ARTHUR G. LEE, SEEDSMAN AND 
FLORIST, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 


Beet, Detroit Dark Red 
BEETS 
Sow one ounce to 100 feet of drill; 
6 to 8 pounds per acre. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN (50 to 55 days). 
Roots flattened globe shape. Dark red; 
medium size. One of the best early varie- 
ties. Fine for bunching. 
DETROIT DARK RED (52 to 55 days). The 
most popular and probably the best of the 
main crop beet. Form, oval. Flesh, dark 
blood red. Skin, smoothe, with small tap 
roots. Extensively used by canners because 
of its good red color. A favorite beet with 
market gardeners. 
EARLY WONDER (45 to 50 days). A 
variety which has gained wide popularity 
among market gardeners. It is of the blood 
turnip type. Uniform in size, flat to globe 
shaped, bright red skin, vermilion red flesh 
with distinct zones of lighter red. A good 
shipper. 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP (60 days). Roots 
nearly round or slightly flattened. 
SWISS CHARD. Stalks pure white and 
thick as rhubarb. Foliage yellowish green 
and crumpled like Bloomsdale Spinach or 
Savoy Cabbage. Very choice. The tops cook 
like spinach and the stems like Celery. Culti- 
vation same as Beets. 
STOCK BEETS 
CULTURE: Seed should be 1 inch apart in 
rows 2% feet apart and covered to a depth 
of 1% inches. Thin to 10 inches when about 
3 inches high. It requires 8 lbs. of Mangel 
Beets to plant an acre. Stock Beets are a 
valuable food used in conjunction with other 
feeds for milk cows, hogs, poultry. 
STOCK BEETS - Continued next column. 
GIANT HALF SUGAR ROSE. A distinct 
type of Sugar Beet producing roots of giant 
size, long oval tapering smooth. Grows half 
out of the ground. Flesh is white with high 
RUE AY content, consequently is high in food 
value. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. These Beets, on 
good soil, sometimes grow 18 inches long. 
Dark leaves; flesh white tinged with rose. 
An excellent keeper; nutritious and milk 
producing. 
BORECOLE or KALE 
One-half ounce for 100 feet of row; 
4 pounds per acre. 
SIBERIAN—CURLED. A most vigorous 
and spreading variety. ‘Leaves large and 
rather plain in the center cut and frilled 
at edge. ‘Color is bluish green. 
BROCCOLI 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING. Culti- 
vated like cabbage, it bears a succession of 
sprouting heads. 
CAULIFLOWER 
EARLY SNOWBALL (54 days). 
very early; compact and white. 
COLLARDS 
One-fourth ounce to 100 feet of row. 
CABBAGE or HEADING. Grows 1% to 2 
feet high. Has a tendency to form a head. 
TRUE GEORGIA (80 days). Grows 2 or 
3 feet high. A standard sort. 
CELERY 
WHITE PLUME. The earliest and most 
easily blanched celery known. 
HERBS 
AGE — Used in meat and poultry dress- 
S ing. Pkt., 10c, oz., 30c, 4 Ib., 90c, 
Heads 
postpaid. 
DILL—For making Dill Pickles. Both 
seeds and leaves are used. Pkt., 5c, 
oz., 15c; 4 lb., 30c, postpaid. 
ROTENONE DUST 
Forty times more powerful than Arsenate 
of (Lead as a stomach poison, yet harmless 
to humans and animals. Gives perfect con- 
trol of cabbage worm, cucumber beetle, etc. 
Refer to page 26 for prices.| 

If you are a market gardner and use 
garden seeds in quantity lots write for our 
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For Prices Refer To Green List Enclosed. 
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