Olds’ Garden Beets 
DE 
DARKRED 

* 48 DETROIT DARK RED. (68 days.) Select 
Strain. The leading main crop variety for the home 
and market gardener. Globe shaped, sweet, tender, fine 
grained and free from woodiness. Dark crimson in 
color. Quality of the best. Leaves dark green, shaded 
to red. Probably the most widely grown beet for com- 
Pkt: 
mercial ‘canning. Our largest seller. 
30c; %4 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.25, postpaid. 
10c>" 0Z., 

IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD 
416 LOEDS, 
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., 10c; 0z., 25c; 
\%, lb., 65c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
sBYS. 
CRGyPTIAN | 
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., 10c; 0z., 25c; 1% lb., 65c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
*% 51. 
TREAT SEEDS AND BULBS WITH 
SEMESAN 
DISEASE CONTROL—BETTER STANDS—STURDIER PLANTS WITH SEMESAN 
For success with flowers and vegetables, give them a healthy start! 
Applied dry or in solution with water, 
against many seed-borne 
15 to 60 pounds of seed. 
1-Ib. 
and seedlings with Semesan. z 
rotting and damping-off, is highly effective 
borne soil contamination. One ounce treats 
of seed. Prices: 1/3-0z. pkt., 10c; 2-0z. 
Prices subject to change. 
size, 40c; 

_ 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 marked »% are rec- 
ommended for freezing. 
Plant the seed about %4 
and in rows one foot apart. Thin the 
plants to 3 inches. Hach packet con- 
tains enough seed to sow 15 feet; one 
ounce, 60 feet; five pounds an acre, 
drilled. 
MANGELS, SUGAR BEETS AND 
ee ROOT CROPS—SEE PAGE 
inch deep 
45. 
early 
and 
smooth 

Perfected Detroit. paid, 
42. PERFECTED DETROIT. (65 days.) 
A new strain of Detroit Dark Red Beet. The 
result of several generations of inbreeding. It 
is unquestionably the darkest red and most uni- 
form type stock of Detroit Beet ever offered. 
Slightly earlier than the regular variety. Will 
run 99 per cent extremely dark red without 
visible zone markings. Perfected Detroit is the 
finest beet for the market gardener or for can- 
ning. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; ¥% lb., 75c; Ib., $2.25, 
postpaid. 
FOR 
ICTORY 
52. CRIMSON 
GLOBE. (70 days.) 
A fine second early or 
Mmain-crop table or mar- 
ket variety. Globe shap- 
ed, medium in size and 
slightly zoned. A rich 
blood red in color, sweet, 

tender and never strin- 
gy. Foliage small and 
dark. PEt LOC sas02Z., 
O5c.) i445 lbs GOCsaMLDss 
Early Wonder. 
EARLY WONDER. 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian. Very uniform, 
$2.00, postpaid. 
(56 days.) A 
43. 
red, globe shaped, small top. . Especially 
for late planting although in the extra 
early class. Early, hardy, productive and hand- 
some, Pkt, 10c; oz, 25¢; % Ib., 65c; Ib., 
$2.00, postpaid. 
dark 
good 
Treat seeds, corms, bulbs 
Semesan generally reduces seed 
diseases, helps to prevent seed- 
Costs only %4e to 2e per pound 
5-lb. size, $11.40, postpaid. 
size, $2.50; 
St 

beet 
Especially fine for pickling and canning whole 
as they grow 
one-half 
, even 
lar in shape. 
white zoning, 
Ib., $2. 

From Hand 
Selected Roots 

Good For All Beets. 
GOOD FOR ALL. (52 days.) 
developed from Detroit Dark 
A new 
Red. 
about one and one-fourth to one 
inches in diameter. Roots are 
in size, and very uniformly globu- 
Interior deep crimson and free of 
Pkt LO0cs (0z.,020Cs ya lbs,. 65¢; 
00, postpaid. 
BEETS IN SUCCESSION 
Do not depend on one planting for a sup- 
ply 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. 
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. 
PEt., 10c;"0z., 25cs 4% Ib. 65ce% Ib:,7 $2.00; post- 

40%. EARLIEST FORCING. (50 
days.) (Fireball.) Earliest of all beets; 
suitable for forcing. A turnip-rooted or 
globe shaped variety and red ag a radish, 
It has a smooth skin and is solid and 
very sweet in flavor. The leaf stalks 
and taproots are quite small, making it 
valuable for sowing in frames. Retains 
its fresh table qualities remarkably well. 
PEt. (0c: 902, SbCvE U4 ew lbamaoDc: lb., 
$2.50, postpaid. 

