Holmes’ SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Asparagus 
You haven‘t really tasted fresh Asparagus 
until you’ve eaten it rushed from a back-yard 
garden. Grow plenty of this vitamin-rich greens. 
Beans 
A packet will plant 20 feet of row; 1 pound 150 feet; 60 to 75 pounds per acre. 
Beans are one of the most popular crops for the home garden, Plant 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 contin- 
uous 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 
Piin 0c: Yolo. 300; lbs 50022 10s. 95510 10S., 62.202 Lo Lbs $5.25 
(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 Pita l0Ge Youlb:, G0C2 10. DOC 2 US hb 1L00 SOLOS. S220" LOnlLOSs f040 
(50 days.) Developed from Stringless Black Valentine. See page 2. 
18 Sure-Crop Wax (Bountiful Wax) 
Pit lOc elbows 0Cerlb., o0Gs 2aLDS- 996s ONL US... 82-2050) LOS. gd) 
(52 days.) 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. 
ll Brittle Wax or Round Pod Kidney Wax 
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; 5000 to 6000 plants per acre. 
Seeds: A deep, sandy loam soil, well supplied with organic matter. Sow seed 3 to 6 inches apart 
in rows; 20 inches apart for hand cultivation and 2!) 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 conditions will permit. Rows 
4 feet apart; plants 18 to 24 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 
over the crowns should be 6 to 8 inches in light soil and 4 to 5 inches in heavy soil. Use 6 Ibs. 
salt to each 100 square feet to keep down weeds. 
230 Mary Washington Seed: Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; % 1b., 75c; lb., $1.85 
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, 2-year-old, 25 for $1.35; 50. for $2.25; 100 for $3.75 
Not prepaid, 250 roots, $5.75; 500 for $11.00; 1000 for $20.00 
a ASPARAGUS KNIFE 
Si eae For harvesting Asparagus or removing Dandelions from 
lawns. Price, 50c, postpaid 
Pkt., 10c; % lb., 30c; Ib., 50c; 2 lbs., 95c; 5 lbs., $2.25; 15 Ibs., $5.25 Pencil Pod Black Wax 
(53 days.) Early yellow Bean. Pods large, 6 inches long, round, yellow, very brittle, absolutely 
stringless, remaining in good condition for use until full grown. Quality excellent. 
Cherokee Wax 
Vigorous Producer—Oval Pods 
16 Golden Wax, 
Top Notch Strain 
Pkt., 10c; Y 1b., 30c; 1b., 50c; 2 Ibs., 
95¢3 3 bs... $2.20; 15 Ibs., $5.25 
(51 days.) Produces a good crop of 
straight pods, 5 inches long. String- 
less and brittle, with thick, oval pods 
of golden yellow color. Extra early. 
17 Puregold 
Pkt., 15ce; Y Ib., 30c; 1b., 60c; 2 lbs., 
$1.10; 5 lbs., $2.25; 15 lbs., $6.00 
(56 days.) Delicious long-season wax 
Bean. 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 GARDEN SIZE—For Peas, Beans, Sweet Peas, 
freezing. It bears heavy crops of Lima Beans. Enough for 8 pounds of seed. 
beautiful pods ripening over a long Price, 15¢ each. 
period. 
Bush Green-Podded Beans 
38 LONG TENDERGREEN BEAN 
Extra Long Tendergreen Stringless—Fine Quality 
(52 days.) A beautiful, delicious, tender snap Bean. This strain is a long pod of 
round, green, stringless, smooth, very thick meat, of excellent quality. It has all the 
best qualities of the Tendergreen and grows fully an inch longer. Pods often 7 inches 
in length, and when large they are tender and delicious. Wonderful for canning and 
freezing. The plants are strong, healthy and productive over a long period when kept 
picked. Popular for market, wayside stands and home use. We recommend Long 
Tendergreen most highly. Pkt., 10c; 14 Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 Ibs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.25; 
15 Ibs., $6.00. 
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