Table Beets 
Our New Strain of Detroit 
Dark Bed Beets 
Grown for Purity—Tested for Germination. 
Our beet seed has proven the purest and best with which the market 
gardeners of this territory have been supplied. 
Culture: Beets thrive best in deep, rich sandy soil, one which the 
roots can penetrate easily. For extra early use, the seed may be sown 
in hotbeds and the young plants set out in the open. Spade or plow 
deeply, sow seed in rows 18 to 24 inches apart and 4 inches apart in 
the row, covering one-half inch deep. If dry, the soil should be well 
firmed about the seed. When three or four leaves have developed, thin 
out to four inches apart in the rows, allowing the strongest to remain. 
Keep free from weeds. For main crop sow end of April. For winter 
crop, sow end of June. 
Early Wonder. 60 days. Valuable as a first early variety. Tops 
medium small, erect. Boots semi-globular, blood red, with small tap 
root. Flesh blood red with zones of somewhat lighter shade; tender 
and of good quality. Pkt., 6c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 30c; Vz lb., 50c; 1 lb., 
90c; 5 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
Early Crosby's Egyptian. (Special Strain.) 62 days. Almost globe 
in shape with small tap root and of fine quality. Vermilion color, 
of very attractive appearance when bunched. Very satisfactory for 
market garden and as a shipping sort. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 30c; 
Vz lb., 50c; 1 lb., 90c; 6 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
Perfected Detroit 
Early Egyptian. 62 days. This is one of the best varieties 
for forcing and early planting. While young it is very 
sweet and tender and oval in shape and presents a fine 
appearance, but with continued growth it becomes 
broader and fatter instead of oval and often too large 
and coarse for table use. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 30c; 
Vi lb., 50c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
Detroit Dark Red. (Our New Special Strain.) 70 days. 
Main crop table beets for home and market garden, for 
shipping and for canning. Tops uniform, small, slender, 
erect. Boots globe-shaped; symetrical, with small collar 
and small tap root. This is especially bred for uniformity 
in shape, color and general appearance. Very dark color, 
the zones are so inconspicuous that the flesh appears as 
a solid ball of blood red meat and remains tender and 
of the highest quality until roots are full grown. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 30c; Vz lb., 50c; 1 lb., 90e; 5 lbs., 
$4.25, postpaid. 
Perfected Detroit. A strain of recent development. 
Comes 90 per cent true to dark shade red and does not 
show white rings. Boots little smaller; smooth, globe- 
shaped and tops shorter than regular Detroit; desirable 
for bunching. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; Vz lb., 60c; 
1 lb., $1.10; 5 lbs., $5.25. 
STOCK BEETS. See page 69. 
Broccoli 
(Italian Green Sprouting) 
Eapidly becoming very popular and especially adapted 
to Colorado. Culture is the same as for Cauliflower but 
it is much easier grown. A rapid grower producing bluish 
green heads in center of plant about 90 days after planting. 
After original head is cut, the plant produces many 
branches which also bear smaller heads. 
Extra Early Propageno. This is the earliest variety by 
about 14 days. Produces uniform heads with fewer 
objectionable branching leaves. This variety also is a 
rapid reproducer. That is, after each cutting, it is 
quicker to form new heads. Our seed is Italian grown. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; Vi lb., $1.50; lb., $4.50. 
BEETS 
Buy with Confidence 
Lucullus Chard 
Culture: Swiss Chard is a beet grown for its leaves. 
The midrib when boiled makes delicious greens or the 
leaves may be boiled and served as spinach. Sown in the 
spring the leaves are soon ready to eat and will continue 
to grow all through the summer and fall. 
Large Ribbed Dark Green Leaved. 52 to 62 days. Large, 
smooth dark green leaves with silvery white stems, 
which are tender and of fine flavor. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Vi lb., 30c; lb., 85c, postpaid. 
Lucullus. 52 to 62 days. A new variety with curled leaves 
like a Savoy cabbage. The plant grows nearly 2 feet 
high and the stem and leaves are very large and of fine 
quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 85c, postpaid. 
Extra Early Propageno 
Brussels Sprouts 
They are successfully grown wherever conditions are 
favorable for late cabbage and require the same method 
of culture. They mature best in the autumn after the 
weather becomes cool. 
Half Dwarf or Paris Market. Plants 30 inches tall. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; Vi lb., 60c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
Long Island Improved. Plant dwarf and compact, 20 inches 
tall. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; Vi lb., 60c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet 
