Edible Soy Beans 
Bansei 95 days 
Plant—22 inches tall, medium green and 
erect. 
Pods—3 inches long x *%4 inch wide, with 
2 to 3 straw-yellow beans per pod. 
Seed—round, straw-yellow when mature 
and medium green in edible stage. 
Used by commercial canners and freezers. 
Also used in home gardens for green 
shell beans. Soy Beans are difficult to 
shell—one method is to plunge pods in 
scalding water for few minutes, then 
squeeze out the seeds. 
Green Giant 90 days 
Plant—19 inches tall, erect. 
Pods—2%4 inches long x % inch wide, con- 
taining 2 to 3 seeds per pod. 
Seed—large, bright green in edible stage 
and a lighter shade when dry. 
An excellent, early, large seeded variety 
for home garden use. 
Field, Dry Shell or Baking Varieties 
Great Northern 90 days 
Plant—11 to 15 inches tall, hardy, dark 
green, branching and spreading with 
short runners. 
Pods—2% inches long x % 
oval, inedible. 
inch wide, 
Seed—long, flattened-oval, white and con- 
siderably larger than Navies. 
A baking or dry shell variety. Used 
extensively in Northern, short season 
areas. 
Michelite (Improved Navy) 92 days 
Plant—16 to 20 inches tall, dark green 
and vigorous with a vining tendency. 
Pods—3% inches long x *% inch wide, 
flat, thick, inedible. 
Seed—small, rounded oval, white. Slightly 
smaller, more uniform, clearer white 
than regular Navies. 
High yielding. Mosaic and blight resist- 
ant. Excellent for baking. 
Red Kidney (Dark) 95 days 
Plant—14 to 16 inches tall, medium green, 
erect and bushy. 
Pods—5'2 inches long x % inch wide, 
semi-round, curved, inedible. 
Seed—large, flat-oval to kidney shaped, 
dark red. 
Used mainly for baking, soup and chili 
making. 
BEETS 
Basie stock seed is developed and maintained at our Minnesota breeding grounds. 
Selections of mother roots are based on uniformity of top growth, root shape. size and 
interior color, and small refined tap roots. Selected roots are stored over winter and 
planted the following spring in isolated plots for stock seed production. 
Days shown indicate the time required to develop roots of usable size. 
Garden Varieties 
Crosby’s Egyptian 53 days Detroit Dark Red 
Root—flattened-globe with blocky shoul- 
der and small tap root, color medium 
red, smooth exterior. 
Interior—dark purplish - red with rather 
58 days 
Root—globular, dark red, smooth. 
Interior—uniform dark blood-red with 
indistinct zoning. 
Top—15 to 18 inches tall, upright, dark 
green with maroon cast. 
A home garden variety also used by 
market gardeners as an early bunching 
type. 
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indistinct zoning. 
Top—12 to 15 inches tall, glossy dark 
green tinged with maroon. 
Most popular all-purpose garden beet. 
Fine quality and a good keeper. 
