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Annual Catalogue
and Price List

lor 1913

Voider Seed Go.

Salt Lake Gity, Utah

TO THE TRADE

Our Terms are Strictly Gash with the Order

We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is quite an unneces-
sary item of expense, and the prices being given, we can conceive of no necessity to warrant
goods being so sent.

WHEN TO ORDER

We endeavor, when placing our catalogue in the hands of our regular customers, early
in January, to have our stock of seeds, etc., complete in every respect; and those of our patrons
who favor us with their orders at an early date are sure of receiving prompt attention, and
assist us in reducing the heavy strain which always occurs as the season advances. Order
early and avoid delays.

DISPATCH OF ORDERS

All orders will be filled promptly, in the order they are received, or a reason given for
their non-fulfillment.

FREE DELIVERY BY MAIL

We deliver free at any postoffice in the United States all vegetable and flower seeds
offered in this Catalogue, by the packet, ounce, quarter pound, pound, pint or quart.

Customers ordering these seeds by the pound, pint or quart, to be sent by freight or ex-
press, may deduct 10 cents per pound on vegetable, and flower seeds, 10 cents per quart on
sweet corn, and 15 cents per quart on beans and peas, from our list prices, except where
noted.

When sent in this way the purchaser pays the freight or express charges on receipt of

goods.

Purchaser pays express and freight charges, also on pecks and bushels and on all farm
seeds, poultry supplies, stock foods, etc.

SAFE DELIVERY OF ORDERS

We guarantee the safe delivery of all orders by express or freight. If a package is lost
we will replace it as soon as informed of the fact. It sometimes happens that orders never
reach us or are without a signature. When customers fail to receive their goods in a reason-
able time they should inform us, and at the same time send a copy of their order.

HOW TO SEND MONEY

Remittances may be made by Postoffice Money Order, Express Money Order, Bank
Draft, Express or by Registered Letter. Small amounts may be sent by ordinary mail.

GUARANTEE

Complaints made that seeds are not good, should quite as often be attributed to other
causes, as to the quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies continually aris-
ing, to prevent the best seeds always giving satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shal-
low, in too wet or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the plants as soon as or
before they appear; wet weather, cold weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced
by temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable to guarantee seeds under ail
circumstances.

While we exercise the greatest care to have all seeds pure and reliable, we do not give
any warranty, express or implied, as to descriptions, quality, productiveness or any other mat-
ter of any seeds we send out, and will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the pur-
chaser dots not accept the seeds on these conditions, they must be returned at once.

SEEDS IN PACKETS *

We offer the following inducements to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets:
Select packets to the value of $1.15 and send us $1.00; for $2.35 send $2.00; for $3.60 send
$3.00; for $4.85 send $4.00; for $6.15 send $5.00; for $12.50 send $10.00

The seeds will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low prices apply to Seeds in Packets
only, and at catalogue prices, and not to seeds by weight or measure,

DESGRtPT/VE LIST

OF NEW AND
CHOICE

VEGETABLE
SEEDS

SEASON

1913

O OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS who receive this our
1913 Catalogue, we extend our heartiest New Year’s Greet-
ing and wish to express our sincere appreciation of their lib-
eral patronage — whether as a new customer, or one of our
old time friends who has tried Vogeler’s Seeds and not found
them wanting. That our customers may receive only the best, we purchase
our stocks from the world’s most reliable growers, exercising the greatest
care in the selection and handling of our seeds, thereby insuring their purity
and high germinating power.

Another fact of special interest is that the prices in this catalogue are
extremely low for first-class stock, and in most cases they include postage
or express charges prepaid to your door.

Again we wish to assure our customers that every order, small or large,
will receive prompt and careful attention, and so far as lies within our power
we shall endeavor to make every purchaser a satisfied one.

Very sincerely,

Vogeler Seed Go.

“PURITY SEEDS”

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VQGELER SEED CO, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

The Essentials to the Production of Choice
Vegetables and Beautiful Flowers

GOOD SOIL.

A rich, sandy loam is the best, but a fair de-
gree of success may be secured from any soil
which can be made rich and friable. Good veg-
etables cannot be grown on barren sand, a cold,
hard, lumpy clay, nor in the shade of orchard or
other trees.

LIBERAL MANURING.

A soil which does not need enriching in order
to produce the best results is rarely found, and
very often success is in proportion to the liberal-
ity with which fertilizers have been used.

Well decomposed stable manure, where straw
bedding has been used, is the best; that where
sawdust is used is not so good. Often wood
ashes, at the rate of one peck up to one bushel
to the square rod. will be of great benefit. Com-
mercial fertilizers are excellent, and may be used
at the rate of four to twelve pounds to the
square rod, and the more concentrated forms —
such as Nitrate of Soda, Guano, Dried Blood and
Potash Salts — at the rate of one to six pounds to
the rod. A mass or lump of any of the commer-
cial fertilizers, even if it is but a quarter of an
inch in diameter, is liable to kill any seed or
young plant which comes in contact with it, so
it is very important that they be thoroughly
pulverized and mixed with the soil.

THOROUGH PREPARATION.

Rich soil and' liberal manuring will avail little
without thorough preparation. The soil must be
made friable by thorough and judicious working;
if this is well done all that follows will be easy;
if it is neglected, only partial success is possible,
and that at the cost of a great deal of hard
work. The garden should be well plowed or dug
to a good depth, taking care, if it is a clay soil,
that the work is not done when it is too wet.
If a handful from the furrow moulds with slight
pressure into a ball which cannot be easily
crumbled into fine earth again, the soil is too
wet, and if stirred then will be hard to work
all summer. The surface should be made as
fine and smooth as possible with the harrow or
rake. It is generally necessary to plow the
whole garden at once, and to do this in time
for the earliest crops, but the part which is not
planted for some weeks should be kept mellow
by frequent cultivation.

GOOD SEEDS, PROPERLY PLANTED.

There is no more prolific source of disappoint-
ment and failure among amateur gardeners
than hasty, careless or improper sowing of the
seed. The seed consists of a minute plant, mi-
nus the root, with a sufficient amount of food
stowed in or around it to sustain it until it can
expand its leaves, form roots and provide for
itself, the whole inclosed in a hard and more or
less impervious shell. To secure germination,
moisture, heat and a certain amount of air are
necessary. The first steps are the softening of
the hard outer shell and the leaves of the plant
from the absorption of water, and the changing
of the plant food from the form of starch to
that of sugar. In the first condition the food is
easily preserved unchanged, but the plant can-
not use it, while in its sugary condition it is
easily appropriated but perishable, and if not
used it speedily decays itself and causes decay

in the plant. A dry seed may retain its vitality
and remain unchanged for years, but after ger-
mination has commenced, a check of a day or
two in the process may be fatal. There is no
time in the life of a plant when it is so suscepti-
ble to fatal injury from the over-abundance or
want of sufficient heat and moisture as at that
between the commencement of germination and
the formation of the first true leaves, and it is
just then that it needs the aid of a gardener to
secure favorable conditions. These are:

First — A proper and constant degree of mois-
ture. The soil should always be moist, never
wet. This is secured by making the surface of
freshly dug soil so fine and the pressing it over
the seeds so firmly with the feet or the back of
the hoe that the degree of moisture remains as
nearly uniform as possible.

Second — A proper degree of heat, secured by
sowing the seed when the temperature of the
soil is that most favorable to the germination of
the seed of that particular plant. Too high a
temperature is often as detrimental as one too
low. The proper temperature for each sort may
be learned from a careful study of the follow-
ing pages and the experience of the most suc-
cessful gardeners in your vicinity.

Third — Covering the seed to such a depth that
while a uniform degree of heat and moisture is
preserved, the necessary air can readily reach
the germinating seed, and the tiny stem push
the forming leaves into the light and air. This
depth will vary with different seeds and condi-
tions of the soil, and can be learned only from
practical experience. In general, seeds of the
size of the turnip should not be covered with
more than half an inch of earth pressed down,
while corn may be an inch, beans one to two
inches, and peas one to four inches deep.

Fourth — Such a condition of soil that the as-
cending stem can easily penetrate it, and the
young roots speedily find suitable food. We
can usually secure this by thorough preparation
of the ground, and taking care never to sow
fine seeds when the ground is wet. Occasionally
a heavy or long continued rain followed by a
bright sun will so bake and crust the surface
that it is impossible for the young plant to find
its way through it, or a few days of strong wind
will so dry the ground that the young plants
will be killed. In such cases the only remedy is
to plant again.

JUDICIOUS CULTIVATION.

Not only should every weed be removed as
soon as it appears, but the crust which forms
after a rain should be broken up and the ground
stirred as soon as it is dry enough to permit it.
The more frequently and deeply the soil is
stirred while the plants are young, the better,
but as they develop and the roots occupy the
ground, cultivation should be shallower, until
it becomes a mere stirring of the surface. We
have seen hundreds of acres of vegetables where
the yield and quality have been materially low-
erd by injudiciously deep and close cultivation
after the roots of the plants had fully occupied
the ground. A very small garden, well culti-
vated and cared for, will give larger returns
and be in every way more satisfactory than a
much larger one poorly prepared and neglected.

VOGELER SEED COMPANY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE

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How to Build and Manage Hot Beds

FOR early vegetables some provision for
starting certain plants earlier than can be done
in the open air is desirable; for this purpose
nothing is better than a good hot-bed, and its
construction is so simple and the expense so
slight that every garden should have one. A
hot-bed proper not only protects the plants from
the cold, but supplies bottom heat. By this term
the gardener means that the soil is constantly
kept several degrees warmer than the air above,
that being the condition, so far as heat is con-
cerned, which is most favorable for rapid and
vigorous growth, and gardeners usually secure
it by making a compact pile of some fermenting
material and covering it with the earth in
which the plants are to grow.

HEATING MATERIAL. — The best heating ma-
terial that is easily available is fresh horse ma-
nure, containing a liberal quantity of straw
bedding. Such manure, if thrown into a loose
pile, will heat violently and unevenly, and will
soon become cold. What is wanted in the hot-
bed is a steady and moderate but lasting heat.
To secure this, the manure should be forked
over, shaken apart and, if dry, watered and al-
lowed to stand a few days and then be forked
over again, piled and allowed to heat a second
time, the object being to get the whole mass
into a uniform degree of fermentation, and as
soon as this is accomplished it is fit for use.

SASH. — Gardeners commonly use sash made
especially for hot-beds and glazed with small
lights cut from odds and ends, and so furnished
at very low rates. Such sash can usually be
procured in any of our large cities, and costs
much less than if made to order. For garden
use, however, we much prefer a smaller sash
that can be easily handled, and the use of larger
and better glass. We would recommend that
for home gardens, the sash be about two and
one-half by four or five feet, and that the
glass be not less than 10-14, laid with not more
than one-quarter inch lap. In giving the order
to one unaccustomed to the work, it would be
well to state what they are to be used for, and
that they need to be made like skylight sash.

THE FRAME. — This may be made of sound
one-inch lumber, the back twelve to fourteen
inches high, the front ten to twelve. It should
be well fitted to the sash, so as to leave as little
opening as possible and yet allow the sash to
be easily moved up and down, even when the
frame is quite wet.

THE SOIL.— This should be light, rich, friable.
Any considerable amount of clay in it is very
objectionable. If possible it should be unfrozen
when put into the bed; for this reason, it is
much better to prepare in the fall before, and
cover the pile with enough coarse manure or
straw to keep out the frost.

MAKING THE BED. — This requires careful
attention, as future success depends largely up-
on the manner in which this work is done. Hav-
ing cleared away snow and ice, build a rec-
tangular bed one foot larger each way than the
frame to be used, carefully shaking out and
spreading each forkful and repeatedly treading
down the manure so as to make the bed as uni-
form as possible in solidity, composition and
moisture. It is of the utmost importance that
this shaking apart and evenly pressing down of
the manure should be carefully and thoroughly
done; unless it is, one portion will heat quicker
than the others, and the soil will settle uneven-
ly, making it impossible to raise good plants.
The proper depth of the bed will vary with the
climate, season and the kind of plants to be
raised. A shallow bed will quickly give a high
temperature, which will soon subside; a deeper
one, if well made, will heat more moderately,
but continue much longer. For general pur-
poses, a bed about two feet deep will be best.

The bed completed, the frame and sash mav
be put on, and fresh manure carefully packed
around the outside to the very top — if the
weather is at all severe, this outside banking
should be replenished as it settles. The bed
should then be allowed to stand with the sash
partly open for a day or two to allow the steam
and rank heat to pass off. The earth should

then be put on and carefully leveled. Care
should be taken that the soil is dry and friable.
If wet or frozen soil must be used, it should
be placed in small piles until well dried out be-
fore spreading. The heat at first will be quite
violent, frequently rising to 120 degrees; but
it soon subsides, and when it recedes to 90 de-
grees the seed may be planted. The importance
of using dry soil and allowing the first rank
heat to pass off is very great. Every season
thousands of hot-beds fail of good results from
these causes, and seedsmen are blamed for fail-
ure resulting from overheat, or wet or soggy
soil.

MANAGEMENT OF THE BED. — The essen-
tials for success are a steady, uniform degree
of heat and moisture; keeping the soil at all
times a few degrees warmer than the air and
the careful “hardening off” (by exposure to the
air and diminishing the supply of water) of the
plants before transplanting into the open air.
Simple as these may seem to be, there are many
difficulties in the way of securing them, prom-
inent among which are overheating the air un-
der a bright sun. Without experience one would
scarcely believe how quickly the temperature
inside of a well built hot bed will rise to 90 or
100 degrees upon a still, sunny day, even when
the temperature outside is far below freezing,
or how quickly the temperature will fall to that
outside, if upon a windy cloudy day the sash
is left open ever so little. A rush of cold air
driven over the plants is far more injurious than
the same temperature when the air is still.
Again, in cloudy weather a bed will go several
days without watering, but will dry up in an
hour when open on a sunny day. The details of
management, however, must be learned by ex-
perience, but may be easily acquired by one who
gives the matter careful attention, keeping con-
stantly in mind the essentials given above.

A COLD FRAME is a simple construction of
boards for wintering over young plants — Cab-
bage, Lettuce, Cauliflower, Brocoli, etc. — and is
also extremely useful to protect and harden off
plants from the greenhouse or hot-bed before
fully exposing them in the open air.

Select a dry, southern exposure, form a frame
from four to six feet wide and as long as re-
quired. The back should be fourteen to eighteen
inches high, and the front eight to twelve, with
a cross-tie every three feet. The frame may be
covered with sash or cloth. Seeds of the vege-
table to be wintered, sown in open border early
in September, will be ready to plant in cold
frames about the last of October. The soil should
be well prepared and smoothly raked before
planting. Admit air freely on pleasant days,
but keep close in severe weather.

TRANSPLANTING. — In transplanting, the
main points to be regarded are; Care in taking
up the plants, so as to avoid injury to the roots,
planting firmly so as to enable the plant to
take a secure hold of the soil, reducing the top
to prevent evaporation, and shading to prevent
the hot sun from withering and blighting the
leaves. In transplanting from a hot-bed, har-
den the plants by letting them get quite dry a
day or two before but give an abundance of
water a few hours before they are taken out.
It is most apt to be successful if done just at
evening or immediately before or during the
first part of a rain — about the worst time being
just after a rain, when, the ground being wet,
it is impossible to sufficiently press it about the
plant without its baking hard. If water is used
at all, it should be used freely, and the wet sur-
face immediately covered with dry soil.

WATERING. — The best time to water plants
is between sunset and sunrise. Water may be
given to the roots at any time, but should never
be sprinkled over the leaves while they are ex-
posed to bright sunshine. If watering a plant
has been commenced, continue to supply it as
needed, or more injury than good will result
from what has been given. One copious water-
ing is better than many scancy sprinklings. The
ground should always be stirred with a hoe or
rake as soon after watering as it can be done
without making the soil muddy.

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VOGELER SEED CO, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

ARTICHOKE

Culture. — Sow in hot-beds in February or March, and transplant so as to give plenty of room
until danger of frost is over. Then set in very rich, well-drained soil in rows four feet apart and
two feet apart in the row. The plants can be raised in seed beds out of doors, but in that case
will not be likely to produce heads the first year. The edible portion is the undeveloped flower
heads, which are produced from about September 1st until frost. Late in the fall cut off the old
tops and thoroughly protect the crowns with leaves or straw, to prevent severe freezing. The
second year thin the starting shoots to three of the best, which will commence to form heads
about July 1st. The plants may also be blanched like Cardoons. This is accomplished by cutting
back in July the stems close to the ground; the rapidly growing shoots which then start up may
be tied and blanched like Celery. As Artichoke plants do not yield satisfactorily after three
or four years, it is best to start a new plantation at least as often as once in three years.

Large Green Globe or Paris

A table vegetable of very high merit. Perennial. The best sort for general use. Buds
large, nearly round; scales pale green, shading to' violet at the base; very thick and fleshy.
This is the French Artichoke, the large flower buds of which are so highly esteemed by epicures,
and is very different from the plant cultivated for its fleshy roots or tubes. Pkt. 5e; oz. 30c; l
lb. $1.00; lb. $3.50.

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus is one of the earliest spring vegetables and
would be in universal use were it not for the mistaken idea
that it is difficult to grow. In reality it can be produced
very easily and cheaply. It does best in a moist, sandy soil,
but can be grown in any garden by following the directions
given here. A bed 15x50 feet, requiring about 100 plants,
should give an abundant supply for an ordinary family.

Culture. — Beds are usually formed by setting plants one
or two years old, which can be procured of us. If you wish
to grow plants yourself, pour hot, but not boiling, water on
the seed and let stand until cool; pour it off and repeat two
or three times with fresh hot water. Then sow in drills one
foot apart and two inches deep, in light, rich soil. When the
plants are well up, thin to about one inch apart, and give
frequent and thorough cultivation during the summer. If
this has been well done, the plants will be fit to set the next
spring. The permanent beds should be prepared by deep
plowing, or spading, and thoroughly enriching the ground
with stable manure or other fertilizer. If the subsoil is not
naturally loose and friable, it should be made so by thor-
oughly stirring with a subsoil plow or the spade. Set the
plants about four inches deep and one or two feet apart in
rows four to six feet apart. After the plants are well started
give frequent and thorough cultivation. Early the next
spring spade in a heavy dressing of manure, and one quart
of salt to each square rod and cultivate well as long as the
size of the plants will permit, or until they begin to die
down. The next season the bed may be cut over two or
three times, but if this is done all the shoots, no matter how
small, should be cut. After the final cutting, give a good
dressing of manure, ashes and salt. Cultivate frequently un-
til the plants meet in the rows. In autumn, after the plants
are fully ripe and yellow, they should be cut and burned.
If well cultivated and manured, the bed should give a full
crop the following season and continue productive for eight
or ten years.

CONOVER’S COLOSSAL.

Conover’s Colossal

The standard variety. A mammoth green sort of the largest size
duces more stalks to the root than any other kind. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l

and of good quality. Pro-
lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

Palmetto

A favorite with truckers. Not quite as prolific as Conover’s, but a little earlier and makes
larger stalks. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; \ lb. 20c; lb. 65c, postpaid.

From “Purity Seed” Fine Vegetables Grow.

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VOGELER SEED COMPANY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 5

BEANS

Culture. — No crop responds more readily to good soil and cultivation than this. The soil
best adapted to it is a light, rich, well drained loam, which was manured for the previous crop. If
too rank manure is used it is apt to make the plant run too much to vine. Beans are extremely
sensitive to both cold and wet, and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry
and warm. The largest returns will result from planting them in drills from two to three feet
apart, and leaving the plants two to six inches apart in the row. Up to the time of blossoming
they should have frequent shallow cultivation, but any cutting of the roots after the plants come
into bloom is likely to cause the blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. Remember that the
cultivation of beans should always be very shallow, and that it is useless to expect a crop from
a field so poorly prepared as to need deep stirring after planting.

Varieties should be selected so as to give a succession both of string beans and green shelled
beans. The wax podded beans are particularly likely to run off into green podded plants, and > +
requires constant attention and skillful selection to keep them pure. Hence it is especially *
portant to use seed from reliable sources only.

IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.

Pencil Pod Black Wax

DAVIS WAX.

Dwarf, Bush or Snap Beans

Yellow or Wax-Podded Varieties

Challenge Dwarf Black Wax

The Best Early Wax Bean
on the Market

In growth and general appearance
the plants are the same as the old
Black Wax or Butter Bean, but are
earlier and more productive. The pods
are clear waxy-white, quite round, very
fleshy, crisp, tender and stringless. The
dry bean is jet black.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c; postpaid.
By Express, pk. $2.50; bu. $9.00.

The best quality round pod early Wax Bean. It
has a bushy growth, height 15 inches; is extremely
productive. Pods are straight, round, six to seven
inches long; thick, absolutely stringless, of fine
flavor; color medium yellow. The seed is black, an
all round high quality sort for the kitchen garden
or the market gardener. Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c,
postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.50; bu. $9.50.

Improved Golden Wax

Moderately early, of vigorous, bushy
growth, rust-proof. A reliable heavy
cropper, whether sown in spring, sum-
mer or early fall. Pods long, thick
and solid, absolutely stringless, of
golden yellow color. A standard sort
for both home and market garden use.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c; postpaid.

By Express, Pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50.

Davis Wax

THIS IS THE MOST HARDY AND PRODUCTIVE

BUSH WAX-PODDED BEAN IN CULTIVATION.

All of the pods are very long, white, straight
and handsome. The vine is rustless and very vig-
orous, bearing near the center many clusters, some
of which extend above the foliage. When young,
the pods are very brittle, crisp and tender. The
dry beans are kidney-shaped, clear, white and ex-
cellent for baking. ONE of the BEST for SHIP-
PING as SNAP BEANS, and of the greatest value
for either the market or the home garden. The
length, perfect shape and fine color of the pods, and
the clear, white seed, make this ONE OF THE
3EST FOR CANNERS.

It is just wliat they want — a long, straight, clear
white pod, which does not discolor in canning.
Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid.

By Express, pk. $2.50; hu. $9.00.

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VOGELER SEED CO, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

BEANS

BUSH OR SNAP, GREEN POD VARIETIES

Earliest Improved Round Pod Red
Valentine

This variety is usually ready to pick in 34 days after planting. The pods are round, very
thick and flesliy, with very little strings, of finest quality and unequaled in uniformity of ripen-
ing, which latter fact, combined with its earliness, makes it one of the most profitable sorts for
the gardener. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50.

EARLIEST IMPROVED ROUND POD RED
VALENTINE

Extra Early Refugee or

Brown Valentine

A very early, green-podded kind, fur-
nishing a fleshy pod of fine quality. . Our
stock has been selected with great care,
and is uniform, all the vines ripening their
pods well together and long before those
of the common Refugee are usable. Pkt.
10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid. By Express,
pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50.

Royal Dwarf Kidney

Plant large, branching, with large, broad
leaves and white flowers, pods medium
sized, dark green, coarse; beans large,
white, kidney-shaped, slightly flattened
and of excellent quality, green or dry. Pkt.
10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid. By Express,
pk. $2.25; bu. $8.00.

Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima

This new variety may be regarded as the largest and best of the large seeded Bush Lima
Beans. The pods are larger than the older varieties and contain beans which are proportion-
ately thicker and longer than those of the older varieties. The quality is excellent. Pkt. 10c;
pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.50; bu. $9.00.

Henderson’s Bush Lima

While the beans are small (being of the Sieva or Sewee type, known in the South as “but-
ter beans”), yet they are ready for the table earlier than the Large Lima, and the little pods,
growing in clusters, are plentiful. The compact, dwarf bushes are of hardy growth and very
prolific. Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50e; postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50.

Stringless Green Pod

One of the most popular bush beans in
America. In point of earliness it ranks
among the first; in quality it is excelled by
none, and in bearing ability it stands with-
out a rival. It is unquestionably the great-
est green pod bean to date. The pods are
full, fleshy and nearly straight, and are
borne in abundance through a long season,
beginning early. They are 5J to 6^ inches
in length, light green in color, very tender,
and of highest and best flavor. They re-
main long in edible condition, and the
plant or bush bears continuously for
weeks. This bean is unexcelled for home
use, and will be found very profitable for
market; it has already taken great hold
with market gardeners, on account of its
heavy cropping ability. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c;
qt. 45c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.25;
bu. $8.50.

Broad Windsor

(ENGLISH DWARF OR BROAD.) This
is entirely distinct from the common, or
French, bean. The large, coarse pods are
borne on stout plants, which are coarser,
more erect and less branched than those of
the French bean. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c,
postpaid; By Express, pk. $1.50; bu. $5.00.

GREEN POD.

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Pole or Running Beans

Culture. — Pole Beans are even more sensitive to cold and wet, as well as to droughts and hot
winds, than the dwarf varieties, but are of superior quality and productiveness. After settled
warm weather, set poles four to eight feet long in rows four feet apart and extending north and
south, the poles being three feet apart in the row. Let the poles slant slightly toward the north.
Set in this way, the vines climb better and the pods are straighter and more easily seen. Around
each hill plant five to eight beans two inches deep. When well started, thin to four plants, and
see that they all climb around the pole in the same way, for they will not grow if tied up in the
opposite direction. Another plan is to plant in rows thickly enough so that there will be one
plant to eight or ten inches. Set posts five feet high firmly at each end of the rows and drive
stakes made of 2x2 lumber at intervals of sixteen feet along the rows. Stretch a wire, size No.
10 or 12, between posts along each row, and fasten it to the tops of the stakes in the row with
wire staples. Run a light wire or twine along the row about six inches from the ground and
fasten to the posts or stakes with wire staples. Tie twine to the wire above the wire or twine
below, wherever there is a plant. The vines will run up these until they reach the top wire,
when they will care for themselves. Another way is to omit the bottom wire and stick small
stakes two to six inches in the soil and fasten to top wire.

Mammoth Podded Horticultural

Similar in general character to the London Horticultural,
but larger in every way. The mammoth pods are striped
and splashed with exceedingly brilliant crimson. The beans,
when fit for use, are of immense size and of the finest qual-
ity, and when dry are colored and marked in the same way
as the pods.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.25;
bu. $8.00.

Lazy Wife’s

We presume it derived its name from its immense pro-
ductiveness, and from the ease with which they are cooked.
The pods, of medium dark green color, are produced in great
abundance, and measure from four and a half to six inches
in length; they are broad, thick, very fleshy and entirely
stringless. The pods retain their rich, tender and string-
less qualities until nearly ripe, and at all stages are unsur-
passed for snap-shorts, being peculiarly luscious. Many
persons have testified that they never ate a bean quite so
good in distinct rich flavor. Each pod contains from
six to eight round, white beans, which make excellent win-
ter shell beans.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $2.25;
bu. $9.00.

PLEASE NOTICE

We do not pay the express or freight on Beans, Peas
or Sweet Corn at prices quoted by peck or bushel.

LAZY WIFE’S.

Old Homestead or Kentucky
Wonder

This most popular variety is an improved
large podded strain of the Southern Prolific.
The pods, usually seven inches or more in
length, are so fleshy that they are greater in
width than in breadth, being deeply creased or
“saddle-backed.” They are solidly meaty, en-
tirely stringless, and of finest quality. If kept
gathered as they mature, the vines will con-
tinue to bear to the end of the season.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 45c, postpaid. By Ex-
press, pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50.

KENTUCKY WONDER.

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BEETS

Culture. — The best results are obtained on a deep, rich, sandy loam. If wanted very early
sow in hot-beds and transplant, cutting off the outer leaves. For general crop sow as soon as the
ground will permit in drills eighteen inches apart and thin out to three inches in the row. For
winter use, the turnip varieties may be sown in June, and the beets may be kept by storing in
a cellar and keeping covered with sand, or sandy soil, to prevent wilting, or they may be kept
outdoors in pits such as are used for apples and potatoes. One or two ounces, or single pack-
ets, of two or three sorts, will give a good supply for a large family. It is best to sow in freshly
prepared soil, which should be pressed firmly over the seed.

Extra Early Egyptian
Blood Turnip

The best variety for forcing, and excellent for first early
crop out of doors, being very early, with small top. Leaf
stems and veins dark red, leaf dark green, dotted with
red, roots very dark red, rounded on top, but flat beneath,
with very small tap roots, flesh dark red, zoned with lighter
shade, hard, crisp and tender when young, but becoming
woody with age.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 45c; lb. $1.40.

Early Eclipse Blood Turnip

Tops small, dark purplish-green, shading to lighter color
outside of leaves. Roots nearly globular, with a small tap
root and very small collar. Flesh dark red, zoned with a
lighter shade, very sweet, crisp and tender, especially when
young.

Pitts. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. 45c; lb. $1.40.

Improved Long Dark Blood

Tops large, necks small, leaf stems and veins red, leaf
green, roots large, tapering, growing even with the surface,
flesh dark red, zoned with lighter shade, very tender and
sweet, and remaining so when kept till spring.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 35c; lb. $1.25.

Bastian’s Half Long Blood

This is an entirely distinct variety and by far the best for winter use. The deep red roots
are very symmetrical, two or three times as long as thick, and always smooth and handsome.
The flesh is rich dark red, very sweet, crisp and tender, never becoming woody, even in por-
tions above the ground, and retains its good quality longer than other sorts. We consider this
the most valuable variety for winter and spring use.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 45c; lb. $1.40.

Large Ribbed Swiss Chard, Silver or Sea Kale Beet

We recommend all our customers to try this distinct vegetable, which is superior to the
common beet for greens; if sown at the same time it will be fit for use before it. Later the
plants form broad, flat, beautiful wax-like stems, which are delicious as beets or pickled.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 35c; lb. $1.25.

Detroit Dark Red Blood
Turnip

Long experience has shown this variety to
be the best deep red turnip beet, not only
for market gardeners, but for home use. It
is also by far the best for canning, making a
strikingly handsome product, much superior
to that obtained from any other variety. Its
small, upright-growing tops, early maturing,
and the splendid shape and color of the roots
make it popular with every one who plants
it. Tops small, upright-growing, so that the
rows may be close together; leaf stems and
veins dark red. blade green; roots globular
or ovoid, peculiarly smooth; color of skin
dark blood-red; flesh bright red, zoned with
a lighter shade; very crisp, tender and sweet,
and remaining so for a long time.

Pkt. 5c; (*. 15c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

EARLY ECLIPSE
BLOOD TURNIP.

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SUGAR BEETS

Sugar Beets are desirable not only for the manufacture of sugar, but are invaluable for stock-
feeding and table use. They are deservedly popular, both on the farm and in the small garden.
No one who raises beets of any kind should fail to plant at least a trial bed. Our list comprises .
the best strains on the market.

Soil. — The best soil for Sugar Beets is a rich, friable sandy or clayey loam. They cannot be
profitably grown on a tenacious wet clay or a very sandy or excessively hard and stony soil. Rich,
mucky soils will often give an immense yield of roots which, though excellent for feeding, are of
little value for sugar-making. Most farm lands capable of producing a good crop of corn or
wheat can be made to grow a good crop of beets.

Manure. — Sugar Beets do much better when the soil has been made rich for a preceding
crop than when the fertilizers are applied the same season. The use of rank, undecomposed ma-
nures, or such as contain a large amount of nitrogen, will result in large coarse roots, of little
value for sugar-making. If the condition of the ground necessitates the use of a fertilizer the
current season, the greatest care should be taken to have it evenly and thoroughly mixed with
the surface soil.

Seed. — There is no crop where the quality of seed used is of greater importance than this;
inferior seed cannot by any amount of skill in cultivation be made to 'give satisfactory yield.
A great deal of most patient and skilful labor has been expended in establishing and develop-
ing strains of beets which are adapted to sugar-making. It is only by the use of the best seeds
that profitable sugar-making is possible.

Planting and Cultivating. — The great secret of successful and economical culture of beets
is thorough preparation of the soil before planting. The seed should be planted as soon as the
soil can be gotten into good condition, which is not likely to be before the middle of April, but
the seeds should be in before the last of May. Plant in drills twenty or thirty inches apart,
dropping from twelve to twenty seeds to the foot. This will require from ten to fifteen pounds
of seed to the acre. It is very important that the seed be well covered with not to exceed one
inch of soil pressed firmly over it. As soon as the young plants have started sufficiently to
make the rows visible they should be cultivated, and the field should receive constant atten-
tion so as to keep the surface soil loose and destroy the starting weeds. When the beets are
about two or three inches high they should be thinned so as to stand six to eight inches apart
in the row. and cultivation should be discontinued as soon as the roots have commenced to
form. Often a crop is injured by late cultivation, which starts the plants into fresh growth
when they should be maturing and developing sugar. Sugar beets ripen and become fit for har-
vesting as distinctly as do potatoes or corn, and they indicate that they are approaching this
condition by the outer leaves turning yellowish and the top seeming to decrease in size owing to
the curling of the central leaves. They should be gathered and stored when ripe or mature, for
if left they may start into fresh growth, which lessens the proportion of sugar. The successful
cultivation of beets rich in sugar requires rotation of crops, however rich and good the soil
may appear to be.

Vilmorin’s Improved

In general, the most desirable beet for the sugar factory is the one containing the largest
percentage of sugar. In this variety we have one of the richest sorts in culitvation, and, more-
over, it will do better on new lands than any other variety, suffer less from an excess of nitro-
gen, and keep the best. In size it is medium or a little below, yielding from ten to sixteen tons
per acre, and containing, under favorable conditions, as high as eighteen per cent, sugar. The
beet grows below the surface. The green leaves are smooth edged and spreading.

Oz. 5c; i lb. 15c; lb. 50c.

WHEN ORDERING SEEDS BY THE POUND, TO GO BY EXPRESS OF FREIGHT, PUR-
CHASER TO PAY TRANSPORTATION CHARGES, 10 CENTS PER POUND MAY BE DEDUCTED
FROM PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE.

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SUGAR BEETS

Continued

Klein Wanzleben

A little larger than Vilmorin’s Improved,
and containing about the same amount of sugar.
Its yield of beets is from twelve to eighteen tons
per acre. The beet grows below the surface.
The green leaves are rather large and spread-
ing, with wavy edges. A little hardier and
easier grown than Vilmorin’s Improved. Prob-
ably the best sort for the experimenter to use.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 15c; lb. 50c.

GIANT FEEDING SUGAR BEET.

Giant Feeding Sugar Beet,
or Half Sugar Mangel

The investigations of scientific men and
the experience of practical stock feeders have
established that a ration of some appetizing
gre°i) food is of such great importance as to be
practically essential to the profitable winter
feeding of stock. In the Northern States a sup-
ply of such food can only be obtained from
some root crops. Of these Mangel Wurzel is
popular because of the immense yield, but it is
not fully satisfactory because of the low nutri-
tive value. By the same system of careful selec-
tion and breeding, which has accomplished so
much with the Sugar Beet, there has been es-
tablished in the Giant Feeding Sugar a strain of

beets which, while giving nearly as large a yield of easily grown and harvested roots as a
crop of Mangels, supplies a food of very much higher nutritive value, the roots for feeding
purposes being really more valuable, pound for pound, than those of the very best strains of
Sugar Beet, and the yield under equally favorable conditions being more than double. The
roots grow partly out of the ground, and because of this and their shape, the crop can be

harvested and stored at less expense than any other root crop. We are certain that everyone
who plants this variety and grows it with care will be much pleased with the crop. Every
farmer should try it.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 15c; lb. 50e.

