DESSERT SEED CO. EL CENTRO, CALIF. 

SUGAR BEET, Continued 
Days to 
Maturity 
from Seed 
U.S. 33: This is a curly-top resistant variety of Sugar Beet with less 
tendency to bolt than most of the other curly-top resistant strains. 
Gives a high percentage ot sugar. 100 
U.S. 56: A non-bolting variety of the curly-top resistant type, a very 
high sugar content and has been found very suitable to certain 
districts in Oregon and California where curly-top is troublesome. 
A fine improvement in the non-bolting class but needs a suitable 
climate to obtain the best results. 100 
STOCK BEET or MANGEL WURZEL 
(Beta vulgaris) (Annual (tye ‘ % 
Champion Yellow Globe: Develops a little earlier than most other 
Mangels. Of a fine quality, grows to a good size, deep pointed globe 
shape. Color, greenish yellow netted top and shoulder, base is 
clean and a clear yellow, good cropper, easy to lift. 120-150 
Danish Sludstrup Intermediate: A very heavy yielder of high feeding 
quality. Large Intermediate shape with moderately fine top and 
clean tap-root. About two-thirds out of the ground. Has a reddish 
yellow skin. Flesh is white with occasional golden zone at base. 120-150. 
Giant Yellow Intermediate (Vauriac type): A large growing half-long 
or Intermediate shape. A little coarse top and rather pointed base. 
Stands well out of the ground. Has rather an orange yellow skin. 
Good feeding value. Heavy yielder. 120-150 
Giant Yellow Frontenac (Giant Vauriac Type): A very special selec- 
tion of the Giant Yellow Intermediate class; larger and much more 
uniform in yield than the original strain. 120-150 
Red Eckendorf: Is of tankard shape, square shoulder and blunt or 
flat base. The center of the root is compressed to form a waist. 
Rather a coarse and heavy top. Color of shoulder is bronzy red, 
rest of root a good red color a little paler at the base. Heavy 
ylelder, easy to lift. In some countries the leaves are used during 
the growing season for feed. 120-150 
Yellow Eckendorf: Except for color the same as Red Eckendorf. The 
color above ground is greenish yellow with a clear yellow base. 
Kirsche’s Ideal is very similar. The dry matter food content in 
these varieties is very high. 120-150 
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