Olds’ Garden Beets 

* 48. 
Strain. 
and market gardener. 
grained and free from woodiness. 
DETROIT DARK RED. (68 days.) Select 
The leading main crop variety for the home 
Globe shaped, sweet, tender, fine 
Dark crimson in 
color. Quality of the best. Leaves dark green, shaded 
to red. Probably the most widely grown beet for com- 
mercial canning. Our largest seller. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; 4% lb., 40c; Ib., $1.25, postpaid. 
46. CRIMSON KING. (55 days.) A fine, large 
beet of deep blood-red color. Roots globular, smooth; 
under favorable conditions reach a diameter of four 
inches. Tops and taproots small. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15¢; 
YY, lb., 35c; Ib., $1.00, postpaid. 
45. GOOD FOR ALL. (52 days.) Our new 
extra early beet that we recommend for pickling and 
canning. See page 30 for complete description. Pkt., 
10c; 0z., 20c; 14 lb., 40c; 1b., $1.25, postpaid. 
43. EARLY WONDER. (56 days.) A selection 
from Crosby’s Egyptian. Very uniform, dark red, globe 
shaped, small top. Especially good for late planting 
although in the extra early class. Early, hardy, produc- 
tive and handsome. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15¢c; %4 Ib., 35c; 
lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
on BLoop 

41. OLDS’ IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD 
TURNIP. (60 days.) A fine, bright red beet. Re- 
markably even in size and appearance. A flattened globe 
shape, good quality. Tops are large and coarse, which 
make it a fine variety for greens. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Y, Ib., 30c; l1b., 90c, postpaid. 
40. EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN. (55 days.) 
A forcing and first early variety. One of the very 
earliest of all beets. Has a very small top. Roots very 
dark red, rounded on top, flat beneath. Flesh dark, 
purplish red. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10¢c; % lb., 30c; 1b., 90c, 
postpaid. 
- Semesan 
Treated 

1-lb. size, $2.25; 
the same material. 
CULTURE: The best soil 
for beets is a deep sandy loam. 
For early beets plant as early 
in the spring as the ground can 
be worked, sowing a little later 
for the main crop. Winter beets 
should be planted about the 
15th of June, Varieties mark- 
ed ye are recommended for 
freezing. 
Plant the seed about % inch 
deep and in rows one foot 
apart. Thin the plants to 3 
inches. Each packet contains 
enough seed to sow 15 feet; 
one ounce, 60 feet; five pounds 
an acre, drilled. 

Early Wonder. 



























globe shaped variety and red as a radish, 
It has a smooth skin and is solid and 
The leaf stalks 
and taproots are quite small, making it 
valuable for sowing in frames. 
its fresh table qualities remarkably well. 
SpCl> Albee 
very sweet in flavor. 
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$1.00, postpaid. 




From Hand 
Selected Roots 

* 51. CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. (60 days.) A 
first-early market variety. Flattened globular shape and 
of fine quality. One of the best for early but not 
recommended for winter storing. Roots dark red and 
flesh a trifle lighter with some zoning. Tops very small. 
Pkt., 5c; oz. 15c; % Ib., 35c; Ib., $1.00, postpaid. 
52. CRIMSON GLOBE. (70 days.) A fine sec- 
ond early or main-crop table or market variety. Globe 
shaped, medium in size and slightly zoned. A rich blood 
red in color, sweet, tender and never stringy. Foliage 
small and dark. PkKt., 5c; -oz., 15c; 44 1b., 35e3) Ib., 
$1.00, postpaid. 
BEETS IN SUCCESSION, 
Do not depend on one planting for a supply all 
through the summer and fall. The sweetest and most 
delicious of all are the small beets—just big enough 
to use. Have more coming on all the time. 

MANGELS, SUGAR BEETS AND OTHER ROOT 
CROPS—SEE PAGE 56. 
ORDER SEEDS EARLY. 
Stocks are very short. 


; Perfected Detroit. 
42. PERFECTED DETROIT. (65 
404%. EARLIEST FORCING. (50 days.) A new strain of Detroit Dark Red 
days.) (Fireball.) Earliest of all beets; Beet. The result of several generations of 
suitable for forcing. A turnip-rooted or inbreeding. It is unquestionably the darkest 
red and most uniform type stock of Detroit 
Beet ever offered. Slightly earlier than the 
regular variety. Will run 99 per cent ex- 
tremely dark red without visible zone mark- 
ings. Perfected Detroit is the finest beet for 
the market gardener or for canning. Pkt., 
10c; .0z., 20c; % Ib., 40c; 1b., $1.25, post- 
paid. 
Retains 
TREAT SEEDS AND BULBS WITH 
SEMESAN 
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DISEASE CONTROL—BETTER STANDS—STURDIER PLANTS WITH SEMESAN 
Don’t trust to luck for success with vegetables, flowers and bulbs. Do what you can to control 
conditions. Treat your seeds, corms, bulbs, and seedlings with Semesan. Used ag a dust or in solution 
with water, Semesan reduces seed rotting and damping-off, is highly effective against many seed-borne 
diseases, even prevents contamination of the soil by certain seed-borne diseases. 
15 to 80 pounds of seed at a cost of 4c to 1e a pound of seed. Prices: % oz. pkt., 10c; 2 oz. size, 35c; 
5-lb. size, $10.00, postpaid. Prices subject to change. War supplies are made from 
One ounce treats 
