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‘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 produce Beets if sufficiently fertilized and properly cultivated. 
When well started, thin plants to 3 to 4 inches apart. Beets are usu- 
ally more tender and succulent when about 2 inches in diameter. One 
ounce will sow 50 feet of row; 6 to 6 pounds to an acre. 
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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. 1O0c; oz. 20c; 
% Ib. 6Oc; lb. $1.85; 5 Ibs. 
8.50. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. 
$ ; » 
$14.00: 26 lbs. $32.50. 58 Perfected Detroit. 52 days. 
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 flesh. Remains ten- 
der and of the highest quality until 
roots are fully grown. It cans red with 
no browns or purples. Superior for the 
M™ table. Its globe-shaped roots are uniform 
™ in shape, color and size, and its uni- 
| form, small, slender and erect tops ap- 
i peal to the commercial grower and 
| shipper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 4% Ib. 
’, 6Oc; lb. $1.85; 5 Ibs. $8.50. Not 
prepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00; 25 lbs, $32.50. 
PROTECT YOUR BEETS 
WITH BUG-GETA 
Beets are often injured seriously. by 
Cutworms, Slugs, and Snails—-Get rid 
of these pests; bait with Bug-geta. 12 
oz. 45c¢;: 2 lbs. 956; 5 Ibs. $2.00, 
postpaid. - 4 ; 
Perfected Detroit 
Beets 
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- Be 
der. Our pedigreed stock is the result 
of many years of breeding. Pkt. 10c; Bm 
oz. 206; %4 Ib. 6GOc; lb. $1.85; 5 ibs. | 
$8.50. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $14.00; 
25 lbs. $32.50. 
56 Detroit Dark Red. 55 days. An 
excellent variety for the commercial 
grower and shipper. It is globe shaped 
with erect medium tops and has no 
white or light colored zones in the flesh. 
One of the best. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
¥, Ib. 6Oc; lb. $1.85; 5 Ibs. $8.50. 
Not sprepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00: 25 Ibs. 
Early Wonder 
Beet 
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BEE FT S 
Sow seed during the early fall and spring, 
in rows 2% to 3 feet apart; thin to 10 
inches apart. Plant 6 to 8 pounds of seed 
SU OAR, DEEL 
able for stock-feeding. Roots medium large 
—12 to 15 inches, 3% to 4 inches at 
shoulder—tapered, white with tinge of 
gray. . Very rich in sugar content, good 
keeper. 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. 1Oc 
oz. 15¢; % lb. 35c; Ib. $1.10; 5 lbs.§ 
ao od: Not prepaid: 10 lbs., $7.50; 25 
Ibs. $17.50. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
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54 Crosby's Egyptian “48 da b ix inches in di ti Pkt. 1O0c; 02 
e ys. An y six inches in diameter. A Cs O24) 
extra-early variety for home- and market- 15c; % lb. 35c; lb, $1.10 & Ibs. $5.00, 
garden nee Wacxeclicd for efi en ee Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $7.50; 25 Ibs. $17.50. 
are smooth, round, with slightly attene e 
tops: small taproot. ‘The flesh is very dark 69 Red Giant Eckendorf. 11.0 Keays, 
blood-red. Tops are medium and the roots Grows mostly above the ground, and is, there- 
deep purplish red. Crisp and tender, Pkt. fore, easy to harvest. The roots are very { ‘ 
10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.85; 5 | large. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c¢; %4 Ib. 350; Ib. 
lbs. $8.50. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00; $1.10; 5 lbs. $5.00. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. Mammoth Long Red 
25 lbs, $32.60. $7.50; 25 lbs. $17.50. 
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