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BALCOM’S SEEDS

THAT GROW IN

NORTHERN COLORADO

Balcom Seed Co.

910 EIGHTH AVENUE

GREELEY, COLORADO

UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION LICENSE NO. 05729

Colorado Seeds for Ever where

The past season has seen substantial gain made in the seed-growing industry in our state. The results obtained from our fine high altitude grown seeds have been much superior to the seed grown in lower and more humid regions. This year we have a finer assortment than ever of all kind of seed and feel justi- fied in claiming that in both QUALITY and PRICE we have outdistanced all competitors.

Our seed is shipped all over the United States and we ask only a trial to con- vince you that the seed grown in your own country is BEST FOR THE WEST.

Yours sincerely,

W. D. BALCOM.

Vegetable Seeds

ARTICHOKE

Green	Globe	Pkg. 10	Oz. 10	Lrb. $4.00^
Giant	Argenteuil	ASPARAGUS 5	10	$i.oa^

BALCOM^S BEANS GREEN PODDED BUSH BEANS

Pkg 10c. Pound 25c. Postage paid.

Burpee Stringless Green Pod.

Giant Stringless Green Pod.

Early Red Valentine.

Bountiful.

Longfellow.

Tennessee Green Pod.

Black Valentine.

Extra Early Refugee.

Refugee 1000 to 1.

Dwarf Horticultural.

WE PAY POSTAGE ON ALL GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS.

WAX PODDED BUSH BEANS Pkg., 10c. Pound, 30c. Postage paid.

Golden Wax.

Prolific Black Wax.

German Black Wax.

Rust Proof Black Wax.

Refugee Wax.

Davis Wax.

Wardwells Wax.

POLE BEANS Pkg., 10c. Pound, 25c.

Kentucky Wonder.

Red Speckled Cut Short.

Kentucky Wonder Wax.

Striped Creaseback.

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LIMA BEANS Pkg., 10c. Pound, 30c.

Henderson’s Bush Lima.

Burpee’s Bush Lima.

FIELD BEANS

Prices on application. Market changes frequently.

Mexican Pintos. Price now $8.00 per 100 pounds; 10c per pound, postage extra.

White Mexican. Price now $9.00 per 100 pounds; per pound, 15c.

White Marrow. A fine round fat bean of good size. Price now $11.00 per 100 pounds; 15c per pound.

White Kidney Beans. A very hardy and desirable bean. Price now per 100 pounds, $11.00; per lb., 15c.

Red Kidney Beans. This is a very desirable bean and one that does well in Colorado. Price per 100 pounds, $12.50; per pound, 15c.

Tepary Beans. Price now per 100 pounds, $7.00; per pound, 10c.

IF YOU HAVE BEANS YOU WISH TO HAVE HANDPICKED, SEE US. WE OPERATE FIFTY PICKING tables during THE WINTER SEASON

BEETS

Culture: You should plant beets in succession

from early in April until August. The winter crop should be planted in late June or July. Use one ounce of seed to 50 feet of drill or 8 pounds to the acre. Put the seed one inch deep and in rows 18 inches apart.

NOTHING IS FINER THAN YOUNG BEET TOPS. PLANT THEM THICK AND THIN THEM OUT FOR ‘‘GREENS”.

Price — Per Pkg., 5c; 4 ounces, 30c; pound, $1.00.

Detroit Dark Red. The most desirable for market gardeners.

Early Egyptian. Very early round flat type.

Early Eclipse. An old favorite.

Blood Turnip. The oldest standard variety.

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SWISS CHARD

A type of beets that produces heavy tops an4 no bottoms. Will grow more greens than any other plant. After breaking off the leaves they grow on again and again until frost. Pine green stuff for your chickens.

Per Pkg., 5c. Pound, $1.25.

STOCK BEETS

We have in stock the following: Golden Tankard,

Mammoth Long Red, Giant Half White Sugar, Lane’s Imperial, Klein Wanzleben, Giant Sludstinp. Prices now 60c per pound.

BORECALE OR KALE

Used for greens. Plant in shallow drills early in the spring.

