SEED POTATOES From tHe RUGGED NORTH 
Certified Seed is Your Best Protection 
Potatoes do best in a loose, well-drained soil. The early crop can be planted in 
April. The crop for winter storage should be planted the first half of June. With 
rows 30 inches apart and the hills 12 inches apart in the row, 20 to 22 bushels of 
seed plant an acre. For the garden, a peck of seed plants about 200 hills, Remem- 
ber that Potatoes need to be sprayed or dusted to insure good yields. 
Varieties in Order of Earliness 
WARBA. The earliest variety; ripens fully-a week earlier than Irish Cobbler. 
Requires especially good soil and uniform moisture. With favorable conditions 
it outyields all other early varieties. Round, with distinctive pink, deep eyes. 
Specially recommended for the home gardener who takes pride in having Po- 
tatoes for the Fourth of July. Write for prices. 
EARLY OHIO. Those who enjoy the distinctive flavor of the Harly Ohio are 
never Satisfied with any other early Potato. Tubers reddish, cylindrical, matur- 
ing a few days earlier than Irish Cobbler. Write for prices. 
IRISH COBBLER. (Pedigreed Stock.) This is the standard early Potato, and is 
increasing in popularity yearly among the best Potato growers. The tubers are 
white, round and plump with somewhat deep eyes. The flesh is white and of 
excellent quality. Write for prices. 
EARLY SIX WEEKS. The tubers are medium to large in size, oval-Shape, reddish 
color with shallow eye. Write for our Price List. 

CHIPPEWA. A handsome, smooth, white Potato. The vines are sturdy. Matures 
Harvesting a record crop of Irish Cobbler two weeks later than Cobbler and usually produces higher yields. Not recom- 
Potatoes in Pennsylvania mended for storage. Write for prices. 
KATAHDIN. Similar to Chippewa in having large, smooth, clear white 
tubers, but matures ten days later. About two weeks earlier than Russet 
Rural. Enormous vines. Keeps well in storage. Both the Chippewa and 
Katahdin require more spraying than the Russet Rural, but growers 
with good spray equipment find them profitable because of the premium 
they command on the market. Write for prices. 
RUSSET RURAL. (Certified.) This is the famous Michigan Russet Po- 
tato that has probably made more money for the farmer than any other 
variety. The tubers are round to oblong in shape, of good size, with pure 
white flesh. The skin is russet, the eyes few and shallow. An excellent 
keeper. Our Russets are grown in Michigan from pure State Inspected 
Certified Seed, free from scab and diseases. A yield of 400 bushels per 
acre is not uncommon for Russets. Our stock is fine, medium sized 
tubers. Write for Price List. 
RURAL NEW YORKER. Similar to Russet Rural in all respects except 
that the skin is smooth. The most reliable cropper of the smooth skin 
varieties. Write for prices. 
Seed Sweet Potatoes 
We can supply you with the choicest of seed. Requires 4 to 6 
bushels of seed to produce enough plants for 1 acre. One (1) 
bushel for a bed 20 to 25 sq. ft., depending on the size of the 
potatoes. 
NANCY HALL. Also YAMS. Write for prices. 
Sweet Potato Slips 
Sweet Potatoes are easy to grow if you use Holmes’ plants. 
They do best on a light, well drained, sandy loam but can be 
grown successfully on a wide range of soils if the growing season 
is sufficiently long (about 4 months), We offer these high grade 
plants at low prices in the following varieties. Postpaid. 
Porto Rican Yam. The most popular. 
Nancy Hall. An old favorite of uniform excellence. 
200 slips, 85c; 500 slips, $1.59; 1000 slips, $2.59. 

Katahdin 
State variety wanted. Ready May Ist. Specify shipping date. 
Send your order early, even though you may want late shipment. 
Postpaid. 
Requires 7,000 plants per acre. Rows, 3% feet apart, 20 inches 
apart in row. 

THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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Russet Rural 
