BEETS 
Native of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Ready for table use 45 to 60 days after sprouts 
appear above ground. Three ounces of seed will sow 100 yards of row; twelve pounds per acre. 
Beets are a great acquisition to the family garden, but should be pulled young, before they age. 
They 
should be sown early in the Spring, as soon as the ground is tillable for a summer garden, and in July or 
August for the Winter garden, to enable them to get sufficiently large to be in first-class condition to pit 
for Winter use. 
Crimson Globe—65 Days. Deep globular in 
shape with little crown and a clean cut, small tap 
root. Skin and flesh of a dark red color with zones. 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian—55 Days. A 
choice form of Early Egyptian. Shape, however, 
much more of a globe. Bulbs when cut are raw beef 
color. Sweet, tender, of excellent quality. A great 
favorite with market gardeners. Leaves purple 
mixed with green. Purple midrib. 
Detroit Dark Red Perfected Strain—55 Days. 
Of great celebrity, because of its merit. Form oval, 
flesh dark blood with indistinct zones of lighter 
color. Skin smooth with small tap roots. <A favorite 
beet with all private and market gardeners. Ex- 
tensively used by canners because of its good dark 
red color. The most popular table variety today. 

Detroit Dark Red Beet 
Early Wonder or Boston Crosby Strain—55 
Days. This is one of the earliest of the small table 
beets for outside culture. It has small leaves, is 
flat to globe in shape. Bright red skin. Vermillion 
red flesh with distinct zones of a lighter red. It is 
of excellent quality, being sweet, tender and free from 
fibrous roots. It is a Select Improved Crosby. 
Eclipse Extra Early—55 Days. Bulbs globed, 
early as name indicates, small tops. Roots smooth, 
round, inclined to be top shaped. Leaves light 
green, broad with broad orange midrib. An ex- 
cellent beet for the family garden. 
Egyptian Extra Early—48 Days. The roots of 
this Beet develop quicker than any other Table 
Beet. Bulbs half globular or flat. Roots smooth, 
dark red. Small tops. Flesh of a purplish red. 
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Autumn sown beets are usually much darker in color than Spring sown. 
Half Long Blood, Bastian Half Long or Phila. 
Perfection—70 Days. Fine color outside. Ex- 
cellent color when cut. Tops purple and green in 
about equal proportion. Very desirable for a late 
beet and one of the best producing. 
LANDRETHS’ BEST—50 Days. About 5 days 
earlier than Detroit, more ball-shaped, altogether a 
superior sort. Slimmer tap roots, more mouse- 
tailed. Roots vary from deep globe to round. 
I'lesh deep red, with indistinct zoning, of excellent 
sugary quality. Skin smooth, free from fibers. Tops 
small. All gardeners will find this beet of fully 
double the usual value if they are pulled and served 
on the table when so small as to be no larger than a 
silver half dollar. Landreths’ Best is very choice for 
early use, having an intensely red color, delicate 
texture. 
LANDRETHS’ EARLY BLOOD RED TURNIP 
ROOTED—55 Days. Top-shaped, early in ma- 
turity and one of our best sellers. Very desirable in 
every respect. «Skin deep red and very smooth. 
When cut it is one of the best red Turnip Beets on 
the market. 
Long Blood Red—80 Days. Resists drought 
better than any other variety of Beet. Color, deep 
red; flesh, very sweet; roots long, slim with a big 
shoulder, one third out of the ground. 
Ohio Canner—55 Days. Silver Medal “‘All- 
America” 1933. In shape more like Crosby Egyptian 
than Detroit. Inside very excellent dark color, 
practically free from light zones. A splendid variety 
likely to supersede other strains. 
New Century, Lutz Green Leaf or Long Season 
—70 Days. Tops small, glossy green with pink mid- 
ribs; roots dark purplish red, half long top shape; 
flesh blood red with indistinct zone. Isa late variety 
- for home use. 
Mangel Wurzels for Cattle 
Golden Tankard—100 Days. A rapidly maturing 
root adapted to shallow lands, although doing well 
on every soil. The root has broad shoulders partly 
above ground, rich golden skin, solid sugary flesh 
and golden footstalk. The flesh is yellow zoned with 
white. 
Mammoth Long Red—110 Days. Everywhere 
the most popular variety for cattle feeding. Roots 
grow half above ground, large, long, well formed, 
usually straight, flesh-white tinged with rose. We 
cannot recommend this beet too highly. 
Sugar Beets 
Giant Feeding Half Rose Sugar—90 Days. This 
beet is extremely desirable for cattle—of high nutri- 
tive value. The flesh is white, and very sugary. 
Klein-Wanzleben—90 Days. Beet sugar manu- 
facturers have united in recommending this as pos- 
sessing the highest sugar producing qualities. 
D. LANDRETH 