Pkg., 5c. Pound, 60c.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

pkg., 5c. Pound, $1.75.

A form of small cabbage that is used very ex- tensively in the old country. Plant in shallow rows in the spring.

CABBAGE

Culture: Early cabbage must be planted in hot

bed or green house during February. Second early and Late Holland cabbage must be planted in cold frames or open ground during April and May. To plant a pound of cabbage seed to grow plants re- quires a hot bed 16 by 32 feet. One-third of a pound of seed is sufficient for an acre. An acre will pro- duce from 14,000 to 16,000 heads of cabbage. Crops of thirty tons are not uncommon.

EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES

Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 30c; pound, $2.50.

Early Etampes.

Early Express.

Munsterland.

EARLY VARIETIES

Prices— Pkg., 10c; ounce, 30c; pound, $2.50.

Jersey Wakefield.

Winningstadt.

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COPENHAGEN MARKET Prices Pkg=, 10c; ounce, $1.00; pound, $10.00.

This variety is planted almost exclusively in this district for early market. It produces a large round head, ranging in weight from 5 to 25 pounds. Grows close to the ground, ma- tures evenly, stands up well in the field. Makes the finest kraut and has the finest flavor of any early cabbage. Our seed is im- ported from Denmark and has never failed to make the best possible crops. Planted later it is a fine early winter variety and keeps well until Christmas. For early use it should be planted in hot beds March first and under favorable conditions will make fully matured heads by July 10.

EARLY WINTER VARIETIES

Copenhagen Market.

Glory of Enkhuisen. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce,

$1.00; pound, $10.00.

Charleston Wakefield. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 50c; pound, $2.50.

Flat Dutch. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 50c; pound, $2.50.

Scott's Cross. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 80c;

pound, $8.00.

Dala. Prices — Pkg., lOc; ounce, $1.00; pound, $10.

LATE CABBAGE

Danish Round Head (Short Stem), or Genuine Holland. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $1.25; pound, $10.

Evergreen Hollander. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $1.25; pound, $10.00.

Middle Stem Holland. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $1.25; pound, $10.00.

Danish Ball Head Long Stem. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $1.00; pound, $10.00.

RED CABBAGE

Drum Head. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 80c; pound,

$8.00.

Haco. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $1.25; pound, $10.00.

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CAULIFLOWER

One ounce of seed produces 2,000 plants.

Culture: For early crop, plant in hot bed by^

March 1st. For late crop, plant out doors by April or May. Plants should be transplanted to open** ground when they are about 3 or 4 inches high. Irrigate and cultivate like cabbage. As soon as the head begins to form tie the outer leaves together as a protection thus bleaching the heads and giving the rich, white, creamy color so desirable. We offer imported seeds in three best varieties.

Early Snowball. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $2.50; pound, $30.00.

Enhuisen Market. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $2.50;: pound, $30.00.

Danish Giant or Dry Weather. Prices — Pkg., 10c;; ounce, $2.50; pound, $30.00.

We have cabbage and cauliflower plants on sale throughout the season. Try them in your garden. Prices on application.

CELERY

ONE OF THE EASIEST CROPS FOR YOUR •HOME GARDEN. READ OUR CULTURAL DIREC- TIONS.

Culture: If you grow your own plants, the seed

should be planted in March in a hot bed. After attaining a heighth of 3 to 4 inches, transplant to outdoors. If the plants are too large, cut them down with a pair of scissors. This strengthens the roots. To grow celery in your garden, dig a shallow trench, say 6 inches deep and 10 inches broad. In this set out a double row of plants about 6 inches apart. After they have finished their growth, bleach by leaning wide boards against either side of the row of celery or bank with dirt. To store for winter, take up roots and all and place in your cellar, stand- ing in a couple of inches of earth. Wet them occa- sionally and the celery will grow and bleach, ac- quiring unapproachable flavor and crispness.

Golden Self Bleaching. Price — Pkg., 10c; ounce, $1.50; pound, $20.00.

