Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



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SEED OATS. FIELD SEEDS 



very best for all-round purposes. 



SEXDOATS 



Improved 



The most remarkable oats now 

 under cultivation. Our customers 

 say they will sow no others. This 

 grand oat outyields all others. The 

 The earliest variety grown, longest 

 straw, usually averaging our to five feet. Greatest yielding variety in 

 existence and rust proof. Succeeds well on all soils. Straw is of golden 

 yellow color, while the grains are white with a slight golden cast. 

 Withstands stormy weather without lodging or the falling off of the grains. 

 A measured bushel weighs from 36 to 42 pounds. Would highly recom- 

 mend this Oat to all our customers. Change your seed this season. 

 Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., postpaid by freight or express, pk. 40 cts., bus. of 32 lbs. 

 .35, 2 bus. or more at $1.20 per bus. Special price on large quantities. 



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During the past few years this remarkable variety has outyielded all others. It produces a remarkably 

 heavy growth of straw. The straw is tall and stiff, slightly golden in color, while the oat is large, plump and 

 white, with a golden cast. The stalks do not lodge nor the grain fall off in stormy weather. Lb. 25 cts., 3 

 lbs. 65 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, pk. 40 cts., bu. of 32 lbs. $1.15, 2 bus. or more 

 at $1.00 per bus. of 32 lbs. 



QiLViLR Mini: 



These peerless white Oats are extremely popular. Heavy straw, medium height and an extraordinarily large 

 number of oats in a single head. Stands straight even in wet and windy seasons. As a yielder they have no superior- 

 Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., postpaid ; by freight or express, pk. 40 cts., bus. of 32 lbs, $1.15, 2 bus. or 

 more $1.00, per bus. of 32 lbs. Special prices on larger quantities. 



SOUTHILRN COW peas 



THE GREAT SOIL RENOVATER 



BLACK. Quicker to mature than other varieties and better adapted for late planting, or for growing north of 

 Virginia. Price fluctuates; present prices, $2.50 per bus.; in 5-bus. lots and over, $2.25 per bus-; 

 in small quantities, pkt. 10 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. 75 cts. 



EXTRA-EARLY BLACK-EYED. Matures its crop two or three weeks ahead 

 of the ordinary Large or Black-eyed Pea. Pkt. 10 cts., postpaid ; by freight or express, qt. 25 cts., pk. 75 

 cts., bus. $2.75. 



WHIPPOORWILL, A favorite early bunch growing variety ; has brown-speckled seeds. $2.50 per bus.; 

 in 5-bus. lots and over, $2.25 per bus.; in small quantities, pkt. 10 cts., postpaid; by freight or ex- 

 press, qt. 50 cts., pk. 65 cts. 



Prices fluctuate, and it would be well to write for prices as season advances. Sow 1^ to 

 2 bu. per acre. 



IMPROVED WHITE 

 TARTAR OATS 



CANADA imLD PILAS 



A small-seeded very hardy Pea which is valuable to sow 

 early in the spring, in connection with stiff-strawed oats, 

 to produce green forage and for making ensilage. Pk. 

 60 cts., bus. $1.75, by freight or express. 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFiOWER 



Makes largest heads of any Sunflower. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 qt. 30 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, pk. 

 75 cts., bus. $2.25, bag of two bus. $4. 



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SPECIAL PRICES. Write for quotations on large 

 quantities of Grass and Clover Seeds. See premiums 

 pa&e I. 



TIMOTHY 



strictly pure, recleaned seed free from obnoxious weeds 

 and dead seeds. Our brand is fresh and of high germina- 

 tion. ^^Write for prices. 



MANGI^LS and SUGAR 



For Stock-feeding. See description and prices, page 52. 



BARLILY 



COMMON. Write for price stating quantity wanted. 

 BEARDLESS. Pk. 40 cts., bus. $1.35, by express 

 or freight. 



TIMOTHY 



See PAGE ONE before ordering for special discounts, premiums, etc. 



