. Holmes tested seeds : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Harrisburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. Early, Curled and Head Lettuces 24 HARRY L, HOLMES HARRISBURG. Lettuce One ounce of seed will produce about 1,500 plants CrLTCRE. For early crop, seed may be sown outdoors in September; transplant to eoldframes as soon as large enough to handle, and winter over like early cabbage. Seed may be sown in well-protected frames in February, and in hotbeds in March, and by careful covering up at night will make fine plants by April for spring p
. Holmes tested seeds : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Harrisburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. Early, Curled and Head Lettuces 24 HARRY L, HOLMES HARRISBURG. Lettuce One ounce of seed will produce about 1,500 plants CrLTCRE. For early crop, seed may be sown outdoors in September; transplant to eoldframes as soon as large enough to handle, and winter over like early cabbage. Seed may be sown in well-protected frames in February, and in hotbeds in March, and by careful covering up at night will make fine plants by April for spring planting. For ordinary private use in summer months, the simplest way is to sow thinly in rows a foot apart early in spring, and thin plants to stand a foot apart. If sown every two or three weeks from April 15 to August 15, Lettuce may be had in perfection the whole season. Deduct lO cts. per lb. from prices if ordered I by express or freight at purchaser's expense I ^ijPLMES' GIANT CRYSTAL HEAD Novelty, see page 9. Largest heading variety yet introduced. Must be planted 18 inches apart for full development. Exceedingly hard and compact. Outside a beautiful green, inside a pale green. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 35 cts., %\h. $, lb. IMPROVED BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. HOLMES' IDE,AL GRAND KAPIDS LETTUCE. A strain we perfected by careful selection entirely free from rogues. See Novelties, page 6. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341b. GO cts., lb. $2. ILARLIEST AND FORCING VARIETIES The choice of STANDARD LETTUCES Large Pkts. 5 cts. each y MIGNONETTE. An excellent forcing variety. Heads small and dainty but very solid ^ HOLMES* IMPKOVE^D BOSTON MARKET. (Private Stock.) Stan dard variety for forcing. A selected strain saved from plants started under glass v^*LACK-SEEDED TENNISBALL, For forcing; forms close, hard heads; extremely hardy V'YELLOW-SEEDED BUTTER. Forms large, dense, yellow heads lIMPROVED big boston. (Private Stock.) Large, solid heads, excellent for eoldframes or open ground for transpl
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