
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 garden? 
A seeding in July will supply you with fall Beets for winter storage. 
237 Detroit Dark Red Pht lOc coz) 256: O40 wOUCs L045 obo 
(58 days.) 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 indis- 
tinct. Our stock is without equal for color. Tops dark green tinged with 
red. Main crop variety, splendid for fall use and to store for winter. 
243 Early Wonder Phtel0c> 07.6 2065, (oO OUCH LU p10) 
(58 days.) The edible roots of Early Wonder are much earlier than most 
varieties. It is very highly recommended for spring and summer sowing. 
It can also be planted earlier in the season than any other kind. The skin 
is deep red and the flesh is darker red in color. Tender and sweet. 
248 Holmes’ Green Top Blood 
PR Ide 26z,, 0c. 44 10; 800s Lb: 22.00 
(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 others. The keeping quality of Holmes’ Green 
Top Blood Beet has no equal. 
252 Ohio Canner Pkt., 15c; 0z., 30c; %4 Ib., 85c; 1b., $2.50 
(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. 
238 Perfected Detroit Pkt., 10c; 02., 25c; Y% 1b., 50¢; 1b., $1.55 
(60 days.) (All-America Winner.) Is medium size for home garden. 
Perfected Detroit has a deep red color all the way through. It is a very 
superior quality, richly flavored and is very smooth. Clean and uniform 
shape and size, bunching up attractively. Unexecelled for pickling and 
canning. We urge you give it a trial. 
235 Crosby’s Egyptian Pkt., 10c; 02., 25c; % Ib., 50c; 1b., $1.55 
(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, slender tap root. Very sweet, tender, of excellent 
quality. We recommend our stock for early spring market gardening. 
Swiss Chard 
A packet will sow 15 feet of row; 1 ounce 50 feet. 
258 Fordhook Giant Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; %4 Ib., 65c; % Ib., $1.00 
The best selling variety on the market. Leaves dark green, large, very 
curled, thick and quite tender. Make excellent boiling greens. Stems 
pure white, broad and thick, and much desired by the housewife. 
256 Large Green White-Ribbed 
Pkt., 10c; 02z., 25c; % 1b., 65c; Y Ib., $1.00 
(55 days.) 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. 
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 21% feet apart. Mangels are easily harvested, and can be 
stored in a cold cellar or pit where they will keep all winter. 
267 Danish Yellow Giant Phiploc? ozj.loc; 440 lbs 35c3_ lbs $1.00 
(120 days.) This Mangel is a strain of the yellow variety. It grows to a 
very large size, producing extremely heavy yields. Deep yellow skin with 
white flesh. Grows 2/3 above the ground. . 
269 Mammoth Long Red Pkt., 10c; 0z., 15c; % I1b., 35c; lb., $1.00 
(120 days.) Very large; red flesh. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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