CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER AND CARROTS 
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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
PERFECTION LATE FLAT DUTCH 
CABBAGE 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
Seeds 
PRICES 
Delivered Free in the U. S. 
(unless otherwise noted.) 
Pkt. Oz. U lb. Lb. 
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CHANTENAY CARROT 
SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER 
CABBAGE — Second Early or Summer Varieties— Concluded. 
Fail Seasons ( Vandergaw) . One of the finest; growing to a large size 
quickly • • 
Fottler's Improved Flat Brunswick. Large, solid heads; fine for 
early or late 
Limited Mail. A superb second-early variety. ( See special description) 
Stein Early Flat Dutch. An excellent variety for winter use and 
valuable for market gardening 
LATE or WINTER VARIETIES. 
Autumn King, Henderson's. The acknowledged "King" of all Win- 
ter Cabbages, producing enormous solid heads, weighing 25 to 30 lbs. 
interior crisp, close, fine grained, white; splendid keeper 
Holmes Perfection Late Flat Dutch. Our improved highly-bred 
strain of this old favorite Winter Cabbage will be found very superior. 
Short-Stem Drumhead. Selected strain; ripens early 
Marblehead Mammoth. The largest known; fair quality 
Mammoth Dark Red. Hard -heading ; round; deep red 
Red Dutch. For picking . 
Houser. (See special description.) The largest, latest and best round 
Winter Cabbage in existence; a splendid keeper. Plant out two weeks 
earlier than any other late Cabbage 
Surehead. Fine large solid heads with few outside leaves 
Safe Crop. (Same as Houseman Late Flat Dutch.) A good strain.. . 
Danish Ball Head. With the exception of the Houser, this variety 
has few equals for winter use 
SAVOY VARIETIES. The quality and flavor of these " Crumpled Leaf ' ' 
Cabbages is very superior; grown in fall and allowed to be touched 
by frost they are sweet, delicate and most delicious. 
Perfection Drumhead Savoy. The largest heading Savoy; a general 
favorite for both private use and marketing 
CARROT. (1 oz. for about 125 feet of drill; k lbs. for an acre.) 
Early Half Long Scarlet. A distinct, slender, cylindrical variety, with 
few and small leaves; skin glossy and smooth; flesh red and with- 
out core; quality extra fine. Excellent for forcing and frame culture. 
Chantenay Half Long Scarlet. A stumprooted variety of hand- 
some shape, medium early, very productive and of fine quality. . , 
Danvers, Half Long. A handsome, smooth cylindrical stump-rooted 
variety, of rich, dark, orange color; flesh of close. texture, good quali- 
ty with but little core ... 
Early French Forcing. The earliest, and largely grown for forcing. 
Small, almost globular, roots, orange-red in color 
Early Scarlet Horn. A popular early variety, 3 to 4 inches long and 
blunt-rooted ; it is a favorite for bunching for market and is sometimes 
forced. A fine table Carrot and when pulled young is excellent for 
soup . 
Long Red Altringham. A shapely stump-rooted variety, of medium 
size and the best for private gardens, for summer use; medium early. 
Long Orange Improved. An improved strain of this popular variety 
for either garden or field culture, roots averaging 12 inches in length 
and 3 inches in diameter at the top ; an enormous yielder and a good 
keeper ". 
Oxheart, or Guerande. Very distinct and desirable Carrot, smooth, 
handsome, very thick and blunt-rootod, about 6 inches long, rapid 
grower and of fine quality; color, orange-red; good all-season Carrot. 
White and Yellow Belgian. (See Field Carrots.) . . s 
ULIFLOWER. (1 os. for 1,000 plants.) 
Holmes' Improved Early Snowball. Beyond question the best 
Cauliflower for either family or market gardens, for early or late, for 
either forcing, cold frame or open-ground culture; it heads where 
others fail ; 
Extra Ea'r!y Dwarf Erfurt. Until we produced " Snowball " this was 
considered the best early variety; plants dwarf and compact, forming 
good-sized heads, fine for open-ground fall crop 
Extra Early Paris. Heads uniform, but quality and size inferior 
Lenomand's Short Stem,, A strong-growing variety for late fall use, 
producing large, fine heads; popular with canners .. . 
Veitch's Autumn Giant. A large-growing late variety, succeeding 
better in Southern climates than any other variety 
(1 oz. for 3,000 plants; 1 lb. for sufficient plants to plant 
an acre.) 
EARLY SELF-BLANCHING VARIETIES. These grow quickly, blanch 
easily and are especially adapted for fall and early winter use. 
Holmes' Selected White Plume. The earliest variety grown, and 
can be blanched for the table in September. It is a self -blanching va- 
riety requiring no "banking up," easily grown by anyone; stalks and 
inner leaves white, crisp and delicious 5c 
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If ordered by Freight or Express deduct 10 cents per pound from the above prices. 