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American Seed, pound, $8.00.	Prices — Pkg., 10c;	ounce.	75c;
....Giant Pascal, pound, $2.50.	Prices — Pkg., 10c;	ounce.	25c;
White Plume.	Prices — Pkg., 10c;	ounce,	25c;

pound, $2.50.

Celeriac, or Turnip Rooted Celery. Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 30c; pound, $3.00.

CARROT

Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 10c; pound, $1.00.

Culture: Sow the seed as early as the ground

can be worked, in rows 15 inches apart and one inch deep. When they are 2 inches high, thin to 4 inches apart in the row. For fall or winter, sow from June 1st to 15th. Use one ounce to 300 feet of drill.

Ox Heart.

Danvers Half Long.

Chantenay.

POSTAGE PAID ON ALL GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS.

SWEET CORN

Culture : Plant the early varieties about May first.

Late varieties about May 15th. Our recent late springs make it the part of wisdom not to have corn too far advanced before June first. Plant in hills about 12 inches apart; rows 24 inches wide; use 10 to 12 pounds to the acre.

EARLY VARIETIES

Prices — Pkg., 5c; pound, 25c; 10 pounds, $2.00.

Balcom^s Golden Bantam Colorado Grown.

Peep O^Day.

MID-SEASON VARIETIES

Prices — Pkg., 5c; pound, 25c; 10 pounds, $2.00.

Ripen during August.

Howling Mob.

Black Mexican.

Early Minnesota.

LATE VARIETIES

Country Gentlemen.

StowelFs Improved Evergreen.

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CUCUMBER

Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 10c; pound, $1.25.

Culture: Prepare hills about 2 feet square, well

filled with rotted manure and in this plant the seed about one inch deep and six inches apart. Use one ounce to 10 hills or two pounds per acre.

Long Green.

Fordhook Pickling.

Chicago Pickling.

First and Best.

White Spine.

Fordhook Famous.

Davis Perfect.

Japanese Climbing.

BALCOM’S DOLLAR ASSORTMENT

A complete assortment of seed that you need to plant in your own garden.

Corn, two kinds; peas, two kinds; beans, two kinds; radishes, two kinds; lettuce, beets, turnips, carrots, cucumbers, squash musk- melon, watermelon, and one quart Balcom’s home grown onion sets.

Price — One dollar; delivered free any place in Colorado.

Water Cress ... Pepper Cress .	CRESS	Pkg. ... 5 ... 5	Oz. 35 10	Lb. $3.50 .60
	EGG PLANT
Improved New Black Beauty . Long Purple ...	York	Pkg. ... 10 ... 10 ... 5	Oz. 40 40 20	Lb. $4.00 4.00 2.00

ENDIVE

Culture: This plant is similar to lettuce and is

used in salads in the same manner. Sow in drills one-half inch deep and thin when 2 inches high. As

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the plant matures tie the outer leaves thus bleaching the center.

	Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
Green Curled	. 5	20	$1.75
Broadleaf Bavarian	. 10	40	4.00
KALE
	Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
German Purple 5 KOHL RABI	10	$ .75
Plant like turnips, 1 ounce to	300 feet of drill.
	Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
White Vienna	. 5	20	$2.50
Purple Vienna	. 5	20	2.50
LEEK Flavors delicately like onions.
	Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
Large London	5	15	$1.50
Musselb0-ugh	. 5	25	2.50
LETTUCE
Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 10c;	pound,	$1.25.

Culture: Just as soon as frost is out of the

ground plant the seed in drills one-half inch deep, using 1 ounce of seed to 300 feet of drill. Head letr tuce should be transplanted two or three times to insure its making heads.

HEADING VARIETIES

May King.

New York.

Big Boston.

Ice Berg.

CURLED OR LOOSE LEAF VARIETIES Early Curled Silesian.

Earliest Way Ahead Lettuce.

Grand Rapids.

Crisp as Ice.

Prizehead.

WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK OF ALL GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS IN NORTHERN COLORADO. WRITE US FOR PRICES ON ANY- THING.

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MUSTARD

Used for greens. Sow in shallow drills.

Pkg. Oz. Lb. White London 5 10 $ .80

MUSK MELLON

Culture: Plant in hills about 6 feet apart, using

6 or 8 seed to the hill. Put seed about one inch deep, using one ounce to 100 hills or 3 lbs. per acre.

