. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds for the garden and farm, 1902. Nursery stock Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CAREFULLY SELECTED STOCKS. Culture.—Beets thrive better in rather light, mellow and deeply-worked soil, which has been thoroughly enriched with well-rotted manure or fertilizer, which should be well mixed with the soil. For early use the sowing should'be made in hot beds or in open ground as soon as it can be worked, while the main sowing should" be made
. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds for the garden and farm, 1902. Nursery stock Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CAREFULLY SELECTED STOCKS. Culture.—Beets thrive better in rather light, mellow and deeply-worked soil, which has been thoroughly enriched with well-rotted manure or fertilizer, which should be well mixed with the soil. For early use the sowing should'be made in hot beds or in open ground as soon as it can be worked, while the main sowing should" be made in March or the beginning of April. Winter Beets and Mangels should be sown in April or May, and can be put in as late as June, although at this late date there is some risk, and the seed should be carefully soaked before sowing. For field culture the seed should be sown in drills two to two-and-a-half feet apart, and covered to the depth of about one inch. Thin out the plants to four inches apart One ounce of seed will sow fifty feet of drill; six to eight pounds required for one acre. For a small garden the drills need not be more than fifteen inches apart. ^Crosby's Improved Egyptian. (See cut.) The ideal first early variety for sowing in hot-beds or early planting outside. Crosby's Improved Egyptian is really the result of years selection from the old Egypt- ian, and is almost universally pronounced the ideal market gardener's beet. It is very early, has small top, fine globe-shaped roots, can be pulled early and is of excellent quality. Pkt. 5c ; oz. 10c; % lb. ^ 20c; lb. 60c; 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. Detroit Dark Red. A splendid deep red turnip beet with very small upright tops, early maturing and makes nice, round finely shaped roots. This is one of the finest of all for earl)* market or home use, and will be found one of the best of all for forcing in hot-beds. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c. ^lExtra Early Eclipse. One of the most desirable and popular vari
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