Title: Holmes tested seeds : 1902
Identifier: CAT31285535 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: H. L. Holmes (Firm); Holmes, H. L; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Harrisburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : H. L. Holmes
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Grow Prize Onions from Seed 28 HARRY L. HOLMES HARRISBURG, PA. ONIONS THOROUGHLY TESTED AND OF STRONGEST VITALITY. THE FINEST SELECTED STRAIN "We pride ourselves in selling the the very best Onion Seed that can be produced, and are now supplying some of the largest Onion growers of the country. By sowing our seed, large Onions may be produced direct from seed. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 5 pounds tcill sow an acre. CrLTURE. Sow in early spring, in moist soil, as soon as the weather will permit, in rows 12 inches apart, and cover half an inch deep. If the Onions grow too thick, thin to about an inch apart, or very few small Onions will le the result. Manure highly ( 20 loads per acre being used by market-gardeners with profit), and if manure is not plenty, some good piiosph.-ite, at the rate of 400 to 800 pounds per acre, will give splendid crops. A top dressing of wood ashes, applied after tlie second weeding, is very beneficial. MARKET-GARDENERS, AND THOSE WHO USE LARGE QUANTITIES, SHOULD WRITE US FOR OUR SPECIAL WHOLESALE PRICES t/Holmes' Improved Yellow Globe Danvers, 1/ This choice strain, offered by us last season for the first time, was pronounced by all as the earliest, most uniformly large, and largest cropping Onion they had ever grown. Bulb thick, perfectly shaped, small neck, —in every way the best yellow Onion on the market. Witu good culture it frequently yields 800 bushels to the acre. Very early, an excellent keeper. Pkt. 5 cts , oz. 15 cts,, Klb. 35 cts., lb. 95 cts. by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, 5 lbs. and over, 85 cts. per lb. Prize=TaKer (American-grown.) The true Prize-Takers. Beau- tiful appearance, with outside skin of a rich straw color, while the flesh is white, sweet, mild and tender. Average size 12 to 16 inches; readies five pounds in weight. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 14:1b. 50 cts., lb. $1.75. LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. The standard red variety. Its y distiijct characteristics are size, productiveness and keep- ing qualities. It is of the finest form, deep purplish red, round and sliarhtly flattened. Pkt, 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^Ib. 35 cts., lb. $1.10. EXTRA-EARLY RED. A medium-sized, flat variety, of deep red color. It is very uniform in shape; ten days to two weeks earlier than Wethersfleld. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 341b. 35 cts., lb. $1.10. ^WHITE GLOBE. Large, firm, fine-grained, of mild flavor; keeps well. Brings high prices. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., i^lb. 70 cts., lb. $2.35, by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, y 5 lbs. and over, $2.25 per lb. (/IaRGE red globe. The bulbs are large, nearly globular, beautitul purplish red. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 40 cts., lb. $1.35, by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, 5 lbs. or over, $1.20 per lb. HOLMES KMPROVED YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS ONION.
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From Photograph H. W. Pierce, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., writes; "I have two houses of your I m p ro V e d Grand Rapids Lettuce that would do your eyes good to see; simply perfection." r ROUND, or FLAT DANVERS ONION. YELLOW STRASBURG. or DUTCH. Grown exten- sively for sets. Skin yel- low ; fl-sh pure white, mild flavoi-ed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 3^1b. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. HR^ound Yell ow Danvers. ^xten- s 1 V e 1 y grown for market. Has produced 600 bushels to the acre from seed sown in the spring. Thin, yel- low skin ; flesh white, fine grained, firm, mild. Good for growing sets. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 3^1b. oO cts., lb. 85 cts., by mail, postpaid; by freight or ex- press, 5 lbs. and over, 75 cts. per lb. Kite SilversKin, or Portugal. Mild flavor and silvery white color; bulbs flattened, very thick through; crisp. L^sed for sets. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 341b. 75 cts. MONEY IN WINTER RADISHES 1. B. Vance. Royalton, la., writes : •• Fr .m the 60 cents worth of China Rose Winter Radish seed I bought of you last August I raised the largest and finest crop of radishes I ever had. I have already sold $46 worth and still have two barrels of radishes left, for which I will get a good price. I call this making money in radishes."

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