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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; 5 to 6 pounds to an acre, 
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. Oc; oz. 20c; 
si Ib. 6Oc; Ib. $1.85; 5 Ibs. 
Perfected Detroit 
Beets 
.50O. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. ; y 
14.00; 26 Ibs, $32.50. pete 58 Perfected Detroit. 52 days. 
'The finest strain of the famous De- 
‘troit Beet on. the. market today... It is 
ithe 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 
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. 0c; 0z 20c; % _Ib. 
y.60c; lb. $1.85; 5 lbs. $8.50. Not 
prepaid: 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. 60c;.2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
65 Early Wonder. 45 days. A fine 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian, but 4 
little smaller. It is the earliest and 
most perfectly shaped. Beet for home 
and market-garden. Valuable ‘to truck- 
era 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. 10c; 
oz. 20C; Ib. GOc; Ib. $1.85; 5 Ibs. 
$8.50. ot prepaid: 10 lbs. $14.00; 
25 lbs. $32.50. 
56 Detroit Dark Red. 55 aays. pb 
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. 60¢; Ib. $1.85; 5 lbs. $8.50. Early Wonder 
fa) 
$3 
t prepaid: 10 Ibs. $14.00; 25 Ibs. Beet 
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MELLES 
Sow. seed aquring the early fall and spring, 
in rows 2% to 3 feet apart; thin to 10 
inches apart. Plant 6 to 8 pounds of seed 
Or : «SUGAR: BEET 
62 Klein Wanzleben. 75 aays. Valu 
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. [Oc; 4 
oz. 15¢; % lb. 35¢; lb. $1.10; 5 ibs. 
$5.00. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $7.50; 25 
lbs. $1'7.50. ) 
MANGEL WURZEL 
61 Mammoth Long Red. i310 aayea. 
: The most popular variety and best cropper. 
( — Produces from 30 to 50 tons per acre, Roots 
Sreney fares light fie flesh white wee 
. ' e rose. It is often two feet or more im leng 
54 Crosby s Egyptian. 48 days. An aa x, nelee te Cage aay ease 
extra-early variety for home- and market- CG; 7” 1b. Cc; ib. . $ S. ~9.UU. 
garden Dee Marcos for bapening. yee Not. prepaid: 10 Ibs. $7.50; 25 lbs. $17.50. 
are smooth, round, with slightly flattene ° Pe 
tops; small taproot. The flesh is:very dark 63 Giant Half Sugar, Rose Top. a ds 
blood-red. Tops are medium and the roots 120 days. A fine stock feed variety. Roots % 
deep purplish red. Crisp and tender. . Pkt. are long oval white. with rose shoulder. Flesh | : 
1O0c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; Ib. $1.85; 5 unusually sweet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; % Ib. , 
Ibs. $8.50. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $14.00; 35c; Ib.. $1.10; 5 lbs. $5.00. Not pre- Mammoth Long Red 
26 lbs. $32.50. paid: 10 Ibs. $7.50; 25 lbs. $17.50. 
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