Vegetable Seeds Letherman’s 
BEETS 
Plant April to July, one ounce to 100 ft. row. 
Sow as early as soil can be worked. Beets thrive 
best in a light, loose, deeply worked soil that has 
been enriched for a previous crop, and that is not 
acid. Sow about 12 seeds per foot ¥% in. deep in 
drills 18 in. apart. Plants should be thinned out to 
3” or 4” apart; this may be done when they are 2” 
high or they may be left until they reach 6” for use 
as greens. 
For late crops it is well to thoroughly soak the 
seed before sowing. This insures quicker and better 
germination. Cover late sowings a little deeper. 
Best Early Beet 
Asgrow Wonder. 57 days. Unsurpassed in earliness, 
uniformity, and in depth of coloring. Distinctive 
green tops, uniform in size and color, bunching 
very attractively. Roots round when young, semi- 
globular later, deep red, smooth, and of excellent 
quality. 





Asgrow Wonder 
Finest Strain ‘Detroit''—Best Main Crop Beet 
Detroit Dark Red. 68 days. Roots are globular, with small tap root, flesh 
deep blood red, tender and sweet. Detroit is one of the very finest 
beets for all home garden purposes, canning, and for market. 
Letherman’s Green Top. 75 days. The leaves are bright green, often 
used for ‘“‘greens;’ the root is top-shaped, deep blood red, of fine 
texture without fiber or strings—sweet and tender at all stages. 
Crosby's Egyptian. 60 days. Early, sweet, tender. 
Early Blood Turnip. 68 days. An old time favorite. 
Prices All Varieties Beets—Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 Ib. 50c, Ib. $1.60. 
All root crops are more tender if they grow quickly. Do not spare 
the fertilizers in making your garden. 
MANGELS FOR STOCK AND POULTRY 
Golden Tankard. 100 days. Yellow fleshed. Large. 
Mammoth Long Red. Heaviest cropping of all. Flesh white. 
Either Variety—14 0z. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 40c, Ib. $1.20. 

Detroit 
Dark 
Red 
Swiss Chard—Spinach Beet—see page 20 
BROCCOLI 
Maturing in late fall is preferred to growing an 
early crop as they develop best in cool weather. 
Italian Green Sprouting. If central head and sprouts 
are cut as they develop, plants yield over a long 
period. About 60 days from setting of plants to 
first cutting. 
Pkt. 10c, ¥% oz. 30c, oz. 50c, 14 Ib. $1.50. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce will produce 2,500 plants. 
Sow seed in hotbed or cold frame in March or 
early April for early crop. For late crop set plants 
in field late June or July. 
Long Island or Half Dwarf Improved. Excellent 
variety growing about 20 inches high. 
Broccoli, Green Sprouting Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 40c, oz. 75c. 
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