
In our beet breeding nursery each row is grown from the seed of a single plant. In the Fall these rows are harvested and only the 
best rows are saved for future breeding and seed production. Here Orson carefully judges each row of Detroit Dark Red Beets and Bob 
Strosnider takes notes. 
TABLE BEETS 
Vitamins bc g 
Pkt. will sow 20 ft. row 
1 oz. will sow 100 ft. row 
8-10 lbs. will sow 1 acre 
Beets can be sowed as early as the soil can be worked or they can be started inside and transplanted as soon 
as you can get on the ground. Sow ¥W inch apart, % inch deep in rows 12 to 18 inches apart. Thin seedlings 
to 1% to 3 inches depending on what size beets are wanted. For continuous harvest, plant at three week intervals 
to August Ist. 
If you are planning on canning beets, better use Detroit Dark Red. The color is more uniform throughout 
the beet. If you want a bunching or table beet, Early Wonder or Crosby are desirable. In some localities 
where the beet tops are used for greens, Green Top Bunching is used extensively. Beets for greens are usually 
grown in the greenhouse during the Winter months. 
Have you ever tried transplanted beets? Start them in a cigar box in the house and transplant as soon as the 
ground can be worked. It is surprising how soon you will have beets ready to eat. 
*100 DETROIT DARK RED: 68 days. Tops tall, 
leaves green tinged with red. Roots globe-shaped, 
symmetrical with small collar and taproot. Interior 
color deep blood-red without white areas or rings. 
Pits 1503 Woz, 39c; 1% tb 55c;% Ib, 90; ) Ib. $1.50; 
10 Ibs. $13.65; 25 Ibs. $33.50; 50 Ibs. $66.25; 100 Ibs. 
$130.00. 
101 EARLY WONDER (Tall top strain): 65 days. 
Tall, upright, green tops tinged with red. Roots 
flattened globe shape with small collar and taproot. 
Interior color deep crimson-red zoned with a lighter 
shade. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 35c; % lb. 60c; % lb. $1.00; 
Inlbwoieoo sats bom lool. 258 ls) $37,252° 50. Ibs: 
$73.75; 100 lbs. $145.00. 
102 CROSBY: 60 days. Tops short but strong. 
Roots flattened globe shape with small collar and 
taproot. Interior color bright vermillion-red with 
lighter zoning. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 35c; %4 lb. 60c; ¥% |b. 
$1.00; 1 Ib. $1.65; 10 Ibs. $15.15; 25 Ibs. $37.25; 50 Ibs. 
$73.75; 100 Ibs. $145.00. 
103 GREEN TOP BUNCHING: 60 days. Tops 
medium size, grayish green that does not turn red 
or brown in fall. Roots round, smooth, slightly 
flattened when mature. Flesh bright blood-red 
with distinct light zoning; finer and less fibre than 
most bunching beets. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 35c; % lb. 60c; 
elon S1e009 1 16 .$1,05— 10 lbs) $15,154 25, Ibs). $37.25 ; 
50 Ibs. $73.75; 100 Ibs. $145.00. 
104 BEETS FOR GREENS: A rapid growing, large 
topped variety especially suited to the production of | Much of our seed is now being field tested during the Winter. 
beet greens. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c; % lb. 50c; % |b. We have two locations in Florida where we are carrying on this 
Bye: fs $140; 10 loo $12.65, 25 lbs. $31.00; 50 bs, oergane on, mee hy othr am land Biase Bote art 
$61.25; 100 lbs. $120.00. tributed for planting in the North. 

