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 3 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) (0z., 20c) (% Ib., 
55c) (lb., $1.80) (5 Ibs., $7.75) a a = 
prepaid Beet Green Top Bunching 

Early Wonder or Boston Crosby 2s oa as 
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) (4 lb., 55c) (lb., $1.80) (5 Ibs., $7.75) prepaid 
, 7f 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. 
The Detroit Dark Red listed below is the strain used by canners. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 20c) (% Ib., 55c) (lb., $1.85) (5 lbs., $8.25) prepaid 
. : 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) (0z., 20c) (4 lb., 70c) Clb., $2.10) (5 lbs., $9.25) prepaid 
ol 58 days. An outstanding variety for can- 
Detroit Dark Red ning. ave 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) (0z., 20c) (% Ib., 55c) Clb., $1.85) (5 lbs., $8.25) prepaid 
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