Olds’ Garden Beets 

Good For All Beets. 
CULTURE: 
is a deep sandy loam. For early beets 
plant as early in the spring as the 
ground can be worked, sowing a little 
later for the main crop. Winter beets 
should be planted about the 15th of 
June, Varieties marked »% are rec- 
ommended for freezing. 
Plant the seed about % inch deep 
and in rows one foot apart. Thin the 
plants to 3 inches. Each packet con- 
tains enough seed to sow 15 feet; one 
ounce, 60 feet; five pounds an acre, 
drilled. 
BEETS IN SUCCESSION 
Do not depend on one planting 
for a supply all through the sum- 
mer and fall. The sweetest and 
most delicious of all are the small 
beets—just big enough to use. 
Have more coming on all the time, 
The best soil for beets 
45. (52 days.) A new 
early beet developed from Detroit Dark Red. 
Especially fine for pickling and canning whole 
as they grow about one and one-fourth to one 
and one-half inches in diameter. Roots are 
smooth, even in size, and very uniformly globu- 
lar in shape. Interior deep crimson and free of 
white zoning. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c; 
GOOD FOR ALL. 
WY lb., 75c; Ib., $1.30, postpaid, 
40%. 
FORCING. 
smooth 
flavor. 

Perfected Detroit. 
42. PERFECTED DETROIT. (65 days.) A 
new strain of Detroit Dark Red Beet. The result of 
several generations of inbreeding. It is unquestionably 
the darkest red and most uniform type stock of Detroit 
Beet ever offered. Slightly earlier than the regular 
variety. Will run 99 per cent extremely dark red with- 
out visible zone markings. Perfected Detroit is the 
finest beet for the market gardener or for canning. Pkt., 
10c%, 0z;, 20cs 4% 1b.,* 50es 4, 1b, 75e; Ib: $1.80; 
postpaid. 
41. OLDS’ IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD 
TURNIP. (60 days.) A fine, bright red beet. Re- 
markably even in size and appearance. A flattened 
globe shape, good quality. Tops are large and coarse, 
which make it a fine variety for greens. Pkt., 5c; 02., 
15c; 4% lb., 45c; Y, lb., 70c; Ib., $1.25, postpaid. 
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FIREBALL OR EARLIEST 
(50 days.) 
suitable for forcing. 
shaped variety and red as 
skin and 
The leaf stalks and taproots are quite 
small, making it valuable for sowing in frames. 
Retains its fresh table qualities remarkably well. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; % lb., 55c; Ye Ib., 90c; Ib., 
$1.60, postpaid. 





















Earliest of all beets; 
A turnip-rooted or globe 
a radish. It has a 
is solid and very sweet in 
43. EARLY WONDER. 
(56 days.) A selection from 
Crosby’s Egyptian. Very uniform, 
dark red, globe shaped, small top. 
Especially good for late planting 
although in the extra early class. 
Early, hardy, productive and hand- 
some, Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; % Ib., 
50c; % Ib., 75c; 1b., $1.30, post- 
paid. 
MANGELS and SUGAR BEETS 
—SEE PAGE 28. 
OLDS’ 
SWISS CHARD 
The city  gardener’s friend. 
Largely used for greens. Grows 
again after being cut off. Plant 
same as beets. 
*% 52%. LUCULLUS. (55 days.) 
The plants grow from two to two 
and one-half feet in height. Stalks 
are thick, broad and flat, also de- 
licious when cooked and gerved like 
asparagus. Pkt., 5c; 0z., 15¢c; \% 
Ib:, £00; 4 Ib, Gbes Ib., Si ibe 
postpaid. 
53. DARK GREEN, WHITE 
RIBBED, (55 days.) A fine va- 
riety for the home garden. Leaves 
are smooth and very dark green. 
The stalks and midribs are broad 
and white, Very attractive and 
more easily cleaned than Lucullus. 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 15e; % Ib., 40c; % 
Tb., 65c; 1b., $1.15, postpaid, 
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From Hand 
Selected Roots 

* 48. DETROIT DARK RED. (68 days.) Select 
Strain. The leading main crop variety for the home 
and market gardener. Globe shaped, sweet, tender, fine 
grained and free from woodiness. Dark crimson in 
color. Quality of the best. Leaves dark green, shaded 
to red. Probably the most widely grown beet for com- 
mercial canning. Our largest seller. -Pkt., 10c; o0z., 
20c; % lb., 50c; % Ib., 75c; lbh., $1.30, postpaid. 
40. EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN. (55 days.) 
A forcing and first early variety. One of the: very 
earliest of all beets. Has a very small top. Roots very 
dark red, rounded on top, flat beneath, Flesh dark, 
purplish red. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Y% lb. 45¢; % Ib., 
75c; lb., $1.30, postpaid, 

* 51. CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN. (60 days.) A 
first-early market variety. Flattened globular shape and 
of fine quality. One of the best for early but not 
recommended for winter storing. Roots dark red and 
flesh a trifle lighter with some zoning. Tops very small. 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 15c; 4% Ib., 40c; Y% Ib., 65c; Ib., $1.15, 
postpaid. 3 
CUTWORM PROTECTORS 
Protect “your newly set plants from cutworms with 
our Green Thumb Cutworm Protectors. See page 56. 

