Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, CARROTS 



CAULIFLOWER 



Culture.— For spring and eurly summer crop sow in Maijch or 

 eai'ly in April in hotbed ; transplant to coldf rame when sufficiently- 

 large, and to the open ground as soon as danger of hard freezing i& 

 over; after plants are set put a little shell lime around oacli pla^nt. 

 For late crop sow at same time as for late cahbago and ti-eat in the 

 same manner. After tlie heads begin to form draw the leaves over 

 and pin or tie-^hem together to protect the heads. Our Cauli- 

 ttower seed is produced by the most experienced growers in 

 Europe, and the greatest care is taken to save the seed from per- 

 fectly developed plants only. 



HOLMES' IMPROVED 



HOLMES' IMPROVBD EARLY SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER 



saw it. 



The Mon- 

 arch celery also proved excellent, and the 

 Houser cabbage brought good results. 



T. E. WJSIBMNSAUL. 

 Astoria, III., March 10, 1905. 

 Your Improved Big Boston lettuce proved to 

 he excellent. MBS. J. G. DBNNY. 



HALF -LONG 



The earlifest and best quick growing 

 variety for Family or Market-Gardener 



The best for either early or late use, for family or mar- 

 ket-gardener, for forcing or coldframes. Sui*e to head 

 when others fail. Earliest of all, and every plant is cer- 

 tain to make a solid, compact head under careful culture. 

 Our stock is the original Snowball and is grown especially 

 for us by the leading growers of Denmark. Pkt. 20 cts., 

 3^oz. $1.75, oz. $3, Mlb. $10. 



Allemvood, Pa., Ai)ril 4, 1Q05. 

 The Snotvball CattUfloiver tested last year was very 

 fine. '■^ Never sa%v anything finer" were the comments of 

 many w h o 



A handsome half -long, cylindrical, stump 

 rooted Carrot of good size and of a rich, dark /s^l''' 

 orange color; it grows to a large size, is 

 smooth, and the flesh very close in texture, ^Sjil " 

 with very little core and a small tapering tap- 

 root. It is a first-class Carrot for all soils ; un- ^1^', 

 der good cultivatioii it has yielded 25 to 30 

 tons per acre with the smallest length of root 

 of any now grown, and is more easily harvested 

 than the longer types. Our selected stock 

 gives the best of satisfaction. {See Out.) 

 Pkt. lOc, oz. 153., Mlb. 40c., lb. $1.25. 



New 



Celery 



White 



SNOWHITE CELERY 



The new Snowhite is a pure white, self-blanching variety, introduced in 1902, after five 

 years of careful selection and improvement. It is without a rival in- purity of color. The 

 originator says on this point. "In the season of 1900 I set 7,000 plants of Snowhito and 

 found seven green stalks; in 1901, three thousand plants and only one green stalk, and in 

 1902, six thousand plants, and not a single stalk that was not pure white. It does well where 

 others fail." Mr. E. J. Hollister, the noted Celery grower, and author of our book on Celery- 

 Growing, also says : "The pearly whiteness of the stalks of your Snowhite Celery denotes 

 good, constitution, and, together with the size, strength and number of the stalks, niakes a 

 perfect picture." In vigor of growth, ease of blanching, size, richness of flavor, crispness 

 and purity, it is ideal. Our picture, made from a portion of a photograph of one dozen stalks^ 

 gives some idea of the beauty of this variety, but not of the size. The dozen stalks weighed 

 20 pounds. Single stalks sometimes weigh 2% pounds, and quite frequently 2 pounds each. 

 It grows solid on all kinds of soil and keeps better that many standard vatieties. See illus- 

 tration. Pkt. lOc, oz. 30c., Mlb. $1, lb. $3.23. 



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