
4 Beet Tops cooked like Spinach make delicious “Greens.” 
The soil best adapted for the beet is rich deep loam. Sow in drills 15 inches apart, - ia 
one inch deep, and thin tna six inches. For early, sow as soon as the ground can be worked Pkg 
in the spring; for main and autumn use, about the 5th of May. Sow the mangels in drills bs 
two feet apart and thin to 15 inches in the row. 7 Ee 
53 days. In this variety we combine a very dark red color, round — 
Blache Beauty root, and earliness which make it very desirable. It is indeed very — 
early, maturing several days before the other sorts. The shape is uniformly perfect, — 
In fact it is one of the smoothest beets on the market. The flesh is a rich dark blood- 
red color, tender, crisp, and deliciously sweet, besides having a small short top, also ay 
valuable for late sowing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 75c; ¥/ Ib. $1.25; Ib. $2.25. eo 

















Earl Wonder Matures in about 50 days. This is a selection of Crosby’s 
y Egyptian more nearly globe shaped, and a darker red. The 
tops are small, making it a fine variety for bunching. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 1% Ib. 50c; 
YY, Ib. 80c; Ib. $1.50. : 
Detroit Dark Red Matures in about 55 days. In this improved strain of 
: Detroit Dark Red Turnip Beet the fine qualities which 
have made that variety standard for main crop sowing have been strengthened by 
careful breeding. It is earlier, and almost spherical in shape. Its small tops are just 
right for either dry or wet season, heavy or light soil. The color inside and out is a 
very dark red, and flesh of fine texture, tender and of excellent flavor. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 20c; 14 lb. 50c; ¥% Ib. 80c; lb. $1.50. 
Early Blood Turnip 60 days. One of the best varieties grown for main crop. 
The roots are round, very smooth, of good marketable 
size, and for table use no variety can exceed it in fine quality. The skin is deep blood 
red; the flesh is also dark red and is sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Y, Ib. 50c; 
VY |b. 80c; lb. $1.50. 
Dark Crimson Globe 60 days. Are of a neat turnip shape with smooth dark 
red skin. The flesh is of a very dark crimson blood red, 
fine grained, of finest quality. When cooked it is a dark blood-red color. Is very early 
with small tops. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 Ib. 50c; ¥/2 Ib. 80c; lb. $1.50. 
MANGELS AND SUGAR BEETS 
Detroit Six to eight pounds of seed will plant an acre. 
Dark Red 
Black Beauty 








A very valuable and economical food for cattle and sheep. Sow the seed in May in 
rows 2% ft. apart. Mangels are easily harvested, and can be stored in a cold cellar or 
pit where they will keep all winter. Aix 
Mammoth Long Red Very large, red flesh. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 45c; 
1% |b. 75c; Ib. $1.20. 
Golden Tankard Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy cropper. Roots large. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 20c; 4 lb. 45c; % Ib. 75c; Ib. $1.20. 
Giant Half-Sugar 4 hardy variety producing large crops with little care. 
Valuable for its rich sugar content. This is white with 
rose at the shoulder. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Y4 Ib. 45c; ¥ Ib. 75c; Ib. $1.20. ‘ 
Klein Wanzleben Sugar Is fast becoming the leading sugar beet, as it 
z contains a larger per cent of sugar than other 
sorts. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 4 lb. 45c; 1% Ib. 75c; Ib. $1.20. 
SWISS CHARD 
Giant Lucullus One of the largest and best variety of 
wiss Chard. Seed sown early in the 
Spring will produce plants quickly from which the thick light- 
colored midribs of the leaves may be cut down to the ground. : 
New growth will quickly succeed it which may in turn be gathered. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 Ib. 50c; Yo Ib. 95c; lb. $1.75. 
BRUSSELS 
SPROUTS 
Resembles cabbage, excellent 
fine flavor. Sow seeds in April. 
The small heads or sprouts are 
much improved by frost. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 30c, 14 Ib. $1.00. 

RHUBARB 4 
CHARD 
(60 days.) The 
leaf-stalks, consid- 
ered by many as 
the most delicious 
Broccoli 
. part of the Chard 
plant, are. bright 
/ 
crimson, the rich 
color extending out 
through the ‘veins 
e ee the dark green, 
° C new eavily crumpled 
Italian Green Sprouting and leaves. Grow and 
distinct variety of the sprouting type. It cook it as you 
forms a large head consisting of a cluster would other Chards, 
of bluish green flower-heads. When this and you will find it 
central head is removed the plant develops even more deli- 
numerous lateral sprouts, each of which cious. The plant is 
produces. .a small head. They are cut, leav- so decorative and 
ing about 6 inches of the stem, and are tied striking in appear- 
in bunches for market. Both stems and ance that it may be 
heads are cooked and served like cauli- grown in the flower 

flower. Ready for market in about 90 days. garden. Pkt. 10c, 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 90c; ¥% lb. $1.25; oz. 30c; 4 lb. 80c, 
Brussels Sprouts Ib. $2.25. prepaid. 

