HOLMES SEED COMPANY, HARRISBURG, PA.— VEGETABLE SEEDS 5 



BEETS— Continued 



General List of Garden Beets 



Bastian's Blood Turnip. Second-early, following Egyptian, and Eclipse. 



Crimson Globe. Early; medium size, tender and sweet; good keeper 



Crosby's Eg-yptian. One of the best for early planting. Excellent sort. . 



Dart Stinson. Flesh fine-grained, and dark red in color 



Dewing-'s Improved Blood Turnip. Flesh strongly zoned; fine quality. . . 

 Detroit Darlc Red. Valuable strain of Turnip-shaped Beet; medium size. 



Uarly Blood Turnip. Follows Eclipse in earliness; quality excellent 



Early Eclipse. Roots nearly globular; very sweet, crisp and tender 



Edmand's Early Blood Turnip. Roots dark red, crisp, tender and sweet. . 



Eg-yptian. Extra-early; roots round and flattened, good size 



Pord's Perfected Half -Long*. Roots remarkably uniform; very deep red. 



lientz. Leaves and roots pale in color; delicious quality 



Iiong- Smooth Blood-red. Excellent late variety, intense dark red 



Model. Very early, blood red. Sweet and tender; small 



New Columbia. Roots large, of fine quality 



Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet. Leaf-stalks are used like Asparagus 



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M ANGEL- WURZELS and SUGAR BEETS FunerRUben 



CULTUEE. — Sow in rows 2 feet apart, 2 inches between seeds, thinning later to 12 to 15 inches. 

 For stock feeding. Long varieties do best in deep soil; round sorts in sandy soil. Five or six pounds 

 will sow an acre. By 



Grolden Giant Intermediate. Keeps well; grows more than half above ground. .... . . • • • ■ 



G-olden Tankard. Distinct; highly prized by dairymen. . ■ • 



Iiane's Imperial Sug^ar Beet. American sort, productive 



Mammoth Prize Long- Red. Enormously productive 



Vilmorin Improved Sug-ar.. .Not so large as others, but has as much sugar 



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Spargelkohl Bocoli 

 Brokuly 



One ounce will sow a bed 40 feet square. 



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Heads of medium size, compact, brownish purple |$0.05 | $0.35 



BROCCOLI 



Culture. — Same as Cauliflower. 

 Early Purple Cape, 



1/4 lb. I 

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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



Rosenkohl Cavolo di Brusselles 

 Latorvil 



Culture. — The seed should be sown in April or May, and the plants cultivated like Cabbage; the 

 heads are improved by frost. An ounce will produce, 2,000 plants, i Pkt. I Oz. I Vi lb. I Lb. 



Paris Market. Dwarf, small, solid, tender heads, close along stem |$0.05 | $0.20 | $0.50 | $1.50 



CARROTS 



Mdhren Caroto 

 Marchew 



Culture. — A well-enriched sandy loam is the best for this crop. Market-gardeners 

 about 18 inches apart. For field culture, sow in rows from 3 to 5 feet apart. One ounce 

 feet of drill Four pounds per acre. 



Chantenay Half-Long" Scarlet. Stump-rooted; medium early 



Danvers Half -Long-. Dark orange, good quality, with but little core 



Early Prench Porcing". The earliest; small, almost globular; orange red 



Early Half-Long- Scarlet. Skin smooth; flesh red; extra fine 



Early Scarlet Horn or Short Horn. Pine table carrot; excellent for soup 



when young 



Long- Orang-e Improved. Improved strain for garden or field culture 



Long- Red Altring-lfam. Medium size and best for home gardens 



Oxheart, or Guerande. Smooth; about 6 inches long; fine quality 



Rubicon Half-long-. Popular standard-early, deep red, earlier than Danvers. 

 St. Valery or Intermediate. Very choice. It is called "the Pointed-rooted 



Danvers" 



White and Yellow Belg-ian. Used principally for stock 



sow in rows 

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