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MANGEL WURZEL
BEET

IMPROVED MAMMOTH LONG RED. — An im-
provement on the old variety. The roots are
very large, uniformly straight and well formed,
proportionately thicker, and are deeper colored
than the common sort, and with smaller tops.
We know our stock of this variety will produce
the largest and finest roots which can be grown,
and that it is vastly superior to many strains
of the same sort offered under other names,
such as Norbitan Giant, Colossal, Monarch, etc.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 15c; lb. 45c.

ORANGE GLOBE. — We think this one of the
best varieties of Mangel Wurzel grown for
stock feeding. It has exceedingly small tops
and few leaves; leaf stalks and blades green;
roots medium sized, uniformly globe-shaped,
having a very small tap and few side roots;
color of skin, deep orange yellow; flesh, white
and of excellent quality. The roots grow al-
most entirely above ground, making them ad-
mirably adapted to shallow ground and very
easy to harvest.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 15c; lb. 45c.

GOLDEN TANKARD. — Tops comparatively
small, with yellow stems and mid-ribs; neck
very small; roots large, ovoid, but filled out at
top and bottom, so as to approach a cylindrical
form. Flesh yellow, zoned with white. A
great improvement and worthy of use on every
farm.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 15c; lb. 45c.

DANISH SLUDSTRUP. — This, is the most pop-
ular variety of Mangel. It is more largely
planted than any other sort. Selected especially
for its chunky type, it is valuable not only for
its high percentage of dry matter, but also for
its prenomenal yields. Roots cylindrical in shape
and are yellow. As the greatest portion of the
root grows above the surface of the soil, they
are easily harvested, and their chunkiness pre-
vents their breaking in handling.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 15c; lb. 50c.

IMPROVED.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Long Island Improved

The plants, which are very hardy, grow two or three feet
high, and produce from the sides of the stalk numerous little
sprouts which resemble very small cabbages, one or two inches
in diameter. The leaves should be broken down in the

fall, to give the little heads more room to grow. They should
be treated in all respects like winter cabbage or kale. We offer
a carefully grown strain, very hardy, and giving compact round
sprouts of large size and good quality.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; \ lb. 45c; lb. $1.50.

LONG ISLAND IMPROVED.

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CABBAGES

For many years Cabbage Seed has been a leading specialty with us. Our Cabbage Seeds are
all grown from approved stock seeds. There is none more reliable, none that can be more im-
plicitly depended upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results.

Culture. — The requisites for complete success are: First, good seed; this plant is largely de-
pendent upon the best seed for its success; no satisfactory results can possibly be obtained from
poor stock. Second, rich, well-prepared ground. Third, frequent and thorough cultivation. A
heavy, moist and rich loam is most suitable. It should be highly manured and worked deep. Cab-
bage is universally grown all over the country, and specific directions regarding the time and
methods of planting applicable to all localities cannot be given. In general, north of -the 40th
parallel, the early sorts should be sown very early in hot-beds, hardened off by gradually expos-
ing them to night air, and transplanted as early as the ground is in good condition, setting eigh-
teen to thirty-six inches apart, according to the size of variety. South of the 40th parallel, sow
about the middle of September, or later, according to latitude, transplanting into cold frames if
necessary to keep them through the winter, and setting in open ground as early as possible in
the spring.

The late autumn and winter varieties may be sown from the middle to the last of spring and
transplanted when four to six inches high. Shade and water the late sowings in dry weather to
get them up. It is important that the plants should not be crowded in the seed bed, or they
will run up weak and slender, and be likely to make long stems.

One of the most successful eastern market gardeners recommends sowing cabbage for family
use as follows: At the desired time, sow the seed in hills, six to twelve seeds in a place, and

after the plants are of sufficient size, thin to a single plant to the hill, and cultivate as usual.
This is a very simple method, and in some cases is very successful.

Cabbage should be hoed every week, and the ground stirred as they advance in growth, draw-
ing up a little earth to the plants each time until they begin to head, when they should be thor-
oughly cultivated and left to mature. Loosening the roots will sometimes retard the bursting of
full grown heads.

Of late years many crops of early cabbage have been destroyed by maggots at the roots. The
best remedy seems to be to remove the earth from around the stem and apply an emulsion of ker-
osene (coal oil) made as follows: Add one quart of kerosene oil to two quarts of boiling soft

soap, which has been thinned to the consistency of cream. Stir the oil thoroughly by churning or
other method until it has united with the soap and formed a creamy-like substance. Then dilute
with five times as much water.

Tobacco dust, ashes, slacked lime and coal dust are all recommended as preventives, and with
us have proved valuable in the order named. These are scattered about the plants, leaving one
here and there untreated for the flies to congregate around and deposit their eggs upon, when
the plants should be pulled up and destroyed.

The cabbage worms which destroy the leaves, and heads later, may be killed by dusting
with Pyrethrum powder.

If the disease called “club root” should get a foothold, do not plant the land with any of the
cabbage family for a year or two. This is usually an effective remedy.

To preserve cabbage during the winter, pull them on a dry day, and turn them over on the
heads a few hours to drain. Set them out in a cool cellar, or bury them in long trenches in a
dry situation, covering with boards or straw so as to keep out frost and rain.

A great many of the varieties of cabbage are simply strains rather than distinct sorts, and
are really the sjame as some older and better known kinds. We think there is not a single vari-
ety offered in this country which we have not seen both in trial and in fields, and we are confi-
dent that every good quality can be found in a greater degree in the varieties we offer than any
other kinds.

First Early

Cabbages

EARLY JERSEY
WAKEFIELD

The earliest and hardest
heading of extra early Spring
Cabbages. Most gardeners de-
pend upon it for the bulk of
their extra early crop. Our
stock is grown and selected
with the greatest care, and
there is none better, and there
are few as good. Heads con-
ical, very compact, solid and
of excellent quality. The thick,
stout leaves and compact hab-
it make it the best for winter-
ing over and very early set-
ting.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 20c; \ lb. 60c; lb.

$2.00.

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CABBAGES

First Early— Continued

Early Spring

The earliest flat headed variety. A wonder-
fully compact plant with few outer leaves so
that a great number of fine solid heads can be
pi educed on an acre. Although it does not come
to full maturity as early as Jersey Wakefield, it
becomes solid enough for use about as early and
is by far the best sort for markets that demand
a very early, large, flat cabbage. The plant is
vigorous, with short stem. Leaves nearly
round, with short leaf stem, broad, smooth and
of distinctive light green color. The head is
very large for the size of the plant, nearly
equaling many of the later kinds.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 3 lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

EARLY SPRING.

All Head Early or Faultless

For the amateur who plants but one variety of Cabbage this is the one he should select, as
for all purposes it answers the requirements better than any other sort. It matures heads of
large size uniform, handsome in appearance, and of a quality which is not equaled. The outer
leaves are few and close plantings may be made. Among kraut growers it is the most pop-
ular variety for the largest tonnage possible may be raised to the acre.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

Early

Winnigstadt

One of the best for general use, be-
ing very hardy and sure to head, form-
ing a hard head when most sorts fail.

Those who have failed with other
kinds can hope to succeed with this.

It seems to suffer less from the cab-
bage worm than any other sort.

Plant is very compact, with short,
thick leaves.

Heads regular, conical, very hard,
anr’ well both summer and winter.

It is tne hardiest, not only as regards
frost, but will suffer less from exces-
sive wet, drought, insects or disease
than any other second early sort, and
will give a fair grop of heads when
others fail.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 3 lb. 50c; lb. $1.60.

EARLY WINNIGSTADT.

Early Dwarf Flat Dutch

The type is so pronounced and the name so widely known that it would be hard to displace
it, with even a better sort. It continues to succeed everywhere. It is an excellent second early
cabbage, producing large, solid heads of uniform shape, flattened on top, and always making
a handsome appearance.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 3 lb. 45c; lb. $1.50.

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This variety matures ten days or
two weeks after Wakefield, with
heads almost double the size of that
very early sort. It is one of the
best of the large early cabbages, of
round, flattened form and very com-
pact and solid. It is a valuable
variety for the market gardener.
One point in favor, of this cabbage is
that on account of its short outer
leaves it can be planted almost as
closely as the Wakefield, or from
11,000 to 12,000 plants to the acre.
The shape of this cabbage is re-
markably uniform. We offer strict-
ly first-class Long Island grown
seed.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.75,

SECOND EARLY OR SUMMER CABBAGES

Early Summer

EARLY SUMMER.

Succession

SUCCESSION.

Danish Summer Ballhead

The Danish Summer Ballhead Cabbage is
taking the place among the early varieties that
the Danish Ballhead holds among the later sorts.
It is a second early, extremely hard, long-keeping
and of superb quality, and on light soil it does
particularly well, being a sure header. It resem-
bles the Winter Ballhead quite closely, excepting
that it is smaller and slightly flat on top. It has
traces of curliness on the outside leaves and del-
icate flavor that suggests Savoy blood. Color is
light green, very small with fine ribs in the
leaves.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 85c; lb. $3.00.

The Succession Cabbage follows ten
days behind the Early Summer, and
differs from that variety in forming
heads at least one-third heavier, while
at the same time it can b e planted
nearly as close, as its outer leaves are
unusually short and compact for a cab-
bage forming such a large and heavy
head. In about two acres of it which
was growing for seed purposes, and
examined by three experts, it was pro-
nounced to be the most perfect type of
cabbage they had ever seen — every
cabbage was headed up, of a uniform-
ly perfect shape, large and heavy. Al-
though this variety will be largely
grown to come in for midsummer use,
it will also be most valuable as a fall
or winter variety, as its firm, solid
heads make it an excellent keeper.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

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Late or Autumn Cabbages

Surehead, the King of Cabbages

This famous cabbage, named and introduced in 1877, has gained steadily in popular favor.
Hardly any other variety can approach the Surehead in fine quality and uniform reliability in
forming solid heads, of good size and superb quality. Surehead Cabbage produces large, round,
flattened heads of the Flat Dutch type, and is remarkable for its certainty to head. It is all head,
and sure to head, even under unfavorable conditions. The heads are remarkably uniform, very
hard, firm and fine in texture, and ordinarily weigh from ten to fifteen pounds each. It is very
sweet flavored, has but few loose leaves, keeps well, is good for shipping, and is just the variety
and quality to suit market gardeners, farmers and all lovers of good cabbage.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; i lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

Mammoth Rock Red

This is the best, largest and surest heading Red Cabbage ever introduced, and much better
than the stock offered as “Red Drumhead.” No one should plant the later as long as our strain
of Mammoth Rock Red can be obtained. The plant is large, with numerous spreading leaves.
The head is large, round, very solid and of deep red color. Ninety-eight per cent of the plants
will form extra fine heads.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

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Late or Autumn Cabbages

Superior Premium Late
Flat Dutch

The largest and best of the late market sorts.
A strain of Late Flat Dutch Cabbage in which
the plants are very vigorous and hardy. The
leaves are very large and broad; the stem of
moderate height; the head large and very solid.
A hardy and very sure heading sort. A thou-
sand plants can be depended upon to produce
from 950 to 1,000 large, oval, solid heads of
splendid quality, which will keep in the best
condition for a long time. Particularly desir-
able for those who wish to raise large quan-

SUPERIOR PREMIUM LATE FLAT DUTCH.

Genuine Danish Ballhead

SEED GROWN IN DENMARK.

An extremely hardy imported cabbage, which
is growing in popularity in America, having
proven itself one of the very best Winter sorts.
It is a very sure header, very solid and heavy,
an extra good keeper and good seller. It is me-
dium to late, but is generally grown as a late
crop. The heads are not extra large, and with-
out many outer leaves, so that it can be grown
in close quarters. It has excellent keeping qualities, and comes out of the pit in March or April
as fresh as when it was put in. It is the best cabbage to raise where it is sold per ton or by
weight, as its solidity is not equalled by any other cabbage in the list.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 1 lb. 85c; lb. $3.00.

Louisville Short-Stem Drumhead Cabbage

This is extremely uniform in heading and dwarf in growth, so that the largest number of
heads can be raised on a given area. The heads appear to rest on the surface of the soil. It
grows with li.ttle outer foliage, the leaves all folding in closely about the head, which is extra
hard. With good cultivation heads attain a weight of twenty to thirty pounds, and are of the
finest quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; \ lb. 60c; lb. $2..00.

SAVOY CABBAGE

The tissue is

These are not as generally cultivated with us as in Europe, where the more delicate flavor of
this type of cabbage is highly esteemed. The leaves are very much crumpled — that is, the tissue
between the veins is larger than is sufficient to fill the space and bulged out and quite heavily
wrinkled in accommodating itself to the limited space which it b«<- to grow. mi~'' "

the most delicate part of the cabbage,
and the larger proportion of this deli-
cate tissue renders the whole head of
superior quality. They make the finest
cabbages for summer and fall use in
the home, or for near-by markets, be-
ing especially desirable for boiling and
cold slaw.

Improved Perfection
Drumhead Savoy

The finest variety for fall and winter
use. The heads are quite large, very
much crumpled, round, and very solid;
the outer leaves being closely folded
over the head, which blanches the in-
ner portion to a snowy whiteness.

Plants strong and vigorous in growth,
with the outer leaves of a dark, rich
green. Being so extremely vigorous
and healthy, it withstands the attacks
of the cabbage worm better than the
ordinary type, while also possessing
much greater sweetness and more deli-
cate flavor.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

IMPROVED PERFECTION DRUMHEAD SAVOY.

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CARROTS

The Carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of our garden roots, and deserves
to be more extensively used, both for culinary and stock-feeding purposes. We urge our read-
ers to give some of the early table sorts a trial. For feeding stock, especially horses and milch
cows, the carrot cannot be surpassed, and it should be more largely grown by farmers for this
purpose.

This variety is a very productive one.
It has an extra large shoulder, is eas-
ily dug, and is desirable in all respects.
It is a stump rooted sort, very smooth,
fine in texture and of a beautiful, rich
orange color. For table use it is by
many considered to be the best of all,
both on account of shape and quality.
The flesh, when cooked, is very tender.
Pkt. 5c; ok. 15c; 1 lb. 50c; lb. .$1.50.

Culture. — While a sandy loam made rich by manuring the previous year is the best soil
for the carrot, any good land, if thoroughly and deeply worked, will produce satisfactory
crops. When it is possible to do so, it is advisable to sow as early in the spring as the ground
is fit to work, though good crops may, in this latitude, be grown from sowings as late as June
15, but success from such a late planting is uncertain. For table use sow the smaller kinds as
early as practicable in rows 16 to 18 inches apart. For field culture prepare the ground thor-
oughly and sow in drills 18 to 24 inches apart, using from one and one-half to three pounds to
the acre, according to the distance between rows. Cover one-half to one
inch deep and see to it that the soil is pressed firmly above the seed.' As
soon as the plants appear, use the cultivator or wheel hoe. Do not let
the weeds get a start. Thin the smaller table sorts to 8 to 10 to the foot,
and the field varieties to 3 to 6 inches apart in the row. For winter use
gather and store like beets or turnips.

Early Scarlet Horn

Chantenay, or Model

A variety of carrot long and favorably known to all growers. It is
not large, but is often used for early crop. It is sometimes used for forc-
ing. Considered by many people to be the best early table sort. The flesh
is fine grained and the color a deep orange. It has small tops, and grows
well in shallow soil. It matures 8 to 10 days sooner than Long Orange.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

EARLY SCARLET
HORN.

CHANTENAY, OR MODEL.

Guerande,
or Ox Heart

Tops small for the size of the roots,
which are compartaively short, but
often reach a diameter of seven inches,
terminating abruptly in a small tap
root. Flesh bright orange, fine grained
and sweet. This is a desirable variety
for soil so hard and stiff that longer
growing sorts would not thrive on it.
When young, excellent for table use,
and when mature equally good for
stock.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

GUERANDE. OR OX HEART CARROT.

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CARROTS

Continued

Danvers, Half Long

Grown largely on ac-
count of its great produc-
tiveness and adaptability
to all classes of soil. Tops
medium sized, coarsely di-
vided. The smooth and
handsome roots are deep
orange, of medium length,
tapering uniformly to a
blunt point, flesh sweet,
crisp, tender and of a deep
orange color. Although the
roots of this variety are
short, they produce as
large a bulk as the lonerer
field sorts and are more
easily harvested.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; \ lb. 45c;

DANVERS, HALF LONG.

lb. $1.50.

Improved Long Orange

Tile most popular of the older sorts for farm use on mellow soil. An improvement obtained
by years of careful selection of the best formed and deepest colored roots of the old Long
Orange. Roots are comparatively shorter than the Long Orange, and smoother, but so uni-
form and true that the bulk of the crop will be greater.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. 45c; lb. $1.50.

Improved Short White

We think this distinct variety is destined to
take first rank as a field carrot, owing to its
enormous productiveness and the ease with
which it can be harvested. Roots half long,
smooth, very heavy at the shoulder, but taper-
ing regularly to the point; color light green at
the crown, pure white below; flesh rich, white,
solid, crisp and of excellent flavor. This variety
is a real acquisition as a heavy yielding, easily
harvested, white carrot, and is the best of this
class; unexcelled for stock feeding.

Oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 90c.

Note. — The practice of feeding carrots to both
horses and cattle in winter is to be encouraged.
The roots make an excellent addition to the
usual ration. Horses, especially appreciate car-
rots in winter. The seed may be sown as late
as July 1. Summer-sown seed should be careful-
ly and firmly put into the ground, half an inch
under the surface. Field carrots should be sown
in rows 24 to 30 inches apart, thinning to 6 or 7
inches in the row, using 2 lbs. of seed to the
acre. The winter storage is the same as for tur-
nips or beets; either in soil-covered heaps in the
field or in root cellars.

IMPROVED SHORT WHITE.

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CAULIFLOWER

The Cauliflower, although one of the most delicious vegetables, is but little grown, except by
professional gardeners, because of the erroneous notion that it is so difficult to grow — that only
skilled gardeners can produce it. Anyone will be reasonably certain of success with this most
desirable vegetable if he carefully follows the cultural directions given below.

Culture. — For spring and early summer crop sow in March or early in April, in hot-bed and
transplant to cold frame when sufficiently large, and to the open ground as soon as danger of
hard freezing is over. The plants endure a light frost. The soil for cauliflower should be like
that for cabbage, but it is better if made richer than is ordinarily used for that crop. Give the
plants thorough culture and keep free from worms with Persian insect powder. For late crop
sow at same time as for late cabbage and treat in the same manner. It should be borne in
mind that cauliflower will not head up well in dry, hot weather, and hence the sowings should
be so regulated as to bring it to maturity either before the hot summer weather sets in or not
until the cooler weather of the fall. If it receives at this time a liberal supply of water, the
size and quality of the heads will be greatly improved. After the heads begin to form, draw
the leaves over and pin or tie them together to protect the head from the sun and keep it
white. The heads should be cut for use while the “curd” is compact and hard, as they soon be-
come tough and bitter after they open and separate into branches.

Best Early

Snowball

Our Cauliflower Seed is pro-
duced by the most experienced
growers in Europe, in such lo-
calities as are best suited to
its proper development, and
the greatest care is taken to
save seed from perfectly de-
veloped plants only.

Extensively grown for forc-
ing or wintering over for
early crop.

It is exceedingly early and
hardy, and is one of the surest
to make a solid, compact
head.

The best for late summer
and fall crop.

Good seed is absolutely nec-
essary for success in growing
cauliflower.

Our seed is most carefully
grown.

With reasonable care every
plant will produce a fine head.

Henderson’s Strain: Pkt.

25c; oz. $4.00.

BEST EARLY SNOWBALL.

Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt

This variety is as early as early Snowball, and is very desirable for forcing, or for planting
outdoors. Plants compact, with few narrow, upright leaves, and suited for close planting.
Form solid compact heads, even under unfavorable conditions, and is therefore one of the
most desirable for general use. Our stock of this is unsurpassed, and we ass.ure our custom-
ers that it is as early as any catalogued as “earliest” or “first early.”

Finest strain: Pkt. 25c; oz. $3.00.

You obtain Best Results, when you sow “PURITY SEEDS”

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CELERY

Culture. — Sow the seed (which is slow to germinate) in shallow boxes, or in a finely pre-
pared seed bed out of doors, in straight rows, so that the small plants may be kept free from
weeds. See to it that the seed is not covered ti o deep and that the bed is kept moist, almost
wet until the seeds germinate, as plenty of n oisture is essential to get a satisfactory growth.
When about two inches high, thin out and tram plant so that they may stand three inches apart,
and when the plants are four inches high, cut < ff the tops, which will cause them to grow
stocky The crop is usually made to succeed tome earlier one, but in order to grow good cel-
ery the soil must be made as rich as possible, the essentials to success being very rich
soil and plenty of water. If good plants are used they may be set out as late as the
middle of August, but the best results are usually obtained from setting out about the
middle of June or the first of July. The n ost desirable time will depend upon local cli-
mate, and is that which will bring the plants to maturity during cool, moist weather.
In setting, prepare the broad, shallow trem hes, about six inches deep and four feet apart,
cutting off’the outer leaves and pressing tlie soil firmly about the roots. When the plants are
nearly full grown they should be “handled,” v hich is done by one man gathering the leaves
together while a second draws the earth about the plant to one-third its height, taking care
that none of the earth falls between the leaves, as it would be likely to cause them to rust or
rot After a few days draw more earth about ihem, and repeat the process every few days un-
til only the tops of the leaves are visible. Or it may be blanched by pressing the leaves to-
gether with two wide boards held in place by stakes. This is the method commonly used by
market gardeners, but celery so blanched is more likely to become pithy than that blanched
with earth. Care should be taken that the plants are not disturbed while they are wet or the
ground is "damp, as it would be sure to injure them. A part of the crop may be simply “han-
dled ” and then at the approach of severe freezing weather taken up and set our compactly in
a dark cellar or an unused cold frame which can be kept just above the freezing point, and
it will then gradually blanch so that it may be used throughout the winter. Should the plants
begin to wilt, water the roots without wetting the stalks or leaves, and they will revive

again^e .g sometimes grown by what is termed the “new process,” which consists in mak-
ing a spot as rich as possible, and there setting the plants six to eight inches apart each way.
If the soil is very rich and there is an abundance of water, the plants will blanch each other
and the product will be very white and handsome, but v. e think it is inferior in qulaity to that
grown by the old method.

The most popular of all as a
late winter keeper, frequently
being seen and selling at high
prices in the month of May, after
all other Celeries are done. It is,
without doubt, the most valu-
able variety of Celery for winter
and spring use ever introduced.

It is also much stouter, thicker
and heavier, with double the . '

amount of heart of other sorts. The plant is beautiful in appearance, of close habit and compact
growth, and blanches to a beautiful cream-white. Ribs perfectly solid, crisp and of delicious
nutty flavor. Pkt. 10c; o*. 25c; \ lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

White Plume

While we are fully aware that
this variety has great merit as
an early market sort, being as
early as any and very attractive
when fit for use, yet we do not
think that it compares favorably
with the Golden Self-Blanching,
either in flavor or solidity, or
that it will remain in condition
for use as long after it is earthed
up.

Plants light yellowish-green,
with tips of leaves almost white.

As they mature, the inner
stems and leaves turn white and
require to be earthed up but a
short time before they are in
condition for use.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb.
$2.00.

Winter Queen

Vegetables Grown from “PURITY SEEDS” are Prize Winners

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CELERY

Continued

Golden

Self-Blanching

THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE
AS AN EARLY SORT.

Critical gardeners depend upon our stock of
this sort to produce their finest early celery.

It certainly is far superior in quality to much
that is sold and the planter who uses it once
never cares to risk using any other. We have
secured such stock by taking especial pains to
develop one not only free from green and other
deteriorated plants, but in which the compar-
atively short, thick stalks shall have the crisp,
tender texture and nut-like flavor which makes
this the best early sort.

Pkt. 5e; ox. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25; lb. $4.00.

Evans’ Triumph

THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST OF THE LATE
VARIETIES.

The very large, solid, crisp, tender stalks
are not only very beautiful, but of superb qual-
ity. When it is possible to secure such pure and
well-bred stocks of Golden Self-Blanching, Win-
ter Queen and Evans’ Triumph Celery as we
offer, t-here is nothing further to be desired, and
every private garden should have them. No
wide awake gardener will be without them.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 20c; I lb. 50c; lb. $1.75.

GOLDEN SELF- BLANCHING.

Giant Pascal

In one sense this has proved as great an addition to our list
as the Golden Self-Blanching itself, of which it is an offspring.
We refer to the very high quality of the Giant Pascal, which has
made it celebrated wherever quality is a prime consideration. It
partakes of the sweet, nutty flavor of the Golden Self-Blanching,
and, though the stalks are very large in diameter, they have no
bitter taste whatever. The height is about two feet. The stalks
are thick, solid and stringless, and almost as brittle as glass —
fewer in number than in ordinary kinds of celery, but making
full weight by reason of width, thickness and succulence. We
do not think the color of any celery is better described by the
word “ivory” than this one. It blanches easily and keeps well.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 15c; l lb. 45c; lb. $1.50.

GIANT PASCAL.

THE GARDENERS' FRIEND “PURITY SEEDS"

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Celeriac

OR TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY.

Culture. — Sow the seed at the same season
and give the same treatment as common cel-
ery. Transplant the young plants to moist,
rich soil, in rows two feet apart and six
inches apart in the row. Give thorough cul-
ture. As the roots are the edible portion of
this vegetable, it is not necessary to earth
up or “handle” it. After the roots have at-
tained a diameter of two inches or over they
will be fit for use. To keep through winter,
pack in damp earth or sand and put in the
cellar, or leave out of doors, covering with
earth and straw, like beets or carrots.

LARGE SMOOTH PRAGUE,

OR APPLE SHAPED.

An improved form of Turnip-Rooted Cel-
ery, producing large and smooth roots, which
are almost round, and with very few side
roots. Plants vigorous, with large, deep
green foliage.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 45c; lb. $1.50.

CHICORY

LARGE SMOOTH PRAGUE.

LARGE ROOTED, OR COFFEE. — Our stock is the improved type, with very much larger,
smoother, whiter and proportionately shorter roots than the old kind. The dried and pre-
pared roots are used quite extensively as a, substitute or adulterant for coffee. Sow the
seed as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, in a rather light, moderately
rich soil, in drills fifteen inches apart for garden, and two to two and one-half feet for
field culture. When the plants are sufficiently large, thin to four to six inches apart in the
row. Keep clear of weeds, and in the fall dig the roots, slice them and dry in an apple evap-
orator or kiln constructed for the purpose. Where the roots are grown in quantity for the
manufacture of the “prepared” chicory, they are usually brought to the factory in the “green”
state and there dried in kilns constructed for that purpose.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

COLLARDS

A variety of cabbage known in different sections as “Cole,” “Colewort” or simply “Greens.”
It is extensively used in the South, where it continues in luxuriant growth all winter.

GEORGIA, SOUTHERN, OR CREOLE. — We offer the true white or green stemmed sort
so extensively used in the South, where it furnishes an abundance of food for man and beast.
Forms a large, loose, open head, or a mass of leaves on a tall stem. Freezing does not in-
jure but rather improves their quality. Sow thick in drills, in rich ground, transplanting
when four inches high, or sow in drills where the plants are to remain, and thin to two or
three feet apart in the row when of. proper size.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

CORN SALAD.

CRESS— Curled or Pepper Grass

This small salad is much used with lettuce,
to the flavo” of whic1_i its warm, pungent taste
makes a most agreeable addition. The seed
should be sown in drills about sixteen inches
apart on very rich ground, and the plants well
cultivated. It may be planted very early, but
repeated sowings are necessary to secure a
succession. Keep off insects by dusting with
Pyrethrum Powder.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 10c; I lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

Corn Salad — Fetticus or Lamb’s Lettuce

This small salad is used during the winter
and spring months as a substitute for lettuce
and is also cooked and used like spinach. In
warm weather the plants will, mature in four to
six weeks. Sow the seed in shallow drills about
one foot apart, during August and September.
If the soil is dry it should be firmly pressed
over the seed in order to secure prompt germ-
ination. On the approach of severe cold weather
cover with straw or coarse litter. The plants
will also do well if the seed is sown very early
in the spring, and like most salad plants, are
greatly improved if sown on very rick soil; in
deed, the ground can scarcely be made too rich
for them.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

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CORN- Sweet or Sugar

Culture. — A rich, warm, alluvial soil is best, but excellent sweet corn can be raised on
any good ordinary soil if it is deeply and thoroughly worked before planting. Give frequent
and thorough, but shallow, cultivation, until the tassels appear.

Mammoth White Cory

The Largest and Best Extra Early Sweet Corn.

The stalks are no larger than those of the White Cob Cory, but each stalk furnishes two
or more large, fine-shaped ears, which are fit for use before those of any other sort. The ears
are twelve-rowed, very symmetrical and handsome, with no opening between the rows at the
base. The grain is large, broad, very white and of remarkably good quality for such an early
sort. The beauty and quality of this variety gives it ready sale even when the market is over-
stocked.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $1.25; bu. $4.50.

Crosby’s Early

A most excellent variety, remarkably early
and of the best flavor. Ears of medium size,
twelve-rowed or more, with short, nearly
square grains, which are very tender and
sweet. This is the sort so largely grown in
Maine for canning, and it is rather the use
of this variety than any peculiarity of soil
that has given Maine sweet corn its reputa-
tion for quality.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid. By Ex-
press, pk. $1.25; bu. $4.50.

CROSBY’S EARLY.

Early Minnesota

This old and deservedly popular variety is one of the best early sorts for the market gar-
den. Stalks four to five feet high, with no suckers, and bearing one or two ears well covered
with husks; ears long, eight-rowed kernels very broad, sweet and tender, not shrinking much
in drying. By careful selection we have developed a stock of this standard variety which
is remarkably uniform, and in which all the good qualities that have made this variety so pop-
ular are intensified.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $1.25; bu. $4.50.

Early Mammoth
Sugar

This tall-growing sweet corn has
not only the largest ears, but is also
one of the very sweetest knoTvn. It
is particularly good for canning
purposes, and is an excellent sort
for the garden.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid.
By Express, pk. $1.15; bu. $4.50.

EARLY MAMMOTH SUGAR.

When corn by the pint or quart is ordered by express or freight, 5 cents pel* pint or 10 cents
per quart may be deducted from the prices quoted. Pecks and bushels are sent by freight or
express at purchaser’s expense.

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CORN — Sweet or Sugar

Continued

COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, OR IMPROVED SHOE PEG.

Country Gentleman or
Improved Shoe Peg

This is a midseason corn. Ears
of quite large size, and frequent-
ly three on a stalk. Grains ir-
regularly set on cob. Cob re-
markably small, giving great
depth to the kernel. For de-
licious flavor and sweetness we
do not know of anything that
can surpass this variety. We
recommend it especially to pri-
vate gardeners, or for choice re-
tail trade.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, post-
paid. By Express, pk. $1.35; bu.
$5.00.

StoweiFs Evergreen

Every market gardener and
every private gardener in the
land knows this grand old sweet
corn. It is in high esteem for
main crop or late use, being in
especial favor with truckers and
canners. The ears are of extra
large size, are tender and tooth-
some, with deep grain, and re-
maining a long time in edible
condition. Stowell’s Evergreen
is one of the most productive,
profitable and most popular corns
on the market, and will long be
included among leading standard
sorts.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, post-
paid. By Express, pk. $1.35; bu.
$5.00.

Minnesota White Flint

This is a very early 8-10 rowed White Flint Corn, remarkable for its long ears, which are 14
to 16 inches long, with small cobs. It is an extra heavy yielder; each stalk will bear two and
three good-sized ears. The ear is a perfect shape, with straight and even rows, which are
filled from tip to tip.

Q,t. 25c, postpaid. By Express, pk. 75c; bu. $2.50.

King of the Earlies

The originator says: “This is the earliest and finest Dent Corn — bright orange color, short,

leafy stalks, medium sized ears, small red cobs, deep grains. Adapted for planting in high
altitudes, and will mature a crop farther north bhan any other known variety; will shell easier
and can be husked earlier than any other sort.”

Q,t. 25c postpaid. By Express, pk. 75c; bu. $2.50.

POP CORN

Monarch Prolific Eight Rowed

The most prolific popcorn in cultivation. Its reported yields would seem fabulous if not at-
tested by reliable growers. The ears are often 8 to 10 inches long, well filled with bright,
handsome white grains. The stalk is of vigorous growth, reaching a height of six feet. This
corn for popping is altogether unsurpassed, being perfect in this respect. The popped grains
are of a delicious flavor.

Pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $1.25.

Mammoth White Rice

Everybody knows the old variety named White Rice. Our strain is an improvement, with
larger ears, and the ears more abundantly produced. Six ears on a stalk is not a rare per-
formance for this prolific and profitable popcorn. The grains are sharply pointed, and the ear
is a handsome one. Most excellent for popping.

Pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid. By Express, pk. $1.00.

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CUCUMBER

This is one of the vegetables that can be grown to perfection by anyone who can control a
few square yards of soil that is fully exposed to the sun. The fruit is so much better when
gathered fresh from the vines than it is when obtained in the market that every family should
be supplied from its own garden.

Culture. — In order to obtain the largest yield of cucumbers the soil should be well enriched
with well-rotted manure, but an abundance of good fruit can be raised on any rich garden soil.
Plant the seed in rows six feet apart and four to six feet apart in the row, dropping fifteen to
twenty seeds in a hill. After the plants begin to crowd and the striped beetles are pretty well
gone thin to three plants to the hill. Give frequent but shallow cultivation, until the plants
make runners so long that this is impracticable. In field culture, plow furrows four feet apart
and similar ones at right angles to the first. At each intersection drop a shovelful or more of
welI-rotte<l manure, which should be well mixed with soil, forming a broad, flat hill, four to six
inches above the surface. Many growers omit ever fourth row, thus forming paths for the dis-
tribution of manure and gathering the fruit. In many sections where earliness is very impor-
tant, market gardeners start plants in boxes made like the ordinary berry box, but without the
raised bottom. The boxes are set in hot-beds or cold frames filled with rich, friable soil, and
the seed planted. When danger of frost is over, the plants are set in the open' ground, the
boxes being cut away so the roots are not disturbed at all.

The plants are liable to attack from the striped cucumber beetles, which are so numerous
in some cases as to destroy them. These may be kept off by frequent dusting with air-slacked
lime, soot or sifted ashes diluted with fine road earth. Care should be taken not to use too
much of any of the above materials, for if used too freely they will kill the vanes. The best
protection against injury is a vigorous and rapid growth of the young plants.

Pick all the fruit before it begins to ripen, as the vines will cease setting fruit as soon as
any seed begins to mature. In gathering for pickles, cut stems, instead of pulling the fruit off,
and be careful not to mar the fruit in any way, for if the skin be broken the pickles will not
keep so well.