GREEN FLESHED VARIETIES

Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 15c; pound, $1.25.

Rocky Ford.

Eden Gem.

Long Island Beauty.

YELLOW FLESHED VARIETIES

Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 15c; pound, $1.25.

Burrels Gem.

Emerald Gem.

Osage. A good melon for home garden.

GREELEY WONDER MELON Seed Grown by the Originator

Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 25c; pound, $2.50.

SPECIAL EDEN GEM MELON Balcom’s Ribbon Brand.

No. 1 grade from finest selected melons, per lb., $2.00 No. 2 grade, regular run of crop, per lb — . J..$1.25

CASSABA MELONS

These melons are grown like the ordinary kind hut are not used until stored in cellars for several months when they develop very fine fiavor. They can be kept until February.

Pkg. Oz. Lb.

Golden Beauty 10 25 $2.50

Winter Pineapple 10 25 2.50

FOR A REAL TREAT TRY THE HONEY DEW

Honey Dew. Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 35c; pound, $3.00.

The last improvement in Cassabas. Flavor is delightful. Grown as easily as any melon.

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TRY BALCOM’S DOLLAR ASSORTME^NT OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. SAVES YOU TIME AND MONEY.

WATER MELON

Culture: Plant in light sandy soil well enriched

with manure, in hills about 6 feet apart, using 8 to 10 seed to the hill. As the plants sprout thin out the poor ones, leaving about 3 strong ones in each hill. Use 4 ounces seed to 100 hills or 5 pounds per acre.

	Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
Kleckley Sweet or	Rocky Ford.... 5	15	$1.25
Cuban Queen	5	10	.50
Tom Watson	- 5	15	1.25
Cole’s Early	5	10	.75
Ice Cream	5	10	.75
Kolb’s Gem	5	10	.60
Mountain Sweet ..	5	10	.75
Citron Melon	5	10	.75
Chilian	5	15	1.50

OKRA

Culture: Plant early in hot bed or green house,

transplanting when all danger of frost is over. Use one ounce to 100 feet of drill.

	Pkg.	Oz. Lb.
White Velvet	5	10 $ .50
Dwarf Green	5	10 .50
ONIONS
GLOBE VARIETIES
Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 20c; Southport Red Globe. Southport Yellow Globe. Danver’s Yellow Globe. Southport White Globe. Yellow Prize Taker.	pound,	$2.00.
FLAT VARIETIES
Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 20c;	pound,	$2.00.

Red Weathersfield. Yellow Strasburg. Yellow Flat Danvers. White Portugal.

White Silver Skin.

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Australian Brown.

Extra Early Red.

BALCOM’S HOME GROWN DRY CLIMATE ONION SETS

Kings of the Onion Sets World

PRICES

Balcom’s fancy red and yellow sets, per quart 15c

Balcom’s fancy Silver Skin White, per quart 15c

Postage extra, two cents ner quart.

PARSNIPS

Culture: Sow in the spring, one-fourth in. deep, using one ounce to 400 feet of drill or five pounds to the acre. Thin to four inches apart. They may be left in the ground during the winter.

Pkg. Oz. Lb.

Hollow Crown Sugar 5 15 $1.0(>

Guernsey Half Long 5 15 1.00

PARSLEY

Culture: Soak seed 48 hours in water before

planting, then use one ounce to 300 feet of drill.

Pkg, Oz. Lb.

Moss or Triple Curled 5 10 $1.0fi

PEPPERS

Culture: Sow seed one-half inch deep in hot bed

or box. Transplant 6	inches apart when	frosts are
over. Use one ounce	for 1,500 plants.
	Pkg.	Oz.
Chinese Giant	10	$ .40
Ruby King	10	.25
Long Red Cayenne	10	.25
Red Chili	10	.25

• PEAS

Culture: Plant as early as ground can be worked

and in succession as long as desirable. Put in rows 30 inches apart and 2 inches deep. Use one pound of seed for 150 feet, or 75 pounds per acre. Planting in double rows will aid in holding them up.

