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SEED CATALOG FOR. 1919
Mills ‘Perfection . Pa dish.
Packet JOi, Ounce 20$ tt-Lb 604. ('Postpaid-)
Mills Enormous Pea.
Packet pound 35$ Pound 60 1( Postpaid.)
Mills Perfect Pickling Cucumber.
Packet 10$ Ounce 25$
'A Lb. 60 <r, ‘/z Lb. 90$. (Postpaid)
MILLS SEED CO
WASHIHGTON,IOWA
GARDE N , PI ELD AND FLOWER SEED
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The Productive Garden
Much suffering in foreign countries has been relieved through the productiveness of the AMERI- CAN GARDEN and it is not too late for you to “do your bit” by making your 1919 garden more pro- ductive. The more productive your garden, the more it offsets the high cost of living.
We have accomplished much in making your garden more productive by centering our efforts on growing and offering only those varieties showing quality and productiveness, therefore we don’t of- fer the long list of varieties seen in some catalogues, but you can rely on the productiveness of any varieties we offer. You will find our claims modest and not startling, nevertheless we have varieties and special strains that will make your garden more productive.
Let us hear from you with a list of your requirements, when we will quote any special prices desired and can fill your orders promptly. Payments may be sent by P. O. money order, draft or per- sonal check, or stamps for smaller orders.
Hoping to hear from you this season, we are,
Faithfully yours,
MILLS SEED COMPANY.
The Money Saving Collection
We are offering you a collection this season that cannot be excelled by any other you will find offered. It is all new, strong growing seed and these collections we put up fresh and send out as orders for them come to our office. Your investment of the small amount charged for this collec- tion will return to you many dollars for each penny invested. See list below:
Spring and Summer Garden Collection
Varieties that will give early vegetables and others that follow with a later supply for making the gar- den productive throughout the entire growing season.
12 EARBT AND LATE VARIETIES, 20 PACKETS, FOR ONLY 75c, POSTPAID
2 packets Radish for successive planting.
2 packets Lettuce, loose leaf and head varieties.
2 packets Beets, early and later maturing.
2 packets Peas, early and later maturing.
2 packets Beans, early wax and late green pod.
1 packet Tomato, long season variety.
These 20 packets are sufficient for making quite spring until fall. We also put in some choice flower or yard.
1 packet Pepper, large mild variety.
1 packet Cucumber, slicing and pickling kind.
2 packets Sweet Corn, Country Gentleman.
2 packets Onion Seed, to mature bulbs by fall.
1 packet Parsnip, best table variety.
2 packets Turnip, early and late maturing.
extensive garden that will furnish vegetables from ed that you will be glad to give a place in your garden
Asparagus
BONVEXiETT’S GIANT — A new variety of quick developing, producing a supply In the spring from one-year roots set the previous spring. They are large, of a green color, very tender and uniform in size and considered one of the best varieties. It is by far the best variety to grow and we have discarded all others but this and the Palmetto. Bonveletts does not require you to wait 3 or 4 years before it is pro- ductive. Plant one year roots this spring and have a producing asparagus bed next spring.
Seed, per packet, 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ounce 30c, postpaid.
Roots, 12 for 30c, 25 for 50c, 50 for 90c, 100 for $1.60, postpaid.
PALMETTO — A very desirable variety of a dark green color with medium sized stalks.
Seed, per packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 30c, postpaid.
Roots same price as for Bonvelett’s.
ODD AND NEW VARIETIES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO TEST, SENT WITH ORDERS IF ASK- ED FOR. You have no idea how many samples of odd and new varieties a seedman has sent him, more than we can bother with, therefore we have conceived the idea to put out samples to our cus- tomers of these un-named vegetable and flower seed. All customers ordering from our catalogue to the amount of 50c or more can have some of these samples for the asking.
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Real Bargains in New
Grown Selected Beet Seeds
Here is your best opportunity to get new grown selected beet seed at prices lower than list- ed for a long time. The reason for this is that knowing there would be a big demand for beet
seed and the prices would be quoted high, as you will find them in many of the other catalogues, we put out extra effort in growing a large crop, and as the season for growing was ideal, we had an immense crop, which accounts for our giving you the advantage of very low prices. We only
produce the best varieties — you can make no mistake on any kinds we offer.
ASSORTMENT OP THREE EXTRA PINE BEETS.— These three as shown above will make a fine assortment for your garden, giving you the extra early, medium early and medium late.
ECLIPSE IS THE EAREIEST, perfectly smooth and round, with skin and flesh an in- tense red, fine grained and one of the finest for the table or early market. Does not grow to a large size.
EDMAND’S is called extra early, but grows to a larger size than Eclipse and will not be ready for use as soon as Eclipse. The skin is dark red, but the flesh is purple of very tender quality and very sweet. Grows to a good size without getting stringy and woody and good for winter use. This variety is noted for its extreme dark red color when boiled.
LENTZ, also called Philadelphia Turnip is perhaps later than the others. Its flesh
has rings of dark and light red,
CRIMSON
GLOBE BEET
boiled has attractive
an even ruby-red
CRIMSON GLOBE — The largest growing fine grained beet. Very dark in color both skin and flesh and very smooth skin for a beet developing to a large size. Has very small tops, which makes it a great favorite with the gardeners as it sells on sight at the markets. Our seed is grown from selected bulbs and no better can be offered.
Pkt. 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, ounce 18c, V4 lb. 50c, postpaid
SPECIAL BEET SEED OPPER
6 pkts. beet seed, your choice, one kind or different 20c, postpaid.
4 ounces beet seed, your choice, one kind or different,
40c postpaid.
but when and very color.
Prices for any of the above 3 beets, per pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c, V4-lb. 40c. postpaid.
EARLY BASSANO — This
beet serves two purposes, as while its quality as a beet is extra good, it is a quick grow- ing variety and its very light green tender leaves are the best to be had for beet greens, which are cooked as you would spinach. The flesh of the beet is an attractive rose color, ex- tradordinarily sweet and juicy No home garden should miss having this double service beet.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts, 12c, ounce 15c, postpaid.
IMPROVED LONG
RED — The best long red variety, which we have de- veloped up to hold its shape well to the end of the root. Our stock will produce roots very smooth and with color very dark red clear through. A big supply of this kind can be grown on a very small space of ground.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c, *4 lb. 40c, postpaid.
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BEETS (Continued)
(See Cut Opposite)
MILLS ELECTRIC BEET.
For years the Electric beet has been ap- preciated in every state as a reliable, quick growing beet and while we have made no special claims for our stock we have fur- nished our customers, we will say at this time, that you get ADDITIONAL VALUE IN THE MILLS ELECTRIC. Like many other standard sorts we grow, we have improved it largely and would like you to compare the results with other Electric beet seed. Our stock will show smaller tops and more uni- form color throughout the root than any other we have tested in our trial grounds.
One trial will convince you that we have stock of this beet far better than the ord- inary.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c, 45c,
postpaid.
Other Good Varieties of Beets
The following kinds are all worthy of any garden space and our stock is the best there is. Prices for all the following kinds listed below:
EDMANDS — Deep red color, round in form, do not grow large and coarse.
EARLY MODEL — Slightly oblong in shape, but not a long stringy tap root. Develops very quickly and can be marketed to the best advantage when quite small.
IMPROVED LONG RED' — Has a long root not over 2 inches through, dark in color throughout, very tender and sweet and a fine keeper. Rather late in maturing.
DARK STINSON — Very dark in color, grows to medium size and a great favorite for pickling.
COLUMBIAN — One of the best second early kinds. Grows to about 4 inches through, with very smooth skin for a large beet.
EGYPTIAN — Does not grow to a large size and very round, with very small tap root. A favorite for pickling whole on account of their small size.
DETROIT DARK RED — Unequalled as a big cropper in all the Western States. Has a decided turnip shape, with small tops and fine for bunching. Skin dark red, flesh bright red.
PRICES' — Any of the above 7 varieties. Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, *4-lb. 35c, lb. 1.20, postpaid.
MILES RUST PROOF BLACK WAX BEAN.
Do not compare this in thought with the ord- inary black wax bean, as we have specialized on this black wax for years and have a black wax that in flavor and growing habits is far super- ior to others of the black wax kinds. The plant grows strong and carries its weight of pods well off the ground. The foliage of the plant is ample to protect the pods and for that reason should be planted 10 inches in a row where oth- ers are planted from 4 to 6 inches.
It has a beautiful pale yellow pod, slightly curved and continues to bear from the first pick- ing until very late. If you prefer a black wax, we are sure you have not had the best until you have had this improved stock.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, *4 -lb. 35c, lb. 60c, postpaid.
By express or freight, not prepaid, lb. 35c.
NOTE — Beans, peas and such seed as has been sold by the pint and quart measure in the past, cannot be sold by measure in the future, as the law does not allow it. They have to be sold by the pound and fraction thereof. As a rule you can figure on one pound of beans will about equal one pint. The Lima beans being lighter, one pound would be considerably over one pint.
RUST PROOP BLACK WAX
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.
Whatever can be said of any other wax bean, the IM- PROVED GOLDEN IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST. Per- haps no other bean has had as much prominence as this va- riety and we have stock that is perfect in every way. It is strong growing stock and no garden is complete without it as there is no better pickling bean than this kind, and it is beyond faults when used as a snap bean. The pods will keep in perfect condition for a long time after picking. The true stock shows a white bean marked about the eye with brownish markings and good for any use, even as a winter shell bean. There will be a brisk demand for good golden wax stock this season and you should be sure to get your order in early to save disappointment. Our stock of this bean seed is hand picked and therefore only perfect seed goes out to our customers, all being perfectly developed. Our stock of this variety is not large and would urge your placing your order early as we handle nothing but our own selected stock.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, *4 lb. 35c, lb. 60c, postpaid.__By ex- press or freight, not prepaid, per pound 35c.
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MILLS GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD.
In a green pod bush bean of large size, this is absolutely the best you can get. We have grown it on our own grounds for years, with the de- mand increasing each year. It is very tender, not only the first picking of pods, but those that develop to a good size and the last picking is as good as the first. When the beans have become quite hard in the pod they can be cut up and cooked with as much or more satisfaction than any other bean we could men- tion. The plant is very sturdy and it is a fine cropper.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, %-Ib. 35c, lb. 55c, postpaid.
Express, not prepaid, at 35c per pound.
MILLS BOUNTIFUL GREEN POD
(see cut below) — This is truly the Biggest Yielding Green Pod Bush
that we have had. It is very meaty, as you will will note from the illus- tration and all pods are so uniform in length and so well filled out that
it cannot be surpassed as a fat-podded green pod bean. Its flavor is excellent and if you desire a round podded bean we are sure this will fill your requirements. Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, yz lb. 30c, lb. 50c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, 30c lb. IMPROVED NAVY OR SOUP BEAN — We are sure this improved strain is the best soup bean to grow for winter use. Some stock offered and sold is very small in size and disappointing in not maturing, but you always meet with Good Success With the Improved Navy. It is always well to give a little space to this bean and have a winter supply of soup beans at small cost. Our stock is first class in every way and the price reasonable for reliable stock.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, yz-Vo. 25c, lb. 40c postpaid. Write for prices on larger quantities.
EARLY LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS— This is a
very good green pod of light yellow color, noted for its hardiness and adaptability to poor soils, where other beans would be a failure or light crop. It is very productive but not as tender in its later stage, therefore should be used when rather young. With- stands drought to a remarkable degree and therefore used in sections w'here drought might be expected, with better success than any other bean.
Price same as Bountiful Green Pod.
Pole Beans
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX POLE— A remarka- ble pole bean, pods averaging seven inches in length, filled out so full as to be curved and very meaty. The plants keep producing beans until frost and a won- derfully good shell bean after the pods have become well filled. The plants with the long and fat pods are very showy and a great favorite.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, yz lb. 30c, lb. 50c, postpaid.
Express, not prepaid at 30c per pound.
KENTUCKY WONDER GREEN POD OR OLD HOMESTEAD — The old favorite green pod pole bean that everyone knows as the big yielder, from which pickings can be made continuously until frost in the fall. It is fine flavored and a mighty profitable crop for all gardeners and also for the home garden.
I ^ ill III When a green pod pole bean is considered this is
H £m\\ lli the one to select.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, *4-lb. 30c, lb. 50c, postpaid.
Express not prepaid at 40c per lb.
HORTICULTURAL POLE (Cranberry or Wren’s Egg) — A pole bean very well adapted for short sea- sons or cool locations. The beans and pods have pe- culiar markings of pink and red, is of good quality and largely used as a winter shell bean.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, yz lb. 30c, lb. 45c, postpaid.
Express, not prenaid at 35c per pound.