Improved Early White Spine

This cucumber cannot be
praised too highly. It is
nothing more nor less than
an extra fine type of what is
unquestionably the best and
most widely grown variety in
America. It is unsurpassed as
a table and market sort, and
is also used for pickling. No
other kind exceeds it in pro-
ductiveness, and it is equally
good for forcing under glass
or growth in the open air. The
fruit is from 5 to 7 inches
long and 2 to 3 inches in di-
ameter. Color a beautiful
light green.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c;
lb. $1.25.

Early Short Green, or Early Frame

An excellent sort both for table use and for pickling. Plants very vigorous and productive.
Fruit straight, handsome, small at each end, bright green, lighter at the blossom end, with
crisp, tender flesh, and makes excellent pickles. Our .stock is very superior.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

Davis Perfect

This popular new variety is well worthy
of praise. The long, even fruits are of fine
form, with an intensely dark rich green skin.
With very few seeds the solid white flesh is
of superb quality for slicing. So handsome
and regular are the fruits that they bring an
extra price on market — often being taken for
“hot-house grown.” The veins are of strong
growth and quite prolific. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c;
l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Cumberland Pickling

The vines are hardy, of strong, vigorous
growth, and fruit very freely. The young cu-
cumbers are thickly set with small spines,
and possess the distinctly roughened surface
so much desired for small pickles. The large
fruits average nine to ten inches in length
by two and a half inches in diameter, with
full rounded ends, and are of good quality
for slicing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

DAVIS PERFECT.

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CUCUMBERS

Continued

Boston Pickling or Green Prolific

This fine cucumber grows from 12 to 16 inches
or more in length and is of superior quality.
The young fruit is very largely used for pick-
ling, and it is a standard sort for that purpose.
Full sized cucumbers are in high favor for mak-
ing the so-called sweet pickles. Vines are strong
growers, and the fruit is always produced in
great abundance, making it one of the most pro-
ductive varieties in cultivation. We have an
improved and very excellent strain, which has
for many years been decidedly popular with our
customers.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 15c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

This is one of the most popular pickling cucumbers. It is of
the very best form and quality, and has yielded at the rate of
over 200,000 pickles per acre. The fruit is uniform in shape and
appearance, and its enormous productive ability makes the vari-
ety a favorite one with pickle growers and commercial gardeners.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Improved Long Green

Gherkin for Pickling

A very small, oval, prickly variety, quite distinct from all others. It is grown exclusively
for pickles; is the smallest of all varieties, and should always be picked when young and
tender. The seed is slow to germinate, requiring usually from two to three weeks.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Klondike

Tbe Finest Flavored of All. Most Beautiful and Best Long Green Cucumber.

Vines produce an enormous crop, being of unusually vigorous growth, with large, thick,
heavy leaves which withstand the attacks of insects. Perfectly smooth and green, the hand-
some fruits measure eight to ten inches long. They are always straight — never turn yellow,

and are very solid. The flesh is a greenish white, firm, crisp and of most delicious flavor. The
flesh is unusually thick and seed space extremely small. Klondike is absolutely unequaiieci.
With gardeners everywhere this most handsome of all table cucumbers has become their main
crop, both because they will bring an extra price on the market, are of the white spine type m g
retaining their dark green color — and because the vigorous vines are so wonderfully pronnc.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

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EGG PLANT

Culture. — Egg Plant seed germinates slow-
ly, and should be started in strong heat, for in
this, as in all sub-tropical plants, it is of im-
portance to secure a rapid ■ and continuous
growth from the first, the plants never recov-
ering from a check received when young. When
the plants have formed two rough leaves, trans-
plant to three *or four inches apart. When the
ground is warm, and all danger not only from
frost but from cold nights, is past, harden off
the plants by gradual exposure to the sun and
air, and decrease the supply of water, then
carefully transplant into the open ground, set-
ting the plants two and a half feet apart. If
needed, shade the young plants and protect them
from the potato bug which will often destroy
them. Some seasons Egg Plants will fail to
set fruit, or will not begin bearing until too late
to mature, no matter how faithfully they may
have been cared for. This is especially likely
to happen if the summer is cool and rather
moist. We know of no certain remedy for it,
though pinching off the ends of the branches
after the plants begin to bloom, and not letting
more than two or three fruits set, is a good
practice.

BLACK BEAUTY.

Black Beauty

Earliest and Best of All Large-Fruited Egg Plants. It is valuable alike to the private
planter and the extensive grower for market. Black Beauty produces fruits fully as large
and ready for use ten days to two weeks earlier than the New York Improved Purple. The
grand large fruits are thick — of most attractive form, as shown in the illustration. The
skin is a ricli, lustrous purplish black. The fruits set freely and develop quickly, so* that the
entire crop can be gathered before there is any danger of frost. We are sure that truckers
generally will make their main planting of Black Beauty as soon as they learn its unusual
value.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 50c; l lb. $1.50; lb. $5.00.

New Y ork Improved Large Purple Spineless

The large size and high quality of its fruit and its extreme productiveness make it the most
profitable for market gardeners. Plants large and spreading; foliage light green; fruit very
large, oval; color dark purple. Plants usually ripen four to eight large fruits. Bear in mind
that our stock is spineless, which is a great advantage in handling.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; l lb. $1.25; lb. $4.00.

Early Long Purple

This is one of the earliest and most productive varieties. Fruit long, dark, rich purple, and
of fine quality.

Pkt. 5e; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

IF YOU WANT GOOD CROPS PLANT ‘‘PURITY SEEDS"

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ENDIVE

GREEN CURLED.

Endive may be grown at any season of the
year, but is more generally used late in the fall.
Sow the seed in June or July, in drills fourteen
inches apart, and when well started thin the
plants to one foot apart. When nearly full grown,
tie the outer leaves together over the center, in
order to blanch the heart of the plant. By cov-
ering every few days a succession may be kept up.

GREEN CURLED

This is the hardiest variety, and very desirable
for the home and market garden. The deep green
leaves are beautifully cut and curled, easily
blanched, and become very crisp, tender and fine

flavored. Pkt. 5c; oz, 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

Borecole, Kale and German
Greens are general terms applied
to those classes of cabbages that
do not form heads, but are used
in their open growth. Some of
the varieties are the most tender
and delicate of any of the cab-
bage tribe. They are hardy and
are not injured by the frost.

Culture. — As far north as New
York they may be sown in Sep-
tember and treated like spinach,
or they may be planted and
treated like late cabbage, and
will continue growing until very
late in the season. In the South
they will live and grow through-
out the winter without protec-
tion. It is better not to cut or
handle them when frozen, but if
this is unavoidable, thaw them
out in cold water. The young
shoots which start up in the
spring from the old stumps are
very tender and make excellent
greens.

KALE

Dwarf Curled Scotch or German Greens

Plant low and compact, but with large curled leaves, cut and crimped until the whole
plant resembles a bunch of moss. It would be well worthy of cultivation simply for its beauty.
One of the best sorts for use, and when well grown and cooked is one of the most palatable
of vegetables. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; \ lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

KOHL RABI

The Kohl Rabi is a vegetable between the cabbage and turnip, and
combines the flavor of each. The edible part is. a turnip-shaped bulb
formed by the enlargment of the stem. When used for the table this
should be -cut when quite small, as it is then very tender and delicate,
but if allowed to reach its full size it becomes tough and stringy.

Culture. — Sow in light, rich soil, as early as possible, in drills sixteen
inches apart, and, when well established, thin to six inches apart in the
row. One or two plantings at intervals of ten days will give a succes-
sion until hot weather, when they fail td grow well; but plantings may
be made the latter part of July for fall use.

Early White Vienna

Very early; small, handsome, white bulb. This is the very best early
variety for table use.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

LEEK — Large American Flag

Belongs to the onion family. Sow the seed and care for the young plants as for. onions,
but they need a little more room in order to develop fully. When the young plant is about
the size of a goose quill, transplant to a prepared bed in rows one foot apart, and four or
five inches in the row. Set the roots deep and draw the earth to them when cultivating, so
that they may be well blanched by the time they are fit for use. A variety which has become
very popular with some market gardeners on account of its being larger than the London Flag.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.40.

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LETTUCE

Culture. — Lettuce ought to be grown rapidly, and therefore it should be sown in a rich,
thoroughly prepared soil. For early crop sow under glass from November to February, and
thin out as necessary to prevent crowding. Keep at a moderate heat, and give all the air and
light possible. For early outdoor culture, start plants in the fall, protecting them as needed
with frames or coarse cotton, or start under glass from January till March and harden
off before setting in the open ground. This should be done as soon as the ground and
weather permit. For general crop, sow outdoors as early in spring as the ground can be
worked, in drills eighteen inches apart, and thin the young plants to four inches apart in the
row. As the plants begin to crowd, thin them out and use as required. In this way a much
longer succession of cuttings may be had from the same ground. Sow at intervals of from
two to three weeks throughout the summer for a continuous crop. In this, as in every other
garden crop, thorough cultivation is essential.

We make a careful trial of the various varieties of lettuce, both old and new, each season,
and feel that our list embraces all the kinds that are necessary to give a constant supply of
the best quality.

Varieties marked A are particularly adapted for culture under glass and for early spring
use. Those marked B are sometimes grown under glass, but are especially desirable for
outdoor summer culture.

CABBAGE OR HEADING LETTUCE

Early Tennis Ball

A (Seed Black). A first class variety and one of the best head lettuces for forcing under
glass or early planting outdoors. Plants medium size, having thick, dark green leaves, and
when well grown forming very solid heads, the inner leaves being blanched to a rich creamy
white, and exceedingly crisp, tender and rich flavored. Not of much value for outdoor culture,
as it runs up to seed quickly in hot weather. This is also known as Stone Tennis Ball, on
account of its exceedingly solid head.

Pkt. 5c; ok. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

Big Boston

A (Seed White). A very popular variety with those gardeners who want a large heading,
forcing sort, and also for outdoor winter culture. The plants are large, very hardy and vig-
orous, with broad, comparatively smooth thin and very hard leaves, which are bright, light
green in color, and when well grown are quite tender. Indoors this forms a solid head, while
outside it is less distinctively a heading sort. This is grown in the South as a winter lettuce.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

Improved Hanson

IMPROVED HANSON LETTUCE.

B (Seed White). This is the most popular lettuce on our list, and its superior is not on
the market. Every jrear increases the already wide demand for our improved Hanson strain.
It is an ideal lettuce in all respects. The slightly curled leaves are of a beautiful green color,
while the inner head presents a white appearance and is as tender and crisp as though
blanched. It forms a very large head, sometimes exceeding five pounds in weight. It is wholly
free from bitter taste, having a rich and sweet flavor, even to the outer leaves. It resists heat
and drought wonderfully well, and is a perfect open air lettuce for amateurs and market gar-
deners. It cannot be overpraised, is the verdict of our many customers who plant and depend
upon it annually. Pkt. 5c; ox. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

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LETTUCE

Continued

Salt Lake Market

Very Large, Extremely Crisp, Hard Heading and Extra Long Standing

B (Seed White). This Grand “New
Lettuce” is the best introduced in
years. The plants grow to a very large
size, fully as large as the Deacon or
San Francisco Market, are lighter in
coloring and much sweeter and milder
in flavor.

In good soil, with ordinary cultiva-
tion, the plants grow twelve inches
across, and make large, closely folded
heads fully eight inches across. The
large outer leaves are a light green
and grow closely about the head. The
large heads are slightly flattened at
the top and closely folded, so that the
interior leaves are blanched to a pure
white and are always crisp and brittle.

While essentially a mid-summer va-
riety, this new lettuce is equally desir-
able for early spring planting or for
fall use. In cool weather the heads
grow to a larger size than they do dur-
ing the summer, and remain in a fine
condition for table use much longer
than will the smaller heads of the ear-
lier sorts.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. SALT LAKE MARKET.

California Cream Butter or Royal Summer Cabbage

A (Seed Brown). A strong growing sort, with large, green leaves, sometimes marked with
brown dots. It forms a very solid head of rich, creamy yellow leaves, which are very thick,
tender and of splendid quality. This sort is very hardy and is sometimes called Winter Lettuce.

Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

San Francisco Market or Deacon

B (Seed White). This magnificent but-
ter lettuce is unsurpassed for family
garden or for market. With The Deacon
even the amateur gardener can raise
fine, solid, nicely blanched heads equal
to any the market affords. In our
climate seed should be sown during the
spring for early summer use and dur-
ing August for fall heading. It stands
hot weather better than any other of
the rich butter varieties, and seldom
becomes acrid in flavor, even under the
greatest summer heat. Plants grow
quickly and make firm heads, nearly as
large and tight as a cabbage, there be-
ing but a few .outer leaves when the
head is fully grown. The heads are
light green outside, while the inner
blanched portion is a beautiful cream-
yellow of delicious rich buttery flavor.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

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LETTUCE

Continued

Lettuce, Curled or Loose Leaved

Grand Rapids

A (Seed Black). As a lettuce for greenhouse forcing, this variety undoubtedly stands at
the head of the list, being of quick growth, little liable to rot, and standing for some days
after being- fit to cut. The plant is upright, and forms a loose head or cluster of large, light
yellowish-green leaves, slightly crimped and blistered and rather thin. It will stand, shipping
long distances better than most sorts. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c I lb. _oc; lb. 80c.

Early Prize
Head

B (Seed White). This old
standard variety is still the
best of the large, thin-leaved,
clustering sorts for the home
garden, but it is not a good
kind to ship long distances, as
the leaves are so tender that
they are easily spoiled in han-
dling. The leaves are very
large, crimped, bright green
tinged with brownish red, and
are exceedingly tender, crisp
and sweet, forming a large,
loose head.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb.

80c.

Denver Market

B (Seed White). An early variety of great merit. Forms large, solid heads of a light green
color, and is slow to run to seed. The leaves are beautifully curled and crimped, and are tender
and fine flavored. Its peculiar Savoy-like markings distinguish it from all other varieties.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

Early Curled Black Seed
Simpson

B (Seed Black). The best of the non-
heading lettuces. An old and popular
standard sort, of large size and highest
quality. It may be sown thickly and cut
when the plants are very young. Leaves
broad, forming something of a head, and
are frilled and blistered. Light green in
color with inner leaves almost white, ten-
der and well flavored, and exceedingly
sweet; good for forcing under glass or for
spring and early summer culture in the
open air. Resists heat and remains long
in edible condition. We can recommend
our strain of Black Seeded Simpson to any
one desiring a first-class lettuce.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

Lettuce— Cos or “Celery” — “Salad Romaine”

The Cos Lettuces are distinct from the preceding sorts in having long, narrow spoon-shaped
leaves, wrhich usually fold into loose, sugar loaf shaped heads. When the plants do not “head”
naturally during very dry weather, the tips of the leaves may be gathered together and loosely
tied, which will blanch the interior. On account of their exceeding crispness, tenderness and del-
icate flavor, they are becoming more and more popular in this country.

Early White Self Folding

(Seed White). A distinct Cos Lettuce which does not need tying up. The leaves are yel-
lowish-white in color, long, narrow, upright, folding into a solid head like that of an Early
York Cabbage, and very crisp and tender. This is truly a self-blanching lettuce of su-
perior flavor. Sold also as Trianon. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

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MUSK MELONS

Culture. — Cultivate as recommended for cucumbers except that the hills should be six feet
apart. Rich earth for the young- plants is far better than manure, but if the latter must be used
see that it is well rotted. If the plants grow very rank, more and finer fruit will be secured
by pinching off the ends of the shoots when about three feet long. The quality of melons of all
varieties is largely dependent upon conditions of growth and ripening. Unhealthy vines or un-
favorable weather produces fruit of comparatively poor flavor.

GREEN FLESHED VARIETIES
The Great Rocky Ford Musk Melon

Pollock Strain

Most fashionable Cantaloupe on the American Market

Rocky Fords are certainly fa-
mous in the fancy markets, and
are great sellers. They are of
convenient size, and their firm-
ness and shape favor them as
shippers. As to quality, they ap-
peal to the .taste of epicures
everywhere, and hence are in
brisk demand, and find a promi-
nent place on counters and
shelves of fashionable fruit
stores and market stands. The
melon is oval in shape, slightly
ribbed and covered with a coarse
netting. The flesh is thick, green
in color, inclining toward yellow
at the center, and has a most ap-
petizing flavor and aroma, and is
very sweet and juicy. Flesh is
both tender and firm; tender
enough for the table and firm
enough to stand shipment. The
rind is elastic, but not hard. It
is unquestionably one of the fin-
est early melons and best for
market gardeners and shippers
as well as for the home garden.

Best and purest strain of seed,
grown especially for us at Rocky
Ford, Colorado.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb.

$1.00.

THE GREAT ROCKY FORD.

Baltimore Market

Also called Acme or Baltimore Citron. Quite early and very large and showy; pointed at
the ends, strongly netted and with thick green flesh of rich flavor and aroma. It is in brisk de-
mand by hotels and restaurants in the Eastern cities during its season, on account of its superior
table qualities. It is as well suited to the amateur as to the market gardener.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

Anne Arundel

This is an improvement on the well-known Acme or Baltimore Market, growing to double
the size, with thicker green flesh. It is ready for picking immediately after the extra early
sorts, is a heavy yielder and bears shipment well, its oblong shape enabling it to resist pres-
sure much better than the rounder melons. A specially valuable quality is the hardiness of the
vine and its freedom from the blight. It will
often continue to bear good fruit when other
vines have entirely succumbed to unfavorable
weather.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

Extra Early Hackensack

We offer under this name a very distinct stock,
different and much superior to that often sold
as Extra Early Hackensack. The fruit is me-
dium sized, nearly round, with deep ribs and
very coarse netting. The flesh is green, a little*
coarse, but very. juicy and sweet.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK.

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ORANGE FLESHED VARIETIES

Defender Musk Melon

A splendid variety. It is one of the very best yel-
low-fleshed sorts, and in some respects is far superior
to any of this class. The medium sized fruit is oval in
shape, slightly ribbed, covered with gray netting. The
flesh is firm, fine grained, rich, deep yellow, darker
than that of the Osage, and of higher flavor. The
flesh extends to the rind and retains its color and qual-
ity quite to the outer shell, which though thin, is very
hard and firm, so that one can remove the edible por-
tion with a spoon, leaving a rind no thicker than that
of an orange. The vine is vigorous and very produc-
tive. The fruit, because of the hard, firm rind, keeps
and bears shipment remarkably well. We know of no
yellow fleshed sort so desirable for either the home
or market garden.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Osage or Improved Miller’s Cream

This melon has made its way into public favor
from the market rather than the garden, and is high-
ly prized by those who like an exceedingly high fla-
vored melon. It is medium sized, oval, slightly ribbed,
dark green in color, covered more or less with shal-
low netting. The flesh is deep salmon color and very
thick, there being but a slight cavity in the center of
even the largest fruit. A favorite variety for the

market. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Burrell Gem

Unsurpassed in Quality and Unexcelled in Shipping

This is an orange fleshed Netted Gem or Rocky Ford. We have in the Burrell Gem a small
musk melon with the very thick, orange flesh and splendid quality of the Defender, and pos-
sessing the characteristic netting, shape, size and shipping quality of Netted Gem or Rocky
Ford. Combining all the good qualities of these two fine varieties. We think it really has no
equal as a market melon for professional melon growers and it is one of the very best sorts
for the home garden. It is rare that a musk melon of such superlative quality is a good mar-
ket or shipping sort, but the firm, solid flesh and the thin but strong rind of this sort make it
the best shipper we know of, while it is just the size for hotel and table use.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

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WATERMELONS

Culture. — In Watermelon culture it is essential to get good, strong vines early in the
season. These may be secured by forming large, well drained hills of earth, about eight
feet apart, made very rich with an abundance of well-rotted manure, which should be thor-
oughly mixed with the soil, for if left in a mass it will lead to the plants burning out under
the hot sun. In these hills plant the seed as soon as the ground is warm and dry and care-
fully protect the young plants from insects, and hasten their growth by the use of liquid
manure.

PIIINNEY’S EARLY.

Early Fordhook

WITHOUT A RIVAL — THE BEST EARLY
MELON OF GOOD SIZE.

This is the earliest large-fruited melon in
cultivation. The fruits are of good Size, rather
short and blocky in form, with large diameter.
Skin dark green occasionally with stripes of
light green. Flesh bright red, crisp, sweet and
of splendid quality. Rind quite thin, but skin
tough, making an excellent shipping variety.

Pkt. 5c; oz. lOe; J lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

Phinney’s Early

A valuable variety for use in the North; hardy
and a sure cropper. Vines vigorous and pro-
ductive, fruiting quite early; fruit medium sized,
oblong, smooth, marbled with two shades of
green; rind thin; flesh pink, very sweet, tender
and crisp.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 70c.

Jordan’s Gray Monarch or Long Light Icing

The exterior color of this fine melon is a light green, though its mottled markings make it
appear gray. The flesh is deep red in color, and equal or superior in quality to the old Icing,
from which it is derived. It differs in shape as well as in size from its parent, but lacks none
of the virtues of that sweet-flavored variety. Specimens of Gray Monarch weighing 60 to 70
lbs. have been produced and it has become widely popular.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; £ lb. 25c; lb. 70c.

Halbert Honey

This melon originated in Texas. The rind is thin and will not hold for shipping any great
distance. It has scarcely any pulp, and is very melting. It is long, dark green, slightly ridged,
blunt at both blossom and stem ends and runs from 15 to 30 inches in length. There are earlier
melons, but they cannot compete with this variety after it is ready for market. It uniformly de-
mands the highest price. It is more productive than any other variety we have seen, in all,
combining so many good points that we feel that it is a valuable addition to our list of melons.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; £ lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

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WATERMELONS

Continued

Mclver’s Wonderful Sugar

McIVER’S WONDERFUL SUGAR.

This is of Southern origin and has proven to be one of the very best melons in cultivation.
It excels both in beauty and lusciousness, being exceedingly sweet and juicy. The melons attain
great weight and large size; oblong in shape, the rind showing broad stripes of light and dark
green. The flesh is a rosy pink, perfectly solid and stringless from rind to core; very crisp
and of delicious flavor. For the home garden or general market it is unrivaled.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

A watermelon of highest quality and value.
The size is large, specimens weighing 50 lbs.
being not infrequent. The flesh is scarlet of
extra fineness, firmness and good quality. A
noteworthy and very valuable feature of this
watermelon is the fact that the rind, though
thin, is almost impenetrable, giving it re-
markable keeping qualities. The variety is
one of the most prolific known, often pro-
ducing 6 to 8 large melons on a single vine.
The vines root at the joints, and thus be-
come more drought resisting and vigorous.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 70c.

Tom Watson

This comparatively new watermelon is becoming very popular. The fruits of this desirable
sort are large and long, similar in shape, color and splendid quality to Kleckley Sweets, but av-
eraging larger in size and with a tougher rind, making the variety especially adapted for ‘ship-
ping. The vines are vigorous and productive. The flesh is rich red, sweet and tender. The seed
is white, more or less marked with brown.

Pkts. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

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WATERMELONS

Continued

Kleckley Sweets

The finest of all watermel-
ons for home use or nearby
market. The only drawback
to the variety is that the
fruits are too tender to stand
shipment, the rind being so
brittle that it is apt to split
open in cutting the fruits for
the table. The vines are
strong and vigorous and the
fruits grow uniformly to quite
large size; oblong in form,
eighteen to twenty inches
ong and ten to twelve inches
in diameter, rather tapering
at the ends. The skin is a
rich dark green, while the
ij flesh is bright scarlet, ripen-
ing close to the skin, the rind
being only about half an inch
in thickness. The seeds are
white and rather long in
shape; being in two rows ly-
ing close to the rind, they
leave a very large open heart

which does not crack open when ripe, as is the case in many large melons. The rich, bright
scarlet flesh is crisp, sugary and melting to the highest degree, being entirely free from
any stringiness. The rich coloring of the flesh, together with its luscious sweetness, com-
bine to make it the finest table melon now in cultivation.

KLECKLEY SWEETS.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

Fruit medium sized to large,
globular or oval; skin striped
light and dark green in sharp
contrast; rind medium thick,
but stands shipment well.
Flesh bright red, solid, very
crisp and sugary.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c;
lb. 75c.

Gypsy, or Georgia
Rattlesnake

One of the largest, oldest
and most popular sorts. Fruit
very long, of light green color,
distinctly striped and blotched
with a darker shade. Flesh
bright scarlet, very sweet and
tender. Vines large and vig-
orous. Seed nearly white.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c;
lb. 75c.

Cuban Queen

CITRON

Grows uniformly round and smooth, striped and marbled with light green. Flesh white
and solid; seeds red. It should be borne in mind that this variety is not used for eating in
the raw state, but for preserves, pickles, etc.

Pkt. 5c; oz. I lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

NOTE. — When ordering melon or other seeds by tbe pound, to go by express or freight,
purchaser paying transportation charges, 10c per pound may be deducted from prices quoted.

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MUSHROOM

The Mushroom is an edible fungus of a white color,
changing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of
pinkish-red, changing to liver color. It produces no
seed, but instead, a white fibrous substance in broken
threads, called spawn, which is preserved in horse
manure, being pressed in the form of bricks. Thus
prepared, it will retain its vitality for years.

Mushroom beds may be made in a warm, dry cellar
or in any building where the frost does not penetrate,
and in the open air during the summer and fall
months. Having procured the spawn, the next thing
to be attended to is to make preparation for the beds.
About a fortnight or three weeks before the beds are
to be made, collect a quantity of fresh horse manure
without the straw; place it in a heap under cover, and
as it heats keep turning it over once or twice a week,
until the fiery heat lias been exhausted, which will re-
quire from ten to fourteen days’ time. When the ma-
nure is in a condition to be made up, lay out your bed
according to your requirements, say 3 feet wide, 10
feet long and from 2 to 3 feet deep; beat it well down
with the back of the spade as the process of building
goes on. When the bed has been made some time, say
a week or thereabouts, and the heat sufficiently de-
clined to a temperature of 65 or 75 degrees, the spawn
may be put into it. Break the spawn in pieces 2 inches
square, and put them 6 inches apart all over the bed,
then cover the bed with 2 inches of rich soil, the stronger the better, but of a loamy quality,
beating it down firmly with a spade. The soil used for this purpose should be in a
pliable condition, and not too wet or over dry. Cover the bed with a foot of dried straw or hay;
examine once a week to see if the manure is not heated while in this condition; if so, it will
destroy the spawn; which will require spawning a second time. If everything goes on well, you
may expect mushrooms in about five or six weeks. When the soil looks dry, give a gentle
watering with tepid water, using a rose on the watering pot. If the beds are made out of
doors, protect them from rain by covering with shutters or sashes. Good crops of mushrooms
can be obtained by spawning the hot-beds in spring. They can also be raised in pots, boxes,
or in fact in anything capable of keeping the materials together, and placed in a cellar, closet,
greenhouse or grapery. Ten pounds will spawn about ten square feet. Spawn, 30c lb., postpaid.

Mustard

Mustard is not only used as a condiment, but the
green leaves are used as a salad, or cut and boiled
like spinage. The culture should be the same as that
of cress.

Giant Southern Curled

The leaves are light green, mild and tender when
young.

Oz. 5c; l lb. 10c; lb. 60c.

OKRA

This is an annual from the West Indies cultivated for its young seed pods which are used
in soups, or stewed and served like asparagus. It is highly esteemed in the South for making
gumbo soup. The pods when young and tender, may be sliced in sections and strung on a
thread and hung up in the shade to cure like dried apples; in this condition they can be used
for soup at any time.

Culture. — Plant in hills about four feet apart, putting six to eight seeds in a hill, and after
the plants are well started cut out all but two. The dwarf sorts can be planted much closer
in hills, two to three feet apart or in drills two feet apart, thinning the plants to about one-
toot apart in the row. Gather the pods when quite green, and about an inch and a half long.

WHITE VELVET

This variety is a great improvement on the old White or the Green. The plant is of me-
dium height, bearing a large crop of white, smooth, tender pods which retain their tenderness
until nearly full size.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

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ONIONS

The Onion not only contains considerable nutriment and has valuable medicinal properties,
but is most useful in counteracting- the bad effects of a sedentary life. The disagreeable odor
it imparts to the breath may be avoided in a great measure by thoroughly cooking, or by eat-
ing a few leaves of parsley.

Good seed is of the utmost importance. Fully realizing this, we make a specialty of the
best Onion Seed. A dollar saved on the purchase of the seed is likely to’ be lost many times
over when the bulbs are harvested. The first cost of the seed is comparatively a small item
as compared with the expense involved in the proper preparation, fertilizing and cultivation of
the soil. This cost is fully as great, and frequently more cultivation is required to raise a
crop of inferior bulbs from poor seed than to harvest a crop of fine, evenly ripened bulbs from
a good strain of seed. Our Onion seed is grown only from choice selected bulbs, examined crit-
ically before being set out to produce seed. In quality it is vastly superior to much that is put
on the market, and which is grown chiefly with the object of producing the largest quantity of
seed per acre.

Although Onions are raised from sets and from division, by far the best and cheapest mode
of production is from seed. The facility with which seed is sown and the superior bulbs which
it produces, recommend its general use.

HOW TO RAISE ONIONS

THE SOIL.

A crop of onions can be grown on any soil
which will produce a full crop of corn, but on a
stiff clay, very light sand or gravel, or on some
muck or swamp lands, neither a large nor a very
profitable crop can be grown. We prefer a rich
loam with a slight mixture of clay. This is
much better if it has been cultivated with hoed
crops, kept clean from weeds and well manured
for two years previous, because if a sufficient
quantity of manure to raise an ordinary soil to a
proper degree of fertility is applied at once it is
likely to make the onions soft. The same result
will follow if we sow on rank, mucky ground, or
on that which is too wet.

MANURING.

There is no crop in which a liberal use of ma-
nure is more essential than in this. If it is too
rank, it is quite sure to make soft onions with
many scallions. It should be of the best qual-
ity, well fermented and shoveled over at least
twice during the previous summer to kill weed
seeds. Of the commercial manures, any of the
high grade, complete fertilizers are good for
ordinary soils, but very rich soils are often bene-
fited by fine ground bone, and mucky ones by a
liberal dressing of wood ashes.

PREPARATION.

Remove all refuse of previous crops in time
to complete the work before the ground freezes
up, and spread the composted manure evenly at
the rate of about fifty cartloads to the acre.
This should first be cultivated in, and then the
ground plowed a moderate depth, taking a nar-
row furrow in order to thoroughly mix the ma-
nure with the soil. Carefully avoid tramping on
the ground during the winter. Cultivate or thor-
oughly drag the soil with a heavy harrow as
early in the spring as it can be worked, and
then in the opposite direction with a light one
after which the entire surface should be made
fine and smooth with hand rakes or some such
implement as a smoothing harrow. It is im-
possible to cultivate the crop economically un-
less the rows are perfectly straight; to secure
this, stretch a line along one side, fourteen feet
from the edge, and make a distinct mark along
it, then having made a wooden marker, some-
thing like a giant rake with five teeth about a
foot long and standing fourteen inches apart,
make four marks by carefully drawing it with
the outside tooth in and the head at riglit angles
to the perfectly straight mark made by the line.
Continue to work around this line until on the
third passage of the marker you reach the side
of the field where you began; measure fifteen
feet two inches from the last row, stretch the
line again and mark around in the same way.
This is better than to stretch a line along one
side, as it is impossible to prevent the rows
gradually becoming crooked, and by this plan

we straighten them after every third passage of
the marker.

SOWING THE SEED.

This should be done as soon as the ground can
be made ready, and can be done best by a hand
seed drill. This should be carefully adjusted to
sow the desired quantity of seed about half an
inch deep. The quantity needed will vary with
the soil, the seed used and the kind of onions
desired. Thin seeding gives much larger onions
than thick seeding. Four or five pounds per
acre is the usual quantity needed to grow large
onions. We use a drill with a roller attached,
but if the drill has none the ground should be
well rolled with a band roller immediately after
the seed is planted.

CULTIVATION.

Give the onions the first hoeing — just skim-
ming the ground between the rows — as soon as
they can be seen the length of the row. Hoe
again in a few days, this time close up to the
plants, after which weeding must be begun.
The operation requires to be carefully and thor-
oughly done. The weeder must work on his
knees astride of the row, stirring the earth
around the plants, in order to destroy any weeds
that have just started. At this weeding or the
next, according to the size of the plants, the
rows should be thinned, leaving from eight to
twelve plants to the foot. In ten days or two
weeks they will require another hoeing and
weeding similar to the last, and two weeks later
give them still another hoeing, and, if necessary,
another weeding. If the work has been thor-
oughly done at the proper time the crop will not
require further care until ready to gather.

GATHERING.

As soon as the tops die and fall, the bulbs
should be gathered into windrows. If the weather
is fine they will need no attention while curing,
but if it is not they will need to be stirred by
simply moving them slightly along the row.
Cut off the tops when perfectly dry, about half
an inch from the bulb, and then after a few days
of bright weather, the onions will be fit to store
for the winter.

STORING.

It will not do to store onions in large piles or
masses, particularly in warm weather if they
are the least moist, but if perfectly dry when
gathered and they are spread .not to exceed two
feet in depth, they can be kept in fine condition
until spring. Any arrangement will do that will
keep them dry and at a uniform temperature of
about 32 deg. Fahr., or they may be kept frozen,
care being taken not to disturb them. They
should be thawed gradually. Repeated freezing
and thawing will spoil them.

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ONIONS

Continued

EXTRA EARLY BARLETTA.

EXTRA EARLY WHITE PEARL
OR BLOOMSDALE PEARL

A beautiful flat, white skinned variety, one
of the earliest of all, and a good keeper. Unsur-
passed for bunching. It can be sown in Febru-
ary or March, and will mature a crop very early
in the season, or if sown in July, the crop will
mature the same season. In the South the seed
can be sown in autumn, and large onions pro-
duced in March. Known also as Early May.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. COc; lb. $2.00.

EXTRA EARLY BARLETTA

(Tbe Earliest Onion in Cultivation.)

The bulbs are of a pure paper-white color,
very mild and delicate in flavor, from one inch
to one and a half inches in diameter and three-
fourths of an inch in thickness. On account of
its small size, seeds may be sown quite thickly
and makes an excellent variety for pickling.
Bulbs should be dug and dried in the shade as
soon as the tops die down, or they will start into
fresh growth and take on a greenish hue. The
onion is a good keeper. It is the neatest little
onion under cultivation.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; i lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

AUSTRALIAN BROWN.

Australian Brown"

Is of medium size, wonderfully hard and solid,
and most attractive for market, both as to form
and appearance. They are extremely early in
ripening, and never make any stiff-necks or
scallons. Every seed seems to produce a good
sized onion, and the bulb begins to form very
quickly — when the plant is not over three inches
high. Planted at the same time as Red Wethers-
field, it proved to be nearly four weeks earlier
and ripened off more uniformly. From its firm-
ness and hardness, it will keep in good condi-
tion longer than any other onion known. The
color of the skin is a clear amber brown. So
widely contrasted from any other onion is this
color that it will be noticed on the market, and
when once bought purchasers will most likely
call again for “those beautiful brown onions.”

