
Beets 
A packet will sow 20 feet of row; 1 ounce 75 feet; 10 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 8 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 Dark 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. FPkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 1b., $1.00; 1% Ib., $1.55. 
Holmes’ Fireball. Is small size for home garden. HOLMES’ FIRE- 
BALL has a DEEP RED color all the way through, 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. 
Pkt., 15c; 02z., 35c. 
Early Wonder. (Asgrow Type.) 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, medium and erect. 
Excellent beet for early bunching. You will find our Early Wonder 
a superior strain. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 44 1b., 85c; 1% lb., $1.50. 
Holmes’ Green Top Blood. in quality it stands alone. It is one of 
the most tender of beets, of delicious flavor and is absolutely unsur- 
passed for quality by any beet we know of. This grand, main-crop 
beet—Holmes’ Green Top Blood—has a tapering root. The flesh is a 
handsome dark red, is Sweet and tender at all stages of growth, re- 
gardless of size. Holmes’ Green Top Blood will keep tender all winter. 
Market gardeners who plant it will find it outsells all others. The 
keeping quality of Holmes’ Green Top Blood Beet has no equal. 
Pkt., 15c; 0z., 30c; 14 1b., $1.25; 14 1h., $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. Pkt., 15c; oz., 35c. 
Perfected Detroit. (All-America Winner.) An excellent smooth dark 
red, globe strain, well adapted for home and market where a good red 
color, heavy yield and tops of medium height are desired. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 1b., $1.00; 1% lb., $1.65. 
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, 
tender, and of excellent quality. We recommend our stock for early 
spring market gardening. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; %4 lb., 85c; % Ihb., $1.50. 
SWISS CHARD. See page 11. 
Mangels and Sugar Beets 
A packet will sow 25 feet of row; 1 ounce 100 feet; 6 pounds 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. 
Golden Tankard. Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy cropper. Roots large. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 144 lb., 50c; lb., $1.59. 
Mammoth Long Red. Very large; red flesh. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 lb., 50c; 1b., $1.50. 
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. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 1% 1b., 50c; 1b., $1.50. 
Broccoli 
A packet will produce about 200 plants; 1 ounce about 2000 plants; 4 ounces per acre. 
Not unlike cabbage in its culture, the early crop is grown from plants 
started inside or under glass and set outside in April. For the fall crop, 
seed is sown in early May in an outdoor seed bed, the plants being trans- 
planted to their permanent location in late June, Spaced about 2% feet 
apart. 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING (Calabrese). This is a delicious vege- 
table. Preferred to cauliflower as it may be cut from early Summer 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. 
Pkt., 15c; 4% 0z., 40c; 0z., 80c; 4 lb., $2.50. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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Holmes’ Fireball Beets 

Holmes’ Green Top Blood Beet 
Tender and Delicious 
Broccoli, 
Italian Green 
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