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DIRECTIONS ABOUT ORDERING

MAKING OUT THE OKUEE. An order sheet which is attached to this catalogue will be found convenient to
use. Please write your name very distinctly and give your full postoffice address, and also state how you wish
the seeds sent, whether by mail, express or freight. If the seeds, etc., are to be sent by freight or express give
your nearest railroad station or express office if different from your postoffice.

HOW TO SEND MONEY. Money is most conveniently and safely sent in the form of a postoffice money
order, express money order or check. We will accept personal checks without exchange. Small amounts may
be sent in postage stamps; it is not safe to send silver.

We take all the risk of money reaching us if it is sent in the form of a postal money order, bank draft or
registered letter.

ORDERS PROMPTLY PILLED. We usually fill orders the day after they are received. This applies to orders
for seeds that can be sent at any time during the winter. If the order includes potatoes, onion sets, plants,
etc., which cannot be safely sent in cold weather, we are obliged to hold the order until it is safe to ship.
Please state on such an order whether we are to send the seeds at once and make a second shipment of
the perishable articles later, or hold the seeds until it is safe to send all in one shipment.

MONEY PROMPTLY RETURNED. If we are sold out of any seeds or plants wanted we return the money
sent for them without delay unless permission is given on the order to substitute some other kind.

COST OF SHIPPING BY
Low Express Rates on Seeds

We can ship seeds by express at the following special low
rates, which are much lower than the regular express rates.
To places having either the Adams, American, National,
United States, Southern or Wells-Fargo Express, not over
500 miles from Rochester, a package of seeds weighing not
over 15 pounds can he sent for 35c, and each additional pound
will cost not over 2c. The rates are regulated hy the distance
to be sent, but except for short distances no packages of
4 pounds or more will be carried for less than 35c, but much
heavier packages will usually cost no more.

The following table gives the express rates to the larger
cities. For places near them having any of the before men-

tioned express companies’
same :

offices,

, the rates are
Pounds

usually the

Each Addi-
tional
Pound

To Buffalo

, .up to 70

35c

V2C

To Syracuse, N. Y

35c

V2C

To New York

35c

To Cincinnati

35c

iy2c

To Cleveland, 0

35c

To Pittsburgh

35c

l%c

To Chicago

•4 4

35c

1V2C

To St. Louis

35c

To Cairo, 111

35c

2%c

To Kansas City

35c

To Minneapolis

35c

To Boston

35c

To Pittsfield, Mass

35c

1V4C

To Detroit, Mich

35c

To Grand Rapids, Mich.

35c

1V2C

To Augusta, Me

35c

1V2C

To Philadelphia

4.4

35c

l%c

To Washington

35c

1V4C

Please note that these rates apply only to places having
either the Adams, American, National, United States, South-
ern or Wells-Fargo express offices. To the offices of other com-
panies the rates are higher.

If you are charged more than above rates do not pay it, but
write to us and we will get the charge adjusted.

EXPRESS AND FREIGHT

Shipping by Freight

Heavy lots of seeds, potatoes, etc., usually go much cheaper
by freight than by express, especially for long distances. The
rates vary very much, according to the kind of seeds, the dis-
tance, etc., so we cannot give rates here, but in a general way
we can say that the charge on 100 lbs. or less for about 500
miles would be about 35c on seeds and less on grain and pota-
toes. It costs just as much to send 10 pounds by freight as
100 pounds, and often as much to send 100 pounds as 200 or
300 pounds. For any considerable distance the charges on any
package, however small, would be 35c or 40c. For instance,
the rate from here to New York on potatoes is 18c per 100
pounds, so that 200 pounds would go for 36c, while any smaller
package, say 20 pounds, would cost 35c. It takes usually
much longer to get things through when shipped by freight
than by express, so if there is any reason for avoiding delay,
and the package is not too heavy (that is over 50 or 75 lbs.)
^ it is best to have seeds sent by express.

We can ship by the following railroads from Coldwater and
Rochester :

New York Central, .Lehigh Valley,

West Shore, Erie,

Rome, Watertown & Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh,

Ogdensburg, Pennsylvania.

Please state on your order whether we are to ship by freight
or express. If left to our judgment, please state how soon
you will need the seeds.

Parcels Post

The new parcels post rates do not apply to seeds, bulbs, or
plants. The postage on these is 8c per pound, or Ic for each
2 ounces or less, regardless of distance.

Unless the quantity to be sent is small (under 3 or 4 lbs. '
it is much cheaper to have seeds, plants, etc., sent by express
than by mail or “ parcels post.”

CONDITIONS OF SALE. We agree to assume the responsibility of the seeds and plants we sell reaching the
purchaser in good condition, and should any seeds fail to grow under favorable conditions, or prove not true to
name or of inferior quality, we will REFUND THE MONEY PAID FOR THEM or replace them without charge,
but all our seeds and plants are sold on the distinct understanding and with the agreement by the purchaser
that we will not be liable for any loss or damage that may occur by reason of the failure of seeds or plants
to grow or to be of the variety or quality ordered. We will not accept or fill orders on any other terms.

JOSEPH HARRIS CO.,

S. M. Harris, Prop, and Manager.

ORDER SHEET

JOSEPH HARRIS CO.

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Quantity j Name of Seeds or Articles Wanted

SEED GROWING AT MORETON FARM

SEED growing is a very exacting business. A seed
is a wonderful thing. If a seed from a certain
vegetable or flower would always produce one just
like the parent stock, seed growing would be compara-
tively simple; but such is not the case. Seeds from
pure yellow onions, for instance, will sometimes pro-
duce a few red and white ones. Seed from a double
flower will often produce a good many plants with
single flowers, and so on through an endless number of
changes. In fact no two plants are ever exactly alike.
However close the resemblance may be no child is
ever exactly like its parents.

years to make any marked improvement in most vege-
tables and much longer than that to establish a really
good strain that will “ come true ” year after year.

It is astonishing, however, how quickly a strain will
run down if the most rigid selection is not continued,
or if the plants are grown where the flowers can get
crossed with other varieties. It is much easier to go
down hill than up. A poor rough tomato has often
three times as much seed in it as a nice smooth solid
one.

The Moreton Farm Way. It has been the practice at
Moreton Farm for many years to raise only seeds of

Residence at Moreton Farm

The careful seed grower takes advantage of this
constant tendency to variation to improve varieties
and strains of vegetables, fruit, flowers and grain.

Take tomatoes, for instance; it is found that plants
grown from seed taken from a single fruit will produce
tomatoes of different shapes and different degrees of
smoothness. By selecting fruit from plants producing
the most desirable type of the variety and using the
seed from these for the next seed crop a higher per-
centage of perfect fruit will be obtained each year up
to a certain limit beyond which it seems impossible
to go.

This “ breeding up ” process is the most important
work being done at Moreton Farm, where a large part
of Harris’ Seeds are raised.

It is not as simple a matter as it may seem to those
who have not tried it. It requires at least four or five

superior quality. Seeds of ordinary quality can be
bought in any quantities at low prices, but really
high class seeds that will produce uniform crops, true
to the best type of the variety, cannot be procured
from dealers or from the average commercial grower
who raises seeds at the lowest possible price and cannot
be expected to take the necessary time and trouble
to improve the strain, or even to keep it up to a high
standard.

The only way therefore that we can furnish seeds
that will satisfy the most exacting gardeners is to
raise them ourselves on our own farms where we can
personally select and improve them.

Moreton Farm embraces 240 acres and is entirely
devoted to seed growing with the exception of a small
amount of pasture and orchard. With this large area
it is possible to so separate different varieties while

Harris^ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

growing that there is no danger of mixture due to the
pollen of one kind coming into contact with the flowers
of another, as so often happens where a number of
different varieties are grown in the same fleld.

In addition to the seeds grown on our own land
we have large lots of farm seeds, fleld corn, oats,
potatoes, etc., grown on neighboring farms under our
personal inspection.

We are trying to produce the best seeds we can
regardless of the cost of doing so. The longer we
study the business the more we realize the importance
of raising seeds that are better than those usually

One Unique Feature About Harris’ Seeds

There is one thing about Harris’ Seeds that is differ-
ent from all others, and this is

the percentage that will germinate is marked
on the label

As far as we know no other seedsman in this
country or Europe does this.

Most seedsmen of any reputation test the seeds
they sell, but they do not let the purchaser know what
percentage of the seed germinated.

Partial View of One of Our Three Houses for Drying Seed Corn

The corn is spread on these wire trays and warm air from a furnace in the cellar dries out the ears
in the most perfect manner to insure good germination. Corn dried in this way usually germinates 98 to
100 per cent,

sold by dealers in this country. Careful gardeners,
especially those who depend for their living on what
they raise, want and must have better seeds than they
can procure of local dealers or most of the large seed
Arms. This is what we are aiming to supply.

We have made some mistakes and some failures,
but on the whole, during the last five or six years,
we think we have made some marked progress in the
improvement of the varieties we have been growing.

From the fact that our business during that time with
the most critical gardeners has more than doubled,
we feel encouraged in the belief that our efforts in
that direction are appreciated.

We know from our experience in buying seeds of
other dealers for our trial grounds that many seeds
are sold of which not over 25 to 50 per cent will
germinate.

If a man sows such seeds with the idea that 80 to 90
per cent of it will grow, he gets a poor stand of plants.
On the other hand if he takes for granted that some of
the different kinds of seed he is using are poor and
therefore sows all very thickly, he wastes seed and
gets a thick, crowded stand of plants which require
much labor to thin out, while if he knows just what
proportion of the seed is good he can sow it so as to
get just the right stand of plants.

Joseph Harris Co.^ Moreton Farm^ Coldwater, N, Y,

Every lot of seed we raise or buy whether new
or old is tested for germination during
the late fall and winter

How the Testing Is Done

A certain number of seeds of the lot to be tested is
counted and the seeds are placed either in a germin-
ating apparatus or in soil in the greenhouse, and the
number that grow is recorded in a book. We made
1992 tests for germination last season.

If we find that a certain lot of seed is of poor
vitality it is destroyed.

We annually burn hundreds of pounds of seeds that
many dealers would consider good enough to sell.

How To Have a Good Garden

In the first place if you have room make it big
enough so most of the work can be done with a horse.
Small gardens on city lots, of course, can be culti-
vated entirely by hand, but in the country every family
should have a good large garden, half the labor on
which can be saved if the plowing and part of the
cultivating is done with horse power.

