








An important commercial truck crop 
in the South. Beets are also a good 
home-garden vegetable. The young 
plants are considered to be superior to 
spinach and turnips for greens. Reuter’s 
Beet Seed is carefully bred and selected 
to produce smooth, uniform, beautifully 
formed, and attractive blood-red Beets 
of the finest quality. 

Culture. Space the rows 18 to 24 
inches apart. Work soil well and cover 
seed 1 inch deep. A rich sandy loam is 
preferable, but nearly all soils will pro- 
duce Beets if sufficiently fertilized and 
properly cultivated. When well started, 
thin plants to 3 to 4 inches apart. Beets 
are usually more tender and succulent 
when about 2 inches in diameter. One 
° ounce will sow 50 feet of row; 5 to 6 
55 Early Eclipse. 60 days. Extra | Pounds to an acre. : 
early. Beets of uniform size, bright 
deey. red in color, round, and have » 
smali tap-roots, Flesh is bright glossy 
red, zoned pinkish white, unusuaHy 
sweet, crisp and tender. Pkt. {Oc; 
oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 55c; lb. $1.75;- 
5 lbs. $8.00. Not prepaid: 10 
lbs. $14.00; 25 Ibs. $33.75. 
63-A Green-Top Bunching. 
60 days. Attractive bunching beet. 
Foliage grayish-green and does not 
turn red. Roots round, smooth, 
slightly, flattened. Flesh bright 
blood-red. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 
55c; lb. $1.75; 5 lbs. $8.00. Not 
prepaid: 10 lbs. $1 

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57 Edmand's Blood Turnip. _—59 
days. A quickly maturing, turnip- 
shaped Beet. with deep blood-red skin 
and flesh. The tops are short and the 
roots almost round. Pkt. 10Oc; oz. 
20c; % Ib. 55c; lb. $1.75; 5. Ibs. 
$8.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00; 
25 lbs. Pee 
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58 Perfected Detroit. 59 aays. 
The finest strain of the famous_De- 
troit Beet on the market today. It is 
the result of ten years of inbreeding and 
re-selection to produce a stock that 
has marvelously rich blood-red meat 
all the way through. It has no 
white or light colored zones in the 
fiesh. Remains tender and of the 
highest quality until roots are fully 
grown. It cans red with no browns 
or purples. Superior for the table. 
Its globe-shaped roots are uniform 
in shape, color and size, and its uni- 
form, small, slender and erect tops ap- 
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54. Crosby's Egyptian. 48. aays. 
An .extra-early variety for home- and 
market-garden use. nexcelled for 
bunching. Roots are smooth, round, 
with slightly flattened tops; small tap- 
‘root. The flesh is very dark blood-red. 
Tops are medium and the roots deep 
purplish red. Crisp and tender. Pkt. 
1Oc; oz. 20c; 3%4-lb. 55c; lb. $1.75; 
5 Ibs. $8.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 
$14.00; 25 Ibs. $33.75. 
ESM N EL. Supplement your 
fertilizer with Esminel. Supplies 
essential- minerals to your soil, 
Free pamphlet with every order, 
5 Ibs. $1.25, postpaid. 
65 Early Wonder. 45 days. A fine 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian, but a 
little smaller. It is the earliest and 
most perfectly shaped Beet for home- 
and market-garden. Valuable to truck- 
ers and shippers for bunching. The 
roots are nearly globe-shaped, blood-red, 
with small tap-root. Tops are medium 
small and erect. Flesh is beautiful 
deep blood-red, sweet, crisp, and ten- 
der. Our pedigreed stock is the result 
of many years of breeding. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20¢; % lb. 55¢; lb. $1.75; 5 Ibs. 
oe.0e- Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $14.00; 
5 lbs. $33.75. 

Perfected Detroit 
Beets 
Sow seed during the early fall and spring, 
in rows 2% to 8 feet apart; thin to 10 
inches apart. Plant 6 to 8 pounds of seed 
per acre. . 
SUGAR BEET 
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62 Klein Wanzleben. 75 aays. Vatu 
able for stock-feeding. Roots medium large 
—12 to 156 inches, 3% to 4 inches at 
shoulder—tapered, white with tinge of 
ray. Very rich in sugar content; good 
eeper. As easily grown as the garden 
beet and should be left in the ground until 
frost to secure largest yields. When small 
they may be used for the table. Pkt. {0c; 
% Ib. 35c; Ib. $1.10; 5 Ibs. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
61 Mammoth Long Red. i130 aays. 
The most popular variety and best cropper. 
Produces from 30 to 50 tons per acre. Roots 
extremely large; light red; flesh white tinged 
rose. It is often two feet or more in length 
by..six inches in diameter. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
{5c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.10; 5 lbs. $5.00. 
Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. $8.50; 25 ibs. $20.00. 
69 Red Giant Eckendorf. 440 gays. 
Grows mostly above the ground, and is. there- 
fore, easy to harvest. The roots are very large. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; % lb. 35c; Ib. $1.10; 


; ms 5.00. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $8.50; 25 5 lbs. $5.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. $8.50; 
} Mammoth Long Red vhs $20.00. 4 25 Ibs. $20.00. 
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