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

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Continued

White Portugal or White
Silver Skin

This is the standard white. See illustration.
The bulbs grow to be a good size, ripening
early and quite evenly. It is a good keeper.
The flesh is very mild, the thin skin a clear sil-
ver white, of very handsome appearance, if the
bulbs are gathered as soon as ripened, and care-
fully dried under shelter away from strong sun-
light.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

WHITE PORTUGAL. OR WHITE
SILVER SKIN.

Large Red
Wethersfield

This is the standard Red Variety,
and a favorite in the East, where
immense crops are grown for ship-
ment. Large; skin deep purplish
red, form round, somewhat flattened;
flesh purplish white; moderately fine
grained, and stronger flavored than
any of the other kinds. Very pro-
ductive. The best keeper and one of
the most popular for general culti-
vation. It is more inclined to form
large necks if planted in unsuitable
soil than the Danvers, but is the
best variety on poor or dry soils.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

Golden Globe Onion

BALL-LIKE FORM. EARLIEST AND BEST
LONG-KEEPING ONION.

Golden Globe is the earliest of all globe-shaped
onions, and in extra long-keeping character
equals the famous Australian Onions. The bulbs
are of a beautiful elongated globe, with no
tendency ever to become flattened; average
weight seven to nine ounces. The skin is thin,
uniformly of a beautiful light golden yellow.
It has the smallest top -of any onion we have
ever grown — generally no longer or thicker than
a lead pencil, while the uniformity with which
the bulbs cure is astonishing. Extremely hard
and solid, the pure white flesh is most mild
and pleasant in flavor.

Golden Globe is undoubtedly the most valu-
able new onion introduced in a generation —
both for market and the home garden. Its ear-
liness, sure-cropping character, handsome ap-
pearance, and superb quality will soon make it
a favorite everywhere.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb 00c; lb. $2.00.

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Large White Globe (True Southport Strain)

A very handsome, silvery- white and perfectly ball-shaped onion of large size, commanding
the highest prices in the eastern markets. Flesh firm, fine grained, of mild flavor, and an ex-
cellent keeper. Its even, regular size, perfectly globular form, combined with the clear, silvery
whiteness of the thin skin, make it one of the handsomest onions grown. Owing to its large size
it is later in ripening than the White Portugal or Silver Skin, the latter being of flattened form.

Pkt. 5c; ox. 25c; I lb. 75c; lh. $2.50.

Mammoth Prize Taker

The grandest variety grown for the American climate. Its tenderness and mildness of
flavor are unequaled even by the' Bermuda varieties. In size it is not excelled by the enormous
varieties from Spain. The Prizetaker Onion has now been several years on the market, and
is recognized as one of the best standard varieties. Rarely has any vegetable attained prom-
inence more rapidly. Nothing short of actual knowledge of this variety will convey si really
adequate idea of its great value, whether considered as a variety for commercial or private cul-
ture. Its immense size will recommend it to all, particularly when it is known that its keep-
ing qualities are unexcelled. The exterior color is pale yellow, and the interior clear, sparkling
white. It is easily grown, medium early in maturing, mild in flavor. By sowing early in a shel-
tered spot and transplanting the young plants, it can be grown to an immense size.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 1 lb. 50c; lb. $1.75.

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Mammoth
Silver King

The Mammoth Silver King Onion
grows to a remarkable size. The
bulbs are of attractive form, flat-
tened but thick through. The aver-
age diameter of the onions is from
5 to 7 h inches — thus making the cir-
cumference from 15 to 22 inches.
Single bulbs often attain weights of
from 21 to 4 pounds each. The skin
is beautiful silvery white; the flesh
is snowy-white, and so sweet and
tender that it can be eaten raw, like
an apple. They mature early.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 1 lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

MAMMOTH SILVER KING.

Yellow Globe Danvers

This improved variety is pronounced by onion
growers — who now grow it in preference to all
other onions — the very best strain in cultiva-
tion. It is the earliest Yellow Globe variety,
large in size, uniformly perfect in shape, and
the largest cropper, producing from seed 1,000
bushels per acre with good cultivation. It is
also the most reliable for bottoming, and one of
the best keepers of all American onions.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. 50c; lb. $1.50.

Round Yellow Danvers

A fine productive variety of medium size; skin
copper-yellow; flesh white, comparatively mild
and well flavored.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Onion Sets

To raise onion sets from seed, use good ground prepared as for large onions, and sow the
seed very thick in broad drills, forty to sixty pounds per acre. If the seed is sown thin, the
bulbs will not only be too large for sets, but will not be of the right shape, and if sown thick
on poor land, they will be necky and bottle shaped. When onion seed is sown for sets, the seed
may be planted somewhat later than for large bulbs, but fine crops are more likely to come from
early sowing.

Yellow Bottom Sets

Plant them out in the spring, instead of sowing seed. Lb. 20c postpaid.

Prices by the 100 lbs. on onion sets are subject to the fluctuations of the market. The price
per single pound will hold good throughout the season, or as long as our stock lasts.

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PARSLEY

Champion Moss Curled

Very useful for flavoring soups and stews and
for garnishing. The green leaves are used for
flavoring, or they may be dried crisp, rubbed to
a powder and kept in bottles until needed.

Culture. — It requires rich, mellow soil. The
seed is even slower than parsnip in germinating,
and should be sown as early as possible in the
spring, in drills one foot apart, and when the
plants are well up, thin to one foot in the row.
When the plants are about three inches high,
cut off all the leaves, the plant will start a new
growth of leaves which will be brighter and
better curled, and if these turn dull or brown
they can be cut in the same way; every cutting
will result in improvement. The moss curled
variety makes beautiful border plants.

A compact growing, finely cut and much curled
variety, of a bright green color. Owing to its
fine color and density of foliage, it is much
sought.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

PARSNIP

The value of the Parsnip as a culinary vegetable is well
known, but it is not generally appreciated at its full value
for stock feeding. On favorable soil it yields an enormous
crop of roots, which are more nutritious than carrots or tur-
nips. Roots are very rich in saccharine food, adding to the
richness of the milk when freshly dug and fed to cows, as
well as greatly increasing the flow of milk.

Culture. — They do best on a deep, rich, sandy soil, but will
make good roots on any soil which is deep, mellow and
moderately rich. Fresh manure is apt to make the roots
coarse and ill-shaped. As the seed is sometimes slow to ger-
minate it should be sown as early as possible, in drills two
feet to two and one-half feet apart; cover one-half inch deep
and press the soil firmly over the seed. Give frequent cul-
tivation, and thin the plants to five or six to the foot.

IMPROVED GUERNSEY

(Improved Half Long. Thick Shoulder.)

A greatly improved and wonderfully fine strain of
Guernsey Parsnip, of which our customers are unanimous in
praising the fine quality. The roots do not grow so long
as the Hollow Crown, but are of greater diameter and more
easily gathered. It is a very heavy cropper. The roots are
very smooth, the flesh fine grained, tender and sugary, and
considered the best for general cultivation. Parsnips are
improved by remaining exposed to the frost.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; i lb. 35c; lb. $1.00.

PARSLE Y.

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PEAS

Culture. — For early peas the soil should be light and warm, but for general crop a moder-
ately heavy soil is better. Fresh manure and very, rich or wet mucky soil should be avoided as
they cause a rank growth of vine at the cost of the quality of the peas, and such soil is often the
cause of early sorts maturing unevenly. Sow as early as possible a few of the earliest varieties
on warm, quick soil, prepared the fall before. The general crop can be delayed until later but
we have met with better success from sowing all the varieties comparatively early, depending
for succession upon selecting sorts that follow each other in ripening. The peas will mature
earlier if covered only one inch deep, and where earliness is most important they may be treated
in that way; but larger pods and more of them will be produced if the seed be planted in trenches
three to six inches deep, covered with only one or two inches of soil. When the plants are five or
six inches high, fill the trench level with the surface; this will secure deep rooting, prevent mil-
dew and prolong the bearing season. If the peas be covered to the full depth at first, or if water
be allowed to stand in the trenches, they will not make a good stand of healthy plants.

The crop should be gathered as fast
as it is fit for use. If even a few pods
begin to ripen, not only will new pods
cease to form, but those partly ad-
vanced will stop growing.

Earliest of all or Alaska

By careful selection and growing
there has been developed a stock of
this smooth, blue pea, which in even-
ness of growth of vine and early ma-
turity of pods is unequaled by any
other extra early pea. Vines two to
two and one-half feet high, unbranched,
bearing four to seven long pods, which
are filled with medium sized, bright
green peas of excellent flavor. Ripe
peas small, bluish green. Matures all
the crop at once and is an invaluable
variety for market gardeners and can-
ners.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c, postpaid.
By Express, pk. $2.00; bu. $6.00.

Extra Early Gradus

Also called “PROSPERITY” PEA.

This popular new large-podded wrin-
kled pea of finest quality matures pods
only two or three days later than the
small-podded, round-seeded extra ear-
lies. The vine has heavy stems with
large, light green leaves, and grows
three feet high. It produces uniformly
large pods, measuring from four to
four and a half inches in length, near-
ly round, and well filled with very
large, handsome peas of the finest fla-
vor. The peas remain tender and sweet
for some time after they are large
enough to use.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid.
By Express, pk. $2.75; bu. $10.00.

American Wonder

A variety nearly as early as the
Alaska, with stout, branching vines,
about nine inches high, and covered
with well filled pods, containing seven
or eight large, exceedingly sweet, ten-
der and well flavored peas. Dry peas,
medium sized, much wrinkled; pale
green.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid.
By Express, pk. $2.00; bu. $7.50.

AMERICAN WONDER.

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Premium or Little Gem

A very desirable, early dwarf, green
wrinkled variety growing about fif-
teen inches high. When green it is
very large, sweet and of delicious fla-
vor.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid.
By Express, pk. $2.00; bu. $7.50.

Nott’s Excelsior

The Best Early Dwarf Pea.

It combines to a wonderful degree
the good qualities of the American
Wonder and Premium Gem Peas with-
out their deficiencies. The vines are
larger and more vigorous than the
American Wonder and earlier and more
prolific than Premium Gem. The Peas
in sweetness and quality are unsur-
passed. A most desirable sort for the
market gardener and unsurpassed for
the home garden.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid.
By Express, pk. $2.00; bu. $7.50.

PREMIUM GEM.

Bliss’

Everbearing

A variety maturing soon after
the Gems, and continuing a long
time in bearing. Vine stout, about
eighteen inches high, bearing at
the top six to ten broad pods. If
these' are removed as they ma-
ture, and the season and soil are
favorable, the plant will throw
out from the axil of each leaf
branches bearing pods which will
mature in succession, thus pro-
longing the season. The peas
are large and wrinkled, cook
very quickly, are tender, of su-
perior flavor and preferred by
many to any other sort.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, post-
paid. By Express, pk. $2.00; bu.
$7.50.

WHEN PEAS BY THE PINT
OR QUART ARE ORDERED BY
EXPRESS OR FREIGHT, EIGHT
CENTS PER PINT, OR FIFTEEN
CENTS PER QUART MAY BE
DEDUCTED FROM PRICES
QUOTED. PECKS AND BUSH-
ELS SENT BY EXPRESS OR
FREIGHT AT PURCHASER’S
EXPENSE.

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PEAS

Continued

Improved Stratagem

One of the Best of the Large Podded
Sorts.

The Pods are of Immense Size and
Uniformly Filled with Very Large, Dark
Green Peas of the Finest finality.

All the good qualities of the Old Strat-
agem are highly developed in our Im-
proved, and it is vastly superior to the
stocks now generally sold as Stratagem.
Vine medium height, but very stocky,
with very broad light green leaves and
bearing an abundance of large hand-
some pods. The best pea now on the
market for those who want large, showy
pods and peas, without any sacrifice in
quality. One of the best varieties for
market gardeners.

Pkt. 10c; pt. 25; qt. 45c, postpaid. By
Express, pk. $2.00; bu. $7.50.

PEPPER

The culture for pepper is the same as for egg plant; the plants need quite as much heat to
perfect them, though they mature sooner and may be sown a little later. Guano, hen dung, or
any other bird manure, hoed into the surface soil when the plants are about six inches high,
will wonderfully increase the product and also improve the quality of the fruit.

Red Chili

A late variety used in the manufacture of pepper sauce. The bright rich red pods are about
two inches long, one-third to one-half inch in diameter at the base, tapering to a sharp point
and exceedingly pungent when ripe. Requires a long, warm season. The plants should be
started quite early in hot-beds.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

Long Red Cayenne

A rather late sort, having a long, slim, pointed pod, and when ripe, of a bright red color.
Extremely strong and pungent.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 1 lb. 75c; lb. $2.25.

Ruby King

An improved American sort, reaching the largest size yet retaining the symmetrical shape
of the smaller sorts. It is very bright colored, beautiful, sweet and mild-flavored. One of the
best for stuffed pickles.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

Large Bell, or Bull Nose

Our stock of this well-known variety, which
is sometimes called Sweet Mountain, is a great
improvement on the best stock obtainable a few
years ago. Plant vigorous, compact, very pro-
ductive, ripening its crop uniformly, excellent
quality for use in salads and pickles; color
bright red when ripe.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.25.

Chinese Giant

The earliest maturing of the extremely large,
red sweet peppers and surpassed by none in
evenness of size and shape. The plant is vig-
orous and upright, growing two and one-half to
three feet high. The fruits are of the largest
size, ripen earlier than any of the other very
laige sorts and average heavier, as the flesh is
exceptionally thick. Color deep green when fruit
is young, deep crimson when matured; flavor
very mild.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 50c; l lb. $1.50; lb. $5.00.

IMPROVED STRATAGEM.

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PUMPKIN

Pumpkins are not so particular in regard to soil as melons or cucumbers, but in other re-
spects are cultivated the same, though on a larger scale. They are generally raised between
hills of corn, but may be planted with success in fields by themselves.

Sweet Cheese,
or Kentucky Field

A most popular variety in the South. Frui
flattened, the diameter being two to three time,
more than the length; skin mottled light greei
and yellow, changing to rich cream color as ii
matures; flesh tender and of excellent quality.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 70c.

SWEET CHEESE, OR KENTUCKY FIELD.

Small Sugar

A handsome, prolific variety; fruits of small size, averaging about ten inches in diameter,
of excellent keeping qualities, flattened or slightly ribbed. Skin deep orange yellow; flesh sweet.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

Large Yellow, or Connecticut Field,

(Big Tom)

Grows to a large size, and is adapted for cooking pur-
poses and for feeding stock. The shape is irregular, some
being round and others elongated or flattened. It is of
deep, rich yellow color, fine grained and excellent in flavor.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

Genuine Mammoth, or

Called also King of tbe Mammoths, Large
Yellow Mammoth, Mammoth, $50.00
Pumpkin, and Jumbo Pumpkin.

The pride taken in growing the larg-
est pumpkin, and the great demand for
the seed, explains the multitude of
names which this, the Genuine Mam-
moth Pumpkin, has received. It growrs
to an enormous size, three feet or more
in diameter, and one hundred to two
hundred pounds or more in weight. It
has salmon colored skin; flesh bright
yellow, fine grained and of good quality.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; I lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

True Potiron

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RADISH

Cultivated chiefly for its roots, though the young seed leaves may be used as a salad and
the green seed pods for pickles. For the home garden, sow on rich, sandy soil as early in the
spring as it is fit to work. For forcing sow in hot-beds, having very rich, sandy soil, made
perfectly level. Scatter evenly over the surface from sixty to one hundred and fifty seeds to the
square foot and cover with one-half inch of soil sifted on, and attend carefully to the water-
ing and airing. If the bed is a good one, the whole crop can be marketed in twenty-one to
forty days after planting. In open ground culture sow in drills twelve inches apart and thin
to such a distance in the row as to prevent crowding. A good dressing of nitrate of soda
will stimulate the growth and insure tender, brittle roots. Successional sowings from one week
to ten days apart will keep up a supply. After the hot weather of summer begins, it is better
to sow the summer and winter varieties, as they do not become tough and stringy nor pithy
so quickly as the early sorts. Radishes are subject to root maggots, which make them use-
less for culinary purposes. We know of no certain remedy for the pests. We have found that
the best . prev&htAtive measures are, to avoid the use of rank manure and not to sow on ground
where radishes, turnips or cabbages were grown the previous year. We have been very care-
ful to secure the very best seed possible, and are certain that there is none sold under other
names which is better than the varieties we offer. One ounce of seed is sufficient for 100 feet
of drill; 10 to 12 pounds for an acre. * .

Extra Early Scarlet Turnip

A small, round, red, turnip-shaped radish with a small
top and very quick growth. A very early variety, deserving
general cultivation on account of its rich color and crisp,
tender flesh. Desirable for forcing or early outdoor plant-
ing.

EXTRA EARLY SCARLET TURNIP. Pkt. 5c. oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

Non Plus Ultra or Deep Scarlet Turnip, Forcing

This has as small a top and is as early as any variety in cultivation, making it one of the
best for forcing. Roots fit for use may be had in three weeks or less from time of sowing.
Roots small, globular, deep, rich red in color; flesh white, crisp and tender when young. May
be planted very closely, owing to its small tops.

Pkt. 5c; oz. iOc; l lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

Early White Turnip

An early white radish, a little more flattened
than Early Scarlet Turnip, and but little if any
later maturing. While generally used for early
outdoor planting, its small tops and quick
growth make it suitable for forcing. Roots about
one inch in diameter when mature. Flesh pure
white, crisp and tender.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 50c.

Early Scarlet Turnip
White Tipped

One of the handsomest of the turnip radishes
and a great favorite in many large markets
for early planting outdoors. Roots slightly
flattened on the under side, color very deep scar-
let •with a white tip; flesh white and of the best
quality. Cannot fail to give satisfaction.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

£3TTlie above varieties of radishes are especially
developed and selected for forcing. They should
be grown quickly and used when small and
tender, as they become pithy and flavorless when
overgrown. Most of them are at their best when
less than an inch in diameter.

EARLY SCARLET TURNIP.
(White Tipped.) t

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RADISH

Continued

FRENCH BREAKFAST.

French Breakfast

A medium sized radish, olive shaped, small top,
of quick growth, very crisp and tender, of a beauti-
ful scarlet color, except near the tip, which is pure
white. A splendid variety for the table on account ^f
its excellent quality and its beautiful color.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

Early Long Scarlet,
Short Top

This bright scarlet, small topped sort, is about
six inches long, grows half out of the ground, is uni-
formly straight, smooth, brittle and crisp and is an
excellent sort for private gardens or market use.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 50c.

Icicle

A very attractive, pure white radish, the earliest of the long, white summer sorts and of
most excellent quality. The roots are somewhat shorter, with smaller tops than Long White
Vienna and mature a little earlier. One of the most desirable varieties for outdoor summer
planting. It is also adapted for forcing.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. COc.

Improved Chartier, or Shepherd

Although this American variety is too strong growing to be used for forcing, it is one of
the very best for sowing outdoors. The roots come to usable size very early, remaining hard
and crisp until they reach a diameter of one and one-half or two inches, and so furnish good
roots for much longer time than any of the preceding varieties. Roots, scarlet, rose above, shad-
ing into white at the tip. They are long, cylindrical for the upper two-thirds, and then grad-
ually taper to the tip. Flesh white, crisp and mild flavored.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 50c.

White Strasburg
Radish

This grows to the largest size, and is usable
when quite small, thus covering a long season.
The mature foots are four to five inches long
and about two inches thick, very white; the
flesh is exceedingly crisp and tender. One of
the best of the large summer sorts.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 50c.

WHITE STRASBURG.

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RADISH

Continued

Winter Radishes

Sow about the same time as winter turnips, on light, rich soil, in drills eighteen inches
apart; give frequent cultivation, and thin two to six inches apart, according to size of the
variety. For winter use pull before severe rrost.and store in damp sand in cellar.

Chinese Rose, or Scarlet China

Roots cylindrical, or largest at the bottom, tapering abruptly to a small tip. Skin very
smooth and of a bright rose color; flesh firm, crisp, tender and quite pungent.

Pkt. 5c; os. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 70c.

New White Chinese or
Celestial

Is the finest of all extra large white radishes;
the roots grow to immense size, averaging in
rich soil, from twelve to fifteen inches in length
and fully five inches in diameter; nearly the
whole of the large roots grow above the surface,
but are shaded from the sun by the abundant
foliage, so that the skin remains a pure paper-
white; and, notwithstanding the immense size,
the flesh is always crisp, mild and juicy.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25e; lb. 70c.

Round Black ^Spanish

Roots round, sometimes top-shaped, three or four inches in diameter; skin black; flesh white,
very compact and pungent, but well flavored. Keeps well through the winter.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 70c.

RHUBARB, OR PIE PLANT

Rhubarb, familiarly known as Pie Plant or Wine
. Plant, is cultivated in gardens for its leaf stalks, which
are used for pies and tarts. Immense quantities are
now annually sold in the large markets. No private
garden should be without it.

Culture. — Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, somewhat
retentive soil. The richer its condition, and the deepen
it is stirred the better. Sow in drills an inch deep, and
thin out the plants to six inches apart. In the fall trans-
plant the young plants into very highly manured and
deeply stirred soil, setting them four to six feet apart
each way, and give a dressing of coarse manure every
spring. The stalks should not be plucked until the sec-
ond year, and the plant never allowed to exhaust itself
by running to seed.

Myatt’s Victoria

The most popular variety.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

MYATT’S VICTORIA.

NOTE. — When you order seeds to go by express, you to pay the transportation charges, 10
cents may be deducted from the pound prices.

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Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster

The long, white, tapering root of Salsify resembles a
small parsnip, and when cooked is a good substitute ior
oysters, having a very similar flavor.

Culture. — It succeeds best in a light, well enriched
soil, which should be stirred to a good depth. Coarse
and fresh manure should be avoided, as it will surely
cause the roots to grow uneven and ill-shaped. Sow
early and quite deep, giving the general culture recom-
mended for parsnips. The roots are perfectly hardy, and
may remain out all winter, but should be dug early in
spring, as they deteriorate rapidly after growth com-
mences. Store a quantity for winter use in a pit, or in a
cellar in damp earth or sand.

Mammoth Sandwich Island

This grows uniformly to an extra large size, aver-
aging fully double the size and weight of the old variety.
The roots, notwithstanding their enormous size, are of a
very superior quality and delicate flavor. It is such a
decided improvement that we are quite sure that all
market gardeners who once try it will use it exclusively.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; I lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

SORREL

Those who think of Sorrel as the starved looking
weed of barren lands have little idea of the possible
value of the plant. The improved varieties when well
grown and cooked like Spinage, make a healthful and
very palatable dish. Sow in drills early in spring and
thin the seedlings to six or eight inches apart in the row.
One may commence cutting in about twTo months, and
the plants will continue in full bearing from three to
four years.

SORREL. ’

Large Leaved French

The best garden variety, having lar.°", pale
green leaves of fine quality.

Pkt. 5c; o*. 10c; l lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

SPINAGE

Spinage is very hardy, extremely wholesome
and palatable, and makes a delicious dish of
greens, retaining its bright green color after
cooking.

Culture. — Should be planted in very rich
gound, the richer the better. Sow in drills one
foot apart, and begin thinning out the plants
when the leaves are an inch wide. All . should
be cut before the hot weather, or they will be
tough and stringy. For early spring use, sow
early in autumn and protect the plants with a
light covering of leaves or straw.

Long Standing

An improved round seeded strain of excellent
merit, having all the good qualities of other
sorts and continuing in condition for use much
longer. The leaves are smooth and very dark,
rich green. Very popular with market garden-
ers. Pkt 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 15c; lb. 35c.

Bloomstiale Savoy Leafed

The earliest variety and one of the best to
plant in autumn for early spring use. Plant
of upright growth, with narrow pointed leaves,
which are curled like those of cabbage. It grows
quickly to a suitable size for use but soon runs
to seed. Pkt. 5c: oz. 10c; l lb. 15c; lb. 35c.

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SQUASH

The Squash is one of the most nutritious and valuable of all our garden vegetables. Few
farmers appreciate the value of winter squash as food for stock. We think an acre of squash,
costing no more to cultivate, and much less to secure, will give as much available food for
feeding stock as an acre of corn, and we strongly urge our readers to try a “patch” for this
purpose.

Culture. — The plants are very tender and sensitive to cold and planting must be delayed
until settled warm weather. The general principles of culture are the same as those given for
cucumbers and melons, but Squash is less particular as to soil. The summer varities should be
planted four to six feet apart each way, and the winter sorts eight to ten. Three plants are
sufficient for a hill.

In gathering winter sorts, care should be taken not to bruise or break the stem from the
squash, as the slightest injury will increase the liability to decay.

Mammoth Summer Crookneck

One of the best of the Summer Squashes. It is of dwarf, bushy habit and very produc-
tive. The skin is yellow. The flesh has a greenish yellow color, and is dry and of most agree-
able flavor. This is in fact most highly esteemed of all the summer varieties. We particularly
recommend our selected strain to the attention of market gardeners.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

Mammoth White Bush

The fruit is a beautiful clear, waxy-white in-
stead of the yellowish-white so often seen in
the old Early White Bush Scallop, and is su-
perior to that variety in every respect. The best
of the scalloped squashes.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

Long White Marrow

Or Improved Vegetable Marrow.

One of the finest varieties for table purposes.

Skin is very thin, color light yellow, salmon
flesh. A good winter keeper.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH.

Boston Marrow

A fall and winter variety, very popular in the Boston market. Of oval form; skin thin,
when ripe, bright orange mottled with light cream color; flesh rich salmon yellow, fine grained,
and for sweetness and excellence unsurpassed, but not as dry as the Hubbard.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

Fordhook

Bright yellow outside and. strawy yellow within. The flesh is dry and sweet — the best in
quality of all winter squashes. It keeps in perfect condition until late in June. It is a strong
and rapid grower — earlier in ripening than any other winter squash and is immensely productive.
A most valuable characteristic is that while such a remarkable keeper, the skin is so thin and
delicate that the squashes are prepared for the table by cutting in half lengthwise and cooking,
skin and all, at any time throughout the winter. Another feature is that tbe green squashes
can be used at any stage of their growth.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Golden Hubbard

Vine vigorous and very productive. Fruits of medium size, weighing from six to eight
pounds and in shape like the Hubbard, although in condition for use earlier. They are wonder-
fully long keepers and can be held over in good condition for spring use. Shell warted, hard,
strong and of a beautiful orange-red color, except for a bit of olive-green on blossom end.
Flesh deep orange, dry, fine grained and richly flavored.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

From “Purity Seed” Fine Vegetables Grow.

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Squash

Continued

Hubbard

This is a superior variety and one of the
best of winter squashes; flesh bright orange
yellow, fine grained, very dry, sweet and rich
flavored; keeps perfectly good throughout the
winter; boils or bakes exceedingly dry and Is
esteemed by many to be as good baked as the
sweet potato. Our stock is most carefully se-
lected with regard to quality of the flesh and
color and wartiness of the shell, but the lat-
ter peculiarities are largely determined by
the soils in which the squashes are raised.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Noxall or Utah

This is the “Jumbo” of the Squash family.

It is an extra large-fruited sort, quite distinct
in form and - appearance. The fruits fre-
quently attain more than one hundred pounds
in weight. Flesh firm and solid, of beautiful
orange yellow and excellent quality. Decid-
edly the best field variety grown.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 50c.

HUBBARD.

Mammoth

Chili

The outer skin of this great
squash is rich orange yellow.
The flesh is yellow and very
thick, and the quality is good
and nutritious. It is of highest
value as a stock food, far exceed-
ing ordinary pumpkins in this re-
spect, and answering as well as
root crops. It is a prolific vari-
ety and keeps well throughout
the winter. Has been known to
reach the great weight of 292
pounds.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l lb. 50c; lb.
$1.50.

TOBACCO

Tobacco is an Annual Plant, and although it grows to a greater size in the South, an equally
good quality can be produced in the hot, dry summers of the North.

Culture. — The seed should b»e sown as early as possible after the danger of frost is over. A
good plan is to burn a quantity of brush and rubbish, in the spring, on the ground intended for
the seed bed, then dig and thoroughly pulverize the earth and mix with the ashes, after which
the seed may be sown and covered very lightly. When the plants are about six inches high,
transplant into rows four or five feet apart each wTay, and cultivate thoroughly with plow and
hoe.

Connecticut Seed Leaf

Best adapted to the climate of the Middle and Northwestern States, as it is more hardy and
endures the cold better than the tender varieties grown South. In many of the Northern States
and in Canada this variety is the staple crop.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

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TOMATO

It is false economy to try to save on the first cost of Tomato Seed — a little seed goes so
far. And yet the country is almost “flooded” with cheap Tomato Seed, saved without any regard
to selection, and sometimes even the refuse of canning establishments. All our Tomato Seeds
are grown from stocks raised strictly for seed purposes and from seed stocks carefully selected.
We challenge comparison of our stock with any offered.

Culture. — Tomatoes do best on light, warm, not over rich soil, and success depends upon
securing a rapid, vigorous and unchecked growth during the early part of the season. Sow in
hot-beds from six to eight weeks before they can be set out of doors, which is when danger of
frost is past; when the plants have four l'eaves transplant into shallow boxes or cold frames, set-
ting them four or five inches apart; give plenty of air and endeavor to secure a vigorous but
steady and healthful growth, so that at the time of setting in the open ground they will be strong
and stocky. Even a slight check while the plants are small will materially diminish their pro-
ductiveness. Set out of doors as soon as danger from frost is over, but before doing so harden
off the plants by gradually exposing them to the night air and by the withdrawal of water un-
til the wood becomes hard and the leaves thick and of a dark green color. Transplant care-
fully and cultivate- well as long as the vines will permit. The fruit is improved in quality if
the vines are tied to a trellis or to stakes.

Chalk’s Early Jewel

One of the very best early tomatoes yet intro-
duced. Vine vigorous and very productive.
Fruits deep scarlet red, nearly round or some-
what flattened, smooth, of large size and most
excellent quality. They ripen very early and
the pickings continue through a long season.
Unsurpassed for the home garden.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. $1.80; lb. $2.75.

“Dwarf Stone”

Foliage heavy and a rich dark green. The
growth is similar to that of Dwarf Champion,
and while later, the fruits average a third
larger. The fruits are produced in clusters of
three to five, and as the growth is close-jointed,
each plant produces a large number. They are

bright scarlet in color very smooth and regular, exceptionally firm and solid; the walls of flesh
are thick, and the fruits haye a solid, meaty center, with no hard core. The quality is of the
finest, the flesh being swee**even in cool weather late in the season.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; l lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00.

Sparks’ Earliana

THE EARLIEST AND BEST LARGE, SMOOTH, RED TOMATO.

Market gardeners in this vicinity are enthusiastic in its praise, and grow it for early market
in preference to any other variety. It is a full week ahead of all others. The plant is of strong
and vigorous growth, setting its fruits freely and in great abundance. The fruit is not only re-
markable for its earliness, but for its large size, perfect form, bright red color and delicious
flavor. It ripens clear to the stem and does not crack. Its solidity and fine quality are quite
equal to the best medium and late sorts.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

ACME

One of the smoothest and most uniform in
size, and earliest of the pur.ple fruited sorts.
Vine large, hardy and productive, ripening its
fruit almost as early as any, and continuing to
bear abundantly until cut off by frost. Fruit
in clusters of four or five, invariably round,
smooth and of good size, free from cracks, and
stands shipment remarkably well; flesh solid
and of excellent flavor.

For market gardeners who want an early,
purple fruited tomato, either for borne market
or to skip; for private gardens or for canners,
it stands without a' peer among its class.

This variety is used for planting under glass.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

Ponderosa

A purplish pink tomato of the largest size. Vine vigorous and very productive. Fruits very
solid, with exceptionally few seeds, fairly smooth and considered of very good quality, espe-
cially by those who prefer a tomato quite free from acid. Ripens about midseason. Very desir-
able for slicing.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; l lb. $1.25; lb. $4.00.

NOTE. — When you order seeds to go by express, you to pay transportation charges, 10 cents
may be deducted from the pound price.

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TOMATO

Continued

BEAUTY

The Smoothest and Best of All Main-Crop Purple
Colored Tomatoes.

It is one of the largest tomatoes grown, and
is most regular in shape and size. Color pur-
plish-red, very solid, firm flesh, a good keeper,
and not subject to rot or crack on the vines. It
is an excellent shipper, ripens evenly to the stem,
is a strong, healthy grower, not subject to rust
or blight, is an enormous cropper, and produces
until the vines are killed by frost, holding its
size exceedingly well until the last picking. The
quality is of the very best, and for cooking and
slicing purposes it cannot be excelled. It is in
every way a most desirable variety for market
gardeners, as well as the home garden.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 2 lb. GOc; lb. $2.00.

Dwarf Champion

This is a purple fruited variety, which forms very stout, strong plants about two feet
high. The branches are short, making a bushy plant that stands quite erect without stakes.
This sort is often sold as “Tree Tomato.” Fruit smooth medium sized, color purplish-pink,
fairly solid, but has no hard core, and is of good flavor. The dwarf habit of the vines makes it

very desirable for forcing, as it can be planted closer to the glass, and more closely on the
bench, than the tall growing kinds. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 1 lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

STONE

This is the heaviest and most solid fruited of the large tomatoes of good quality. Vines
vigorous and productive.

Our stock is distinctly superior to most of that offered under this name, being more uni-
form, better colored and larger.

Fruit round, apple shaped, very
large, very deep red in color, and
astonishingly heavy. Canners use
this variety almost exclusively.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; l lb. GOc; lb.

$2.00.

The Matchless

This great Tomato is well
named. The color is a rich, car-
dinal red. The skin is so tough
that it is a splendid shipper and
Keeper and is less liable to crack
in wet weather than any other
large tomato. Unsurpassed for
market or for table use. The
plant is a strong grower, and is
very productive, bearing with
undiminished vigor until frost.
The fruit is free from core, and
the seed spaces are comparative-
ly small.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; l lb. $1.00; lb.
$3.00.

TT Red Pear Shaped

and w^th a°necu1f« make “tomato figs.” Fruit bright red, distinctly pear shaped,
tomato «nrnf+aVOr‘ .,0ur ,stock ls the true pear shaped, and not the larger red plum

tomato which iS so often sold under this name. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

Yellow Pear

Fruit pear shaped, clear, deep yellow color;
flesh yellow and fine flavored. Much esteemed
for preserves.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

Red Cherry

Fruit small, about five-eighths of an inch in
diameter; perfectly round and smooth. Fine for
pickles and preserves.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; J lb. 75c; lb. $2.50. RED CHERRY

RED PEAR.

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TURNIP

For feeding stock in fall and winter, there is nothing superior to Turnips and Ruta Bagas,
as they will yield a larger amount of food than almost anything else on the same space of
ground. We cannot too earnestly recommend farmers to increase their sowings largely, for we
are sure no crop will prove more remunerative.

This wholesome and agreeable vegetable is most easily affected in its form and flavor by
soil, climate and mode of culture. There are a great many varieties, but our list comprises
the best for the garden and farm.

