Holmes Seed Company, Harrlsburg, Pa. 



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CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER AND CARROTS 



PERFECTION LATE FLAT DUTCH 

 OABBAGE 



OHANTENAY CAKROT 



GENERAL 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



Pkt. 



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CABBAGE — Second Early or Summer Varieties— Concluded, 

 Fall Seasons ( Vandergaw). One of the finest; growing to u large size 



quickly 



Fottler's Improved Flat Brunswick. Large, solid heads; fine for 



early or late 



Limited Mail. A superb second-early variety. ( See special description J 

 Stein Early Flat Dutch. An excellent variety for v.inter use and 



valuable for market gardening 



LATE or WINTER VARIETIES. 



Autumn King, Henderson's. The acknowledged "King" of all Win- 

 ter Cabbages, producing enormous solid heads, weighing 25 to 30 lbs. 



interior crisp, close, fine grained, white; splendid keeper 



Holmes Perfection Late Flat Dutch. Our improved highly-bred 

 strain of this old favorite Winter Cabbage will be found very superior. 



Short-Stem Drumhead. Selected strain; ripens early 



Marblehead Mammoth. The largest known ; fair quality 



Mammoth Dark Red. Hard-heading.; round; deep red 



Red Dutch. For picking 



Houser. (See special description. J The largest, latest and best round 

 Winter Cabbage in existence ; a splendid keeper. Plant out two weeks 



earlier than any other late Cabbage 



Surehead. Pine large solid heads with few outside leaves 



Safe Crop. (Same as Houseman Late Flat Dutch.^ A good strain.. . 

 Danish Ball Head. With the exception of the Houser, this variety 



has few equals for winter use • • • 



SAVOY VARIETIES. The quality and flavor of these " Crumpled Leaf ' 

 Cabbages is very superior; grown in fall and allowed to be touched 

 by frost they are sweet, delicate and most delicious. 

 Perfection Drumhead Savoy. The largest heading Savoy; a general 



favorite for both private use and marketing 



CARROT. (1 oz. for about 125 feet of drill; 4 lbs. for an acre.) 



Early Half Long Scarlet. A distinct, slender, cylindrical variety, with 

 few and small leaves; skin glossy and smooth; flesh red and with 

 out core; quality extra fine. Excellent for forcing and frame culture. 

 Chantenay Half Long Scarlet. A stumprooted variety of hand 



some shape, medium early, very productive and of fine quality 



Danvers, Half Long. A handsome, smooth cylindrical stump-rooted 

 variety, of rich, dark, orange color; flesh of close texture, good quali 



ty with but little core 



Early French Forcing. The earliest, and largely grown for forcing, 



Small, almost globular, roots, orange-red in color 



Early Scarlet Horn. A popular early variety, 3 to 4 inches long and 

 blunt-rooted; it is a favorite for bunching for market and is sometimes 

 , forced. A fine table Carrot and when pulled young is excellent for 



soup • 



Long Red Altringham. A shapely stump-rooted variety, of medium 

 size and the best for private gardens, fpr summer use; medium early. 

 Long Orange Improved. An improved strain of this popular variety 

 for either garden or field culture, roots averaging 12 inches in length 

 and 3 inches in diameter at the top ; an enormous yielder and a good 



keeper • • 



Oxheart, or Guerande. Very distinct and desirable Carrot, smooth 

 handsome, very thick and blunt-rootod, about 6 inches long, rapid 

 grower and of fine quality; color, orange-red; good all-season Carrot. 

 White and Yellow Belgian. (See Meld Carrots.) 



CAULIFLOWER. (1 oz. for 1,000 plants.) 



Holmes' Improved Early Snowball. Beyond question the best 

 Cauliflower for either family or market gardens, for early or late, for 

 either forcing, cold frame or open-ground culture; it heads where 



others fail 



Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt. Until we produced "Snowball " this was 

 considered the best early variety ; plants dwarf and compact, forming 



good-sized heads, fine for open-ground fall crop 



Extra Early Paris. Heads uniform, but quality and size inferior., 

 Lenomand's Short Stem. A strong-growing variety for late fall use, 



producing large, fine heads; popular with canners 



Veitch's Autumn Giant. A large-growing late variety, succeeding 

 better in Southern climates than any other variety 



CELERY. (1 oz. for 3,000 plants,'^! lb. for sufficient plants to plant 

 an acre.) 



EARLY SELF-BLANCHING VARIETIES. These grow quickly, blanch 

 easily and are especially adapted for fall and early winter use. 

 Holmes' Selected White Plume. The earliest variety grown, and 

 can be blanched for the table in September. It is a self -blanching va- 

 riety requiring no ' ' banking up, " easily grown by anyone ; stalks and 

 innej leaves white, crisp and delicious •. . . 



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