VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES ® KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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Our Keystone quality beet seed serves the most critical canning and market garden 
trade. In production of mother roots for our seed production, a determined effort is made 
to select the best plants, particularly those with beautiful deep blood red root interior. 
TABLE VARIETIES 
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CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN HMS BOOKY 55 
An excellent early beet for home and market garden, also shipping. Tops 
large, upright, mostly green with red veins. Roots dark red, flattened globe 
shaped, smooth with slender tap root; flesh purplish red, fine textured, only 
moderate zoning. 
DETROIT DARK RED HMSCF BOOTS 58 
Widely used all purpose variety of superb quality. Important main crop sort 
for gardeners, shippers, canners, a good keeper. Tops short, uniform, refined, 
dark green becoming tinged with red. Roots attain near globe shape while 
still small, smooth slender tap root; flesh deep blood red with distinct zones. 
DETROIT PERFECTED (Canner Strain) Cc BOONE 60 
The leading commercial canning 
variety. Tops are tall permitting 
mechanical harvesting and are 
green tinged with red. Roots at- 
tain their globe shape at early 
stage and are smooth with slender 
tap root, making it desirable for 
canning as whole small beets or 
sliced or cut. Flesh deep dark red 
with very indistinct zoning, ten- 
der and of sweet flavor. 4/l 
American Selection Silver Medal 
1934. 
DETROIT SHORT TOP (Canner Strain) SCF BOOPP 58 
Highly refined and uniform short top strain of Detroit Dark Red. 
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