SEED GROWERS 

BEET — FOR THE TABLE — Continued 
EGYPTIAN, EARLY FLAT 7 48 
Large, upright, dark red leaves with green tint. Roots a very deep, dark 
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red, flat, thick, sometimes inclined to be rough and irregularly shaped. -. 
Usually clean and free of fiber roots. A small tap root. Cut flesh shows a 
very. deep dark color with very faint zoning of slightly lighter red. 
GOOD FOR ALL 55 
An excellent variety developed from Detroit Dark Red. Especially fine for 
canning and pickling whole at 114 to 1% inches in diameter. Roots 
smooth, even in size and shape and almost globular; collar and tap roots 
very small; interior deep crimson, free from white zones. 
GREEN TOP BUNCHING 52 
Foliage clean, grayish green that does not turn red or brown in fall. Roots 
round, smooth, and glossy, slightly flattened when mature; flesh bright 
blood red. Diameter, 2% to 3 inches. oe 
LONG SMOOTH DARK BLOOD 78 
The standard long, late sort. Roots 8 to 10 inches long, very dark, blood- 
red flesh; quality fine. 
LUTZ GREEN LEAF fis 
A medium late variety for home use. Tops small, glossy green, with pink 
mid-rib. Roots half long, top-shaped; dark, purplish red. Flesh deep blood 
red with indistinct zones. Good quality and an excellent keeper. 
PERFECTED DETROIT 55 
A mid-season variety. Tops tall, green and red: Roots globular, medium 
smooth, deep red; flesh dark red with somewhat lighter zones; of good 
quality. Adapted to the uses of market gardeners and canners. 
SWISS CHARD, LUCULLUS a8) 
An improved type of Chard. Of more upright growth than the Silver 
variety; leaves yellowish green, much crumpled and curled, mid-rib and 
veins white, stalks thick, broad:and flat and.as large as rhubarb. 
SWISS CHARD, SILVER 55 
Light green, blunt spear head leaf on a short stem, slightly lighter stem 
and vein. Makes a thick, heavy growth for cut-and come-again greens. 
Grows 18 to 20 inches tall. Leaves usually quite smooth; sometimes 
slightly savoyed. 
SWISS CHARD, FORDHOOK GIANT OR 
DARK GREEN WHITE RIB 55 
Very broad, thick, heavy, short white stem and a large, broad, thick, very 
much crumpled and savoyed spear shaped leaf, growing to 26 and 28 inches 
tall. Leaves very glossy and waxy looking; upright growth. Best of 
all the chards; leaves make the most tender of greens and the broad white 
stems used as asparagus are excellent. 
BEET—SUGAR 
In growing, the sugar beet is treated like the mangel except that only 
six or eight inches of space is given each beet in the row. 
KLEIN WANZLEBEN — For Sugar y 90 
The variety most used for sugar manufacture on account of :high sugar 
content; is also good for stock feeding. Roots long with thick shoulder, 
tapered; skin grey-white, flesh solid white. 
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