HENDERSON BUSH LIMA— The smallest but fin- est quality lima bean grown. The pods are about 2 y2 inches in length and hold four beans. It pro- duces big crops in all locations and on any soil. It is such a heavy yielder that the crop of dried beans is larger- than with many other larger types. When cooked they have a finer flavor than other limas.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, yz lb. 30c, lb. 50c. postpaid. BOUNTIFUL
laro-f SS®?1 V6/y bush lima that has been called the potato lima on account of the contain four^f ^ plants grow about two feet in height and are very .stout. The pods
S pnnkl ? ^ SQ • 1C ]>eautlful green beans that are very tender and juicy and of the best flavor.
J-ney cook up to enoimous size and everything consid?red we doubt if any lima bean can eaual them for all requirements. Packet 12c, 3 pkts. 30c, i/2 lb. 35c, lb. 6}C, postpaid. Q
* POLE LIMA We have discarded all other pole lima beans as Leviathan is so far superior
to an others in every way. It is the earliest pole lima and is sure to bear well in all sections. The pods °l°™ 111 cluste5s ,°f from five to eight with the pods well filled, the pods differing from other pole lima’s they are straighter and longer. The plants cling well to poles and the pods stand out from the foliage.
Packet 12c, 3 pkts. 30c, yz lb. 35c, lb. 60c, postpaid.
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MILLS EARLIEST FLAT READ CABBAGE. See photo
illustration front cover. Our ex- clusive strain of this early flat- head is the largest of the early flatheads and the heads weigh from 10 to 12 pounds after the slight trimming necessary to have them ready for market. The thick flatheads are remark- ably solid and grow very free from spreading leaves and it has the record that not less than 800 more heads can be grown to the acre than some of the spreading flatheads, as they can be set quite close to- gether. It is a quick growing with unusually tight folding leaves on account of the ribs not being as prominent and protruding. Its quality is A No. 1 and in every particular the best early fine grained cabbage for profit to the grower that we have ever known.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 30c, V4 lb- $1-00, postpaid.
ALLHEAD EARLY— An early flathead that has been a fav- 1; orite for a long time and still to be recommended. It does ALLHEAD EARLY CABBAGE not weigh out as heavy as MILLS EARLIEST FLATHEAD,
the heads dressing to about 6 and 8 pounds and is of fine quality.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 30c, postpaid.
EARLY WINNINGSTADT — As shown by the illustration the head is very pointed and about the same size as the Wakefield, the leaves are tightly folded and of a rich dark green color and the heads form very solid. It has been a great favorite with out customers, especially for kraut making. Tt wel1 planted early
and also a good variety for planting in the summer for win- ter use.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 40c, postpaid.
MILLS WORLD-BEATER or AUTUMN KING.— When It
comes to considering the best late flathead cabbage the an- swer is WORLD-BEATER or AUTUMN KING. We believe we have sold more of this kind than any other of the late cabbages. It is always sure to make a good even stand of solid heads. The plants are of extra strong growth with dark blu- ish-green leaves, flat, and produce heads of enormous size.
While they require a longer season for growing, they more than make up in weight than those that would mature a little earlier. Seed sown June 1st will produce fine heads in time for winter storage.
Packet 12c, 3 pkts. 30c.
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD— -The heads are pointed but not as sharp pointed as Winningstadt. It is a well known early variety and for a quick growing, good quality cabbage is to be highly recommended.
Packet 15c, 3 pkts. 40c, ounce 50c, postpaid.
CHINESE CABBAGE or PE TSAI— Also called Celery Cab- bage and introduced into this country through the Chinese of the Pacific coast. Is the cabbage for the small gardens as they are set as close as 8 or 10 inches apart. The heads grow tall and fold together like celery, the center of which is very tender and mild in flavor.
Packet 12c, 3 pkts. 30c, postpaid. EARLY WINNINGSTADT
WORLD-BEATER AUTUMN KING
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CELERY
a large heart that blanches to a beau- tiful yellow after being stored. Our strain has proven to be an extra good keeper, but our special claim is that it Is so well formed that it re- quires very little if any trimming for marketing.
_ Packet 10c, 3, 25c,
GIANT PASCAL
MILLS GIANT PASCAL — The stalks are very large, but crisp and of nutty flavor. The heart blanches very readily and has an attractive appearance. Our special strain is an extra good keeper and one of the easiest kinds to grow, as those not claiming to know anything about growing celery have had the best of success with it. It always sells well on the market and the best to be had in a large growing kind.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, V4 ounce 20c, postpaid.
GOLDEN SELF BLANCHING — The
choicest of all yellow varieties, color a rich golden yellow.Though the stalks are broad- er and heavier than the white varieties, it is very crisp, of de- Nj licious flavor and free from strings and one of the most desirable table varieties. Does ^ not require much, if any banking up to blanch it and there- fore is used by all market gardeners and should be in every home garden.
Packet 12c, 3 pkts.
30c, % oz. 60c, post- paid.
WINTER QTJB1N —
This is the best win- ter storage celery known. The plant is of close growing hab- it, so compact that its
center has a fine nut- WINTER QUBBN
ty flavor, with color a creamy white. If a winter cel- ery is to be grown for winter storage, you should de- cide at once on the Winter Queen.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, % oz. 40o.
DWARF GOLDEN HEART — We have a special
strain of this celery that has given perfect satisfaction. It is a celery with ^ ^ vyy*
Cauliflower
DWARF EARLY ERFURT CAULIFLOWER — This is in many re- spects similar to our Early Snowball, but a few days later. Many gardeners prefer Erfurt on account of its dwarf growing nature. Next to our Snowball, we can recommend it as a good, sure heading variety.
Packet 15c, V4 ounce 35c.
EARLY PARIS FORCING — A quick growing kind and usually suc« cessful, but not claimed to be as sure a header as the other kinds list- ed by us. It is quite dwarf in growing and has heavy leaves that pro- tects the heads very well without special care from the grower.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, % ounce 30c, postpaid.
DWARF GOLDEN
MILLS NEW SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER.
Our special strain of “Snowball” cauliflower has been of great value to us and have supplied many of the best growers for years with seed. It is equally good for outdoor planting or forcing in the green- house. A well grown head will measure 9 to 10 inches across, very solid and per- fectly white. It is very dwarf and therefore earlier heading than many other kinds. For the best chances of sure success in cauli- flower growing we advise MILLS NEW SNOWBALL.
Packet 20c, V4 oz. 50c.
MILLS SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER
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MILLS FIRST OF ALL SWEET CORN — This is our own special strain and the earliest known Sweet Corn.
We have had reports from customers from various points advising that this corn has matured good market- able ears in from 65 to 70 days. It is not only early but the best quality of small eared corn you will find, deliciously sweet and tender and we have always kept it well bred up so that the grains grow straight on the cob and therefore is the most perfect formed ears of the small types. The ears average gix inches in length and always well filled at butt and tip, with a very small cob. Our truck growing customers advise ns they have found it the most profitable early corn they have ever heard of. It is more dwarf in growth than the standardd Early Corn variety as two and three good ears are found on a stalk. Many of the most reliable gardeners advise us that they are first to market with sweet corn in their section when they grow Mills First of All. We have also had hundreds of good words from those growing it in the home garden. To have absolutely the ear- liest sweet corn you will have to have Mills First of All.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, y2 lb. 25c, lb. 40c, postpaid.
Express, not prepaid, per pound, 20c.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN — We grew a fine stock of this val- uable and delicious sweet corn, preferred by some to be called honey corn and shoe peg corn. The grains of our strain are un- usually deep and closely set and can truly be said to be a solid ear of sweetness. The ears average 8 and 9 inches in length, with the grains irregular on the cob and can prove to any one that we have the finest stock produced of this excellent sweet corn.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, y2 lb. 25c, lb. 40c, postpaid.
Express, not prepaid, per pound, 20c.
GOLDEN BANTAM, the National Sweet Com — This variety
is worthy of all the praise that has been given it through the magazines and seed catalogues. A variety that succeeds every- where, even in the Northern gardens. The grains are rather large and a fine sort for eating from the cob, the grains being very deep and naturally a very small cob. We have pure stock, carefully selected, and no better can be obtained.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, y2-lb. 25c, lb. 40c, postpaid.
Express, not prepaid, per pound, 20c.
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN — The standard main crop late va- riety, strong and vigorous, 7 to 8 feet high, ears 9 inches long, f usually of 16 rows of fine sugary grains. Has a reputation for productiveness, rich, sweet flavor and deep, tender grains.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, 14 -lb. 25c, lb. 40c, postpaid.
Express, not prepaid, per pound, 20c.
OREGON EVERGREEN, Superior to all others — retains its delicate tenderness even when a little old— has succeeded when others failed — If you have not had Oregon Evergreen you have
not had the best sweet corn. The kernels are of good size, very tender and of good depth, filled to the bursting point with milky Golden Bantam sweetness — and its superior flavor and sweetness is retained long- er after it is picked than with any other variety, for the reason that this corn has the heaviest husk of any sweet corn known, and this valuable feature allows the corn to be shipped many miles to market and arrive in perfect condition. This heavy husk has another valuable point, and this is that the worms will eat up other kinds of sweet corn while they will not be found on this corn. This is a feature that all have been highly pleased with.
Oregon Evergreen has a very small cob and the ears are always rounded up with grains at the tip and butt. It is what might be called a mid-season sweet corn, and in this section it will fur- nish good roasting ears as late as September 10th. Pkt. 5c, 3, 12c.
14-lb. 25c, lb. 40c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per lb. 20c.
Pop Corn
OREGON EVERGREEN
WHITE RICE — The leading market sort. Our stock of this is xery fine and carefully selected. Large packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, y2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, postpaid. Exp. not prepaid, per pound 15c. Write for prices on large quantities of pop corn.
BABY GOLDEN, most dainty, handsome and best quality pop corn in existence — Everyone who has seen this dainty little pop corn has, been fascinated by the perfectly formed little ears, with grains of a rich golden color. For tenderness of grain after popping it is superior to all other kinds. Ears from 2 to 2% inches in length and from 5 to 7 ears are grown on a stalk. There is a brisk demand for this pop corn among pop corn merchants, and you will do well to grow some of it. It sells at a good price at the stores. Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, y2-Vo. 25c, lb. 40c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per pound, 20c. Write for quantity prices.
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GOLDEN BEAUTY CARROT
MILLS LONG GREEN
Mills New Pickling Cucumber
(SHOWN ON FRONT COVER)
For the first time we offer the Mills New Pickling- Cucumber and are sure it will be appreciated by all that grow it this season. Its most valuable fea- ture is its great productiveness, for if the fruits are picked as they become large enough for pickles, you can keep picking all through the season. The skin is very thin and they are absolutely free from toughness when pickled. Prices as listed on front cover.
MILLS IMPROVED LONG GREEN — The Perfection in Cucumbers — Very Prolific, Handsome, the Finest for Slicing. As near perfection as is possible has been attained in this improved variety. It is early, very prolific and pro- duces a continuous crop of uniform fruits that are excellent for pickling in their early stage and for slicing up to a large size. Grow from 8 to 9 inches long and so many fruits are produced at all times that uniform lengths can be had at each picking. Its color is an attractive dark green tinted with lighter shade at tips. The flesh is pure white, fine grained and of a refresh- ing, delightful flavor. The best long slicing cucumber that we can offer. The best to be had at very moderate prices.
Pit. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, oz. 20c, ^4 lb. 60c, postpaid.
GREEN PROLIFIC OR BOSTON PICKLING— One of the popular cu- cumbers, of the very best form and quality, and has yielded at the rate of over 200,000 pickles per acre. Uniform shape and appearance; a favorite with pickle growers and commercial gard- eners. Packet 5c, ounce 15c, }4 !*>•
40c, postpaid.
COOL AND CRISP — A white spine type that is long and slender, fine for slicing with flesh very brittle and fine flavor, pure white with dark green skin and the fruits very straight.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, V4 lb. 50c, postpaid.
EARLY RUSSIAN CUCUMBER—
Earliest in cultivation. Grows about 3 in. long. Fine for pickling.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, % lb. 50c, postpaid.
MILLS EARLY WHITE SPINE —
The best and most widely grown of any white spine cucumber. Unequal- ed as a table and market sort, good for forcing under glass as well as growing in the garden. The fruits grow from 5 to 7 inches long and about 2 y2 inches in diameter; color light green.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ounce 25c, 14 lb. 60c.
DAVIS PERFECT— Holds its dark
green color until almost ripe. Of the White Spine type, distinguished for its long fruits of a dark green last- ing color. The flesh is very tender, of a delicious flavor and crisp, one of the best for slicing. It is perhaps the only cucumber that can be grown under glass or in the open ground with equal success.
Packet 10c, ounce 20c, % lb. 60c, postpaid.
