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You will find our Detroit 
Dark Red Beets are very 
smooth and uniform in shape 
and size. The flesh will be 
dark rich red in color, with- 
out light rings and will be 
unusually well flavored and 
tender 

Vick’s Vegetable Seeds 
Are Tested for Germination by a Famous Agricultural Experiment Station 
and the Results of This Test Appear on Every Package of Vegetable Seeds 
We Send Out. You Get the Same High Quality Seed in These Garden-Size 
Packages as We Furnish to the Commercial Vegetable Grower and Florist, 
Whose Living Depends on the Quality of Seed He Sows. 

fe A Star Before the Name of the Variety Means It Is Best for Quick Freezing 
and Locker Storage. 
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ASPARAGUS 
A leaflet on “The Planting and Care of 
Asparagus” sent with every order. 
One ounce of seed will produce 800 
plants; 5 Ibs. will sow an acre. 
The popularity of Asparagus in the home 
garden is growing rapidly, as people learn how 
easily it may be raised, and. how much better 
the flavor is when cooked immediately after 
cutting. Asparagus begins to lose flavor 20 
minutes after being taken from the’ ground. A 
small bed 12 feet wide and 25 feet long will 
hold 100 plants and yield sufficient Asparagus 
for the family of ordinary size. Soak the seed 
in warm water for twenty-four hours, then sow 
an inch deep in rows a foot apart. The follow- 
ing spring set the best of the plants in the 
permanent bed. 
THE BEST IN 
* Mary Washington. A rust-proof Asparagus 
that is very fast growing, exceedingly tender, 
of excellent flavor, and that produces heavy 
stalks 1 to 2 inches in diameter. 
Two-Year-Old Freshly Dug Asparagus Roots: 
For quickest returns plant these large roots. 
They will give you some Asparagus this season 
and a very good crop next year. and for many 
years to come. 25 for $1.15; 50 for $1.90; 
100 for $3.25; 250 for $7.25, postpaid to you. 
Seed: Seed sown this spring will give you some © 
Asparagus in three years. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 60c 
Asparagus fresh from the garden has a much 
different flavor. Ask the neighbor who has an 
Asparagus bed in his garden. Once planted it 
produces for fifteen years. 
TABLE BEETS 
One package of seeds planted 2 inches apart, will make a row about 15 feet long; 
one ounce will make a row 150 feet long. : 
The best results are obtained on a deep, rich, sandy loam. Sow seed 1 inch deep, in drills 
16 inches apart, as early as possible. If wanted very early, sow in hotbeds and transplant to 
open ground. Thin to stand 3 to 4 inches apart. Cultivate cleanly and thoroughly. For succession, 
sow at intervals until middle of July. 
If you like greens, especially ‘Beet Greens,’ sow the seed in a broad row 4 to 6 inches wide 
and when the tops ere 3 to 5 inches tall, thin out and use the tops and roots as greens. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN 
This is the best kind to grow when you want to 
use Beets when very small, say up to 2 inches 
in diameter. 
Our special strain of this popular variety is 
better in many respects than the old one. It is 
globular, perfectly smooth, with short top, 
small tap root, and both skin and flesh dark 
in color. Much earlier than all other dark- 
fleshed varieties. That it is the very best early 
Beet for home or market gardens is amply 
_ proved by the many favorable comments that 
come to us. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; Y4 Ib. 65c; Ib. $1.85 

WE APPRECIATE, VERY MUCH, THE 
THOUGHTFULNESS OF PEOPLE WHO 
TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE TO US 
“My husband and I had our first vege- 
table garden last year and were very proud 
of it, for it was equal to any in the neigh- 
borhood. We know that our success was 
due, im a large part, to Hart & Vick’s seeds.” 
MRS. GEORGE WRIGHT 
Saginaw, Mich. 





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HART & VICK’S SHORT TOP STRAIN OF 
DETROIT DARK RED 
For canning either whole, sliced or cubed when 
the bulbs are over 2 inches in diameter this 
strain of Detroit is by far the best. : 
The most popular table and canning Beet 
grown. As a second-early variety, we recom- 
mend it for the home and market garden. Our 
special strain is more uniform in shape and 
color than the old Detroit Dark Red. The tops 
and tap roots are small and the leaves dark 
green, shaded red. Beets are round, smooth, 
and very dark red in skin and flesh. In tender- 
ness and sweetness they are unsurpassed. 
Pkg: 10c; 0z.25¢c70 25 lb. i0cs Ibasinos 

EARLY WONDER — 
We offer a Special Tall-Topped Strain of this 
splendid early Beet that is a great favorite with 
people who like ‘‘Beet Greens.’’ Very early and 
extremely attractive, round, bright red Beets 
with clean looking, clear green foliage that 
does not turn color even in late fall. While the 
small, young Beets are round in form, at ma- 
turity they become slightly flattened. They are 
very smooth and the skin deep red. The inside 
bright red with practically no light circle. Our 
Early Wonder Beet is probably the best kind 
when you want to make a late summer sowing 
to keep your rows filled and your garden work- 
ing all season. . : 
Pkg. 10c;\0z. 20c* 1% Ib. S5cIb. Sines 
PERFECTED DETROIT 
This is a splendid Beet to grow in the fall, 
canning. The bulb is nearly round 
grained, never woody, solid red, per- 
in quality. The toons are abundant 
and tall growing. This Beet is par- 
ticularly popular with the commer. 
cial canner. Se 
Pkg: 10c; oz 256mm 
Y4 Ib. 65c; Ib. $1.85 
either for immediate use or for — 
and very smooth. The flesh fine 
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haps not quite as uniformly so as 
our Short Top Strain of Detroit. Has — 
seldom any light rings and is high — 
