Holmes’ Vegetable Seeds of Special Merit 
17 PUREGOLD BEANS 
Tender, Meaty and Fine Flavored—All-America Winner 
(56 days.) If you want really delicious, tender, fine Wax Beans, grow our 
Puregold, a wonderful new variety. Tops in quality, it has long, round, meaty 
pods of a rich golden color. The flesh is tender and brittle, and ideal for 
home use, canning and freezing. Matures a week later than Pencil Pod Wax. 
It bears heavy crops of beautiful pods ripening over a long period. The plants 
are very dark green, vigorous and dependable producers. Pkt., 15c; 14 Ib., 
40c; Ib., 70c; 2 Ibs., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $3.25. 
12 CHEROKEE WAX BEANS 
New Vigorous, Productive Type—Oval Pods. (50 days.) The greatest im- 
provement in Wax Beans for many years. The handsome straight pods grow 
5 to 6 in. long, oval shaped, meaty and have very good quality. Developed 
by the United States Department of Agriculture, from a yellow “sport” 
found in Stringless Black Valentine. Cherokee has all the vigor, big yields 
and uniformity of that variety. Market growers as well as home gardeners like 
its dependable productiveness, and the clean smooth appearance of the pods 
oo stages. Black seed. Pkt., 15c; 14 Ib., 35c; Ib., 65c; 2 Ibs., $1.25; 5 Ibs., 
44 SUPERGREEN 
New Stringless Bean 
All-America Award Winner 
(52 days.) The outstanding round-podded Bean. 
Pods are long, slim, round, stringless, and of best 
quality. This is a great improvement in green Bush 
Beans. It has the best qualities of the Tendergreen 
—better yielder, excellent flavor, tenderness, and 
grows longer and more slender than that variety. 
The plants are resistant to disease, are exception- 
ally robust and healthy, producing a great abun- 
dance of long, slim, handsome pods. We are proud 
to offer this new wonderful Bean, which we be- 
lieve will replace many round pod Beans. Pkt., 15c; 
16 Ib., 40c; Ib., 70c; 2 Ibs., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $3.25. 

Puregold Beans 
64 EARLY MARKET BUSH LIMA BEANS 
All-America Winner 
(65 days.) This is the earliest of the large seeded ones and highly productive. It pleases growers, 
being ready for market early when prices are high. In plant type, growth and habit 1s very similar 
to old Burpee’s Bush. Pods are longer, not as curved, and with a higher percentage of four-Bean 
pods. It is replacing the old Burpee’s Bush Lima, being earlier and more dependable. Unlike Burpee’s 
Bush, it is a flat-seeded type. Pkt., 15c; 44 lb., 35c; 
1 Ib., 65c; 2 Ibs., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $3.00. 
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FORDHOOK 242 BUSH LIMA BEANS 
All-America Award 
(70 days.) Many of the experiment stations in the 
East reported “242” the heaviest yielder of all the large 
Bush Limas because of its ability to produce under ad- 
verse conditions and its excellent quality. ““There is no 
appreciable difference in the shelled Bean from regular 
Fordhook.” It is rapidly gaining popularity. Does well over greater part of United 
States, primarily because it sets pods in hot weather much better than the original 
Fordhook. Pkt., 15c; 14 Ib., 35c; 1 Ib., 65c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $3.00. 

Fordhook 242 Lima 
248 HOLMES’ GREEN TOP BEET 
; (Introduced by H. L. Holmes) 
(80 days.) Im 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. 
This grand, main crop Beet—Holmes’ Green Top—has a tapering root. The flesh 
is a handsome dark red, sweet and tender at all stages of growth. Although they 
grow very large, Holmes’ Green Top Beets are still just as tender as the young 
early Beets. They will retain their fine quality when stored for winter use. Pkt., oo oo 
15c; 0z., 30c; %4 lb., 85c; 14 Ib., $1.40; Ib., $2.50. Holmes’ Green Top Beet 
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