




BEETS 
and Canning 
for Table, Pickling 
Detroit Dark Red 
If you have room for only 
one variety—this is it 
Successive Plantings - for Beets the Right Size All Summer Long 
An ounce will sow about 100 feet of drill. 5 to 6 pounds 
required for an acre. 
The beet thrives best in deep, rich, but rather light soil. 
Sow in drills about 15 inches apart and 1 inch deep. Make 
the soil firm over the seed. For early use, sow as soon as 
the ground can be worked; for fall use, in May; for winter 
from the 20th of June to the middle of July, according to 
the variety. Thin plants to 4 or 5 inches apart. Give fre- 
quent shallow cultivation. 
xCROSBY’S EARLY EGYPTIAN EXTRA SELECTED 
STRAIN. For several years we have given this especial 
attention and have succeeded in eliminating the light- 
colored, coarse fleshed specimens peculiar to the Egyptian. 
Roots are more uniform in shape and tops are more even 
in growth, a little smaller. We confidently recommend it 
to market gardeners as an unsurpassed strain. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 14 lb., 75c; lb., $2.00. 




For Another Delicious 
Green, Try Swiss Chard 
it’s a Beet, You Know 

xEARLY WONDER. An improved Crosby Egyptian Beet. 
Smooth, dark, red flesh. Extra good for market garden- 
ers. One of the earliest and most perfectly shaped beets. 
Its beautiful, deep blood-red color, globular-shaped roots, 
make it valuable for the home garden. The attractive 
appearance, uniform size, shape and color have created 
a very heavy demand for this variety. It is grown very 
extensively for late sowing. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; %4 Ihb., 75c; Ib., $2.00. 
LONG SEASON. 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 flavor all their own. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 40c; %4 1b., $1.25. 
«DETROIT DARK RED. A superior second-early and main- 
crop variety rapidly growing in favor for late planting. 
Tops uniformly small and grow upright so that the rows 
may be close together. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; %4 1b., 75c; lb., $2.00. 
DEWING’S BLOOD. One of the leading main crop varie- 
ties. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 4 lb., 75c; 1b., $2.00. 
Mangels — Overgrown Beets for Livestock 


The Mangels furnish large quantities of 
nutritious and healthful food for stock and 
poultry. Yields 25 to 30 tons per acre. 
1 oz. to 100 feet of drill; 5 lbs. per acre. 
Culture: Both mangels and sugar beets 
require deep, well-enriched soil. Sow in 
May or June in rows 18 inches to 2 feet 
apart and 6 to 8 inches in the row. Young 
plants may be transplanted to fill up vacan- 
cies. As soon as frost occurs, dig the crop. 
For winter store in cellar or in pits. Sow 5 
to 6 pounds per acre. Mangels make excel- 
lent and rich as well as cheap winter feed 
for poultry. 
GOLDEN TANKARD. It is one of the best 
stock beets grown. It has yellow flesh, very 
distinct variety, being short with very little 
Mammoth Long Red Mangel tap root and very easy to harvest. Top and 
ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
neck very small; root ovoid, flesh yellow, 
zoned with white; an excellent sort. 
Oz. pkt., 20c; 14 Ib., E0c; 1b., $1.50. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. This is truly a 
mammoth, a single root often weighing 20 
to 30 pounds. The extra large, long roots 
are blood-red in color and very nutritious. 
Enormously productive, yielding, under fa- 
vorable conditions, 30 to 40 tons of roots per 
acre. Oz. pkt., 20c; 14 1b., 60c; 1lb., $1.50. 
Klein Wanzieben 
High Sugar Content; Popular with Sugar 
Beet Growers. 
Root is conical, straight and even, large 
at top and tapering. Contains the largest 
percentage of saccharine matter. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 1b., 60c; lb., $1.50. 

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