BEETS, CABBAGE 



26 Holmes Seed Company, Harrlsburg, Pa. 



GENERAL 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



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



Bastian's Blood Turnip. 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 



Oewing's Improved Blood Turnip. Handsome, smooth and round, tap- 

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



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

 any woodiness 



Dirigo. 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 IG 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 unequaled; 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 desct'iption.) 



Holmes' Early Surprise. For early or late pla;nting, rich blood-red. (See 

 special description. ) . 



Holmes 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 Cauliflower, though hardier 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Dwarf Improved. A dwarf, compact-growing 

 sort,^ producing " sprouts " of fine quality. 



CABBAGE. {1 oz. produces 1,500 plants; \ lb. to transplant for an acre.) 



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Remember our prices are for seeds, postpaid by mail. If ordered by express or freiglit, 

 deduct 10 eta. per pound irom 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. 

 Oar seed is from highly- bred, selected stock and is unequaled 



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 

 parent with the advantage of the heads 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.. . 



Allhead 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 EARLY OR SUMMER VARIETIES. 



Holmes 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 



uniform, 10 to 12 lbs. in weight; quality extra fine and a good keeper.... 

 Acme Flat Dutch. Earlier than other varieties; superior strain, .... i... 



PRICES 



Delivered free in til? U.S. 

 (unless ottisrwise noted) 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



K lb. 



Lb. 



5c 



lOc 



$ 20 



$ 60 



5c 



15c 



35 



1 00 



5c 



lOc 



25 



70 



5c 



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25 



80 



5c 



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60 



5c 



10c 



20 



60 



5c 



10c 



20 



70 



5c 



10c 



20 



60 



5c 



10c 



25 



70 



5c 



10c 



20 



60 



5e 



10c 







5c 



10c 



25 



75 



5e 



10c 



30 



80 



5c 



10c 







5c 



10c 



30 



80 



10c 



20c 



40 



1 35 



5c 



10c 



20 



60 



5c 



10c 



20 



60 



10c 



60 c 



2 06 





10c 



20c 



60 



2 00 



5c 



20c 



70 



2 25 



5c 



25c 



75 



2 50 



5c 



15c 



40 - 



1 40 



5c 



25c 



75 



2 25 



5c 



15c 



50 



1 50 



5c 



25c 



75 



2 20 



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lOe 



40c 



2 00 



6 50 



5c 



20c 



50 



1 75 



5c 



20c 



50 



1 75 



5c 



20e 



60 



2 00 



5c 



20c 



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ECLIPSE BEET 



LONG SMOOTH BLOOD-RKD BEKT 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGK 



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