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BEETS 
King Red 57 days 
Root—globe to round shape. Roots are 
more round than Perfected Detroit. 
Smooth skinned and uniform. 
Interior—uniform dark red. 
Top—12-14 inches, dark green tinged with 
deep red. 
A selection by N. K. & Co. from Perfected 
Detroit for use where a shorter top is 
desirable. 
Special Crosby 52 days 
Root—very smooth and round with a 
small tap root. 
Interior—solid medium red. 
Top—15-18 inches tall. Dark green tinged 
with maroon. 
A fine early home and market garden 
beet. Outstanding for early bunching. 
CARROT 
Royal Chantenay 68 days 
Tops—15-20 inches tall. 
Roots—6% inches long by 2% inches wide 
at shoulder, cylindrical, stump rooted. 
The interior color is a solid reddish 
orange. 
A recent N. K. & Co. introduction pri- 
marily developed for the canner and 
freezer, but equally well suited for the 
home and market gardener. 
Imperida 85 days 
Top—10-14 inches tall. The tops are finer 
and shorter than those of Imperator. 
Root—8'%2-104%2 inches long by 1% 
inches wide at _ shoulder. Square 
shoulders, medium level crown and 
tapered to the bottom. Smoother, more 
slender, more refined than Imperator. 
An introduction by the University of 
Idaho for shipping. 
SWEET CORN 
Golden Freezer 80 days 
Plant—6 feet tall, good vigor, suckers 
moderately. 
Ear—9-912 inches long by 1% inches 
diameter, 12 rows, slim cylindrical 
ears, small cob, excellent quality. 
Developed by N. K. & Co. One of the 
sweetest tasting sweet corns. It is 
ideally suited for freezing or canning, 
as well as fresh “corn-on-the-cob.” 
Golden Midget 65 days 
Plant—3 feet tall, many suckers, slender 
stalks. 
Ear—3-4 inches long, 8 rows, cylindrical. 
A home garden novelty. A very early high 
quality corn ideally suited for freezing 
because small ears fit into quart car- 
ton. Also small plants make this pop- 
ular for gardens where space is limited. 
Golden Princess 78 days 
Plant—5%2-6 feet tall, suckers moder- 
ately, vigorous, yellow tasseled. 
Ear—9-91'% inches long, 12 rows, 2 inches 
diameter, medium width kernel of good 
depth. 
Developed by N. K. & Co. The earliness 
and longer ear make this hybrid pop- 
ular with home gardeners to come in 
ahead of Golden Cross Bantam. 
lochief 86 days 
Plant—6'% feet tall, vigorous, few suck- 
ers, strong root system. 
Ear—8-8' inches long by 2% inches in 
diameter, 16-18 rows, slight taper, very 
deep and narrow kernels. 
Developed by Dr. E. S. Haber at Iowa 
State College. A popular widely adapted 
hybrid. This is an All-American Gold 
Medal winner. 
Snow King 88 days 
Plant—8 feet tall, vigorous, suckers mod- 
erately, widely adapted. 
Ear—8-9 inches long, diameter 2% 
inches, 16-20 rows, narrow, deep, pearly 
white kernels. 
Developed by N. K. & Co. It has a longer, 
more cylindrical ear, whiter kernel and 
better quality than Iogreen 191x12E. 
An excellent quality white hybrid. 
Spancross (C12x3) 70 days 
Plant—412-5 feet tall, medium dark 
green, suckers moderately. 
Ear—6-6%% inches long with slight taper, 
10-14 rows. 
Developed by Drs. Singleton and Jones of 
Connecticut as a first early market and 
home garden type. A day or two earlier 
than Golden Rocket but does not have 
as good quality. 
