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. Plant 
from 12 inch to % inch deep, according to the texture of soil. For 
an early crop sow in drills 1 foot apart 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. A complete commercial fertilizer high 
in phosphorus and potash applied as a band alongside the row is 
recommended. Care should be 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, 
d and of d quality. Not so early as Detroit, but with a : 
jareer. Beodrett Ton Esters d Detroit Dark Red (Morse’s Strain) 
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 Mangel or 
greens. 
Prices: Oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 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 
Sugar Beet one-half inches deep, pressing ground firmly over the seed. 
When plants are three inches high thin to about eight inches 
Sugar Beets and Mangels are of great value for Sane apart in the row. The plants pulled may be used for greens. 
ing, because of the improved health and condition of the ; 5 
anieales increased flow and quality of milk, and because ofp MAMMOTH LONG RED, 120-150 days. A favorite with the 
the saving in fodder. The yield is enormous, and the cost 4a@ityman and farmer: Large, well-formed; dark red color, 
of growing is trifling. Grow a patch of them for winter feed. | V¢Ty nutritious; a big cropper. 
They are also excellent for poultry. GOLDEN TANKARD. (Yellow Eckendorf). 120-150 days. 
Very productive and sweet; tops and neck very small; flesh 
FEEDI SUGAR, 120-150 days. A most valuable, P zs a ; 
eo ereee ING |S! for feeding; half sugar, oval-shaped, yellow; especially relished by cows and sheep. 
skin rose colored, flesh white, very nutritious and _ easily Oz., 15¢; V4 Ib., 35¢; Ib., $1.00, postpaid. 
harvested. eas 
“SWISS CHARD” is listed 
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Italian B roccol i 
Green — A frequent application of nitrate of soda or other nitrogen 
Bees fertilizer can be of great value to promote the life of this crop. 
roccoli 
Worms on Broccoli can be controlled with 1% rotenone dusts; 
aphids or plant lice with nicotine sulphate or Evergreen Garden 
Spray. 
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; 4 Ib., $1.00; Ib., $3.00, postpaid. 
GRAND CENTRAL, 75 days. A new variety in the medium 
group, but it differs from the medium in maturity being a 
week to 10 days earlier, has a shorter, less leafy plant with the 
central heads more visible or less hidden by leaves. The central 
head is unusually heavy and dense. The bud or head type and 
color are satisfactory and the frozen product is rated high. 
Grand Central is of interest because of its high yield and uni- 
form maturity, allowing harvest to be completed in four instead 
of the usual 6 cuttings. 
Oz., 90c; 1% tb., $2.75; 1 Ib., $8.00, postpaid. 
% This variety recommended by Michigan State College 