Sow in drills about sixteen inches apart, and half an inch deep, or sow broadcast, but in
either case be sure to have the ground rich and freshly dug. Be careful to weed and thin out,
so the young plants will not be checked and injured. Any overcrowding will result in rough
and poorly flavored fruit. It is important to get the spring and summer crops started very early
so that the turnips may have time to grow to sufficient size before hot weather causes them to
become tough and strong.

In the Middle and Western States sow for fall and main crop from the middle of July to
the last of August, as directed for the spring sowing. In the field turnips are generally sown
broadcast, though much larger crops are obtained by drill culture.

To preserve turnips in good order for winter, store in a cool cellar and cover with sand
or turf to keep them fresh. Another method is to put them in a pit dug in dry soil, where
there will be no danger of water standing, and to cover with straw overlaid with earth suffi-
ciently deep to keep out frost. Thus' protected, turnips will keep well till spring.

Extra Early White Milan

This variety is remarkably early. The top is very small,
upright and compact, so that the rows can be planted close
together. The clear white roots are very smooth, sym-
metrical and beautiful. The flesh is white, tender and
sweet.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN.

Early White Flat Dutch

A most excellent garden variety, and largely used in the Southern States. Root medium
size, flat; color white; very clear, sweet and tender. It is desirable for table use, but is spongy
and inferior when overgrown.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

Early Red or
Early

Purple-Top
Strap-Leaved

This is an early variety
and a great favorite for ta-
ble use; form flat, like a
broad disc, and of medium
size; color purple Or dark
red above ground, white be-
low; flesh white, fine grained
and tender; leaves few, up-
right in growth.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c;
lb. 75c.

EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH AND EARLY RED OR PURPLE TOP.

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pomeranean white globe.

Orange Jelly, or Robertson’s Golden Ball

This is the most distinct yellow Turnip ever offered. It is of very fine texture, and the
best, sweetest and most delicious of the yellow-fleshed varieties. It is of medium* size, with
small tap-root, a rapid grower, matures early and keeps well. A superior table variety.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

RED OR PURPLE TOP
WHITE GLOBE

Pomeranean White
Globe

This is one of the most productive kinds, and in
good, rich soil roots will frequently grow to twelve
pounds in weight. It is perfect globe shape; skin white
and smooth; leaves large and dark green.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

TURNIPS

Continued

A variety that originated from the Purple-
Top Flat Turnip. It is globular and nearly as
large as the Pomeranean White Globe, of beau-
tiful appearance, of most excellent quailty, and
equally desirable for table or stock. It keeps
well and is a fine market sort.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

RED, OR PURPLE-TOP WHITE GLOBE.

WHITE EGG

A quick-growing, egg-shaped, perfectly smooth, pure
white variety, with small top and rough leaves. It
grows half out of the ground. The flesh is very sweet,
firm and mild; never having the rank, strong taste of
some white varieties.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; I lb. 25c;’ lb. 75c.

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TURNIPS

Continued

Ruta Bagas, or Swedes

AMERICAN PURPLE TOP, OR IMPROVED
LONG ISLAND.

American Purple Top, or improved
Long Island

This is a strain of Purple Top Yellow Ruta Baga of
American origin, selected to a smaller top and much shorter
neck than is usually found, while the roots grow to a large
size and are of the finest quality. We consider this one of
the most desirable kinds on our list.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

Monarch, or Tankard

This is a yellow-fleshed sort, having very large tank-
ard shaped roots, with . relatively small necks and tops.
Color purplish-crimson above ground, yellow below; flesh
very solid; fine grained and of the best flavor. This very
popular varjety is also sold as Hurst’s Monarch, and Car-
ter’s Elephant.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

. Culture of Ruta Baga. — Sow

the seed about a month earlier
than the preceding varieties of
turnips. Ruta Bagas should be
sown on ground enriched with
well rotted manure, in drills two
and one-half feet apart, and
should be thinned to six to eight
inches apart in the row. Keep
the weeds thoroughly in check
with the hoe or cultivator, and
when the roots have grown full
size, and before hard freezing
wbather, pull them, cut off the
tops and store in a root cellar
or pit. Ruta Bagas are some-
times sown broadcast, and left
to take their chances with the
weeds and bugs, but this method
is only successful on new clear-
ings in which there is no weed
seed.

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Aromatic, Medicinal, and
Pot Herbs

GENERAL CULTURAL DIRECTIONS

Most of the varieties thrive best on rich, sandy soil, which should be carefully prepared and
,well cultivated, as the young plants are for the most part delicate and easily choked out by
weeds. Sow as early as the ground can be made ready, in drills sixteen to eighteen inches
apart, taking pains that the soil is fine and pressed firmly over the seed, or they may be planted
as a second crop — the seeds sown in beds in April, and the plants set out in June. Most of them
should be cut when in bloom, wilted in the sun and thoroughly dried in the shade.

Anise

(Pimpiuella anisum.) A well-known annual herb whose seeds, which have an agreeable
. aromatic odor and taste, are used for dyspepsia and colic, and as a corrective of griping and
unpleasant medicines. Sow early and thin to three inches apart in a row.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c.

Caraway

(Carum carui.) Cultivated for its seed, which is used in confectionery, cakes, etc. The
leaves are sometimes used in soups. If sown early in August the plants will give a fair crop
of seed the next season, but when sown in the spring will not seed until the next year. Plant
in drills two or three feet apart, and thin to six inches apart in the row.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c.

Dill

(Anethum graveolens.) An annual cultivated for its seed which has an aromatic odor, and
a warm, pungent taste. It is good for flatulence and colic in infants. It is sometimes added
to pickled cucumbers to heighten the flavor. Sow early in spring, and keep clear of weeds.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c.

Marjoram, Sweet

(Origanum marjorana.) A hardy perennial plant, but not hardy enough to endure the
winter of the North. The young, tender tops are used green for flavoring, or they may be dried
for winter use. Sow in drills as early as possible, and thin out the plants to ten inches apart.

Pkts. 5c; oz. 20c.

Rue

(Ruta graveolens.) A hardy perennial with a peculiar smell. The leaves are bitter, and
so acrid as to blister the skin. It is a stimulant and anti-spasmodic, but must be used with
great caution, as its use sometimes results in serious injury. It must not be suffered to run to
seed and does best on poor soil.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

Sage

(Salvi officinalis.) A hardy perennial, possessing some medicinal properties, but cultivated
principally for use as a condiment, it being used more extensively for flavoring and dressing.
Sow early in spring (four or five pounds to acre in drills) on very rich ground, cultivate often
and thin the plants to sixteen inches apart. Cut the leaves and tender shoots just as the plant
is coming into flower, and dry quickly in the shade. The plants will survive the winter and
may be divided. If this is done they will give a second crop superior in quality.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.

Savory, Summer

(Satureia liortensis.) A hardy annual, the dried stems, leaves and flowers of which are ex-
tensively used for flavoring, particularly in dressing soups. Cultivate the same as that of
Sweet Marjoram.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.

Thyme

(Thymus vulgaris.) This herb is perennial, and is both a medicinal and culinary plant. The
young leaves and tops are used for soups, dressing and sauce; a tea is made from the leaves
which is a great remedy in nervous headache. Sow as early as the ground will permit.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.

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A Descriptive List of

Choice Flower Seeds

The Pleasure resulting from a large and varied collection of flowers will amply
repay for time and labor spent

To have a beautiful flower garden, one must take pleasure in working and caring for the
plants when young. It has ceased to be a necessity to keep such large stocks of bedding and
other tender plants under glass through the winter, thereby saving the expense of glass, fuel,
labor, etc. We are enabled to send out the highest results of carefully selected seed, in cheap
paper packets, from which the amateur will derive his plants by means so simple as to be with-
in the reach of everyone.

Nothing is more beautiful than the old-time and natural flowers. Do not cast aside the sin-
gle Petunias, Hollyhocks, Fox-gloves, Forget-Me-Nots, and the old-time Phlox and Paeonies,
for nothing is handsomer than the old-fashioned flowers. Were we to assist nature more rather
than try to creat monstrosities, our garden would look by far more beautiful and natural.

The soil best adapted to most flowering plants is a light, moderately rich loam, containing
a sufficient amount of sand to make it friable. A great many varieties will live in almost any
soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop, some care should be taken to make it suited to
their needs. Many flowers are better if produced on plants of vigorous growth; hence a por-
tion of the garden should be prepared by deep digging, thorough pulverization and liberal en-
riching with large quantities of well rotted manure. Since other varieties produce the largest
and finest colored flowers when grown on rather light, poor soil, a portion of the garden should
not be enriched.

Cultural directions are given on nearly all packets, and we urge purchasers to study them
carefully. While some seeds need special treatment, the following general rules will apply to all:
Make the surface as fine and smooth as possible; do not plant any seed when the ground is wet;
cover each lot of seeds to a uniform depth, which should never be more than three or four
times the diameter of the seed: press the soil firmly over the seeds; plant in rows so that the
young plants can be easily seen and pull up all weeds as soon as they appear.

The term “Annual” is given to those plants which grow, flower, seed and die within the
same year.

“Biennials” are those plants that do not generally flower until the second season, and after
blooming die.

“Perennials” are those that do not generally flower until the second year, but continue to
bloom for years and may be propagated by a division of the roots.

Acroclinium

(Everlasting.) Very pretty, half-hardy annual, producing white and rose colored d-isy-like
flowers in August and September. These are the “Immortelles,” so desirable for wreaths and
winter boquets. Height one foot. Mixed. Pkt. 5c.

Ageratum

The different varieties of Ageratum grow from six inches to two feet or more in height
and are very profuse and constant bloomers. They bear clusters of round tassel-shaped blos-
soms, which are excellent for cut flowers and in borders. Hardy annual. Mixed. Pkt. 5c.

Alyssum, Little Gem

(Bentliami Compactum.) A beautiful white variety
of Sweet Alyssum, especially adapted to edgings, bor-
ders and rock work. The plants grow about six inches
high, and produce hundreds of flowers, which form a
compact mass of bloom about fifteen to eighteen inches
in diameter. Hardy annual. Pkt. 5c.

ANTIRRHINUM. — See Snapdragon.

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ASTERS

It is unnecessary to dwell on the great beauty of these popular favorites, as they are appre-
ciated by everyone. Our seed is the very finest it is possible to procure. We recommend our
friends to plant a number of varieties, as no other annuals give so magnificent a display dur-
ing the late summer and fall months.

Truffaut’s Perfection Paeony Flowered

This magnificent race must be seen in order to get any adequate idea of the possibilities in
aster culture. The plants form large compact bushes about eighteen inches high, which, in the
full flowering season, are literally covered with large extremely double, perfectly shaped flow-
ers While each class of asters has a beauty and individuality of its own, and it is better to
sow seed of many of them, yet if we were confined to a narrow range of choice and could
sow but one class, we would choose Truffaut’s. We offer seed of the most distinct and desirable
colors. Mixed, pkt. 10c.

Comet Asters

This is the most distinct and
improved type of flowers in As-
ters as well as of the earliest pe-
riod of bloom. Under good culti-
vation plants grow twelve to fif-
teen inches in height, branching
freely, and each stem terminates
in a fine large flower two to two
and a half inches in diameter.
The outer petals are broad, flat,
and reflexed or curving outward,
while the center of the flower is
composed of many short tubular
petals, slightly pointed. The
whole flower ha-s a distinctly
feathery effect, greatly resem-
bling that of the fine Japanese
Crysanthemums.

GIANT COMET — “BRANCHING
WHITE.” — This is similar in
growth to Victory, described be-
low, but has flowers of even
lararer size and of the purest
white; of fine, regular form, well
reilexed, full centered, and highly
desirable for cut flowers.

Pkt. 10c.

NEW GIANT BRANCHING
COMET. “FREEDOM.” The same
fine habit and enormous flower
as in Branching White Comet and
in Victory, but distinct in having
the large bright carmine petals
finely striped with silver white.

Pkt. 10c.

NEW GIANT BRANCHING
COMET, “VICTORY.” — The plants
are of very strong growth, two
feet in height, freely branching
producing large bright crimson
flowers of the true Comet type on
long, stiff stems. The double
flowers are of beautiful soft
shade of clear carmine or rose-
pink.

Pkt. 10c.

NEW GIANT COMET ASTERS, Mixed. This new strain equals in feathery form and fine
coloring the original Comet Asters, but the plants are of stronger growth, producing flowers
of larger size and on longer stems. With good cultivation, flowers of this type frequently meas-
ure four inches across, and in their fine form, large size and long stem, approach in beauty the
Chrysanthemums grown in the greenhouse during the late fall months. This special mixture
contains seed of New Giant-branching White, Freedom, and Victory. Pkt. 10c.

SEMPLE’S NEW BRANCHING ASTERS. All Colors Mixed of this favorite long-stemmed
strain for cutting. Pkt. 10c.

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BACHELOR’S BUTTON— See Centaurea.

BALSAM

Known as Lady Slipper and Touch-Me-Not.
Balsams have been so much improved by culti-
vation that, with good seed and proper care, a
single flower is the exception now rather than
the rule. The colors range from white to dark
purple, and are either self-colored or spotted
and striped. Balsams are tender and should be
started in boxes indoors or in the open ground
when danger of frost is past. The plants prefer
a rich, moist or even wet sandy loam, and must
not suffer for moisture. Hardy annual; one to
two feet high.

DOUBLE CAMELLIA, extra fine mixed, as dou-
ble as a Camellia, which it resembles; white,
blotched with various colors. Pkt. 5c.

BELLIS — See Daisy.

CALLIOPSIS

(Coreopsis.) A very showy border plant, pro-
ducing flowers of very brilliant yellow, orange,
crimson, red and brown, beautifully contrasted.
Hardy annual; two feet high. Fine mixed.

Pkt. 5c.

Canary Bird Flower

(Tropoeolum canariense.) A beautiful climber
with small curiously shaped, canary colored
blossoms. Will bloom freely from July until
killed by frost. Tender annual; height about
twenty feet. Pkt. 5e.

CALENDULA. — See Marigold.

CALIFORNIA POPPY — See EsehscSioltaia.

BALSAM.

CANDYTUFT

ROCKET (Empress.) White,
extra large trusses. A great im-
provement in the size and qual-
ity of the flowering trusses over
the common white variety.

Pkt. 5c; fine mixed, pkt. 5c.

CANNA

Stately ornamental plants, very
desirable for bedding outdoors,
where they produce clusters of
large flowers of the most intense
and brilliant colors. Tender per-
ennial; two to six feet high. Store
roots in cellar in winter.

CALLIOPSIS.

finest large FLOWERING VARIETIE S. — Nothing can exceed the beauty and variety
of color of these magnificent bedding or greenhouse plants. Start the seed in heat in February;
the plants will bloom by August in the greatest profusion. About three feet high.

Fine mixed pkt. 10c.

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Canterbury BeJl

(Campanula Medium.) Handsome, hardy biennial, of stately growth, rich color and profuse
bloom. Succeeds best in light, rich soil, and should be transplanted two feet apart. Has large
bell-shaped flowers which are strikingly effective.

Double mixed, i»kt. 10c.

Carnation

(Dianthus Caryophyllus.) Carnations are an
indispensable feature in every collection of house
or conservatory plants. Their wide range of
color, perfectly shaped and highly perfumed
flowers and long stems class them among the
very best for cut flowers, etc. The plants may
be set in the open ground during the summer,
when they will flower as profusely as when
grown in pots in the house. Half hardy peren-
nials; one to one and one-half feet high.

CARNATION, MARGUERITE. This flower is,
in some of its habits, a decided improvement
over all known forms of its species.. Seed of
this variety will give good flowering plants in
four to five months, while the old kinds require
at least a year. The flowers are large, double,
very fragrant and borne in great abundance.
This is an early continuous bloomer, and gives
a great variety of colors. Height about fifteen
inches.

Marguerite, Giants of California, mixed, pkt.
10c.

CARNATION, MARGUERITE.

Castor Bean

(Ricinus.) ZANZIBARIENSIS. A comparatively new species of wonderfully vigorous
growth. The plants grow from ten to fifteen feet high. The leaves have a brilliant lustre,
measure about thirty inches across, and in different plants range from bright green with green
stems to deep bronze with dark red stems. We know of no annual plants so desirable for
concealing unsightly objects or of more imposing beauty when standing alone on the lawn. Of
very quick growth in rich soil. Tender annual.

Mixed varieties, pkt. 5c.

CELOSIA CRISTATA.— See Cockscomb.

Centaur ea

Centaureas are an exceedingly interesting genus of plants, embracing annuals, biennials and
perennials which though botanically alike are very different in appearance. The following va-
rieties are easily grown from seed.

CYANUS. (Bachelor’s Button, Corn Flower). This is the flower seen in such great abun-
dance in the fields of Europe. If seed is sown as soon as the ground is fit in the spring and the
flowers picked so as to prevent the plant exhausting itself by seeding, it will furnish a pro-
fusion of bright blue, purple, white or pink flowers from July until late in the autumn. One
to two feet high.

Mixed, oz. liOc; pkt. 5c.

IMPERIALIS MIXED. An excellent sweet scented variety. The flowers are finely laciniated
and are about the size of a carnation. They have long stems and keep well after cutting.
Colors range through white, rose, lilac, purple and yellow. Hardy annual; about eighteen inches

high. Ok. 80c; pkt. 10c.

CHE1RANTHUS CHEIRI.— See Wall Flower.

Chrysanthemum

Crysanthemums have deservedly become very popular. They are showy and effective in the
garden, and very desirable for cut flowers.. Hardy annuals, one and one-half to two feet high,
and are most desirable for the garden.

Mixed, Carinatum and Coronarium varieties, pkt. 5c.

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Cosmos

A very effective autumn flowering- plant. Quite hardy and rapid growing, forming bush-
like plants four to eight feet high and covered with large, single, dahlia-like flowers. Should
be started in this latitude in March and transplanted to open ground about June 1st. '

HYBRIDA, Giants of California. This variety produces a profusion of large flowers which,,
being gracefully poised on long stems are extremely useful for decorative purposes.

Mixed pkt. 5c.

CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. — See Morning Glory.

COREOPSIS. — See Calliopsis.

CUCURBITA. — See Gourds.

Cockscomb

(Celosia Cristata.) Highly ornamental plants, producing crested heads of flowers, some-
what resembling a cock’s comb. They are of all shapes and colors, but of all colors the rose
and crimson are the most brilliant and rich. Tender annual. The dwarf varieties are about
one foot high.

Dwarf mixed, pkt. 5c.

Columbine

(Aquilegia.) Every well regulated lawn has a space devoted to hardy perennials and no
bed of perennials would be complete without a due proportion of Columbines. They are of the
easiest culture, and when once established, will furnish for many years a magnificent display
of the handsome flowers each spring and summer. The beds should be kept clear of weeds and
given each year a liberal dressing of well rotted manure. Hardy herbaceous perennials; two to
three feet high.

Mixed double, best and finest colors, pkt. 5c.

CYPRESS VINE.

DAISY

(Beilis.) The Daisy has been so far improved
by selection and careful cultivation that good
seed will give at least eighty per cent, of dou-
ble flowers. These are as large and double as
any of the named sorts that are propagated by
division of the roots and are sold at a high price.
The plants bloom well in the house and are
splendid for early spring and summer flowering
when planted in a slightly shaded situation.

Double mixed, pkt. 10c.

DELPHTNUM. — See Larkspur.

DTANTHUS. — See Pink.

DIANTHUS BABBATUS. — See Sweet William.

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS. — See Carnation.

ESCHSCHOLTZIA

(California Poppy.) A genus of the Poppy
family, and fully as valuable as the common
Poppy for garden ornamentation, and as easily
grown. Nothing is handsomer or richer in color
than a bed of these in full bloom. Hardy an-
nuals; height one foot.

Mixed, pkt. 5c.

Cypress Vine

(Ipomoea Q,uainoclit.) A most beautiful climb-
er, with delicate, dark green, feathers foliage,
and an abundance of bright, star-shaped, rose,
scarlet or white blossoms, which contrast most
beautifully with the graceful foliagb. Tender
annual; about fifteen feet high.

Mixed, pkt. 5c.

Dahlia

Both the single and double strains of this
magnificent race of plants may be had in the
greatest variety and beauty from seed. If plant-
ed early and forced they can be made to flower
the first season. Tender herbaceous perennials.

Finest double, mixed, pkt. 10c.

DAISY.

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Four O’Clock

(Marvel of Peru.) The plants are large and each needs three or four feet of space each
way for its best development. The flowers are funnel-shaped, white, red and striped, and open
about four o’clock in the afternoon, remain open all night, and generally perish before noon
the next day. The French call it Belle de Nuit, “Beauty of the Night.” Will grow in any com-
mon garden soil. Sow seed in open ground. Hardy annual; two feet high. Mixed pkt. 5c.

Forget-Me-Not

(Myosotis.) The Forget-Me-Not is an old favorite, bearing
clusters of star-shaped flowers. It thrives well in shade or open
border. Hardy perennial.

ALPESTRIS. Plant of compact, bushy habit, growing six
to eight inches high; flowers large blue. Pkt. 5c.

Foxglove

(Digitalis.) Plants grow to a height of three or four feet
and produce dehse spikes of brilliantly colored flowers. A valu-
able flower in every perennial garden; does not usually blossom
until the second year. Hardy biennials or perennials. Splendid
mixed, pkt. 5c.

Gourds

(Cucurbita.) A tribe of climbers with curiously shaped and
colored fruit. Being of rapid growth, they are fine to cover old
fences, trellises, stumps, etc. Tender annual; ten to twenty feet
high. Mixed pkt. 5c.

Heliotrope

Highly valued for the fragrance of their flow-
ers and duration of bloom. Half hardy peren-
nial, blooming the first year from seed; one foot
high.

Dark varieties mixed, very choice, pkt. 10c.

HELIANTHUS. — See Sunflower.

Hollyhock

The Hollyhock, in its present state of perfec-
tion, is very unlike its parent of olden time; it
now ranks with the Dahlia, Aster, Camellia, etc.,
being exceedingly rich and varied hi co’or, omd
as double as a rose. For a background to a
flower garden, perhaps no plant is so useful.
Hardy perennial; five feet high; Chater’s finest
mixed double varieties of the greatest perfection.

Pkt. 10c.

IBERIS. — See Candytuft.

INDIAN SHOT. — See Canna.

IPOMOEA, QUAMOCLIT. — See Cypress Vine.

IPOMOEA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE. — See Morning Glory.

Larkspur

(Delphinium.) The Larkspur is one of the handsomest and
most useful of plants, and for large gardens is invaluable.

DOUBLE DWARF ROCKET. Hardy annual; ten inches high.

Mixed pkt. 5c.

TALL STOCK FLOWERED Consolida fl. pi. Spikes of double
flowers eighteen inches long. Hardy annual; two feet high.

Mixed pkt. 5c.

Lobelia

A most elegant and useful genus of plants of easy culture
and well adapted for bedding, edgings, pots or rockeries. They
make a neat edging for beds of white flowers and are very effec-
tive in masses, being always completely covered with flowers.

Mixed, pkt. 5c.

LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS.— See Perennial Peas.

LATHYRUS ODORATUS.— See Sweet Peas.

HOLLYHOCK.

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Morning Glory

Marigold

Whenever a rich and continuous display of bloom is desired,
the- Marigold is almost indispensable. The African varieties are
•tall growing usually two feet or more, while the French are more
dwarf. All are desirable. Hardy annuals; in bloom till frost
comes.

AFRICAN, Double mixed, pkt. 5c.

FRENCH, Double Dwarf, mixed, pkt. 5c.

MATHIOLA. — See Stocks.

MARVEL OF PERU. — See Four O’Clock.

Mignonette

A well-known hardy annual producing dense, semi-globular
spikes of exceedingly fragrant flowers. It is so fragrant that
the whole atmosphere around is perfumed. If sown at intervals
in spring and early summer, it will bloom till killed by frost.
Seed sown in autumn will bloom early in spring. Hardy annual;
one foot nigh. _ _ , ,

RESEDA ODORATA GRANDIFLORA. Large flowered . sweet

Mignonette.

Pkt. 5c.

MIGNONETTE.

(Convolvulus Major.) A handsome, showy climber, of easy
culture, suitable for covering arbors, windows, trellises, old
slumps, etc. It is so perfectly hardy as to grow in almost any
soil. Hardy annual; ten feet high.

Mixed pkt. 5c.

GIANT JAPANESE MIXED. Flowers of largest size, some
are brilliant red or rich blue; others are equally brilliant with
broad margins of clear white; some are striped or dotted with
blue or red on white or lemon yellow ground, others are clouded
with blue and red. The foliage in some plants comes plain green,
in others it is mottled with white and shades of yellow or yellow-
ish green.

Pkt. 5c.

Mourning Bride

(Seabiosa, or Sweet Scabius.) An improved stock which bears
a profusion of flowers. These are larger and fuller than the old
type, and their variety and brilliancy of color make them 'very
desirable for cut flowers. Hardy annual; about one foot high.

DOUBLE DWARF, mixed, pkt. 5e.

Moon Flower

MORNING GLORY.

(Ipomoea Grandiflora Alba.) This is one of the most vigor-
ous of all the summer climbers. Will grow thirty to forty feet in
a single season, and will be covered with its large, white flowers
every evening and cloudy day. The hard outer coat of the seed
should be cut through with a sharp knife and the seed planted in
a warm place. If the soil be kept moist germination will take
place in ten days to two weeks.

After the plants are up, tend care-
fully and plant out when danger .
from frost is past. Rich soil tends
to make the plant run to vines and
leaves, while poor earth will pro-
duce earlier and more abundant
flowers. This variety is also known
as Ipomoea Notiflora.

Pkt. 10c.

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NASTURTIUMS

These most popular, free-flowering’, tender annuals are of two distinct types — the Tall, or
running varieties and the Tom Thumb, or dwarf varieties. Both are of easiest culture,
growing and blooming in great profusion even in the poorest soils. The tall varieties are of
strong, vigorous growth, throwing out running shoots which can be trained upon strings of
wires, or can be readily made to climb the ordinary paling fences or wire netting. They are
also extremely showy as trailing plants when set around borders of vases or ornamental boxes,
on the lawn, and can be effectively planted at the top of a steep slope and allowed to run
down the bank. They are equally beautiful simply trailing on level ground. The dwarf or
“Tom Thumb” varieties, being of neat, compact growth, can be planted as borders to flower-
beds or along garden walks.

NASTURTIUM, TALL.

Seed should be planted thinly when
trees are starting out in leaf. When
well started, young plants should be
transplanted or thinned out to stand
six or more inches apart for tall run-
ning varieties, and ten or twelve inches
for those of the dwarf, compact-grow-
ing sorts, as the latter grow in rounded
bush form with quite dense foliage,
and if grown too thickly in wet soil
are apt to blight or rot off during hot
summer months. Both types bloom
with the greatest freedom, producing
flowers of most brilliant and varied
color. These are not only bright and
showy on the plants, but last well when
cut for house decoration. They blos-
som freely at a time when the supply
of flowers is not very abundant in the
garden. For winter blooming in the
house, seeds of the climbing or run-
ning varieties should be planted singly
in flower pots early in September. In
planting, it is best in heavy- soil to
make a slight ridge for the seed, so
that surplus moisture may drain away
readily. Seed should be covered one
inch or more in depth, and, if at all dry,
the soil should be firmly pressed above
the seed, so as to enter closely the cor-
rugations.

Nasturtium, Tall

(Tropaeolum Lobbianum.) The Lobbianum
differs from the comm.on running nasturtium, in
being less rank growing, more floriferous and
having richer, more varied colored flowers of
many shades, from the richest scarlet to very
deep maroon. Fine for covering arbors, trellises
and rustic work. Half hardy annual; about ten
feet high.

Mixed Tall (Lobbianum varieties), pkt. 5c.

Nasturtium, Dwarf

(Tropaeolum Minor.) A bed of dwarf nas-
turtiums in the yard is very brilliant and at-
tractive, blooming all the season. Hardy an-
nual; about one foot high.

Mixed dwarf, pkt. 5c.

NASTURTIUM, DWARF.

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PANSY

Pansies, next to Sweet Peas, are the most popular of all flowers grown frdtn seed. It is
needless to say anything in praise of such a universal favorite.. They are popular everywhere,
both for the brilliant beauty of their flowers and the long continuation of bloom.

How to Grow Pansies. — Pansies grow best and produce the largest flowers in light, rich
soil, and cool, moist weather, but will flower freely from spring-sown seed during the hot
summer months. Sow the seed thinly in quite shallow drills as early in the spring as the
soil can be dug in fine, loose condition. When the young plants are well started thin them out
or transplant to fresh beds, setting them eight inches apart each way. Another sowing may be
made about July 1st for fall blooming, and as the soil . is liable to be rather dry it should be
packed firmly over the freshly sown seed. Plants raised from this sowing will produce fine
large flowers in the fall. For planting in cold frames for early spring flowering the seed should
be sown the latter part of August or early in September. It is not well to try to start them in
the house or hot-bed, as the air is too warm and close. Under these conditions they shoot up
rapidly, are quite thin and spindling, and produce only small-sized flowers, but as pot plants for

flowering in a cool room in winter they will

IMPERIAL GERMAN PANSIES.

bloom quite nicely.

Imperial German Pansies

The Imperial German Pansies are famous for
their almost endless variety of charming shades
of color, united with large size and perfect form
of flowers. They embrace all the solid or self-
colors, delicately shaded flowers, five spotted or
three-spotted; edged or bordered flowers of vari-
ous colors, each with a distinct rim of white,
yellow or blue; dark and li^ht marbled varieties,
flowers with clear, distinct eyes; striped flowers
of striking beauty, and vividly colored fancy
varieties, blotched, veined, marbled and mar-
gined.

Finest Mixed, pkt. 10c.

Improved Giant Trimardeau

An entirely distinct and beautiful race with
flowers of the richest and most varied shades
of colors. Plants are vigorous, compact growth.
Remarkable for the extra large size of the flow-
ers, which, however, are hot so circular in form
as the Imperial German. The flowers, which
possess unusual substance and consistency, are
each marked with three large blotches or spots.

Pkt. 10c. ♦

Madam Perret Pansies

The flowers of this strain are of mammoth
size, good substance, and finest colorings. Un-
der favorable conditions the flowers frequently
measures from two and a half to four inches
across, but a cool location and very rich soil
are needed to produce flowers of this size. The
mixture embraces many of the fine-named sorts
which have been developed to this large size;
all the flowers are varied and beautiful in shades
and markings.

Finest mixed, all colors; pkt. 10c.

PEAS, Everlasting

(Latliyrus Latifolius.) A perennial climber, producing a succession of clusters of white, rose
or purple blossoms. Suitable for trellises, arbors, etc. Hardy perenpial; ten feet high.

Mixed, pkt. 5c.

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Petunia

Petunias are unsurpassed for massing- in beds. Their richness of color, duration of bloom
and easy culture will always render them popular. They do well sown in open border in
spring, or earlier in cold frame or hot bed, and transplanted eighteen inches apart. Tender
perennial, but blooms profusely the first season. One and a half feet high. The fully double
Petunias do not produce seed, so that to procure double flowering plants we must use seed of
single flowers which have been carefully fertilized by pollen from double ones. The seed we
offer is the result of careful hybridization, and can be depended upon to give as large a propor-
tion of double flowers as any.

Finest double mixed, pkt. 25c.

Finest large flowering, single, mixed, pkt. 10c.

PETUNIAS.

PHLOX DRUMMONDI.

Phlox Drummondi

Very hardy annuals, thriving in al-
most any situation, and unequaled in
magnificent display of their many and
brilliant flowers. Plants from seeds
grown in open ground in fall or early
spring will begin flowering about July
1st and remain literally coverd with
bloom until after severe frosts late in
autumn. For masses of separate colors
or for cutting for boquets, they are un-
surpassed. One foot high.

Finest Mixed. Composed of the best
of the large flowered varieties. Pkt. 5c.

PINK.

Pink

(Dianthus.) The Dianthus family furnishes
the florist \yith many of his most beautiful flow-
ers, including the Carnation, Sweet William and
Florists’ Pink, Chinese and Japanese in all their
varieties. Hardy and half-hardy biennials and
perennials, but nearly all blooming the first year
from seed.

DOUBLE CHINA MIXED. A biennial of
dwarf habit; flowers the first year, but the bloom
is stronger the second.

Pkt. 5c.

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POPPY

CARNATION.
IMPROVED DOUBLE.

THE SHIRLEY. Everyone knows the old common corn poppy,
or red weed, with its bright scarlet flowers. The Shirley is a strain
of this magnificent species, which sports to numberless shades of
colors, from pure white to rose, pink, carmine and deepest crimson.
If the flowers are cut when they first open, they may be kept many
days. Pkt. 5c.

TULIP FLOWERED. Produces large, splendid, bright scarlet
flowers well above the foliage. The petals form a tulip-shaped cup,
and after a time black spots appear at the base of each petal. Strik-
ingly beautiful, reminding one of a bed of brilliant tulips; hardy an-
nual; about one foot high. Pkt. 5c.

IMPROVED DOUBLE CARNATION, MIXED. In dazzling rich-
ness and variety of colors the flowers are very showy. Simply scat-
ter the seed in the open ground, and a mass of beauty will result;
hardy annual, two feet high. Pkt. 5c.

Papaver Somniferum, of which the Carnation Poppy is an im-
proved form, is the species used for the extraction of opium.

PORTULACA

There are scarcely any flowers in cultivation that makes such a dazzling display of color
as a bed of Portulacas. They are in bloom from about the first of July till killed by frost in
autumn. Tender annual; about six to eight inches high. Fine mixed single, pkt. 5c; finest mixed,
double, pkt. 10c.

SCABIOSA. — See Mourning Bride.

Sunflower

Valuable as a screen to hide unsightly places,
and as a background for lawns. Hardy annual.

GLOBOSUS FISTULOSUS. Produces very
large, exceedingly double flowers of bright yel-
low color; plants about five feet high. Pkt. 5c.

MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. The giant among sun-
flowers; grows about six feet high. The stocks
are sometimes used for fuel. Pkt. 5c.

Stocks

The stocks as now grown are indispensable
where a fine display of flowers is wanted. To
such perfection has selection brought them that
good seed will give a large proportion of flow-
ers as double and as large as the named sorts
grown from cuttings.

Double German Ten Weeks, mixed. Pkt. 10c.

Snapdragon

(Antirrhinum.) An old border plant with
dark and glossy leaves and long spikes of cu-
riously shaped, brilliant colored flowers, with
finely marked throats. They have been much
improved of late years by careful selection. They
blossom the first season from seed sown in
spring. Tender perennial; one and one-half to
two feet high. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c.

STOCKS

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SWEET PEAS

A Few Rules for the Successful
Cultivation of Sweet Peas

Early in the spring make a trench about six. inches
deep, in rich, mellow soil, so arranged that no water
can stand in it, and plant the seed in the bottom,
taking care not to cover it more than two inches.
When the plants are about five inches high fill up the
trench, and furnish some support for the vines to run
upon. The plants should not be raised for two suc-
cessive seasons upon the same ground.

Sweet peas should not be planted on the same
ground after culinary peas.

