


Brussels Sprouts 

You can have a field like this by planting 
Golden Acre Cabbage 

Holmes-Houser Cabbage 

Brussels Sprouts 
A packet will produce about 300 plants; 1 ounce about 3000 plants; 
one-fourth pound will plant an acre. 
Culture similar to that of late cabbage. Sow outdoors from May 1 to 
June 1, and transplant in five to six weeks or thin to stand 2 by 3 feet 
apart, 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED DWARF, (Special.) Plants of the Long 
Island Special do not grow very tall, but they are covered from the 
ground up with large sprouts. Do not get our Special Strain confused 
with the ordinary Long Island strain that is offered by many seedsmen. 
Pkt., 15c; 1% oz., 45c; 0z., 80c; 14 I1b., $3.00. 
Cabbage 
One ounce of seed produces about 1500 to 2000 plants sown in open ground or 3000 
plants if sown in frames; a packet about 250 plants; 4 to 6 ounces will produce 
plants for an acre. 
For early harvest sow in flats under glass, 8 to 10 seeds per inch in 
2-inch rows from February to March. Transplant in flats 2 by 2 inches 
when the first true leaves appear. Avoid crowding, drying out or over- 
watering. Harden off by gradual exposure and withhold watering a week 
or ten days before setting in the field. Soak-thoroughly just before trans- 
planting. Set outside 14 to 18 inches by 24 inches apart as soon as ground 
can be prepared after danger of hard frost. When transplanting, the 
field soil should be slightly richer than the soil in which the seedling 
plants were grown. For later harvest sow at two-week intervals out- 
doors five to six weeks before transplanting in the field. 
Golden Acre. The earliest Cabbage. Matures a week ahead of Jersey 
Wakefield and ten days ahead of Copenhagen Market which it re- 
sembles in other respects. The heads are small to medium size, as 
round as a ball, and very firm. The plant is of dwarf, compact growth 
with but few leaves, permitting the plants to be set closely. 
Pkt., 10c; 44 02., 35c; 0z., 65c; 14 1b., $2.15. 
GOLDEN ACRE SPECIAL. This strain is most valuable for earliness 
and uniformity, and in quickness to reach maturity. It proved dis- 
tinctly superior to other strains maturing at same time. We recom- 
mend it to growers who want the earliest and best. Crop failed. 
Copenhagen Market Improved. This is really a wonderful Copen- 
hagen Market as it follows the Golden Acre by about ten days but is 
all of twenty per cent larger. It is practically its equal in uniformity 
and characteristics but does not mature entirely at one time as the 
Golden Acre, If both were planted on the same date, then by the time 
the Golden Acre offers 80 to 90 per cent marketable heads, the Im- 
proved Copenhagen will have 10 per cent of the heads hard enough 
to market. In another week 50 per cent more will have reached the 
marketable state. 
Pkt., 10c; 44 0z., 35c; oz., 65c; %4 l1b., $2.15. 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. A standard early sort with pointed 
heads. Heads are of a fair size and very compact. Our strain is very 
early; practically all the plants produce heads of the correct shape 
and mature almost at the same time. 
Pkt., 10c; 144 0z., 20c; oz., 30c; %4 Ib., 95c. 
GLORY OF ENKHUIZEN. Heads large in size, round, solid, uniform in 
shape and maturity, of very good quality. The heads will range from 
6 to 7 pounds in weight. This variety is popular for market and home 
use. One of the most desirable varieties for kraut. We offer a very 
fine strain of this Cabbage—none better. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 30c; 0z., 50c; 14 Ib., $1.85. 
HOLMES-HOUSER. Latest Cabbage of them all. Introduced by H. L. 
Holmes in 1897. Its wonderful quality, extremely small heart, and 
fine ribs are features not found in any other Cabbage. The shape is 
round and deep, developing a very slight oval shape at the top (see 
illustration.) In solidity it is as hard as the Danish Ballhead, com- 
pact in habit of growth. It is a strong, vigorous grower, with ability 
to resist disease (yellows). 
Pkt., 15c; 144 0z., 35c; oz., 65c; 14 lb., $2.35, 
Holmes’ Ballhead. Is quite similar to Danish Ballhead Short Stem, 
both as to type and size of foliage as well as head, but is nearer per- 
fection in uniformity; in fact, there is no strain of Ballhead Cabbage 
equaling it in this respect. It brings a high price among the Cabbage 
farmers in the east, who want all the plants in the field to look alike 
and produce the same size and shape of head. 
Pkt., 15c; 14 0z., 35c; oz., 65c; 14 1b., $2.35, 
Penn State Ballhead. (See page 3.) Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 35c¢; 02, 650; 
14 1b., $2.35. 
PREMIUM FLAT DUTCH. This has been a favorite in many Cabbage 
growing sections as a late fall or winter variety, making large and 
much flattened heads of remarkable solidity. They keep well through- 
out the winter. 
Pkt., 10c; 144 0z., 20c; oz., 35c; 1% Ib., $1.25. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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