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 SIX WEEKS. The tubers are medium to large in size, oval-shape, reddish 
color with shallow eye. Write for our Price List. 
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. 
CHIPPEWA. A handsome, smooth, white Potato. The vines are sturdy. Matures 
two weeks later than Cobbler and usually produces higher yields. Not recom- 
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. Enor- 
mous vines. Keeps well in storage. Both the Chippewa and Katahdin require 
more spraying than the Russet Rural, but growers with good spray Sapa 
P F find them profitable because of the premium they command on the market. 
Harvesting a record crop of Irish Cobbler 
Potatoes in Pennsylvania Write for prices. 

SEBAGO. A new variety, resistant to late blight, introduced by the Potato 
breeders of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Recommended for the high 
altitudes of Pennsylvania and all other localities where late blight is serious. 
Tubers round, smooth and clear white. 
Write for prices. 
RUSSET RURAL. (Certified.) This is the famous Michigan Russet Potato 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 prices. 
SEQUOIA. If you have given up growing late Potatoes because the leaves die 
in August from hopper-burn, we urge you to try this new variety which is 
resistant to leaf hoppers, At the Ohio Experiment Station it yielded over a 
pound per hill with only one spray of calcium arsenate. Tubers very large, 
of brownish tinge, not as attractive on the market as our clear white va- 
rieties, but an excellent keeper for home use. Plant early, as Sequoia re- 
quires over five months to mature. 
1 Ib., 25c; pk., $1.50, postpaid. 


Russet Rural 
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, 95c; 500 slips, $1.79; 1000 slips, $2.79. 
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. 
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THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Katahdin 
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