Show SELECTING THE SEED BEETS greatest care must be exercised in picking out only perfect and typical type of plants the all important thing in beet growing Is good seed in selecting mother beets that Is beets from which seed is to be grown the great est care must be taken to pick out only perfect and typical types they wast conform to many requirements they must not be too large or the sugar contents will be too low they must not be too small since small beets are not profitable it must not have a divided tap root or large bide roots since the richest part of the beet Is in the lower part of the root it follows that a mother beet must not be slim with a long slowly tapering root that grows deeply into the ground as such roots are sure to break in harvesting leaving the best part below ground the beets must grow entirely below ground as the part that grows above must be cut off and wasted in topping |