Prices — Pkg. 10c; pound, 35c; 10 lbs., $3.00.

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EARLY SMOOTH SEEDED VARIETIES

These should be planted for the first crop as the smooth surface of the seed prevents the attack of ground rot.

Extra Early. Grows two feet tall.

Little Marvel. Grows 18 inches tall.

EARLY WRINKLED VARIETY

While these are more susceptible to ground rot, they produce much sweeter peas.

American Wonder. Twelve inches tall.

Nott’s Excelsior. Two feet tall.

Laxtonian. Two feet tall.

Little Gem. Two feet tall.

Thomas Laxton. Two feet tall.

Blue Bantam.

TALL, LATE WRINKLED VARIETIES

This type, while quite late produces the greatest quantity, the finest and sweetest peas for table use. Telephone. Three to four feet tall.

Everbearing. Three to four feet tall.

PUMPKIN

Culture: Plant one inch deep in hills when frosts

•are over, using four ounces to 100 hills, or five pounds to the acre.

		Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
Small Sugar		5	15	$1.25
Japanese Pie		5	15	1.25
Connecticut Field		5	10	.75
Kentucky Field		5	10	.75
Large Cheese	RHUBARB	5	10	.75
		Pkg.	Oz.	Lb.
Linnaeus		5	20	$1.50
Victoria	RADISH	5	20	1.50
Culture: Sow in	rov/s, half inch deep.	as	early as

■ground can be worked and at intervals thereafter. Use one ounce for 150 feet. Thin to one inch apart and water plentifully.

Prices — Pkg.. 5c: ounce, 10c; pound, $1.25.

Round Scarlet White Tip.

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Round Scarlet Turnip.

French Breakfast. '

Cincinnati Market. Finest long red.

White Icicle.

Non-Plus Ultra.

Wood's Frame.

Emdrup. A very fine extra early forcing variety. Imported from Denmark.

WINTER RADISH

Black Spanish.

China White.

Japanese Sakurajima.

SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT

Pkg. Oz. Lb. Mammoth Sandwich Island 5 15 $1.35

SPINACH

Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 25c; pound, $2.50.

Culture: Sow in rows half inch deep, during the

fall or early spring using one ounce to 200 feet of drill.

Round Leaf Summer.

Viroflay. Large, fleshy leaved.

Victoria. Lasts long without going to seed.

Long Standing.

New Zealand.

SQUASH

Culture: Plant one inch deep in hills when frosts

are over, using four ounces Summer Squash or eight ounces Winter Squash seed for 100 hills, or four to six pounds per acre.

SUMMER KINDS

Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounce, 10c; pound, $1.00.

White Bush.

Golden Crookneck.

Fordhook.

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WINTER KINDS

Prices — Pkg., 5c; ounces, 15c; pound, $1.50. Warty Hubbard.

Golden Hubbard.

Marblehead.

Sibley or Pike’s Peak.

TOMATO

Culture: Sow half inch deep in hot beds or boxes

the first of March, transplanting to the open ground from May 15 to June 1. Use one ounce for 3,000 plants.

Pkg. Oz. Lb.

Livingston Beauty 5 25 $3.50'

Best for general crop.

New Stone .,. 5 25 3.00

Largely used for canning purposes.

Balcom’s Early Colorado 10 50 5.00

Fourth year of selection and adaption of the JOHN BAER TOMATO. This magnificent, scarlet globe variety, has now been brought to the point where we consider it the ideal type for planting in Northern Colorado.

The fruit is a rich scarlet color, solid fieshed, smooth skinned, and free from scab or sunburn. Last year it began producing the 20th of July and continued until frost.

The returns from one patch were at the rate of $2,000 an acre. We think so much of it that this year all of the plants which we sell will be grown from this seed.

Livingston Globe 5

A very fine new variety.

Earliana 5

June Pink 5

Much used by market gardeners for early stock.

Yellow Pear 5

Husk Tomato 5

25 3.50

25 2.25

25 3.00

25 3.00

25 3.00

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TURNIP

Culture: Plant in rows, half inch deep, at any

time from early spring until August. Thin to four inches apart. Use one ounce for 250 feet of drill or three pounds per acre.

