

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. 
Plant 2% to 3% inches below surface soil, 
Varieties in Order of Earliness 
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 fiesh 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. FEnor- 
mous 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. 
SEBAGO. A new variety, resistant to late blight, introduced by the potato breed- 
ers of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Recommended for the high alti- 
tudes 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 uncom- 
mon for Russets. Our stock is fine, medium sized tubers. Write for prices. 
QUICK, EASY TREATMENT FOR POTATOES 
A Semesan-Bel dip for potatoes before planting will protect them from scab 
and other diseases. Healthy plants will give a much higher yield of clean 
potatoes. The treatment is simple and inexpensive and the resulting benefit 
great. A 2-oz. pkg. (sufficient to treat 6 bushels of potatoes) costs only 30c. 
1-Ib. can, $1.65; 4-lb. can, $5.70. All sizes postpaid. ; 
Harvesting a record crop of Irish Cobbler 
; Potatoes in Pennsylvania. 
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, $1.25; 500 slips, $2.50; 1000 slips, $4.50. 
State variety wanted. Ready May 1st. Specify shipping date. Send your pinleer ea 
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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Holmes’ pure-bred high yielding strain. These acres produced a 
crop of the finest quality Potatoes. 

Katahdin 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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