ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI 3 

BEETS—Cont’d 
Days from planting to 
marketable roots 
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Roots top shaped, dark red. 
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Upstanding in growth, leaf color yellowish green, stems thick, light 
green in color. ~- 
Mangel Wurzel (Stock Beet) 
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Roots large, nearly cylindrical, skin deep orange. 
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Roots extremely large, slightly tapering. Color light red. 
Sugar Beet 
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Roots long with thick shoulder. Tapered, skin gray-white. 
BROCCOLI 
Days from setting of 
plants to first cutting 
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Tall branching plant. Form central head resembling a loose head 
of cauliflower. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Small shoots like miniature cabbages clustered around a stem are the valuable part of this 
member of the cabbage family. They are grown wherever conditions are favorable for late 
cabbage auc require the same culture. They mature best in the autumn after the weather 
ecomes cool. 
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Plants 24 to 28 inches tall. Stems thickly set with firm cabbage- 
like balls of 114-inch diameter. 
CABBAGE 
One ounce will produce about 2,000 plants; '4 pound seed in beds will produce plants for 
one acre, 
CULTURE: Sow the early kinds in hotbeds in February and March, and in the open ground 
in April and May. The late varieties for fall and winter use sow in May, and transplant from 
the 8th to the 25th of July. Plant the early sorts 20 inches distant in a row and 2 feet between 
the rows; the later sorts 2!/. feet each way. To be well grown, Cabbages require a deep, rich 
loamy soil. Our Cabbage seed is especially grown for us, and we offer it as being of superior 
quality. Varieties marked (*) best for home garden. 
Early Varieties 
Days from 
Diameter Weight setting of 
oO of plants to 
: head, head, marketable 
inches lbs. heads 
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Heart shaped heads. 
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Few outer leaves, short stem, heads round, solid. 
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Plants small with short stem. Heads nearly round. 
5144 to 6 inches deep. Flat. 
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Early Copenhagen type. Small round solid heads. 
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Small, compact, conical heads, 7 inches long. Plant 
small with short stem. 