The situation should be where there is no shade
from buildings or trees, if such can be avoided. A
slope to the south or east is an advantage.

The soil should be made rich by the application of
plenty of stable manure which should be applied in
the winter if possible.

An Abundance of Vegetables for a Large Family Can Be Raised in a Garden Like This.

Our Trial Grounds

Every year we make extensive trials of vegetables,
fiowers and grain, comparing our own stocks with those
of other growers, and with new kinds offered in this
country and Europe. If we find anything better than
we already have we procure a stock of the seed and
offer it to our customers. We have discovered some
valuable varieties in this way some years before they
became known to the seed trade in general.

It is only by raising new and old varieties year after
year, side by side under the same conditions, that a
proper estimate of their relative value can be formed.
We often discover that a so-called “ novelty ” is merely
an old kind with a new name.

Get the land in fine condition before sowing the
seeds.

There are some vegetables and fiowers that must
be started in hotbeds or greenhouses to succeed in
the Northern states. Among these are tomatoes, pep-
pers, egg plant, etc. It is easier for the average
amateur gardener to buy the plants rather than to
try to raise them, unless a suitable place to raise them
is available. Some people succeed well in raising
plants in window boxes, and this is an excellent
method where only a few plants are required. The
seed should be sown about two months before it is
time to set the plants in the open ground. In the
meantime they should be transplanted once or twice.

The aim of the gardener should be to have each kind
of vegetable for as long as its season lasts. By sowing
early and late varieties at tbe same time, or by making

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

different sowings of the same variety, the season for
use can be much prolonged. In the case of flowers
this is not usually necessary or advisable, but with
vegetables it is of gr^at advantage. To use early,
medium and late varieties all sown or planted at the
same time is usually the most satisfactory way.

Make the rows straight and long so that they can
be cultivated with a horse or hand wheel hoe to ad-
vantage.

Have Enough. People who live in the country often
neglect one of the greatest advantages they possess.
That is thb' opportunity to have an abundance of fresh

. . . ■

vegetables from their own gardens. Those who have
to buy their supplies in the city market must in many
cases put up with stale vegetables and fruit at high
prices; while the dweller in the country can have an
abundance of delicious fresh vegetables out of their
own gardens with comparatively little expense. Yet
too many have only very small gardens and do not
raise half enough for their requirements. There are
very few crops raised on a farm that “ pay ” as well
as a good garden, perhaps not in money, but in some
of the good things of life which, after all, is what we
work for.

WHAT VEGETABLES TO RAISE

Below we give a list of what should he raised in the home garden where ample space is available. With such a garden you
will en3oy delicious fresh vegetables from early spring until late in the fall. If you have not the room or the time to raise all
these kinds we would advise omitting Egg Plant, Okra, Watermelons, Cabbage and Potatoes. The last two take up consider-
able room and can usually be raised as field crops to better advantage than in a garden. See collections of vegetable seeds

for home garden, on next pa##-"

Asparagus. ' Set out 100 to 200 roots, 2 feet apart.

Beets. •,About.k6; feet of row, 1 oz, of seed required.

Beans. 'About, 20 feet of row Valentine Wax or Stringless
Green Pod (early), 20 feet Crystal Wax or Hudson Wax
( late pint seed of each. 10 'hills Scotia, 1 pkt. seed.
2O0 feet of row, -Burpee’s Bush Lima, using 1 quart seed ;
or lif ^preferred, '20 hills Pole Limas, Early Leviathan,

1 pinthf^:seed required.:'

Sweet Cprn.’^' H About -50 hills each Pocahontas or Harris’ Extra
Earlys -Bfitterchp.., or v.;Golden Bantam, Mimms’ Hybrid,
Country Gentleman and Egyptian.’’ If you want to prolong
the season still more plant Mimms’ Hybrid 3 weeks later
than the main crop. Half pint of seed of each kind.

Cucumbers. 10 hills Earliest of All or Early White Spine for
very early, and 10 hills Mimms’ or Davis Perfect for later.

Celery. 100 or 200 plants: each ^ of Golden Self-Blanching and
French’s Success, one -packet seed of each kind. Better
buy the plants than -try to raise i them.

Cabbage. If early cabbage is desired, plants must be started in
frames in February or Marchybut-for- late crop the seed is
sown in. May. We ^recomme;:^^ Enkhuize^^ a

Glory for early and Perfecti6n\Dru5^'^|l(^^
fall and winter use. 1^ pkt. -seed dfi ^^f^fdr.ySb,, plants' -
of early and 100 plants of late kinds. '

Cauliflower. 50 plants SnowbaU, ! pkt.^seed, or buy the plaiitS.

Brussels Sprouts. 50 plants, 1 pkt. seed.

Swiss Chard, for greens. 20 feet of row, 1 pkt. seed.

Carrots. If used as a vegetable, 25 feet of row ; if merely for
flavoring, 10. feet of row, 1 pkt. seed, Harris’ Half Long.

Egg Plant. 12 to 15 plants, 1 pkt. seed. Black Beauty.

Kohl Rabi. Early White Vienna, 1 pkt.

Lettuce. Plants for early crop should be started in frames.
May King, Holyrood Hot Weather, Deacon, Iceberg and
Salamander are best heading varieties. 2 pkts. seed.

Muskmelons. Those who have good soil and a sunny situation
can raise fine muskmelons. For early. Emerald Gem is
excellent. For later. Admiral Togo, Irondequoit and
Millers Cream are fine. 15 hills of early and 20 hills of
late will be enough.. 2 pkts. early, 3 pkts. late.

Watermelons. We do not advise amateur gardeners to raise
watermelons in the Northern states unless they have
light soil and plenty of room. Harris’ Earliest and
Hungarian Honey are good for the North and Halbert
Honey or Kleckley Sweets for further South.

Okra, 20 feet of row, 1 oz, seed.

Onions. Green Onions for early spring are raised by planting
small sets. Set out a quart of white sets about 3 ins.
apart in the row. If dry onions are required for winter
use, sow 1 oz. of seed early in the spring. Prizetaker is a
good kind.

Potatoes. For early, 300 to 500 feet of row ; Early Six Weeks,
Irish Cobbler or Early 'May. ? For late. Green Mountain,
Jr., or Silver King, both-of fine quality.

Peas. If an abundance of peas is desired, so as to have them
every day during pea season,- it will require the following :
1 qt. (100 feet of row) Surprise, 1 qt. Thomas Laxton or
Laxtonian, 1 qt. Nott’s Excelsior or Sutton’s Excelsior,
1 qt. Alderman or Heroine, 1 qt. Horsford’s Market Gar-
den or New Queen. -Sow two or three weeks later 1 qt.
’. Horsford’s. These varieties will mature in the order
named and will give a constant supply of green peas as
long as they last.

Parsnips. 25 feet of row, 1 oz. of seed.

Peppers.y lO plants -each; Neapolitan and Giant Crimson, 1 pkt.
„^each:

Barsley.''^>lO;;fe^et;^0f^^ Perfection, 1 pkt.

'' Radish. For^forctnlg' in round extra early varieties

. i ;:are best, and^many prMer them for open ground also. It
is well to sow some ra'dish>is|€ed in September for fall uSe.

.Rhubarb. 1 doz.. roots set 3 feet ^part.

Spinach. 100 feet of row will produce a good lot of Spinach
if it is on rich ground and the'filants thinned out to 4 or
5Jns. apart. 1 oz. Victoria, 1 oz. Long Season for spring
sowing and 1 oz. Round Leaved Winter for wintering
over. Sown September 1st, spinach wfll be ready for use
in the late fall and will last over winter with slight
protection and be available for use as soon as the snow
goes off in the spring.

Squash. For summer, use 8 or iO hills Early Bush Crookneck
and Mammoth White Bush Scallop. For fall and winter,
Boston Marrow and Delicious, or the new Quality squash
are excellent. 1 pkt. seed of each variety.

Salsify. 50 feet of row, 1 oz. seed.

Tomatoes. 25 plants of an early variety, Earliana or Bonny
Best, and 50 plants of a late kind, such as Stone or
Success.

Turnips. Red Top White Globe and Golden Ball are excellent
kinds. Sow in August. 1 pkt. seed of each kind. For
winter use sow Breadstone or Hall’s Westbury in July.

Herbs for Flavoring. Every garden should have some Sage,
Thyme, Summer Savory and Sweet Marjoram,

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

DIEECTIONS FOR CULTIVATION. We have issued a little pamphlet giving directions for the cultivation of
vegetables and flowers raised from seed as well as other information of interest to amateur gardeners. We
will send the pamphlet free with all orders amounting to 50 cents or more, if requested. Or it will be sent
on receipt of 10 cents, which may be deducted from the first order.

Vegetables from Harris’ Seeds Take First Premium at N. Y. State Fair

The exhibit shown in the above photograph was made by Mr. H. L. McCullock, of Cicero, N. Y. All the
vegetables were raised from Harris’ Seed.

First premium of $50.00 was awarded the exhibit as the best display of vegetables covering 100 square feet
of snace.

Mr. McCullock says;

“ In the last ten years I have used seeds from many firms and truthfully say your seeds rank first.

“ I have always heretofore bought the bulk of my seeds from [mentioning a well-known Philadel-

nhia seedsman]. I planted yours and his side by side and in every case, except one, your seeds germinated
better and had more vitality and grew better throughout the season.”

Collections of Vegetable Seeds at Much Reduced Prices

Many people do not know enough about the different varieties of vegetables to choose them so as to get the
best results. To all such the collections as given below will be both convenient and economical.

The qualities and varieties are chosen with the aid of our long experience so as to make a garden that will
furnish a constant supply of vegetables from the beginning to the end of the season.

We cannot make any changes in these collections. The collections are put up ready to ship, so we cannot
change them in any way; but, of course, any one may order additional seeds to go with the collection.

We ean allow no further diseount on these eolleetions.

COLLECTION No. 1 — For a Small Garden. Price 50c, Postpaid.

The regular price of these seeds if bought separately would be 74 cents.
This collection contains one full size packet of each of the following varieties r

Beet, Crimson Globe $0.05

Beans, Valentine Wax 06

Beans, Bountiful 06

Cabbage, Enkhuizen Glory 05

Carrot, Harris’ Half Long 05

Cucumber, Early White Spine 05

Sweet Com, Pocahontas, early 06

Sweet Corn, Evergreen 06

Lettuce, Wayhead $0.05

Onion, Yellow Globe Danvers 05

Radish, Early Scarlet Globe 05

Parsnip, Harris New Model 05

Summer Squash, Early Bush Crookneck 05

Turnip, Purple Top White Globe 05

Regular Price . 74

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

COLLECTION No. 2 — For a Good Size Vegetable Garden. Price $1.00, Postpaid.
The regular price of these seeds bought separately is $1.76.

