BEETS 
CULTURE. Any well-prepared light garden soil will 
produce good beets, although a rich, sandy loam brings 
the best results. Sow the seed about 1 inch deep in rows 
15 to 24 inches apart. When plants are about 6 inches 
high they should be thinned to 3 or 4 plants to the foot. 
Those taken out at this time make excellent greens. 
Crosby’s Egyptian* 52 days 
lid extra early beet of slightly flattened globe 
shape. It is sweet and tender and a much desired table 
beet.. Crisp, tender, of dark purplish red color. Tops fine 
for greens. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20ce; %4 Ib., 45e; 1 Ib., $1.25. 
Green Top Bunching* 58 days 
An early, Very attractive variety for bunching. The tops 
remain green even late in the fall. The roots are nearly 
round during early growth, but at maturity are slightly 
flattened; exceptionally smooth, deep red in color. The 
interior is bright blood-red practically free from zoning. 
A most desirable bunching variety. Pkt., 10e; oz., 20ce; 
14 Ib., 45e3 1 Ib., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $5.75. 
58 days 
Detroit Dark Red*/ 
This well-known variety is very popular among market 
gardeners and canners as well as being an ideal variety 
for the home garden. The roots are very dark red in 
color, uniform in Shape and of excellent quality. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20ce; 14 Ilb., 45e; 1 Ib., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $5.75. 
60 days 
Edmand’s Blood Turnip 
Skin and flesh are of a 
A fine turnip-shaped blood beet. 
deep red. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20e; %4 Ib., 45e; 1 Ib., $1.25; 5 Ibs., 
$5.75. 
Early Wonder* 52 days 
Roots are nearly 
An extra early beet of special merit. 
globe shaped, slightly flattened; sKin dark red, flesh deep 
blood red with very little zoning, and of finest quality. 
Tops are small and ideal as a bunching beet. Pkt., 10e;3 
oz., 20ce3; %4 Ib., 45e3; 1 Ib., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $5.75. 
5| days 
Gould’s Early Bunching Beet* 
An outstanding variety that matures earlier than any 
other beet. The color is deep dark red all the way 
through without zoning. Roots are smooth, perfectly 
globular, of uniform shape and size, with slender tap 
roots. Tops are medium and just right for bunching. 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20ce; %4 lb., 45e;3 1 Ib., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $5.75. 
Gould’s Reliable Red Beet*/ 60 days 
Is especially selected for its uniformity in size, shape 
and color, being a very dark red. We do not hesitate to 
recommend it either for market or home garden. It 
grows to a large size and finest quality. Pkt., 10ec; oz., 
20c; % Ib., 45e; 1 Ib., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.75. 
MANGEL-BEETS F27a325 
CULTURE. Sow six pounds to the acre in rows three 
feet apart, and thin to nine inches in the row. Seed 
should not be sown until the ground is warm and the 
weather fully settled. Deeper planting will be required 
on sand lands or when the soil is dry. Sow one inch deep. 
Imp. Mammoth Long Red 
110 DAYS. Is a selection of the very best type of long 
red mangel. The roots are extra large, often 20 to 24 
inches in length, weighing from 14 to 20 lbs. Roots are 
uniformly straight and well formed, the flesh is white 
tinged with rose. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 45ce; % Ihb., 
75e; 1 Ib. $1.25. 
Giant Feeding Half Sugar (White) 90. days 
A heavy yielder, 
Is a very large growing sugar beet. 
an excellent feeder, but is not fit for sugar production. 
Yields nearly as heavy as do other mangels, but supplies 
for stock feeding a food of very much higher nutritive 
value. A most excellent feed for stock and poultry. 
PKt., 10c; 1 oz., 20ce; % Ib., 45e; 1% Ib., 75e; 1 Ib., $1.25. 
Gould’s Reliable Sludstrup Barres 110 days 
It is a reddish yellow color, is very hardy and grows 
well above ground. Flesh white with faint yellow tinge. 
A heavy yielder. Pkt., 10c; 1 oz, 20c; %4 Ib., 45e3; % 
Ib., 75e3 1 lb., $1.25. 
Improved Golden Tankard 100 days 
A popular, productive mangel adapted to shallow land, 
although doing well on every soil. Tankard shaped, 
golden skin, flesh yellow zoned white and very sweet. 
