EARLY BLOOD 
TURNIP BEET 

DETROIT DARK RED 

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“vanes E3E, Ey FAMILY use 
TABLE BEETS 
Packet, 5 Cents ..1 Ounce, 20 Cents .. 14 Pound, 75 Cents. 
(Prices Postpaid) 
_ . Garden Beets—Beets are sown where crop is 
Planting Instructions to grow, in open ground, as soon as spring 
frosts are over, 1 inch deep in drills 12 to 15 inches apart, for convenience 
in hoeing; and young plants are thinned out, with a greater or less space 
between them, usually about 4 inches, according to size of variety grown. 
The thinnings from crop make excellent greens. They thrive in well en- 
riched soil, with plenty of sunshine. 
Days to 
Maturity 
BARTELDES’ EARLY BLOOD TURNIP........... 55 
Carefully selected strain used by truckers, produce shippers and 
canners. Very early, fine quality, sweet and tender. Roots globu- 
lar with small tap root, flesh dark red with indistinct lighter red 
zones. é 
EARLY; BLOOD: TURNIP ee 2s eek... tek ous, bs. OS 
The old popular standard variety. Good for home and market 
garden and for canning. Excellent for winter storage. Roots 
nearly round, of medium size, dark red. Interior bright red with 
zones of lighter shades. 
EXTRA EARLY EGY PIIAN ee. ee se ee este 00 
Beet is small, but is exceptionally early and this entitles it to a 
place in every garden. Dark red in color, flesh zoned a lighter 
shade or a shade of pinkish white. 
DETROIT: DARKGRED SS 3 3a. es ee ee 
It has a round, somewhat ovoid root, very smooth, and a fine, 
deep pa ey color. The flesh is bright red, tender and good 
in quality. 
CROSBY’S EARLY EGYPTIAN .................. 50 
Exceedingly early. Roots rounded and flattened, especially under- 
nes ti, Skin very smooth, violet or slaty red; flesh dark blood 
color. 
EARLY! WONDER ee a. ne Cet tee 
One of the earliest Beets. Tops medium small, erect with small 
collar or crown. Roots blood red, flattened globe with small tap 
root. Flesh purplish red zoned lighter shades. 
LONGSBLOOD RED »:...4eesgon eae es ee 
Long rooted late variety valued by many for winter use. Old 
standard variety for table and cattle. Yields very heavy and is 
the best drought resister of all. Grows entirely under ground. 
Flesh is of deep purplish red. 
SWISS *CHARD BEET vet. epee tl Uae 
Only the tops of this beet are used, like spinach. Stalks and mid- 
ribs may be prepared like asparagus. 
SUGAR BEETS and MANGELS 
1 Ounce, 18 Cents ... 14 Pound, 60 Cents. 
(Prices Postpaid) 
= : Stock and Sugar Beets—Soil should be 
P lanting Instructions plowed deeply and well pulverized. Rows 
should be two and a half to three feet apart and seed sown four to five 
pounds to the acre. When plants are four inches high thin to about 12 to 
15 inches apart in the row. . 
Every farmer who has any stock whatever should plant at least a small 
acreage of Mangels. They grow on almost any kind of soil, but a rich, 
moist one is preferred. 
WHITE KLEIN WANSLEBEN SUGAR............ 90 
Contains 15 to 16 per cent sugar and yields, under an average 
condition, 16 tons to the acre. They can be grown as close as 
5 inches apart and 2 feet between the rows. Mammoth jielder, 
grown for sugar and is also used as a winter feed for cows . 
GOLDEN TANKARD MANGEL.................. 100 
A yellow beet, and very profitable for stock feeding. Tops are 
small. Roots very large, oval, but with bottom usually of larger 
diameter than top. Flesh is yellow zoned with white. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED MANGEL................ 105 
Roots attain an enormous size, are smooth, uniformly straight 
and thicker than the common varieties. Flesh is rose and white. 
Fine for feeding. 
GIANT HALF SUGAR MANGEL................. 90 
The large size Mangel combined with the great feeding value of 
the Sugar Beet. Roots are gray white below the ground with 
white flesh, and of bronze shade above. 
