Holmes Seed Company — 2013 V egetable Growers Price List

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Gourds (Small Type) - Maturity Averages 95 days (cont.)
1721 Gremlins 1724 Goblin Eggs 1771 Spoon Platoon 1766 Small Warted Pro
Variety Characteristics
Autumn Wings:
1717 Small Autumn Wings Many colors with wings and fruit shape of a swan/pear. Its bulb size is 2½ or 3" in diameter with a neck up to 4 - 5" long.
1718 Medium Autumn Many colors, with the fruit shape of a spoon but with wings. Its bulb size is 2½ or 3" in diameter with a neck up to 6" long.
Wings
1719 Large Autumn Wings Gourds of many colors with wings, warts and with the fruit shape of a swan gourd. Bulb size is 2½ to 3" in diameter with a neck up to 12" long.
1722 Wings Blend A blend of all the Autumn Wings: 25% large, 50% medium and 25% small.
1728 Luffa ("Dish Cloth") Also known as vegetable sponge, dish cloth, or Chinese okra. Grown primarily for its fibrous tissue skeleton that is commonly used as a
bath / sauna sponge.
1730 Nest Egg Similar in size and shape to a hen’s egg. Outside is smooth, white and hard.
1735 Ornamental Small Attractive, colorful, and distinct varieties, including small orange, crown of thorns, pear bi-color, small flat striped, nest egg, small spoon and small
Mix warted.
1737 Harvest Flowers Really awesome gourds with flower patterns. As many colors, shapes and patterns as one can imagine. BEAUTIFUL!
1738 Harvest Wings Really big gourds with wings on the bulb end. So many possibilities of shapes, colors and patterns. Creates a never-ending display of green,
orange, yellow and white.
1739 Harvest Wings Bush F1 An earlier and more colorful strain of gourds with wings. The added benefit of a semi-bush plant makes more space for planting other unique fall
novelty varieties.
1729 Hopi Rattle Grows 4-6" long. Seeds will rattle inside when dry.
1740 Pear Bi-Color Pear-shaped fruit, smooth and hard. Upper half is yellow, bottom half is green with yellow stripes.
1745 Shenot Crown Crown of Thorns produces a wide and unique assortment of color combinations. Colors range from white to orange to green with and without
of Thorns contrasting stripes. Well-developed “thorns” add to its attractiveness.
1760 Small Spoon Fairly small, five to six inch long, narrow curved neck with a three inch bulb, and are bi-colored orange and green.
1765 Small Warted- A warty mixture of small gourds in a variety of shapes and colors. Solid colored gourds mingled with multicolored fruits bearing random
Common striped patterns.
1766 Small Warted- Small, uniform, colorful, and consistently warted. A fine balance of flats, rounds, short pears, pears and spoons come in a variety of solid,
Professional striped and bicolor patterns. More yellows, greens, and oranges and fewer whites.
1770 Special Small Blend Fancy small types, few plain varieties. Includes Shenot Crown of Thorns, Warted, Spoon, etc. This special mix contains 35% of the Fancy
Warted Mix.
1774 Tiny Turk A miniature selection of Turk's Turban with similar color and shape.
1776 Super Wings - Small Strong PMR: Unique shapes and colors. Pear shaped and flattened fruit. Many with wings, warts, and multi-colors. Moderate Phytophthora
resistantance.
1775 Super Wings - Large Strong PMR: Large version of Super Wings - Small. Moderate Phytophthora resistantance.
1717 Small Autumn Wings 1719 Large Autumn Wings Autumn Wings #1 1774 Tiny Turk