1 pkt. Beet, Crimson Globe $0.06

1 pkt. Beet, Edmund’s Blood Turnip 05

% pt. Beans, Valentine Wax 16

% pt Beans, Bountiful 15

1 pkt. Cabbage, Enkhuizen Glory 05

1 pkt. Cabbage, Savoy, for winter 05

1 pkt. Cauliflower, Snowball 10

1 pkt. Carrot, Harris’ Perfected Half Long 05

1 pkt. Cucumber, Early White Spine 05

1 pkt. Cucumber, Davis Perfect 05

1 pkt. Sweet Corn, Pocahontas (early) 06

1 pkt. Sweet Corn, White Evergreen 06

1 pkt. Sweet Corn, Mimms’ Hybrid 06

1 pkt. Lettuce, May King (early) 05

1 pkt. Lettuce, Iceberg (later) $0.05

1 pkt. Muskmellon, Emerald Gem 10

1 pkt. Watermelon, Harris’ Earliest 05

1 pkt. Onion, Prizetaker 05

1 pkt. Parsnip, Harris’ New Model 05

1 pkt. Parsley, Champion Moss Curled 05

1 oz. Radish, Early Scarlet Globe 05

1 oz. Spinach, Victoria 08

1 pkt. Summer Squash, Early Bush Crookneck 05

1 pkt. Winter Squash, Hubbard 05

1 pkt. Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster 05

1 pkt. Turnip, Purple Top White Globe. 05

1 pkt. Tomato, Bonny Best .^10

Regular price $1.76

COLLECTION No. 3 — For Complete Vegetable Garden. Price $3.00 by express, not prepaid.

Regular price if bought separately, $4.50.

The collection will be delivered free of all charges to any place having an office of either the American,
Adams, National, United States, Wells-Fargo or Southern Express for $3.35, and to other places for $3.50.

This collection contains the following seeds :

1 pt. Beans, Valentine Wax, very early

1 pt. Beans, Bountiful, later

1 pt. Beans, Burpee’s Bush Lima

Y2 pt. Lima Beans, Early Leviathan

1 oz. Beet, Detroit Dark Red

1 pkt. Cabbage, Jersey Wakefield, very early. . . ,

1 pkt. Cabbage, Glory

1 pkt. Cabbage, Savoy, for winter use

1 pkt. Carrot, Harris’ Perfected Half Long

1 pkt. Cauliflower, Snowball

1 pkt. Celery, Golden Self-Blanching

Vz pt. Sweet Corn, Pocahontas, very early

pt. Sweet Corn, Buttercup (new), very sweet.

pt. Sweet Corn, Hickox, medium late

pt. Sweet Corn, White Evergreen, later

pkt. Cucumber, Earliest of All

pkt. Cucumber, Davis’ Perfect

oz. Cucumber, Boston Pickling (for pickles) . ,

pkt. Egg Plant, Black Beauty

pkt. Kohl Rabi, White Vienna

pkt. Lettuce, May King (early)

.15

.12

.05

.10

.08

.05

.12

.10

.05

1 pkt.
1 pkt.
1 pkt.
1 pkt.
1 pkt.
Vz oz.

pkt.

oz.

qt.

pkt.

oz.

1 oz.

pkt.

Lettuce, Iceberg $0.05

Lettuce, Holyrood Hot Weather 10

Muskmelon, Emerald Gem, early and very sweet .10

Muskmelon, Irondequoit 10

Watermelon, Harris’ Earliest, best for the North .05

Onion, Yellow Globe Danvers 10

Onion, Silver Skin, white 05

Parsley, Dwarf Perfection 10

Parsnip, Harris’ New Model » . . .10

Peas, Surprise, early 35

Peas, Alderman, medium late 35

Peas, New Queen, late 40

Peppers, Giant Crimson (new), large and mild.. .10

Pumpkin, Winter Luxury 05

Radish, Early Scarlet Globe 10

Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster 12

Spinach, liong Season 08

Summer Squash, Early Bush Crookneck 05

Winter Squash, Delicious 05

Tomato, Bonny Best 10

Turnip, Red Top White Globe 05

Turnip, Golden Ball .05

Regular price $4.50

New Varieties and Special
Strains of Vegetable Seeds

We do not offer a new variety simply
because it is new, but because we have
found it to be superior in some respect
to any of the older kinds.

New ^^Leaf less” Scarlet Globe Radish

A Valuable Variety for Forcing

We have found this a very remarkable
variety, being as near leafless as any radish
could be. It grows with great rapidity, and
the leaves are so short and small it will stand
crowding and a much larger number can be
grown in a given space than with any other
kind we know of. This fact makes it of
great value for forcing.

The radishes are oval in shape, bright red
with white flesh which is very crisp and of
mild flavor.

All gardeners who raise radishes under
glass will do well to try this new kind.
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; lb. 40c; lb. $1.50, post-
paid.

Snow-white Summer Radish ^ ‘Delicacy’^

A very handsome, oval, pure white radish
for summer or late fall and winter use.

The roots grow large and are solid, crisp
and of delicate flavor. The skin is snow-
white and very smooth.

We consider this by far the finest white
summer radish. It can be sown late and
used as a winter varietyj as it will keep a
long time in fine 'condition if stored in
moist sand. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 25c;
lb. 85c, postpaid.

New “ Leafless ” Scarlet Globe Radish

Snow-white Summer Radish — “ Delicacy ”

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Goldwater, N. Y

The “Quality” Squash

In introducing this new va-
riety we have decided to call it
“ Quality ” because of its deli-
cious quality when cooked.

It is not a large squash nor
more prolific than other kinds,
hut when it is cooked it Is
ahead of anything in the
squash line we have ever come
across. The thick orange yel-
low fiesh cooks as dry as a
good sweet potato, and is
sweeter and finer fiavored than
any other kind we know of.

The fruit is of medium size,
weighs from 5 to 10 lbs. and is
of peculiar shape, as shown
in the photograph above. The
outside shell is green, thin and
hard, while the fiesh is very
thick, deep orange in color and
fine grained, sweet and deli-
cious. It is a winter squash
and will keep a long time.

Every one who appreciates
squash of high quality should
try some of this new kind.

We got it from an old customer of ours who has been breeding it up for many years with the idea of improving its quality
all the time. Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c.

The “ Quality ” Squash

Herald Savoy

NEW “HERALD’^ SAVOY CABBAGE — A Cabbage of High Quality

An improved variety of Savoy from England. The heads are quite large, very firm, deep green and of high quality. The
plants are of compact growth and head very uniformly.

All who want really good cabbage for table use should raise some Savoy, as this quality is far superior to common cabbage,
bei^ really a delicious vegetable when properly cooked.

“Herald” on account of its high quality and evenness in heading and handsome appearance.
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. $1.00, postpaid. ^

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Copenhagen Market Cahhage.

Copenhagen Market Cabbage

This new cabbage from Denmark has proved to be a
superior early variety.

The heads are nearly round or slightly flattened, very
hard and heavy. The growth is compact, there being few
outside leaves so the plants may be set close together.

In our trial grounds the Copenhagen market headed
a week earlier than Enkhuizen Glory, and almost as soon
as Jersey Wakefleld and fully as early as Charleston
Wakefleld.

The heads are not quite as large as the Glory but are
harder and mature a little earlier.

The most remarkable point about this cabbage is its
uniformity — every plant under normal condition will pro-
duce a good, solid head, and every head as like another as
two peas in a pod. The heads mature all at the same time
so the crops can be cleaned up within a short time after
the first heads mature.

This is a profitable cabbage to grow for market and an
excellent early variety for the home garden. Pkt. 10c;
oz. 40c; % lb. $1.25; lb. $4.50, postpaid.

Mr. J. J. Dansro, N. Clarendon, Vt., writes, Nov.
10, 1913.

“ Just a few words to let you know how your
Copenhagen cabbage does for me. I had four
strains of Early Jersey Wakefield from our best
seedsman sown and planted at the same time and
on the same piece of land. I got some earlier than
the Copenhagen and they sold for 8 and 10 cents
each; just 4 days later on comes Copenhagen, sell-
ing from 20 to 35 cents each.”

THE STANLEY CABBAGE

An Excellent Early Variety for
the Home Garden

ENKHUIZEN GLORY CABBAGE

This remarkable early cabbage is increasing in favor among gardeners every year. Since we first sold the seed in 1908
we have received a great many words of praise for it and not one word against it.

This cabbage is as early as Charleston Wakefield and grows twice the size. The heads are as round as a ball, very solid
and heavy, often weighing 10 lbs. or more. It has few outside leaves and will bear close planting.

Early Wakefield will come into market a week or two ahead of the Glory, but the Glory will be ready when the Wakefield
Is half gone, and will sell for twice as much per head. It is as early as Eureka or Maule’s First Early and very much larger.

For Late Crop. This is not only a great cabbage for early market, but it is also a most profitable variety to raise for fall
use. If the plants are set out in this locality (Western New York) the middle of July the cabbage will mature ready for
market in October and immense crops can be raised. On good soil every plant will produce a large, solid head weighing
8 to 10 lbs., or over 20 tons per acre. The heads are about the same shape as Danish Ball Head and nearly as hard, although
they will not keep as well when stored over winter.

While this cabbage may not be adapted for market,
it certainly should be grown by all who appreciate
good quality in a cabbage. '-^ .

In England, where this cabbage comes from, they
call our large flat cabbages- “ cow cabbage,” and do
not consider them fit for the table.

The Stanley is very delicate and of fine flavor,
far superior to common cabbage in this respect. The
heads do not get very hard and retain their green
color well towards the center, resembling the Savoy
in this respect. In shape they are pointed like the
Wakefield or Winningstadt and mature medium
early, so they can be grown both for summer and
late fall use.

Every one who wants really fine cabbage for their
own table or to sell to a particular trade should
raise some of the Stanley for early use and Herald
Savoy for late fall and winter. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c;
% lb. $1.25.

Stanley Cabbage

Joseph Harris Co.^ Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N, Y.

We have an exceptionally fine strain
of this cabbage that produces heads
of uniform type, large size and very
solid, and every plant will make a
good- head. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb.

