HOLMES’ SUPERIOR 
Mary Washington Asparagus. 
ASPARAGUS KNIFE for harvesting 
Asparagus or removing dandelions 
from lawns. 
Price 40c Postpaid. 
Italian Green Sprouting Broccoli. 
Ohio Field-Grown Plants 
Shipping Season, June 1st to September. 
Write for List and Prices. 
Vegetable Seeds 
I can’t do without the Holmes Emperor Celery, I got it for 20 years or 
more, and it is the best late celery. Michel Rank, Pine Grove, Pa. 
SPARGEL (Ger.) Asparagus SPARAGIO (It.) 
One ounce plants 100 feet of row; produces about 200 plants; 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
75 plants to 100 feet of row; 4000 to 5000 plants per acre. 
SEEDS: A deep, sandy, loam soil, well supplied with organic matter. 
Sow seed 1 to 2 inches apart in rows; 15 inches apart for hand culti¬ 
vation and 2V 2 to 3 feet apart for horse cultivation. Cover 1 inch deep. 
Thin out to stand 3 inches apart. 
ROOTS: Should be planted in the spring as early as soil and weather 
conditions will permit. Rows, 4 to 6 feet apart; plants, from 15 to 30 
inches apart in the row, depending upon the size of the variety grown. 
The roots should be set in the bottom of the furrow and covered to 
a depth of 2 to 3 inches at first, and the trench gradually filled up as 
the plants develop. The depth of the soil over the crowns should be 
6 to 8 inches in light soil and 4 to 5 inches in heavy soil. 
Use 6 lbs. salt to each 100 square feet to keep down weeds. 
MARY WASHINGTON. It is at present the best to plant. It produces 
large rust-resistant stalks and high-quality spears. Introduced by the 
United States Department of Agriculture. Seed, pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vi 
lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
Roots (2-yr. old), 25 for 45c; 50 for 80c; 100 for $1.50, postpaid. By ex¬ 
press, not prepaid, 1000 for $9.00; 5000 for $42.00. 
SPARGED KOHL (Ger.) 
Broccoli 
CATOLO BBOCCOLE (It.) 
One ounce will produce 5000 plants; 3 ounces per acre. 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING. (Calabrese). This is delicious 
vegetable. It somewhat resembles Cauliflower, but it is of a more deli¬ 
cate flavor. Preferred to cauliflower as it may be cut from early sum¬ 
mer to late fall, as every new branch produces a head or sprout. The 
heads or sprouts, when ready to use are deep green and when cooked 
in the same manner as cauliflower are very tender and tasty. Broc¬ 
coli is grown the same as cabbage or cauliflower. A favorite with the 
Italians. The yield is large and the Broccoli always commands good 
prices. The strain we offer has been tested. Fkt., 10c; 14 oz., 30c; oz., 
50c; Vi lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00. 
Brussels Sprouts 
BOSENKOHL (Ger.) CAVOLO DI BRUSSELS (It.) 
One ounce will produce 2500 plants; one-fourth pound will plant an acre. 
Use a rich, heavy loam with good drainage. In the latitude of Canton 
sow outside in rows in May and transplant in July to rows 2 to 2 % 
feet apart, setting the plants iy z to 2 feet apart in the rows. Culti¬ 
vate often. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED DWARF. (Special). This is the same stock 
used by the professional Long Island growers. It is usually hard to 
get a strain of Brussels Sprouts that yields well in this country. Our 
Long Island Special yields more than three times as many large solid 
sprouts as any other strain or variety we know. The plants of the 
Long Island Special do not grow very tall, but they are covered from 
the ground up with large sprouts. With our special strain you can 
raise Brussels Sprouts for market and make a good profit. Do not get 
our Special Strain confused with the ordinary Long Island strain that 
is offered by many seedsmen. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; Vi lb., 75c; lb., $2.50. 
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THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