Excessive manuring with stable manure in the row
immediately before sowing the seed is not desirable.
Ground intended for Sweet Peas, if not left in good
condition after taking the last crop, will be better for
manuring the previous fall rather than at the spring,
seeding.

The use of artificial fertilizers, bone meal, nitrate
of soda, etc., can be made in spring at the time of
planting or soon after.

Thin sowing1, by which is meant planting the seeds
from four to six inches apart, is conducive to vigor
and strength of the plants, which come later into
bloom, but continue much longer than the plants from
thick seeding.

Frequent stirring of the soil with hoe or culti-
vator in dry weather, thus producing a dust mulch, is
preferable to artificial watering, unless irrigation fa-
cilities afford opportunities for a regular and abundant
supply of water. ,

Do not allow any flowers to go to seed or the
plants will stop blooming.

OUR STOCKS are absolutely unsurpassed. OUR
PRICED are reasonable, being lower than those of
many other firms, but were we to charge twice as
much the quality of the stocks could not be improved.

MIXTURES OF SWEET PEAS

One of the most satisfactory ways of growing Sweet Peas is in a mixed row. The mixtures
we offer, are not made up of inferior or cheap stocks, but are of the very best qualities and are
well proportioned so as to give a pleasing variety of bloom.

FINEST MIXED. This mixture consists only of the best large flowering sorts, new and
old, in just the right proportions of white, bright red, pink, mauve and other colors to make
the most brilliant show possible in the garden. We have given a great deal of study to selecting
the best sorts, in proper proportions, and offer this mixture as the finest produced. We know
it cannot he excelled at any price. Pkt. 5c; o/,. 10c; 2 lb. 25c; lb. 05c, postpaid.

CHOICE MIXED. A cheap mixture, but a very good one, containing all the distinct shades
and colors of the older and also many of the com p?> natively new varieties, but not the most
recent introductions. Oz. 5c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 50c, po t -aid.

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SWEET PEAS

Continued

AMERICA. White, nearly covered with
splashes, stripes and dots of exceedingly bright
carmine. The most brilliant red striped sort.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; £ lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

MRS. GEORGE HIGGINSON, JR. A very clear
delicate shade of lilac blue, self-colored- medium
a stememp5h?°?ed f°r™’ U?Ually threeflowers on

a stem. Pkt. oc; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; lb. 65c.

AURORA. Very large and of fine form. The
standard and wings are striped and flaked with
delicate orange-salmon pink over white. Pkt.

5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

hooded, rose purple self, changing toV?ich bfuSh

S"ff1S6.,V,2Ka“ variety- p£t- 5c> ~ 3ft

BOLTON’S PINK. Orange pink veined with
rose, large size; semi-hooded form. An excel-
lent variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

DOROTHY ECKFORD. Vine very robust and
exceedingly floriferous. Flowers of extra large
size, pure white, beautifully shell-shaped; usu-
ally three on a stem. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c;
lb. 75c.

vefy dark maroon, practically
„with almost black veining. Large
size, hooded form. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; i lb. 25c; lb!

DONNA. The stems bear three or four
J££y Jarge, perfect flowers of a brilliant, yet soft
shade, of pink. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

DAINTY. White, edged with light pink. Hood-
ed form; very long stem. Similar to but lighter
than Eliza Eckford. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 20c;
lb. 65c.

PRINCE OF WALES. Flowers very large and
f'r,PeCfiiar brill+iant red> distinct in shade from
o£.yiSc • 7 75rry attractive- pkt. sc,

EMILY HENDERSON. A bold, well formed,
clear white flower. Wings broad and well ex-
panded. An early and wonderfully free and per-
sistent bloomer. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb.
60c.

QTTEEN ALEXANDRA. A magnificent, bright
®£arlet •reS’ -iY-ery large’ semi-hooded. Unsur-

Fb ^5e-1lbb80cianCy °f COl°r' Pkt* 5c* °z- 10c5 *

EXTRA EARLY BLANCHE FERRY. Vigor-
ous and hardy though dwarf habit and a won-
derfully free and persistent bloomer. It will b^
found to be the first to furnish flowers, either
in greenhouse or out of doors and it will con-
tinue to furnish them in great abundance longer
than most varieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c;
lb. 75c.

FLORA NORTON. The best clear blue
sweet pea. Medium size, open form, usually
three flowers on a stem. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb.
20c; lb. 60c.

HON. MRS. E. KENYON. The best of the
deeper primrose shades; a beautiful, large semi-
hooded flower. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

HELEN PIERCE. Veined and finely mottled
bright blue on white. Exceptionally attractive
in coloring. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

KATHERINE TRACY. The color is a soft but
brilliant pink in wings and standard. Plants
vigorous and give a profusion of flowers which
continue large and fine until the end of the sea-
son. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; £ lb. 20c; lb. 65c.

KING EDWARD VII. A bright, crimson scar-
let of largest size; open form well expanded,
round standard. One of the very best. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 10c; 4 lb. 25c; lb. 75c.

LADY GRISEL HAMILTON. A large flower
similar in color to Countess Radnor, but nearer
blue. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

LORD NELSON. Deeper in color than navy
blue and especially on the vine is a very at-
tractive rich deep blue. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c;
lb. 80c.

LOVELY. Flowers very large, fine form. A
delicate shell pink tinged with yellow, often
four flowers on a stem. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; \ lb.
25c; lb. 75c.

MISS WILLMOTT. A fine, semi-hooded type;
standard orange pink; wings rose tinted with
orange. Of very large size; long stems; plant
vary vigorous. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 20c; lb. 65c.

s 11 iLLA MORSE. Flowers of a peculiar warm
salmon-pink. A combination yellow and pink
A combination yellow and pink which is distinct
^?d.yery attractive. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; l lb. 25c;
lb. 75c.

Spencer Varieties

ASTA OHN. Suffused lavender or tinted
mauve; true Spencer form, large and wavy. One
of the best. . Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1 lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

COUNTESS SPENCER. Bright, clear pink'
very large, open form; long stems. A very de-
sirable variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1 lb. 75c; lb.
$2.50.

DAINTY SPENCER. White suffused and edged
with pink; large and of Spencer form; very
free blooming. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

FLORENCE MORSE SPENCER. A very large,
delicate blush with pink margin. Of the best
type; excellent for cutting. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1
lb. 75c; lb. $2.50.

HELEN LEWIS. A rich crimson orange, with
wings of orange rose. Size very large, fine
Spencer form. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; l lb. 75c; lb.
$2.50.

KING EDWARD SPENCER. Brilliant crimson
scarlet; very large size and of open form. The
best of the bright red Spencers. Pkt. 10c; oz.
20c; l lb. 65c; lb. $2.25.

WHITE SPENCER. Standard and wings of
pure white, beautifully waved and fluted. An
especially attractive variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c;

SPENCERS MIXED. All the Spencer varieties
included in making up this magnificent mixture.
A splendid range of colors is thus assured in
this comparatively new class of Sweet Peas of
such remarkably large size and wonderfully at-
tractive form. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 1 lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.

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Sweet William

(Diantlius Barbatus.) For display in the gar-
den the Sweet William is unsurpassed. The
seed can be planted very early in the spring,
in open ground, and will blossom the following
summer; or it can be sown in August and will
make fine blooming plants for spring. Hardy
perennial, one and one-half feet high.

Finest mixed, single pkt. 5c.

Finest mixed, double, pkt. 5c.

TAGETES. — See Marigold.

TROPAEOLUM CANARIENSE. — See Canary
Bird Flower.

TROPAEOLUM LOBBIANUM. — See Nastur-
tium, Tall.

TROPAEOLUM MINOR. — See Nasturtium,

Dwarf.

VIOLET

The violets commonly grown by florists are
propagated from cuttings. The flowers grown
from seed are smaller and more delicately col-
ored.

Sweet Seented, Pkt. 10c.

VIOLA TRICOLOR. — See Pansy.

VERBENA

SWEET WILLIAM.

MAMMOTH VERBENAS.

MAMMOTH. No plant is more generally cultivated, or more deservedly so, than the Verbena,
as no plant excels it for masses in beds on the lawn. In the varieties may be found every
color except yellow. If sown in open ground in May they will bloom in August, but if started
in the house in pots in winter they will be in bloom sooner. Half hardy perennial trailer; one
foot high. Finest mixed; embraces all colors. Pkt. 5c.

Wall Flower

(Cheirantlius Clieiri.) The large, massive spikes of the Wall Flower are very conspicuous
in beds and borders, and are very useful in making boquets. Sow the seed early in hot-beds,
and while the plants are small, prick them out in pots and sink the pots in the earth. On ap-
proach of cold weather remove the pots to the house, and the plants will bloom all winter. Ten-
der perennial, one and one-half feet high. Mixed double. Pkt. 10c.

Wild Cucumber

Ornamental climbing Cucumbers with curious fruit, remarkable for its luxuriance and
rapidity of growth. Height six feet. Half hardy annual.

ESCHINOCYSTIS LOBATA. Pkt. 5c.

Zinnia

A very showy plant, with large, double, imbricated flowers, which, when fully expanded
might easily be mistaken for dwarf Dahlias. Half hardy annual; about eighteen inches high.

Double, finest mixed. Pkt. 5c.

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ALFALFA OR LUCERNE.

CLOVER SEEDS

Prices on all Clover Seeds subject to change
without notice

Alfalfa or Lurcerne

The most valuable forage plant, particularly adapted for
our Western climate and soil. It requires a deep, mellow soil;
newly broken sod does not do so well. It thrives best on a
sandy loam (the richer the better), while it has proved a suc-
cess on heavy, compact clay soil. In the dryest and most sultry
weather, when every blade of grass withers, Alfalfa is as fresn
and green as in the spring, as its roots go down from ten to
twenty feet to the moisture of the ground. Although a pro-
digious yielder, it does not exhaust the soil, but rather improves
the ground by the decay of its long roots, and converts it into
rich ground, full of vegetable matter. The seed may be sown
early in the spring (as soon as the frost is out of the ground),
in order to catch the spring rains, as it needs moisture to ger-
minate. In localities where irrigation is used, it can be sown
at any time during the summer months. In our State it is not
advisable to sow later than the first part of September on ac-
count of early frosts, as the young, tender plants, not having
sufficient roots, would succumb to our cold winters. Late fall
sowing — say in October or November — is not advisable in local-
ities where wind storms are prevalent during winter and early
spring, as the seed will be blown away before it has a chance
to take root. Most of our alfalfa growers prefer sowing the
seed broadcast, while others are more in favor of drilling it in.
If the latter plan is pursued, we advise drilling the seed both
length and cross-ways — say half quantity each way — in order
to secure a more even stand. There is a great deal of discus-
sion whether the seed should be sown by itself or with other
grains, both methods being strongly advocated. Owing to the
fact that Alfalfa needs light and sun, the majority of growers
suggest sowing the seed by itself, providing it can be put in the
ground early in the season, but when the sowing is delayed, we
advise to sow oats or barlev with it to afford some protection
to the young plants against the scorching rays of the sun in
midsummer. Another circumstance has to be taken into con-
sideration. If the ground proves to be very weedy, sow in
connection with grain, by all means, a crop of barley or oats —
they can be raised as well as a crop of weeds. After the grain
has been cut, and this should be done as early as possible, it
will be found that the Alfalfa has made such growth as to pre-
vent any danger of being choked out by the weeds, and it will
care for itself. Irrigate immediately after the grain is cut. and
the Alfalfa will push out fresh shoots at once, and will furnish
a light cutting in the fall, or at least good pasture. It is more
difficult to establish the first year, but will, when once started,
produce a profitable crop — under favorable circumstances, three
and even four crops are cut yearly, aggregating five to seven
tons to the acre. Never sow less than twenty pounds of good
clean seed to the acre, for thin sowing produces thick and
coarse stalks, not relished by stock. The Alfalfa flourishes
up to an altitude of about 8.000 feet above the sea level; at
higher altitudes it is not likely to thrive. How long it will live
is a question not settled yet. The reports speak of Alfalfa
fields in Chili (whence it was brought to California under the
name of Chili Clover) that are several hundreds of years old.
still bearing good crops. The proper time to cut it is when the
plant is in full bloom. The seeds ripen to perfection, and are a
source of considerable revenue to our farmers. If intended to
raise Alfalfa for seed, twelve to fifteen pounds is plenty to sow
on one acre. The seed has to be saved from the first crop, as
tpe second or third cutting does not mature evenly, does not fill
out plump and heavy, and does not possess the proper germin-
ating power. It is worthy of trial in any locality where it has
not already been tested.

30c per pound, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Bokhara, Sweet or Bee Clover

Also called Giant Incarnate, or German Mammoth

A tall, shrubby plant, with many white flowers of delicious fragrance, on which bees delight
to feed. It will grow on poor soil, and can there be sown and plowed under and used as a fer-
tilizer*. Sow at the rate of fifteen pounds to the acre. 30c per lb. postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Crimson Trefoil, or Scarlet Italian

An annual variety in common use in the south for feeding green and for hay. The yield in
fodder is immense and after cutting, it at once commences growing again, continuing until se-
vere, cold, freezing weather. It grows about one foot high; the roots are nearly black; leaves
long- blossoms 'nns, pointed and of very deep red or carmine color. . Makes good hay. Sow ten
to fifteen pounds per acre. Lb. 30c, postpaid. For larger lots inquire for prices.

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CLOVER SEEDS

Continued

Alsyke, or Swedish

The advantages which the Alsyke Clover has over Red Clover and other varieties are its hard-
iness and true perennial character. It will adapt itself to a great variety of soils, growing on the
edge of a stream or in a swamp and on low ground, and yet flourish on dry and stubborn
stiff clays and upland soils. It is capable of resisting the extremes of drought and wet alike.

it is wen HKea oy an stock, eitner green in
pasture or cured for hay. Horses, cows and sheep
prefer it to Red Clover. It makes finer and
better hay as the stocks are not so thick and
woody as those of Red Clover. It is very sweet
and fragrant, and liked by bees. Grows fifteen
to twenty-four inches high, heads are rounded,
flesh-colored. It can with advantage be sown
together with Timothy, as both will grow on low
ground and moist soil and mature and ripen to-
gether at about the same time. If grown for the
seed, this is taken from the first cutting.

When sown by itself, six pounds of seed are
required per acre.

Lb. 40c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at marekt price.

MEDIUM RED, OR JUNE.

White, or Dutch

A small, creeping perennial variety, valuable
for pasturage and for lawns. It accommodates
itself to a variety of soils, but prefers moist
ground. Being very hardy and of a creeping
habit, it will also prevent the ground from being
washed by heavy rains. It is rarely sown alone,
hut used mainly for sowing with, other grass
seeds, especially Blue Grass, to obtain permanent
pastures. Sow in the spring, at the rate of six
pounds per acre, or when used with other
grasses, half that amount.

lib. 50c. postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

ALSYKE.

Medium Red, or June

This is by far the most important of all the
varieties for practical purposes. Sow in the
spring or fall, and if no other grasses are used,
at the rate of twelve to fifteen pounds per acre:
more is required on old, stiff soils than on new
and lighter ones.

lib. 35c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

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GRASS SEEDS

Prices on all grass .seeds subject to change without notice. Write for special prices on
quantities.

WHEN AND II O W TO SOW THE SEED.

The mo§t rapid way of obtaining a grass crop is to sow the grass seed alone without ‘any
grain or nurse crop. If this is done early in the spring a nearly full crop of hay or pasture can
be had the same year and a heavy one the next year. Many farmers sow grass seeds in the
spring with grain to save labor, and as they suppose, to protect the young plants. However, it
involves the loss of a year in either hay or pasture, aside from endangering the grass, and likely
losing it altogether. The young plants are in no way protected by the grain, and when this is
cut the young grass and clover is very tender, having be'en shaded by the grain, and the cutting
or harvesting of the so-called nurse crop sud-
denly exposes the young grass to the sun at the
hottest season of the year. There is great dan-
ger then that it will be burned out. When the
grass is sown by itself the young plants are
hardened and more able to withstand the hot
and dry sun.

After the ground is carefully prepared, the
seed is sown broadcast, which can be nicely and
evenly done and very quickly with the little
hand seeders. As grass seed is very fine and
should not be covered very deep, the natural
covering which may or may not take place after
a shower of rain or after the action of early
spring frosts, is sometimes sufficient, and some-
times this succeeds perfectly. However, it is
best, and usually more certain, to depend upon
some other way of covering the seed. A very
good way is to roll the land. The pressure of
a common farm roller on clover or grass seed,
sown on the freshly harrowed soil, covers it
slightly and is almost sufficient, besides being
one of the best means to insure the quick and
even germinating of the seed. Another good way
to cover the fine seed is to pass an evenly made
brush harrow over it.

Timothy

(Phleum pratense.)

This is the most valuable of all the grasses
for hay, especially in the North. Thrives best on
moist, lOamy soils of medium tenacity. It should
be cut just when the blossoms fall. Sow early
in the spring or fall, at the rate of 12 pounds
per acre, if alone, but less if mixed with other
grasses.

30c lb. postpaid: 100 lbs. at market price.

RED TOP.

TIMOTHY.

Red Top

(Agrostis vulgaris.)

It is a good, permanent grass, standing our
climate well, and makes good pasture when fed
close. Is valuable for low, wet meadows, pro-
ducing a large return in good hay. When sown
alone, use about twenty pounds of the unhulled
seed per acre. Sow in spring or fall.

Red Top Fancy (cleaned from chaff). Sow
eight to ten pounds pe*r acre. Lb. 40e, postpaid.
For larger lots inquire for prices.

Red Top Lnliulled Fancy (free from light
chaff). Lb. 30c postpaid; for larger lots inquire
for prices.

Meadow Fescue, or English Blue Grass

(Festuca pratensis.)

A perennial, from two to four feet high, with
flat, broad leaves. One of the standard European
grasses. It needs rich ground and succeeds well
on prairie soil. An excellent pasture grass to
take the place of the wild grasses, as it yields
a large amount of early and late feed. Sow
about twenty-five pounds per acre. Lb. 45c, post-
paid; for larger lots inquire for prices.

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Grass Seeds

Continued

Bromus Inermis

Also known as Austrian Brome Grass and Awn-
less Brome Grass.

Of all the varieties of the cultivated grasses
this can be considered the best and most prom-
ising for this country. It is a native of Europe,
but it is not a new and untried variety in this
country any more. It has been sown and tried
in nearly all parts of the couhtry and proved
to be well adapted for different conditions of
soil and climate. It is well suited for hay or
pasture, and will produce a very heavy yield of
both. It comes up early in the spring, makes a
rapid growth, can be cut for hay early, and used
for pasture afterwards, making abundant pas-
turage. It remains fresher and greener during
the larger part of the year than almost any
other grass. It is thoroughly permanent and
veny hardy, enduring very low temperature in
the winter and having great power to grow in
dry climates and resist drought and thrive and
give abundant pasture or hay crops in dry sea-
sons, when everything else would fail. It will
grow on all kinds of soil. All kinds of stock eat
it greedily, and it is very rich in nutritive value
or flesh forming ingredients. It is easily culti-
vated, since it is suited to all soils. It is sown
early in the spring in the same way as other
grass seeds, and since it is rather slow to start
and does not make much growth the first year, is
well suited to sow with grain for a nurse crop.
About 25 to 30 pounds of seed should be sown
per acre. It grows two to four feet high, flower-
ing in June and is a true perennial.

Lb. 30c postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

ORCHARD GRASS.

BROMUS INERMIS.

Orchard Grass

(Dactylis glomerata.)

For pasture and hay land a most valuable
grass, and on account of its earliness very val-
uable for permanent pastures. When grown for
hay, more than one crop can be obtained in one
season, and where but one crop is taken the af-
ter growth is very heavy, and gives splendid and
rich pasture till late in the fall. It is much given
to growing in tufts, and is therefore not adapted
for sowing alone or by itself; but when sown
together with other grasses or in Clover-Grass
mixtures, a close and even sod can be had. It
is well suited to shady places, such as orchards
and groves. Although it is adapted for a wide
range of soil, and will grow on almost all land,
it gives best results on deep, rich, sandy loam or
clay soils. Sow 25 to 30 pounds to the acre.

Lb. 35c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Tall Meadow Oat Grass

(A vena elatior.)

For either hay or a permanent pasture a most
valuable grass, which can be successfully grown
in all parts of the country. It will not winter-
kill, and will live and endure our cold Northern
winters, and can also be successfully grown in
parts of the country where it is sometimes very
hot and dry. It starts very early in spring, and
is a very valuable pasture grass on this ac-
count. Succeeds best in deep, rich, sandy soils
and even on clay and heavy dry soil it does well.
It is a true perennial, growing three to five feet
high, flowering in May or June. Sow twenty to^
twenty-five pounds to the acre.

Lb. 35c postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

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GRASS SEED, Cont’d

Italian Rye Grass

(Lolium Italicum.)

It grows on almost any soil, but thrives best
in rich, moist land. Where the ground is favor-
able, and especially if irrigated, immense crops
can be produced, being cut four to five times,
and yielding as high as seven to eight tons of
dry hay per acre. It is well adapted for pastures,
on account of fits early growth in spring, and
its quick and successive aftergrowth, when
closely cropped. It grows two to four feet high,
with an abundance of foliage, and is much liked
by cattle and stock generally. Sow 20 to 25
pounds of seed to the acre.

Lb. 25c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Kentucky Blue Grass

(Poa Pratensis.)

The most widely known of all the natural
grasses, it does well everywhere, and can be
found in almost every part of our broad country.
It is suited to any variety of soil, and seems to
succeed best on moist, rich land. It requires
about two years to become well established, and
for this reason should be used only where per-
manent pastures- and meadows are wanted. In
conjunction with white clover it forms a splen-
did lawn; for this purpose use one pound to 200
square feet, or sixty pounds of Blue Grass and
six pounds of white clover per acre. If sown by
itself for pasturage about thirty pounds per acre
will be required. Sow early in the spring or in
October or November.

Lb. 50c, postpaid; 100 l^s at piarket price.

ITALIAN RYE GRASS.

English Rye Grass

Or Perennial Rye Grass.

It seems to be especially adapted for pas-
tures; will endure close cropping, is of strong
and quick successive after-growth. It pro-
duces an abundance of foliage, which remains
bright and green throughout the season, and
for this reason is also much used for Lawn
Grass Mixtures. It is also well adapted for
permanent hieadows, and it yields large quan-
tities of very nutritious hay, which is well
liked by all kinds of stock. It grows well on
almost any land, but prefers medium rich or
moist land, such as will produce a good crop
of corn, and gives the heaviest yields on such
land. It grows two to three and one-half
feet high. . When sown by itself, about 20 to
25 pounds of seed per acre is sufficient.

Lb. 25c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Extra Fine Mixed Lawn Grass

(City Park aiixture.) The essentials for a
fine lawn are: First, a rich, well drained soil;
second, careful preparation of the ground,
making it as fine and smooth and mellow as
possible; third, a wise selection of seeds;
fourth, sowing at such a time as to give the
young plants a chance to become well established before being subjected to very dry or to very
cold weather. However much care is bestowed on the soil and seed, no lawn will be beautiful
without frequent mowing and rolling. Too much care cannot be bestowed upon the selection of
grasses as some varieties are the most luxuriant in spring, others in summer, others again in
autumn, and a combination of the proper sorts is required for a perfect, carpet-like lawn. We
have given much thought and made many experiments to secure the best selections, and think
our City Park Mixture is the best possible for permanent lawns. It may be planted early in
spring, or fall, and should be sown at the rate of 60 to 100 pounds per acre; much more is re-
quired than for hay or pasturage. If sown in the spring, sow as early as possible, making the
surface very fine and smooth, then raking it over and sowing the. seed just before a rain, which,
if the surface has just been raked, will cover the seed sufficiently. If the expected rain does not
come, cover by rolling with a light roller. If sown in the fall, sow before the autumn rains
have ceased, and before very cold weather give the young grass a light dressing of manure. One
pound of this mixture is sufficient to sow 200 square feet.

Extra Fine Mixed Lawn Grass, per lb. 50c postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

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Permanent Pastures and Meadows

Since it has come to be an established fact that Grass Is King and the Cow is Queen, it fol-
lows that more cows demand more and better grass and pastures, and how to obtain these is
the great question with many farmers.

It is a well known rule of nature that a judiciously selected mixture of several varieties will
produce a larger yield than can be obtained if only one variety is sown alone or by itself. When
sowing a carefully selected mixture of Grasses and Clover you run less risk than if you had
carried all your eggs in one basket, so to speak. Some varieties may live and thrive on your
particular piece of land better than others, and these will then have a chance to do their very
best. A mixed pasture is earlier, gives a better yield, and holds out better than one sown
down with but one kind of Grass. Many varieties sown together occupy the ground more
closely, and a larger yield of hay and of better quality, can always be obtained from a mixed
meadow. In a great many parts of the country only one or two kinds of grasses are known
and mostly sown, and these are Timothy and Clover. While Timothy is a splendid Grass, and
Clover the foundation of all successful farming, both are not permanent, and not well adapted
for pasturing; are easily affected by drought or frost, thereby making it necessary to re-sow
every year or two, a rather expensive method. In our carefully selected Clover-Grass Mixtures
several varieties of the natural Grasses are sown together, and these will cover the ground very
closely and make two spears of Grass grow where formerly but one grew; besides, these Clover-
Grass Mixtures will stand various climatic and soil conditions better, will last longer or be per-
manent, and yield heavily or double the quantity of hay that is secured from ordinary fields
sown with Timothy and Clover.

Clover Grass Mixtures for Permanent Pastures,
Meadows, or for Particular Purposes

We selected them with the greatest care and use only such varieties as as are best adapted
for different kinds of soil and various purposes. Some varieties are of early and others of late
growth, and this is a very important consideration when permanent pastures are wanted and
when wanted for mowing, the varieties must be selected so as to ripen nearly at the same time
and be of good tall growth, while the low or dwarf growing varieties are better adapted for
pasturing.

The prices of our Clover-Grass Mixtures we have always made as low as possible in ac-
cordance with the market prices of the seeds, using the best quality of seeds only. Owing to the
unusual high prices of the Grass Seeds at the present time, we are obliged to make the prices
for our Clover-Grass Mixtures a little higher. It does not cost any more to sow our carefully
selected Clover-Grass Mixtures than to sow Clover or Timothy alone, and when permanent re-
sults are considered, the Clover-Grass Mixtures are the cheapest by several times.

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VOGELER SEED CO, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

A — Clover Grass Mixtures for Permanent Pastures

No. 1 — For high and dry ground, light soils.

Red Top

Bromus Inermis

Meadow Fescue

Engilsh Rye Grass..
Tall Meadow Oat...

Lucerne

White Clover

Sow Per Acre.

25 lbs. @ 24c. . .$ 6.00

50 lbs 10.50

100 lbs 20.00

No. 2 — For high and dry grounds, heavy or
clay soils.

Meadow Fescue

Orchard Grass

English Rye Grass. .
Tall Meadow Oat....

Blue Grass

Italian Rye Grass...

Timothy

Alsyke Clover

Red Clover

White Clover )

Sow Per Acre.

25 lbs. @ 24c. . . $ 6.00

50 lbs 10.50

100 lbs 20.00

No. 3 — For moist ground and rich soils.

Blue Grass

Meadow Fescue ....

Orchard Grass

English Rye Grass.
Italian Rye Grass..

Timothy

Red Top

Red Clover

Alsyke Clover

White Clover

Sow Per Acre.

20 lbs.

22|c. $ 4.50

50 lbs 10.50

100 lbs 20.00

B. — Clover Grass Mixtures for Particular Purposes

No. 4. We have selected this Clover-Grass
Mixture with a view to suit the conditions in
the Western and extreme Northwestern States,
and for similar conditions elsewhere, and in
sections of the country where Timothy or Clover
are uncertain and do not succeed well when
sown alone, but we include these as we have
found that where they are uncertain when sown
alone, they are more apt to succeed when sown
with other varieties and should they fail, the
other grasses take their place, and so an entire
failure is avoided. This Clover-Grass Mixture
is adapted to sow on land that will produce a
crop of wheat, oats, etc., and is selected with a
view to produce a crop of hay and pasture after-
wards, or can be pastured entirely.

Bromus Inermis "j

Meadow Fescue..
Tall Meadow OaL
Orchard Grass...

Timothy

Blue Grass

Red Top

Alsyke Clover.'...
White Clover.

Red Clover

Sow Per Acre.

20

lbs. @ 22Jc.

.$ 4.50

50

lbs

. 10.50

100

lbs. ...

. 20.00

No. 5 — Crimson Clover-Grass Mixture or Spe-
cial Renovating Clover-Grass Mixture, or Quick
Return Mixture. — We selected and made this up
for rapid growth with a view to use for either
alternate husbandry or as a catch crop. When
sown in early spring, March or April, it will give
a full crop of hay in July and pasture for the
rest of the year. It can also be sown in fields
where the Clover or Grass has mostly been win-
ter killed, or otherwise injured, and where bare
spots are in the spring, when it will be ready
to cut with the other grass or clover, and a full
crop from such field with bare spots can thereby
be secured.

Crimson Clover "] Sow Per Acre.

Italian Rye Grass....

English Rye Grass... I 15 lbs. @ 20c... $ 3.00

Tall Meadow Oat f

Timothy 50 lbs 9.00

Red Clover J 100 lbs 17.50

C. — Clover Grass Mixtures for Particular Purposes

No. 6 — Dairy Farmers’ or Orchard Clover- I
Grass Mixture. We have selected only the ear-
liest, hardiest, best and quickest growing vari-
eties for this Clover-Grass Mixture. Dairy farm-
ers want to cut a crop of hay very early and
have pasture for the rest of the season, or make
two crops of hay in a season; and this espe-
cially selected Clover-Grass Mixture is admir-
ably adapted for this purpose. It is suited for
good or medium soils, which will produce a

Orchard Grass

Tall Meadow Oat

English Rye Grass....

Italian Rye Grass

Meadow Fescue

Red Clover

Alsyke Clover

Timothy

the

country.

Sow Per

Acre.

20

lbs. @ 22

|c. .$ 4.50

50

lbs

10.50

100

lbs

20.00

When used for sowing in fields where there
is some Grass or Clover already, the quantity to
be sown per acre must be according to the stand
of Grass or Clover. Usually five to ten pounds
per acre is sufficient.

No. 7 — This is our Special Alfalfa, or Lucerne
Clover-Grass Mixture, and consists mainly of
Alfalfa, Bromus Inermis and sucb varieties of
grass as will stand drought and flourish on
poor soils and give larger yields in the driest
summers, after once being established. The
quantity required per acre is 15 pounds. 15 lbs.
3.00; 50 lbs. $9.00; 100 lbs. $17.50.

ABOVE PRICES F. O. B. SALT LAKE CITY.
PURCHASER PAYS TRANSPORTATION
CHARGES.

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Miscellaneous Farm Seeds

Prices on all grass seeds subject to change without notice. Write for special prices on
quantities.

German, or Golden Millet

Probably no other plant is so popular and well known as Millet. When dought is cutting
the hay crop short, it can be sown to make up the shortage.

Requires a dry, light, rich soil and grows three to five feet high. The heads are closely
condensed, though the spikes are very numerous with a fine bulk of stock and leaves, and is
excellent for forage. The seeds are contained in rough, bristly sheaths and are round, gold-
en yellow and beautiful in appearance. For hay, sow broadcast at from twenty-five to thirty
pounds to the acre, from May 1st to August 1st. For grain, sow in drills, about fifteen pounds
to the acre, and not later than June 20th. Lb. 20c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Rape, Dwarf Essex

(For Sowing.) There is only one “best” variety of Rape, and that is the Dwarf Essex.
There is no plant that will give as heavy a yield of forage at such a small cost as this. It is es-
pecially valuable for green manuring and pasture. When fed off by sheep it will probably do
more to restore and make profitable exhausted soils than any other plant. It is a pasture plant
which may be eaten off by any kind of live stock, and there is no other plant as valuable for
fattening sheep or swine as Rape. It can either be sown broadcast or in drills, and by itself or
with some other crop. When rape is sown broadcast, 5 to 6 pounds of seed per acre will be suffi-
cient. When sown in rows or drills, say 30 inches apart, and cultivated, 2 to 3 lbs. of seed per
acre is enough. A good crop will furnish at least 12 tons of green food per acre, which has
nearly double the nutritive or feeding value of Clover. Dwarf Essex Rape will grow on al-
most any soil where wheat, oats, or corn will grow. It thrives best on low, moist soils, rich in
vegetable matter. Slough lands are splendid for growing it. Beware of the worthless annual
variety that is often sold, and which is not only worthless for forage, -but once planted is liable
to become a pernicious weed. Biennial. Lb. 20c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Barley

Barley succeeds best on rich lands, more sandy and lighter than those adapted to wheat. It
is sown in the spring and can be grown farther north than any other grain. Unless intended
for seed it should be cut before fully ripe as it is then heavier, of better quality, and less liable
to shell. Use about two and one-half bushels per acre. White Club $2.50 per 100 lbs.; Utah
Blue, $2.25 per 100 lbs. For larger lots, write for prices.

Sugar Cane, Early Amber

This variety is successfully grown in our extreme Northern latitudes. It may be planted
as late as the 15th of June, and will be ripe enough for manufacture in September. We know of
no earlier variety. It is useless to plant Cane seed before the weather is warm in the spring.
Five or six pounds are required- per acre. Lb. 20c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

White Kaffir Corn

It grows from four to five feet high, making a straight, upright growth. It has a stalky
stem with enormous wide leaves. The stalks keep green and are brittle and juicy, not harden-
ing like other varieties of sorghum, making excellent fodder, either green or dried, which is
highly relished by all kinds of stock. The seed heads form at the top of each stalk, and as
soon as these show the grain well, the joints next below the top send up shoots which yield the
second seed heads. For the grain sow in rows three feet apart, four or five pounds to the acre.
For fodder sow forty to fifty pounds to the acre. Lb. 15c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market price.

Field Peas

These are very valuable for fattening stock, and can also be grown for soiling purposes,
but are of greater value for fodder when fed as ground feed, or the vines can be fed for hay,
which is of great nutritive value for dairy cows and hogs. They are equal to corn and six
weeks earlier. Field Peas have been grown by dairymen with very satisfactory results, follow-
ing Winter Rye, which was cut green in June for dairy cows and cattle, then stubble turned
under and sowed to mixed Peas and Oats, furnishing a large amount of forage in August, when
grass pastures are usually short. The Field Pea does well on any soil adapted to Oats and
Spring Wheat. Cut and feed green, or, if for hogs alone, can be used as pasture. These peas
should not be grown on very rich soil, as they will run to vine instead of pod, unless grown for
renovating purposes. As a fertilizer they come next to clover, to be ploughed under when they
commence to blossom. Can be sown separately in drills or broadcast, 100 to 120 lbs. to the acre;
or with Oats, 90 lbs. of Peas and 50 lbs. of Oats to the acre. Lb. 15c, postpaid; 100 lbs. at market
price.

Vetches or Tares

Spring (Vicia Sativa). A perennial pea-like plant grown as an annual in the north. Desir-
able as a forage plant, and valuable as a cover-crop for orchards. Culture same as for field peas.
Sow two bushels per acre. Lb. 25c, postpaid; for larger lots write for prices.