Prices — Pkg., lOc; ounces, 40c; pound, $1.50.

Early White Milan.

Early White Egg.

Purple Top Strap Leaf.

Flat Dutch.

Purple Top White Globe.

Amber Globe.

American Purple Top Rutabaga.

TOBACCO

Pkg.

Connecticut Seed Leaf 10

HERBS

Anise, Fennel, Caraway, Dill Lav- ender, Marjoram Thyme, Sage.. 5

Oz. Lb. 40 $3.50

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Flower Seeds

SWEET PEAS

Sold in Bulk

Culture: Plant in rows about four inches deep at

any time from Feb. 22 to April 10. Soak the seed in warm water for 48 hours before plantings.

The soil should be moderately rich. If any ma- nure is used, it should be well rotted or sheep ma- nure. Do not use fresh manure under any conditions as this produces heat which will eventually cause the death of the plant. Our seed is especially grown by the best sweet pea specialist in California and ■can be depended upon to produce a wonderful range of magnificent colors. Sweet peas are divided into two classes — the old original Grandifiora type and the Spencer. The Spencer differs from the Grand- ifioras in having larger petals, wonderfully fuffled, and displaying a range of color from the most deli- cate tints of the dawn to the lavish and gorgeous shades that enthrall the Oriental imagination. This year we are giving the first place to the Spencer peas and are making our prices much lower than other seedsmen that our customers may afford a hedge of these most delightful blossoms.

GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS In Separate Colors

Prices — Pkg., 10c; ounce, 25c; pound, $2.50. Lovely — Delicate rose with dainty flesh shadings. Miriam Bearer (New) — Shell Salmon Pink shades on background of rich cream.

Apple Blossom — Rose and pink with white. Illuminator — Salmon orange, overlaid with cerise pink.

Orchid — Lavender suffused with blush pink.

Othello — Deep glistening black maroon.

King White — Large waived petals of purest white. New Buttercup — Rich, deep shades of pure cream. Dobbies Cream — Extra selected, cream shade.

Royal Purple — Large, showy, imperial purple.

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Constance Hinton — Dainty, delicate white, blushing with pink. Picotee edged.

Fiery Cross — Orange cerise almost pure scarlet.

The Cardinal — Intense poppy scarlet.

Mrs. Routzan — Apricot, half concealed with pink.

Cheerful (New) — Light apricot and mauve on cream: ground.

Asta Ohu — Lavender suffused with mauve.

Barbara — Handsome salmon.

Gold Medal Mixture of all the above gives you a handsome combination of all the colors.

GRANDIFLORA SWEET PEAS IN COLORS

Ounce, 10c; pound, $1.00.

WHITE

SCARLET

ROSE

ORANGE

SALMON

MAROON

VARIEGATED

LAVENDER

YELLOW

BLUE

PINK AND WHITE PINK

BALCOM’S RAINBOW MIXTURE OF FINEST SWEET PEAS

Contains all the beautiful Grandiflora colors and also a large proportion of Mixed Giant Spencer Sweet Peas with their delicate shades and dainty ruffled petals.

. Per Ounce, 10c.	Per Pound,	$1.00
NASTURTIUMS (DWARF)
	Pkg.	Lb.
Balcom’s Fancy Mixed	10	$1.50
Queen of the Lobbs	10	1.50
Lobbs Ivy Leaved	10	2.50
NASTURTIUMS (TALL)
	Pkg.	Lb.
Balcom’s Fancy Mixed	10	$1.50
Spencer David Burpee	10	2.00

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MISCELLANEOUS FLOWER SEEDS

Pkg. Oz.

