RUEBE (Ger.) B©0tS B ARBABIETOLA (It.) 
One ounce will sow ioo feet of row; io pounds per acre. 
Enjoy the luxury of delicious, tender Beets on your menu from early 
summer through frost. Of easy culture, the first seeding may be made as 
early as the soil in your garden is in a workable condition. Don’t forget 
to thin your seedlings to stand 2 or 3 inches apart in the row. Why not 
sow a row of Beets between the rows of early cabbage in your garden’ 
A seeding in July will supply you with fall Beets for winter storage. 
Detroit Dsrk Red. The excellent quality of this Beet has made it one 
of the leaders for the home, market garden, and canning. It has few 
equals for late summer and fall use in the home garden. The root is 
globe-shaped and smooth, with dark red flesh and the zones are almost 
indistinct. Our stock is without equal for color. The tops are dark 
green tinged with red. Main crop variety, splendid for use in the fall 
and to store for winter. Fkt., 10c; oz., 15c; X A lb., 30c; lb., $1.00. 
Holmes’ Fireball. Is small size for home garden. HOLMES’ FIRE 
BALL has a DEEP RED color all the way through, just as it shows in 
the protograph, which is an exact reproduction of the Beets as they are 
grown from our seed. In addition to its very desirable deep dark red 
color, it is of very superior quality, richly flavored and is very smooth, 
clean and of uniform shape and size, bunching up attractively. It is 
unexcelled for pickling and canning. We urge you to give it a trial. 
Fkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 45c; lb., $1.50. 
Early Wonder. Resembles a good strain of Crosby’s Egyptian. The 
Beet is early, globe-shaped, with blood-red flesh, with a small tap root. 
The tops are small, dark green tinged with red, medium and erect. 
Excellent Beet for early bunching. You will find our Early Wonder 
a superior strain. Fkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lh., 30c; lb., $1.00. 
Holmes’ Green Top Blood. (Introduced by H. L. Holmes.) In qual¬ 
ity it stands alone. Whoever saw an absolutely light green-top Beet 
with pure blood-red root? It is one of the most tender of Beets, of deli¬ 
cious flavor, and is absolutely unsurpassed for quality by any Beet of 
which we know. This grand main-crop Beet— Holmes’ Green Top Blood 
—has a tapering root. The flesh is a handsome dark red, sweet and ten¬ 
der at all stages of growth regardless of size. The hard, stringy, wood¬ 
en-like fiber so common with all other varieties, is entirely absent in 
Holmes’ Green Top Blood, which will keep tender all winter. We would 
advise our customers who want this fine Beet to order early. 
Fkt., 10c; oz., 20c; X A lh., 60c; lb., $2.00. 
OHIO CANNER. Introduced by the Ohio Experiment Station. All agree 
that the color is a much darker red than that of the Detroit Dark 
Red which they were growing. The top is unusually short; the root 
shape is a little flatter than that of the Detroit, with a fine small 
tap root. Fkt., 10c; oz., 15c; V4 lh., 35c; lb., $1.25. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. Very early. Plant small in size, with few very 
dark red leaves. Root flattened and globe-shaped, very deep red. Top of 
Beet is level, with small crown, and slender tap root. Very sweet, ten¬ 
der, and of excellent quality. We recommend our stock for early spring 
market gardening. Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lh., 30c; lh., 90c. 
Mangels and Sugar Beets 
One-half ounce to 100 feet of row; 6 to 8 pounds of seed will plant an acre. 
A very valuable and economical food for cattle and sheep. Sow the 
seed in May in rows 2% feet apart. Mangels are easily harvested and 
can be stored in a cold cellar or pit where they will keep all winter. 
DANISH SLUDSTRUP. Roots long, orange colored, large and of excel¬ 
lent quality for stock feeding. „ „ 
Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; V4 lh., 20c; lh., 55c; 5 lhs., $2.50. 
Golden Tankard. Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy cropper. Roots large. 
Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lh., 20c; lh., 55c; 5 lbs., $2.50. 
Mammoth Long Red. Very large; red flesh 
Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lh., 20c; lh., 55c; 5 lhs., $2.50. 
GIANT HALF-SUGAR. A hardy variety producing large crops with 
little care. Valuable for its rich sugar content. This is white with 
rose at the shoulder. 
Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lh., 20c; lh., 55c; 5 lbs., $2.50. 
SPARGEL KOHL (Ger.) BrOCColl CAVOLO BROCCOLE (It.) 
One ounce will produce 5000 plants; 3 ounces per acre. 
Not unlike cabbage in its culture, the early crop is 
started inside or under glass and set outside in Apn . . } trans¬ 
seed is sown in early May in an outdoor seed bed, P . t 2 % feet 
planted to their permanent location in late June, sp 
apart. 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING (Calabrese). Th™ ^arlv^ ummer^to 
table. Preferred to cauliflower as it may be cut from ea y ^ or 
late fall, as every new branch produces a head P cooked in the 
sprouts, when ready to use are deep green and when cooked 
same manner as cauliflower are ver y , t ®’l de .V a J,- no 
Fkt., 10c; y 2 oz., 30c; oz., 50c; % lh., $1.50; lh., $5.00. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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Holmes' Fireball Beets 
Holmes' Green Top Blood Beet 
Tender and Delicious 
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Italian Green 
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