Oats, Silver Mine

We consider this one of the best main crop varieties. Ever since it was introduced it has
taken the lead, not only in the quality but also as the heaviest yielding Oat, producing as much
as 174 bushels from one bushel of seed sown. They are not like most other Oats, which, when
you put them on good rich ground, they lodge, and sometimes the whole crop is lost, but on ac-
count of their long stiff straw, will stand up erect and produce a heavy crop of grain. Sow
about 75 pounds to the acre. $2.50 per 100 lbs.

Sunflower, Mammoth Russian

Everyone who keeps poultry should use Sunflower seed liberally for feeding, as there is
nothing more wholesome and nutritious, or which keeps hens in better condition for laying.
Sow the seed as soon as the ground is fit for corn, in rows five feet apart and ten inches apart
in the row. Cultivate same as corn. When the seed is ripe and hard, cut off the heads and
pile loosely in a rail pen having a solid floor, or in a corn crib. After curing sufficiently so
that they will thresh easily, flail out or run through a threshing machine. This variety will
yield 900 to 1,200 pounds of seed per acre. Sow about eight pounds to the acre. Lb. 20c, post-
paid; 100 lbs. at market price.

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Poultry Supplies

STRICTLY CASH WITH ORDER

If wanted by mail add 16c per pound, except where quoted postpaid;
by express or freight at purchaser’s expense.

Write for special prices on quantities.

Cyphers Fire-Proofed Insurable Incubators and
Brooders for 1912

We offer customers an extraordinary improvement in Incubators and Brooders. It is the
talk of poultry raisers that Cyphers Incubator Company of Buffalo, N. Y., have succeeded in per-
fecting such an advanced line of fire-proofed incubators and Brooders that the National Board
of Fire Underwriters has given them a special preference; has recognized them as superior fire-
proofed machines; and in proof thereof has granted the Cyphers Company the right to affix to
every inspected machine a metal label, signifying that the machine comes up to their require-
ments and have therefore been passed by them.

In future, therefore, our customers who buy Standard Cyphers Machines will find the label
affixed to their machines. There is no other way to prove that an Incubator or Brooder is fire-
proofed. Therefore, don’t buy an Incubator without a label.

Buy the Incubator that has stood the test of
hatching year after year and is acknowledged to
be the best by the most successful poultrymen —
those who have made money in the business.

Cyphers Incubators are used by more govern-
ment experiment stations; large practical poul-
try plants; leading fanciers and exhibitors, and
large successful duck farms then all other makes
combined.

SIZES AND PRICES.

No.

0 — Holds

70

Eggs. .

No.

1 — Holds

144

Eggs . .

No.

2 — Holds

244

Eggs. .

No.

3— Holds

390

Eggs . .

CYPHERS INCUBATOR
Fire Proofed -Insurable.

Jubilee Incubators

Wherever the Jubilee Incubators are known they are used, and additional Jubilees are pur-
chased to the exclusion of all others. Every Jubilee sold gives satisfaction — it gives results
greater than could be obtained with any other machine — it gives a profit where without it

there would be no profit — it gives won-
derful results under conditions that
would render many machines absolutely
worthless. They are made for all cli-
mates— they adapt themselves to all con-
ditions— they are perfect “business” ma-
chines. They are to hatch eggs, any
kind of eggs and in any climate, in any
country, whether at sea level or at an
altitude of miles. The Jubilee will al-
ways give maximum results.

SIZES AND PRICES.

108 egg Jubilee Incubator, 110 lbs. .$24.00
216-egg Jubilee Incubator, 150 lbs.. 35.00
324-egg Jubilee Inqfubator, 200 lbs. . 44.00
504-egg Jubilee Incubator, 260 lbs.. 55.00

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Buckeye incubators

For the Small Operator

BUCKEYE STYLE A — GO EGG.

Double Walls Throughout, Complete With Nursery. Guaranteed by the Manufacturers to Hatch

a Chick from Every Hatehable Egg.

Equipment. — One tank and boiler, one lamp, one burner with wick, one chimney, one ther-
mometer, one thermometer holder, one complete Buckeye regulator, one egg tester, two egg
trays and one nursery tray.

PRICES.

Style A $10.00 Weight 60 lbs. Standard “110” $17.50 Weight 125 lbs.

Style C 8.00 Weight 40 lbs. Standard “220” 27.50 Weight 190 lbs.

Standard “60” 12.00 Weight 85 lbs.

Buckeye Brooders

No. 1, Indoor, Heated $8.00 No. 6, Indoor, Bampless : . . $ 3.00

No. 2, Outdoor $10.00

Cyphers Safety Brooder Stove

The safety water pan on the Cyphers Safety Brooder
Stove holds nearly a quart of water, and extends out over
the entire surface of the oil bowl, thus placing a sheet of
cold water between the oil bowl and the flame jets. We have
sold thousands of these to persons who build home-made
brooders and they give general satisfaction. Height, 7i in.;
greatest width, 10£ in.

Price, each, $2.00.

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Cyphers Unequalled Fire-Proofed Insurable Combination
Brooders and Colony Coops for 1912

Cyphers Unequalled Brooders possess the same advantages over other makes that are pos-
sessed by their Incubators, in that they are fire-proofed and insurable. They have been severely
tested by the National Board of Fire Underwriters; have come up to their requirements; have
therefore been passed by them; and have been Granted tlie First Insurance Inspection Label
ever issued on a Brooder. Experienced poultrymen know that it is more important that a
brooder should be fire-proof than that an incubator should be. The floor is covered with straw
or other litter that easily catches fire. The machine is used outdoors and requires more heat to
bring it to the proper temperature — a larger flame than an incubator. These conditions made it
much more difficult to comply with the Insurance Company’s requirements; but after years ot
effort and experimenting the Cyphers Company has accomplished it; has complied with the new)
rules; has had its broders inspected and passed; and in addition Has Constructed a Better Line of
Brooders than has Ever Before Been Placed Upon the Market. It has often been said by users
of Cyphers Brooders that

They Mother the Chicks better than a Hen

Cyphers Brooders are all Self-Regulating and Self-Ventilating. The Outdoor Brooders are
also usable as Colony Coops for the growing Chicks. They are easily converted into Colony
Coops by simply taking out the hover, which is made removable for that purpose. This double

use of the brooder means a considerable saving of money.

CYPHERS STYLE B OUTDOOR BROODER.

Fire-Proofed — Insurable.

It makes a safe and comfortable enclosure for the young chicks at night, and saves the buy-
ing of a coop for them. These outdoor brooders can also be used indoors, although we have-
a special brooder for indoor purposes. . „ . .. „

A second great advantage possessed by the Cyphers line of Brooders is their self-Regulating
feature. It Automatically regulates the heat in the brooder at all times, whereas m brooders
without the regulator the heat has to be governed by a continuous watching of the lamp, ana
turning it up or down whenever more or less heat is required. — T . , a _

For Your Own Sake, for your Own Safety when Buying a Brooder ask — Is it Insurable. Doeai
It Bear the Insurance Label?

SIZES AND PRICES.

Cyphers Fire-Proofed Brooders.

Style “A” Outdoor Brooder, 75 Chicks-.

Style “B” Outdoor Brooder, 100 Chicks

Style “C” Outdoor Brooder, 100 Chicks

Style “D” Indoor Brooder, 75 Chicks

$16.00

110-00

22.50

14.50-

Cyphers Adaptable Hover

Cyphers Adaptable Hover is Self-Ven-
tilating and Self-Regulating — used in all
Cyphers Brooders, also intended to be
used as a brooding device in colony
coops, in portable houses, and in home-
made brooders such as goods boxes, pi-
ano boxes or organ cases, and can be
adapted to other makes of brooders,
provided they are 26 inches high and of
fairly large dimensions otherwise.

The Adaptable Hover is especially rec-
ommended for use in continuous brood-
ing houses, containing pens or chick run-
ways side by side.

The price of Cyphers Adaptable Hover
is $10.00.

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Chick Food

A Complete and Scientifically Compounded
Food for Young Chicks

Chick Food is a mixture of many different grains and seeds, so proportioned to the needs of
the growing chick that it will be fully nourished. By the term “fully nourished” we mean a great
deal. Most feeding stuffs contain too much fat-forming and not enough flesh-and-muscle-form-
ing elements; in consequence the chick develops indigestion and diarrhoea, which ultimately
means no digestion at all, and the chick soon starves to death. Or, if partially nourished, leg
weakness develops and the chick drags out a miserable existence.

In compounding Chick Food, the protein or flesh-and-muscle-forming element, is maintained
high, the carbohydrate heat-producing and the fat-forming elements are reduced to their proper
proportion, and the ash or mineral elements are in sufficient amount to supply the needs of the
rapidly growing bird.

Price: 50-lb. bag $1.00; 100-lb. bag $3.00.

Developing Food

Invaluable for Hastening the Growth of Young Stock

Developing food is a special food intended for properly maturing young chicks after they
are ready to be weaned from Chick Food, and to carry them along to the age when it is desir-
able to place before them the larger whole grains. When the chicks are from six to eight weeks
old they are able to eat and exhibit a preference for larger particles of grain than found in our
Chick Food.

Price: 50-lb. bag $1.60; 100-lb. bag $3.00.

Laying Food

A Balanced Ration, Ready Mixed for the Daily Mash

Laying Food is a palatable and highly nutritious balanced ration, ready for making the
daily mash. It is ready mixed with every ingredient necessary for layers. Mash foods should
be accompanied by a food that will promote exercise, for which purpose we recommend that
Scratching Food be scattered in litter.

Price: 50-lb. bag $1.60; 100-lb. bag $3.00.

Scratching Food

An Ideal Dry-Grain Mixture — Affords Variety, Promotes Exercise

If we were to feed laying stock entirely on mash, or even on grain food in bulk, without
the use of litter, this practice would cause inactivity and soon result in over-fat fowls that
would not lay. Exercise is necessary to produce good digestion, maintain health and insure a
heavy egg yield. Remember, too, that breeding fowls cannot be kept vigorous and strong by
any method that does not require exercise, and plenty of it. In compounding our Scratching
Food, it is our aim to produce a properly balanced ration that will aid the mash food in pro-
ducing healthy birds and a large supply of properly-sized, well-fertilized eggs.

Scratching Food should be scattered in the litter the first thing in the morning and at noon.
Late in the afternoon feed all the mash food they will eat up clean.

Price: 50-lb. bag $1.60; 100-lb. bag $3.00.

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Purity Beef Scraps

Conceded to be the

Greatest Chick Grower and Egg Producer

on Earth

Will keep your Fowls Healthy

Beef Scraps, if properly prepared, are a wonderful food for laying- hens, and a wonderful
ehick grower. It requires a remarkable equipment to make good Beef Scraps, and there are
but a few factories which turn out a good product. The Purity Brand is sweet, clean and very
nutritious, and will keep indefinitely.

Pound, 5c; 50 lbs., $2.40; 100 lbs., $4.75.

Purity Blood Meal

If you want winter eggs, Blood Meal will bring them — in fact, keeps them busy all the
year round.

Makes the plumage bright and glossy and is particularly beneficial during the, moulting
season.

Blood Meal contains no ground bone or other cheap adulterations of any kind. It has less
than five per cent Of moisture, and is the only perfectly dry poultry food made. Should never
be fed without mixing with other food in proportion of 1 to 15 parts of meal or shorts.

Lb. 8c; 50 lbs. $2.85; 100 lbs. $5.50.

Purity Meat Meal

This food is made from pure, sweet meat, blood and the liquor from cooking. It is rich m
albumen and protein, and is a nitrogenous food of great egg-producing value.

Pound 5c; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.75.

Purity Ground Bone

Bone is also a good egg producer, but it is not as valuable for this purpose as beef scraps
or meat meal, as it does not contain so much protein. The impression prevails in many quarters
that the bone must be fresh or green to be of value as a food. This is not the case. The fresh
bone contains about 40 per cent water, 12 per cent grease, or 52 per cent of matter which your
fowls do not need or care for, and which also taxes the digestive organs unnecessarily.

Our Bone is made from fresh green bones from which the moisture and grease have been
taken, leaving nothing but the phosphates, lime and protein. These are the only food prop-
erties of bone, green or dry, so when you buy our bone you get it without paying freight on
moisture or grease.

Pound 5c; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.75.

Crushed Oyster Shells

Every pound of Oyster Shells offered by us is dried by a patent hot-air process and not by
direct fire, which burns out some of the most desirable qualities.

It is needless for us to enlarge upon the value of Crushed. Oyster shells for poultry. Every
poultryman realizes their importance as an egg-shell maker and general promoter of good health.

Pound 2gc; 50 lbs. 85c; 100 lbs. $1.50.

Poultry Grit

It is highly essential that poultry be given a plentiful supply of good, clean, sharp, and
lasting Grit. Fowls cannot be healthy if grit is denied them. Our Grit is made in three sizes —
Fine for Chicks, Medium for Fowls half groun, and Coarse for Grown Fowls, Turkeys, etc.

Put up in burlap sacks. State the size Grit required when ordering. All sizes are the same
price and the same in quality.

Pound 2£c; 50 lbs. 85c; 100 lbs. $1.50.

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Alfalfa Meal

A “GREEN” FOOD THAT AIDS DIGESTION AND ASSISTS IN THE ASSIMILATION OF GRAIN
FOODS, THEREBY GIVING BETTER RESULTS AT LOWER COST.

The value of alfalfa meal as a portion of the regular diet of fowls can hardly be over-esti-
mated. Its value has long been recognized by poultrymen, and it stands pre-eminent among the
grasses as a source of protein, lime and mineral salts in soluble and digestible form; in fact,
there is no grass, either green or dry, that approaches it in these particulars. The full feed-
ing value of the grain food is better obtained with the aid of alfalfa. Therefore, it is best to
feed it daily. Alfalfa meal insures a larger percentage of fertile eggs, and adds to the lustre of
plumage. When to be used with the mash, alfalfa meal is mixed dry with the other foods, then
scalded or boiled with them, as the poultryman desires. When fed alone it should be scalded
and left in a trough for the fowls to eat at will.

Put up in 100 pound bags, $1.35 each.

Poultry Charcoal

No poultryman can afford to be without charcoal, and a little of it goes a long way. It
aids digestion and promotes the health of the poultry of all ages. Our Charcoal is absolutely
pure, and is prepared expressly for poultry. It differs widely from the ordinary commercial
charcoal offered to poultrymen. It is different in size, differently screened and packed, and does
not carry large quantities of useless dust. It is different in grade and always uniform. Our
charcoal is prepared in three sizes: Powdered for use in mash mixtures; medium, or chick size,
for small, newly-hatched to half-grown chicks; coarse, for grown fowls.

Put up in 2-lb. paper cartons, 15c each; if postpaid, 50c each. Also packed in 50-lb bags,
$2.00 per bag; $3.75 per 100 lbs. «

Vogeler’s Egg Food

FOR ALL VARIETIES OF POULTRY, LAYING FOWLS, YOUNG CHICKS, DUCKS, GEESE AND
TURKEYS. WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LAY WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS.

IT KEEPS FOWLS IN BEST CONDITION AND MAKES POULTRY THE
MOST PROFITABLE STOCK ON THE FARM.

It is estimated that one-half the chicks and turkeys annually hatched die before reaching
maturity. When Vogeler’s Egg Food is fed according to directions, sick and drooping chicks
will never be seen. It supplies all the needed material for forming bone, muscle and feathers,
and by its gentle tonic effect strengthens the digestive organs and lays the foundation for vig-
orous, healthy, and therefore profitable fowls.

Price, 25c per package; postpaid, 60c.

poultry

•TRADEMARK REGISTERED-

Pratt’s Poultry Regulator

It positively cures and prevents chicken cholera, roup,
and all diseases.

It makes young chickens grow quickly and profitably.

It will increase the quantity of eggs.

It will make turkeys, ducks, geese and pigeons thrive.

It will help moulting fowls and make them lay sooner.

Feed it to the worst run-down fowl in your flock; the
result will more than please you.

Try it; if not on all your chickens, separate a few, and
the astonishing results will make it profitable to use al-
ways.

PRICES.

26-ox. package $0.25

4-lb. package 50

9-lb. package 1*00

12-lb. pail 1.25

25-lb. pail 2.50

Conkey’s Laying Tonic

In order for the hen to lay the greatest number of eggs, her health
must be in perfect condition and the egg-producing organs kept free from
irritation and disease. There have been put \ipon the market many so-
called egg producers which are irritants in themselves, while others are
simply frauds, producing no effect whatever, and having no value except,
perhaps, as foods for which you are paying ridiculous prices.

Don’t confuse this with cheaper preparations, or with those which may
have disappointed you. ConkejN Laying Tonic will insure strength in cocks,
more eggs and more fertile ones from hens, and rapid growth and vigorous
life in little chicks. Conkey’s Laying Tonic should never be fed alone; it is
a strong medicine and must be mixed with food as directed.

Prices, l£-lb. pkg., 25c; 31-lb. pgk., 50c; 7-lb. pkg., $1.00; 25-lb. pail, $3.

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Conkey’s Roup Remedy

Roup is the most dreaded and fatal disease of the poultry-
yard.

The primary cause is a cold, which may be contracted in
various ways, such as exposure to cold rains, drafts, sudden
changes in temperature, damp houses, etc.

THE SYMPTOMS.

Sneezing, followed by wheezy, difficult breathing. Dis-
charge from the nostrils, which quickly hardens and becomes
cheesy-looking; rattling in throat; fever and discoloration of
the comb.

Conkey’s Roup Remedy is the only preparation that will
absolutely and positively cure Roup in all its forms.

It not only cures, but will prevent colds and roup. It is
used successfully on turkeys, and is unequaled for canker in
pigeons.

Easily Administered. Simply put it in the drinking water
and the fowl takes its own medicine.

One 50c package makes 25 gallons of medicine; $1.00
package, 75 gallons of medicine. Sent postpaid.

Conkey’s Cholera Remedy

Chicken cholera is much the same as the disease that attacks the human. It usually comes
from the drinking of stagnant and foul water, and it can be brought into a flock by a bird al-
ready contaminated.

Conkey’s Cholera Remedy is given in the drinking water, and one package will make 11
gallons of medicine. It is almost tasteless and has a cooling effect on the hot and inflamed mem-
branes, and quickly reduces the fever throughought the bird’s system. It is not only a specific
for cholera, but will relieve indigestion, constipation and diarrhoea.

Price, 50c per box; if postpaid, 55c.

CONQUERS ROUP

Conkey’s Head Lice Ointment

Thousands of little chicks are killed each year by head lice — the largest blood-sucking louse
that infests poultry. Head lice cause more loss of chicks than all other causes combined, both
directly and by weakening the chick’s health and affording opportunity for other troubles.
Conkey’s Head Lice Ointment is a carefully prepared, non-poisonous article with an agreeable
odor, and is instant death to the murderous lice while absolutely harmless to the little chicks.
It is unexcelled for killing lice on little children. There is no practical way of killing head lice
except with an application of ointment, and this is the best manufactured. It will pay for itself
in saving one chick.

Price, 15c postpaid.

Conkey’s Scaly Leg Remedy

Scaly Leg is a parasite disease — the parasites burrowing under the scales
of the legs and feet. It is not fatal, but it ruins the appearance of
the birds and also saps their vitality and usefulness. This remedy, which is
a combination wash and ointment, comes in one package and is guaranteed to
cure. It is also excellent as a dressing for the feet and legs of show birds, in-
creasing their “point” value, and putting them in the very best possible condi-
tion as prize winners.

Prices, 50c, or 55c, postpaid.

Conkey’s White Diarrhoea Remedy

This is one of the greatest aids to the poultryman of any known remedy
put out. From 60 to 75 per cent of chicks attacked died from this disease be-
fore this remedy was discovered, and poultrymen are rejoiced to find that this
remedy is saving them. Price, 50c postpaid.

Conkey’s Fly Knocker— The animal’s friend

Scientists have actually proved that many mfectious and dangerous diseases are communi-
cated by flies and other insects. They are the winged chariots which carry the germs and
enable them to infect man, beast and fowl. Not only do they spread the germs but they are
a menace and an annoyance to the peace and health of your stock. From the time that the flies
first put in an appearance in the spring until late in the fall, they worry and torment the
stock, keeping them irritated and causing them to lose
flesh, which is replaced only after loss of time and
much extra feeding.

Positively kills every fly it hits and keeps others
from alighting on your horses or cows. It clears your
stock of the pests and promotes their comfort and
usefulness. It will rid your stables of flies and will
give the tails a rest. It is positively harmless and will
not taint the milk. If used on stock in summer it will
prevent lice and grub in the winter. Sprayed on your
horses before going for a drive, it will keep the flies
away and prevent the fretting so wearing to a ner-
vous animal. One ounce of the liquid will spray two
animals. It is especially valuable to farmers, dairy-
men, stablemen and horse shoers. Once tried,
will not be without it.

you

One qt. 50c;
sent by mail.)

i gal. 75c; 1 gal. $1.25. (Cannot be

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Vogeler’s Lice Killer

Vogeler’s Lice Killer is a liquid preparation for destroying insects on chickens, hogs and
other stock. It was especially designed for killing lice and mites on chickens and hogs with-
out the necessity of handling, dipping, dusting or greasing the fowls or animals.

It is strong, very strong, and in its strength is its great value, its economy of labor and
thoroughness of results. It is perfectly safe to use as directed, but must be used with caution
about young chicks, and must not be applied direct to the bodies of fowls or animals.

Prices: By express or freight, 1 qt. can, $35c; S-gal. can, 60c; 1 gal. can, $1.00; 5-gal. wood
jacket can, $4.00.

A handy, convenient and economical way to apply Vogeler’s Lice Killer is by using the As-
pinwall Sprayer. It is strong, durable and the best pump on the market for the price.

Conkey’s Nox-i-cide

This is the poultryman’s best friend. The majority of dangerous
poultry diseases may be traced to the presence of germs which thrive
in filth and uncleanliness. Conkey’s Nox-i-cide is a soluble disinfectant,
deodorant and germ destroyer. It mixes with water, in correct propor-
tion for using, one gallon making 101 gallons of ready-to-use liquid. It
is the cheapest and most effective article of its kind ever put out. For
poultry it is an unexcelled article for cleaning and purifying the houses,
runs, brooders, founts and utensils. For household use it is of wonderful
value in almost every department. It is unequalled for the sick room,
and for purifying everything about the house, barns and outhouses.

It is excellent for all live stock and is a high-grade sheep dip. It
cures cuts, galls, scratches, thrush, cracks, fissures, etc. It is an ideal stable
disinfectant as it removes odors, prevents flies from breeding, and sweet-
ens and purifies everything it touches. It is excellent for the kennels.
It cures eczema and skin diseases generally even for humanity. There is
hardly a place in all domestic economy where Nox-i-cide will ever be
dispensed with after it has once been tried.

Prices: 1 pt. 35c; 1 qt. 60c. By Express or Freight only.

Zenoleum

A Carbolic, Cresol, Coal-Tar Preparation. A disinfectant that won’t poison, won’t explode,
won’t burn. Destroys lice and mites and prevents the spreading of infectious diseases. Use
Zenoleum in the incubator and get hen-hatched conditions. Dip the eggs in Zenoleum and pre-
vent white diarrhoea. The biggest breeders in the world have adopted Zenoleum for these pur-
poses and recommend its use to You.

8-oz. can, 25c; qt. can, 50c; a gal. can, 90c; 1 gal. can, $1.50.

(Sent only by express or freight.)

Lice Powder

This Lice Dust or Powder is especially compounded for this purpose. It is composed of es-
pecially selected ingredients ground to a very fine dust, so that when applied it comes in contact
with every portion of the skin to which it is applied, and instantly chokes and kills the lice.

Lice Powder is put up in pasteboard cartons.

Price, 25c per package. By mail, 50c.

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Dry Food Hopper

Dry feeding has become very popular. It has proved to be a
satisfactory, economical and labor-saving method of feeding poul-
try. This hopper is Well made of heavy galvanized iron and with,
ordinary care should last a lifetime. Superior in every way to a.
wooden hopper. The wooden hopper attracts dampness and mold,,
which are always undesirable. This Hopper has a hinged lid which
protects the grain supply from dust, and being made of metal it
affords freedom from dampness and mold. For dry feeding both
hard grain mixtures and dry mash, this hopper is superior. These-
hoppers have two compartments, one for dry mash or mixed grain,,
holding about six quarts, the other for either grain or beef scrap,
holding about three quarts. We recommend this hopper for all*
who desire to practice dry feeding or who wish to give the birds a.
chance to balance their own ration. Top' of box has sharp pitch,
or angle, so birds cannot roost on it. Quality considered, the price*
is very low.

Price, each, 80c.

Grit and Shell Box

No poultryman can really afford to be without this handy labor-saving
device. This box or hopper is well made of heavy galvanized iron and will
last for years with reasonable care. It has three compartments, and may
be used for feeding grit, oyster shell and charcoal; or grit, shell and granu-
lated bone. It feeds automatically and prevents waste. With this self-feed-
ing box hung up on the side walls of the pen, the birds can help themselves
at all times and the supply is kept clean. Top has hinged lid and slants to
prevent birds roosting on box.

Price, each 60c.

Galvanized Iron Drinking Fountains

The water supply is often the medium that conveys contagious dis-
ease from one fowl to another. In the drinking vessel it comes in contact
with and is infected by the discharge from the nostrils of roupy fowls
and those having canker and chicken pox, and other head and throat dis-
eases. It is essential, therefore, that the drinking fountain shall be not
only a suitable vessel for holding water, but it should also be easy to
clean, and of such material and construction that it may be easily kept
clean. These fountains are made of heavy galvanized iron, all seams
being carefully turned and soldered. They are so formed that in freez-
ing weather the pressure of ice inside will not split the seams. Prices:

Small size, 1-quart (for chicks) 25 cents

Medium size, 2-quart (for growing chicks or ducklings) 35 cents

Larze size, 3^ quarts (for fowls) 45 cents

Special duck size, 2 gallons 65 cents

Wall Fountains

These fountains are something new and extra serviceable in the way
of poultry fountains. One side of the back is flattened so that it can be
hung on the wall of a building, or against an upright post or board at
any height. A galvanized iron hood projects over the water trough and
protects the water from becoming soiled. These fountains are equally
serviceable for young chicks or adult fowls and are especially useful
for pigeons. They are made of the best galvanized iron and guaranteed
to last many years with proper treatment.

Prices:. One-quart size, 35c each; one-gallon size, 60c each.

Sanitary Chick Servers

For Supplying Food and Water to Small Chicks. Many Thousands of Them in Use.

The type of Sanitary Chick Server illustrated herewith is used ex-
tensively by experienced, successful poultrymen as a food and water dish
for little chickens on range and confined in brooders, brooding houses,
etc. This Server consists of two parts and is separable, making it con-
venient in use, easy to clean and therefore sanitary. We recommend this-
Chick Server for use in feeding small chicks, also in supplying water for-
them to drink.

One size only, 35c each.

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Feed Trough

This Feed Trough is a most desirable
appliance for use on the poultry plant.

Easy to fill; economizing labor; saving
time. Made in three sizes suitable for
all ages and all kinds of poultry. Small
size, 5^x24 inches, 1 inch deep, with
rounded edge; suitable for feeding or
watering small chicks. Medium size,

6x24 inches, 2 inches deep, with smooth
lip edge; suitable for feeding or water-
ing growing chicks or ducklings. Large size, 8^x29^ inches, 3 inches deep, for feeding and
watering adult poultry of all kinds. The trough consists of a heavy galvanized iron pan with
an adjustable wire netting top. This top protects the grain mitxure, or dry mash, from waste
and is more effective than any other similar feed trough. We highly recommend them for
feeding poultry of all sizes and ages. Being low and flat a large numb.er of birds can feed at
one time without crowding. The price is very tow, considering capacity and value. Once used
you will prefer them to all other feeding troughs offered.

Prices: Small size, 60c each; medium size, 85c each; large size, $1.00 each.

Cyphers Perfect Marker

This punch is so simple in construction that it will appeal
to all as a practical tool. Cyphers Perfect Marker is made
especially for the work of marking chicks. It makes a good
clean cut, and does not mutilate tne web, as do many cheaper
punches. These punches are made expressly for us, and we
guarantee them to meet all requirements. Price, each, 50c.

Standard Egg Tester

A standard tester is shipped free with each machine. This tester gives
a strong, reflected light, and when used in a dark room illuminates the in-
terior of the egg sufficiently for practical work. Price 25c$ by mail, 35c.

Porcelain Nest Eggs

This article does not need any description, as it is well known to all
who keep poultry. They are made of a good quality of flint glass and will
last indefinitely. Price, two for 5c; per dozen, 25c.

Sefton Live Chick Box

Made from the same grade of corrugated t>aper as
the Eyrie Coop body and the Egg Boxes. For ship-
ment it is folded flat, but can be easily set up and
made ready for use. Dead air cells in the paper pro-
tect the tender chicks. Made to hold 25, 50 and 100
chicks. Each box is divided into compartments that
will hold about 25 chicks. As this box is so much
lighter than a wood box in many instances the amount
saved in express charges alone will pay for the box.
There is money in shipping live chicks. Get in a ship-
ment of our Live Chick Boxes, start your incubator
and keep it running.

25-chick size. 20c each; 50-chick size, 30c each;
100-chick size, 50c each.

Paper Egg Boxes

Just the Thing for Your Family Egg Trade.

These boxes are intended for use in delivering eggs to
private families. They are exceedingly neat in appearance
and go a great way toward making satisfied customers. They
ship “knocked down,” can easily be set up and sent by ex-
press or freight at very low rates. The customer, after
using contents, can take them apart and return them.

Prices: 1 doz. size, per doz. 20c; per 100 $1.15; per 1,000
$10.00. By mail, postpaid, 45c per doz.

Eyrie Egg Boxes

“The Eyrie Egg Box” is made for the purpose of shipping settings of high class eggs, and
is made from jute board, lined throughout and partitioned with double-faced corrugated paper,
which incloses the eggs in a dead air space, effectually protecting them from sudden changes of
temperature. The cushioning effect of corrugated paper affords ample protection, and the par-
titions allow of a change in position of the germ. The handle is a very important feature. It
serves to prevent the express agent- from taking hold of the body of the box and pitching it
around, since he will naturally take hold of the handle and pass it on. It further prevents the
placing of other express packages on top of the box. The automatic locking of the box is ac-
complished by the insertion of a notched handle in two holes at the ends of the box, the tongue
on the handle slipping into the metal catch, which holds it firmly. To open the box it is neces-
sary to cut off thp lipnrHe. Prices: No. 1 (holds 15 eggs), 20c; No. 2 (holds 30 eggs), 30c.

Pettey’s Poultry Punch

All steel.

Nickel plated.
Punches clean.

Hole is right size.
Will not bruise the
foot.

25c each.

92

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High Grade Tested Thermometers

The best incubator or brooder manufactured is use-
less unless the thermometer used therein is accurate.
Hundreds of hatches in incubators fail because of in-
ferior thermometers, and large numbers of chickens
are killed in brooders owing to defective or worthless
thermometers. The operator, to be successful, must
know the exact temperature in the egg chamber of the
incubator, and be sure that the chickens in his brooder
have the proper amount of heat. The thermometers
here listed are manufactured especially for us, and are
thoroughly tested before they are shipped.

Prices: Incubator Thermometers, each, 70e; postpaid,
75. Brooder Thermometers, each 70e, postpaid, 75c.

INCUBATOR THERMOMETER

Incubator Hygrometers

Millions of chicks die in the shell every year, for
the want of proper moisture conditions. The impor-
tance of a correct percentage of moisture during in-
cubation has made the Incubator Hygrometer as nec-
essary as the Incubator Thermometer. Neither takes
the place of the other, but together they give the
practical poultry raiser all the facts required for suc-
cessfully regulating the heat and moisture of an in-
cubator.

The Incubator Hygrometer is not a regulator of
moisture, but in conjunction with the Incubator Ther-
mometer is an indicator of moisture present in the
incubator, showing exactly what the conditions are, so
that if not correct, they may be made so.

. $1.50 eacl

INCUBATOR HYGROMETER. Extra wi

Improved Champion Leg Bands

The oldest and most popular Band on the market.
This Band is made in one piece, adjustable to fit any
fowl. They will stay where you put them. Held by
double lock it is impossible for them to lose off. Made
of aluminum.

Price, 12, 15c; 25, 30c; 50, 50c; 100, 80c.

Improved Smith Sealed Leg Bands

Smith’s Sealed Leg Bands never come off when once
fastened on, and can never be taken off without de-
stroying the band. These bands are numbered in let-
tered series of A1 to AlO.OOO, B1 to BIO, 000, etc. No
duplicate numbers are ever made.

Order by Number. — No. 1 bantams and small Medi-
terranean females, etc.; No. 2, ordinary Mediterranean
and Pit Game females, etc.; No. 3 Mediterranean males, American females, pit game males and
French females; No. 4, American males, medium Asiatic females, turkey hens, etc.; No. 5, ordi-
nary large* Asiatics and Tom Turks, etc.; No. 6, extra large Asiatics and very large Tom Turks,
etc. Prices: 12, 30c; 25, 50c; 60, $1.00; 100, $1.50. Sealer for sealing bands, plain, 50c.

CLIMAX BANDS-The “Stay-On” Kind

These bands have been on the market for years, and have proved a
most satisfatcory device for marking poultry. They are especially de-
sirable for marking birds with feathered legs, and are neat, simple and
easy to put on, and absolutely secure if properly applied.

Rings are made of spring brass and the tags of aluminum. They are
numbered only from 1 to 100, except on special order.

Prices: Per doz., 15c; per 25, 30c; per 50, 50c; per 100, 80c.

OPEN PIGEON BANDS

For Pigeons or Small Chicks. Made of aluminum, and can be opened or
closed sufficiently to fit any sized pigeon or small chick. Best band on the
market to use on little chicks until they are old enough to wear larger
bands.

Prices: 12 for 15c; 25 for 25e; 50 for 40e; 100 for «5e.

VOGELER SEED COMPANY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE

96

No. 1 CYCLONE

The Best and most Effective Hand Sprayer on the Market

A NECESSITY IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD. INVALUABLE FOR APPLYING LIQUID LICE KILLER.

. Great advantage is derived by the use of these sprayers in exterminating Potato Bugs, To-
bacco, Tomato, Cabbage and Currant Worms, and all Plant Insects. Also in killing Lice and
Mites in poultry houses.

They are used effectively on Horses, Cattle, and Swine, and for spraying Clothes, Carpets,
Cigar Wrappers, etc.

Price: 60c each. By mail, 85c postpaid.

LITTLE A SPIN WALL SPRAYERS, 50c each. By mail, postpaid, 70c.

The Standard Spray Pump

“THE BEST AND MOST POWERFUL PIECE OF LOW-PRICED SPRAYING APPARATUS ON

THE MARKET TODAY.

The Sandard is not a compressed-air Spray Pump. It is a very simple and powerful direct
acting force pump, so carefully designed and so accurately fitted that friction is reduced to
the minimum. Practically every ounce of force the user exerts on the plunger is available in
useful work.

