LEEK, LETTUCE 
40 Holmes Seed Company, Harrisbmg, Pa. 
LEEK, MONSTROUS CABENTAN 
BOSTON MARKET LETTUCE 
SALAMANDER LETTUCE 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
LEEK. (1 oz. will sow 100 feet of drill. ) 
Large American Flag. This very superior variety produces white, 
uniformly large stems 2 inches in -diameter by 10 inches long, of deli- 
cate flavor >, 
Scotch Champion, or Musselburgh. Large-growing, broad, flat- 
leaved 
Broad London Flag. Hardy; of good quality; the whole plant is 
edible.. . 
LETTUCE. {1 oz. for 3,000 plants.) 
HEAD VARIETIES. 
Holmes' Improved Big Boston. A grand, large, solid heading va- 
riety, for frame and open-ground culture, heading at all seasons; 
crisp, tender and sweet; well blanched leaves 
Boston Market, or White-Seeded Tennis Ball. A popular, early, 
small, compact-heading variety, for early outdoor culture and largely 
forced in hotbeds and greenhouses ; can be planted closely 
Black-Seeded Butter. Forms good-sized, hard heads, extensively 
used as an early outdoor variety as well as for frame culture 
Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Similar, but larger than the above, 
enormous head, tender, sweet and crisp, good for all seasons, but par- 
ticularly fine for late fall use . 
Yellow-Seeded Butter. A distinct, large, dense yellow-headed sort, 
handsome, crisp, tender and of fine flavor 
Deacon. A large, firm-heading variety, for early summer or late fall 
use* light green outside, creamy -yellow inside, of fine buttery quality 
Holmes' Rapid Forcing. One of the best first early head Lettuces 
for either open-ground or frame culture and a good forcer; medium- 
sized, solid, golden -yellow heads, crisp and tender 
Hanson. A handsome, large-heading, summer variety of fine quality. . 
New York, Henderson's. The king of all summer Lettuces; immense 
heads, often 15 to 18 inches across, as solid as Cabbage; blanches 
beautifully; crisp, tender and delicious 
Philadelphia White Cabbage. A large-heading, summer variety, 
good for the South 
Salamander. Medium early and one of the best for summer use; re- 
mains long in head without running to seed and a great heat and 
drought register; heads of good size, compact and tender; light green 
outside, white within . 
Tennis Ball, Black-Seeded. A hardy, extremely early, small, hard- 
heading variety. A favorite for growing in frames, hot-beds and 
greenhouses, as well as for early open-ground culture 
Philadelphia Early Dutch Butter. Heads very compact; for forcing 
Stonehead Golden Yellow. Solid, medium-sized heads 
Holmes' Giant Crystal Head. Largest heading variety ever intro- 
duced, exceedingly hard and compact 
Philadelphia Dutch Spreckled Butter. Fine, large heads of ex- 
cellent quality 
Thick Head Yellow. Extra fine, large summer variety 
California Cream Butter. Produces large, solid* heads in cool 
weather. Planted largely in southern markets and shipped north 
Wonderful. One of the best for resisting heat. Extra large, with 
solid, pale green, tender heart; crisp and sweet; an excellent va- 
riety for market-gardeners 
New Iceberg. Quick-growing; heads hard, handsome, tender and crisp. 
Leaves curly, bright light green, with slight reddish tint at the 
edges 
New Sensation. Extremely popular; forms a solid head, even be- 
fore half -grown 
Hard-Head. Very solid, rapid grower; outer leaves tinged with 
brownish red 
Denver Market. Large, solid heads; leaves crimped; good for forc- 
ing or outdoors. . , 
Defiance. Excelled t summer variety; heads large and solid 
Silver Ball. For sp ring and summer use. Solid, silvery white heads 
of rich flavor 
Holmes' Zero. This new variety produces large, solid heads of a 
yellowish-green color, exceedingly hardy, a valuable variety for the 
market-gardeners . . 
Giant Yellow Heart. Originated from the Crystal Head. Enormous 
' size, measuring up to 15 inches across i 
CURLED OR CUTTING VARIETIES. This type does not form com- 
pact heads, but large masses of curly, crisp leaves, whieh are prac- 
tically everbearing as they keep growing after picking; the best of 
these are: 
Early Curled Simpson. Forms a compact mass of yellowish-green, 
curly leaves ; earlier than head Lettuces ; largely grown in cold frames 
and the open ground 
PRICES 
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