Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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BEETS, CABBAGE 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
Vegetable Seeds 
«SEET. {1 oz. to 50 feet of drill; 5 lbs. per acre in drills.) 
Bastian's Blood Turnip. A fine second early, following Egyptian and 
Eclipse 
Crimson Globe. (See special description.) The finest table Beet grown. 
Early, of medium size, uniformly round; color, deep crimson through- 
out; exceedingly tender and sweet and a good keeper 
Crosby's Egyptian. Very early and of excellent quality; small tops 
Detroit Dark Red. A fine strain of turnip-shaped Beet. Valuable for its 
remarkable uniformity and smoothness; size medium; flesh fine grained, 
tender and remaining so for a long time ; admirable for either early or late 
Bewing's Improved Blood Turnip. Handsome, smooth and round, tap- 
ering at the base; flesh strongly zoned, of fine quality 
Dark Stinson. Roots good size, tops small; flesh fine grained, free from 
any woodiness ■■. . 
Dtrigo. Deep blood red; very hardy. 
Early Blood Turnip. A standard variety, following Eclipse in earliness; 
quality excellent; color, deep blood-red; the tops make excellent " greens" 
Eclipse. Extremely early; of uniform globular form; glossy red, flesh 
fine-grained and unusually tender and sweet 
JEdmand's, A handsome, .uniform, round, turnip-shaped Beet, very smooth 
and good size; tops. small, flesh red and excellent quality; fine for late. . 
Egyptian. A standard extra early sort, being 10 to 12 days earlier than the 
old Blood Turnip. The roots are round and flattened, Of good size and 
deep crimson in color; tops unusually small 
Ford's Perfected Half Long. A blood Beet of superior quality, tender, 
sweet and free from woody fibre; for slicing it is unequaied; flesh of 
vivid rich red color. The bulbs, about 3 inches in diameter, are pear- 
shaped with slender tap root ' 
ifolmes' Deep Blood Turnip. A valuable market-garden variety; very 
early and as name applys, Deep Blood in color 
Harrisburg- Market Blood Turnip. The earliest and decidedly the hand- 
somest Beet in cultivation. (See special description.) .• 
Holmes' Early Surprise. For early or late planting, rich blood-red. (See 
special description.) 
Holmes Beet. Novelty. (See special description.) The finest Beet in 
cultivation, of excellent form, early,, color, blood-red 
Lentz. Leaves and roots are pale in color, but of delicious quality 
Long, Smooth Blood Red. An excellent late variety, being a great im- 
provement on the common Long Blood and of intense dark red color 
For Sugar Beets and Mangel Wurzel, see Farm Seed Department. 
IBROCCOLI. White Cape. Medium-sized, creamy-white heads, similar but 
inferior to Cauliflower, though hardier 
'BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Dwarf Improved. A dwarf, compact-growing 
sort, producing " sprouts " of fine quality 
'CABBAGE. (1 oz. produces 1,500 plants; % lb. to transplant for an acre.) 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 
Remember our prices are for seeds, postpaid by mail. If ordered by express or freight, 
deduct 10 cts. per pound -from prices quoted. 
Early Jersey Wakefield. This famous Cabbage still retains its lead as 
the best Early in cultivation. The heads are of pyramidal shape, with 
blunt peaks, and are remarkably solid. The outside leaves are small, 
though of great substance, enabling the plants to stand severe weather. 
Our seed is from highly-bred, selected stock and is unequaied 
Early Charleston Wakefield. This is the largest Early Cabbage, which 
we bred from the Early "Jersey " Wakefield, to meet a demand for a 
larger heading sort. It possesses all the valuable characteristics of the 
parent with the advantage of the heads being fifty per cent, larger, though 
a few days later. Our strain of the seed is very superior ' 
Extra-Early Express. Earliest of French Cabbages; small, pointed 
heads 
Early York. Very early, producing small, oval-shaped heads 
Early Winningstadt. • An old, popular, medium early variety, with large, 
pyramidal heads of excellent quality; good to succeed the extra earlies.. . 
Alihead Early. A flat head, coming in with Early Summer; much larger. 
Early Flat Dutch. We offer a remarkably fine strain; a sure header, the 
heads weighing from ten to twelve pounds ; most valuable for forcing or 
for general crop 
SECOND EARLY OR SUMMER VARIETIES. 
Holmes Early No. 138. This new Cabbage combines two good qualities, 
large and early, heads globe-shaped; very solid. (See special description) 
Early Summer. This peerless variety was introduced by us; it makes a 
large, solid, round, flat head, coming about ten days later than Wakefield. 
Fottler's Improved Brunswick. Heads large, flat and solid; a sure 
header, long-standing ; short stem 
Succession, Henderson's. Universally conceded to be the grandest 
Cabbage in existence for either summer or winter use; heads hard and 
uniform, 10 to 12 lbs. in weight; quality extra fine and a good keeper 
Acme Flat Dutch. Earlier than other varieties ; superior strain 
PRICES 
Delivered free in the U.S. 
(unless otherwise noted) 
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ECLIPSE BEET 
LONG- SMOOTH BLOOD -RED BEET 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE 
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