
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 3 inches apart in the row. 
Why not sow a row of beets between the rows of early cabbage in your 
apie A seeding in July will supply you with fall beets for winter 
237 Detroit Dark Red. (58 days.) The excellent quality of this beet 
has made it one of the leaders for the home, market garden, and can- 
ning. 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. 
Pere are Cates parce tinged with red. Main crop variety, splendid 
in e fall and to sto i . ; . H . 
phonies. tore for winter. Pkt., 100; 0z., 20¢; %4 Ih., 
247 Holmes’ Fireball. (55 days.) Is small size for home garden. 
HOLMES’ FIREBALL 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 unex- 
-celled for pickling and canning. We urge you to give it a trial. 
Pkt., 15c; oz., 25c; % 1hb., $1.00; 14 Ib., $1.65. 
243 Early Wonder. (58 days.) (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 Harly Wonder a superior strain. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., '75c; 14 Ib., $1.35. 
248 Holmes’ Green Top Blood. (80 days.) In quality it stands 
alone. It is one of the most tender of beets, of delicious flavor and is 
absolutely unsurpassed 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, regardless of size. Holmes’ Green Top Blood will keep tender 
all winter. Market gardeners who plant it will find it outsells all oth- 
ers. The keeping quality of Holmes’ Green Top Blood Beet has no 
equal. Pkt., 15c; oz., 35c. 
252 OHIO CANNER. (55 days.) 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., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 lb., 85c; 14 .Jb., $1.50. 
238 Perfected Detroit. (60 days.) (All-America Winner.) An ex- 
cellent smooth dark red, globe strain, well adapted for home and mar- 
ket where a good red color, heavy yield and tops of medium height 
are desired. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 75c; 1% Ib., $1.35. 
- 235 CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. (55 days.) 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., 20c; 14 1b., 75c; 1% Ihb., $1.35. 
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. 
267 Golden Tankard. (120 days.) Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy crop- 
per. Roots large. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 50c; Ib., $1.50. 
269 Mammoth Long Red. (120 days.) Very large; red flesh. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 1b., 50c; 1b., $1.50. 
265 GIANT HALF-SUGAR. (120 days.) 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; %4 Ib., 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. 
270 ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING. (Calabrese). (60 days.) This is a 
delicious vegetable. 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 oz., 35c; 0z., 65c; 1%4 Ib., $2.00. 
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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