
Crimson Globe—65 Days. Deep globular in shape 
with little crown and a clean cut, small tap 
root. Skin and flesh of a dark color with zones. 
Crosby’s 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—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. 
Extensively used by canners because of its good 
dark red color. The most popular table variety 
today. 
Early Blood Turnip—55 Days. Top-shaped, early 
in maturity 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. 
Early Wonder—55 Days. This is one of the earli- 
est 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 dis- 
tinct 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 wide orange midrib. 
An excellent beet for the family garden. 
Extra Early Egyptian—48 Days. The roots of 
this Beet develop quicker than any other Table 
Beet. Bulbs half globular or fiat. Roots smooth, 
dark red. Small tops. Flesh of a purplish red. 
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. 
Flesh deep red, with indistinct zoning, of ex- 
cellent 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. 
Lutz’s Green Leaf (New Century) —70 Days. 
Tops small, glossy green with pink mid-ribs; 
roots dark purplish red, half long top shape; 
flesh blood red with indistinct zone. Is a late 
variety for home use. 














Mangel Beet—Golden Tankard 
QUALITY SEEDS FOR 160 YEARS 

Beets—Detroit Dark Red 
Cultural directions are the same as 
Mangel Wurzel. 
Klein Wanzleben—90 Days. Beet sugar manu- 
facturers have united in recommending this as 
possessing the highest sugar producing quali- 
“Mangel Wurgel 
Cattle Beet 
Plant cattle beets 6 lbs. per acre in drills 1 oz. per 
100 ft. Thin later to 9” apart. Rows should be 
24”-36" apart. Broadcast 15-.20 lbs. per acre. 
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. 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. 
Sludstrup—105 Days. Long, oval, orange skin, 
white flesh with yellow zones. Roots grow half 
above ground. Easily harvested. 