60c; lb. $2.25, postpaid.

Head weighs 20 lbs. Mr. Geo. Van-
derpool, Mayfield, N. Y., writes March
26, 191.S:

“ The Glory Cabbage heats the
world. I am 72 years of age and
never saw its equal. I put in only
22 plants, just for early. Every one
a good ^ head, seven ran 20 lbs. each
and one 20% lbs.”

Mr. John J. Dansro, North Claren-
don, Vt., writes :

“ Your ■ Enkhuizen Glory Cabbage
is a money maker with me. They
average 10 lbs. each and come in time
to sell at 4c per lb. But not least or
second comes Copenhagen Market ;
not so heavy, 8 or 10 days earlier,
and a sight which makes me proud.

Every head as near alike as peas.

They are here to stay.”

Mr. R. A. Barton, Watertown, N. Y.,
writes, January 17, 1912 :

The Enkhuizen Glory Cabbage proved a perfect wonder. The seed was sown about May 10 and the plants set out July 4,
some 19,000 plants. In early October I cut cabbage that weighed 18 lbs. to the head, and from an acre had 16 tons of cab-
bage. It made the finest quality of sauerkraut.”

Enkhuizen Glory Cabbage (Photograph)

A letter from the well-known market gardeners, Messrs. F. & H. P. Langdon, of
Lewis Co., N. Y.

Sept 11, 1913.

Joseph Harris Co.,

Coldwater, N. Y.,

Dear Sirs:

For the $1.00 enclosed please send us that amount of Glory Cal>l)age seed of the
same strain as you sent us last spring, if possible. Had the finest crop we ever grew,
getting from 80c to $1.20 per doz. till this week, and now 60c.

Copenhagen Market may be better but we wouldn’t expect it.

Yours truly

F. d H. P. Langdon.

Danish Improved

RED DANISH STONE HEAD

Like Danish Ball Head — but Red

This new Red Cabbage comes to us from Denmark and resembles in all respects, except color, the
Danish Ball Head of the original strain. While the heads are not as large as the present type of
Danish, yet they are of good size for a red cabbage weighing 5 to 7 lbs. Extremely hard and of a deep
red color, the color extending all through the head.

The plants are of compact growth and head very uniformly, which cannot be said of most red
varieties.

While the heads may not be quite as large as the Mammoth Rock Red, yet they are nearly as heavy
and are more uniform, there being very few plants that do not produce a good solid head.

This makes the yield larger than from any other kind.

This new red cabbage matures in the same time as the Danish Ball Head, so can be set out later
tb.an the older varieties.

We offer a very fine strain of seed grown by the originator in Denmark. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; % lb.
$1.30; lb. $5.00, postpaid.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS — Danish Improved

Those who have trouble getting Brussels Sprouts to form nice solid heads of sprouts should try this
improved strain from Denmark. We have had many different varieties and strains in our trial grounds
and find that this Danish variety forms the most compact sprouts and more of them than any other
kind we have tried.

The plants grow medium tall and the stem is crowded with nice firm sprouts from the ground to the
crown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.25.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

‘PERFECTED” SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER

The Best Cauliflower Seed Grown, at Half the Price Charged by Other Seedsmen.

If really good seed is used it is easy to raise fine,
large heads of caulifiower. Every garden should con-
tain some plants of this delicious vegetable. Seed
sown in open ground in May will produce fine heads
in the early fall.

We have thoroughly tried out all the strains of
cauliflower of the Snowball class sold under many
different names and can confidently state that the seed
we offer is fully equal to the very best and far superior
to much of the seed that is sold at higher prices than
we are charging.

Such varieties as “ Burpee’s Best Early,” “ Henderson’s
Early Snowball,” “ Maule’s Prize,” Dreer’s Earliest Snow-
storm,” etc., are one and all good strains of Snowball, but

none of them as grown in our trial grounds from seed ob-
tained direct from the introducers, proved in any way supe-
rior to the “ Perfected ” strain of Snowball we are now
offering at less than half the price charged by other dealers
for the same seed under a different name.

The seed we offer produces uniformly large, solid,
pure white heads with no protruding leaves to mar
their appearance. Such cauliflower is a pleasure to
raise, to eat and to sell.

For either forcing or main crop this “ Perfected ” Snowball
is the best variety. It matures very early and still has enough
leaves to protect the head from the sun.

Ninety-nine plants out of a hundred will make a good head
of cauliflower under favorable conditions.

Pkt. (250 seeds) 10c; % oz. 45c; oz. $1.70; % lb. $6.00.

Danish Giant Snowball or “Dry-Weather’^ Cauliflower

This is a strain of Snowball cauliflower that is superior for
main crop for fall market. We have never seen finer cauli-
flower than we raised from seed of this variety. The plants
are of more vigorous growth than the Early Snowball, and
have more leaves which protect the heads both from the sun
and frost. The heads are very large, heavy and compact and
perfectly snow white, with no protruding leaves. This variety

being of a stronger and more vigorous habit than the Early
Snowball, withstands dry weather better. The Danish Giant
requires about ten days or two weeks longer to mature than the
Early Snowball, and consequently the plants should he set out
earlier, if it is desired to have them head at the same time.

We highly recommend this strain for late fall crops. Pkt.
10c; 1/4 oz. 60c; oz. $2.00; % lb. $7.50.

PROVED GOOD.

Mr.. John F. Maxson, Westerly, R. I., writes Oct. 7, 1913:

“ Last spring I purchased from you a pacTcage of your Dry-Weather cauliflower
seed to compare with those from Burpee. As a lot they were the finest heads I ever
saw, wHghing from S to 5 ll)s. each, and perfect.

“ Will want an ounce of this seed next spring.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Field of Our Danish Ball Head Cabbage (Photograph)

We are especially proud of the three strains of Danish Ball Head cabbage we offer. The above photograph shows
a field of the Short Stemmed strain which is the heaviest yielder, often producing as high as 25 tons per acre.

HARRIS SPECIAL STRAINS OF DANISH CABBAGE

All large cabbage growers appreciate the importance of
getting the very best strains of Danish cabbage. Carefully
grown seed of the right strain will often produce a crop that
yields a large profit, while seed of an inferior strain produces
a crop on which there is an actual loss. The best Danish
cabbage seed is grown in Denmark, where this cabbage
originated, and we have arranged for some years with a very
careful grower there to raise cabbage seed for us from the
very finest heads only, and can now offer seed of the 1913
crop that will produce heads of uniform shape and of the
very best type.

Special New “Intermediate” Danish

This new strain is half way between the “ Solid Emperor ”
and the Short Stemmed strain. The heads are deeper than
the Short Stemmed and of darker green color, while the stems
^ are shorter than the “ Solid Emperor,” and the heads larger
and therefore yield more than that variety.

We are sure this new strain will please many growers who
want a heavier yielder than the old Solid Emperor type and

yet want a harder and greener cabbage than the Short
Stemmed.

The seed we offer was grown for us by the same grower in
Denmark who grows our other two strains and will be found of
the very highest quality in every way. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb.
65c; lb. $2.40, postpaid. By express, $2.30 per lb., 5 lbs. or
more at $2.20 per lb.

“Solid Emperor” Strain

This is the original type of Danish cabbage as first intro-
duced in this country. The heads are perfectly round, very
hard and heavy, and of a deep green color. This is the best
cabbage for storage, as it keeps well and comes out with a
nice green color. While it does not yield quite as many
tons per acre as the short stemmed strain the heads are
harder and keep better and many growers prefer this strain
on that account.

Pkt. 6c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; lb. $2.25, postpaid. By express,
$2.15 per lb.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Mr. Bernard Dewandel, Lyons, N. Y.,
writes :

“ The Danish cah'bage seed you sent me
for this spring's sowing was extra fine.
One farmer who got some of the seed said
he looked over his whole field and could
not find a single flat head in it, something
he never had happen until he sowed
Harris' pure Danish."

Mr. D. C. Seager, Rockford, 111., writes:

“ I have tried caMage seed from all the
leading seedsmen of the country, and
yours is the best of all."

^ Danish Ball Head, Short Stemmed

crops, often exceeding 20 tons per acre. For cabbage
that is to be shipped in the fall this is the most profit-
able strain to raise. Even when the crop is to be
stored some growers prefer this strain on account of
the larger yield obtained from it.

Practically every plant produces a fine, large, firm
head on good land.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; i/i lb. 60c; lb. $2.25, postpaid. By
express, $2.15 per lb. 5 lbs. or more at $2.00 per lb.

White Cory Pocahontas M

Our seed is all of our own growing and is carefully ®
selected, all “ sports ” and poor ears being rejected. ® |
We are improving it each year. ml

Pkt. 10c; ^ pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c, postpaid. By R
express, not prepaid, pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $1.65. I \\

POCAHONTAS SWEET CORN E

The Best Early Sweet Corn for |

Home Use or Market |

Too much can hardly be said in praise of this sweet | ,

corn. The longer we raise it and compare it with other |
varieties the more impressed we are with its superior |
merit. There is no early corn equal to it either in I
size or quality. I

Planted side by side with both Red and White Cob f ■ ;
Cory it produces ears much larger and fully as early, il ^
The only corn that is earlier is Peep o’ Day and our ^
strain of Mammoth White Cory, which, however, have j
ears hardly half the size of Pocahontas and are only ;
a few days earlier. |

The stalks grow only, about 5 ft. high, and nearly all ■ |
of them produce two great|bi^lears 8 to 9 ins. long with ,
10 rows of very large ipure" white kernels which are '
deliciously sweet and tender. ' ;j

Market gardeners \whO' want to get the largest and ;
finest svreet corntintormarket ahead of other growers |
will find the Pocahontas a very valuable kind. It is | .

not only extra early but it has a large, handsome ear "
well filled out and of the best quality, which can be i
said of very few early varieties. It is the best extra ' i
early corn for home use as the quality is superb. V^v' !

“Short Stemmed” Strain

The heads as shown in the picture (from a photo-
graph) are larger around and a little flatter than the
“ Solid Emperor ” and grow on shorter stems. The
heads are large, solid and heavy, and yield very heavy

Jos&pli Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Over $133.00 From a Peck of Seed. Mr. F. A. Tabor, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., writes Aug. 11, 1913:

“ I have already sold $188.00 worth of Pocahontas corn from
the peck, of seed I got of you and have not finished picking yet.
KendeVs Early Giant looks good hut will not give the number of
ears to the acre as the Pocahontas and average hut little larger.

