MARKET GARDENERS AND FLORISTS PRICE LIST — 1945 5) 
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BEETS 
14 1b. of seed will sow about 250 ft. of row. Sow 10 lbs. of seed to the acre 
for rows 14 in. apart; 6 to 8 lbs. ber acre for rows 18 in. apart. 
| 212 Harris’ Special Crosby’s Egyptian. 
Harris’ Crosby is without question the best early bunching beet obtainable. It is very early, 
makes a good top and handsome dark red beets with small tap roots. Their smoothness and uniform 
aap make them invariably the finest looking beets in the market, and they naturally command 
Op prices. 
We are proud of our stock of this grand beet, for it is backed by over thirty years of careful 
breeding here on our own farms. As we have said many times, “Every one a model for shape and 
color.’’ See prices below. 


“I planted 21% Ibs. of your Crosby's 
Egyptian (Harris Special Strain) Beet seed 
in a fifth of an acre plot. The beets never did 
get thinned but I started bunching in 48 days 
and harvested over 200 boxes of bunch beets.” 
Arthur A. Fuller, 3 Parker St., 
Dec. 31, 1943. Newburyport, Mass. 
215 Detroit Dark Red 
Harris’ Special Strain 
Famous for Fine Color 
This is the best beet for late summer 
and fall trade. It is not only of excellent 
globe shape but has a superb deep red 
color that is without equal. Harris’ Special 
Detroit Dark Red is a vigorous large topped 
strain which is particularly fine for fall 
bunching, and is also perfectly suited for 
canners. We know canners who insist on 
Detroit beets grown from our seed in 
preference to all others. 
We have grown and selected this 
strain for many years on our farms and now 
we can confidently state that no better 
strain of Detroit beet can be obtained. It 
will produce heavier yields of smooth, 
round, dark red beets than any other. 
Our seed crops this year have been 
excellent and we offer our customers fine 
seed of high germination. See prices below. 
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PLOmBeeterorsreenis. Green | Op) 8h) scr ag ds oie we ot es $ .55) $1.75 $16.50 $155.00 

Harris’ Special Detroit Dark Red 
This beet has no equal for late market and canning. 
A distinct, rapid growing variety, selected to produce fine tops quickly. 
212 CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. Harris’ Special Strain. See above... .65 2.00 19.00 175.00 
215 DETROIT DARK RED. Harris’ Special Strain. See above.. .65 2.00 19.00 175.00 
216 DETROIT DARK RED. Short Top Strain............... 65 2.005 19.0057 3175.00 
Very uniform, globe shaped roots, with deep blood red color. Tops about 
3 inches shorter than our Special Strain. 
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A good old variety. Large, somewhat flattened beets. Very early. 
219 EARLY WONDER. A Superior Strain for Bunching....... (O65ee: 2,00 = 6L9:00. eat 7 5.00 
Quite similar to our special strain of Crosby’s Egyptian. Early and of 
good deep red color. Our strain of this variety is exceptionally fine. 
222 LONG SEASON. Also called ‘‘Winter Keeper”’........... 90 3.00 28.50 
A very late variety of extra fine quality. Description in Retail Catalog. 
224 LONG SMOOTH BLOOD RED. (True Strain).......... fd egy A EA BAS Y 
8 to 10 inches long and very dark red. Grows half out of the ground. 
MANGELS—For Stock 
Six to eight pounds of seed will sow an acre. Ylb. 1lb. 10]b. 
546 DANISH YELLOW GIANT. The Heaviest Yielder................ $ .45 $1.30 $12.00 
550 MAMMOTH LONG RED. The Most Popular Variety............. 45 1.30 12.00 
SWISS CHARD or Spinach Beet—see page 27 
