BEETS 
One ounce of seed will sow 60 feet of row, a packet 15 feet. Ten 
Beets are one of the best vegetables to grow in the home garden. A few 
tows in the garden will give you delicious tender beets throughout the 
season. Sow some early in the spring, and again a few weeks later for a 
succession. It is an excellent plan to make a sowing in July for use in the 
fall. These young beets are not only a very welcome addition to your fall 
vegetables but when put in a pit or root cellar and covered with sand, 
will keep in tender condition for use during the winter. 
Sow in rows 14 to 18 inches apart, dropping 2 or 3 seeds to an inch of 
row. Cover 4 to 1 inch deep (the latter if the ground is dry). Thin to 
about 3 inches apart while the plants are still small. 
212 CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. HARRIS’ SPECIAL STRAIN. 
The Best Early Garden Beet. 
There is no better early garden beet than our strain of Crosby’s 
Egyptian. We have been raising seed of this beet for nearly 40 years 
and have a strain that is unequalled for fine shape and color. Our strain 
has a deep red color that is almost as good as Detroit, and is much 
superior to most strains. The beets are of uniformly excellent shape, 
only slightly flattened, very smooth and with very slender tap roots. 
They mature quickly, being as early as any variety. 
Market gardeners find this the best beet for early bunching, as the 
attractive appearance of the beets commands highest prices on the 
markets. The beets grow quickly and for fine early beets in the home 
garden this strain is unequalled. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 14 Lh. 65c; 4% Lb. 95c; Lb. $1.75. 


pounds will sow an acre in rows 14 inches apart. 

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Crosby’s Egyptian, Harris’ Special Strain 

Detroit Dark Red 
Our special strain is best for color, shape and quality. 

‘Those Long Season Beets canned up a ruby-red color, and very 
tender though many were nearly six inches through. Also, canned 
the tops which are delicious in spite of growing all summer.” 
Lewis I. Pierson, Binghamton, N.Y. Feb. 13, 1946 

MANGELS for Stock Feeding 
6 to 8 pounds of seed will plant an acre. 

215 DETROIT DARK RED.Harris’ Special Strain. The exceptionally 
fine quality of this beet has made it one of 
the most popular kinds for market gardeners and canners, and for general use 
in the home garden it has few equals. Seed sown in July will produce beautiful, 
tender, dark red beets, superior to use in the fall and to store for winter. 
The beets are smooth and uniform, with a solid, rich deep red throughout. Our 
stock is outstanding for fine color and handsome even shape and it makes a 
vigorous healthy growth, with medium tall tops. 
We have grown and selected this strain for many years on our own farm and we 
can confidently state that there is no better Detroit Dark Red beet to be obtained. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 144 Lb. 65c; 4% Lb. 95c; Lb. $1.75. 
222 LONG SEASON, Also called ‘‘Winter Keeper.”’ Finest Quality. 
No garden is complete without some Long Season 
beets. They are rather late and somewhat rough in shape but there is no finer beet 
to eat in the summer and to store for winter. No matter how big they grow, they 
remain just as sweet and tender as tiny young beets and they have a delicious fla- 
vor all their own. See photo and full description on page 2. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 144 Lb. 85e; 4% Lb. $1.50; Lb. $2.75. 
218 EARLY WONDER. Closely resembles a good strain of Crosby’s Egyptian. The 
beets are early, dark red and have small tops, making an excellent beet for early 
bunching. Our strain is very fine and has proved to be much superior to other 
strains which we have tested. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 14 Lh. 65c; % Lb. 95c; Lb. $1.70. 
210 “‘BEETS for GREENS.”’ Beet greens are both healthful and appetizing, and 
they are one of the easiest and quickest vegetables to grow. We have a rapid 
growing large topped variety which will produce an abundance of greens quickly. 
The roots of this variety are rather flattened and uneven in shape but are 
used by some growers because they are ready very early. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; 44 Lb. 45c; % Lb. 70c; Lb. $1.30. 



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A most valuable food for cattle, sheep and poultry. Sow the seed 
in May in rows 21% feet apart. Easily harvested and can be stored in a 
cold cellar or in pits where they will keep all winter; also largely used by 
poultry raisers for green feed in winter. 
550 MAMMOTH LONG RED or Norbiton Giant. One of the largest 
yielding varieties. The feeding quality is very high. Roots are large, 
long and grow over half out of the ground, bright red outside; flesh 
white with light red zoning. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c; 44 Lb. 55c; Lb. $1.00; 10 Lbs. $9.50. 
546 DANISH YELLOW GIANT. (Sludstrup.) High Producing 
Strain. This mangel is the standard yellow variety here in the East. 
Grows to a very large size producing extremely heavy yields. Deep 
yellow skinned with white flesh. Grows two-thirds above the ground. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c; 44 Lb. 55c; Lb. $1.00; 10 Lbs. $9.50. 
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Harvesting Detroit Beet Seed on Moreton Farm. 

‘es OK 
Cutting by hand means high germination, 