“ I am growing all my sweet corn on vetch, without manure,
and it is the biggest kind of a success.'*

Mr. Samuel R. White, Danbury, Conn., writes March 6, 1913:
Inclosed please find $1.60 for which please send me 1 pk.
Pocahontas corn.

“ Have been raising it for three years and last year picked
S nice ears from one hill at one picking. It seems almost im-
possible, but I did it myself, so the story is not second-hand."

$126.00 Per Acre. Mr. Richard A. Persse, Fonda, N. Y.,
writes Feb. 11, 1913:

“7 planted one acre with Pocahontas Sweet Corn the past
year and sold $126,00 worth of corn at wholesale price. Besides
we gave away a lot to our neighbors and friends and ate all we
could ourselves."

Mimms’ Hybrid Sweet Com

A very fine, large-eared, medium early sweet corn of high quality.

This corn was originated by one of our gardener friends, Mr.

J. Vv^ Mimms.

Starting with Perry’s Hybrid, one of the earliest of the large-
eared varieties, he has succeeded in changing it from a red
corn Avith a red cob to a pure Avhite corn Avith Avhite cob. He
lias retained all the good qualities of the Perry’s Hybrid, that
is, large size, earliness and productiveness, and has also added
the adA^antage of a pure Av-hite corn and exceptionally fine
quality, Avhich the original did not possess.

The ears are very large, often nearly
a foot long, with 10 to 12 rows of large
Avhite kernels that are very sweet and
delicious. The ears are longer than
Stowell’s EA^'ergreen and not quite so
large around. They mature long before
Evergreen and always command a good
price in market, on account of their
large size and high quality. The stalks
grow 7 feet tall and produce nearly
twice as many ears per acre as the
EA^ergreen.

Gardeners will do well to try this Pocahontas Sweet Corn

new strain. We are quite sure they

will find it a valuable second early kind to come betAveen the small extra early varieties
and Evergreen.

Pkt. 10c; % pt. 15c; pt. 28c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By express, pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $1.75.

“BUTTERCUP’-- A Delicious Yellow Sweet Corn

For quality — that is, sweetness, flavor and succulence — we have never seen a corn quite equal to
the “ Buttercup,” unless it is Black Mexican.

Like the now well-known Golden Bantam, the “ Buttercup ” is a yellow sweet corn. The kernels
are as yellow as June Lutter. This is an objection to it as a market variety, as people who do not
know better think it old and tough because it is yellow ; hut for home use and a discriminating
trade we think the ” Buttercup ” will he found very acceptable.

The ears are of good length (8 to 10 inches) and have 8 to 12 rows of large kernels of a rich
butter yellow, and are most deliciously sweet, succulent and tender. It is medium early and quite
prolific.

Compared with Golden Bantam the ” Buttercup ” has a larger ear and is of better quality and
nearly if not quite as early. .

We advise all our customers who appreciate good sweet corn to give the “ Buttercup a place in
their garden this season. Pkt. 10c; nt. 15c; pt. 28c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By express, not pre-
paid, pt. 20c; qt. 35c; 4 qts. $1.00; pk. $1.75.

GOLDEN BANTAM CORN.— We can furnish a fine strain of Golden Bantam corn, if you prefer
it, at the same price as Buttercup.

Mimms’ Hybrid
Sweet Corn

“ I want to say the seeds I got of you last year were the best I ever had and the Butter-
cup corn was so fine everybody wanted it." — Frank E. Burton, Boston, March 18, 1913.

“7 picked an ear of Buttercup corn 10 ins. long with 12 rows of kernels about 5 days
later than the earliest corn pvt on the market here. So my Buttercup was only a trifle
later than the first on the market." — G. V. Grinnell, Mystic, Conn.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Crosby’s Improved Egyptian Beet

Harris’ Selected Strain.

There is no earlier or better table beet than a first-class
strain of Crosby’s Egyptian. We have been raising seed of
this beet for a number of years, and by taking great pains
in selecting the roots used for seed production we have
produced a strain that will satisfy the most critical gar-
dener. The beets are globe-shaded, as shown in the photo-
graph reproduced here, and are very smooth, with small tops
and small tap root, and they are dark red all through. When
selecting beets for raising seed a small piece is cut from
each beet, and if the color is not dark red the beet is rejected,
and of course a great many beets are rejected for other
causes, such as too large tops, poor shape, etc. To raise
seed in this careful manner costs a great deal, but we think
any gardener can well afford to pay a little more for it than
for seed raised in the usual way.

We are sure our strain will be found equal, and in most
cases far superior, to any seed obtainable, no matter what
the price.

Crosby’s Improved Egyptian Beet

Columbia Celery

This celery is of the same habit of growth as the Golden
Self-Blanching and has a slight yellow tinge to the stalks and
foliage, and keeps better than that variety.

This is a valuable celery to follow Golden Self-Blanching.
Stored at the same time it will be ready to use just as soon as
the Self-Blanching is gone. The stalks are broad, thick and
solid and of the highest quality and very attractive in appear-
ance.

There has been much inferior seed of this variety sold which
has prejudiced some growers against it. But when really well
grown seed is used the Columbia is a fine celery and very
satisfactory both for home use and market.

The seed we offer has been grown with great care and we
are sure will please our customers. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb.
$1.10; lb. $4.25, postpaid.

French’s Success — the Best Celery for Winter Use

Photograph taken in April after the Celery had been stored
all winter.

FRENCH’S SUCCESS CELERY

THE BEST CELERY FOR WINTER STORING

For late use or market during February, March or April we
know of no celery equal to this. It requires more time to
blanch than some other kinds but it is just this quality that
makes it so valuable for storage. If kept cold it will keep in
good condition until April.

The stalks are of medium length, very compact, with well
developed heart, solid and very crisp, and of superb quality
and blanch snow white. The stalks are so brittle and crisp
Unit they require extra care in handling.

They never grow soft.

We highly recommend the French’s Success for winter stor-
ing, either for market or home use. There is noth-
ing better.

Since we introduced this variety a few years ago ■
the demand for the seed has increased rapidly,
nearly doubling every year, which is the best evi-
dence that it meets the needs of large growers.

This variety is now being offered by other seeds-
men who get their seed raised in California at low
prices. Such seed is far inferior to our Northern i
grown seed.

We offer seed of our own growing from carefully
selected stalks that we are sure will prove satisfactory in i
every respect.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00; lb. $3.50, postpaid.

Joseph Harris Co,^ Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y .

I There are some varieties claimed to be earlier than the Egyptian, but after trying them all we have failed to find one a day
I earlier than our strain of this variety, and most of them are later or inferior in shape and quality.

[ We offer seed of our own growing from the most Carefully selected roots. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; lb. $1.70, postpaid,
j By express, $1.60 per lb.

I CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN BEET. — Owing to the drought of last summer our own crops of beet seed were very small so wo
have a very limited quantity of seed to offer. We can, however, furnish a good strain of this variety, seed of which was
grown in France by a most reliable grower and we are sure will be found good in every way.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid. By express, 75c per lb.

IRONDEQUOIT MUSKMELON

AN IMPROVED STRAIN OF SURPRISE

This melon has been grown for a number of years by
market gardeners near Rochester, and has proved so
superior in every way that at present there is prac-
tically no other variety grown for that market.

The melons are nearly perfectly round, ribbed and
covered with netting, as shown in the photograph
reproduced on the cover of this catalogue. The flesh
is orange colored, thick, sweet and of fine fiavor. The
melons grow quite large and are of handsome ap-
pearance. It is the finest strain of melons of the
“ Surprise ” type we have ever seen. “ Tip-Top ” is
another strain of this type, but the Irondequoit is

larger, netted better and is of finer quality and su-
perior in every way.

One great advantage of this variety is that the
melons will stand shipping better than other large
kinds. They are quite firm and stand up well.

They are not quite as firm and hard as the Rocky
Ford melon, but are better in this respect than almost
any other large variety. They ripen medium early,
and the vines are healthy and prolific.

We have a very fine strain of this seed of our own
growing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; ^ lb. 70c; lb. $2.50, post-
paid.

Mr. A. J. Barton, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, writes:

''Irondequoit Muskmelon is the finest one out yet. They sell on sight.'"

The Famous MONTREAL Muskmelon

Those who visit Montreal in the melon season come back
enthusiastic about the delicious melons grown there. So
famous are these melons that they are sent to Boston and
other large cities and sold at high prices, a single melon often
selling for $2.00 or more.

The seed of these melons is not usually offered for sale,
but through the kindness of a friend living in Montreal we got
a few seeds of the very best strain there grown. From these
seeds we raised some of the most remarkable muskmelons we
have ever seen. Melons as large as a half bushel measure
and weighing over 30 lbs. were growing in great numbers all
over the vines. The largest melon weighed 37 lbs.

The melons are almost perfectly round, deep ribbed and
well netted. The flesh is very thick, light green, and when
well grown in a favorable climate, of delicious flavor.

The best way to raise these melons is to start the plants
in a hotbed or greenhouse as described in our pamphlet on
culture of vegetables. Free if you ask for it.

Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c.

The True EMERALD GEM Muskmelon

There is no finer flavored melon than the true Emerald
Gem. Of late years, however, it has been difficult to get seed
of the true old type. Much of the seed sold for this variety
produces melons of large size and inferior quality.

“FRENCH ENDIVE” or WHITLOOF CHICORY

French Endive, as it is commonly called, has become so popular within the last few years that we wish to call special
attention to it.

The plant is really a variety of chicory and is entirely distinct from real endive.

The way to raise it is to sow the seed in the open ground in May or June and treat the same as carrots or parsnips.
In the fall take up the roots, having cut the tops off, and transplant them into trenches deep enough to leave the crown of the
roots 8 or 9 inches below the surface of the ground. Fill the trench with very light soil or litter, so the sprouts can grow
up through it and bleach white.

For winter use place the roots in deep boxes of sand, which can be placed in a warm cellar or under greenhouse benches
and covered so as to bleach the sprouts which can be cut off and used when 6 inches long.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.50, postpaid.

We are glad therefore to be able to offer some seed of the
true type, which is a small deep green melon, nearly perfectly
round with very little netting and having thick orange-
colored flesh of the very highest quality.

These little melons possess a richness of flavor rarely
equalled by other varieties.

The melons ripen very early and the vines are unusually
prolifle. These qualities make this one of the very best melons
for private gardens.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 70c; lb. $2.50, postpaid.

