10 HOLMES' TESTED SEEDS OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY 



Early White ?Vienna Kohl-Rabi 



Holmes' Winter Golden Heart Endive 



Monstrous Carenian Leek 



CRESS 



Garten Kresse Ogretto 

 Rzerzucha 



Pine Curled (Pepper Grass). Quick-growing, crisp, pungent, refreshing. . 



Water Cress. Seed may be started in pans or boxes of very moist earth, and 

 the young plants transplanted to shallow water along banks of ponds or 

 running streams — ■ • ■ • • • 



Pkt. 



$0.05:, 



.10 



By Mail, Postpaid 



f r\r^ 1/. TK T 



DANDELION 



EGG-PLANT 



Oz. 



1/4 lb. 



$0.10 



$0.20 



.40 



1.25 





% lb. 



$0^5 



$0.60 



Lb. 



$0.50 



3.50 



Lb. 

 $2.00 



Lawenzohn Dente de leone 

 Papawa 



Leaves make a fine early Spring salad. Cultivated sorts are larger and hetterl Pkt. 

 flavored than those growing wild |$0.05 



Eirpflanze Petronciano 

 Jajokowa 



Culture. — Sow the seed in hotbed about March 1, transplant to 4 inches apart, and when the 

 plants grow thick, transplant to 8 inches apart. Set in the field about May 20. One ounce produces 

 about 1,000 plants. By Mail, Postpaid 



Pkt. I Oz. I % lb. I Lb. 



BlacS: Beauty. The earliest variety that grows to a good size $0.10 $0.35 $1.00 $3.50 



New YorlE Improved Purple. Fruits very large; perfectly formed; fine quality. .10 I .30 I .80 | 3.00 



Indivia Endywia 

 Endiven 



Culture. — For early use, sow in May, in rows 10 inches apart. For succession all Summer, plant 

 as much later each time as you wish it to bear. It will do well till Midsummer. One ounce will sow 

 a row of 150 feet. 



Broad-leaved Batavian. Large heads of hroad, thick leaves. .... 



Oreen Curled. Crisp, dark green leaves; the hardiest. 



KOI^MBS' WINTER GrOXiDBIT HEART. Exceedingly hardy; 



curled, pure golden-yellow leaves — 



WMte Curled. Leaves pale green. Does not require blanching. . 



ENDIVE 



heads finely 



By Mail, 



Postpaid 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



1/4 lb. 



Lb. 



$0.05 



$0.15 



$0.35 



$1.25 



.06 



~ .15 



.35 



1.25 



.10 



.25 



.75 



2.25 



.05 



.15 



.35 



1.25 



KALE, or BORECOLE 



Kale is more hardy than Cabbage, and will endure considerable frost without injury. Cultivate like 

 Cabbage. One ounce will sow a drill about 200 feet. Three pounds will sow an acre. 



Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Beautifully curled, bright green; very hardy 



Holmes' Improved Dwarf Gi-ermau. (American-grown.) Like the above except 



in color 



Siberian. Grows vigorous, green foliage, has bluish tinge or bloom 



Tall Scotch. Same as dwarf, except grows taller 



By 



Mail, 



Postpaid 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



Vi lb. 



Lb. 



$0.05 



$0.10 



$0.30 



$0.80 



.05 



.10 



.30 



.80 



.05 



.10 



.25 



.75 



.05 



.10 



.30 



.80 



KOHL-RABI 



Knollkohl Cavqlo ropa 

 Kolorapa 



(Turmp-Rooted Cabbage) 



Culture. — Set plants 8 inches apart in rows. For later use, kow sood 

 One ounce will sow a drill of about 200 feet. i 



■ , I Pkt. 



Early Purple Vienna. Rich purple .... $0.05 



Early White Vienna. Flesh white .0,^) 



Green or White. Good for table and stock feeding. _ i .05 



in rows ntid thin out. 

 By Mail, Postpaid 



Oz, 

 S0.20 

 .20 

 .20 



lb. 



$0.50 

 .50 

 .50 



Lb. 

 $1.75 

 1.75 

 1.75 



LEEKS 



Culture. — ^Sow as early in Spring as practicable, in rows a foot apart, and cover an inch deep. 

 When 6 or_8 inches high, set 10 in_ches apart each way, as deep as possible. Ground can hardly be 



too rich. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Broad Ijondon Flag*. Hardy; good quality; whole plant is edible. 



Monstrous Carentan, or Scotch Champion. Grows rapidly and is very hardy. . 



Pkt. 

 $0.05 

 .05 



By Mail, Postpaid 



Oz. 

 $0.20 

 .20 



% lb. 

 $0.40 

 .40 



Lb. 

 $1.25 

 1.25 



