. BEETS 
While beets will grow in any average, 
properly drained garden soil, they must 
be grown quickly if the roots are to be 
tender and succulent. The soil should, 
therefore, be well prepared, so as to 
provide adequate moisture and plenty of 
plant food. 
Beets may be sown as early as the ground. 
can be made ready. Eighteen inches 
apart is a satisfactory separation for the 
rows though they can be three or four 
inches nearer if space is limited. Early 
spring planting should be to a depth of 
approximately Y% inch. In summer, for 
late beets, it may be as much as 2 inches 
in order to secure moisture. It is recom- 
mended to make staggered plantings every 
two weeks, so as to assure tender, young 
roots throughout the summer. When 
4 jos an seedlings are about three or four inches 
BEET... DetroitD. Red | tall, they should be thinned to approxi- 
mately 4 inches between plants in the 
row. 
Varieties. Probably the best early globu- 
lar beet is Market Gardener, requiring 7 
to 8 weeks, and preceding the well- 
known Detroit Dark Red by about ten 
days. Both of these are first class for 
either table use or canning, being of 
good shape and dark color. A packet of 
seed will sow about 30 feet of row, one 
ounce will sow approximately 150 feet. 
1/y ounce, 15¢; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 

PSC Gardener (45 days): Roots deep red, 
globe shaped. 

Detroit Dark Red (55 days): Globe 
shaped, uniform in size. 
CABBAGE . . . Early Jersey ~ Early Blood Turnip Beet (55 days): Tops 
; large, roots nearly round. 
BROCCOLI . . . Italian =] 
MANGEL WURZEL 
Commonly known as stock beets, this 
vegetable makes excellent fresh feed for 
cattle. Seed should be planted early in 
the spring in rows 2% feet apart, and 
plants thinned to 10 inches apart in rows 
after seedlings are up. One ounce of 
seed plants approximately 100 feet, and 
5 pounds to the acre. 
Heavy Cropper is the most popular of 
this vegetable, producing large yellow — 
mangels that are easily pulled as it grows — 
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