Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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CELERY, CORN 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
PRICES 
Delivered free in the U, S. 
(unless otherwise noted) 
CELERY — Early Self-blanching Varieties— Concluded 
Holmes' Scarlet Plume. Practically identical with ' ' White Plume," 
with the added merit of the solid, stringless, ivory-white stalks being 
tinged with pink, rendering it most beautiful. Flavor delicious, crisp 
andnufcty; a strong, healthy, compact grower, self -blanching, early 
and a good keeper - 
improved Golden Self-Blanching. (Selected strain.) A valuable 
early variety, of compact, stocky habit, thick, solid and brittle. The 
large heart, thick stalks and inner leaves are of a beautiful golden- 
yellow; flavor rich 
Snow White. A fine selection of White Plume. (See special description.) 
SBCOND-EA^LY 9 LONG-KEEPING AND WINTER VARIETIES. 
Winter Queen. The best late or winter keeper. Stouter, thicker, 
heavier and containing more heart than any other celery. Ribs thick 
and very solid 
Perfection Heartwell. Magnificent, large, golden yellow heart; of 
very superior quality; excellent winter market sort 
Giant Pascal. A desirable, long-keeping, green Winter Celery; ro- 
bust, healthy, stocky about 2 feet high, making broad, thick, string- 
less stalks and large hearts. It blanches easily to a pearly- white 
when it is crisp and of fine nutty flavor 
Golden Dwarf. A popular standard variety with a large heart and 
solid cylindrical stalks, blanching waxy golden-yellow; crisp and 
fine, and a splendid keeper 
Kalamazoo Large-Ribbed. Half -dwarf white; grown largely in 
Michigan »• 
Boston Market. Solid half-round green stalks, blanching white; 
crisp and tender; habit dwarf and robust 
Giant White Solid. A long-stalked, large-growing variety, often 3 
feet high and one of the best for. growing in the South ; excellent for 
soup greens 
New Rose. A splendid variety for late use and an excellent keeper. 
The color is a beautiful shade of rose and, like all red Celeries of ex- 
ceptionally fine flavor; solid, crisp and stringless 
Perle Le Grand. A new, large, green Celery for early and late use; 
unparalleled by any of the other sorts 
Evans' Triumph. A new large, solid green variety ; very large ribs . . 
Monarch. (See special description.) Produces large stalks and mag- 
nificent bright golden-yellow hearts 
Schumacher. Immense size; solid, crisp; firm golden-yellow heart, 
a fine keeper; very popular in New York 
Soup Celery. (Old seed,) Excellent for flavoring 
CELER1AC, or Turnip-Rooted Celery, Produces large turnip-like roots 
which keep well for winter use ; it is highly esteemed either cooked 
tor flavoring soup or sliced and used as a salad 
Large Smooth Prague. A highly developed and larger form, almost 
round, uniform, smooth skinned and free from side roots 
CHICORY. Large-Rooted, or " Coffee Chicory." The roots when dried 
roasted and ground are largely used as an adulterant or substitute for 
coffee. The young leaves are excellent as salad 
COLLARDS. Georgia. A tall, loose form of Cabbage grown in the South 
as a substitute for Cabbage. ■ The leaves when cooked are tender and 
delicate. ; • • • 
CORN SALAD. Large-Leaved Fetticus, or "Lamb's Lettuce." Hardy 
little plants, grown for late. fall, winter and spring use; they form ro- 
settes of tender edible leaves, which are used as a substitute for lettuce . 
Pkt. 
5c 
5c 
10c 
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20c 
30c 
30c 
25c 
20c 
20c 
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$ 70 
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52 25 
3 25 
3 25 
2 50 
1 75 
2 25 
WHITE PLUME CELERY 
CORN, SWEET or SUGAR. f^LTw^or an acre.) 
FIRST EARLY VARIETIES. 
Holmes' Early Premo. (See special description.) First in- 
troduced by us in 1900. Earliest Sweet Corn in existence, five 
to seven days earlier than Dwarf Extra-Early Adams. Beats 
all other sorts for earliness, size, quality and productiveness... 
Cory Early, Red Cob. The earliest and one of the best extra 
early varieties grown; ears about 6 inches long, with 8 broad 
rows of white corn, quality sweet and tender; the plants are 
stocky, usually bearing 2 ears to a stalk 
White Cob Cory. Extremely early, usually fit to use in from 50 
to 60 days from sowing. Ears about 6 to 7 inches long, with 
milky -white kernels; sweet, tender and delicious; plants 
dwarf, bearing usually 2 ears to a stalk 
Early Metropolitan. The best, sweetest and biggest yielder of 
all early varieties and only two days later than "Cory." Ears 
9 inches long, 10 to 12 rowed and filled to the tip with luscious 
white and milky kernels; free from smut 
Pkt. 
10c 
10c 
10c 
10c 
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