

Asparagus 

-You haven’t really tasted fresh aspara- 
gus until you’ve eaten it rushed from a 
back-yard garden. Grow plenty of this 
vitamin-rich greens. 

NITRAGIN 
INOCULATION 
GARDEN SIZE—Peas, Beans, 
Sweet 
Peas, Lupines, Lima Beans and Edible 
Soybeans. Enough for 8 lbs. 
Price: 10c each, 
Pencil Pod Black Wax Bean 
seed. 

HOLMES’ SUPERIOR 
Asparagus 
One ounce plants 75 feet of row; produces about 250 plants; 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
75 plants to 100 feet of row; 4000 to 5000 plants per acre. 
Seeds: A deep, sandy loam soil, well supplied with organic matter. Sow 
seed 1 to 2 inches apart in rows; 15 inches apart for hand cultivation 
and 2% to 3 feet apart for horse cultivation. Cover 1 inch deep. Thin 
out to stand 3 inches apart. 
Roots: Should be planted in the spring as early as soil and weather 
conditions will permit. Rows 4 feet apart; plants 18 inches apart in 
the row. Plant roots in trenches 5 to 10 inches deep, pull soil gradually 
around plants as they develop during the first two years. The depth 
of the soil over the crowns should be 6 to 8 inches in light soil and 
4 to 5 inches in heavy soil. Use 6 lbs. salt to each 100 square feet to 
keep down weeds. 
230 MARY WASHINGTON. It is at present the best to plant. It pro- 
duces large, rust-resistant stalks and high quality, dark green spears. 
Introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture. Seed, 
pkt., 10c; 0z., 200; % lb., 50c; 1b., $1.60. 
Roots, l-year-old, 25 for 85c; 50 for $1.50; 100 for $2.75, postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 250 roots, $4.00; 1000 for $15.00. 
We recommend 1-year asparagus roots. They are usually more vig- 
orous and healthy, and will make a better bed. 
ASPARAGUS KNIFE for harvesting asparagus or removing dan- 
delions from lawns. 
Price, 45c, postpaid. 

Beans 
A packet will plant 25 feet of row; 1 pound 150 feet; 60 to 75 pounds per acre. 
Beans are one of the most popular crops for the home garden. Plant. 
after danger of frost, in a fertile, well-drained, mellow soil, 1 inch deep, 
4 inches apart in a 2%4- to 3-foot row. For continuous harvest plant every 
two or three weeks, allowing sufficient time for maturity before frost. 
If a hard crust forms, help the seedlings through by carefully breaking 
the surface with a rake. 
Dr, J. D. Wilson, Plant Pathologist at the Ohio Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station states that some of the diseases of Beans such as Anthrac- 
nose, Bacterial Blight, and Mosaic may be at least partially avoided 
by planting Western Grown Seed, which is free from diseases. 
Our Bean fields are inspected from the time of planting to the time 
received at warehouse. A record is kept of each crop. Our Beans are 
Western grown and free from disease. No better stocks produced. 
Bush Wax-Podded Beans 
10 Pencil Pod Black Wax. (51 days.) This is one of the best early 
round pod wax beans, for home market. The pods are large, six 
inches long, straight, and as round as a pencil, of golden yellow color, 
very brittle, strictly stringless, fleshy, and of highest quality. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 Ib., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 85c; 5 lbs., $2.00, 
18 Sure-Crop Wax. (52 days.) The earliest and heaviest stringless — 
yellow pod bean. The rich yellow pods are 6 inches in length. They are 
flat, very meaty, sweet and perfectly stringless at all stages. Every 
branch carries a heavy crop of the magnificent pods. Valuable for 
its productiveness and disease-resisting qualities. It has proven to 
be a quick seller on the market because of its many good points. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 Ib., 25c; Ib., 45c; 2 lbs., 85c; 5 lbs., $2.00. 
11 ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX or BRITTLE WAX. (53 days.) Barly 
yellow bean. Pods large, 6 inches long, round, yellow, very brittle, 
absolutely stringless, remaining in good condition for use until full 
grown. Quality excellent. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 85c; 5 lbs., $2.00, 
16 IMPROVED TOP NOTCH GOLDEN WAX. (51 days.) Produces a 
good crop of straight pods, 5 inches long. Stringless and brittle, with 
thick, oval pods of golden yellow color. It is extra early. 
Pkt., 10c; % Ib., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 85c; 5 lbs., $2.00. 
20 YELLOW POD BOUNTIFUL. (52 days.) Since the introduction of 
this splendid sort, it has grown in popular favor with the market gar- 
deners year after year. Very early, a heavy yielder; a beautiful rich 
yellow pod. Always absolutely stringless; long, thick, meaty, flat pods; 
vigorous plants loaded with beans. 
Pkt., 100; %& Ib., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 85c; 5 lbs., $2.00, 
WE PAY TRANSPORTATION 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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