SMALL GHERKIN— The smallest cucumber grown, never develops over 2 inches in length. It is very curious and interesting, has a rough surface and is used exclusively for pickling, as it makes handsome pickles of first class quality.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, 6 pkts. 20c, oz. 25c, postpaid. COOL AND CRISP
MILLS GOLDEN BEAUTY CARROT — This is a heavy cropper and suitable
for both table and stock; grows a smooth, uniform, handsome root, free from core, sweet and tender, never becomes stringy. This handsome carrot will please everyone who grows it. Packet 10c, oz. 20c, }4 lb- 60c, postpaid.
MILLS SEED CO’S SPECIAL SELECTED DANVERS HALF LONG CAR- ROT— A handsome-half-long, cylindrical, stump-rooted Carrot of good size and
of a rich, dark orange color; it grows to a large size, is smooth, and the flesh very close in tex- ture; under good cultivation it has yielded 25 to 30 tons per acre. Our selected stock gives the best of satisfaction. Packet 10c, oz 20c, V4 lb. 60c, postpaid.
OXHEART CARROT — The quality
-xtra good and we can recommend it for iome use. It can be pulled where other arrots require digging, and if you want n early, handsome, ready selling carrot this will please you. Packet 5c, 3 2c, oz. 15c, 14-lb. 40c, yz~lb. 70c, lb. 70c, postpaid
Mills Agricultural Wonder — Produce.- long roots of good size, true yellow color.
Pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 18c, ^4 lb. 50c. OXHEART CARROT
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Mills Early Frlzeliead Lettuce
LETTUCE
MILLS EARLY PRIZE HEAD LETTUCE— A
delicious First Early Head Lettuce — A rather
small head lettuce, perfect in quality. The plant is small and they may be planted close to each other and is very hardy, so that it may be plant- ed early and later planting can be made in August, as it does not succeed as well as some others in hot weather. It has been sown in September and carried over the winter in cold frames, when it gives a valuable crop in April.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, oz. 25c, y^ lb 65c.
GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE — The great Lettuce for forcing or growing Outside. The Easiest of all to grow. We believe this is the best loose leaf variety there is and it is the easiest kind to grow. It produces an abundant crop of pale green leaves, slightly crumpled, which retain their sweet flavor even after it has become quite old. It is very brittle, and in this respect it leads all other loose leaf kinds. It is extremely popu- lar in the Middle West and really should be popular everywhere. As you will note from the photo reproduction it has quite a long stem, and on this account it very seldom rots in damp weather. For forcing we would recommend it above all others. Our seed is from carefully selected stock
Grand Rapids Lettuo*
and we are sure it will give satisfaction. Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, ounce 20c, V4 lb. 60c, postpaid.
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON — The Most Attractive Hight Green Lettuce — Extremely Tender. One of the
most reliable varieties, growing well during the hot summer when most others are failures, therefore most satisfactory and popular for home use, but also largelly grown for the market, especially in the western states. It is a good shipper and it does equally well out-doors as in a greenhouse. Very early, slow to go to seed, with broad crumpled leaves of very light green color, tender and sweet.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, oz. 20c, lb. 55c, postpaid.
BIG BOSTON— A Head Lettuce Praised by All Users — Claimed by Many to be the Best
Head Lettuce. Some growers seem to have better success with the Big Boston, therefore we believe it is the difference in the locations, 1 but we find that the Big Boston takes the lead in many places and some claim it is absolute- ly the best. We strongly advise all to try the Big Boston, for we are sure it has made a wonderful hit with many of our customers and you will not want any other after you have tried it. In appearance it cannot be excelled has a rich buttery flavor not found in all and also in quality it is unsurpassed, as it lettuces. One very decided advantage over oth- er kinds is that Big Boston is peculiarly adapt- ed for late Fall culture.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ounce 25c, y* lb. 60o, postpaid.
SPECIAL LETTUCE SEED OFFER.
1 packet each of four different kinds of lettuce seed, your se- lection, prepaid for
20c
Big Boston Head Lettuce
IMMENSITY LETTUCE — This new let- tuce is without a doubt the very largest let- tuce in cultivation. Notwithstanding its great size it is tender, sweet and crisp. It produces a fine large, solid head, often 3 feet in circumference and 12 inches in diam- eter. It is a great heat resister, being slow to run to seed, so that it is very reliable for late crop when other sorts are unfit for use. Especially adapted to planting in the fall.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, oz. 20c, y4 lb. 55c, postpaid.
IMPROVED HANSON — This is a perfect Lettuce for the table. Heads green out- side and white within, sweet, crisp and tender, even to the outer leaves. This is becoming a very popular lettuce.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, oz. 20c, y* lb. 60c postpaid.
MIKED LETTUCE SEED— It is very in- teresting to watch more than a dozen dif- ferent kinds of lettuce grow. From 12 to 15 sorts; only the best early and late va- rieties. Just the seed to sow to get a con- tinual supply.
Packet 5o, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15o, V4 lb. 35o, postpaid.
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Egg Plant, Salsify and Other Varieties
BLACK BEAUTY EGG FLAKY
EGG PLANT, BLACK BEAUTY — An early matur- ing kind. Its shape is broad with a small seed cav- ity, its skin a rich purple color with a handsome lustre. The best to be had in egg plant.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 60c, postpaid.
SALSIFY, SANDWICH ISLAND— The roots are of fine quality and the finest oyster-like flavor. Roots for winter use should be taken up in the fall, but for spring use should be left in the ground and used before commencing growth in the spring.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 40c, postpaid.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS — In reality a miniature cab- bage; boiled like cabbage or cooked in cream like cauliflower, of a very fine grain and delicate flavor. A vegetable well worth having.
Packet 5c, 3 pkrts. 12c, oz. 20c, postpaid.
KOHL RABI — The part of this plant used for food is the bulb. It may be said that it is a cross between a cabbage and turnip. The plants are start- ed inside like cabbage and set out about the same time in drills 18 inches apart and six inches apart in the drill.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, ounce 20c, postpaid.
ODD COLLECTION OP GOURDS— Gourds are an interesting thing to grow and require no attention after planting. This collection includes all of the distinct kinds, including the Calabash pipe gourd.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 25c.
GROUND ALMONDS — A ground nut of excellent flavor, resembling the cocoanut or genuine almond. The meat is snow white in color and tender, covered with a thin brown shell. They grow in the ground close to the surface and one nut will yield as many as 200 nuts to the hill. Are planted early in the spring and ready to harvest at about the time pota- toes are ready to dig. Pkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY — Recommended for pies, preserves and jams, but not used in a raw state. Start the plants inside and set out, or the seed may be sown in the open ground. Very easy to grow and no one can fail with them. When sown outside they will ripen early in September. Pkt. 100.
NEW ZEALAND SPINACH— Gives An All Season Supply — A distinct variety, a continuous supply of fresh leaves always coming out at the tip of the branches. It is of the finest quality and a space planted four feet square will supply a large family.
Not affected by drought and the leaves are always
green, fresh and tender.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 20c.
ROUND THICK LEAVED SPINACH — A well known variety that is always in demand, is of fine quality and the gardeners prefer it for selling on the markets.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 10c, ounce 12c, lb, 35c postpaid.
Ground Almonds
VEGETABLE ORANGE — The Vegetable Orange is a splendid novelty of recent introduction. Vines are smaller than a Musk Melon vine, but require about the same cultivation. It is a won- derful yielder, producing fruit about the size of an orange, of bright yellow color somewhat russeted. For sweet pickles, pies or preserving they are splendid and can be used in many ways. Pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 20c postpaid.
MAMMOTH PRUITED GROUND CHERRY— The fruit is about double the size of any other variety; of a dark purple with green flesh, flavor sweet and delicious. Fruit when picked with the husk on is a splendid keeper if kept in a cool place. Pkt. 6o, 3, 12o.
MAMMOTH PEANUTS — Peanuts can be grown in any section that grows corn, and their culture is very simple and interesting. The MAMMOTH is the best yielder and not of the running kind, the nuts growing in a compact manner about the hill. If planted in April they ripen in September as far north as Canada. The plant is very attractive, the leaves being of odd shape and a handsome green shade, tinted with white. Large pkt. 10c, V6 lb- 20c, lb. 35c, postpaid. Express or freight, not prepaid, 25c. lb.
VEGETABLE OBAVtl
MAMMOTH PEANUTS
NEW ZEALAND SPINACH
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WASHINGTON, IOWA
MILLS NETTED GEM— (Green flesh) We
got the stock for this fine musk melon at Rocky Ford, Col., and have gradually improved it until we have one of the finest types of netted melons. Seed is taken from only the best specimens and therefore you will get a field or patch of melons from which there will be very few if any culls. A very thick meated melon with the flavor that has won for us a large patronage on this one variety. They always bring a good price as the netting is the most attractive of any we have ever de- veloped. They are a convenient size for basket packing and are sure you will find we have something better than usual if you de- cide to grow this famous melon.
Packet, all selected seed, 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, oz. 25c, % lb. 60c, yz lb. $1.00, postpaid.
MILLS EARLIEST (Salmon fleshed)— Of
all the earliest melons we believe this can take the lead. Is nearly round in form, small seed cavity and color of flesh very attrac- tive ana delicious to the very outside rind. It can be recommended for all purposes, wheth- er for the small garden or the large acreage.
Packet, selected seed, 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, oz. 25c, *4 lb. 50c, yz lb. 80c, postpaid.
BANANA MELON — A fine flavored salm- on fleshed melon grown by many in prefer- ence to all other kinds. The fruits grow from 18 to 30 inches in length and a great many produced on a plant.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts 15c, oz. 20c, postpaid.
HENDERSON BUSH MUSK MELON — A
true bush melon, as three good plants left to a hill will not exceed a ground space of over 8 or 10 feet in diameter. It is of good quality and the proper melon for the small garden. We have taken as many as 18 good melon from a single hill of plants.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ounce 25c, postpaid.
MONTREAL NUTMEG — (Green fleshed)
— This stock was brought from the North- ern growers and has been in great demand every season. It is quite early and devel- ops to a large size quickly in this latitude.
They are as round as a ball, but slightly ribbed, with extraordinary bold netting, very attractive. We are sure our strain is the best of the Nutmeg type to be found.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, oz. 25c, 14 lb. 50c, postpaid.
MONTREAL NUTMEG MUSK MELON
MILLS EARLIEST MUSK MELON
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WATERMELONS
SWEETHEART — “The Sweetest of the Sweet” —
Whatever may be claimed for various “sweetest in the world water melons" there is none sweeter than the true SWEETHEART. It is without the slightest doubt the best home garden melon, mostly on account of its delicate sweet flavor and convenient size. It has thin rind and cannot be said to be a shipping melon. We have true stock saved from only perfect melons.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, % lb. 45c, postpaid.
TOM WATSON— This variety took the lead over other market melons so completely that it is now the univer- sal market water melon, one that can be shipped a long distance on account of its thick tough rind. Its meat is the extreme in sweetness and good flavor, also good color as its rind is the extreme in toughness. These are two qualities combined that make it indis- pensible to the grower, if he is to compete with the market. Seed only from best specimens.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, lb* 40c, y2 lb. 70c, postpaid.
We specialize on this famous melon and grew a large stock of seed. Write for quantity prices.
MILES EARLIEST — “A Favorite With Northern Customers" — This melon has made a great record for us in all melon growing sec- tions for its early maturing record. It is the standard of fine quality and a favorite with the Northern customers. It is very tender and we do not claim it to be a shipping melon, but its very dark red flesh is its main at- traction. Is very sweet and crisp and the vines are very productive of perfect fruits.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, ^4 lb. 45c, yz lb. 75c, postpaid.
KLECKLEY SWEETS, “One of the Sweet- est"— A fine water melon for home use or nearby market as it is too tender to stand shipping. Recommended highly for the home garden as the melons properly matured are good eating to the extreme outside rind.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, lb. 40c, yz lb. 70c, postpaid.
WONDERFUL SUGAR — “A Large Shipping Melon of Sweetheart Quality" — Recommended along with the Tom Watson as a high class market melon. Has a very distinct stripe of light green on a dark back ground of green, otherwise is like Tom Watson in appearance.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, *4 lb. 40c, y2 lb. 70c, postpaid
MILLS EARLIEST
We have a limited stock of seed of other water- melons not listed.
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MILLS SEED CO., WASHINGTON, IOWA
Choice Onion Seed
The onion seed crop fell short of expectations at the harvest. With this shortage and the high cost of labor we have been obliged to advance our price on onion seed, as all other seed- men have. What stock we have is very plump, strong vitality seed and worth all we ask for it.
OUE FAMOUS FBIZETAXEB ONION — It
develops full size the first season from seed.
Specimens grown to weigh over four pounds.
Has yielded 600 bu. to the acre. Is an ex- cellent keeper through the winter — This is the same type as those immense imported onion? seen on sale in fruit stores that command a high price. A highly profitable onion to grow, and succeeds in all parts of the U. S Our stock always produces a round form with a very small neck that almost disappears when the bulbs have ripened, and a most attrac- tive light straw colored skin with pure white sparkling flesh of excellent quality and very nild. We have handled many specimens weigh- ing over 4 pounds. There is an ever increas- ing demand for this onion on the market, and there is no doubt whatever that the crop will always bring a big profit.
Fkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 40c, V4 lb. $1.50 Vfc lb. $2.75. lb. $5.00, postpaid. Express not prepaid per lb. $4.75.
MILLS YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS — Om
Special Strain and a Very Profitable Crop to Grow. Our special strain of this valuable onion will produce bulbs that are globular in FBIZETAKEB
shape, not flattened. We prefer the round form and it will be found to dry down at the top until the tops almost entirely disappear, leaving a perfectly round onion that Is very solid, of a light straw color, with thin skin and pure white flesh. It is very mild yet full flavored and excellent for slicing, and a fine keeper. For production it will equal the Prlzetaker or the Wethersfield, but will not grow to the extra large size of the Prizetaker. Some markets require a medium sized straw colored onion, and for such markets this is the best that can be had.
Fkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 35c, 14 lb. $1.25, ^ lb $2.25, lb. $4.25, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per lb. $4.00.
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD — Carefully Selected Seed of Our Own Strain of This Wonderfully Popular Onion. We have a small-necked strain that is sure to ripen, flattened in form like the specimen shown and we have supplied some of the most careful onion seed buyers with this strain and have held their trade for a long time. Seed that we have produces stock that is very free from stiff-necks or scullions. The outer skin is an attractive deep purplish red, smooth and glossy, and the flesh white, slightly tinged with light
red and will produce large bulbs from seed the same season planted. As is generally known it is a fine keeping onion, and the very best in the flat red kinds to grow for profit or home use.
Fkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 35c, lb. $1.25, y% lb. $2.25, lb. $4.25, postpaid. Express, not pre- paid, per lb. $4.00.
SOUTHFORT WHITE GLOBE— It is similar in size and growth to the Southport red in all re- spects but color. The Southport White has a pa- per white skin, and a pure white, mild and crisp flesh of fine grain and excellent size bulbs.
Fkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 40c, V4 lb. $1.50, ^ lb. $2.75, lb. $5.00, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per lb. $4.75.
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD SOUTHFORT RED— An ex- cellent keeper. The best med- ium-sized Red Onion to grow to bring a big crop — The South- port red is an onion that we prize very highly, as it pro- duces bulbs so uniform in size that we have seen fields grow a stock that hardly needed any grading, all the onions being about the same size. It is a bright red in color, the flesh white, with the exception of a little red at the outside near the skin. They grow to a size that commands the best price, and are excellent keepers thru the winter. They will run in size from 2% to 3 Inches, of a good flavor, and have seen them yield as many as 600 bushels to the acre, while we have heard of 800 bushel yields on
Onion Sets
White, Yellow or Red Bottom Sets, postpaid, by mail, Vz lb. 25c, lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.00. Express, not prepaid, per lb. 20c. Write for quantity prices.
SOUTHFORT RED
good onion ground. Fkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, oz. 30c, y* lb. $1.10, % lh- $2, lb. $3.75, pstpd. Ex. not prepaid, lb. $3.50
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Garden Peas
1 pound of seed will plant from 60 to 75 feet of row.
MILLS ENORMOUS. (See photo Illustra- tion on front cover.) Growers cannot af- ford to overlook this main crop first qual- ity garden pea. It is a second early pea and has been a money maker for the gardeners. The vines grow from 3y2 to 4 feet high, ire heavy and vigorous and need good sup- port for the best results. The pods are very dark green In color, well filled with large luscious wrinkled peas that retain their sweetness until very large. Ordinar- ily the first picking can be made about 50 days from sowing of seed. One pound of this seed will plant about 80 feet of row. This is not a new pea with us, but Is our ixclusive stock as we have specialized on it for some years and are sure you will find we have something better than the ordinary In this second early, finest quality garden pea.
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Packet 10c, y2 lb. 35c, lb. 60c postpaid. By ex- press, not prepaid, per pound 40o,
MILLS FIRST OF ALL— A very hardy strain, perfected through several years of careful se- lection. Mills First of All has a short growth of vine, height a trifle over two feet and crop can be taken off at one picking, vines requiring no support. It is the heaviest bearing extra early pea and the one first on the market. The pods are well filled with creamy-white round smooth peas that ripen very evenly. See cut opposite.
Packet 10c, y2 lb. 30c, lb. 50c, postpaid. By express, not pre- paid, per pound 35c.
LITTLE GEM — One of the shortest growing varieties, vines not over 12 inches high. Of excellent table quality and several pickings can be made from the vines.
Fkt. 10c, y2 lb. 35c, lb. 60c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per lb. 35o. TELEPHONE — We have a good stock of this well known tall growing pea of excellent quality. Grows 3 to 4 feet high and needs support for the vines.
Packet 10c, y2 lb. 30c, lb. 50c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per lb. SOo.
GRADES — Also called “Prosperity Pea” an early large podded pea of fine quality, grows 3 feet high and pods well filled out as peas are large for the length of the pod.
Packet 10c, % lb. 30c, lb. 50c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, 35o.
LAXTONIAN — The best large early Pea that we can recommend. While the pods are large the vines only grow about 18 inches high, with leaves, vines and pod MILLS FIRST OF ALL very dark green. Pods are about 4 inches in length, well packed and have the true marrow flavor. Pods can be picked in from 45 to 55 days after sowing the seed. The vines are very sturdy and bear pods from top to bottom. If you have not tried the Laxtonian it is time you should. Packet 10c, y2 lb. 35c, lb. 60c, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, per lb. 40c.
LAXTONIAN
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PEPPERS
AMAHEIM CHILI — A novelty in peppers, as the fruits are about 10 inch- es in length and only about 114 inches in diameter. They have a very hot flavor, equal to the Cayenne.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, yz oz. 20c, postpaid.
BELL OH BULL HOSE PEP- PER— This is the top notch va- riety of sweet peppers and claimed to be one of the best for stuffing. The pepper grows 4% to 5 inches in length and are so mild they can be eaten when taken from the bush.
Pkt. 12c, 3 pkts. 30c.
FIMIENTO — A very mild heart shaped pepper, about 3 inches in length, as broad at the top as it is long and tapering to a point, with a very smooth surface and very thick meat. • Also a good variety for stuffing.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, Yz oz. 30c. postpaid.
BELL OR BULL NOSE PEPPER
MILLS SWEET MOUNTAIN PEPPER
CHINESE GIANT — A well-known mild pepper, the largest growing kind of any. Excellent for seasoning.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, yz oz. 25c, postpaid.
PUMPKINS
WINTER LUXURY PUMPKIN
MILLS WINTER LUXURY — The finest pie pumpkin on earth. It has a russet skin with a slightly netted surface and extra fine grained flesh of a rich salmon color. A fine keeper and a true luxury among the pie pumpkins.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, *4 lb- 40c, postpaid.
MILLS MAMMOTH- — If you wish to grow a 100 -pound pumpkin you have the opportunity with this variety. Have many reports of specimens weighing to that amount. A good novelty and good for stock feeding.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, postpaid.
SMALL SUGAR — This is the old reliable small pie pump- kin that should be grown in every farm garden.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 18c, *4 lb. 50c, postpaid.
COMMON FIELD OR COW PUMPKIN — The kind that is grown for stock feeding only.
Will produce an immense amount of feed per acre.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c,
14 lb. 30c, lb. 85c, postpaid.
PUMPKIN M I X T U R E —
Pumpkins are something that can be planted in a mixture to good advantage and our mix- ture contains all the best and also the odd varieties, many kinds not list- ed in the catalogues, as some of the mix- ture are foreign grown and not used to any extent in this country.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, postpaid.
PARSNIP
SMALL SUGAR PUMPKIN
MIjuLS NEW SUGAR — An improvement over the old type of parsnip. The roots grow to a large size enabling them to be easily dug. The flesh is finer grained than the old type and are much sweeter. A fine parsnip when left in the ground during the winter and used in the early spring be- fore they commence to make a growth.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts, 12c, oz. 25c, Y\ lb- 60c, postpaid.
PARSLEY
MILLS MOSS CURLED PARSLEY— This
the most robust growing and easily grown, at the same time the most attrac- tive and best flavored parsley you can get. Taken from the ground in the fall it can be grown all winter in pots.
NEW SUGAR PARSNIP
MOSS CURLED PARSLEY
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, oz. 25c, postpaid.
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CHOICE SEED POTATOES
We can give yon CHOICE NORTHERN GROWN STOCK or OUR OWN CHOICE IOWA GROWN STOCK.
You are sure of getting the best to be had. We guarantee them to reach you in good condition and if for any reason seed potatoes sent you are not considered satisfactory, they may be returned at once and your money will be refunded.
Potatoes will be shipped as soon as weather permits. State whether you want shipped by express or freight. No charge for bags.
MILLS EARLY SIX WEEKS — “The Earliest Potato in Existence.” — Customers have asked why we do
not list the Mills Early Six Weeks Potato in our catalogue any more. The reason is that we could hardly supply the demand for this seed, although not listed in our catalogue since 1914, as we have such a call for it. We now have a larger stock than for some years, but let us advise that you place your order early for the Mills Early Six Weeks Potato, or you might be disappointed. Those that place orders up to March 1st, will no doubt be sure of getting them filled, but after that we cannot promise. Orders can be booked any time and shipped when desired or when weather permits.
MILLS EARLY SIX WEEKS POTATO is the most valuable po- tato for the market gardener. Its quality is the best to be had al- though the quickest developing potato and cooks up pure white and mealy. While it does not de- velop to a large size, we have known of them yielding 400 bush- els to the acre. It is of good shape, similar to the Ohio and a perfect table variety. In refer- ring to our 1914 issue of cata- logue, we find we said at that time “It is truly a wonderful po- tato and we wish we could in- fluence everyone to try it.” We can now say in 1919 that we be- lieve our wish came true. We have a large stock at this time and believe we can serve most “all comers” this season, therefore you should get a start of it. MILLS EARLY SIX WEEKS POTATO
Whole potatoes per pound 30c, 5 lbs. $1.00 postpaid.
Express or freight y2 pk. 75c, pk. $1.25, y2 bu. $225, bu. $4.
IRISH COBBLER “Early Heavy
Cropper” — A very fine early potato of medium large size (See cut, about natural size) and fine for light soil where it does its best for earliness. It has white skin and pure white flesh that cooks up a pure sparkling white. In shape it is thick and short, very smooth with few and shallow eyes. Highly recommended as an early variety. Whole potatoes, per pound 30c, 5 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. Ex- press or freight, y2 pk. 60c, pk. $1.00, y2 bu. $1.75, bu. $3.25.
EARLY OHIO “Extra Choice Se- lected Stock” — We can safely brag a little on our Early Ohio Seed Pota- toes, as we believe we have the best we have ever produced. It is clean, pure stock free from disease, very uniform and should be seen to be fully appreciated. None is better prepared to serve you with this im- portant valuable seed potato, known to everyone, than we. Price same as for Irish Cobbler.
RURAL NEW YORKER — One of
the best reliable late potatoes, known to everyone as being a fine cook- er up to the time new potatoes are to be had at reasonable prices. We IRISH COBBLER POTATO have fine stock somewhat oblong,
inclined to be flattened, skin and flesh pure white. Price same as for Irish Cobbler.
POTATO EYES BY MAIL POSTPAID — We guarantee them to reach you in good condition for planting. Sufficient stock cut with each eye to keep them in good condition for some time. In this way you get con- siderable potato seed at small cost.
PRICES POR EYES DELIVERED — Any variety, 25 eyes 40c, 50 eyes 70c, 100 eyes $1.25. Large quantities $1.00 per 100 eyes. Carefully pack- ed in paraffin lined boxes, full directions for keeping and planting State when wanted for planting.
HYBRIDIZED POTATO SEED PROM POTATO SEED BALLS— We
show here a dish of potato seed balls, from which we take the seed and supply it to you in packets, which we secure from an expert in the pe- culiar science of producing potato “seed” which when planted will bring all colors and shapes, and replanted will develop full-fledged potatoes, the second or third year, some new kinds which may result in value to you.
Packets, containing full directions and advice, 15c, 2 for 25c, 5 for 50c, 10 for 80c, postpaid.
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MILLS EARLIEST — The Earliest Scarlet Globe. — Up
to the present time we feel sure we are still at the head of the class with one of the best earliest radish- es to be had. It will be ready for the table in from 20 to 23 days after sowing the seed and on account of their quick growth is the most crisp, fine grained and mild flavored radish you will find. We take pride in our stock of this radish seed and have never had a disappointed customer dur- ing the years we have spec- ialized on this early radish.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15o, ox. 20c, % lb. 60c, postpaid.
