SINCE 1884 
Beets 
Ready for Table Use in 40 to 60 Days 
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 1 general crop sow about the middle 
of May. The soil should be light sandy ioam, 
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. 
CRIMSON GLOBE— Early sort. Root medium 
sized, spherical, slightly longer than wide. Red 
flesh, marbled with crimson stripes. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN— Extra early sort, 
globe-shaped. Fresh vermillion, very lightly 
zoned. Small green foilage, tinged with red. 
Excellent 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 per¬ 
fect 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 Cros¬ 
by’s Egyptian, though not so early. Roots 
very uniform, nearly globe-shaped with 
Early Turnip Blood 
small top and tap root; skin dark red, flesh 
deep blood red, with little zoning. Popular 
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 va¬ 
riety; dark red; tender and sweet. 
Prices: oz., 10c; lb., 35c. 
Swiss Chard 
A Beet Highly Esteem¬ 
ed as Greens. 
Swiss Chard is a beet grown for its leaves, which are 
large, tender, succulent and highly esteemed as “greens” on 
account of their agreeable flavor. The leaves are boiled 
like spinach, the stem or midrib can be removed 1 before 
cooking and only the best leaves should be used as new 
leaves appear after picking. Culture is the same as for 
table beets. 
LUCULLUS —An improved type of chard. Of 
more upright growth than the Silver vari¬ 
ety; leaves yellowish-green, fairly crum¬ 
pled, mid-rib and veins white; stalks thick, 
broad and flat and as large as rhubarb. 
DARK GREEN WHITE RIBBED—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. 
Prices: oz., 10c; }4 lb., 30c. 
STOCK BEETS---Mangel-Wurzel, Sugar, Etc. 
CULTURE—As all Mangels require a deep soil in order to grow well, plow and the sub¬ 
soil 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 vacancies Sow in addition, when the plants are 
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