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ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS BEST BY EVERY TEST 
BEETS 
Detroit Dark Red 
TABLE BEETS 
CULTURE —Require a well manured sandy 
loam. Sow in rows early in May about 18 
inches apart and Vz to 1 inch deep. For 
winter use, sow in June. One ounce sows 50 
feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds to the acre. Thin 
to 6 inches apart when a few inches high. 
WONDER —Earliest of the list. Roots are 
globe shaped with small top. Skin is a deep 
red and flesh also has a rich dark color. 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP —Roots are dark 
red and nearly round, having a flne flavor. 
Valuable for general market or home garden. 
An old popular sort. 
ECLIPSE BLOOD TURNIP — Produces 
globe shaped roots of rosy red, sweet and ten¬ 
der, within 65 days from planting. Does not 
grow large and is much used for bunching. 
CRIMSON GLOBE — Handsome, globe 
shaped, medium sized, blood red sort, always 
sweot and tender. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN — An extra-quick 
grower. The flat, smooth, turnip-shaped roots 
average 2 inches in diameter, and are dark 
red, zoned lighter. Fine for table use and 
canning and largely planted for home and 
market. The tops are small. 
DETROIT DARK RED —One of the best 
main varieties for home or market garden. 
Roots of medium size, globe-shaped and very 
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smooth; skin dark red, flesh solid vermilion | 
red. Tops small, upright, dark green, shaded ^ 
red. 
EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN —Flat, ma¬ 
tures very early, with small tops and flat dark 
red roots, good forcing beet. 
LONG DARK BLOOD —Keeps well through 
the winter. The roots, which measure 1 to 
11/4 feet, grow one-third out of the ground. 
The leaves are green veined with red and the 
flesh deep red. A good variety for fall and 
winter use. 
GIANT SWISS CHARD or SPINACH 
BEET —This variety does not produce an edi¬ 
ble root like the regular garden beet, but is 
esteemed for the broad, white leaf , stalks, 
which are cooked and served in the same man¬ 
ner as asparagus, making a most delicious 
vegetable. The leaves are also cooked like 
spinach and considered equally palatable. 
GIANT LUCULLUS —Produces white thick 
stalks in 53 days. Tops cook up very much 
like spinach, while the stems cooked taste very 
much like celery or asparagus. 
LARGE RIBBED WHITE (Silver Leaf) — 
Grows about 24 inches tall and produces large 
and upright leaves ready for use in about 50 
days and afterwards until frost. The center 
stem of each leaf is large and nearly white. 
The leaf part may be cooked like spinach or 
turnip greens. 
