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DETROIT DARK RED (68 days)—One of the very best sorts for home or 
market garden and for canning purposes. Roots uniformly smooth, of 
medium size, and globe shaped; skin dark red, flesh solid vermilion red. 
Our special stock of this variety shows no white zones. Tops are small, 
upright, dark green, shaded red. (Illustrated on 'preceding page.) 
EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN (55 days)—One of the very earliest, with 
small top; roots distinctly flat and moderately thick, very dark red; flesh 
dark purplish red, zoned a lighter shade. 
GOOD FOR ALL (55 days)—A recent addition to the list of fine quality 
beets. Roots are nearly globular, of even size and with a small tap root. 
Exterior and interior a rich deep crimson color. Tops are small and very 
refined. 
Swiss Chard 
DARK GREEN WHITE RIBBED—Smooth (50-55 days)—A dark green 
leaved variety, quite similar to Fordhook Giant, but having fairly smooth 
upright foliage and broad white leaf stems. 
FORDHOOK GIANT (55-60 days)—Decidedly the best of the Chards. 
Leaves broad, upright in growth, very dark green, crumpled or savoyed, 
with broad white mid-rib. 
LUCULLUS (50-60 days)—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. 
SILVER (50-60 days)—Its yellowish-green large leaves are used as greens and 
the middle leaf-rib served like asparagus. 
Mangel- W urzel 
CULTURE —The following varieties are extensively grown for feeding stock 
and are excellent food to increase the flow of milk. As they grow much larger 
than the varieties cultivated for table use, they require more room, and should 
be sown in drills about 2 feet apart. The seeds should be dropped about 2 
inches apart in the drills, and when strong enough, thinned out to 12 to 15 
inches in the row. The long varieties are best suited to a deep soil, the globe 
sorts succeeding better on sandy soil. 
Six pounds of seeds will sow an acre. 
GIANT HALF SUGAR ROSE—Feeding Sugar (90 days) —A most valuable 
large 3d elding variety for feeding; oval-shaped; skin rose-colored, flesh 
white. 
GIANT SLUDSTRUP—Yellow Intermediate — A long, reddish-yellow, 
ovoid root, growing more than half above ground. Easily harvested, and by 
actual test far excels any other variety in weight and feeding value. 
GOLDEN TANKARD (90 days)—Roots large, nearly cylindrical in shape, 
narrowing abruptly at both ends; skin deep orange-yellow, flesh zoned 
yellow and white. Sweet and productive. 
