LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
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BEETS for the Table—Continued. 
Detroit Dark Red. Long experience has shown this variety 
to be the best deep Red Turnip Beet not only for market 
gardeners but for home use. It is also one of the best for 
canning, making a strikingly handsome product, much 
superior to that obtained from other varieties. Tops small, 
upright growing so that the rows may be close together; leaf 
stems and veins dark red, blade green; roots very crisp; 
tender and sweet and remaining so for a long time. We be' 
lieve that our stock of this variety will produce a crop more 
uniform in shape, color and quality than any other. Ready 
for use in 50 days Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 30c. 
Good Por All. 52 to 55 days. An excellent variety developed from Detroit 
Dark Red. Especially fine for canning and pickling whole at l‘/» to 1 1/2 
inches in diameter. Roots smooth, even in size and shape and almost 
globular; collar and tap-roots very small; interior deep crimson; free from 
white zones. Pkt., 10 c; oz., 20 c; l /4 lb., 40c. 
Ohio Canner. A beet specifically adapted for commercial 
canning. It is slow in habit of growth, has an extremely 
small top; at the canning size of 1 in. to 1J/2 ins., this beet 
is round and tender; extremely dark red in color; when 
canned remains red. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c. 
Mangel Wurzels 
Plow deep for this crop and in May or June plant six mangel seed to the 
foot in two or three foot rows, later thinning to a nine inch stand. One 
ounce sows one hundred feet of row and six pounds an acre. When a light 
frost has occurred, lift the roots and store in pits or cellars. 
Leonard’s Improved Mammoth Long 1 Red. The largest and most 
productive Mangel. Roots 5 inches thick, 15 inches long, tapering to a 
point. Grows half above ground; color light red. Pkt., 10 c; */* lb., 20c. 
Golden Tankard. Shape cylindrical, color 
deep rich yellow, flesh yellow circled with 
white. Unequaled for feeding stock. Pkt., 
10 c; 1/4 lb., 20 c. 
Sugar Beets 
In growing, the sugar beet is treated like the 
mangel except that only six or eight inches of space 
is given each beet in the row. 
Lane f S Imperial Sugar. Good for making sugar, also stock feeding. A hardy and 
productive sort. Pkt., 10c; 34 lb., 20c. 
Vilmorin’s Improved Sugar. The most desirable beet for the factory, containing 
the largest percentage of sugar. Pkt., 10c; 34 lb., 20c. 
Klein Wanzleben. Larger than Vilmorin’s Improved, yielding from 12 to 18 tons 
per acre and containing about the same amount of sugar. Roots 8 inches, wedge 
shaped, tapering to a point. Pkt., 10c; 34 lb., 20c. 
Giant Rose Half Sugar. This unites the large size of the mangel with the greater 
feeding value of the sugar beet. The roots average 10 to 12 inches and the out' 
line is that of a broad, thick wedge. The upper portion is of a soft bright pink, shad' 
Mangel Wurzel. ing lighter toward the bottom where the lower portion for about one'third the 
Leonard’s Improved Long Red. length is white. Pkt., 10c; 34 lb., 20c. 
Detroit Dark Red. Ohio Canner. Good For All. 
Swiss Chard 
Silver. This robust growing 
variety is often referred to 
as the Spinach Beet and is 
grown for its leaf, not for its 
root. The thick rib may be 
stripped from the leaf and 
used as asparagus, while the 
rest of the leaf is served as 
“greens.” Ready for use in 
55 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
34 lb., 25c. 
Lucullus. An improved type of 
Chard. Of more upright growth 
than the Silver variety; leaves 
yellowish green, much crumpled 
and curled, mid'rib and veins white, 
stalks thick, broad and flat and as large 
as rhubarb. Ready for market in 5 5 
days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 25c. 
Dark Green. Color very dark green, 
leaves fleshy, thick, tender, not as crumpled as 
Lucullus but with a very broad white mid'rib. 
Ready in 55 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 25c. 
Dark Green 
Swiss Chard. 
