SEED GROWERS 
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A field of Crosby’s Egyp¬ 
tian beet on one of our 
California ranches. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Early Blood Turnip betur 
60 days. For home and market garden. Tops medium small, but 
fairly coarse. Roots deep turnip-shaped; dark purplish-red. Flesh 
deep purplish-red zoned with a lighter shade. 
Extra Early Flat Egyptian 
50 days. Best for forcing and particularly valuable for early 
market. Tops medium and upright; roots flattened, with long 
slender tap roots; flesh dark purplish-red zoned lighter. 
Ferry's Crosby besby 
50—55 days. Of excellent quality for home garden and early 
market. Tops small, but fairly coarse. Root deep turnip-shaped, 
almost globular; bright carmine-red. Flesh bright vermilion-red 
with fainter zoning. 
GOOD FOR ALL be gut 
52—55 days. Excellent new variety developed from Detroit Dark 
Red. Especially fine for canning and pickling whole as “rosebuds.” 
Roots smooth, even in size and shape, and almost perfectly 
globular; collar and tap roots very small; interior deep crimson, 
zoning indistinct. 
GREEN TOP BUNCHING BETOP 
50 to 55 days. Our 1940 introduction. Early, extremely attractive 
bunching beet. Tops medium sized and erect. Foliage clean, 
grayish-green that does not turn red or brown in fall. Roots 
round, smooth, and glossy, slightly flattened when mature; flesh 
bright blood red. Reach diameter of 2^ to 3 inches in 50 to 
60 days under favorable growing conditions. Flesh finer and has 
less fiber than most bunching beets. (Seepage 3 for illustration.) 
Long Dark Blood (Above Ground) beark 
80—90 days to produce roots 8—10 in. long. High quality table 
beet for late summer and fall; good keeper; superior for pickles. 
Tops large, upright. Roots grow ]4 to ^ above ground; very dark 
purplish-red below and grayish-russeted above ground; become 
14—16 in. long; 3 in. thick at shoulder and are tapered. Flesh 
very dark purplish-red with indistinct zones of a lighter shade. 
