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EARLY BLOOD 
TURNIP BEET 

DETROIT DARK RED 

A VARIETIES B E E ie os FAMILY USE 
TABLE BEETS 
Packet, 5 Cents .. 1 Ounce, 20 Cents .. % Pound, 60 Cents. 
Prices Postpaid. 
: : Garden Beets—Beets are sown where crop is 
P lanting Instructions to grow, in open ground, as soon as spring 
frosts are over, 1 inch deep in drills 12 to 15 inches apart, for convenience 
in hoeing; and young plants are thinned out, with a greater or less space 
between them, usually about 4 inches, according to size of variety grown. 
The thinnings from crop make excellent greens. They thrive in well en- 
riched soil, with plenty of sunshine. 
Days to 
Maturity 
BARTELDES’ EARLY BLOOD TURNIP........... 55 
Carefully selected strain used by truckers, produce shippers and 
canners. Very early, fine quality, sweet and tender. Roots globu- 
lar with small tap root, flesh dark red with indistinct lighter red 
zones, 
EARL Y“BLOOD‘TURNIR ier oe. Soe Gs se oS 
The old popular standard variety. Good for home and market 
garden and for canning. Excellent for winter storage. Roots 
nearly round, of medium size, dark red. Interior bright red with 
zones of lighter shades. 
EXTRA EARLY°EGYPTIAN e302 ois ee OU 
Beet is small, but is exceptionally early and this entitles it to a 
place in every garden. Dark red in color, flesh zoned a lighter 
shade or a shade of pinkish white. 
DETROTE DARKCRED Becta cucmas 1-0 tens alee eee OO 
It has a round, somewhat ovoid root, very smooth, and a fine, 
deep vlog act color. The flesh is bright red, tender and good 
in quality. 
CROSBY’S EARLY EGYPTIAN................... 50 
EXxceedingly early. Roots rounded and flattened, especially under- 
neath: Skin very smooth, violet or slaty red, flesh dark blood 
color. 
EARDY WONDER Geer) ae yenidaioes es ao ae eee 50 
One of the earliest Beets. Tops medium small, erect with small 
collar or crown. Roots blood red, flattened globe with small tap 
root. Flesh purplish red zoned lighter shades. F 
LONG; BLOOD FRED Gee Has elas oem es on teat cite a LO 
Long rooted late variety valued by many for winter use. Old 
standard variety for table and cattle. Yields very heavy and is 
the best drought resister of all. Grows entirely under ground. 
Flesh is of deep purplish red. 
SWISS :CHARD: BEE DG tas 4.4 sanee 2 oes as 2 1-ne U-DO 
Only the tops of this beet are used, like spinach. Stalks and mid- 
ribs may be prepared like asparagus. 
SUGAR BEETS and MANGELS 
1 Ounce, 15 Cents... %4 Pound, 45 Cents. 
Prices Postpaid. 
5 . Stock and Sugar Beets—Soil should be 
P lanting Instructions plowed deeply and well pulverized. Rows 
should be two and a_half to three feet apart and seed sown four to five 
pounds to the acre. When plants are four inches high thin to about 12 to 
15 inches apart in the row. 
Every farmer who has any stock whatever should plant at least a small 
acreage of Mangels. They grow on almost any kind of soil, but a rich, 
moist one is preferred. 
WHITE KLEIN WANSLEBEN SUGAR............ 90 
Contains 15 to 16 per cent sugar and yields, under an average 
condition, 16 tons to the acre. They can be grown as close as 
5 inches apart and 2 feet between the rows. Mammoth jielder, 
grown for sugar and is also used as a winter feed for cows . 
MAMMOTH LONG RED MANGEL................ 105 
Roots attain an enormous size, are smooth, uniformly straight 
and thicker than the common varieties. Flesh is rose and white. 
Fine for feeding. 
GIANT HALF SUGAR MANGEL................. 90 
The large size Mangel combined with the great feeding value of 
the Sugar Beet. Roots are gray white below the ground with 
white flesh, and of bronze shade above. 
