. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 20 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. In the production of the leading varieties of beet we have bred pedigreed strains for critical market garden, shipping and canning trade. Earliness, evenness of maturity, depth of color and small tap roots are features of these stocks grown from mother beets selected with discriminating care. The number of days shows the time required under average conditions in the North from planting of seed to
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 20 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. In the production of the leading varieties of beet we have bred pedigreed strains for critical market garden, shipping and canning trade. Earliness, evenness of maturity, depth of color and small tap roots are features of these stocks grown from mother beets selected with discriminating care. The number of days shows the time required under average conditions in the North from planting of seed to the production of roots about 134" in diameter. All-America Silver Medal 1936. Though bred primarily for home and com- mercial canning, this excellent variety is now also widely used as a table beet because of its very deep, attractive color and superior quality. Tops strong and erect, medium tall, about 14", green with red ribs. Roots smooth, globe-shaped, with small neck; dark maroon-red. Flesh lively deep ox-blood red; exceptionally vivid and attractive when cut; richly colored juice. Holds quality well until roots are full-grown. ASGROW WONDER 57 All-America Gold Medal 1934; since then has been confirmed in leadership by growers and shippers. A pedigreed stock, the result of many years of breeding; unsurpassed in earliness, uniformity, and in depth of interior color. Distinctive green tops, erect, uniform in size and color, bunching very attractively for market. Roots round when young, semi-globular later, deep red, smooth, with small neck and tap root. Flesh deep dark red, tender, and of excellent quality. Crimson Globe 69 A main crop variety of medium season maturity, with large globe-shaped roots; flesh purplish red with moderately prominent light zones; foliage medium green tinged with bronze. ASGROW CANNER Days 66. Asgrow Wonder Asgrow Canner. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for reada
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