Radish
MILLS SCARLET TURNIP WHITE TIPPED— -A very im- portant radish with the market gardeners, as it always com- mands a ready sale. Our stock produces well marked speci- mens, the upper part being a bright red and tips and part of root white as shown in the photo reproduction opposite. In this radish is combined beautiful appearance and the finest of radish quality. Pkt. 6c, 3 pkts. 12c, ox. 20c, lb* 60c, pstpd.
MILLS PERFECTION RADISH— Develops Perfect Form In
23 Days — See photo reproduction of these radishes on the front cover. Our claim for perfection in this radish is based largely on the fact that all those grown will develop to a same- ness in size and color, more so than any radish we have ever offered. This nearest-to-perfect-development we have attain- ed by simply growing the roots for seed growing from seed taken only from perfectly developed roots until we have such a fixed standard shape, that in ordinary good mellow soil, you will not discard any radishes for imperfect shape. Its quality is the best to be had, being fine grained and very solid, flesh pure white, with a bright red skin and it is al- ready a great favorite with all classes of customers. Our stock is somewhat limited, and can only offer in rather small quantities this season. Packet 10c, ox. 20c, *4 lb. 60c, postpaid.
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Mills Scarlet Turnip White Tipped Radish.
CRIMSON GIANT — The Largest Scarlet Globe
Radish — This variety develops a larger root than other scarlet globes, but is not pithy or hollow when double the size of others and the flesh is very sweet, tender and mild flavored and perfect white, while the outer surface is a beautiful crimson in color, which has made it a great favorite. It is a good forcing radish as well as for outdoor growing. We have a fine trade on this radish and many re- ports of fine success with it. Pkt. 6c, 3 pkts. 15o, ox. 20c, 14 lb. 60c, postpaid.
EARLY SCARLET GLOBE, Selected Stock. We have seed stock of this radish from one of the best spec- ialists in radish seed growing and are sure that you will find it equal to any seed to be found. It is a very popular variety and can be relied upon to give satisfaction in every particular. Pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12o, ounce 20c, V4 lb. 60c, postpaid.
WHITE ICICLE — The Perfection In a White Rad- ish. We have carefully grown and selected stock of this important variety, which every gardener is obliged to grow to meet the demand for this radish. The roots are of a transparent whiteness, extraord- inary mild and juicy and the radish that has taken the lead over all other kinds in many markets. It is one of the easiest radishes to grow and gather and seed may be planted at intervals of 10 days apart, which gives a supply for many weeks. Our stock is carefully grown and selected. Packet lOo, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 30c, % lb. 80c, postpaid.
ICICLE RADISH
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FRENCH BREAKFAST RADISH
FRENCH BREAKFAST — A very popular early radish of a beau- tiful color, being a bright cardinal red, with the flesh pure white, very crisp and mild. It is ready for use in about 25 days from sow- ing and a very fine home garden or commercial radish.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ounce 35c, postpaid.
WHITE TURNIP RADISH — The very best white globe radish, pure white inside and out, mild in flavor, very tender and juicy, are not pithy up to a size of one inch in diameter and are much liked by all that have grown them. Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12o, ounce 20c, postpaid.
WINTER RADISHES — Winter radishes should be sown during June or later. The roots grow to a large size and can be kept for winter use by putting in the cellar and covering with dirt.
ROSE CHINA WINTER — A very pretty oblong radish of a beau- tiful rose color. Does not grow to a very large size for a wintei radish.
LONG WHITE SPANISH — In shape is similar to the Icicle rad- ish, but grows quite large, tender and of good quality.
LONG BLACK SPANISH — The same as White Spanish except that it has a black skin and white flesh.
PRICE, any of the above three kinds: pkt. 8c, 3 pkts= 20c, ounce 30c, postpaid.
SQUASH
MllaliS IMPROVED WARTED HUBBARD. The Best Keeper — We can Justly claim that we have a fine
strain of this best quality squash. The shell is very tough and it will keep in perfect condition long into the winter and the quality is the finest to be had. It cooks up a rich dark golden color, dry and fine grained. We have many customers growing more than they need and selling to their local stores at a good price. There is always a sale for your extra hubbard squashes of good quality. All our hubbard squash seed taken from only fine specimens.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, ounce 20c, V4 lb. 60c, postpaid.
DELICIOUS — A fall and winter variety, but is fine in all seasons, though its best quality is not at- tained until winter. They weigh from 5 to 10 pounds each, of peculiar shape as shown in cut, and have few seeds. They have a thin green rind with flesh a very dark orange color. It is very rich in flavor and if you have not tried the Delicious, you have missed a great deal in squash quality. Succeeds well everywhere and every garden that grows squash should have a few Delicious, as they are all their name implies. We grow our own seed of this squash.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, ounce 30c, % lb.
80c, postpaid.
MAMMOTH CHILI — A mammoth yellow squash, growing to the shape of a pumpkin and having thick yellow flesh, with a small seed cavity. The flesh is good in quality and can also be recommended for stock food growing. We have known of speci- mens growing to a weight of 200 pounds and is a good exhibition squash.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c, *4 lb.
50c, postpaid.
GOLDEN SUMMER CROOKNECK— In a
summer squash we believe this is the best to be had. They are ready for use in the summer months and are of good quality.
The vines produce many fruits and a few
GOLDEN SUMMER CROOKNECK
hills planted in the corn will give a good supply until fall or later. Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c, 14 lb. 50c, postpaid.
GOLDEN CUSTARD — A bush squash producing large thick-fleshed fruits flat in form with scalloped edges. They are 12 to 15 inches in diameter and are ready for use early in the summer. Their quality is good for a summer squash and can be grown on a very small space of ground.
Pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c, postpaid.
WHITE BUSH SCALLOPED — The same as Golden Custard, except that it has white skin and flesh. Some prefer it on account of it cook- ing up perfectly white and of good quality.
Price same as for Golden Custard.
SQUASH MIXTURE — It is interesting to grow an assortment of squashes and we have a mixture that contains many kinds not listed in this catalogue. If you grow a mixture it would not be well to save seed from any of the specimens, no matter how perfect they may seem. Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, ounce 15c postpaid.
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS
Let- us have a list of your seed requirements for 1919 season and we will give you by return mail our best prices. Address to Quotation De- partment, Mills Seed Co.
BOSTON MARROW — A
large fruited hard-shelled sort for winter use, having bright orange skin and deep orange flesh of fine qual- ity. The vines are very pro- ductive of fruits and it is a fine keeper.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12o, ox. 15c, postpaid.
Boston Marrow Squash
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HA VS YOU EVEB NOTICED that some seedsmen come out each year with two and three new tomatoes and keep up this rate year after year. How do they do it.
The Mills Early July and Mills Mammoth Prize are the only new ones we have been able to produce in about eighteen years of selecting* and popagating. We have been specializing on these two for some over 10 years and it keeps us busy raising seed stock to supply the demand. We are proud of these two toma- toes of our introduction and a trial will convince you that we are justified in our pride MILLS 2JAB.il If JULY— A won- derful cluster tomato — a very reliable, very early tomato —
We have made this a special- ty for several years and have continually improved upon it until the value of this tomato is in the fact that it forms in clusters of all uniform fruit.
This variety has formed as many as eight tomatoes of the same size in a cluster, all fruits of a cluster ripening at the same time. The fruit has a bright red color, smooth in form and of excellent flavor.
Price: Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, oz. 50c, postpaid.
MILLS MAMMOTH PRIZE TOMATO One of the Largest Tomatoes Grown — It has given great satisfaction everywhere, as it possesses every good quality to be found in a toma- to. The vines are strong and vigorous, and when properly trained will easily attain a height of ten feet and carry an enormous weight of fruit. The massive fruits are almost per- fect in form and as to size, weight and solidity, no other mammoth tomato can approach 1 it. We have seen specimens of this tomato that weighed MILLS EARLY JULY TOMATOES
two pounds and it is common to find them weighing 1V2 pounds. The skin is exceedingly firm and this va- riety is almost seedldess. If started early the fruit will ripen during July until killed by frost There is no garden complete without this Mammoth Tomato. Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c, yz oz. 50c, postpaid.
MILLS MATCHLESS TOMATO
MILLS MATCHLESS TOMATO — We do not claim to have or- iginated this variety, but claim our stock is better than many other ordinary stock offered. Matchless is a tomato without a fault, and its strong points are many. Its color is a beautiful deep cardinal red of velvety appearance, its shape is slightly flatten- ed and not ribbed. Its average weight is from 8 to 9 ounces. Its flavor is just tart enough to satisfy the taste. Scores of per- sons have visited our trial grounds and upon looking at this to- mato have pronounced it the most beautiful in color of any to- mato. It will always attract attention wherever grown. It will more than repay you to try it.
DWARF GIANT TOMATO — The Dwarf
Giant Tomato is a magnificent variety. Grows about two feet high, very strong and produces large sized fruit; larger than any other dwarf tomato and a whole crop will average very large throughout the season. The fruits grow in large clusters and weigh from 9 to 12 ounces each. Color is a beau- tiful rich crimson, skin is thin, easily peeled but very strong; flesh is firm and solid, no core, delicious flavor, almost seedless. Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, %-oz. 30c, postpaid.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, y2-oz. 30c, postpaid.
EARLIANA— We have fine stock of this well known and im- portant early tomato. It seems especially well adapted for mar- ket gardeners as it grows to uniform sizes and is smooth, which counts much on the market. It is wonderfully productive and the quality is of the best, while the vines keep bearing all summer and up to frost.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ^-oz. 30c, postpaid.
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PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE TURNIP
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE TURNIP — For a large tur- nip we consider this the best variety. It is very sweet, a fine keeper and always very saleable on the market. The turnip is white with the exception of purple around its top.
EARLY WHITE PLAT DUTCH— A white flat turnip that is fine grained and of good sweet flavor. Produces well in all sections and a favorite white kind as it cooks up so perfectly white and dry.
Prices of all Turnip Seed: Packet 6c, 3 pits. 15c, ounce 20c, Vi lb. 60c, yz lb. $1.00 postpaid.
HARDY SWEDE — A large round ruta baga that is the best for stock feeding. It is the best shape and most productive and the best keeper. The flesh is yellow and full of nourish- ment. One ounce of seed is used to 150 feet of drill and 1% pounds to the acre in drills or about 2 y2 pounds broadcast.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, ounce 30c, lb. $1.00, yz lb. $1.75, postpaid.
TOMATOES
EARLY SNOWBALL TURNIP
EARLY SNOWBALL — This is a pure whit© and perfectly round turnip of fine quality. It is a great producer and has yielded as much as 40 tons to the acre when grown for stock feeding.
FONDEROSA TOMATO—
We have a nice stock of this mammoth growing variety that measures 18 inches in circumference and very smooth for a large tomato. Most of them will be per- fect in form and contain very few seed. A handsome crimson in color and quite free from disease. It is a great display tomato and an interesting one to grow.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, yz ounce 30c.
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE
— A medium large and smooth fine flavored extra early bright red tomato, in earliness about equal to Earliana. A good cropper and fruit is produced thru the season.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, yz oz. 20c.
GOLDEN QUEEN TOMATO
GOLDEN QUEEN YELLOW TOMATO — If you like
a tomato that is not very tart, you should have the Golden Queen. It is very perfect in form, as you will see by the illustration above. Its color is a very light yellow and its quality fine.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c yz oz. 20c.
LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY
— A medium sized tomato noted for its good quality and appearance. It has a very velvety skin and a fine shipper.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, yz oz. 20c.
TURNIPS AND RUTABAGAS
GRAPE TOMATO
TOMATO GRAPE — This
miniature tomato is grown mostly as a curiosity and is perhaps more valuable as an ornamental climber than for its fruit. The fruit is the perfect tomato but so small that thousands of them are on a good sized vine. Their bright red clusters make a great display.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAP TURNIP
PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAP— Always a favorite on account of its sweet flavor and pro- ductiveness. This and the purple top white globe are the best to sow about July 25th for a winter supply.
MILLS SEED CO., WASHINGTON, IOWA
MILLS’ CHOICE FLOWER SEED
AFRICAN MARIGOLD
NOTE: Some varieties described on this page are Illustrated
on page 23 and so mo described on page 22 are illustrated on this page. Our flower seed list is smaller than usual as we used more ground for garden seed and food crops. We can supply all hinds of flower seed listed in previous catalogues, but did not grow enough to warrant listing them in this catalogue.
ASTERS — “Mills Superb Giant” shown on the back cover is the choicest variety you will be able to get in asters. We can furnish these in colors of pure white, bright rose and lavender, plants or seed as per prices shown on back cover.
QUILLED ASTER. — This aster is also shown on back cover, with long straight petals that are rounded and pointed, which give a charming appearance. Pkt. 10c, 3 phts, 25c.
SEMPLES BRANCHING — We have seed of this fine branch- ing aster in colors of white, lavender and mixed colors. ALYSSUM (Little Gem) — The best and most popular plant for white bordering of flower beds.
