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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
Breck’s Arlington Grown Crosby’s Egyptian Beet 
BEET 
(Beta vulgaris) 
German, “Runkel Rube.”—French, “Betterave.”—Spanish, 
“Beteraga” 
Any well-prepared, light garden soil will grow good 
beets. Successive plantings can be made from April 
until the middle of July. Sow in drills about one inch 
deep and 12 or 15 inches apart. The young plants are 
usually thinned to four inches apart in the row before 
they begin to crowd; many gardeners wait until the 
plants are six inches high so that those removed can 
be used for greens. One ounce of seed will sow 50 feet 
of drill. 
Breck’s Beats All. Superior in all 
respects to others as an early or 
main crop variety. 
Breck’s Arlington Grown Crosby’s 
Egyptian Beet. The best early 
beet, small frop and tap roots, early 
as common Egyptian but of better 
shape, size and color. 
Columbia. Round and smooth, deep 
red flesh . 
Crosby’s Egyptian. Early as orig¬ 
inal type, but thicker, smoother, 
and of better quality.05 
Crimson Globe. Medium size, good 
keeper; flesh deep purplish red... 
Dewing’s Early Blood. Medium early 
sort, good keeper, large size; an 
old time favorite.05 
Early Arlington. Early, deep round 
form, blood red color.05 
Detroit or Dirigo. One of the best 
for home or market garden use, 
medium size almost globular, very 
uniform. Color dark red. 
Eclipse. Very early, bright red, 
smooth roots, top small.05 
Edmands. A popular late turnip 
shaped beet, smooth and of good 
size, good keeper, small top, flesh 
red . 
Edmand’s, Barker’s Strain. A supe¬ 
rior strain of Edmand’s Blood 
Beet; of splendid shape, uniform 
in size and of dark red color 
Egyptian. An early, fine colored, 
smooth turnip beet.05 
Long Red Erfurt. Flesh deep red.. 
Beet. For greens. 
Pkt. 
: 
Oz. 
% lb. 
Lb. 
$0.05 
i 
$0.10 
$0.30 
$1.25 
.10 
.25 
.75 
2.50 
.10 
.35 
1.25 
.05 
.15 
.40 
1.50 
.05 
.10 
.35 
1.25 
.05 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
.05 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
.05 
.15 
.50 
1.50 
.05 
.10 
.35 
1.25 
.05 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
.10 
.20 
.60 
2.00 
.05 
.10 
.30 
1 00 
.05 
.15 
.40 
1.50 
.05 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Mangel-Wurzel and Sugar Beets 
Sow in May or June in rows 18 inches to 2 feet apart 
and thin to 8 inches in the row. The value of these for 
stock feeding, cannot be over-estimated, for sheep, dairy- 
stock, and fattening of cattle, experience has proved the 
Mangel-Wurzel to be at once healthful, nutritious and 
economical. From 6 to 8 pounds will sow one acre. 
Breck’s Mammoth Long Red. A se- Pkt. Oz. Va lb. Lb. 
lection of the Long Red variety. 
It is smooth skinned, fine grained, 
and a heavier cropper. We con¬ 
sider it superior to all others.... $0.05 $0.10 $0.25 $0.75 
Sludstrup Barres (Giant Mangel- 
Wurzel). The seed we offer is 
Danish grown and Sludstrup has 
been repeatedly awarded the high¬ 
est honors, in Danish Agricultural 
Exhibitions. While the roots do 
not grow to as great a length as 
Mammoth Long Red the growth 
is more above ground, thicker and 
heavier, frequently weighing 15 
pounds and more; color reddish 
yellow. A most desirable stock 
feed . 
Champion Yellow Globe. Grows in 
shallow soils .05 
Golden Tankard. A half-long var¬ 
iety of bright yellow color.05 
Long Yellow. Differs from Long Red 
only in color.05 
Norbiton Giant. Long Red; a valu¬ 
able variety .05 
Red Globe. Similar to Yellow 
Globe, except in color. 
Breck’s Imperial White Sugar. An 
improved American-grown French 
Sugar Beet . 
Klein-Wanzleben Sugar Beet. Un¬ 
surpassed for the production of 
sugar or for cattle feeding. 
Lane’s Improved Sugar Beet. A 
well-known variety, valuable for 
feeding to cattle.05 
Yellow French Sugar. Fine sort for 
stock . 
.05 
.10 
.25 
.75 
L 
.05 
.10 
.20 
.75 
.05 
.10 
.20 
.75 
i 
.05 
.10 
.20 
.75 
.05 
.10 
.20 
.75 
.05 
.10 
.20 
.75 
.10 
.25 
.80 
.05 
.10 
.25 
.80 
.10 
.25 
.80 
.10 
.25 
.80 
Swiss Chard or Sea Kale Beet 
This variety is cultivated solely for its leaves. The 
midrib is stewed and served as asparagus, the other por¬ 
tion of the leaves being used as spinach. Especially 
desirable for the home garden, as it is a vegetable always 
ready for use. 
Giant or Perpetual. Broad light green leaves. 
Dark Green Curled. Leaves large crumpled, white mid¬ 
rib. 
Blonde. Broad white midrib, yellowish green leaves. 
Lucullus. Very large crumpled leaves, general favorite. 
All 5c pkg; 10c oz.; 30c V* lh.; $1.00 lb. 
