PEAS, PEPPER, PUMPKIN 



Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 



GENERAL 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



PEAS— Concluded. 



*Slratagem. 2 feet. A dwarf blue, wrinkled Pea; a heavy 



cropper, producing large pods well filled with large "marrow" 



peas of eicellent flavor ^. • 



*Telephone. feet. Strong-growing, exceedingly productive 



pods of largest size, containing 6 to 7 large, wrinkled marrow 



peas of rich, sugary flavor 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat. feet. An old favorite, prolific 



market Pea , 



White Marrowfat. 534 feet. Similar to above, but of better 



quality 



PEAS, SUGAR or EDIBLE PODDED. The pods are cooked 



like String Beans ; if used when about half grown they are 



deliciously tender and sweet. 

 Melting Sugar. 5 feet. The "Mammoth" variety producing 



abundantly immense brittle pods that "snap " without string; 



very sweet and tender. ; • 



Holmes' Mammoth Luscious Sugar. Largest and best of the 



edible podded sorts; broad, fleshy, tender pods. 3 feet. {See 



special description) 



*Dwarf Sugar. Extra fine quality: productive and early. 1% 



feet high; 71 days from planting to first picking 



*TaII Gray Sugar. Immense pods, snap. 4 feet; 78 days 



Field Peas. (See Farm Seed Department.) 

 C®w Peas. " " " 



By mail 

 postpaid 



Pt. Qt. 



25c 



25c 

 15c 



15c 



25c 



30c 



25c 

 25c 



40c 



40c 

 25c 

 25c 



40c 



55c 



35c 

 35c 



PRICES 



Ey freight or 

 express 



■25c 



2oo 

 20c 

 20c 



25c 



35c 



25c 

 25e 



Pk. Bush. 



$1 50 



1 50 

 1 00 

 I 00 



1 75 



2 00 



1 50 

 1 50 



$5 50 



5 50 

 3 50 

 3 50 



G 00 



7 00 



5 25 

 5 25 



PEPPER. 



Chinese Giant. (See special description.) The best, mildest and 

 largest red Pepper, very early and productive of uniformly giant 

 fruits, averaging 4 inches in length and breadth; very meaty, having 



but few seeds, and excellent for eating sliced when green 



Golden Queen. Similar to the popular " Bell, or Bull Nose," except- 

 ing' being of golden-yellow color and of very sweet and delicate flavor 

 Large Bell, or Bull Nose. A large, early, bright red variety of mild 



flavor; a favorite for pickling and " mangoes " when green.. 



Long Red Cayenne, A late variety. Small, bright scarlet, cone- 

 shaped, pungent pods, as much used for pickling when green as when 



ripe 



Red Cluster. Dwarf, compact plants, often bearing 1,000 peppers. 



Small, thin pods borne upright in clusters ; red and pungent ..... 



Rjby King. The mos.t popular long-fruited Pepper; a prolific bearer 

 of ruby-red pods, 5 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches in diameter; flesh 

 exceedingly thick, sweet and so mild that it is often eaten sliced as 



salad; splendid for stuifing, etc 



Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Nearly the same as the "Bull 

 Nose," though usiially larger in size and of deeper shape; of very 



mild flavor; fine for "mangoes " 



PUMPKIN. {1 oz. for 30 to 50 mU.) 



•Cheese. The most popular for pies and table use; large, flat-round; 



creamy-yellow skin, thick, orange flesh of fine quality 



Connecticut Field. A productive, large, orange-colored, field Pump- 

 kin, usually grown for stock feeding, but it al.so makes good pies. . . . . 

 Jambo, or •♦King of the Mammoths.'* This strain produces the 

 biggast pumpkins grown, sometimes measuring 6 feet in circumfer- 

 ence and weighing 200 to 250 pounds; outside color, deep orange-yel- 

 low; flesh very, thick, fine grained, tender and of bright yellow color, 



and of excellent quality f :>r pies and other uses , 



Small Sugar. A hand so. na and productive small Pumpkin, 10 to 12 

 inches in diameter; round-flattened, skin orange, flesh deep yellow, 



fine grained and very sweet 



Winter Luxury. A superior pie Pumpkin, small, but enormously pro- 

 ductive and an excellent keeper; shape rounding-oblong, about 10 

 inches in diameter; color, golden-russet, finally netted; flesh deep 



golden, sweet and tender 



Cashaw, or Crook Neck. The old standard and popular Crook Neck 



Cdshav. . 



Improved Gresn Striped Cashaw. Improvement on White Cashaw, 

 green and white striped; flesh rich yellow, solid, fine grained, very 



thiuk, sweet 



New Mammoth Golden Cashaw. (See special description.) The 



best yet. Skin and flesh rich orange 



Quaker Pie. Shape nearly oval. Cream-colored skin and flesh; fine 



quality 



Tennessee Sweet Potato. Bell-shaped, white flesh, very thick and 



sweet • •• • 



Japanese. Surpasses all others in flavor. Flesh thick, salmon- 

 colored, fine-grained, sweet. 



D(»!iv0red Free in the U. S. 

 (unless otherwise noted.) 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



i4 lb. 



Lb. 



10c 



50c 



$1 50 



$5 00 



5c 



25c 



75 



2 50 



5c 



25c 



75 



2 50 



5c 



25c 



75 



2 50 



5c 



30c 



1 00 





5c 



20c 



60c 



2 25 



5c 



25c 



C3 



2 25 



5c 



ICo 



20 



CO 



5c 



10c 



15 



40 



10c 



20c 



50 



1 50 



5c 



10c 



2: 



70 



5c 



10c 



25 



70 



5c 



10c 



25 



70 



5c 



10c 



25 



70 



5c 



15c 



30 



90 



5c 



10c 



25 



85 



5c 



lOc 



25 



80 



5c 



10c 



30 



1 00 



LARGE BELL OB BULL NOSE PEPPSg 



LARGE CHEESE PUMPKIN 



HOLMES' SEEDS ARE SEEDS OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY. 



