6 L. P. GUNSON & CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
BEETS — (Continued) 
Crosby’s Egyptian - 
An extra early variety for home and market garden use. Tops medium size, 
collar small. Roots flattened globe in shape with small tap root. Flesh deep 
purplish red zoned with a lighter shade, crisp and tender. 50 to 55 days. 
DETROIT DARK RED—Short Top (See Photo Page 5) 
The standard of excellence in table beets for home use, truckers, produce ship- 
pers and canners. Tops small and erect. Roots globe shaped, smooth and 
uniform with small tap root. Flesh dark red with zones so inconspicuous as 
to be hardly distinguishable; remains tender and sweet and of highest quality 
until the roots are full grown. This is an ideal bunching beet because of the 
small top, even size, color and shape. 52 to 55 days. 
EARLY WONDER 
Valuable for home and market gardeners as a first early variety. Tops small. 
Roots flattened globe shape with small collar and tap root. We consider this 
dark red beet without doubt the finest early beet. 50 to 55 days. 
GREEN TOP BUNCHING 
Early, extremely attractive, flesh finer and less fiber than most bunching 
beets. Erect, medium sized tops, foliage attractive green that does not turn 
red or brown in fall. Roots round, smooth, slightly flattened when mature, 
flesh bright blood red. 56 to 58 days. 
NEW YORK CANNER 
A selection of Detroit Dark Red used extensively by canners. Roots are globe 
shape with small tap root, interior color blood red, excellent quality. The tops 
are dark green, tinged with red, and one-third taller than our Detroit Dark 
Red. Gives a large tonnage per acre and will stand tender and in good condi- 
tion over a long period. 56 to 58 days. ; 
TALL TOP EARLY WONDER 
Similar to the old strains but produces larger tops and for this reason is much 
preferred as a bunching beet. 58 to 60 days. 
BEETS, MANGEL WURZEL 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of row; four to five pounds will sow an acre. 
The roots give an enormous yield of valuable stock feed. Sow seed early in the 
spring 1 inch apart in rows 2)4 feet apart, covering 114 inches deep. Cultivate 
frequently. When the plants are 3 inches high, thin to about 10 inches apart. 
Giant Feeding Sugar (or Half Sugar Mangel) 
Intermediate in size between the large mangels and the sugar beets. The roots 
are white with bronze green tops, oval in shape and grow to a large size, half 
out of the ground. The roots contain a higher percentage of sugar and are 
therefore more valuable for feeding than the larger and coarser mangels. 
Mammoth Long Red 
The best cropper of all the mangels yielding from 30 to 50 tons to the acre. 
Has produced the largest yields at the field trials held at Cornell University. 
Roots are extremely large, quite long and grow well out of the ground. The 
quality of the roots for feeding value is high. Color light red, flesh white 
with rose tinge. et 