Price, ^|5.50; with Knapsack, $7.50.

The Success Bucket Spray Pump

For the general requirements of spraying fruit trees and vegetables
live stock spraying, whitewashing, disinfecting, etc., this pump is unex-
celled. All working parts, including ball valves and valve seats are
made of brass; the foot-rest is malleable iron.

The brass air chamber is of ample size, affording steady pressure.
A three-foot section of hose is attached, same being portected with a
coil of brass spring wire where it connects with the pump. The “Bor-
deaux,” the best all around spraying and whitewashing nozzle on the
market is furnished without extra cost.

Price, $5.00.

94

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Mann’s Model

EASIEST TO FILL, EASIEST TO CLEAN, EASIEST
TO TURN. WARRANTED AGAINST BREAKAGE,
GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION. SIM-
PLEST IN CONSTRUCTION. NEVER GETS OUT
OF ORDER.

We confidently recommend the Mann Bone Cutter,
for we are certain that there is no better bone cutter
manufactured. It was F. W. Mann who patented and
introduced the first green-hone cutter, and he and his
machine have done more to popularize the use of
green bone in all parts of the world than all other
manufacturers of bone-cutters combined. He has-
steadily improved the cutters bearing his name until
today they are practically perfect. His latest and most
important addition to what was, apparently, a perfect
machine, is the open hopper. This invention obviates
the trouble heretofore experienced in cleaning closed-
hopped types of bone cutters.

Model No. 7 is equipped with automatic govern-
ing spring feed. Large, open-hinged cylinder, giving
instant access to all working parts. Six special knives,
^ear guard, anti-clog device. Heavy balance wheel,
with adjustable handle, besides all the best features
of the old-style machines. Weight, 107 pounds. Cyl-
inder, 7| inches in diameter, 54 inches deep. Capacity
one-half to one pound per minute.

Mann’s Clover Cutter for Poultry

Made entirely of Iron and Steel, cannot warp or shrink

This machine is designed upon strictly correct
mechanical principles, for the particular purpose of
making the knife easy to sharpen and simple to adjust
and that will not get out of order, something never be-
fore accomplished. The importance of these points can
be fully realized only when contrasted with other clo-
ver cutters, so complicated as' to require an expert to
either sharpen or adjust them. Another strong feature
of Mann’s Clover Cutter lies in the fact that it has
but one straight knife to be cared for, made of the
finest steel, securely fastened to a plate that can be
set with positive accuracy, and yet can be removed in
an instant. It cuts any kind of hay or clover, either
dry or green, and more rapidly than any other. Every
revolution of the balance wheel produces twelve cuts,
which is four times as fast as the ordinary clover cut-
ter.

It is stoutly built. The workmanship is first
class in every particular, and it will last for years
without repairs. It is not a toy or a rattletrap, but
a thoroughly practical machine offering the greatest
value for the least money. Do not buy a clover cutter
until you have seen the Mann’s.

No. 7

MANN’S BONE CUTTER NO. 7
For Flocks of 100 to 200 Hens.

Price, $16.00.

Prices on other sizes quoted on re-
quest.

Price, $13.50 each.

VOGELER SEED COMPANY’S DESCRPITIVE CATALOGUE

95

Reference Tables

Number of Plants or Trees to the Acre at Given Distances

Dis. Apart

No.

Inches

Plants

12x 1

. 522,720

12x 3

. 174,240

12x12

. 43,560

16x 1

. 392,040

18x 1

. 348,480

18x 3

. 116,160

18x12

. 29,040

18x18

19,360

20x 1

. . 313,635

20x20

15,681

24x 1

. 261,360

24x18

. 15,520

Dis. Apart No.

Inches Plants

24x24 10,890

30x 1 209,088

30x 6 34,848

30x12 17,424

30x16 13,068

30x20 10,454

30x24 8,712

30x30 6,' 970

36x 3 58,080

36x12 14,520

36x18 9,680

36x24 7,260

Dis. Apart No.

Inches Plants

36x36 4,840

42x12 12,446

42x24 6,223

42x36 4,148

48x12 10,890

48x18 7,790

48x24 5,445

48x30 4,356

48x36 3,630

48x48 2,723

60x36 2,901

60x48 2,178

Dis. Apart No.

Feet. Plants

5x 5 1,743

8x 1 5,445

8x 3 1,815

8x 8 680

lOx 1 4,356

lOx 6 726

10x10 435

12x 1 3,630

12x 5 736

12x12 302

16x 1 2,722

16x16 170

Quantity of Seed Requisite to produce a Given Number of
Plants and Sow an Acre

Artichoke, 1 oz. to 500 plants....
Asparagus, 1 oz. to 800 plants. . . .

Asparagus Roots

Barley

Beans, dwarf, 1 lb. to every 100

ft. of drill

Beans, pole, 1 lb. to 100 hills

Beet, garden, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of

drill

Beet, Mangel, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of

drill

Brocoli, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants

Broom Corn

Brussels Sprouts, 1 oz. to 5,000

plants

Buckwheat

Cabbage, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants....
Carrots, \ oz. to 10 feet of drill..
Cauliflower, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants.

Celery, 1 oz. to 15,000 plants

Chicory

Clover, Alsyke and White Dutch.

“ Alfalfa or Lucerne

“ Crimson, or Scarlet

“ Large Red and Medium..

“ Esparsette. or Sainfoin..

Collards, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants....

Corn, Pop

“ Sweet, l lb. to 100 hills

“ Jerusalem, in drills

“ Jerusalem, for Fodder

“ Field, in hills

“ Kaffir, in drills

“ Kaffir, for Fodder

Cress, 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill...

Cucumber, 1 oz. to 100 hills

Egg Plant, 1 oz. to 2,000 plants. .
Endive, h oz. to 100 feet of drill. .

Flax, broadcast

Garlic, bulbs, 1 lb. to 100 ft. of

drill

Gourd, 2 oz. to 100 hills

Grass, Kentucky Blue, for lawns.

1 lb. to 200 square ft. . . .
“ Kentucky Blue for pasture

“ Meadow Fescue, or Eng-
lish Blue

" Hungarian and Millet

“ Mixed Lawn

" Red Top, fancy, clean, solid

“ Bromus Inermis

Quantity
per acre

6 ozs.

1 lb.

1,000-7,250
100-120 lbs.

60-90 lbs.
30-40 lbs.

5 lbs.

5 lbs.

2 ozs.

6-8 lbs.

2 ozs.

25-30 lbs.

2 ozs.

21 lbs.

2\ ozs.

2 ozs.

2-4 lbs.

6-8 lbs.
20-25 lbs.
12-15 lbs.
12-15 lbs.

30 lbs.

2 ozs.

4-6 lbs.

8-10 lbs.

4-5 lbs.
40-50 lbs.
8-10 tbs.

4-5 lbs.
40-50 lbs.

12 lbs.

1-3 lbs.

4 ozs.

4 lbs.

30-40 lbs.

25-30 lbs.

20-25 lbs.
25-30 lbs.
70-80 lbs.
8-10 lbs.
25-30 lbs.

Grass, Sheep’s Fescue, Wood

Meadow

“ Italian Rye

“ English, or Perennial Rye

“ Orchard, Fowl Meadow...

“ Red Top, Chaff Seed

“ Timothy

Hemp, for Seed

Hemp, for Fibre

Horse, Radish, roots

Kale, 1 oz.. to 5,000 plants

Kohl Rabi, \ oz. to 100 ft. of drill
Leek, ^ oz. to 100 feet of drill...
Lettuce, i oz. to 100 ft. of drill..
Martynia, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill.
Melon, Musk, 1 oz. to 100 hills...
Melon, Water, 4 ozs. to 100 hills.
Nasturtium, 2 ozs. to 100 feet of

drill

Oats

Okra, 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill...
Onion Seed, l oz. to 100 ft. of drill

Onion Seed, for Sets

Onion Sets, 1 lb. to 20 ft. of drill
Parsnip, \ oz. to 100 feet of drill
Parsley, \ oz. to 100 ft. of drill..
Peas, Garden, 1 lb. to 100 ft. of

drill

Peas, Field

Pepper, 1 oz. to 1,500 plants

Potatoes, cut Tubers

Pumpkins, 3 ozs. to 100 hills

Radish, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill..

Rye

Salsify, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill. ..
Spinage, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill..

Spurry

Sugar Cane, in drills

Sugar Cane, broadcast

Savory, Summer, 1 pkt. to 100 ft.

of drill

Sunflower, Mammoth Russian . . .
Squash, Summer, 4 ozs. to 100

hills

Squash, Winter, 8 ozs. to 100 hills

Tomato, 1 oz. to 4,500 plants

Tobacco, 1 oz. to 5,000 plans . . .
Turnip, 1 oz. to 250 feet of drill. .

Vetches

Wheat

Quantity
per acre

25-30 lbs.
20-25 lbs.
20-25 lbs.
25-30 lbs.
25-40 lbs.
10-12 lbs.

5-8 lbs.

40-50 lbs.

10, 000-15,00#

2 ozs.

4 lbs.

4 lbs.

3 lbs.

5 lbs.

1- 3 lbs.

2- 4 lbs.

15 lbs.

60-75 lbs.

8 lbs.

4- 5 lbs.

40-50 lbs.
250-300 lbs.
3 lbs.

3 lbs.

60-90 lbs.
100-120 lbs.
3 ozs.

400-600 lbs.
2-4 lbs.

10-12 lbs.
80-100 lbs.

8 lbs.

8 lbs.

15 lbs.

5- 6 lbs.

40-50 lbs.

1 lb.

8 lbs.

2 lbs.

2 lbs.

1 oz.

2 ozs.

1-3 lbs.
100-120 lbs.
60-80 lbs.

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Number of Pounds to the Bushel Legal Weight in Different States

ARTICLES

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Massachusetts [

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Vermont

Virginia

Wisconsin |

Apples, Green

50

48

24
60
48
46
60
60
20
46
52
60

55
22
80
40
60

25
70

56
48
50
33

56
48
14
50
14
14
45
44
50
30
60
38
30
40
60
32

57

32
28

33

55
60
40
48
60
60

56
32
22
60
70
60

55
60
80

56
50
56

1

1

57

Apples, Ripe

48

22

Apples, Dried

24

24

25

24

24

24

28

24

25

22

26

26

28

28

Apricots

Barley

48

50

48

47

48

46

60

48

46

60

48

4 7

48

48

48

46

60

48

48

46

60

48

60

48

60

48

46

62

48

48

46

60

56

20

50

50

47

48

48

48

48

48

48

46

60

50

20

46

50

Beans, Castor

Beans, White

60

60

60

60

60

64

••

60

60

60

60

60

Beets

Bran

20

46

50

20

46

52

20

46

48

60

42

20

46

52

50

20

46

48

50

Broom Corn Seed

Buckwheat

52

40

48

52

50

55

48

48

48

56

50

46

52

Canary Seed

Carrots

50

22

60

50

50

22

Charcoal .

22

80

38

60

22

22

80

••

22

Coal, Anthracite

80

80

80

76

80

40

60

80

Coke

Clover Seed

60

70

52

56

50

60

70

56

48

60

60

60

25

70

56

50

50

40

56

50

14

50

14

14

45

60

60

64

60

64

62

60

60

60

60

Clover, Esparsette

Corn, on the cob

68

56

50

70

56

70

56

50

70

55

50

56

50

56

50

70

60

50

56

56

50

70

56

50

72

56

50

52

70

56

50

70

56

Corn, Shelled

56

56

56

50

56

56

54

46

Corn Meal

50

Corn, Jerusalem and Kaffir. . .

Cranberries

33

56

ii

50

14

14

45

44

Flaxseed

56

56

56

48

14

48

14

14

45

44

54

14

56

14

44

56

48

14

50

14

14

45

55

55

48

15

56

50

50

14

14

45

54

ii

56

i4

56

1.4

56

48

50

Grass Seeds, Hungarian

Grass Seed, Kentucky Blue. . . .
Grass Seed, Millet

14

14

Grass Seed, Orchard

44

14

14

44

44

Grass Seed, Red Top, Chaff Seed
Grass Seed, Timothy

14

45

44

45

45

45

44

45

44

45

45

45

Hemp Seed

Hickory Nuts

Lime, Unslacked

Lupins, Field

Malt, Barley

38

30

40

36

38

38

34

34

34

Middlings, Coarse

Middlings. Fine

Nectarines

Oats

32

57

32

32

50

32

57

32

48

32

57

32

57

32

57

30

52

32

52

32

54

32

32

57

32

30

57

32

32

32

50

32

32

50

32

57

32

56

32

52

32

57

32

50

Onions

Onions, Sets

Onions, Top Sets

28

28

28

28

28

25

28

Osage Orange

Parsnips

55

54

Peaches

Peaches, Dried Pared

33

33

28

33

32

32

28

Peach Pits

Pears

Peas, Smooth, Dried

60

56

60

56

1 • •

60

56

60

56

60

56

60

56

60

56

Pea.s, Wrinkled. Dried

Peas in Pods Green

Peanuts

Plums

Pop Corn ...

70

60

56

Potatoes, Irish

60

50

60

60

55

60

56

60

50

60

55

60

60

56

60

56

60

60

56

60

60

54

60

55

60

50

56

60

60

50

60

50

60

60

56

60

55

Potatoes, Sweet

Prun es

Qu ickl ime

80

,

80

80

80

80

80

Qnin ces ....

Rape

Rye '.....

56

54

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

Sugar Cane Seed

150

24

60

155

160

160

Sunflower Seed

Tomatoes

Turnips

50

55

55 60

50

58

50

60

55

56

Vetches or Tares

. j

. .

Wheat

60

!

60

60

60

60160

60|60

60

60

60|60|60

6 0 1 6 0

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

till!

1

Foreign Names of Vegetables and Herbs

ENGLISH.

GERMAN

FRENCH

SPANISH

ITALIAN

DUTCH

Anise

. Anis, Gruner Anis Anis

. Anis, Matalahuga

. Aniso, Anacio . .

. Anijs.

Artichoke

. .Artischoke

. Artichaut

. Aicachola

• Articiocca

. Artisjok.

Asparagus ....

. . Spargel

. Asperge

. Esparrago

. Sparagio

. Asperge

Balm

. Citronen-Melisse

Melisse citronella

. Toronji, Citronella Melissa

. Citroen-Millisse.

Basil

. . Basilikum

. Basilic grand . . .

.Albaca

.Basilico

. Basilicum.

Beans

. .Bohnen

.Haricots

. Habichuela ....

. Fagiuoli

. Boonen.

Beets

. Rube

. Betterave

. Remolacha

. Barbabietola . . . ,

. Bieten.

Borage

. . Boretsch

.Bourrache

.Borraja

. Boragine

. Bernagie.

Brocoli

. . Spargelkohl . . . .

. Chou Brocoli . . . .

, Broculi

. Brocoli

. Broccoli.

Brussels Sprouts

. . Rosenkohl

. Chou de Bruxelles

. Bretones de

Cavolo di Brus-

Spruitkool.

Bruselas

selles

Cabbage

. Kopfkohl. Kraut

. Chou pomme . . .

. Col repello

.Cavolo cappuccio

. Sluitkool.

Cabbage, Savoy.

. . Wirsing

.Chou de Milan..

. Col de Milan . . .

. Cavolo di Milano

. Savooiekool.

Caraway

. Feld-Kummel

. Cumin des pres . .

Comino

. Carvi

Karwij.

Carrot

. Carotten, Mohren Carotte

, Zanahoria

. Carota

. Wortelen.

Cauliflower ...

. . Blumenkohl . . . .

.Chou-fleur

. Coliflor

. Cavoloflore

. Bloemkool.

Celery

. Celeri

. Apio

•Sedano

. Selderij.

Celeriac

. . Knoil-Sellerie . .

. Celeri-rave

.Apio-nabo

. Sedano rapa . . . .

. Knolselderij.

Chervil

. Kerbel

.Cerfeuil

.Perifollo

.Cer oglio

. Kervel.

Chicory

. Cichiorienwurzel

Chicoree sauvage

. Achicoria

.Cicoria selvatica

. Suikerij.

Coriander

. Coriander

. Coriandre

. Culantro

.Coriandorlo

Koriander.

Corn Salad

. Feldsalat

, Mache

Canonigos

. Valeriana

. Veldsla.

Corn

. .Mais

.Mais

. Matz

. Mais

. Mais.

Cress

. Garten-Kresse

, Cresson aleonis .

. Mastuerzo

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. Tuinkers.

Cress, Water . .

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Cresson d’fontaine Berro

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Waterkers.

acquatico

Cucumber

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Concombre

Juhombro

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Dandelion

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Dill

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. Aneth

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.Aneto

Dille.

Egg Plant

. Eierpflanze

. Aubergine

Berengena

, Petonciano

. Malanzaan plant.

Endive

, . Endivien

.Chicoree Endive

. Endivia

. Indivia

. Andijvie.

Fennel

, . Fenchel

Fenouil

Hinojo

. Finocchio

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Garlic

. Knoblauch

Ail

. Ajo

.Aglio

Knoflook.

Horse Radish . . . .

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.Raifort Sauvage.

. Faramago

.Rafano

Peperwortel.

Hyssop

. Isop

Hyssope

. Hisopo

Issopo

. Hysop.

Kale

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Breton, Berza . .

. Cavolo verde . . .

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Kohl Rabi

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. Cavolo rapa ....

. Koolrabi.

Lavender

.Lavendel

. Lavende

. Espliego

.Lavenda

. Lavendel.

Leek

.Porree, Lauch. . . .

.Poireau

. Puerro

. Porro

. Prei.

Lettuce

. Latticli.Kopfsalat

Laitue

Lechuga

. Lattuga

Kropsla.

Marjoram

. Marjoran

.Marjolaine

• Mejorana

. Magglorana ....

. Marjolijn.

Melon

.Melone

.Melon

.Melon

.Popone

Meloen.

Melon. Water . . .

. Wasser-Melone .

.Melon d’eau

. Sandia

.Melone d’aqua ..

. Water Meloen.

Mushroom

.Schwamm

.Champignon

. Seta

.Fungo pratajolo. .

Kampernoelle.

Nasturtium

.Kapuciner Kress.

Capucine

. Capuchina ......

Nasturzio

Capucine-kers.

Okra

. Ocher

. Gombaud . .

, Gombo

. Ocra

Onion

. Swiebel

Ognon

. Cebolla

. Cipollo

Uien.

Parsley

.Petersilie

Persil

, Perejil

. Prezzemolo

Peterselie.

Parsnip

.Pastinake

. Panais

, Chirivia

Pastinacn

Pinksternakel.

Peas

.Erbsen

. Pois

Guisante

. Pisello

. Erwten.

Pepper

. Pfeffer

. Piment

, Pimiento

. Peperone

Spaansche Peper.

Pumpkin

. Melonen-Kurbiss

Potiron

Calabaza totanera

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, Pompoen.

Radish

. Radies

, Radis

Rabanito

. RavaneUo

. Radijs.

Rhubarb

.Rhabarber

, Rhubarbe

Ruibarbo

Rabarbaro

. Rabarber.

Rosemary

. Rosmarin

, Romarin

Romero

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, Bozemarijn.

Rue

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.Rue

Ruda

Wijnruit.

Saffron

. Safran

.Safran

, Azafran

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Saffraan.

Sage

. Salbel

, Sauge

Salvia

Salvia

Salie.

Salsify

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Salsifis

Salsifi bianco . . .

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Salsefy.

Sorrel

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Summer Savory.

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Sarriette annuelle.

Ajedrea comun . .

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Boonenkruid.

Spinage

.Spinat

Epinard

Espinaca

Spinace

Spinazie.

Squash

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Courge

Calabaza

Zucca

Kalebas.

Tansy

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Tanaceto

Atanasia

Wormkruid.

Thyme .

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Timo

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Tomato

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Pomme d’ Amour.

Tomate

Porno d’oro

Tomaat.

Turnip

. Weisse-Rube . . . .

Navet

Nabo

Navone

Rapen.

Wormwood

, Wermuth

Absinthe

Ajenjo

Assenzio

Alsem.

Field Peas.

By A. D. ELLISON.

The “Field Peas” or better known
as “Canadian Field Peas” have* been
grown in Canada for a long time, and
due to the success and adaptability of
the plant in that section, as well as
in other sections, it has established
a great reputation as a forage and le-
gume crop.

The Canadian Field Pea is an im-
portant member of the genus pisum,
and resembles very much the common
garden pea. It being a pod bearing
plant is classed as one of the legumi-
nous forage crops, which are import-
ant for gathering free nitrogen from
the air, and when plowed under while
green, furnish more food for the soil
bacteria, thus restoring more avail-
able nitrogen in the soil for other
plant growth, througn the action of
bacter.a in the soil and in the nodules
on the roots of the leguminous plant,
thereby maintaining a more fertile
soil.

Adaptation.

The pea thrives best in a cool and
wet section with high altitude. It is
well adapted to the northern part of
the state and need not be sown as
early in the spring as in the southern
part, however, if grown m the south-
ern part of the state, early spring
planting will overcome the shrinkage
of the crop due to hot summer weath-
er.

The pea is adapted to most all kinds
of soil, but thrives best growing in a
moist sandy clay loam. Inoculated
soils those which contain the nitrogen
fixing bacteria, are better for the pro-
duct on of forage and also in relat;on
to soil fertility, than those uninoculat-
ed.

Alabama Experiment Station found
an increase of two hundred percent in
yield of various vines grown on inocu-
lated soils compared with that grown
on uninoculated soils.

Varieties.

On the market there is very little
distinction made as to varieties. Some
of the most common varieties are:
Golden Vine, Canad:an Beauty, Yellow
Canada Field, Green Canada Field,
White Canada Field, San Luis Valley,
Prussian Blue, Kaiser, Bangalia, White
Wonder. Early Br tain, Mackay and
White Marrowfat.

Canadian Experiment Station found
Early Britain yielding best with 32.6
bushels of seed and 1.7 tons of straw
to the acre.

Ontario Experiment Station recom-
mends on seed production, grown on
comparatively rich soil the following
varietes: White Wonder Early Brit-

ain, New Canadian Beauty, and on the
more poorly classed soils, Prussian
Blue and Tall White Marrowfat. The
varieties most productive during a
period of five years at the Canadian
Experimental Farms are: Golden

Vine, Victoria, Mackay, White Won-
der, Prime, Canadian Beauty and Prus-
sian Blue.

Time of Planting.

Early planting is best giving full
season for the crop to mature. In
a warm section it is best to plant
early, soon as soil is suffi iently dry
to work. The crop will mature before
severe warm weather comes.

Rate of Seeding.

Where early planting is practiced 30
to 40 pounds of seed per acre makes a
good covering over the ground and
produces good tonnage. However, if
the seed is inferior in quality, and
weeds are troublesome more seed
should be used.

If late planting is practiced 60 to 90
pounds is advisable. This quantity of
seed used makes a very good cover
crop for orchards wnere it is to be
placed under as green manure.

Canad an Field Peas grown in Utah
are grown mostly for its forage and is
generally mixed with a cereal, as with
oats, thus using about one bushel of
peas and one and a half bushels of
oats.

How to Plant.

Good success has been obtained by
hand sowing or broadcast, after the
land has been plowed and harrowed,
and covering the seed by discing or
harrowing, thus covering the seed to
a depth of from 2 to 3 inches, which is
advisable.

By us ng the drill, the oat side of the
drill, fair success has been obtained.
Two objections to the use of the drill
are, that the large seeds are cracked
while passing through the drill, and
the quantity of seed sown to the acre
is not assured, due to the large and
small seeds.

Value of Peas.

The pea vin^s as well as the seed is
very nutritious, and has been found
to be very profitable when fed to
young stock, due to the large amount
of protein it contains.

The d gestible nutrients in 100

(Over)

with oats following either wheat or
barley. The farmer should grow a
crop of peas, if for nothing more than
to enrich the soil for a crop of wheaL
oats or barley.

Mixed Crop.

At the Utah Experiment Station,
during the summer of 1912, experi-
ments were carried on with peas mix-
ed with oats, wheat and barley. The
results were in favor of peas and oats,
yielding the largest tonnage of forage
per acre, with peas and wheat second
and peas and barley tnird.

Feeding Lambs.

Grazing lambs on peas and oats in
San Luis Valley in Southern Colo-
rado, has proved a great success. In
that section it is known as the “Pea
Fed Lamb Industry.” One acre of
land produces on an average of $15.00
worth of lamb mutton a year. The
seed which was used to grain the crop
was worth $1.00 with very little ad-
ditional expense.

Wyoming Experiment Station, Bulletin
No. 73.

Field peas grazed off, showed re-
turns approximately equaling the re-
turns from feeding afialfa and corn,
with peas valued at $8.00 per acre, al-
falfa $5.00 per ton and corn at $1.00
cwt., although the alfalfa and corn
fed lambs gained about one half more
than the pea fed lambs, but, during
transportation to market about 538
miles, the alfalfa and corn fed lambs
shrank 4.2 pounds more than the pea
fed lambs. While the carcasses were
hanging on the hooks in the market,
inspection showed, with the pea fed
lambs, considerable less firmness of
flesh and fat than did the alfalfa and
corn fed lambs.

Much is yet leit to be forked out in
relation of the field pea to the farm.

pounds of pea seed, thoroughly ripe
and of the pea hay are given below:

100 Pounds of Seed.

Dry matter 89.5

Protein 16.8

Carbohydrates and crude fibre 51.8

Fat 0.7

Pea Hay.

Dry matter 127.55

Protein , 14.37

Carbohydrates and crude fibre 42.94

Fat * 1.44

Pea hay ranks very high as feed tor
dairy cows, and also makes a very
good roughage for wintering stock.
Pea seed is so rich in nutritious food
products that it is not profitable to be
fed alone. The price of the seed has
been so high that it has lim.ted to a
great extent the growing of the crop
in more sections.

When peas and oats are sown to-
gether, it is well to be ready to pas-
ture within the sixth or seventh week
after planting. Seed is very seldom
formed on peas used as hog pastures.
A mixture of peas and barley is used
to better advantage and profit than
growing with oats or wheat for hog
pasture.

The Colorado Experiment Station
reports, “that when the peas are to be
fed to hogs, greater gain is in the
number of pounds of pork from an
acre of peas can be obtained if the
crop is harvested and feu to the hogs
from the stack.”

Hogs, lambs or cattle may be pas-
tured to good advantage on pea land,
after the vines have been raked up
and threshed for the seed, they will
pick up the scattered seeds ana also
the pea straw, and digest it with good
profit.

Value in Rotation.

Montana Experiment Station shows
in rotation, when peas preceeded oats,
the land produced a very large crop of
oats. A very marked difference in
favor of oats following peas, compared

The above is from the UTAH FARMER, issue of April 12, 1913. We
would be pleased to send you sample and quote you on Clover Seed.

VOGELER SEEID CO., Salt Lake City, Utah.

SWEET CLOVER OR BOKHARA

Melilotus Alba.

For many years sweet slover was
looked upon as a noxious weed and
one of the first questions asked when
buying alfalfa seed was, “Is it free
from sweet clover?” In the past few
years sweet clover has become very
popular, not because the plant itself
has undergone any change, but its
value has become more generally
known and better understood. This is
also true of many plants that we con-
sider of no use to mankind, but each
one of them is here for a special pur-
pose. Four or five years ago the Wy-
oming college made a lamb and sheep
feeding test and found that sweet
clover was superior to alfalfa. About
this time the farmers of western and
northwestern Nebraska began to use
it as a fertilizer. In some parts of
Nebraska the soil is more or less
sandy and by plowing under the sec-
ond year’s growth they increased their
yield of wheat as high as nine to
fourteen bushels per acre.

Rasmus Hoff, one of the foremost
agriculturists of the state of Idaho,
said: “I had ten acres of sweet clover

on which I pastured all summer sev-
enteen head of milch cows. Not only
did I increase the flow of milk and
get a higher percentage of fat, but the
cows gained in weight.

The plant is a biennial and bears a
close resemblance to alfalfa, but is
larger and coarser in every way. It
will make an excellent growth on lime
lands, on stiffest clays, or on soil so
hard and barren that it will no longer
sustain other vegetation. It makes
only a moderate growth and seldom
blooms the first year, but during the
second year it grows from four to
seven feet high, making stronger and
heavier roots than ahy other forage
plant. At the end of the season it
matures its seed ana dies out, the
roots decaying soon after. On ac-
count of its strong odor sweet clover
is not liked very much by stock at
first, but since it starts very early in
the spring when other forage is scarce
animals turned into a pasture of it at
that time soon acquire a taste for it
and eat it readily throughout the re-
mainder of the season. Stock at any
time turned in a field of sweet clover
will never bloat on it as they do on

other clovers. When grown for hay
one crop and sometimes two can be
cut the following summer and fall; the
following year two and three crops
may be cut. Unless cut early, just
before it begins to bloom, the stems
become hard and woody. Great care
is needed in harvesting the hay, as
the leaves drop readily from the
stems. The best time to handle it is
early in the morning when the dew is
still on. An excellent hay can be
made if taken care of as suggested.
While sweet clover hay will not sell
as readily on the market it can be
used to advantage on the farm. It
will not only furnish an excellent pas-
ture in the spring but a heavy crop
throughout the growing season. The
roots are very long, penetrating the
soil to a depth of three to four feet;
are quite large, and being fleshy de-
cay more rapidly than alfalfa roots;
hence their nitrogen becomes more
qu ckly available for other crops. As
they decay at the end of the second
season they add a good supply of
humus, also leave the soil with minute
holes, which act as drains. If cut
before it ripens the seed will not
spread. However, it will reseed the
ground thoroughly if not cut in due
time.

Sow about ten to fifteen pounds per
acre. It is best to sow the hulled
seed for the unhulled is very slow in
germinating. It is difficult to get the
seed straight, the plant growing large-
ly in irrigated districts, and is as a
rule slightly mixed with alfalfa seed.
This, however, is not detrimental.

Sweet clover is a good green manur-
ing crop to use in bringing up the
value of old fields, barren or washed
p’aces where a large amount of nitro-
genous organic matter is desired. It
is also one of our best honey plants,
as its flowers produce an abundance
of nectar. Some beekeepers estimate
the value in honey alone of one acre
of sweet clover at $20 to $25.

I believe I make no mistake in rec-
ommending the cultivation of sweet
clover for pastures, for hay and for
renovating worn out lands and worth-
less soils.

The above is from the UTAH
FARMER, issue of Mar*ih 15th, 1913.
We would be pleased to send you
sample and quote you on Clover Seed.

VOGELER SEED CO.,

Salt Lake City, Utah.

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UTAH,

FIELD PEAS.

Flattering reports as to the feed
value of Field Peas have reached us
from time; to time during the pas

U*ah, Idaho, Montana and Wyom-
ing are recognized as the leading
sheep producting states in the Union,
and true they have raised the lambs,
but the main profit on these lambs
has made many a Colorado farmer in-
dependent, by finishing them on Field
Peas. It is not because the Colora-
do farmer is so much brighter than
ihe flockmasters of the above states,
but the Colorado farmer has given
the subject of sheep feeding a thought
and has coined that thought into dol-
lars.

In a recent visit through Colorado,
many of the sheep-feeders assured us
that the profit has been greater in
feeding the sheep than the original
flock-master could have made in
raising the sheep in the first place.

The peas are a hybrid of many of
the hardier varieties. Successful
crops are produced at an altitude of
9,000 feet. The plant is very hardy
notwithstanding late frost in spring,
and growing into late fall. They are
splendid growers reaching the length
of from four to six feet, the vine con-
tinues to blossom as it grows, ripen-
ing peas on the lower branches and
forming more pods iabove.

It is claimed and a well known fact
that sheep and hogs can be fattened
at less cost on peas than on any oth-
er article.

Stock-growers everywhere should
grow Field Peas.

Time of sowing. Being very hardy
the fear of rotting in the ground is
not considered. The majority sow
in April, although the pea-hay crop
• can be obtained if sown as late as in
July. Early sowing is best, giving
full season for matured crop.

Quantity to Sow.

When early sowing is made, 30 to
40 pounds of seed per acre makes a
crop that covers the ground and pro-
duces good tonnage. If late sowing
is made, 60 to 80 lbs. per acre is ad-
visable, as the crop does not get to
matured growth. Thick sowing will
aid in choking out weeds.

The Utah Stock Pea does not ex-
haust the soil rapidly like some crops;
quite the opposite, the nitrogen tak-
en from the air is stored in the
ground, through the roots. The
growing crop can be plowed under
when but partly matured — just in the
milk— and makes an excellent fer-
tilizer. Orchardists are learning this
and consider the crop valuable for
this purpose alone.

Harvesting.

If wanted as a pea-hay the growth
should be at the period when the sup-
ply of nutriment ‘in milk is in the vine

just forming the pod, cut and cured
like ordinary hay. This makes finest
feed for dairy cattle; in fact, lambs,
sheep, hogs and cattle relish this hay.
If the peas are desired as dry grain,
allow crop to mature and handle in
shocks, threshing by machine, after
thoroughly dry. The dry seed can
be ground into a meal, or be feed
whole.

Since sheep and hog feeding is
now attracting much attention 'in the
west, we beg to quote what is said by
a prominent rancher in San Luis Val-
ley:

Feeding Lambs or Hogs.

“Lambs or hogs to be fattened are
simply turned in upon the peas and
are given plenty of water to drink.
The lambs eat the vines for rough-
ness, and pick up the peas for grain.
Eating the peas one at a time, as they
have to, they eat more slowly and so
avoid the danger of over-feeding.
There is no waste by this method of
feeding. The lambs pick up every
spear of hay, and even paw the peas
out of the ground, when they have
been covered up by the tramping of
many hoofs. Lambs will grow ‘ fat
on ground when hardly a pea can be
seen, or a spear of anything growing.
The lambs are not fed any grain or
any hay. They are shipped to mark-
et just as they come from the fields.
Some growers reserve a small patch
of peas upon which they turn their
lambs to top them off, just before
shipping, cleaning up this ground
with a band of hogs after the lambs
have been shipped. Hogs are often
fed with lambs on the same patch of
peas.”

Fattening Hogs with Field Peas.

With hogs, the vines may be raked
up and threshed for seed. The hogs
will pick up every pea from the
ground, eat and digest it. Hogs may
be run with lambs or cattle on pea
ground to advantage. They eat and
like the straw as well as the grain.
Pork from peas is equal to that from
corn. Threshed field peas pay about
the same as a good crop, with very
much less express.

Quality of Pea- Fed Mutton

The mutton from lambs and sheep
fattened upon peas is of a peculiar
good quality. The lean meat is rich
in color, the fat white, the flesh firm
and of the best flavor. Pea-fed mut-
ton tops the Chicago market when
finished in good shape.

Our State Experimental Station has
issued literature referring to results
of stock feeding with Field Peas that
give evidence of no little importance.
We advise all stock growers to plant
liberally of Field Peas.

The above is from the Deseret
Farmer, issue of February 15th, 1908.
We would be pleased to send you
sample and quote you on Field Peas.

VOGELER SEED CO.,

Salt Lake City, Utah.

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