Holmes Si^R^ Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



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BEETS. CABBAGE 



GENERAL 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



BEET. (1 oz. to 60 feet of drill; 5 lbs, per acre in drills.) 



Bastian's Blood Turntp. 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 



4)ewing's Improved Blood Turnip. Handsome, smooth and round, tap- 

 ering at the base; flesh strongly zoned, of fine quality 



Oarlc Stinson. Roots good size, tops small; flesh fine grained, free from 

 any woodiness 



Oirigo. 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 



Edmand'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 



Holmes' 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 ^fMription.) 



Holmes' Egrly Surprise. For early op \^%% planting, rich blood-red. (See 

 special description.) «. * ....... . 



tiolmes 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, 

 BROCCOLI. White Cape. Medium-sized, creamy-white heads, similar but 



inferior to Ca.uliflower, though hardier 



BRUSSELS SPI^OUTS. Dwarf Improved. A dwarf, compact-growing 

 sort, producing" sprouts " of fine quality 



CABBAGE, (i oz. produces 1,600 plants; ^ lb. to transplant for an acre.) 

 EXTHA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Remsmber oar 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 

 pai'ent with the advantage of the beads 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.. . 



AHhead 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 E4RLY OR SUMMEI^ VARIETIES. 



Hoimes 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 



iinifonn, 10 to 12 lbs. in weight; quality exti'a fine and a good keeper 



Acme Fiat D itch. Earlier than other varieties ; superior strain 



PRICES 



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 (unless otherwise noted) 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGK 



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