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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 
aed A seeding in July will supply you with fall beets for winter 
rage. 
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. 
The tops are dark green tinged with red. Main crop variety, splendid 
for use in the fall and to store for winter. j 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 lhb., 75c; 1% lb., $1.15. 
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; 0z., 30c; 1% lb., $1.00; 14 1b., $1.50. 
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 Marly Wonder a superior strain. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; %4 Ih., 75c; 4% lb., $1.15. 
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; 0z., 30c; 1%4 lb., 90c; 14 lb., $1.50. 
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; % Ib., 85c; % Ih., $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; oz., 25c; 144 Ih., 75c; 1% lb., $1.15. 
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., 25c; %4 Ihb., 75c; 14 1b., $1.15. 
SWISS CHARD 
A packet will sow 15 feet of row; 1 ounce 50 feet. 
259 Rhubarb Chard. (60 days.) This new chard has the same color- 
ing as Rhubarb. The stalks are a bright crimson which extends up 
through the veins into the dark, glossy green, heavily crumpled leaves. 
Very ornamental, making a striking color note in the garden and it 
has a distinctly delicate flavor of its own. Pkt., 15c; 0z., 45c. 
256 LARGE GREEN WHITE-RIBBED. (55 days.) The best selling sort 
on the market. It is a big improvement over the Lucullus varieties; 
the leaf is green and curly. It also has a much better flavor than the 
Lucullus sorts. Commercial growers claim this will out-sell any other 
kind. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; % Ib., 85c; ¥% Ib., $1.25. 
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; 0z., 20c; %4 lhb., 45c; lb., $1.30, 
269 Mammoth Long Red. (120 days.) Very large; red flesh. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 1%4 l1b., 45c; 1b., $1.30. 
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 1b., 45c; 1b., $1.30. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 
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