89 McCaslan 
Holmes’ Original Butter 
237 Detroit Dark Red 
Pkt., 15c; 02z., 35c; % 1b., 75c; Y% 1b., $1.15; 1b., $1.75 
(60 days.) The excellent quality of this Beet has made it one of the 
leaders for the home, market garden, and canning. 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. 
244 Wonder Green Top (New) Pkt., 15c; 02z., 35c; 4 lb., 65c; 1b., $1.60 
(60 days.) Market growers who want bunching Beets, with fresh look- 
ing, bright green tops, here it is. This Green Top strain with its tall, 
erect leaves will stay an attractive glossy green color even when the 
weather is cool and other strains turn red. The roots are an excellent 
bunching type with fine tap roots, good color and a fine quality. 
Piel Vern Oz OC geen Ose OCs 
% 1b., 95c; Lb., $1.60 
(45 days.) This variety is for early spring sowing. Earlier than Crosby’s 
Egyptian. Tops are medium and erect; the roots are blood-red, semi- 
globe with a small tap root. They are tender and of good quality. 
242 Early Wonder 
248 Holmes’ Green Top Pie ls € 2802. -300e 
WY 1b., 95c;: Ye 1b., $1.45; 1b., $2.60 
(80 days.) In quality it stands alone. It is the most 
tender of Beets, of delicious flavor. This grand, main 
crop Beet has a tapering root. The flesh is dark red, 
is sweet and tender at all stages of growth, regardless 
of size. The quality of Holmes’ Green Top Beet has 
no equal. 
252 Ohio Canner PhP IS Cer Oza n00C ALU loce 
Tei bse blaloe 1D OL.Oo 
(55 days.) The color is darker red than that of the 
Detroit Dark Red. The top is short with a fine small 
tap root. 
238 Perfected Detroit | EA ate pes Ron ey ere Ye 
WY 1b., 75c; Yo 1b., $1.15; 1b., $1.85 
(55 days.) Where more top growth and larger Beets 
are desired this is the strain to plant. An excellent 
strain for the canning trade where Beets are required 
for dicing. Recommended as an excellent variety for 
bunching. The interior of the root is a deep red color. 
SWISS CHARD 
(See page 27) 
192 Holmes’ Green Prolific Lima 
Pole or Corn Beans—Continued 
84 King Horticultural 
Pkt., 15¢; Y% Ib., 35c; 1b., 65c; 2 Ibs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs., $6.50 
(65 days.) An improvement on London Horticultural or Speckled Cran- 
berry; has larger Beans and pods, matures earlier. The pods are round, 
thick, 7 inches long, becoming splashed with carmine at green shell stage, 
entirely stringless. 
Pkt., 15c; Y% Ib., 40c; 1b., 70c; 2 lbs., $1.30; 5 lbs., $2.75; 15 lbs., $6.50 
(63 days.) Dark green, flat pods 7 to 8 inches long; brittle, fine grained. 
Popular for snaps, green or dry shell Beans. Stringless and of good qual- 
ity when young. 
Pole Lima Beans 
Pkt 15¢e; 42 16.4. 406 Slbea/ace 
2 lbs: $1.35: 5 L6s., $2.79 sto LOS, 0.d 0: 
(85 days.) The most productive Pole Lima Bean. Grows green, stays 
green. We find the Bean is far more productive than any other Pole 
Lima. The large pods hang in clusters of from five to eight, which makes 
them easy to gather, each having five to six Beans in a pod. 
103 King of the Garden 
Pkt., 15c; Y% 1b., 35c; 1b., 65c; 2 lbs., $1.20; 
5 Ibs.,. $2.50; 15. lbs., $6.50 
(80 days.) This variety produces large, flat pods of good quality, con- 
taining 5 or 6 large Beans. Very prolific. 
Beets 
A packet will sow 20 feet of row; 1 ounce 89 feet; 10 pounds per acre, 
in rows 14 inches apart. 
. Perfected Detroit 
Mangels or Sugar Beets 
A packet will sow 25 feet of row; 1 ounce 100 feet; 
6 pounds will plant an acre. 
267 Danish Yellow Giant Pht. l0cet 07206; 
% Ib., 50c; % 1b., 75c; 1b., $1.20 
(120 days.) It grows to a very large size, producing 
heavy yields. Deep yellow skin with white flesh. Grows 
two-thirds above the ground. 
269 Mammoth Long Red Pkt loc? 02,2963 
Y 1b., 50c; % Ib., 75c; 1b., $1.20 
(120 days.) Very large; red flesh. 
Broccoli 
A packet will produce about 200 plants; 1 ounce 
about 2000 plants; 4 ounces per acre. 
270 Italian Green Sprouting Calabrese 
Pkt., 15c; Y2 0z., 40c; oz., 70c; “% 1b., $1.80; 1b., $5.00 
(70 days.) This strain is the best we have ever seen. It 
is sure-heading and uniform, each plant producing a 
large center head and many side shoots. The heads 
are compact, firm and of the highest quality, and they 
are excellent for freezing. We recommend this for both 
market and home gardeners. 
271 De Cicco Pkt., 15c; Y 0z., 40c; 0z., 70c; 
% 1b., $1.80; 1b., $5.00 
(60 days.) It is ten days ahead of Italian Green 
Sprouting, and the sturdy, light green plants produce 
big heads and quantities of side shoots that are delic- 
ious, fresh and adapted to freezing. 
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