HOLMES 1 Vegetables of Real Merit 
Tendergreen Stringless Bean 
The Best All-Around Bean 
You will want this early, delicious, tender, absolutely stringless, round, 
green-podded Snap Bean. It is a very heavy yielder, in a class by itself] 
several days earlier than Full Measure. Pods are long and straight, extreme’ 
ly meaty and of an attractive green color. Vines are exceptionally strong 
and vigorous. Many of our customers consider it the best of all beans and 
want nothing else. If your market demands the highest quality, grow 
Tendergreen. Pkt., 10c; M lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 5 lbs ’$1.10; 
10 lbs., $1.90; 15 lbs., $2.70; 25 lbs., $4.25. 
Holmes’ Genuine Bottle Onion 
We are headquarters for Bottle Onion Seed and Sets. Bottle Onion has 
been grown for many years in both Pennsylvania and Ohio. It derives its 
name from its long bottle-like shape. Being mild and sweet, it is absolutely 
unsurpassed in flavor; excellent for slicing. It yields well and is a good 
keeper. Bottle Onion grows longer, whiter and more edible stalks than any 
other Onion. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; M lb., $1.35; lb., $4.75. 
YELLOW BOTTLE SETS. Lb., 30c; peck (8 lbs.), $1.85, postpaid. 
Golden Acre Cabbage 
Disease Resistant 
Golden Plume Special Celery 
(Tall Strain) 
It is of the highest quality, which can absolutely be depended upon. 
It grows very heavy, tall, and has a full heart, matures early, blanches 
quickly, has a crisp sweet flavor, being larger and more plainly ribbed 
than the regular Golden Plume generally sold. This seed is New Jersey 
grown, costs more to produce, is in great demand. Two to three inches 
taller to the first joint than our regular Golden Plume. Pkt., 20c; 
Vi oz., 80c; oz., $1.50; M lb., $5.50; lb., $20.00. 
Grand Rapids Resistant Lettuce 
Introduced by Holmes Seed Co., 1934 
This new strain of Grand Rapids Lettuce was developed by Dr. Ira 
C. Floffman of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Is light green in 
color. Heavier, earlier and generally preferred to the Washington strain. 
The individual plants are compact, stocky, and heavy. The leaves are 
large, broad and curled at the edges. The strain has been tried by large 
Lettuce growers who have reported it will stand several days longer than 
other strains before going to seed. This is a valuable feature. (Official 
Strain). Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; lb., 70c; lb., $2.25. 
“Received the gar¬ 
den seeds you sent me 
,in a hurry. Never 
received seeds so 
quickly.” — D. C. 
PASCHKE, North 
East, Penna. 
Golden Acre Disease-Resistant Cabbage 
First Early Ranking 
This strain developed from Golden Acre. It is the same type as Golden 
Acre, maturing its crop from date of transplanting in 5? to 60 days, 95% 
to 97%; 5% in 60 to 65 days. Heads average about 3lbs. Our strain 
had first ranking at the Marietta trials in 1937, competing with 28 other 
varieties. It is a uniform strain maturing very early. Pkt., 15c; Vt oz., 40c; 
oz., 75c; M lb., $2.35; lb., $8.00. 
Tendergreen Bean 
Holmes' Genuine Bottle Union 
Holmes’ Green Top Blood Beet 
(Introduced by H. L. Holmes) 
In Quality It Stands Alone. It is one of the most tender of Beets, of delicious 
flavor and is absolutely unsurpassed for quality by any Beet we know of. This 
grand, main-crop Beet— Holmes’ Green Top Blood —has a tapering root. The 
flesh is a handsome dark red, sweet and tender at all stages of growth regard¬ 
less of size. Holmes’ Green Top Blood will keep tender all winter. Market 
gardeners who plant it will find it outsells all others. The keeping quality of 
Holmes’ Green Top Blood Beet has no equal. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; M lb., 60c; 
lb., $2.00. 
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Resistant Grand Rapids Lettuce 
