An important commercial truck crop in the South. Beets are also a 
g00d home-garden vegetable. The young plants are censidered 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; 5 to 6 pounds. to an acre. 
63-A Green-Top Bunching. ncs CU, 
60 days. Attractive bunching beet. Gwe ee oA 
Foliage grayish-green and does not 
turn red. Roots round, smooth, 
slightly flattened. Flesh bright 
blood-red. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
% Ib. 6Oc; lb. $1.85; 5 Ibs. 
8.50. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 
$14.00; 25 lbs. $32.50. 158 Perfected Detroit. 3 daya. 
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 prodtice 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 
table. Its globe-shaped roots are uniform 
in shape, color and size, and its uni- 
form, small, slender and erect tops ap- 
peal to the commercial grower and 
,shipper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 
160c; lb. $1.85; 5 lbs.-$8.50. . Not 
iprepaid: 10 lbs. $14.00; 25 Ibs. $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 Ibs. 95c; 5 lbs. $2.00, 
postpaid, 
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- 
der. Our pedigreed stock is the result ] 
of many years of breeding. Pkt. 1Oc; 
oz. 20¢; Ib. 60c; lb. $1.85; 5 lbs. 
$8.50. ot prepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00; 
25 lbs. $32.50. 
56 Detroit Dark Red. ;- ao 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; 
% lb. GOc; lb. $1.85; 5 lbs. $8.50. 
$58 prepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00; 25 lbs. 
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 
Peis: 1c SUGAR. BEET 
able for stock-feeding. Roots medium large 
-—12 to 16. 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. 15c¢; % Ib. 35c; Ib. $1.10; 5 ibs. 
$5.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. $7.50;. 25 
lbs. $17.50. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
61 Mammoth.Long Red. 419 gays. 
The most popular variety’ and best cropper. 
Produces from 30 to 50 tons ner acre. Roots 
extremely large; light red; flesh white tinged 
rose. It is often two feet or more in length 
by six inches’ in diameter. Pkt. 1Oc¢; oz, 
15c; % Ib. 35c; lb. $1.10; 5 Ibs. $5.00. 
Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $7.50; 25 lbs. $17.50. 
69 Red Giant Eckendorf. 440. gays. 
Grows mostly above the ground, and is, there- 
fore, aos iy ee teeo Piaitg Ey ray Pilbla Rieskecdrt 
Oc; 0% 20C; 5 3 lb. $1.85; 5 large. Pkt. C3 04. c; % Ib. c; lb. : 
doa? Re RO trot prepaid? 10 ‘be $12.00. | $1.10; 5 ibs. $8.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. Mammoth Long Red 
25 Ibs. $32.50. $7.50; 25 lbs. $17.50. 
Vegetable Seeds an eat Eas: ie -' REUTER SEED CO., Inc,, New Orleans) 
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54 Crosby s Egyptian. 48 days. An 
extra-early variety for home- and market- 
garden use. Unexcelled for bunching. Roots . 
are smooth, round, with slightly flattened | 
tops: small taproot. The flesh is very dark 
blood-red. ‘Tops are medium and the roots 
deep purplish red. Orisp and tender. Pkt. 