Little Dorit — The most dwarf growing Alyssum, grows not over 3 inches high.
CANDYTUFT GIANT- — See cut, which shows how attractive these plants are, as individual plants or borders.
Dwarf Empress — -A low growing candytuft very at- tractive for growing in masses.
ANTIRRHIUM (Snapdragon) Seed of the tall growing kinds of this old fashioned garden flower, that grows tall spikes of flowers showing every color imaginable.
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI — See cut. Fine for house and porch plants, especially for hanging baskets. Pkt. 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
BABY GOLDEN GLOW — Small bush plants loaded with blossoms of perfectly double yellow flowers.
BACHELOR BUTTON — One of the old fashioned, easy grown garden flowers, familiar to all.
BALSAM (Touch-me-not) — See cut. An easily grown plant, growing about 2 ft. high with its straight stalk loaded with very double rose like blooms. Seed in colors of pure white, dark red, purple, variegated or mixed.
BELLIS (Double Daisy) — See cut this page. Very attrac- tive little plants showing blooms of many colors. Succeed any- where.
CALLIOFSIS GOLDEN WAVE — Plants grow 5 or 6 inches tall and very compact, covered with yellow flowers that stand well above the bloom.
CANTERBURY BELLS — See cut. Tall growing plants with attractive cup-and-saucer-shape flowers, showing a great variety of colors.
CARDINAL CLIMBER — A very fine climber with small but beautiful cardinal flowers, very brilliant. Pkt. 10c.
CELOSIA FIRE FEATHERED — See cut. We have this seed of the fire feathered and yellow feathered, both of which make very attractive plants.
COLUMBINE — We have mixed seed of this fine old hardy plant that is still a favorite and always attractive.
COSMOS — Mixed seed carefully selected from best blooms and gives all the colors in red, pink, scarlet and pure white.
COTTON, ORNAMENTAL — See cut. Plants can be started inside and set in the open after warm weather and are very attractive.
CYPRESS VINE — A very dainty quick growing vine with fine cut fol- iage and small red and pink flowers. Very attractive.
DAHLIA — Dahlias can be grown from seed and flower the first year planted. Many colors produced and you will have the tubers to plant the
DAISY SHASTA — Burbank’s novelty, producing large daisies with yel- low center and white petals and perfectly hardy. Fine for borders.
GERANIUM from seed
EVERLASTING FLOWERS— Our seed of this produces all the best :olors in these curious flowers. Cut and hung with the heads down they ry and keep for years and retain their color.
FEVERFEW— See cut.
'ail in any location.
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FORGET-ME-NOT— Very small growing plants with handsome blue 'oro Fine for bedding or borders or pot plants.
FOUR O'CLOCK — Plants very bushy, having various colors on each plant, blooms open at evening and through the night and up to about 10 o’clock in the forenoon.
GAILLARDIA — See cut. Very attrac- tive plants with handsome flowers. Fine for cutting.
GERANIUM— See cut. A strain of Ger- aniums easily grown from seed and the plants are mostly with double blooms. The colors are very striking and many times very unusual. Full directions are on the packets.
GODETIA — See cut. Also called the
“Satin Flower” having very large flow- ers of a rich velvety satin rose color, fine for outside or house growing.
Price of seed on this page unless oth- erwise noted, pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c.
GAILLARDIA
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HELIOTROPE — The plant noted for Its exquisite fragrance. The seed may be started inside and set in the open ground when plants are small. Our seed is mixed colors that give from pure white to dark blue colors.
HIbISCUS — The seed produces plants that develop into a good sized shrub, with beautiful large pink flowers.
HOLLYHOCK — Annual variety. We have seed that produces plants and blooms the first year, in a mixture giving very fine colors.
Perennial variety. Does not bloom the first year from seed, but blooms after the first year and very hardy.
JOB’S TEARS — An old fashioned plant that is loaded with round and very hard shelled seed, the seed of which are used for stringing as beads.
MIGNONETTE — A low growing plant much used for borders, having a white bloom and noted for its exquisite frag- rance.
MARIGOLD, AFRICAN — See cut. A tall growing kind with very double flowers in
a great assortment of dark colors. ASPARAGUS SFRINGEBX
Tom Thumb— A very dwarf growing kind, fine for cutting and a fine garden flower.
MORNING GLORY, JAPANESE— This is the best variety, as the flowers are larger and handsomely market and striped.
NASTURTIUMS, CLIMBING — The finest mixture of colors to be had, with large flowers that stand out from the foliage.
NASTURTIUMS, DWARF— The best of the low
growing kinds, fine for borderiing or making beds.
PETUNIA, Giants of California — The finest in a large flowering petunia. Grows flowers 4 and 5 inches across, which are single, but so ruffled and curved that they look like double flowers. Packet 15c, 2 pkts. 25c.
Choice Mixed— The best for bedding or border- ing, blooms all through the season continually with a great variety of colors.
GODETIA (Satin Rose)
POPPY, CALIFORNIA — Blooms quickly from seed in colors or white, pink, red and yellow, making a great display.
PANSIES — Gorgeous Pansy Mixture. A mixture that contains all the best kinds from English and American growers. The best marked sorts and the ORNAMENTAL COTTON best straight color kinds. — You will find all the won- derful combinations in pansies, many of them new to you, some with smooth edges and some with ruf- fled as to appear like double flowers. We could not give better kinds if we were to charge four times the price asked for this assortment.
Liberal sized packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
GIANT RUFFLED MASTERPIECE— A type in pansies that is well advertised and is the very best of the ruffled kinds. The largest kinds in exist- ence. Very distinct colors and we have this valu- able strain in a mixture only. Packet 12o, 3 pkts. 30c.
SALVIA OR SCARLET SAGE— Large Flowering Scarlet — This is a most gorgeous plant, with its most brilliant colors, producing an abundance of bloom dur- ing the summer.
SWEET SULTAN — This beautiful flower deserves to be in every garden. Produces large double pret- ty flowers in great profusion, growing on long stems, and is splendid for bouquets. It is sweet scented and admirable for the garden. Pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c.
VERBENAS— MILLS GIANT — These Giant Ver- benas produce the most beautiful flowers of gigan- tic size in a wider range of colors than any other Ver- bena ever offered. A few plants will make a display of colors long to be remem- bered. All colors. Packet 5c, 3 packets 12c.
Sweet Scented Mayflower Verbena — A strain of Verbenas that is made up to Include all the sweet scented varieties. The flowers are large, the colors are very brilliant, and they bloom continuously from early summer until late in the autumn. Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c.
PRICES OF FLOWER SEED on this page, unless otherwise noted: Packet, 5c, 3 packets 12c.
OSLOSU FIRE
FEATHERED
SURPLUS FLOWER SEED COLLECTION XSSU
A fine collection oi flower seed at about one-third regular price.
Every season we are sure to have a surplus of many kinds of Flower Seed, on account of an extra good crop of many items, and to dispose of these items we are overstocked on, we make the above offer of 35 pkts. for 50 cents postpaid. At the time this book goes to press in order to print our large edition, we cannot say what items we will have a surplus of, but the collection will consist of seed being grown this season and will contain annuals, perennials and vine seed. There will be at least 25 different kinds of flower seed, 35 packets in all, and these surplus Items will include some of the very choicest varieties offered in our catalogue.
Your opportunity to get a large assortment of flower seed for a small amount.
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VERBENAS: Sweet Scented Mayflow- er-— A collection of all sweet scented Verbenas, showing brilliant, attractive colors. They bloom continually from early until late.
GIANT STRIPED— A most beautiful large flower, having a white stripe on an attractive ground.
MIIiIiS GIANT — Comprises a mixture of all the large flowering sorts, show- ing a wide range of colors that make a beautiful effect.
GIANT PURPLE— A distinct variety that produces mammoth purple flowers.
SCARLET DEFIANCE — Of an in- tensely deep rich red in color, making £ fine contrast to the Giant Purple.
MOSS VERBENA- — A very low grow- ing kind, spreading over the ground and forming a carpet of lovely moss green, above which the clusters of purplish blue flowers are borne in great profusion. A very hardy and robust kind, blooming in a short time from seed.
Price of all Verbenas, packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
MORNING BRIDE — These produce perfectly double flow- ers, borne on long, slender stems, well above the foliage. Very useful for cutting. The colors range from white to rich crimson, deep red and pink, lilac and other shades, some al- most black. Mixed, packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c.
SWEET WILLIAM — Excel- lent for borders or bedding; produces large heads of flow- ers early in the summer, very fragrant and excellent for cut- ting. Double or single, in mixed colors. Pkt. 5c, 3 pkts. 12c.
SWEET PEAS
SALFIGLOSSIS SALFIGLOSSIS (Velvet
Flower) — This is the favorite flower of many flower lovers and it may be justly considered as such. As you will note by the illustration it is a bell shaped flower, and the most beautiful part of it is the mark- ings and veining from the throat of the flower to the out- er edge of the petals. They run in colors from light yellow through darker shades of brown, bronze, copper, old gold and many odd colors that have to be seen to be appreciated. Furthermore the blooms with long stems keep remarkably well when cut and placed in water. It might be called the most beautiful flower of easy culture to be had.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts 20c.
POPULAR MIXTURE — -We offer here a mixture of sweet peas as very low prices, considering the cost of growing sweet peas the past season for seed purposes. It contains all the good kinds as to size and the best colors, but of course is not made up of the very finest sorts only, as we could not offer them for this price. The mixture as offered on the back cover of this catalogue con- tains only the best spencer types, including many of the latest development in new colors. We make the two mixtures, the cheapest of which is sure to give satisfaction, giving you many colors you had not seen heretofore, and the higher priced collec- tion we are sure will go beyond your expectations. See back cover for price on our very best.
Price of this “Popular Mixture”: Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, ounce 20c, postpaid.
PORTULACA, OR ROSE MOSS — Double Large Flowering Col- lection: For brilliancy in colors and for unique colors that can
hardly be named or reproduced by an artist, you will find them in the bloom that comes from the seed of the collection of im- ported and domestic varieties. We have no words at our com- mand to describe colors and it is best not to attempt it. They are like the poppies, absolutely easy to grow, do well in sunny situations, one of the most valuable for edging or for massing and excellent for cutting. Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c, Ys oz. 20c.
POPULAR MIXTURE SWEET PEAS
RESURRECTION PLANT — The Resurrection Plant derives its name from the fact that when in a dry and dormant state it does not appear to have life, as its leaflets are tightly folded together as shown in the greatly reduced engraving, but when placed in water it begins to unfold and in a few hours has developed into a spreading fern-like plant with an attractive dark green color that is very beau- tiful, which it retains as long as supplied with water and will cover an 8 to 10 inch dish.
When taken from the water it folds together in a dormant state. This operation of curling up when dry and expanding when placed in water can be re- peated indefinitely and therefore is an everlasting plant.
In the purchase of this plant you procure a per- manent decorative plant that never loses its charm, and we are sure that every person securing one or more would not part with them for many times the purchase price. Plants in dormant state 8o each, three for 20c.
RESURRECTION PLANT
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BRILLIANT POPPY MIXTURES
— Constant Bloom Prom Early Until Late in the Pall. For a truly brilliant display nothing can compare with the poppy and those in this collec- tion are the most brilliant of the bril- liant kinds. Absolutely easy to grow and many of them will reseed them- selves and come up year after year; makes the most beautiful outside dis- play and will furnish cut bloom the entire season from early until late.
Packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20c, V4 oz. 20c.
PURPLE PEATEEB GRASS PURPLE FEATHER GRASS
— Here is quite a curiosity for lawn and home decorations on account of its rapid and vig- Drous growth. The recurving leaves, which are narrow and grow very graceful, are over- topped by elegant feather plumes about a foot long. The beads are borne from July until frost and the whole plant seems to be veiled in a purple cloud.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
NIGELLA (Love in a Mist) —
This is an easy-growing annual, making a compact plant one to two feet high. It produces large double porcelain blue and white flowers, which completely cover the plant. The foliage is odd and striking. Mixed colors.
Packet 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.
PHLOX — Gorgeous Mixture. An assortment that will surpass almost anything else in daz- zling brilliancy. Plants are 18 inches high with trusses of flowers in colors of deep rose, pink, purple, lavender, maroon and many other shades.
Pkt. 10c, 3 pkts., 25c.
HARDY GARDEN PINKS— This is a very popular garden flower, that will bloom year after year if given a little protection, or can be taken up in the fall and potted, when they will bloom inside during the winter. They are also very useful as a border plant.
Packet 10c, 3 pkts. 25c.