Lewis’ Perfection Muskmelon

Many of our customers will be glad to hear that we are
again able to offer seed of this famous melon. For two
years our crops failed, but this year we have secured a small
crop of seed and can again offer it for sale.

The Lewis’ Perfection melons grow very large, often
weighing 15 to 20 lbs., and have very thick, deep orange
colored flesh of high flavor and very sweet. The melons
are dark green, netted and deeply ribbed. They ripen
medium early and the vines are quite prolific.

When well grown this is a magnificent melon and well
worth the extra care and high culture it should have.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.25.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

New Early Pea---“LAXTONIAN”

This new pea has the largest pods of any early variety we know
of- The pods are 4 to 4% ins. long, being as l^rge as Telephone,
while they mature a v/eek or 10 days earlier than that variety. The
vines are strong and stocky, only about 18 ins. tall, and produce
heavy crops of large, handsome, dark green pods.

This pea is 2 or 3 days later than Thomas Laxton and Gradus.
hut has much larger pods than -either. We are sure this pea will
prove a valuable one both for the home garden and for market. The
peas are large and of the very highest quality. Try a few this
season. % pt. 20c; pt. 35c; qt. 60c, postpaid. By express, pt. 25c;
qt. 45c; 4 qts. $1.60; pk. $3.00.

Little Marvel Pea

This new pea has certainly “ made good.” The more we see of it .
the better we like it. In our trial grounds it was the most prolific
early dwarf pea.

While the pods are not as large as Laxtonian and Sutton’s Ex-
celsior, they are of good size, fully as large as Nott’s Excelsior, and
the vines produce much larger crops and they mature fully as early.

The peas are deep green and of the very finest quality.

The vines grow about 15 inches high and are covered with medium
size pods well filled with peas.

We highly recommend the peas for the home garden and for market
where a very large pod is not required.

By mail, postpaid. Vs pt. 15c; pt. 30c; qt. 55c.

By express, pt. 22c; qt. 40c; 4 qts. $1.35; pk. $2.60.

Dwarf Perfection PARSLEY

This is without doubt the finest parsley grown. The plant is of
semi-dwarf habit, very compact, and of a beautiful bright green,
while the leaves are very finely cut and curled and are extremely
ornamental. The quality and flavor of the leaves are also very tine.
Every market gardener should have some of this parsley. Its hand-
some appearance will sell it quickly and it is a profitable crop. No
private gardener should be without it. It is an ornament to the
garden and most useful for flavoring and garnishing.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; lb. $2.10.

HARRIS’ NEW MODEL PARSNIP

We have been improving the old Hollow Crown Parsnip hy careful
selection for some years until we have obtained a very fine strain
which we call ” Harris’ Model.” The shape is shown in the photo-
graph below.

The parsnips grow to a good length, but not too long. The roots
Laxtonian Pea (Photograph) are smooth, snow white, and have practically no side roots or prongs.

A very fine early dwarf pea with very large pods Their whiteness is quite remarkable and gives the roots a very

attractive appearance.

Our seed is grown from very carefullv selected roots and it will be found far superior to the seed usually sold.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. By express, lb. 90c.

Harris’ Hew Model Parsnip (Photograph)

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Qiant Orlmson Pepper

Eskimo Bplnaek

NEW SPINACH

ESKIMO

The Eskimo Spinach has proved
to be a good thing. Some of the
largest growers say it does better
than any other kind both for spring
and fall sowing.

The leaves are broad, thick and
slightly blistered and deep green.
The plant grows rapidly and stands
well without running to seed. It is
larger, grows more rapidly and
stands better than Long Standing.

The Eskimo has proved to be very
hardy and is therefore valuable for
sowing in the fall to winter over.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 15c; lb. 35c,
postpaid. By express, 25c per lb.

CRIMSON GIANT PEPPER

This new pepper has proved to be one of the best
of the large fruited sweet varieties.

It is as large as Chinese Giant, and much earlier
and more prolific. It is larger than Ruby King and
of better shape and more productive. The shape of
the peppers is shown in the photograph reproduced
here. We have picked many that stood 7 inches high
and weighed over a pound each. A dozen of these
immense peppers are often seen on a single plant. The
flesh is very thick, and so mild and sweet that it can
be eaten like an apple. This is the best large, sweet
pepper we have tried and we highly recommend it
both for market and home use.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; ^ lb. $1.50, postpaid.

sent sample crates of your
Giant Crimson pepper to Dallas, San
Antonio and Corpus Christi and
commission men at all these places
say that it is nearer the proper size
and shape than any pepper consigned
to them.** Wm. M. Garrett, Center
Point, Texas.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

New EXTRA EARLY Earliana Tomato

The Earliest and Best Strain of Earliana Tomato Now Grown

New EXTRA EARLY Earliana Tomato

It Is a'Week Earlier than the Old Earliana
and Very Solid and Well Colored

This new strain was developed by one of our custo-
mers, Mr. H. P. Langdon, in the extreme Northern
part of New York State where it is necessary to have
very early varieties as the seasons are short.

The fruit not only ripens extremely early, but it is
also very solid and colors well all over. The tomatoes
are so solid that they produce very little seed — less
than half as much as the ordinary strain of this
variety.

We had quite a lot of plants of this new strain grow-
ing side by side with several other strains from differ-
ent sources, including our own seed, all with same
treatment in every way. The new strain ripened a
week earlier than any other and produced a good
picking of ripe fruit before any had ripened on the
other plants.

Where extreme earliness is desired we advise all
gardeners to use the new strain. The plants are hardly

as vigorous as our own strain of Earliana, but they
produce big crops on rich land.

We have some very choice seed of our own growing
from Mr. Langdon’s best bred seed, and we are sure it
will please all our customers who use it.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; ~hi lb. $1.40; lb. $4.50, postpaid.

Harris^ Superior Tomato Seed

For many years we have been “ breeding up ” a
half dozen or more different varieties of tomatoes with
the idea of perfecting them as far as possible by select-
ing the most perfect plants to produce our “ stock
seed.”

By this means we have produced some exception-
ally fine strains of different varieties, among which
are the following:

Chalk’s Early Jewel - Stone - Success

For description and prices see pages 49 and 50.

Joseph Harris Co., Mpreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

“BONNY BEST” TOMATO

“7 have found your tomato seed very fine. The strain of
Bonny Best you have is certainly extra. The crop 1 grew last
year could not t)e Iteaten in this country. A lot of the fruit loas
as large as the Stone. I had a number of gardeners look at
them and they said they never saw better f ruit or heavier crop
on vines." — S. J. Cook, of Dunkirk, N. Y.

NEW CRIMSON KING MANGEL

This is a greatly improved type of Red Mangel. The roots grow much
larger around than the old Mammoth Long Red and are of higher
feeding value, being unusually sweet, and yields more.

This variety produces immense crops and keeps perfectly all winter.
Undoubtedly the best Red Mangel now grown.

Pkt. Dc; -/4 Ih. 15c; Ih. 40c, postpaid. By express, 30c per lb.; 5 lbs. or
more at ?50 per lb,

This tomato is very early, and yet the fruit is as large, smooth, solid and well
colored as the best late varieties. The objections to extra early kinds as hitherto
has been that the fruit is not as smooth or well colored as the later varieties,
and therefore does not sell as well after the better fruit comes into the market.
The “ Bonny Best,” however, can compete with any tomato grown, either early
or late.

The Bonny Best is not quite as
early as the Earliana of the best
strain, but it will ripen some fruit
nearly as early, and the bulk of the
crop but very little later. It has
much more healthy and vigorous
vines than Earliana and is very pro-
lific. On good soil the ground is
literally covered with beautiful,
large, smooth tomatoes, of the most
brilliant red, covered evenly all over
— no green around the stem, as in
the case with all other extra early
tomatoes of good size. The great
advantage of this new tomato is that
the fruit is so large and handsome
and of such fine quality it will bring
the top price all through the season.
With any other early kind after the
late varieties come into the market,
you have to sell at lower prices on
account of the inferior size and color
of the fruit.

There is no handsomer looking tomato than Bonny Best, early or late.
The seed we offer is all of our own growing, and will be found of very
highest quality.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; ^ lb. $1.00; lb. $3.85, postpaid.

BONNY BEST
The
finest

medium early
tomato
for market
or

home use.

New Crimson King Mangel

COMPLETE LIST OF

Harris^ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

The various kinds of seeds are arranged in alphabetical order. That is, names commencing with “ A ” like
Asparagus, come first, followed by those beginning with B, C, etc., so that any vegetable wanted can be easily
found.

JIT prices quoted in this list we send the seeds by mail or by express at our expense

ibCOClS LxOllVCrCCi rroc* without any cost to the purchaser, excepting such prices as are preceded by the words

•• By Express.” This means that when ordered at that price the seed is to be sent at the expense of the purchaser, and so
must he sent by express or freight and not by mail. Deduct 10c per lb. from “ mail ” prices if the seeds are to be sent by
• ■xpress or freight at the purchaser’s expense.

Direction for Cultivation.

We issue a little pamphlet called ‘‘ Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers,” which
will be sent free with all orders amounting to 50c or more, if requested.

Artischoke (Gr.) ARTICHOKE Articiocca (It.)

The French or Globe Artichoke is largely used as a vegetable and is entirely different from the tuberous or Jerusalem Arti-
choke. The Globe Artichoke is a perennial and produces the flower buds, which are used for food, the second year after
sowing the seed. North of Virginia the plants require protection in winter. The seed is sown early in the spring. Cover the
crowns of the plants with coal ashes as soon as the ground freezes.

Large Green Globe. The standard variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00, postpaid.

ASPARAGUS

Spar gel (Gr.) Spar agio (It.)

Asparagus Seeds. raise asparagus from seed the seed
— should bo sown early in the spring.

One ounce of seed will sow 75 feet of row and produce about

250 plants. The plants may be set in the permanent bed when*

either one or two years old.

Giant Argenteuil. A French variety, said to be larger than
any other kind. It is becoming very popular in this
country where known. We offer seed imported by our-
selves direct from France. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c;
lb. 60c. By express, lb. 50c.

Conover’s Colossal. The old standard sort. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
% lb. 18c; lb. 50c. By express, lb. 40c.

Palmetto. This is one of the best varieties. It produces large,
light green shoots early in the season, and is said to be
less subject to rust than any other kind. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
% lb. 20c; lb. 55c. By express, lb. 45c.

