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Holmes’ Green Top Beet 
Tender and Delicious 
237 Detroit Dark Red 
Pole or Corn Beans—Continued 
84 King Horticultural 
Pkt., 15c; % Ib., 35c; 1b., 65c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs., $6.50 
(65 days.) An improvement on London Horticultural or Speckled 
Cranberry; 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. 
Pole Lima Beans 
102 Holmes’ Green Prolific Lima  Pt., 15c; 1% 1b., 40c; 1lb., 75c; 
2 lbs $1.35: 9 lbssy $2.10 21) ADSensOn 
(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 Pikt., 15c; % lb., 35c; lb., 65c; 2 lbs., $1.20; 
5 1bs., $2.50; 15 Ibs., $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 80 feet; 10 pounds per acre, 
in rows 14 inches apart. 
247 Holmes’ Fireball Pkt, [5¢s"02., 55¢> 4 1b, $1.25 7105 $2.00 
(50 days.) For home garden. HOLMES’ FIREBALL has a DEEP 
RED color all the way through, just as it shows in the photograph, 
which is an exact reproduction of the Beets as they are grown from 
our seed. In addition to its very desirable deep dark red color, it is 
of very superior quality, richly flavored and is very smooth, clean 
and of uniform shape and size, bunching up attractively. It is un- 
excelled for canning. We urge you to give it a trial. 
Pits Joes 0zs¢00Cs 4 10,, dC; Veclb Vols lbs $175 
(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) 
VEL LOGS Os SICS YARLOss: FOCe=L Di Ol OU. 
(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. 
PK 10025022 300374416. 65c: 
Wy 1b., 95c; 1b., $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. 
Iii, IOR kas BRIE 
242 Early Wonder 
248 Holmes’ Green Top 
VY Ib., 95c; % Ib., $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 Phi OG? 0z4000C; 4 lb (5c; 
VW 1b., $1.15; 1b., $1.85 
(55 days.) The color is darker red than that of the 
Detroit Dark Red. The top is short with a fine smal! 
tap root. 
238 Perfected Detroit Pitz lscs-022000C; 
Y% 1b., 75c; VY 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 21) 
Broccoli, Italian Green Sprouting 
‘Holmes* - Fireball 
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 Pkts 0c poze 25e- 
¥ lb., 50c; % Ib., 75c; 1b. $1.20 
(120 days.) It grows to a very large size, producing 
heavy yields. Decp yellow skin with white flesh. Grows 
two-thirds above the ground. 
269 Mammoth Long Red Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 
% 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; Yo 0z., 40c; 02., 10c; % 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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