6 GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
All prices quoted herein are subject to available stocks on hand 
and subject to change without notice. 

BEETS—Continued 
’ : 58 days. Where an early market sort is 
Crosby S Egyptian desired, our strain is unequalled. Roots 
a flattened globe shape, skin very dark red, flesh a trifle 
lighter, tops small. Oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
E li 65 days. An early variety with small tops and me- 
CIIPS€ dium sized, round, clear red roots; flesh bright red. 
Oz., 20c; %4 lb., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
: 60 days. The old standard 
Early Blood Turnip, Improved table Beet. Roots nearly round 
or slightly flattened, bright red, zoned and of good quality. 
Not so early as Detroit, but with a larger, coarser top. 
Oz., 20c; 14 |b., 50c; 1 ce Pee eae: ; 
: 60 days. Early, extremely attractive 
Green Top Bunching bunching beet. Tops medium sized 
and erect. Foliage clean, grayish green that does not turn 
red or brown in the fall. Roots round, smooth and glossy, 
flesh bright blood-red. Mostly grown for beet greens. Oz., 
20c; %4 Ib., 50c; 1 1b., $1.50, postpaid. 
Mangel or Stock Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to fifty feet of 
drill, five pounds per acre. Sow early in the spring, in rows 
about two feet apart; cover seed one and one-half inches deep, 
pressing the ground firmly over the seed. When plants are 
three inches high thin to about eight inches apart in the 

Italian Green Sprouting Broccoli 
Broccoli 
A frequent application of Nitrate of Soda can be of 
great value to promote the life of this crop. 
row. The plants pulled may be used for greens. 
120-150 days. A favorite with the i M 75 days. This variety pro- 
Mammoth Long Red dairyman hate farmer. Large, Italian Green Sprouting duces a large head, like cau- 
liflower, consisting of a compact cluster of bluish 
green flowers. When the central head is removed, the 
plant produces many branches, each bearing small 
heads. These are cut with 3 or 4 inches of the branch 
attached and tied in bunches for market. The stems 
as well as the flower heads are cooked and served as 
Cauliflower. Oz., 25c; %4 Ib., 75c; 1 Ib., $2.50, post- 
well-formed; dark red color, very nutritious; a big 
cropper. Oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
120-150 days. Very productive and 
Golden Tankard sweet; tops and neck very small; 
flesh yellow; especially relished by cows and sheep. 
Oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, . postpaid. 
paid. 
Sugar Beets 
Sugar Beets and Mangels are of great value for 
stock feeding, because of the improved health and 
condition of the animals, increased flow and quality 
of milk, and because of the saving in fodder. The 
yield is enormous, and the cost of growing is trifling. 
Grow a patch of them for winter feed. They are 
also excellent for pone x pas . 
. fF - ays. most valuable, 
Giant Feeding Sugar large yielding variety for feed- 
ing; half sugar, oval-shaped, skin rose colored, flesh 
Cabbage 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce will produce about 
2,000 plants; 10,590 plants will plant an acre of early Cab- 
bage; and 7,260 plants for an acre of late. Three ounces of 
seed will plant an acre of early and five ounces an acre of 
late Cabbage. For early Cabbage, sow seed in hotbeds in Janu- 
ary or February. Transplant as early as possible to the open 
ground about two feet apart each way. For late Cabbage, 
sow seed in the open ground in May and transplant about 
July first in rows 2% feet each way. 
In fertilizing, we recommend hen manure at the rate of 
one handful to three feet in the furrow. Care must be used 
so that the roots do not come in direct contact with the 
manure. 
Early Varieties 
64 days. Heads round, very hard. Matures 
* Golden Acre two or three weeks earlier than Copenhagen 
Market, but is otherwise quite similar. Owing to earliness 
and remarkable uniformity, Golden Acre will prove the most 
profitable early Cabbage for market gardeners. Oz., 40c; 
% Ib., $1.25; 1 Ib., $4.50, postpaid. : 
g2 days. Market gardeners in gen- 
Early Jersey Wakefield eral consider this the best early va- 
riety. The conical heads are very uniform in shape and very 
solid. Our stock is dwarf, compact and extremely early. 
Oz., 40c; 14 Ib., $1.25; 1 Ib., $4.50, postpaid. 
65 days. Nearly as early as 
Improved Copenhagen Market tie jersey Wakefeld, Steins 
short, heads large, round and solid, with few outer leaves. 
Oz., 40c; 14 Ib., $1.25; 1 Ib., $4.50, postpaid. 
Green Acre 66 days. A comparatively new strain with the 
‘ general characteristics of Golden Acre, but 
holds its green color longer and is thus of added value to 
market gardeners and shippers. Oz., 50c; 14 Ib., $1.75; 1 Ib., 
$6.00, postpaid. 
’ 71 days. Splendid for home and mar- 
Ferry’s Round Dutch ket garden. Plants small and com- 
pact; stem short. Heads almost ball-shaped; commonly 7 to 
8 inches in diameter, 6 inches deep, and weigh 4% to 5 lbs.; 
firm and of high quality. Oz., 40c; 14 Ib., $1.25; 1 Ib., $4.50, 
postpaid. 
white, very nutritious and easily harvested. Oz., 20e; 
Y% Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 



* This variety recommended by the Michigan State College 
