HAclmes’ 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 214 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 con- 
ditions 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 
Asparagus over the crowns should be 6 to 8 inches in light soil and 4 to 5 inches 
You haven't really tasted fresh Asparagus in heavy soil. Use 6 lbs. salt to each 100 square feet to keep down 
until you’ve eaten it rushed from a backyard weeds. 
garden. Grow plenty of this vitamin-rieh/greens: 230 Mary Washington Seed: Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 4 1b., 65¢ 
It is at present the best to plant. It produces large, rust-resistant stalks 
and high quality, dark green spears. Introduced by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
Roots: Postpaid, l-year-old, 25 for $1.35; 50 for $2.25; 100 for $3.50 
Not prepaid, 250 roots, $5.75; 500 for $11.00; 1000 for $20.00. 
We recommend 1-year Asparagus roots. They are usually more vigorous 
and healthy, and will make a better bed. 

ASPARAGUS KNIFE for harvesting Asparagus or removing Dande- 
lions from lawns. 
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Price, 55c, postpaid 

Beans 
GARDEN SIZE—For Peas, Beans, Sweet Peas, A packet will plant 25 feet of row; 1 pound 150 feet; 60 to 75 pounds per acre. 
Lima Beans. Enough for 8 Ibs. of seed. Beans are one of the most popular crops for the home garden. Plant 
Price, 15¢ each. : after danger of frost, in a fertile, well-drained, mellow soil, 1 inch deep, 
4 inches apart in a 214- to 3-foot row. For continuous harvest plant every 
2 or 3 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. 
Bush Wax-Podded Beans 
10 Pencil Pod Black Wax 
Pkt, l0c; 46-1b., 356516. 600; 21DS AS15205 lbs. $2105 
(51 days.) This is one of the best early round pod wax beans, for home ° 
market. Pods large, 6 inches long, straight, round as a pencil, of golden 
yellow color, brittle, strictly stringless, fleshy, and of highest quality. 
12 Cherokee Wax 
Pkt, 15ce5 % 1b., 35c3-1b., 65c; 2 lhs., $1.25: 5 lbs= $3.00 
(50 days.) U. S. Department of Agriculture introduction. See page 2. 
18 Sure-Crop Wax (Bountiful Wax) 
Pkt. 100346 lbs 35¢3105.006: 210s, $1.15 obs eeeGy 
(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 be- 
cause of its many good points. 
1] Brittle Wax or Round Pod Kidney Wax 
Pkt., 10¢; Y 1b.80e3; 1b; 55c; 2 lbs., $1.05: 5 1bs., $2.50 
(53 days.) Early yellow Bean. Pods large, 6 inches long, round, yellow, 
verv brittle, absolutely stringless, remaining in good condition for use 
until full grown. Quality excellent. 
16 Golden Wax, Top Notch Strain 
Pkt., 10¢; 44 1b.g 3063-1b., 55c2 2 1bs., $1.05:-5 lbs, $200 
(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. 2.7% 
17 Puregold ©» Phkt., 15c; % 1b.. 40c; 1b., 70c; 2 Ibs., $1.25:.5 Ibs., $3.25 
(56 days.) An All-America winner in 1947. See page 2. 

SARS ano SNS 
ea nae ene THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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