M HOLMES' TESTED SEEDS OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY 



Prizetaker Pnion 



Souttiport White Globe Onion Lady Finger Okra 



Hollow Crown Parsnip 



CHOICE ONIONS 



Zwiebel Uein 

 Cebula 



Tested and of the strong-est vitality. The jftnest selected strains. 



Culture. — A crop of Onions can be grown in any good soil, manuring for two years previously, 

 if possible. Sow the seed in shallow drills, one foot apart, and thin to about 2 inches apart in the 

 row. Cultivate frequently to keep down the weeds. Use 4 to 5 pounds of seeds to the acre. 



AMERICAXT-GBOWHT PBIZE-TAKEB. Noted for its immense size, mildness 



of flavor, and keeping qualities. Exterior pale yellow, flesh white 



Extra-Early Plat Red. Early; flesh white, and mild 



HOLMES' IMPROVED YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS 



LARG-E RED WETHERSFIELD. Early; fine keeper; dark red, solid, heavy, 



perfect; flavor good and mild 



OHIO YELLOW GLOBE. Rich orange-yellow; mild flavor; enormous yield- 



ers; splendid keepers 



.ROUND, or PLAT YELLOW DANVERS. A fine selected strain, reliable in 



ripening with large yield 



SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. Medium size, deep rich red color; superior 



SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. Globe-shaped bulbs. Flesh firm, fine-grained 



and mild flavor 



SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. Thin skin, pale yellow and mild flesh... 

 WHITE PORTUGAL, or AMERICAN SILVER-SKIN. Medium-size; mild 



flavor; good keeper 



Yellow Strasburg", or Dutch. Skin yellow, flesh pure white, mild 



Italian and Pickling Onions 



Adriatic Barletta. Very early; small, pure white with silver skin, flesh mild 

 but firm; fine for pickling 



Gigrantic Gibraltar. Fairly globular in form, skin light straw color; flesli 

 white, tender and mild 



Queen. Very early, small, flat, white and mild pickle Onion. .....* 



Silver King*. White-skinned Onion; immense size 



Onion Sets 



White and Yellow Onion Sets. Grown from our select strains. The price 

 per bushel is subject to change with the market. Write for quotations. 

 Per quart, postpaid, 35 cents. 



By Mail, 



Postpaid 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



lb. 



Lb. 



$0.05 



$0.10 



$0.35 



$1.25 



.05 



.10 



.35 



1.25 



.05 



.10 



.40 



1.50 



.05 



.10 



.35 



1.25 



.05 



.10 



.35 



1.25 



.05 



.10 



.30 



1.00 



.05 



.15 



.40 



1.25 



.05 



.20 



.65 



2.00 



.05 



.10 



.35 



1.25 



.05 



.15 



.50 



1.75 



.05 



.10 



.30 



1.00 



.05 



.15 



.40 



1.25 



.10 



.25 



.80 



3.00 





.15 



.50 



1.75 



.05 



.15 



.40 



1.50 



OKRA, or GUMBO 



Dwarf Prolific. Of dwarf, stocky growth; very early and prolific 



Lady Pingfer. Long, slender pale green pods, very tender 



White Velvet. Large, round, smooth pods; never ridged; prolific 



By Mail, Postpaid 



Lb. 

 $0.60 

 .60 

 .60 



PARSNIPS 



9^^'^F^^-~r^°^ early in Spring, in drills 15 inches apart and half an inch deep, in a rich soil; 

 thm out to 6 inches apart in the rows. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill 



A ' i_ 1^ 1 . . , "By Mail, Postpaid 



GUERNSEY. A half-long Parsnip. Flesh fine-grained; much sought for by — ~ 



market-gardeners because of its fine appearance. < 

 HOLMES' HOLLOW CROWN. Uniformly large and handsome roots of 



stocky form. Flesh white, fine texture, free from core and stringiness, 



fine-flavored. Frost improves their quality 



MALTESE. Roots very smooth and the flesh fine grained of most excelient 



Qualitx^; skin ivory white 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



% lb. 



Lb. 



^0.05 



$0.10 



$0.20 



$0.50 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.50 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.70 



