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LIMA BEANS (Continued) 
Sieva (77 days)—The small lima of the climbers, known in the South as Carolina 
Small White or Butter Bean. Heavy yielder and bears over a long season. 
Jackson Wonder (65 days)—A baby lima of the pinto or calico type. Strongly flavor- 
ed beans are used for snaps or dry shelled. Plants are small and spreading, produc- 
tive and drought resistant. Of the Henderson Bush type. 
Florida Butter Speckled (88 days)—A climber, commonly grown in the South. Adapts 
itself to adverse seasonal conditions very readily. Used either in the green shelled 
or dry bean stage. 
BEETS 
Plant early, will stand light frost. Plant through the season for succession and into 
the fall for late beets. 
Detroit Dark Red (50-60 days)—Good for early or late planting in the home or 
market garden. Good shipper or canner. Dark color, does not show zones. Globe 
shaped with small collar and tap root. Uniform and smooth. 
Early Blood Turnip (50-55 days)—-An old standard variety, well adapted to the Pecos 
Valley. Slightly flattened roots, flesh purplish-red with zones of lighter shade. Tops 
medium small, but fairly coarse. 
Crosby Egyptian (50-55 days)—Roots flattened, globe shaped. Small collar and tap 
root. Flesh dark red and zoned, crisp and tender. 
Eclipse (65 days)—Small top. Roots globular, medium size, bright red with whitish 
zones. 
STOCK BEETS (Mangel Wurzel) 
Very valuable stock feed that can be cheaply produced. Plant six pounds of seed 
per acre in thirty inch rows and thin to eight inches in the row. Twenty pound beets 
and thirty tons per acre are not unusual. 
Mammoth Long Red (110 days)—Our most popular variety because it is one of the 
heaviest yielders and grows about half out of the ground. Roots extremely large, 
long, slightly tapered, light red, flesh white with rose tinge. 
Golden Tankard (102 days)—Nearly cylindrical, growing partly above ground. Skin 
deep orange—yellow, flesh zoned and white. Productive and sweet. 
Giant Half Sugar Rose (90 days)—Roots long, oval and tapered. White flesh which 
is rich in sugar. 
Vilmoren Sugar—Good for table use as well as stock feed. 
SWISS CHARD or SPINACH BEET 
A member of the beet family which is grown for the top only. Green part of leaf 
used like other greens, stems used in salads. 
Fordhook Giant—Leaves are dark green, broad and upright, savoyed with broad 
white midrib. Has recently become the outstanding ae ‘ 
Lucullus—Creamy white curled leaves, grows about two feet tall. 
OUR SEEDS ARE TESTED AND ADAPTED TO THE SOUTHWEST 