Asparagus Roots. ^ ® raise large quantities of asparagus
— roots on our own farm, and can fur-
nish roots that are much larger and stronger than those
usually sold. They are raised from thin seeding and given
the best of care so they are large, strong and vigorous. Many
roots that are sold at low prices are raised by sowing the
seed thick and so getting more roots per acre, but they are
always poor, small and weak and never produce good results.
It is of the greatest importance to have large thrifty plants
to start with. Poor plants will never make a good bed. For
family use 100 roots set out two feet apart will make a fair
size bed. If good 2-year-old roots are used cutting may com-
mence the following spring after setting — not the first year.

GIANT AUGENTEUIL. 1-year-old roots, postpaid, per doz.
25c; 50 roots 75c; 100 roots $1.25. By express, 50 roots
50c; 100 roots 75c; 1000 roots $4.00. 2-year-old roots,,
postpaid, per doz. 45c. By express, 50 roots 75c; 100
roots $1.25; 500 or more at $1.00 per 100.

PALMETTO. We can furnish both 1-year-old and 2-year-old
roots of this variety at the same prices as for Giant
Argenteuil quoted above. Price on larger lots of either
variety will be quoted by letter.

START AN ASPARAGUS BED

It is not as diflicult to raise asparagus as many people
think. Simply set out the roots in good garden soil and keep
the bed free from weeds and the following spring you can cut
delicious asparagus. Full directions for culture will be sept
to any one ordering roots, if request?^.

Argrenteuil Asparagus

Joseph Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N, Y,

One quart of seed will plant
150 feet of row.

Dwarf Beans

% to 1% bushel of seed
per acre.

Bohnen (Gr.)

Faginoli (It.)

"KTotes on Varieties.

Of the Wax or yellow podded garden beans, Valentine Wax is the earliest,

— — is very prolific and of fine quality. The new Michigan White Wax has
pure white beans which can he used for baking when ripe, while the pods are of fine quality when
young. Wardwell’s Kidney Wax is early, and has very long fiat pods, while Round Pod Kidney Wax
differs only in shape of the pods, which are round instead of flat. Burpee’s New Kidney Wax has
narrower and thicker pods than Wardwell’s and is more prolific. Tlie Hodson Wax is two weeks
later, more vigorous and prolific, and is free from rust and blight, but not of the best quality.

Davis’ White Wax is early and prolific, and the pods resemble Wardwell’s Kidney Wax,
but are not of as good quality. Currie’s Rust-Proof has short, thick, deep yellow pods of
fine quality and nearly rust-proof. The dry beans are black. The Improved Rust-Proof
Golden Wax has straight, flat pods of medium length, early and is quite free from rust.

Crystal Wax has small, round, very light green or nearly white
pods, which are of the finest quality. It matures two weeks
later than Valentine Wax, and is excellent to follow that
variety for home use.

Of the grreen podded garden varieties, Stringless Green Pod
is one of the earliest and is of fine quality with large round

stringless pods, light
green and nearly
straight. Giant
Stringless Valentine
is more prolific, has
large, stringless,
light green pods of
high quality. The
Black Valentine is
just as early, has
pods fully as long,
but not so thick, and
is not of quite as
fine quality, but is
very prolific. Boun-
tiful IS 3 or 4 days
later, has long, slen-
der, flat pods of the
finest quality, and
perfectly stringless.

Continues in bearing
a long time and is
very prolific.

Full Meas-
ure is very
prolific, as
early as Boun-
tiful and has
thicker pods
of high qual-
ity. Refugee
is still later

and has long, straight, round, light green pods, of fine quality when young.

For shelling green, Dwarf Limas are of the best quality, but are more difficult to
raise than Ruby Dwarf Horticultural and Goddard or Boston Favorite, both of which
are very hardy, prolific and easily raised, and of fair quality for succotash, but
far inferior to Limas.

Of Dwarf or Bush Limas there are three distinct types of which Burpee’s is the
largest, having large, flat beans, fully as large as those of the old pole Limas.
Burpee’s Improved belongs in the large Lima class, but has thicker and heavier
beans than the old strain. Dreer’s and the new “ Fordhook ” have round or
“ potato ” beans, and Henderson’s has small, flat beans, which mature a little
earlier than the other two. Henderson’s is very hardy and prolific, and will succeed
anywhere, but the beans are only half the size of Burpee’s.

Of FIELD BEANS, Boston Marrow or Marrowfat, is the largest white bean, and
always brings higher prices in the market than the smaller Marrow Pea bean, which
Burpee’s New Kidney Wax Bean earlier and more prolific. In favorable seasons and on good soil, Boston Marrow

Valentine

Wax

Michigan White Currie’s Wardwell’s
Wax Rust-Proof

WAX OR YELLOW PODDED BUSH BEANS

Davis Wax

Harris^ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

will produce large and profitable crops, and the same may be
said of the Red Kidney, which is also later than the Marrow
Pea, and requires better land.

CULTURE. Garden beans of the dwarf or bush varieties
are usually sown in rows 2 feet apart, dropping the seed
2 inches apart in the row. Do not sow until the ground is
warm and danger of frost Is past.

Dwarf lima beans should be planted 18 or 20 Inches apart
in the row, dropping 2 or 3 seeds in a place. The rows should
be 3 feet apart. Do not plant until the ground is thoroughly
warm. In this locality the last week in May or first of June
is the proper time to plant. Cover the seed only about
1 inch deep.

Varieties of

VALENTINE WAX BEAN. We think this is the earliest wax
bean now grown. It is not only early, but is remarkably
prolific, the vines being literally covered with their clear
yellow pods, which are as round as a pencil and about the
same size and of good length. The seed we offer is of a
vigorous and healthy strain, free from blight and rust or
pod spot. The pods are of the finest quality, being very
tender and without strings. See price list below.

BURPEE’S NEW KIDNEY WAX. This new bean resembles

Special Merit

days later, but has longer and straighter pods and pro-
duces much larger yields.

MICHIGAN WHITE WAX. The great advantage of this
variety is that it has pure white beans which can he used
or sold for table use when dry. With this variety you
can use the pods for “ snaps ” as long as they are in fit
condition and afterward use all the remaining heans
when ripe and dry instead of wasting them. The pods
are deep butter yellow and of high quality.

the well known Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, except that the
pods are narrower and rounder and of a lighter shade of
yellow, which makes them more attractive in appearance
and they are really of better quality, being thick, brittle
and entirely stringless. The vines are very productive,
healthy and vigorous, and produce a great crop of long,
slender, yellow pods which are often 6 inches in length,
and seem to be very free from rust.

The pods mature the same time as Wardwell’s Kidney
Wax and similar kinds, being as early as any variety ex-
cept Valentine Wax.

FULL MEASURE. Although not a strictly new variety, this
excellent bean is not as well known as it should be. It is
certainly one of the very best green podded varieties. The
pods are long, straight, thick, almost round, entirely
stringless and of an attractive light green color and are
of high quality. The plant is vigorous and remarkably
productive. Compared with Stringless Green-pod and
Giant Stringless Valentine, the Full Measure is 2 or 3

GIANT STRINGLESS VALENTINE. We consider this the best
early green-podded dwarf bean with round pods. It is
remarkably prolific and the pods are of the highest qual-
ity. As early as the old Valentine and has larger pods.

BLACK VALENTINE. A very prolific green-podded bean that
proved most profitable for market. It produces long,
straight, handsome round pods that are free from rust,
and command the best price in the market. Matures 2 or
3 days earlier than other strains of Valentine and the
vines are vigorous, free from rust or blight and produce
very large yields. See price list below.

BOUNTIFUL. A very superior green-pod variety, with long,
flat pods that are thick, stringless, and of the very best
quality, being tender, meaty and of fine flavor. Although
an early variety it continues bearing a long time, so it
is very valuable for the home garden. Market growers
also find it profitable, as the vines are remarkably prolific,
yielding an immense quantity during the season. See price
list below.

Price List of Dwarf Beans

By Mail, Postpaid.

By Express.
Not Prepaid.

Four quarts of one variety will be supplied at half the peck price.

For price per bushel see our Wholesale Price List.

WAX OR BUTTER BEANS

Pkt. 1

V2 Pt.

Pint

Quart

Pint

Quart

Peck

Valentine Wax, the earliest kind, round pods, fine quality..

$0 06

$0 15

$0 25

$0 45

$0 17

$0 30

$1 70

Michigan White Wax, new. See description above

1 70

Burpee’s New Kidney Wax. Described above

1 80

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, very large fiat pods of deep butter

yellow. Early and of high quality

2 10

Round Pod Kidney Wax, like Wardwell’s, but has round pod.

1 60

Hodson Wax, very prolific, yielding nearly twice as much as

other kinds. Quite late; pods long, straight and hand-

some, but only of fair quality

30 1

1 90

Davis White Wax, very hardy and prolific, of only fair quality

1 75

Crystal Wax, late, fine for home use, tender and delicious

2 00

Improved Rust-Proof Golden Wax, early and good

• 15

1 60

Currie’s Rust-Proof Black Wax, improved Black Wax. Flat,

deep yellow pods of good quality, very hardy and prolific.

2 00

GREEN PODDED GARDEN BEANS

Full Measure. Described above

1 60

Stringless Green Pod, round pods of high quality

1 60

Giant Stringless Valentine. The best early green-podded

bush bean. See description above

1 50

Black Valentine, very early and prolific and one of the most

profitable market varieties

1 40

Bountiful, very prolific and of fine quality

12 •

25 '

1 50

Improved Round-pod Valentine, extra early, very prolific. . . .

25 1

1 45^

Refugee, or 1,000 to 1, round, light green pods of good quality

when young

25 1

1 60

Goddard or Boston Favorite, for shelling green

■ 25 I

1 50

Ruby Dwarf Horticultural, better than the old Horticultural.

1 60

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

BUSH LIMA BEANS

^ j This new strain of Burpee's Bush

Burpee’s Improved has beans of larger size and

deeper green color than the old strains and the vines are
more true to the bush form with fewer runners. The
beans are both larger and thicker than the old form, and
the pods are also larger. For market, whether the beans
are sold shelled or in the pod, this new strain will be
found superior on account of its larger size and better
color.

By mail, postpaid. Pkt. 10c; % pt. 17c; pt. 28c;
gt. 50c.

By express. Pt. 20c; qt. 35c; 4 qts. $1.15; pk. $2.25.

