8 GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 





Detroit 
Dark 
Red 
(Morse’s 
Strain) 
Mangel or Stock Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to fifty feet 
of drill, five pounds per acre. Sow early in the spring, 
in rows about two feet apart; cover seed one and one- 
half inches deep, pressing ground firmly over the seed. 
When: plants are three inches high thin to about eight 
inches-apart in the row. The plants pulled may be 
used for greens. 
120-150 days. A favorite with the 
Mammoth Long Red dairyman and farmer. Large, 
well-formed; dark red color, very nutritious; a big 
cropper. % oz., 10c; oz., lic; 14 lb., 35c; 1 lb., $1.00, 
postpaid. 
(Yellow Eckendorf). 120-150 days. 
Golden Tankard Very productive and sweet; tops and 
neck very small; flesh yellow; especially relished by 
cows and sheep. % oz., 10c; oz., 15c; %4 Ib., 35c; 1 Ib., 
$1.00, postpaid. 
Broccoli 
A frequent application of nitrate of soda can be of 
great value to promote the life of this crop. 
° ° 75 days. This variety pro- 
Italian Green Sprouting guces a large head, like 
Cauliflower, consisting of a compact cluster of bluish 
green flowers. When the central head is removed, the 
plant produces many branches, each bearing small 
heads. These are cut with 3 or 4 inches. of the branch 
attached and tied in bunches for market. The stems as 
well as the flower heads are cooked and served as 
Cauliflower. Suitable for quick freezing. % oz., 15c; 
oz., 25c; 14 lb., 85c; 1 Ib., $2.50, postpaid. 
Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to 50 feet of drill; 6 to 8 pounds per 
acre. Beets prefer a well-prepared friable soil planted from 14 inch to % inch 
deep, according to the texture of soil. For an early crop sow in drills 1 foot 
apart. Sow as early as the ground can be worked in the spring. When plants are 
large enough to use as greens, thin to 3 inches apart in the row. Beets can be 
sown as late as July for main crop. Hen manure is recommended as a fertilizer 
in the rows; care being used that the seed does not come in immediate contact 
with the fertilizer. 
* Early Wonder 
a beautiful deep red color and is of excellent quality. Tops 
are small and erect. Exceptionally good for early bunching. 
1% oz., 10c; 0z., 20c; 1% 1b., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
* Detroit Dark Red 
smooth, medium size, globe-shaped; 
solid vermilion-red. Tops small, upright, dark green, shaded 
red. % oz., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Crosby’s Egyptian 58 days. Where an early market sort is 
55 days. An early variety. It is turnip- 
shaped and is always smooth. The flesh is 
(Morse’s Strain.) 55 days. The best for 
market gardens or home use. Roots 
skin dark red; flesh 
desired, our strain is unequalled. Roots 
a flattened globe shape, skin very dark red, flesh a trifle 
lighter, tops smail. 4% oz., 10c; oz., 20c; 1% Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., 
$1.50, postpaid. 
Early Blood Turnip, Improved 
or slightly flattened, bright red, zoned and of good quality. 
Not so early as Detroit, but with a larger. coarser top. 
% oz., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
” Green Top Bunching 
and erect. Foliage clean, grayish green that does not turn 
red or brown in the fall. Roots round, smooth and glossy, 
flesh bright blood-red. Mostly grown for Beet greens. % 
0z., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 lb., 50¢; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
60 days. Old standard table 
Beet. Roots nearly round 
60 days. Early, extremely attractive 
bunching beet. Tops medium sized 
Sugar Beets 
Sugar Beets and Mangels are of great value for 
stock feeding, because of the improved health and 
condition of the animals, increased flow and quality 
of milk, and because of the saving in fodder. The 
yield is enormous, and the cost of growing is trifling. 
Grow a patch of them for winter feed. They are also 
excellent for poultry. 
120-150 days. A most valuable, 
Giant Feeding Sugar large yielding variety for feed- 
ing; half sugar, oval-shaped, skin rose colored, flesh 
white, very nutritious and easily harvested. % oz., 
10¢; 0z., 20c; 1%4 Ib., 50c; 1 1b., $1.50, postpaid. 

Italian Green 
Sprouting Broccoli 

% This variety recommended by Michigan State College 