Alyssum —

Sweet, tall annual 5 $ .20

Little Gem, dwarf annual 5 .40

Amaranthus, Foliage Plants —

Joseph’s Coat, red, yellow 5 .35

Love Lies Bleeding, blood red 5 .35

Mixed 5 .35

Ageratum 5 .25

Balsam, Lady’s Slipper 5 .40

Beans, Flowering —

Scarlet 5 .40

White 5 .40

Tricolor 5 .40

Calendula, Annual 5 .20

Carnation —

Double, mixed 10 2.00

Grenadier 10 2.00

King of Blacks 10 2.00

Early Flowering, mixed 10 2.00

Mixed colors 5 .25

Campanula 5 .35

Columbine, perennial 5 .25

Candytuft —

Coronaria 5 .50

Dinmette Crimson 5 .50

Dwarf Hybrids 5 .50

One Foot Tall 10 .50

Canna 5 .40

Calliopsis, annual 5 .20

Canterbury Bell 5 .40

Centaurea (Corn Flower) 5 .25

California Poppy ...: 5 .20

Cosmos, Balcom’s Early Giant Colo- rado Grown 10 .50

Guaranteed to produce an abund- ance of beautiful blossoms. For many years we have had difficulty in growing cosmos in this climate, but have at last solved the problem.

Castor Beans, shrub 5 .15

Cobaea, Cathedral Bells 10 .75

Cockscomb - 10 2.00

Daisy —

Snowball dwarf 10

Swan River, tall 10

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	Pkg.	Oz.
Forget-Me-Not, for borders ...	10	.75
Four O’clock	5	.15
Gourds, ornamental —
Dipper	5	.10
Sugar Trough	5	.10
Pear — -	5	.10
Apple	5	.10
Nest Egg	5	.10
Heliotrope, mixed	10	1.50
Hollyhock, 4-foot —
Single	5	.65
Double	10	1.50
Double Mixed, imported ...	10	2.00
Helianthus —
Orion	5	.40
Purpureus	10	1.00
Nanus, double	5	.40
Japanese Hop (climber)	5	.15
Job’s Tears	5	.10
Gypsophila —
Angel’s Breath, pink	: 5	.25
Baby’s Breath, white	5	.25
Larkspur, double dwarf	5	.35
Marigold	5	.25
Mignonette, Grandiflora	5	.25
Morning Glory, mixed	5	.15
Moon Flower, climber	5	.15
Petunias —
Mixed, single	5	.25
Double -	15
Phlox —
Drummondi	5	.50
Funbriata	5	1.25
Grandiflora	5	1.25
Pinks —
Dianthus	5	.35
Hedgewell	5	.40
Portulaca —
Rose Moss	5	.35
Double	10
Salvia — Splendens —
Bonflre	10	1.75
Salpiglossis	5	1.00
stock, mixed	5	.75
Sweet William	5	.25

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Pkg. Oz.

Sunflower —

Tall Russian 5 .05

Globosus, ornamental 5 .15.

Snapdragon 5 .75

Verbena —

Mixed 10 .50

White

Pink

Scarlet

Purple 10 .50

Blue

Blue and White Eye

Violet —

Blue

White : 10 .50

Rose

LAWN GRASS SEED FOR VELVETY LAWNS

To make a good lawn, prepare your ground by carefully plowing or spading into the soil a quantity of sheep manure or well rotted stable manure. Rake it thoroughly until the top soil is completely pulver- ized, all clods and lumps removed and a firm seed bed is formed. In seeding, use a mixture three- quarters finest Kentucky Blue Grass, one-fourth fin- est white clover. Sprinkle this over the surface and carefully rake it into the top soil. Use one pound of seed to cover a space 10x10 feet. Cover with about six inches of straw to prevent crusting of the soil and to retain the moisture. Sprinkle every day until the grass is up about one inch when the straw may be removed. Lawns should be put in during April or May or during September or October. The great heat of the sun is detrimental to the growth of the young shoots of grass. We have some exceptionally fine seed n of Blue Grass and White Clover which we quote as follows:

Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass, right from the Blue Grass region of Kentucky, per lb., 40c; 10 lbs., $3.50.

Fancy White Clover, per lb., 80c; 10 lbs., $7.50.

Write for prices in larger quantities.

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FIELD SEEDS

Prices not guaranteed, but will always be made as low as possible.

ALFALFA

Prices — Per lb., 25c; 100 lbs., $22.00.

Seamless bags, 50c extra.

