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CULTURE: The best soil for beets 
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 y»& are rec- 
ommended for freezing. 
From Hand 
Selected Roots 
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Plant the seed about *4 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. 
MANGELS and SUGAR BEETS, SEE 
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* 48. DETROIT DARK RED. 
(68 days.) Select : [ 
Strain. The leading main crop variety for the home BLOOD TURNIP. (60 days.) A fine, bright 
and market gardener. Globe shaped, sweet, tender, fine red beet. Remarkably even in size and appear- 
grained and free from woodiness. Dark crimson in ance. <A flattened globe shape, good quality, 
color. Quality of the best. Leaves dark green, shaded Tops are large and coarse, which make it a fine 
to red. Probably the most widely grown beet for com- variety for greens. Pkt., 5c; 0z., 15¢; YY, Ib., 
mercial canning. Our largest seller. Pkt., 10c; o2z., 45c; Y lb., 70c; lb., $1.25, postpaid, 
20c; %4 lb., 50c; Yo Ib., 75c; Ib., $1.30, postpaid, 
40. EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN. (55 days.) 
A foreing and first early variety. One of the very 
earliest of all beets. Has a very small top. Roots very 
43. EARLY WONDER. (56 days.) A 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian. Very uni- 
form, dark red, globe shaped, small top. Espe- 
dark red, rounded on top, flat beneath. Flesh dark, cially good for late planting although in the 
purplish red. Pkt.; 5c; oz.; 15c; % Ib., 45ce; % Ihb., extra early class. Early, hardy, productive and 
75c; Ib., $1.20, postpaid. handsome. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; % Ib., 50c; % 
Ib., 75c; Ib., $1.30, postpaid. 




BEETS IN SUCCESSION 
Do not depend on one planting for a sup- 
ply all through the summer 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. 



Perfected Detroit. 
42. PERFECTED DETROIT. 
(65 days.) A new strain of Detroit 
Dark Red Beet. The result of several 
generations of inbreeding. It is un- 
questionably 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 without visible 
zone markings. Perfected Detroit is 

OLDS’ 
SWISS CHARD 
The city gardener’s friend. Largely used for 
greens. Grows again after being cut off, Plant 
the finest beet for the market gar- same as beets. 
dener for canning, Pkt., 10c; oz., ’ 
20c; % Ilb., 50c; % Ib., 75c; Ih, *%52Y%,. LUCULLUS. (55 days.) The plants 
$1.30, postpaid, grow from two to two and one-half feet in height. 
Stalks are thick, broad and flat; also delicious 
when cooked and served like asparagus. Pkt., 
5c; 0Z., 15¢c; %4 Ib., 35¢; Yo 1b., 55¢3 Ib, $105, 

4 : postpaid, 
Crosby s. Egyptian. 53. DARK GREEN, WHITE RIBBED, (55 
* 51. CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. (60 days.) <A days.) A fine variety for the home garden. 
first-early market variety. Ilattened globular shape and Leaves are smooth and very dark green. The 
of fine quality. One of the best for early but not Stalks and midribs are broad and white. Very 
recommended for winter storing. Roots dark red and attractive and more easily cleaned than Lueul- 
lus. Pkt., 5c3%0z., 15¢3 
flesh a trifle lighter with some zoning. Tops very small. ’ 
i lb., $1.05, postpaid. 
YY, Ib., 835¢; Y% Ibi, 55c; 
PKt., 5¢; OZ. ~05C3/zei1b., 40c*. 14 lbs 6besiDeseodetos 
postpaid, 
WE KNOW Coe SEEDS GROW Lbucviucus Swiss 
The photograph below shows a gerininator tray with a 


sprouting seeds. This is one of the ways we test seeds for 
germination. In our well-equipped laboratory a full-time 
analyst is employed who ts continually checking all lots 
of seed for purity and germination. Every package of seed 
is stamped with a code letter and number and we can 
give you our laboratory test on any lot of seed if you will 
give us this number. All field seeds are shipped with a 










peel 

tag bearing our laboratory test botit for purity and germi- 
nation. 

40%. FIREBALL CR EARLIEST 
FORCING. (50 days.) Earliest of all beets; 
suitable for forcing. A turnip-rooted or globe 
shaped variety and red as a radish. It has a 
smooth skin and is solid and very sweet in 
flavor. 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; 4% Ib., 90c; Ib., 
$1.60, postpaid, 
BREE, SEEDS 
In order to insure ‘‘fresh’’ vegetable seeds 
to fill orders, we mix together carry-over seed— 
Mand give free to our customers for children’s 
gardens. Large packet sent free for the .asking | 
with your order as long as our stock permits. 
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