Vegetable Seeds 
Letherman’s 
ASPARAGUS SEED 
Seed started this spring will grow roots large 
enough to produce cutting stalks by the third year. 
Mary Washington. Resistant to rust and the most 
popular variety. Heavily productive of large 
green shoots of finest quality. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 Ib. 70c, Ib. $2.25. 
Asparagus Roots. Please see page 49. 
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 in. apart; this may be done when they are 
2 in. high or they may be left until they reach 6 in. 
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. 
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. 
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 with- 
out fiber or strings—sweet and tender at all stages. 
Broccoli, Green Sprouting 
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Asgrow Wonder 
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, 
1/4 Ib. 55c, lb. $1.60. 
MANGEL BEETS 
For Stock and Poultry 
Golden Tankard. 100 days. Large cylindrical roots. 
Yellow fleshed. 
Mammoth Long Red. Most popular and heaviest 
yielder. White fleshed. 
Either—Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 40c, lb. $1.20. 
SWISS CHARD — SPINACH BEET 
See page 22. 
All root crops are more tender if they grow 
quickly. Do not spare fertilizers in your garden. 
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. 
Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 40c, oz. 75c. 