Pkt., 10¢; 1 0z., 20c; % Ib., 45e; 1% Ib., 75e;3 1 Ib., $1.25. 
Sugar Beets, Gould's Reliable (U.S. Strain) 90 days 
We consider this to be one of the very best sugar beets 
for sugar production. Is rich in sugar content, also valu- 
able for stock feeding—rich in vitamins. Pkt., 10e3 oz.. 
20c; \% Ib., 50c3; \% Ihb., 85e;3 1 Ib., $1.50. 
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CABBAGE 
Cabbage is one of the best vegetable sources of Vitamin C—also 
rich in Vitamins B and G. Green leaves are ten times as rich in 
Vitamin A as white bleached leaves. Help to keep your digestion, 
glands, nerves and organs in tone. As a tonic, food, and medicine, 
at ts one of Nature’s best. 
YELLOW RESISTANT VARIETIES LISTED ON PAGE 5. 
CULTURE FOR EARLY CABBAGE. Seed of the early 
varieties should be sown % of an inch deep in a green- 
house, hotbed or in boxes in the house, about 6 weeks 
before the plants are needed for planting out. One-fourth 
pound of seed produces enough plants for one acre. 
If, when tthe second leaves appear, the plants can be 
transplanted, spacing them 3 inches apart, better and 
more hardy plants will be obtained. 
As soon as the soil can be worked in the spring the 
plants should be removed to the open field and set in 
rows 2 feet apart each way. 
CULTURE FOR LATE CABBAGE. The seed may be sown 
in rows one foot apart or broadcast in the garden, about 
the middle of May, and the plants set in the field in June. 
Premier Round*® (Holland Seed) 57 days 
Earliest round existing. Special selection of Golden 
Acre, maturing a week earlier than Golden Acre. Uni- 
form in type, firm. Small veins. PkKt., 10c; oz., 50e; %4 
lb., $1.25; 1 Ib., $4.00. 
Early Jersey Wakefield 62 to 65 days 
Heads are very solid and 
The earliest cabbage grown. 
conical in shape with very few outside leaves, which 
permits closer planting. Fine for home or market gar- 
dens. Pkt., 10e; oz., 30ce; % Ib., 75e; 1 Ib., $2.50. 
Golden Acre* 63 to 65 days 
An early round head variety of the Copenhagen Market 
type, which heads up ahead of Copenhagen. This excel- 
lent variety heads very uniformly, producing a hard 
head which does not burst easily and which stands ship- 
ment well. This is one of the most valuable contributions 
to our list of cabbage varieties. Pkt., 10e; oz., 35e; % Ib., 
$1.00; 1 Ib., $3.00. 
Copenhagen Market* 68 days 
Heads grow upon a short stem, are solid and large, often 
weighing from 8 to 12 pounds. It is the largest of the 
early round-headed varieties. Its quality is extra fine 
and sweet. The leaves are light green, rather small, 
saucer-shaped and tightly folded. Excellent for early 
market and early kraut. Pkt., 10e; oz., 30c; %4 Ib., 75e; 
1 lb., $2.50. 
Cabbage plants 
available in May 
and June. 






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51. 
Copenhagen Market Cabbage 
Holland* (Short Stem) 100 to 105 days 
The standard winter cabbage, and most remarkable late 
variety, for storage or shipping purposes. The head is 
deeper than it is wide and excellent quality. PKt., 10c; 
oz., 50ce; % Ib., $1.25; 1 Ib., $4.00. 
Late Flat Dutch 95 to 105 days 
A low growing variety, heads large, bluish-green, round, 
solid. broad and flat on top. An excellent fall and winter 
variety, and a good keeper. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; %4 Ib., 75e; 
1 Ib., $2.50. 
Savoy Chieftain 90 to 95 days 
The best of the Savoy or curly leaf type of cabbage. 
Produces a large solid head upon a short stem. Heads 
almost round; inside yellow to greenish yellow. It is 
very sweet and delicious especially after being touched 
by frost. A good winter Keeper. PkKt., 10c; 0z., 50c; % 
Ib., $1.50; 1 Ib., $4.25. 
100 days 
Mammoth Red Rock 
Heads are of a deep purplish red color to the very center. 
A hard heading variety, producing heads 6 to 8 pounds 
each Pkt., 10c; oz., 50e; \% Ib., $1.50. 
