6 GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to 50 feet of drill; 6 to 
8 pounds per acre. Beets prefer a well-prepared friable soil planted 
from 2 inch to 34 inch deep, according to the texture of soil. For 
an early crop sow in drills 1 foot apart. Sow as early as the ground 
can be worked in the spring. When plants are large enough to use 
as greens, thin to 3 inches apart in the row. Beets can be sown 
as late as July for main crop. Hen manure is recommended as a 
fertilizer in the rows; care being used that the seed does not come 
in immediate contact with the fertilizer. 
%* EARLY WONDER. 55 days. An early variety. It is Turnip- 
shaped and is always smooth. The flesh is a beautiful deep red 
color and is of excellent quality. Tops are small and erect. Excep- 
tionally good for early bunching. 
* DETROIT DARK RED. (Morse’s Strain.) 55 days. The best for 
market gardens or home use. Roots smooth, medium size, globe- 
shaped; skin dark red; flesh solid vermilion-red. Tops small, up- 
right, dark green, shaded red. Pkt., 10¢. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. 58 days. Where an early market sort is 
desired, our strain is unequalled. Roots a flattened globe shape, 
skin very dark, flesh a trifle lighter, tops small. 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP, IMPROVED. 60 days. Old standard 
table Beets. Roots nearly round or slightly flattened, bright red, 
zoned and of good quality. Not so early as Detroit, but with a 
larger, coarser top. 
GREEN TOP BUNCHING. 60 days. Early, extremely attractive 
bunching Beet. Tops medium sized and erect. Foliage clean, gray- 
ish green that does not turn red or brown in the fall. Roots round, 
smooth and glossy, flesh bright blood-red. Mostly grown for Beet 
greens. 
Prices: Oz., 20c; 4 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Detroit Dark Red (Morse’s Strain) 
Sugar Beet 
Sugar Beets and Mangels are of great value for stock feed- 
ing, because of the improved health and condition of the 
animals, increased flow and quality of milk, and because of 
the saving in fodder. The yield is enormous, and the cost 
of growing is trifling. Grow a patch of them for winter feed. 
They are also excellent for poultry. 
GIANT FEEDING SUGAR. 120-150 days. A most valuable, 
Mangel or 
Stock Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to fifty feet of 
drill, five pounds per acre. Sow early in the spring, in rows 
about two feet apart; cover seed one and one-half inches 
deep, pressing ground firmly over the seed. When plants are 
large yielding variety for feeding; half sugar, oval-shaped, 
skin rose colored, flesh white, very nutritious and easily 
harvested. 
Oz., 15¢; 1% Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.25, postpaid. 
three inches high thin to about eight inches apart in the 
row. The plants pulled may be used for greens. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. 120-150 days. A favorite with the 
dairyman and farmer. Large, well-formed; dark red color, 
very nutritious; a big cropper. 
Italian GOLDEN TANKARD. (Yellow Eckendorf). 120-150 days. 
Green Very productive and sweet; tops and neck very small; flesh 
Sprouting yellow; especially relished by cows and sheep. 
Broccoli 
Oz., 15¢; V4 Ib., 35c; Ib., $1.00, postpaid. 
“SWISS CHARD” is listed on page 9. 
Broccoli 
A frequent application of nitrate of soda can be of great 
value to promote the life of this crop. 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING. 75 days. This variety pro- 
duces a large head, like Cauliflower, consisting of a compact 
cluster of bluish green flowers. When the central head is re- 
moved, the plant produces many branches, each bearing small 
heads, These are cut with 3 or 4 inches of the branch attached 
and tied in bunches for market. The stems as well as the flower 
heads are cooked and served as Cauliflower. Suitable for quick 
freezing. 
Oz., 30c; % Ib., $1.00; Ib., $3.00, postpaid. 
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% This variety recommended by Michigan State College 
