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in the South. 
home-garden vegetable. 
of the finest quality. 
55 Early Eclipse. 50 aays. 
early. Beets of uniform size, 
tap-roots. 
erisp and tender. 
Not prepaid: 
$28.75. 
turn red. 
slightly flattened. 
blood-red. | Pkt. 
% |b. 5Oc;. Ib. 
$7.00. 
{Oc; oz, 
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54 Crosby's Egyptian. 48 days. 
An extra-early variety for home- and 
market-garden use. Unexcelled for 
bunching. Roots are smooth, round, 
with slightly flattened tops; small tap- 
root. The flesh is very dark blood-red. 
Tops are medium and the roots deep 
purplish red. Crisp and tender. Pkt. 
{O0c; 0z. 20c; % Ib. 50c; Ib. $1.50; 
5 Ibs. $7.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 
$12.00; 25 lbs. $28.75. 
Early Wonder 
Beet 
65 Early Wonder. 45 days: A fine 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian, but a 
little smaller, It is the earliest and 
most perfectly shaped Beet for home- 
and market-garden. Valuable to truck- 
efs and shippers for buncking. The 
roots are nearly globe-shaped, blood-red, 
with small tap-root. Tops are medium 
small and. erect. Flesh is beautiful 
deep blood-red, sweet, crisp, and ten- 
der, Our pedigreed stock is the, result 
of many years of breeding. Pkt. 10¢;3 
oz. 20c; % Ib. 50c; lb. $1.50; 5 
Ibs.: $7.00. Not prepaid; 10 Ibs. 
$12.00; 25 Ibs. $28.75. 
Sow seed during the early fall and spring, 
in rows 2% to 3 feet apart; thin to 10 
inches apart. Plant 6 to 8 pounds of seed 
per acre. 
' SUGAR BEET 
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62 Klein Wanzleben. 75 aays. Valu 
able for stock-feeding. Roots medium large 
-——12 to 15 inches, 3% to 4 inches at 
shoulder—tapered, white with tinge of 
gray. Very rich in sugar content: good 
» keeper. As easily grown, as: the garden 
beet and should be left in the ground until 
frost to secure largest yields. When small 
they may be used for the table. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 1563; % Ib. 40c; Ih. $1.20; 5 Ibs. 
$5.50. Not prepaid: 10 tbs. $10.00; 25 
[bsi $23.75. 

Mammoth Long Red 


Vegetable Seéds + He 

The growing of Beets constitutes an 
important commercial trucking industry 
Beets are also a good 
The young 
plants are considered to be superior to 
spinach and turnips for greens. Reuter’s 
Beet Seed is carefully bred and selected 
to produce smooth, uniform, beautifully 
formed, and attractive blood-red Beets 










Perfected Detroit 
Beets 
_Pkt. 10c; 0z 15c¢; 4% Ib. 40c; Ib. 
REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans 

TENDER (ich Aed TABLE BEETS 

Space the rows 18 to 24 
inches apart. Work soil well and cover 
seed 1 inch deep. A rich sandy loam is 
preferable, but nearly all soils will pro- 
duce Beets if sufficiently fertilized and 
properly cultivated. When well started, 
thin plants to 3 to 4-inches apart. Beets 
are usually more tender and succulent 
when about 2 inches in diameter. One 
ounce will sow 50 feet of row; 5 to 6 
pounds to ab acre. 
Culture. 
Extra 
bright 
deep red in color, round, and have small 
Flesh is bright, glossy red, ' 
zoned pinkish white, unusually sweet, ; 
Pkt. [Oc’; oz. 20c; 
% Ib..50c; Ib. $1.50; 5 lbs. $7.00. 
10° Ibs... $12.00: 25 
lbs. 
63-A. Green-Top. Bunching. 
60 days. Attractive bunching beet. 
Foliage grayish-green and does not 
Roots round, smooth, 
Flesh bright 
20c; 
$1.50; 5 Ibs. 
57 Edmand's Blood Turnip. 50 
days. A quickly maturing, turnip- 
shaped Beet with deep blood-red skin 
and flesh. The tops are short and the- 
roots almost round. Pkt. {0Oc; oz. 
20c; % Ib. 50c; lb. $1.50; 5 Ibs. 
$7.00. 
58 Perfected Detroit. Bo" dave 
The finest strain of the famous _De- 
troit Beet on the market today. It is 
. the result of ten years of inbreeding and 
re-selection to produce a stock that. 
has marvelously rich blood-red meat 
all the way through. It has no 
white or light colored zones in the 
flesh. Remains tender and of the 
highest quality until roots are fully 
grown. It cans red with no browns 
or purples. Superior for the table. 
Its globe-shaped roots are -uniform 
in shape, color and size, and its uni- 
form, small,. slender and erect tops ap- 
peal to the commercial grower and 
shipper. Pkt. 1O0c; 0z. 20c; % _ Ib. 
50Oc; Ib. $1.50; 5 Ibs. $7.00. Not 
prepaid: 10 lbs, $12.00; 25 Ibs. $28.75. 

MANGEL WURZEL 
61 Mammoth Long Red. 410 gays. 
The most popular variety and best cropper. 
Produces from 30 to 50 tons per acre. Roots 
extremely large; light red; flesh white tinged 
rose. It is often two feet or more in length 
by ‘six inches in diameter. Pkt. 0c; oz. 
{5c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.10; 5 Ibs. $5.00. 
Not. prepaid: 10. Ibs. $9.00; 25 Ibs. $21.25. 
69 Red Giant Eckendorf. 419 gays. 
Grows mostly above the ground, and is, there- 
fore, easy to harvest. The roots are very large. 
{.20; 
5 lbs. $5.50. Not prepaid: 10 Ths. $120; 
29 Ibs. $23.75. 

