Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, 'Pa. 
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EGGPLANT, ENDIVE, KALE, ETC 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
Vegetable Seeds 
PRICES 
Delivered free in the U, S. 
(unless otherwise noted) 
CUCUMBERS— Concluded. 
Early White Spine. A popular standard variety for either family use 
or marketing; vines vigorous and healthy, bearing early and abund- 
antly large, even-shaped fruit of lieiit green color , crisp, fine flavor 
Everbearing. Possesses the merit of flowering and fruiting on the 
same vine continuously until frost ; form perfect, even when small ; 
of rich deep green color; desirable for pickling . . 
Extra Early Green Prolific. Similar to but and improvement on 
"Green Prolific," and 10 to 14 days earlier; ideal for pickling 
Early Cluster. An early, prolific, prickly short green variety ......... 
Green Prolific. Short green, productive pickling variety 
Long Green. Dark green' fruits 12 to 14 inches long, quality firm, 
crisp and excellent. It is the best variety for big yellow pickles 
Nichol's Medium Green. Of medium size, straight and smooth, very 
productive; for pickling unsurpassed; for early forcing or slicing 
none is better. 
Short Green Gherkin. A thick-set, small, green Cucumber, borne 
in abundance 
Perfected Jersey Pickle. New and fine. The best pickle 
Coy's Early Cyclone. The Earliest White Spine by 3 weeks. Won- 
derfully prolific 
New Cumberland. Very prolific, fine for pickling or slicing 
HHPs Forcing White Spine. An extra-early improved strain 
Livingston's Emerald. Large, smooth deep green 
Extra Early Long Green. Very early and prolific 
White Wonder. Small; smooth fruits; the best white Cucumber. 
Early Frame, or Short Green. For slicing or pickling; productive 
and early 
West India Gherkin, or Burr. Small; prickly fruits; best for small 
piekles 
Fordhook Famous. A type of the Extra Long White Spine, is per- 
fectly smooth and very dark green fruits measure 12 to 18 inches. 
Crop failed 
New Century. A variety grown around St. Louis where it is very 
popular with market gardeners; fruits smooth, rich dark green color. . 
DANDELION. 
Common. Popular for "greens" and blanched for salad. 
Large- Leaved. An early, large, broad-leaved variety 
EGGPLANT. (Z oz. for 1,000 plants. ) 
Black Beauty. A handsome, early, large variety of great merit; a 
prolific producer of uniformly large purple-black fruits of fine quality, 
developing with rapidity and ready about two weeks earlier than 
other large sorts. (See special description.) 
New York Spineless. A superior type; low, stocky, spineless plants, 
early and prolific; purple fruits of the largest size and perfect in 
form; quality splendid 
Excelsior Tree Egg Plant. A variety which attracts attention 
wherever grown; resists heat and drought. (See special description) 
ENDIVE. (1 oz. for 100 feet of drill.) 
One of the best salads, especially when blanched; also much used for 
garnishing; if boiled makes fine "greens." Successional sowings 
furnish a supply almost the year round. 
Green Curled. A popular sort, with finely-cut, parsley-like leaves 
Holmes' Winter Golden Heart. Far superior to any variety listed, 
being a very fine and exceedingly hardy variety, producing large heads . 
White Curled. Finely cut leaves, almost white with yellowish-mid- 
ribs , can be used without blanching when young 
Broad-Leaved Batavian. Large, thick, broad leaves ; it forms large 
hearts, which, blanched, form one of the best winter salads; excellent 
for "greens" and for flavoring soups and stews 
KALE, or BORECOLE. (1 oz. for 150 feet of drill.) Largely grown 
for supplying "greens" during the fall, winter and spring; also used 
small, like Spinach; also useful in garnishing. The plants are hardy 
above zero; frost improves the quality. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Beautifully curled, bright green leaves 
Siberian. Green, curly leaves ; tender and of delicate flavor 
German Curled, or Purple. Purplish, curly leaves 
KOHLRABI. A bulbous-formed vegetable; when cooked, before fully 
grown, is tender and excellent, combining the flavors of Cabbage and 
Turnip 
Early White Vienna. Large, quick-growing; greenish-white skin and 
tender white flesh — 
Early Purple Vienna. The outside color is purple; flesh white and 
delicate 
• Green or White. Early and rapid growing with few and small leaves ; 
the most delicately flavored ; indispensable for frames and forcing; 
can be planted closely 
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EARLY WHITE SPINE CUCUMBER 
holmes' winter golden heart 
ENDIVE 
KOHL-RABI 
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