HARDY GARDEN FINKS
GORGEOUS PHLOX MIXTURE
SHOO-PLY PLANT — Here is an interesting cur- iosity of the Physilis family. It is claimed that flies will not stay in a room where it is grown. It is hard to understand this as the flower does not seem to have any odor. It is a great plant to bloom when grown in pots summer or winter. A remarkable free flowering plant, blooming in a short time from seed. Blossoms are large, cup-shaped, and of a delicate light clue color, with a white center; is highly prizec by all who grow it.
Packet 5c, 3 packets 12c.
NEW RED SUNFLOWER — This is a new depart- ure in sun-flowers; the petals tipped with yellow and near the center have a beautiful chestnut brown shade, while some have the petals with yellow at the center and tipped with brown, which makes a beau- tiful combination. The flowers have long stems and when cut for vases they last a long time in water. The plants are set three feet apart and grow from five to seven feet tall. They will bloom in from six to eight weeks after sowing the seed.
Packet 6c, 3 pkts. 15c.
GLOBES OF GOLD — This is the best dwarf dou- ble, with the flowers so double that they are per- fectly round in form.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c.
SNAPDRAGON — This is a charming old fashion- ed flower produced in many colors, such as yellow, scarlet, white, etc. It is a perennial and blooms well the second season. It succeeds well as an annual. All colors mixed, packet 8c, 3 pks. 20c.
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Peonies
Peonies make a most beautiful show and their cut bloom is very lasting1 and many are exquisitely scented.
They do best if set in the fall as they are always injured if disturbed in the spring, even though they have made no apparent growth. You will gain time by letting us ship your peonies early in the fall.
NOTE — Our peony roots are heavy and cannot be sent by mail. Prices below are for roots sent by express, customer to pay express charges.
FESTIVA MAXIMA— About the larg- est and undoubtedly the most popular. Color the purest white with inner petals slightly tipped oarmine and flowers are borne on long stiff stems. Blooms very early.
40c each, 3 for $1.00, 6 for $1.7S.
RICHARDSON’S RUBRA SUPERBA—
An exquisite kind with elegant dark red flowers. Plants very tall and strong, with long flower stems.
50c each, 3 for $1.25, 6 for $2.35.
BRIDESMAID— Pure white, clear carmine eye, blooms in large round heads.
R. P. STRUTHERS — In our estimation the very best of
the Hardy Phlox — it has no faults. Color a clear cherry- red, suffused with salmon shades and deep red eye. Very large trusses and the color stands out clear and clean. If you are to have only one kind of phlox, take this variety.
Cannas
XING- HUBERT — The grandest Canna ever offered, with beautiful bronze leaves, with the dark ribs sharply defined. The flower heads are immense in size, with petals of vel- vety-orange scarlet and carmine, tinted with rose at mar- gin and base. It shows a combination of leaf and blos- som that cannot be surpassed.
Good sized bulbs 25c each, 3 for 60c, 6 for $1, postpaid.
YELLOW XING HUMBERT — The leaves and other parts
of the plant are the same colors as the “King Humbert," but the flowers, while the same size are a beautiful yel- low, which is very striking.
40c each, 3 for $1.00, postpaid.
FIREBIRD — A green leaved canna of large strong growth, and very beautiful large red flowers that bloom for a long season.
25c each, 3 for 60c, 6 for $1.00, postpaid.
MRS. A. F. CONARD — A green leaved canna of immense size and grand appearance, with immense beautiful pink flowers on very long stems above foliage.
40c each, 3 for $1.00, 6 for $1.75, postpaid.
PEONY “FESTIVA MAXIMA”
QUEEN VICTORIA — A very pretty flower, with outer petals a bluish-white and center of flower edged with pink. The flower of this variety is very large.
25o each, 3 for 60c, 6 for $1.00.
FERN LEAVED — Has a single flower of beautiful dark red, foliage very distinct from other kinds, resembling a fern leaf, which keeps green all through the season and very ornamental.
40c each, 3 for $1.00, 6 for $1.75.
AMERICAN BEAUTY — Has very fragrant bloom, Iden- tical with the color of the American Beauty Bose. Plants large and strong and blooms very early.
30c each, 3 for 75c, 6 for $1.25.
CRIMSON QUEEN — A very early bloomer with dark red flowers, borne on long stiff stems and very large.
35c each, 3 for $1.00, 6 for $1.75.
Hardy Phlox
One of the easiest grown hardy perennials; beautiful as Individual plants, or in border. They succeed in any lo- cation or soil. They continue to thrive many years with but very little attention.
Price 15c each, 6 for 75c.
INDEPENDENCE — An extra large flowering pure
White; none better.
HARDY PHLOX “INDEPENDENCE”
GARDEN, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS
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SELECTED SEED CORN (Famous Iowa Grown)
We are the favored seed house this season as we are located in the exact spot of the corn belt where the corn growing1 for seed purposes was favored with every possible advantage in soil and climatic con- ditions to make perfect seed. Many other sections did not produce the sound well developed, fully matured seed corn that Washington Coun- ty, Iowa, can boast of.
MORTGAGE LIFTER (medium early) — A heavy yielding corn that we introduced several years ago which has always held its popularity as its good points over other kinds are many. IT HAS DEPTH OP GRAIN IN PROPORTION TO SIZE OP GRAIN, A STRONG STALK TO STAND HARD WINDS, THE LARGEST SIZED EAR FOR MED- IUM EARLY CORN AND A RICH DEEP GOLDEN YELLOW COLOR. THE MOST SATISFACTORY AND SAFE CORN TO GROW. It is nothing uncommon to see fields that yield 80 to 90 bushels to the acre. To those that have not been “getting by” with a good FULLY MA- TURED CORN CROP we can make their success certain by recom- mending MORTGAGE LIFTER.
PRIDE OP THE NORTH (The 85-90-day com) — For the Northern
locations and for early feeding corn this is very valuable. The ears are of fairly good size and dry out quickly. It makes a good crop in Iowa and Illinois but is successful in Michigan, Minnesota, Wiscon- sin, the Dakotas and such short season states. We have a nice stock of this early maturing corn.
IOWA SILVER MINE — The best white corn to grow. Will produce a big stand on ground and under conditions that would not be fav- orable to the yellow dent kinds. Ears very large, usually a length of from 12 to 15 inches, rows straight on the cob with ear well filled out at butt and tip.
REID’S YELLOW DENT — A very fine prize winning corn, requir- ing about 110 days to mature. It has a very fixed standard and if your season is long enough it makes perhaps a stronger feeding value than the other yellow varieties. The ear holds its shape well to the PRIDE OP THE NORTH tip and a very attractive corn to grow.
PRICES OP ALL SEED CORN (Shelled and Carefully Graded)— By Mail
Postpaid: Large packet 5c, pound 30c, 3 lbs. 75c.
By express or freight (not prepaid) — y2 pk. 75c, per pk. $1.25, per y2 bu. $2.25, per bu. $4.00, 2 bu. at $3.75 per bu, 5 bu. or more at $3.50 per bu. Bags free.
SPECIAL SEED CORN CIRCULAR: We have a special circular on
seed com and other farm seed that will be sent on request. IT ILLUS- TRATES PULLY ALL THE KINDS OP SEED CORN WE HAVE, WITH A VERY FULL DESCRIPTION and interesting to those wishing to con- sider carefully the seed com proposition.
DWARP ESSEX RAPE — A forage plant of great merit that can be produced in from six to eight weeks from seed, yielding from 25 to 30 tons of green feed to the acre. The plants grow from two to four feet high, having broad, rich, juicy leaves, resembling rutabaga tops. When corn is grown to be cut for feed, it is well to sow rape at the last plowing, as it will leave excellent pasture after the corn is taken off and is very effective in keeping down the weeds. The seed should be used at the rate of 3 lbs. to the acre in drills, or from 5 to 10 lbs. to the acre sown broadcast.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 10c, lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.00.
TEOSINTE — It resembles corn somewhat but has a much broader leaf and sweeter sap. It is a very rapid growing plant after it has attained a height of 5 or 6 inches and grows to a height of 11 feet. It suckers more than any other forage plant; often producing 25 to 30 stalks, and as many as 7 5 stalks have been grown from one kernel of seed. It can be cut when two or three feet high, after which it will rapidly grow up and as many as four crops have been cut during the season. The amount of forage per acre from this plant is something immense; in many cases from 250 to 300 tons. It should be planted in hills two feet apart each way, and three pounds is sufficient for one acre.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 20c, V4 lb. 60c, y2 lb. 85c, postpaid.
WHITE KAFFIR CORN — It grows four to five feet high, making a straight, upright growth. It has a strong stem with enormous wide leaves. The stalks keep green and are brittle, making excellent fodder, either green or dried, which is highly relished by cattle and horses. For the
grain, sow in rows 3 feet apart, 3 to 5 pounds of seed to the acre. For fodder sow one-half to one bushel, either broadcast or in drills.
1 lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, postpaid. By freight or express, not prepaid, 10 lbs. 80c, 25 lbs. $1.50.
SUDAN GRASS, A New Forage Crop That is of Immense Value to the Middle West and Southwest — The Department of Agriculture re- ports that Sudan Grass will be of the greatest value in the central states, and especially in the parts of Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Colo- •ado that are deficient in rainfall. These dry regions have no other satisfactory hay crops and Sudan grass yields a good crop of first-class hay. All stock relishes the hay and thrive on it. The quality is said to be much superior to Millet and almost equal to Timothy hay. Yields of from two to four tons per acre are very common, and under irrigation the yield runs as high as eight to ten tons per acre. Sudan Grass should not be sown until the soil has become warm, but can be sown any time during the summer so long as 70 to 80 days inter- vene before the date of the first expected frost. It can be sown in rows 18 to 42 inches apart, or it can be drilled in with grain or sown broadcast by hand. When cut for hay it should be cut just after full bloom, so that it will have as much time as possible for a second growth.
Packet 5c, 3 pkts. 12c, oz. 15c, V4 lb. 25c, y2 lb. 40c, lb. 70c, postpaid. Write for prices on larger quantities.
TEOSINTE
DWARP ESSEX RAPE
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SELECT GRAPES
Blackberries
BLOWER’S GIANT BLACKBERRY— We consider this the best blackberry as it is a sturdy grower, attaining a length of from 10 to 12 feet and the canes very hardy. It yields fruit for a longer period than other blackberries, has the largest berry and is the best in quality. The berries have reached a size of % inches in diameter, have small seeds and are exceedingly juicy, plump and sweet with hardly any core. It begins to bear in midsummer and continues for a long time with the last picking as good as the first, the berries always are attractive and pleasing in every way.
Good strong large plants 15c each, 6 for 75c, 12 for $1.25 postpaid.
Every city and country garden should have from four to twelve grape vines. They can be trained up the side of any building or over the garden fence, while a well trained grape arbor gives a home-like permanent effect.
Plant about eight feet apart by the building, fence or arbor. For Vineyards, make the rows about eight feet apart and six to ten feet in the rows.
CONCORD — (Black) The most popular grape in America. They grow in full clusters of large berries, with a thin skin, the flesh tender, sweet and juicy and the vine a vigorous grower. They are very hardy and productive and succeed everywhere.
MOORE’S DIAMOND — A very hardy white grape of fine quality that ripens from two to three weeks earlier than the Concord.
NIAGARA — (White) This is possibly the most popular white grape in existence, the fruit is large and vines very productive.
/Z' MOORE’S EARLY BLACK — An extra large grape of extraordinary "fine sweet flavor. Excellent for home use and one of the hardiest for the far North, ripening about two weeks ahead of the Concord. Berries of large size; succeeds everywhere. A fine market grape.
Price of All Grape Vines: Delivered Post-
paid or express pre- paid at prices quoted: 30c each, 3 for 75c, 6 for $1.25, 12 for $2.00, 25
for $3.25.
CUMBERLAND
RASPBERRY
(Black)
ST. REGIS EVERBEARING RASPBERRY
ST. REGIS EVERBEARING RASPBERRY (Red) — Gives fruit for a period of four months the first season planted — The berries are large and of very fine quality, rich and sugary and keep longer after picking than any other red raspberry- They are of a bright crimson color and firm meaty substance.
It is the earliest of all red raspberries, com- mencing to ripen in June and bears a tre- mendous crop on the first canes, while the young canes continue to produce fruit in in- creasing numbers until frost comes in the fall.
The plants are of ironclad hardiness as the canes withstand the most severe cold weather, also stands the heat and drought of the summer remarkably well.
Every garden should have at least three plants of this extraordinary red raspberry.
Price of strong, well rooted plants, 10c each, 6 for 50c, 12 for 80c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 25 for $1.00, 50 for $1.75. Special quotations on larger quantities.
The largest of the blacks and is of fine sweet flavor.
On account of its large size is always sure to bring the best price on the market. It is medium early and the hardiest of the blacks. We find it is the most popu- lar as it is the best shipper.
Good strong plants,
10c each, 6 for 45c,
12 for 75c postpaid.
