4 HOLMES' TESTED SEEDS OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY 



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BEANS— Continued 



Green-Podded Pole, or Running Beans 



The 



G-olden Carmine-Podded Horticultiiral. Early; stringless 



Horticultural, or Wren's Egg. Best for corn Beans 



ZiAZY WIPE. Pods dark green; fleshy; entirely stringless; rich flavor, 



dry Beans are excellent for Winter use 



OLD HOMESTEAD, or KENTUCKY WONDER. Pods green, 9 or 10 inches, 

 and very crisp. Early and very prolific sort 



Red Speckled Cut-short, or Corn Hill.. .Old variety; popular 



Southern Prolific. Continuous bearer 



WHITE CREASEBACK POLE. Earliest green-podded Pole Bean for snap- 

 shorts. Very productive. Pods fleshy, entirely stringless 



White Dutch Case-Knif e. Flat pods 



Bush Lima Beans 



Burpee's Bush Iiima. Bushes 18 to 20 inches; immense yielder 



BURPEE-IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. Sturdy bushes loaded with enormous 



pods, very early 



Dreer's Bush Lima. Bush form of Pole sort of same name 



FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. Strong, erect, bush-like growth. Pods contain 



three to five large Beans and average four 



Henderson's Bush Lima. True bush variety, 18 to 20 inches high; early 



Pole Lima Beans 



Carpinteria Lima. Beans largest size and much thicker quality. Extra fine. . 



Dreer's Improved Lima. A thick, almost round Bean; fine quality 



Extra-Early Jersey Lima. Much earlier than Large "White Lima 



EXTRA EARLY LIMA, TRUCKER'S DELIGHT. The green-shelled Beans 

 are of immense size, tender and succulent 



HOLMES' CrREEN PROLIFIC POLE LIMA. Grows green, keeps green, and 

 the only Lima Bean that is absolutely green when dried. Equals Early 

 Jersey or any other variety for earliness, and is more productive than any 

 other Pole Lima we have ever seen 



Kingr of the Crarden Lima. Very prolific and heavy bearer 



Larffe White Lima. The old favorite 



Small White, or Carolina Sieva. A small seedling variety 



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BEETS 



Riibe Barbabietola 

 Buraki 



Culture.— The soil should be rather light and thoroughly enriched with manure. Sow m Spring 

 as soon as the ground becomes fit, in rows about 1 foot apart and 2 inches deep. For mam crop sow- 

 first week in May; for Winter sow in June. Thin to 5 or 6 inches. One ounce to 50 feet of tiriii. 

 Sow five pounds per acre. 



Our selected stock of Beets are uniform and of fine quality. French grown Beets seed is far^su- 

 perior to that grown in America, producing Beets that are uniform in every respect, ours is t rencn. 



Five Best Beets for Market Gardeners 



HARRISBURG- MARKET BLOOD TURNIP. Single tap-root; smooth skin: 

 rich, tender flesh. Considered the earliest and handsomest Beet • 



HOLMES. Extremely early; perfect globe shape; tender, blood-red flesh of 

 finest quality 



HOLMES' DEEP BLOOD TURNIP. Early; deep blood color; small tops. . 



HOLMES' EARLY SURPRISE. Extra- early Blood Turnip Beet; rich blood- 

 red; fine grain and delicious flavor • • • 



HOLMES' SPECIAL HALF-LONG. (New.) Darkest half-long, blood-red Beet 

 grown. Sweet; tender; excellent keeper 



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