CABBAGE. CAUUFLOWER AND CARROTS 



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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



GENERAL 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



PERFECTION LATE FLAT DUTCH 

 CABBAGE 



PRJCES 



Delivered Free in tlie U. S. 

 (unless otherwise noted.) 



SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER 



CABBAGE— Second Eariy or Summer Varieties— Concluded. 

 Fall Seasons (Vandergaw). One of the finest; growing to a large size 



FotUer's Improved Flat Brunswick. Large, solid heads; fine for 



early or late •• • 



Limited Mai!. A superb second-early variety, f See special description J 

 Stein Early Flat Dutch. An excellent variety for v.inter 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 



IHoImes 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 otd two weeks 



earlier than amj 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, (i oz. for cthout 125 feet of drill; k Ids. 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 I'ich, 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, I'oots, orange-red in color 



Early Scarlet Horn. A popular early variety, 3 to 4 incJies 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 A^ariety, 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 inclies in lenglii 

 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.) 



CAULIFLOWER. {1 oz. 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 Early Dwarf Erfurt. Until we produced Snowball " this w^as 

 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 fallxise, 



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 , 



CELERY. {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 lo cents per pound from the above prices. 



