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BEETS 
Native of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Ready for Table Use 46 to 60 Days After Sprouts 
Appear Above Ground. Three Ounces of Seed Will Sow 100 Yards of Row; Twelve Pounds per Acre. 
Beets are a great acquisition to the family garden, but should be pulled young, before they age. They 
should be sown early in the Spring, as soon as the ground is tillable for a summer garden, and in July or 
August for the Winter garden, to enable them to get sufficiently large to be in first-class condition to pit 
for Winter use. Beets if sown too early in the season grow too tough to be carried over the Winter. The 
time of sowing and the condition of the ground make the inside color darker or lighter. Autumn sown 
beets are usually much darker in color than Spring sown. 
Crimson Globe —66 Days. A very popular beet on account 
of its excellent color and shape. Deep globular in shape with 
little crown and a clean cut, small tap root. Skin and flesh 
of a dark red color with zones. 
Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c ^ lb. 30c lb. 90c 
Crosby Improved Eg 3 rptian —66 Days. A vei'y choice 
form of the Early Egyptian. Shape, however, much more of 
a globe. Bulbs when cut are raw beef color. Sweet, tender, 
of excellent quality. A great favorite with market gardeners. 
Leaves purple mixed with green. Purple midrib. Bulbs 
free from fibrous roots. Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c j lb. 30c lb. 90c 
Detroit Dark Red Perfected Strain—66 Days. Of great 
celebrity, because of its merit. Form oval, flesh dark blood 
with indistinct zones of slightly lighter color. Skin smooth 
with small tap roots. A favorite beet with all private and 
market gardeners. Very extensively used by canners because 
of its good dark red color. By all odds the most popular 
table variety toda 3 ^ Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c i lb. 40c lb. $1.26 
Early Wonder or Boston Crosby Strain—66 Days. This 
is one of the earliest of the small table beets for outside 
culture. It has small leaves, is flat to globe in shape. Bright 
red skin. Vermillion red flesh with distinct zones of a lighter 
red. It is of excellent quality, being sweet, tender and free 
from fibrous roots. It is a Select Improved Crosby. 
Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c J lb. 30c lb. 90c Detroit Dark Red 
Eclipse Extra Early—66 Days. Bulbs globed, 
early as name indicates, small tops. Roots smooth, round, inclined to be top shaped. Leaves light 
green, broad with broad orange midrib. An ex¬ 
cellent beet for the family garden. 
Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c J lb. 30c lb. 90c 
Egyptian Extra Early—48 Days. The roots of 
this Beet develop quicker than any other Table 
Beet. Bulbs half globular or flat. Roots very 
smooth and dark red. Small tops. Flesh of a 
purplish red. Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c j lb. 30c lb. 90c 
Half Long Blood, Bastian Half Long or Phila. 
Perfection—70 Days. Fine color outside. Ex¬ 
cellent color when cut. Tops purple and green in 
about equal proportion. Very desirable for a late 
beet and one of the best producing. A handsome, 
tapering, wedge-shaped root, growing well under the 
ground. Season much earlier in maturity than other 
long beets. Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c j lb. 30c lb. 90c 
Landreths’ Best 
LANDRETHS’ BEST—60 Days. About 5 days 
earlier than Detroit, more ball-shaped, and alto¬ 
gether a superior sort. Slimmer tap roots and more 
mouse-tailed. Roots vary from deep globe to round. 
Flesh deep red, wdth indistinct zoning, of excellent 
sugary quality. Skin smooth and free from fibers. 
All gardeners w'ill find this beet of fully double tlie 
usual value if they are pulled and served on the 
table when so small as to be no larger than a silver 
half dollar. Landreths’ Best is very choice for early 
use, having an intensely red color and delicate 
texture and flavor. Pkt. 6 c oz. 16c 4 lb. 40c lb. $1.30 
