PINO‘S RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 17 
BEETS 
One ounce to 50 feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds per acre 
Treat Beet seed with PHYGON — it prevents dumping off and insures a 
good stand of healthy seedlings. 
Sow early as ground can be worked in the Spring and for succession follow 
every two weeks until July. For main crop sow last of May. Light, sandy 
loam well enriched with stable manure is best adapted and should be plowed 
and harrowed until very fine. Make drills 1 foot apart and when well up thin 
to 4 or 5 inches in the row. Beets like well limed soil. 
Extra Early Egyptian. A very early flat blood-red sort. Popular for first 
planting and forcing. Pkt. 15c., }4 oz. 20c., oz. 35c., 14 Ib. 85c., Ib. $2.75. 
Early Wonder. Top-shaned roots of uniform color. Very early and good qual- 
ity. Pkt. 15c., oz. 35c., 14 lb. 85c., Ib. $2.50. 
Crosby’s Egyptian. Animproved strain of Egyptian Beet. Rich dark red, crisp 
and tender. An excellent early sort. Pkt. 15c., oz. 35c., 14 Ib. 85c., Ib. $2.50. 
Detroit Dark Red. Very tender and sweet; skin dark blood red; flesh bright red; 
fine round shape. Excellent for main crop. Pkt. 15c., oz. 35c., 14 Ib. 85ce., 
lb. $2.50. ; 
Winter Keeper. Always sweet and tender, roots long and tapering. A good 
keeper. Pkt. 15c., 14 oz. 25c., oz. 40c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Red Ball. Round, dark red Beet, sweet and tender. Pkt. 25c., oz. 50c. Crosby’s Beet 
Beets for Greens. Leafy varieties for planting thickly for greens. Use when young 
and tender. Pkt. 15c., oz. 30c., 14 lb. 65c. 
Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beets 
Giant Lucullus. Extra large, crumpled or Savoy-leaved. Leaves used as greens, 
cooked in same manner as Spinach and the large ribs are prepared like Asparagus’ 
Pkt. 15c., oz. 25c., 14 lb. 75c., lb. $2.25. 
Large White. Similar to above, plain-leaved. Pkt. 15c., oz. 25c., 14 lb. 75c., Ib. $2.25. 
Rhubarb Chard. A new Swiss Chard that looks like Rhubarb. The leaf stalks are 
bright but delicate translucent crimson; tasty, delicious flavor. Pkt. 15c., 4% oz. 
30c., oz. 50c. 
Sugar Beets and Mangel-Wurzels 
Sow in May or June; 5 to 8 pounds per acre 
Used for stock and chicken feed. Sow in rows 3 ft. apart in May or June, thin 
out to 6 in. apart and keep well cultivated. 
Norbiton’s Giant. A long red variety, adapted to deep soil. Oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 75c., 
lb. $2.00. 
Swiss Chard, Lucullus Borecole, or Kale 
One ounce will produce about 3000 plants 
Sow in beds early in Spring and transplant in June treating in same manner 
as Cabbage. 
Dwarf Curled Scotch. Very dwarf and spreading, the best variety. Pkt. 15c., 
oz. 35c., 14 lb. $1.00. 
Siberian. A very hardy variety with bluish leaves curled at the edges. Used 
to winter over, produces an early Spring crop of “sprouts.” Pkt. 15c., 
oz. 30c., 14 lb. 75ce. 
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Broccoli 
One ounce will produce 
about 2000 plants 
Sow seed in May and plant | 
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Early Green Calabrese. This variety is much sought by the Italian 
trade. Forms a fair size green head; after this is cut from the main 
stalk new sprouts develop, forming new heads of a loose nature. 
Pkt. 15c., 4 oz. 35c., oz. 65c., 14 Ib. $1.50. 
De Cicco. This variety has proved to be the earliest strain of real value, 
fully a week ahead of Early Green Calabrese. Pkt. 15c., 6 oz. 45ce., 
oz. 85c., 14 Ib. $2.25. 
Italian Broccoli Rape (Raab). Used as early greens, leaves are broad 
strapleaf Turnip type. Pkt. 15c.,0z. 35c., Y4 1b. $1.00, 14 lb. $1.50. 
Brussels Sprouts 
One ounce will produce about 3000 plants 
The seed should be sown about the middle of May ina seed bed and 
plants afterwards set in rows 2 feet or more apart and cultivated like 
Cabbage. This vegetable does not require extremely high cultivation. 
It is for use late in Autumn after early frosts. 
Long Island Improved (Catskill). Compact in growth and of ex- 
cellent quality. Pkt. 20c., 14 oz. 60c., oz. $1.00. 
Broccoli, DeCicco 
