
Broccoli, 
Italian Green 
Sprouting 


Brussels Sprouts 

Golden Acre Yellcws-Resistant Cabboge 
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Broccoli - Calabrese 
A packet will produce about 200 plants; 1 ounce about 20°¢ plants; 4 ounces per acre. 
270 Italian Green Sprouting § Pit., 15c; % 0z., 35c; 02.,65c; % Ib., $1.80 
(60 days.) Is relatively unknown in this country in comparison with 
many other vegetables. During the past 15 years, production and de- 
mand has greatly increased on many markets.. More people, with each 
succeeding year, are learning to appreciate its real value. It is high in 
food value and may be canned or frozen. Broccoli, like Cabbage, Cauli- 
flower, and Brussels Sprouts, gives good results on well-fertilized soil 
that contains sufficient lime. Seed is sown in the field at the rate of 
4 ounce per 100 feet in rows spaced 30 inches apart _from early April 
to mid-July. Plants are thinned to 18 inches when they become estab- 
lished. Those thinned out may be transplanted. A dozen plants of 
Italian Green Sprouting will yield enough of this popular delicacy for a 
family of four until freezing days in late fall. 
Brussels Sprouts 
A packet will produce about 300 plants; 1 ounce about 3000 plants; 
one-fourth pound will plant an acre. 
Culture similar to that of late Cabbage. Sow outdoors from May 1 to 
June 1, and transplant in 5 to 6 weeks or thin to stand 2 by 3 feet apart. 
275 Long Island Improved 9 Pkzt., 15c; % 0z., 45c; 0z., 80c; “% 1b., $3.00 
Plants dwarf and compact; 20 inches tall; very uniform. Stems are cov- 
ered with firm, round, cabbage-like balls of 11% inches in diameter 
which mature in succession. 
Cabbage : 
One ounce of seed produces about 1500 to 2000 plants sown in open ground or 3000 
plants if sown in frame; a packet about 250 plants; 4 to 6 ounces will produce 
plants for an acre. 
For early harvest sow in flats under glass, 8 to 10 seeds per inch in 2-inch 
rows from February to March. Transplant in flats 2 by 2 inches when the 
first true leaves appear. Avoid crowding, drying out or over-watering. 
Harden off by gradual exposure and withhold watering a week or 10 days 
before setting in the field. Soak thoroughly just before transplanting. 
Set outside 14 to 18 inches by 24 inches apart as soon as ground can be 
prepared after danger of hard frost. When transplanting, the field soil 
should be slightly richer than the soil in which the seedling plants were 
grown. For later harvest sow at two-weeks intervals outdoors 5 to 6 weeks 
before transplanting in the field. ete 
If you want high quality and bigger crops, plant Holmes’ Cabbage seed. 
295 Golden Acre Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 30c; 02z., 55c; % 1b., $1.60 
(64 days.) This variety is a fine strain, round-headed Cabbage for early 
marketing and shipping. It is very profitable to grow. Plants are dwarf 
and compact, with few outer leaves, allowing very close planting. Our 
sok Prose the finest type, and should be used where superior stock 
is desired. 
296 Golden Acre Special  Pikt., 15c; 1% 0z., 40c; 0z., 75c; % Ib., $2.10 
(62 days.) This selected strain is most valuable for earliness and uniform- 
ity, and in quickness to reach maturity. It proved distinctly superior to 
other strains maturing at the same time. We recommend it to growers 
who want the earliest and best. 
286 Copenhagen Market Pkt., 10c; Y 02., 30c; 0z., 55c; % 1b., $1.60 
(66 days.) This is a valuable, early, rounded-headed variety. It is ex- 
cellent for early market and shipping. Also valuable as an early variety 
for kraut. Plants are compact, stems short, and heads uniformly round, 
of high quality. 
292 Early Jersey Wakefield Pikt., 10c; 4% 0z., 30c; 0z., 50c; %4 lb., $1.40 
(62 days.) A standard early sort with pointed heads. Heads are of a 
fair size and very compact. Our strain is very early; practically all the 
plants produce heads of the correct shape and mature almost at the 
same time. 
294 Glory of Enkhuizen Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 30c; 0z., 55c; % 1b., $1.50 
(77 days.) Heads large in size, round, solid, uniform in shape and ma- 
turity, of very good quality. The heads will range from 6 to 7 pounds 
in weight. This variety is popular for market and home use. One of 
the most desirable varieties for kraut. We offer a very fine strain of this 
Cabbage—none better. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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