MARKET GARDENERS AND FLORISTS PRICE LIST—1940 
Salat-Ruebe ( Ger.) BEETS Barbabietole (It.) 
M °f seed will sow about 250 ft. of row. Sow 10 lbs. of seed to the acre for rows 14 in. apart; 
6 to 8 lbs. per acre for rows 18 in. apart. 
Harris’ Special 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN 
BEET 
Finest For Early Bunching 
This is without question an outstanding 
stock of this variety. It is superior to any 
stock we know. Harris’ Crosby is very early, 
producing handsome dark red beets with 
small tap roots and a smoothness and uni¬ 
form shape which makes them invariably 
the finest looking beets in the market. 
We are proud of our stock of this grand 
beet. It is backed by over thirty years of care¬ 
ful breeding here on our own farm and is as we 
have said many times, “Every one a model for 
Harris’ Special Crosby’s Egyptian Beets shape and color.” See prices below. 
Harris’ Special Detroit Dark Red 
Famous For Fine Color 
The best beet for late summer and fall trade. No better strain can be obtained. Through many 
years of careful breeding and selection we have produced a beet that is not only of excellent shape 
but has a superb deep red color which is without equal. There is no beet quite so satisfactory in all 
respects as Harris’ Special Detroit Dark Red. 
Our stock is particularly well liked by canners. We know canners who insist on Detroit beets 
grown from our seed in preference to all others. 
Our seed crops of this beet this year have produced fine seed of high germination. See prices 
below. - 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. Harris’ Special Strain. See above. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. Bright Red Strain. 
Color lighter red than Harris’ Strain. Popular in some markets. 
Early Blood Turnip. 
A good old variety. Large, somewhat flattened beets. An early cropper. 
Quite similar to our special strain of Crosby’s Egyptian. Early and of 
good deep red color. Our strain of this variety is exceptionally fine. 
LONG SEASON. Called “Winter Keeper” and “New Century”. . 
A very late variety of extra fine quality. Description in Retail Catalogue. 
LONG SMOOTH BLOOD RED. (True Strain). 
8 to 10 inches long and very dark red. Grows half out of the ground. 
Klb. 
1 lb. 
10 lb. 
100 lb. 
$ .25 
$ .85 
$ 7.75 
$ 70.00 
.25 
.70 
6.50 
60.00 
.25 
.85 
7.75 
70.00 
.25 
.65 
6.00 
55.00 
.25 
.85 
7.75 
70.00 
.45 
1.40 
13.50 
125.00 
.25 
.75 
7.00 
65.00 
.15 
.45 
4.00 
35.00 
Quick growing large tops, for greens. 
“/ have been buying your seeds for nine years. They have proved the best seeds I have ever planted. I also have planted 
seeds from all the best seed houses, but Harris' have proved the best and mature the earliest and finest crops." 
C. S. Galliher, Curwensville, Pa. Jan. 30, 1939. 
MANGELS and SUGAR 
BEETS—For Stock 
Six to eight pounds of seed will sow an acre. 
See our general catalogue for complete 
descriptions. 
DANISH YELLOW GIANT (Sludstrup). The 
Heaviest Yielder. 
Golden Tankard. Deep yellow flesh. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. Most Popular 
Kind. 
NEW “HALF SUGAR” MANGEL. Rich in 
Sugar. 
Price of any of above varieties: 
yi lb. 15c; lb. 45c; 10 lb. $4.00. 
Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet. See page 27. 
Irwin Wickham of Stanley, N. Y. and Joe Harris. 
Both seem pleased with Mr. Wickham’s crop of 
Harris’ Detroit Dark Red Beets. 
