbled with crimson stripes. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN —Extra 
early sort, globe-shaped. Fresh Ver¬ 
million, very lightly zoned. Small 
green foliage, tinged with red. Ex¬ 
cellent variety for early use. 
DETROIT DARK RED— Early 
sort. Root globe-shaped, slightly 
tapering. Smooth skin, mahogany 
red flesh, crisp and sweet. One of 
the best beets to store for winter. 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP— Dark 
red and of fine flavor; productive, 
standard sort. 
EARLY MODEL — Extremely 
early, of perfect globe form and 
finest quality. The foliage is very 
small. The beets are always smooth 
and of the deepest blood-red color, 
while they quickly attain a good 
size. 
EARLY WONDER— A selection 
from Crosby’s Egyptian though not 
so early. Roots very uniform, near¬ 
ly globe shaped with small top and 
tap root; skin dark red, flesh deep 
blood red, with little zoning. Popu¬ 
lar with market gardeners for early 
or late planting. 
EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN— 
Very early and dark blood color, 
rather flat, sweet and tender. 
LONG SMOOTH BLOOD — A 
good late variety; dark red; ten¬ 
der and sweet. 
Prices: oz., 10c; lb., 35c. 
STOCK BEETS 
Mangel-Wurzel, Sugar, Etc. 
CULTURE—As all Mangels require a deep soil in order to grow well, plow and 
subsoil at least a foot to eighteen inches, and apply plenty of rich stable manure. 
Sow in May or June, in rows eighteen inches to two feet apart, and thin to 
eighteen inches to rows. Young plants may be transplanted to fill up vacan¬ 
cies. Sow in addition, when the plants are three to four inches high, at the rate 
of 200 pounds. Complete manure, 200 pounds bone flour and 400 pounds salt 
per acre. As soon as frost occurs, dig the crop. But in order to be well pre¬ 
served for gradual consumption, during the winter, Mangel-Wurzel should be 
heaped to perhaps a height of six feet on a dry, sloping situation; cover at first 
with a piece of canvas, and as the cold increases should be replaced by about six 
inches of either salt, hay, straw, sea weed or even cornstalks. Lest this covering 
be displaced by the wind, a light layer of earth is necessary. So soon as this sur¬ 
face soil becomes frozen about six or eight inches more of earth should be placed 
over the entire heap. By following up this gradual process of covering, all dan¬ 
ger of heating will be obviated, and the roots will keep in perfect order. Sow from 
four to five pounds per acre. 
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CULTURE—Sow as early in the spring as the 
ground can be worked and every two weeks after 
for a succession up to the first weeks of July. 
For general crop sow about the middle of May. 
The soil should be light sandy loam, well enriched 
with stable manure and plowed and harrowed 
until very fine. Sow in drills one foot to fifteen 
inches apart, and when well up, thin to from four 
to six inches. The young beets pulled out of the 
rows are excellent used as Spinach. 
Crosby Egyptian 
