BEET 
While beets will flourish in any reasonably good soi that 1s not acid, provided it 1s 
properly fertilized and cultivated, they do best in deep sandy loam. The soil should 
be well worked first and if smooth roots are wanted, fresh manure must not be used. 
Sow about 12 seeds per foot Ya” deep in drills 18” apart, rolling the earth after 
planting. 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” when those lifted can be 
used for greens. To have supplies through the season, plant in succession every 10 
days or so. Beets are at their best when about 2” in diameter. 
Asgrow Canner: 65 days. Bred primarily for Asgrow Wonder: 57 days. Long a_ favorite 
home and commercial canning, but also widely and leading variety for market grower and home 
used as a table beet because of its very deep, gardener. Deepest red all through, semi-flat with 
attractive color and superior quality. Smooth, rounded bottom, large, extra flavor and quality, 
globe shaped roots, with small neck. Tops smooth skin, 15” tops for good bunching. 
medium and erect. Unsurpassed in earliness, uniformity, and in 
depth of interior color. 
Crosby’s Egyptian: 60 days. A standard early 
variety, very popular with market gardeners, as 
the tops bunch well and it makes a good ap- 
pearance with dark red, flat-globe shaped roots 
Detroit Dark Red: 68 days. A leading main 
crop sort and seen at its finest in the pure-bred 
Asgrow strain. Tops small and erect, dark green 
tinged with red. Roots globular, uniform, at- 
tractive, with deep red flesh. 
Early Blood Turnip: 68 days. An old-time fa- 
vorite. Tops niedium and rather bushy. Its name 
indicates shape and color of roots. A good 
keeper. 
Early Flat Red Egyptian: 54 days. Used in 
the North for forcing and transplanting from 
hotbeds to catch the early markets. 
Perfected Detroit: 70 days. A very popular 
variety both for market gardens and canning; 
Asgrow Wonder roots globular, flesh dark red, of good quality. 
SWISS CHARD (Leaf Beet) 
A beet that 1s grown for its leaves and chards, or stalks, but not its roots. An excellent 
vegetable for the home garden, as when the outer leaves are picked the others continue 
to grow, assuring a supply of tasteful greens throughout the summer and fall. The ribs 
may be served creamed like asparagus, the leafy part like spinach. Thin to-12” apart. 
Fordhook Giant: Tall, sturdy; leaves heavily Lucullus: The most popular sort. Erect and 
crumpled, dark green; stems broad, thick, vigorous, with stout, white stalks and large, 
white. crumpled, bright yellowish green leaves. 