Express, not prepaid, 25 for Cumberland
$1.00, 50 for $1.50. ’ Blac:k
Raspberry
CARDINAL RASPBERRY (Red) — We have a good stock of this valuable raspberry that with many is the favorite red variety. The fruit is very large and firm and on ac- count of the plants reaching to a very large size, they give a wonderfully large crop. It is claimed by many of the hor- ticultural experts that since this berry was introduced it has added millions of dollars to the profits of the fruit growers of the country.
Good strong plants, 10c each, 6 for 50c, 12 for 80c, post- paid. Not prepaid, 25 for $1.00, 50 for $1.75.
MOORE’S EARLY BLACK
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SELECT STRAWBERRIES
We specialize on growing fine strawberry plants and devote several acres to it. Plants you get from us are grown under conditions to secure the strongest, hardiest and best fruit producing plants possible to get. We offer you only varieties that are productive and valuable for home or commercial growing.
We offer only “perfect” varieties (kinds that bear if set out by themselves, without requiring to be pollenized.
Shipments are made in the spring as soon as the weather will permit of the plants being taken from the ground and in good condition for shipping.
We offer some new varieties this season, found by us to be of great value and you will get satisfaction, no matter what variety you may select.
WE GUARANTEE PLANTS TO REACH YOU IN GOOD CONDITION.
DR. BURRILL
DR. BURRIXiXi (New Variety) — This wonderful good new strawberry was introduced two years ago and from the small start we got of it are able to offer it for the first time this season. It was originated by Dr. Reasoner of Illinois, who originated the famous “Senator Dunlap” and in fact it is an improved Senator Dunlap, which goes to say, that you cannot be disappointed in it. Its foliage is large and of a beautiful dark green, with the berries large, of beautiful form with the surface of berry a rich deep glossy red with rich and solid meat and more productive than the Dunlap and many others. In flavor it is more mild than the Dunlap, is the best canning variety known and a fine shipper. It bears for a longer season than Dunlap and is an ideal straw- berry for the home garden or market growing.
Price, 25 plants 50c, 50 plants 75c, 100 plants $1.25, postpaid.
COLLINS (New Variety) — This is a seedling from a Bed- erwood plant and while it has the good qualities of the Bed- erwood, it does not have the habit of being an excessive run- ner that the Bederwood is, which is objectionable to us. The plants make a good thick row and the foliage stands up well and strong, free from rust or disease.
Its unusual feature is that the fruit stems are unusually strong, holding the fruit up from the ground. The berries are of a rich dark red color and always ripen out full, without leaving a green tip. It is a midseason variety, beginning to bear with the second earlies and continues well along with the later sorts, every berry coming to perfection. It is a very heavy cropper and are sure our customers will do well to try out this variety.
Price, 25 plants 50c, 50 plants 75c, 100 plants $1.25, postpaid.
CHARLES I (New Variety) The Earliest of All — This new valuable variety is the earliest of any we have ever found, being one week ahead of many so-called early kinds. It is a large yielder, a strong grower, berries large, very regular in form and of fine color and quality. If the ear- liest berry is the most important, you will do well with this new variety, but would suggest early orders, as there is a big demand and the supply of plants we have will possibly not last through the season.
Price, 25 plants 50c, 50 plants 85c, 100 plants $1.50, postpaid
SENATOR DUNLAP
This has been the lea ding commercial strawberry for many years for the reason that it does well eve- rywhere and produces enormous crops every season. When setting an acre or more of strawberry plants we recommend the Dun- lap for the reason that the acre will probably produce more than with any other variety when it is considered it is so hardy and will pro- duce a larger crop with the minimum labor and attention given than any other kind.
It bears good sized evenly shaped berries of a beautiful dark red color and its flavor is delicious. It is fine for pre- serving, making a rich dark red syrup and is a first class shipper, retaining its brightness long after being picked.
We have customers in every state in the Union order- ing plants every season and have yet the first complaint to receive. We have specialized on this variety and have plants that cannot be excelled for purity and vigor.
Price, 25 plants 40c, 50 plants 65c, 100 plants $1.25, post- paid.
By express, not prepaid, packed to insure perfect condition upon arrival, 100 plants 80c, 250 plants $1.50, 500 plants, $2.50, 1,000 plants $4.00. NOTHING- BUT CAREFULLY SE- LECTED PLANTS SENT OUR CUSTOMERS.
CHARLES
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STRAWBERRIES
The Most Promising1 of the New Strawberries “Grand Marie”
We believe we are the introducers of this wonder- fully fine variety. Two years ago we had only a few of the plants given us by a friend of the originator, who has made no effort to introduce it to the public and we .gre the most fortunate to be the first to have a supply of plants to offer.
We have fruited this berry two years and those that have sampled it want no other than the “Grand Marie” for it has the others surpassed in appear- ance and quality. It is of large size, over one inch in diameter, of a dark red color all through and never hollow at the center, nor light in color as many kinds are. Its flavor is absolutely the best we have found in strawberries and a grower selling this fruit to his customers will have a hard job on his hands if he hands them strawberries of another variety after they have been having the “Grand Marie.”
As for productiveness it will equal any of the heaviest bearing varieties. The plants send out quite a few runners, so that if you once get a start of them you will have no trouble in having new plants for starting new beds. We are specializing on this extraordinary strawberry and every plant sent out will give perfect satisfaction.
GIBSON — This is a mid-season variety that is coming to the front very fast. It commences to ripen with the Senator Dunlap but owing to its great productiveness it continues to bear until 8 and 10 days after the Dunlaps have gone, is therefore a good variety to grow in connection with the Dunlap.
JERSEY GIANT — The Largest Strawberry Grown — It is a novelty with some to want to grow the largest strawberry and to those we offer the “JERSEY GIANT.” We have had them many times growing 2 inches in diameter and they are of the best quality of any for a large sized berry.
THE BEST PALL BEARING STRAWBERRY
PROGRESSIVE — We recommend this variety as being far ahead of all other Fall bearing varieties in the matter of productiveness. We picked forty-eight nice berries from one plant of the Progressive and it was still loaded with green berries and blossoms. It is a wonder- ful producer. We have seen a number of different young plants with berries on them before they had taken root. The plants are perfectly healthy, medium in size, and closely re- sembles the Dunlap. The fruit is medium in size, bright red in color and of excellent keeping qualities, making it valuable as a long distance shipper. This variety will bear an enor- mous amount of fruit in the spring of the second year, and a fair crop the following fall. However, the best fall crop is produced the first year, and we advise that you plant a patch of them every year.
As most of the berries are produced on the mother plant, we advise planting them not more than 12 inches apart in the row and keeping all runners off. They will if treated in this manner, produce an enormous amount of berries, and as they sell for 25 to 40 cents per quart, you will receive excellent returns for your labor.
We have an extra fine stock of GENUINE PROGRESSIVE FALL BEARING strawberry plants grown on our new ground.
12 plants 50c, 25 plants 80c, 50 plants $1.50, 100 plants $2.75, postpaid. Express, not prepaid, 50 plants $1.00, 100 plants $1.75, 250 plants $3.00, 500 plants $5.00.
OREM — The best medium-late-fruiting Strawberry — We
have handled the Orem for some seasons past and find it very reliable as the latest variety outside of the fall bearing va- riety. The berries are large and of good shape, the plants very strong growers and the fruit is of superb quality. It Is a profitable variety to the grower as it is the latest fruit- ing strawberry of the early summer bearing kinds.
PRICE of all Strawberry Plants listed on this page except Progressive: 25 plants 50c, 50 plants 85c, 100 plants $1.50, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 100 plants 90c, 250 plants $1.75, 500 plants $3.00, 1000 plants $5.00. All plants guaran- teed to reach you in good condition.
The Great Border Plant
MILLS IMPROVED ROC HI A (Shown on back cover.)
If you are interested in a good border plant to enclose your grounds, we especially direct you to MILLS IMPROVED KOCHIA. It is an annual, easily grown from seed and can be grown so that they make a solid border, to be trimmed on the top giving it a flat solid appearance, or grown as single spec- imens, as shown by photo on back cover. The value of this plant is that when set from 9 to 12 Inches apart they meet and form a solid wall, interlocking with each other and only require to be trimmed on top as the sides are straight from top to bottom. It has a rich green color and turns scarlet late in the season._ It is a drought resisting plant and no matter how severe the drought they always have a fresh dark green color. Three packets of seed will make enough plants for enclosing large premises and they always add a stately appearance to grounds enclosed or ornamented with these plants.
IN ADDITION TO PRICE ON BACH COVER, seed at 50c per ounce, plants at following prices: 25 plants $1.00, 50 plants $1.50, 100 plants $2.25 postpaid, or express prepaid.
GARDEN, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS
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GLADIOLUS
The Beautiful Gladiolus
The Most Magnificent Flower Produced From Summer Flow- ering Bulbs. Easy to Grow, They Bloom for Everybody.
The Gladioli is the grandest summer flowering bulb to be had. They make a brilliant display in the garden and as cut flowers they last longer than any others. After the flower spike has started to open out, they may be cut and placed in water for blooming inside, they develop to greater perfection than when left on the plant. The bulbs are set about 3 inches deep and 2 inches apart in the drills, or 4 to 6 inches apart each way.
Bulblets are found about the large bulbs and these reset will grow to blooming bulbs the second year, so that your supply of bulbs is always on the increase.
THE CHOICEST VARIETIES OF GLADIOLI
America — One of the finest, with beautiful large flowers open- ing 4 and 5 inches across, of a soft flesh pink color, faintly tinged with lavender. The spikes develop very evenly and is one of the great favorites of the gladioli family. The bulbs are about 2% inches in diameter and sure to make a big healthy and very showy bloom. It is a flower that should be in every garden, and one dozen of these bulbs make a fine cluster.
Bulbs 6c each, 60c per dozen, postpaid.
Mrs. Francis King — Has a bloom of immense size and color a bright scarlet. Has a very strong spike and a good compan- ion to display in connection with the AMERICA.
Bulbs 6c each, per dozen 50c postpaid.
Halley — A very early blooming kind, with a salmon-pink shade, very fascinating, the lower petals showing a creamy blotch bisected by a red stripe. Has a bloom of fine form and has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
Bulbs 6c each, per dozen 60c, postpaid.
Baron Hulot — The only variety of a rich deep indigo blue shade, or velvety-purple. The flowers are of thick substance and is one variety that all should have as it is a comparatively new type and has created quite a sensation among the Gladioli lovers. Bulbs 8c each, per dozen 75c, postpaid.
Mixed Gladioli — We make up a mixture of varieties, evenly sorted, of the above varieties and some others of the best kinds, all sure to bloom and is your opportunity to get a superb as- sortment of Gladioli at low cost.
Mixed bulbs, per dozen 50c, postpaid.
GIANT CRIMSON RHUBARB.
THE RHUBARB (FIE PLANT) THAT IS BETTER THAN THE ORDINARY RHUBARB— For some years we have given considerable attention to this rhubarb and have a type that stands out by itself when quality is considered.
It does not require peeling as the skin is thin and delicate and gives an attractive color to sauce made from the plant, therefore you will find an advantage to have the GIANT CRIMSON. It is one of the first vegetables in the spring and the most healthful and this kind is ready for use whether the stalks are the size of a lead pencil or whether iy2 inches thick. Customers tell us it is worth its place in the garden as an orna- mental plant aside from its fine cooking quality. It is the least expensive luxury that the garden can furnish. Six plants will supply a large family and some of the neighbors.
Seed per packet 8c, 3 pkts. 20o.
Roots 15c each, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1.00, postpaid.
Sunnyside Lawn Mixture
Where a grass plot or lawn gets no shade whatever, we recommend this mixture, as it is made es- pecially for and does best in a hot sunny location.
SHADYSIDE LAWN MIXTURE
If you have certain parts of the lawn that is always shaded, you should have this mixture, as it is made up of grasses that will make wonderful growth on shaded plots.
GENERAL PURPOSE MIXTURE
This is a mixture for general use, whether for new seeding or for replenishing old lawns. It is made up of pure grass seed of the best quality of various grasses that grow and flourish during the different months of the year, so that a velvety green is constantly maintained.
Prices For All Mixtures as Follows :
Per pounds 50c, 3 pounds $1.25, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 3 pounds $1.00, 10 pounds $3.00.
Mills Gorgeous Mixture Sweet Veas.
Packet 104. Ounce 254 ( Postpaid )
Mills Superb Giant
Aster, (mixed Colors) Packet 124,3 Packets 254
Postpaid.
Plants 104 each, 3 for 254 12 for 85 4. ( Postpaid )
MILLS SEED CO.
Mills Improved Kochia.
t HfDCE Plant)
Packet JO i, 3 Packets 204
Post pa id
Plants Breach, 3 for 204 12 for 604. ( Postpaid )
WASHINGTON, IOWA
NURSERY STOCK-* HARDY SHRUBS-GREENHOUSE PLANTS
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