SEED GROWERS 

Beet, Early Wonder 
BEET 
TABLE VARIETIES (Cont.} 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP 
For home and market garden. Tops medium to tall. Roots deep turnip-shaped; 
dark purplish-red. Flesh deep purplish-red zoned with a lighter shade. 
EARLY WONDER 
Very desirable for home and market garden. Tops small. Root flattened globe- 
shape with small collar and tap root; dark purplish-red. Flesh deep crimson- 
red zoned a lighter shade. 
TALL TOP EARLY WONDER 
Similar in all characteristics to Early Wonder but produces taller and more 
upright tops. Much preferred in sections where tops are used for greens. 
EXTRA EARLY FLAT EGYPTIAN 
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 (Vermilion) San 
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 ; ; 
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 ; ; 
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. Flesh finer and has less fiber than most bunch- 
ing beets. 
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