Prices on field seeds are f. o. b. Greeley, trans- portation extra.

FETERITA

Prices now, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $7.00.

AMBER CANE

Prices now, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $7.00.

KAFFIR CORN

Prices now, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $7.00.

DWARF MILO

Prices now, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $7.00.

SUDAN GRASS

Prices now, per lb., 30c; per 10 lb., $2.60.

RED TOP

Prices, per lb., 25c; per 100 lbs., $20.00.

SAN LUIS VALLEY PEAS

Prices, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $7.00.

BROME GRASS

:Prices, per lb., 35c; per 100 lbs., $30.00.

ESSEX RAPE

Prices, per lb., 20c; per 100 lbs., $15.00.

SWEET CLOVER

Prices, per lb., 40c; per 100 lbs., $33.00.

TIMOTHY

Prices, per lb., 20c; per 100 lbs., $16.00.

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BLISS SIDE OATS

Price, per 100 pounds $4.50.

GERMAN MILLET

Prices, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $4.00.

HOG MILLET

Prices, per lb., 10c; per 100 lbs., $4.00.

ORCHARD GRASS

Prices, per lb., 35c; per 100 lbs., $30.00.

FIELD CORN

We have the best kinds for seed or silage, or ask for prices.

Write

PRICES ON ALL SEED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

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BALCOM^S REVISED TABLE OF QUANTITY OF SEED TO PLANT TO THE ACRE FOR IRRIGATED LANDS

Alfalfa -...10 to 12 lbs.

Barley 85 to 100 lbs.

Beans —

Pinto 25 to 30 lbs.

Bush Seed Beans 60 lbs.

Vine Seed Beans - 45 lbs.

Navy Beans 60 lbs.

Blue Grass —

Pasture 30 lbs.

Lawn (100 sq. ft.) 1 lb.

Brome Grass 30 lbs.

Buckwheat — 50 lbs.

Clovers —

White Clover 10 to 12 lbs.

Sweet Clover, hulled 10 lbs.

Sweet Clover, unhulled 20 lbs.

Red Clover 12 to 15 lbs.

Corn —

Sweet Corn 10 to 12 lbs.

Corn for Silage —

For quantity fodder 20 to 25 lbs.

For making coni 10 to 15 lbs.

m drill 10 lbs.

Broadcast 30 lbs.

Emmer 70 lbs.

Flax — 40 lbs.

Feterita for hay 20 to 30 lbs.

Millet—

For hay 40 to 50 lbs.

For seed ...10 to 20 lbs.

Kaffir Corn —

For seed 8 lbs.

For hay 20 lbs.

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Milo Maize —

For seed

For hay

Wheat

Oats

Peas —

For garden seed ..

For stock feed

Rape

Potatoes

Rye

Sudan Grass

Grasses —

Average, all kinds

		8	lbs.
		20	lbs.
...60	to	75	lbs.
...50	to	75	lbs.
		60	lbs.
		75	lbs.
.		10	lbs.
		600	lbs.
...50	to	75	lbs.
... 4	to	6	lbs.
...25	to	35	lbs.

On dry land use only one-half as much seed as on irrigated land.

PROGRESSIVE EVERBEARING STRAW- BERRIES

100 plants, $2.50; 50 plants, $1.50. Postage extra.

The best improved strain for Colorado. Will ripen luscious berries from July until November.

BROWN SWEDISH BEANS

A very hardy and productive field bean. Grows small bush without runners. Produces as high as 30 bushels per acre. Will do very well on poor soil and without irrigation.

Prices — Per pound, 10c; per 100 pounds, $7.00.

Poultry Supplies

CONKEY^S REMEDIES Postage Extra

Roup 30c and 60c

Cholera 30c

Lice Liquid 50c, 75c and $1.25

Poultry Tonic 30c and 60c

12 lb. pails $1.50

25 lb. pails $3.00

Stock Tonic 60c and $1.20

Charcoal, per pound 5c

Oyster Shell, 10 pounds for 25c

Meat Scraps

Mixed Hen Food

Screenings

Little Chick Feed

— Market