BEETS ARE EASILY 
GROWN 
Plant 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill. 
Ten pounds will sow an acre in 
18-inch rows. 
One of the profitable crops for 
the market grower. If desirable 
to be very early they may be 
grown in the hotbed and trans- 
planted. Plant as early in the 
spring as the weather will per- 
mit. Beets will stand light 
frosts. The rows should be 16 
to 20.inches apart and the seed 
planted from 1 to 1% inches 
deep. Thin to 2 to 38 inches 
apart. Plant some thickly for 
greens. 

Table Varieties 

Beets 
Crosby's Egyptian 
55 days. A splendid home and 
market garden sort. Tops me- 
dium in size, roots flat-globe 
shaped with small tap root; 
very dark purplish red. Flesh 
is deep purplish red zoned 
with a lighter shade; crisp 
and tender. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 20c) ('% Ib., 
55c) (lb., $1.80) (5 Ibs., $7.75) 
prepaid Beet Green Top Bunching 
Early Wonder or Boston Crosby °° days. Valuable 
shippers as a first early variety; much used for fall plantings. Tops 
medium small, erect, roots semi-globular, blood red, with small tap 
roots. The flesh is a beautiful red, slightly zoned with a lighter 
shade; tender and of good quality. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 20c) (14 lb., 55c) (ib., $1.80) (5 lbs., $7.75) prepaid 
*# 55 days. A refined very uniform Detroit 
Perfected Detroit Dark Red; so good that it won an award 
of merit as being one of the “All America” introductions. Recom- 
mended as best strain of Detroit for truckers and produce shippers. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 20c) (4 Ib., 55c) (lb., $1.85) (5 lbs., $8.25) prepaid 
7 52 days. An early extremely attrac- 
Green Top Bunching tive new bunching beet. Tops medi- 
um sized and erect, foliage grayish-green and does not turn red 
or brown late in the season. Roots round, smooth, and _ glossy. 
Flesh finest grained and less fibrous than most bunching beets. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 20c) (%4 Ib., 70c) (ib., $2.10) (5 Ibs., $9.25) prepaid 
j 58 days. An outstanding variety for can- 
Detroit Dark Red ning. ain. stock is very uniform as to size 
of tops, also shape and size of roots. Top small, slender, erect; 
roots globe shape, symmetrical with small collar and small tap 
roots; interior very uniform in color with zones barely discern- 
ible, flesh seemingly being a solid ball of blood red meat; remains 
tender and of highest quality until full grown. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 20c) (14 Ib., 55c) (ib., $1.85) (5 Ibs., $8.25) prepaid 
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