Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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LETTUCE AND MUSKMELONS 
j-| olmes' Improved Boston Market 
PRIVATE STOCK. 
For several years we. have been diligently working on this strain of the old Bos- 
ton Market. To-day we offer a strain superior to any we have ever seen .grown. It 
is an ideal Lettuce for forcing; of fine quality, being tender, sweet and crisp. We 
can recommend it as a selected strain saved from plants started under glass. Pkt. 
5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Jib. 35 cts., ib. $1.00. 
Lobachsville, Pa., January 9, 1905. 
Tour seed last year came up very fine and a good crop tvas the result. 
Tours truly, 
HANNAH A. MILLER. 
East Earl, Pa., February 2, 1905. 
We are one of your old customers and can say that we are pleased with your 
seeds, as they are. always just as ordered. ISAAC MARTIN. 
Gettysburg, Pa., March 17, 1905. 
The seeds received from you last year done fine. I Will be glad to recommend 
you to all my neighbors. MRS. ANNIE MOORE. 
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holmes' giant yellow heart lettuce 
Rocky Ford Muskmelon 
Giant Yellow Heart Cabbage 
Lettuce 
Originated from the Giant Crystal Head Lettuce. This novelty is 
distinguished by the rich golden yellow color of the inside or heart, the 
outside leaves being dark green. The somewhat conical heads are very 
solid and of an enormous size, measuring up to 15 inches across. Pkt- 
10 cts., oz. 20 cts., Jib. 70 cts., Ib. $2.50. 
Sunbury, Pa., December SO, 1904. 
Tour seeds last year gave me so much pleasure that I will not en- 
deavor to find better seed this year. Was more than pleased with the re- 
sults obtained. M. ALMA LENKER. 
THE MELONS THAT MADE 
ROCKY FORD (COLORADO) FAMOUS 
During autumn months of the last three years there have been shipped 
to the eastern markets many carloads of this variety of melon from growers 
in Rocky Ford, Col., from which the name is derived, and we venture to say that 
the advent of this valuable variety has done more to popularize Muskmelons 
than any other sort. We have been fortunate in securing sufficient seed of 
this valuable kind to offer it to our customers, which we do with the greatest 
confidence, after a series of careful and exhaustive trials. The vines are ex- 
ceedingly healthy and vigorous, bearing an enormous quantity of fruits during 
the entire season. It is safe to say that no melon has ever come into market 
which has sold so readily and at such high prices as the Rocky Ford. The 
ground-color of the skin is of a rich, greenish gold ; the netting is very promi- 
nent and is light in color, which makes the outer appearance very attractive. 
The flesh is very deep, ripening clear to the rind, and it has an exceedingly 
small seed cavity. It is very sweet and luscious in flavor, and is entirely devoid 
of any stringy character. The seed we offer was especially grown by a careful 
grower, and is the best type of the genuine Rocky Ford Muskmelon. Pkt. 5 
cts., oz. 10 cts., |!b. 25 cts., Ib., 80 cts., by mail, postpaid. 
BASKET OP ROOKY FORD MELONS 
See General List of Vegetable Seeds pages 33 to 48 for other Varieties 
