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BEETS and SWISS CHARD 
BEETS 
Beets may be planted the year ‘round in the Bay Area, preferably at intervals 
to keep the supply young and tender. Sow one ounce in about 50 feet of row. 
Cover one inch and firm the soil to the seed. During the thinning, the small 
beets may be cooked with the tops on. These are very good, vitmin-rich greens. 
For climates where the winters are cold, sow the seeds early in Spring as soon 
- as the ground can be worked. Late sowings may be made for winter storage. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. Table or market size beets in 58 days. Roots are flat 
globe-shaped, with a small tap root; color purplish red; tops medium size for 
bunching or greens. A fine beet for home garden or for bunching. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% Ib. $1.00. 
EARLY WONDER, Grows very quickly and produces small beets that may be 
cooked with the tops, during the thinning process. Roots are semi-globular; 
dark purplish red with small tap root. Flesh is blood red with zones of some- 
what lighter shade. Tops are medium. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; ¥% lb..$1.00. 
DETROIT DARK RED. A standard variety for truckers, shippers and canners. 
Tops are medium, dark green tinged with red. Roots globular, smooth, uniform, 
with a small tap root. It is one of the darkest red béets, sweet, tender and 
of fine quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; ¥% lb. $1.00. 
IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP. A selected strain of Early Blood Turnip Beet. 
Flesh is blood red and of excellent quality;. remains in good condition for a 
long time; tops are green, and medium to tall. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% lb. $1.00. 
SUGAR BEET. Valuable for stock feeding. May also be used for sugar manu- 
facturing. Roots 12 to 15 inches long. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% lb. $1.00. 
MANGEL OR STOCK BEET 
For main crop sow soon as the ground can be worked in rows 2 feet apart and 
thin to 8 inches apart in the row. Sow 6 pounds to 1 acre. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. ‘The largest of the mangels and the heaviest cropper. 
The skin is red; flesh white zoned with red. This variety produces in larger 
amount of good feed than any other beet. Pkt. 10c; oz 30c; % lb. 90c. 
SWISS CHARD 
Used for greens; culture the same as for Beets. 
IMPROVED SILVER. Large dark green leaves with white midrib. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y lb. 80c. 
GIANT LUCULLUS. Large crumpled leaves with thick light-colored mid-ribs 
which are delicious when cooked and served like Asparagus, while the leafy 
parts make excellent ‘greens’. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 80c. 
RHUBARB CHARD. This new Swiss Chard first used for ornamental purposes 
at the Golden Gate Exposition on Treasure Island excited the wonder and 
admiration of the hundreds of thousands of Fair visitors. It is not only orna- 
mental, but edible as well, for it has a fine 
flavor when cooked, remains firm and retains 
its color. The leaves and stalks are beautiful 
shades of red with tints of orange and yellow 
to cerise. It thrives in any climate where beets 
will grow. Picteaoc. 

Beet, Crosby’s Egyptian 
ASPARAGUS 
Sow seed early in Spring in drills 2 feet apart and when well 
started thin out to 3 inches apart. When one year old transplant 
into permanent beds. 
PARADISE. Produces more high quality asparagus than any 
other variety and is considered one of the best for freezing. 
Cut the tips every day during cutting season. It is early and 
will produce a good crop one year from planting the roots or 2 
years from seed. Pkt. 15c; oz. 75c; % Ib. $2.25. 
ARTICHOKE 
Sow any time the weather is favorable, prefer- 
ably in March or April. Transplant when 6 
inches high in rows 5 feet apart, and 4 feet 
between the plants. Save offsets from best 
plants for new supply, as artichokes never 
come true from seed and some will be inferior. 
When transplanting seedlings reject those with 
spiniest leaves. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE, 
BROCCOLI 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING. An excellent 
vegetable for home garden or for market. An 
erect plant with central heads or bud clusters 
which are deep green when ready for cut 
ting. This is a very well known vegetable in 
California. We recommend it to our Eastern 
Pkt. 25c. 

friends, Pkt. 15c; Y% oz. 50c; oz. 90c. 

Broccoli 
Brussels Sprouts 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Sow and cultivate same as cabbage and set 
the plants in rows 22 feet apart and 2 feet 
apart in the rows. One ounce will produce 
about 2000 plants and will mature in about 
150 days. Grows 20 inches high and is well 
covered with small sprouts which are very 
solid and excellent in flavor. (Pkt. 15c: ¥%4 oz. 
60c: oz. $2.00. 
COLLARDS 
Sow the seed thickly in rows, in rich ground, 
transplanting when about 4 inches in height: 
or sow where the plants are to remain, and 
when well started thin to 2 or 3 feet apart. 
TRUE GEORGIA. The well known popular 
variety. Grows from 4 to 5 feet high and 
forms a very large loose head. Leaves tinged 
with purple. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Y% lb. 50c; lb. $1.50. 
CHIVES 
A small perennial of the onion family, readily 
propagated from seeds and may easily be 
grown in a window box. Excellent for season- 
ing salads, soups, stew, etc. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 75c; oz. $2.00. 
CHINESE CABBAGE 
Excellent for use as salad 
or cooked for greens. It has 
wide mid-ribs at the base 
merging into crisp, tender 
leaves at the top. Culture 
is the same as for late cab- 
bage. When well grown the 
plants may be blanched 
by tying loosely with bur- 
lap. Set | foot apart in the 
row. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c; 
VY lb. $2.25. 

