Beaver Press | 1913-10-24 | Page 2 | Selecting the Seed Beets

SELECTING THE SEED BEETS greatest ca care re must be exercised in picking out only perfect and typical type of plants th the all important thing in beet et e t growing to Is good seed in set selecting ec tang r mother beets that Is beets from which seed la is to be grown the greatest care must be taken to pick out only perfect and typical types aney conform to many requirements they must not be too large or the I 1 sugar contents content swill will be too loy they thel must not be too small since small I 1 beets are not profitable it must not have a divided tap root or large side roots since the tha part of the beet Is in the low lower e r paral part of the toot root it follows that a mother beet must not be slim with a long slowly tapering root that grows deep ly into the ground as such roots are sure to break in harvesting leaving the best beat part below ground the beets must grow entirely below ground as the part pari that thac grows grow above must be cut oft off and wasted in im topping