BUEPEE’S BUSH LIMA.— New Wonder Strain. This im-
proved strain bears larger crops and is earlier than the
old and original variety. The beans are as’ large as the
pole limas and of equally fine quality, while they mature
earlier and are far less trouble to raise. It is the earliest
large podded lima and with us the most prolific.

By mail, postpaid. Pkt. 10c; V> pt. 15c; pt. 28c;
qt. 50c.

By express. Pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.25.

FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. This is a remarkable improve-
ment on the old Dreer's Bush Lima. It is so much better
in every way that it will certainly displace the old
variety. The pods are larger and contain more beans.
The beans are larger and of better quality and deep green
in color. The vines are more vigorous and productive and
the beans mature earlier.

Those who prefer the thick “ Potato " Limas will find
this new strain far superior to any other.

By mail, postpaid. Pkt. 10c; Vs, pt. 15c; pt. 30c;
qt. 55c.

By express. Pt. 22c; qt. 40c; 4 qts. $1.50; pk. $2.85.

DREER’S OR “ POTATO ” BUSH LIMA. Large, thick, nearly
round beans of good quality. Not as large or prolific as
Fordhook, which is superior in every respect.

By mail, postpaid. Pkt. 10c; Vti pt. 17c; pt. 30c;
qt. 55c.

By express. Pt. 22c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.85.

For Pole Limas see next page.

Stringless
Green Pod

Bountiful Giant String- Improved Round-
less 'Valentine pod Valentine

. FIELD BEANS— For Use Dry

By Mail, Postpaid.

By Express.

Boston Marrow, or "White Marrowfat, large, plump,
white beans of high quality, later than Marrow

Pkt.

Vz Pt.

Pint

Quart

Pint

Quart

Peck

Bu.

Pea

$0 06

$0 12

$0 22

$0 40

$0 15

$0 25

$1 25

$4 50

Marrow Pea, or White Navy, small, early, prolific. . .

1 00

3 85

Red Kidney, red, kidney-shaped, late

1 10

4 00

POLE OR RUNNING BEANS

Beans of this class should have some kind of support on which to climb. Poles are usually placed in the
ground and the beans planted around them in a circle.

NOTES ON VARIETIES. Of the pole limas Early Leviathan is the earliest and has large pods and is the best variety for
either home use or market. King of the Garden is later, but has very large pods. Challenger Lima has thick, nearly round
beans which are large and of good quality. This is an improved strain of Dreer’s or Potato Lima and is superior to that
old variety in every way. Golden Cluster Wax has large, deep yellow pods that are entirely stringless and of the highest
quality as a snap bean. It is wonderfully prolific. Scotia is a green podded snap bean of very superior quality and remark-
ably productive. Kentucky Wonder is similar to Scotia, but is earlier and not of quite as good quality. The pods are very
long, deep green and of fine quality when young. Golden Carmine Podded Horticultural is a bean that can be used either as a
“ snap bean ” or shelled green like limas. It is by far the best variety of this class. It has large, yellow, waxy pods that
are of excellent quality.

Scotia Bean introduced this bean many years ago and it has become very popular among our customers.

^ L It is certainly a very superior bean for family use. A few hills will furnish delicious “ string ”

beans during August and September when the earlier bush beans are gone. The pods are perfectly round,
straight, long and slender and perfectly stringless and are of the very highest quality when cooked.

Gardeners find this a profitable variety for market, as it produces immense crops and can be raised
without poles if so desired. See pi ice list, page 24.

Harris' Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Lima and Other Pole Beans

Early leviathan Lima, the best and earliest large pole lima. .

King of the Garden Lima, very large pods and beans

Large White Lima

Challenger Lima — Improved Dreer’s or Potato Lima

Golden Cluster Wax

Golden Carmine-podded Horticultural

Speckled Cranberry, or London Horticultural

Scarlet Runner, ornamental vine, bright red flowers, very

handsome

Kentucky Wonder, early, green-podded and very proliflc

Scotia, the most delicious snap bean

By Mail,

Postpaid.

By Express.

Pkt.

V2 Pt.

Pint

Quart

Pint

Quart

Peck

$0 10

$0 15

$0 28 '

$0 50

$0 20

$0 35

$1 85

1 75

2 25

45 '

1 75

4-5'

1 80

Four quarts of any one variety will be supplied at half the peck price.

Ruebe (Gr.) BEETS Barbahietola (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow sixty feet of row. Ten pounds will sow an acre in rows 18 inches apart.

Beets can be sown early in the spring, and again a few weeks later for a succession. It is an excellent plan to sow some
in July for use in the fall. These young beets can be put in a pit or root cellar and covered with sand, and will keep in nice,
tender condition for use in winter.

small tops and very dark red. Seed of our own growing.
Pkt. 6c; oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; lb. $1.75. By express;
$1.65 per lb.

DETROIT DARK RED. In addition to the seed of our own
growing we offer above, we can furnish seed grown in
France by a most reliable grower. While not quite equal
in shape and color to our own strain, j’et this seed pro-
duces nice smooth beets of good shape and dark color,
and will be found equal to any seed offered by other
dealers. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; ^ lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid.
By express, 75c per lb.

Crimson Globe ^ handsome round beet of perfect

— L globe shape, small top, smooth and

deep red in color. A quick grower and of the highest

Harris’ Selected Strain. This is one
Crosby S Egyptian, earliest, handsomest and best

beets for market and home use. Our selected strain will
be found very fine. See page 14. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb.
45c; lb. $1.70, postpaid. By express, $1.60 per lb.
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN. Seed grown in France. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid. By express, 75c
per lb.

A medium early globe-shaped beet of
excellent quality. It is especially es-
teemed on account of its dark red color, which extends

Detroit Dark Red.

entirely through the beet, and without the light-colored
rings seen in some varieties. The beets are smooth and
handsome and are now being largely used for canning as
well as for the market. It retains its good quality even
after it gets large, and is an excellent variety on this ac-
count for fall use as well as for spring. We have a very
fine strain of this beet, being of uniform globe-shape.

Eclipse.

Edmunds^ Blood Turnip.

Swiss Chard — Silver Leaf

quality, remaining for a long time without becoming hard.
We highly recommend this beet for both home use and
market. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. 95c, postpaid.
By express, 85c per lb.

This is one of the earliest and handsomest beets grown. The beets
are globe-shape, smooth and with very small tops, and are of the
best quality. Not of as dark color as Crosby’s Egyptian or Detroit Dark
Red. We offer a superior strain of seed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c;
lb. 95c. By express, 85c per lb.

A fine strain of the popular blood turnip beet
The beets are round and smooth, deep red and
of fine quality even when fully grown. Very popular for market as wel
as for home use. Larger and a little later than Eclipse. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c
% lb. 25c; lb. 90c, postpaid. By express, 80c per lb.

LONG SMOOTH BLOOD RED. Roots long, smooth and very dark red. Pkt
5c; oz. 12c; Vt lb. 25c; lb. 90c, postpaid.

EARLY BLOOD TURNIP. We have an excellent strain of this old farorite
Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 90c, postpaid.

EARLY BASSANO. Large and of excellent quality, rather light in color
Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid,

SWISS CHARD, or SEA KALE BEET

Beisskohl (Gr.) Bieta (It.)

Swiss Chard is a beet grown for its leaves. The mid-rib when boiled makes
delicious greens, or the leaves may be boiled and served as spinach. Sown in
the spring the leaves are soon ready to eat, and will continue to grow all
through the summer and fall. If given a little protection it will survive the
winter and make excellent greens early in the spring,

SILVER LEAF. Large smooth leaves with silvery white stems which are
tender and of fine flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 26c; lb. 85c.

LUCULLUS. A new variety with curled leaves like a Savoy cabbage. The
plant grows nearly 2 feet high and the stem and leaves are very large and
of fine quality. Pkt. 6c; oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

MANGEL WURZELS AND SUGAR BEETS

Most economical and valuable food for cattle and sbeep

There is no crop more valuable for feeding cows and sheep than
mangels and sugar beets. Considering the fact that it is easy to raise
40 tons or more per acre and that the whole root is perfectly digestible,
there being no waste as is the case with corn stalks or other coarse
fodder, there is no other food more economical. Not only this, but cows
fed on mangels during the winter will give more and better milk than
they will on any other food. Sheep also are much healthier and ewes with
lambs give more milk, and therefore raise better lambs than if fed only
dry food. It is the poorest kind of economy to try to get along without
them.

CULTURE. Any soil that will raise good crops of corn or potatoes will do for
mangels. Sow in May, in rows 2 feet apart. Seed may be sown with a grain
drill, but a hand drill is better. It requires about 8 or 10 lbs. of seed per acre.
Plants should be thinned out to 1 foot apart when a few inches high. Mangels
are also easily transplanted and may be sown thickly and the plants set out a foot
apart in the rows. In this way you get a perfectly even stand of plants.

DANISH YELLOW GIANT MANGEL

Yields larger crops than any other variety

The roots grow to a very large size, of a deep yellow color, and are
smooth and handsome, having small tops and very few side roots. They
grow over two-thirds above ground, so that they can be harvested with
very little trouble.

Although these mangels are not quite as rich in sugar as some of the
smaller beets, yet they yield so much more that they produce .more actual
dry matter per acre than other kinds.

When different varieties of mangels are planted together the contrast
between this new variety and other kinds is very marked, the Danish
Yellow Giant being far ahead in size and vigor of growth and yields
100 bushels more per acre than any other kind. Pkt. 5c; lb. 12c;
lb. 35c, postpaid. By express, lb. 25c; 5 lbs. or more at 22c per lb.

Giant Yellow Eckendorf.

Danish Yellow Giant Mangel.

New Half-Sugar Mangel.

This new
mangel makes
immense roots nearly the same size
from top to bottom, having very blunt
ends and small tap root. The mangels
grow two-thirds above ground and are
very easily pulled. They often weigh
20 lb. or more and produce immense
yield of roots of high quality. This
variety is especially adapted to shal-
low soils. Pkt. 5c; M B). 12c; lb. 35c,
postpaid. By express, lb. 25c; 5 lbs. at
22c per lb.

This mangel or giant sugar beet is intermediate be-
tween the large mangels and the sugar beets. The
roots are white with red tops, and grow to a large size, oval in shape, growing half out
of the ground, and have small tops. The roots contain a higher percentage of sugar, and
are therefore more valuable for feeding than the larger and coarser mangels. The giant
sugar beet yields much larger crops than any other kind of sugar beet and nearly as
much per acre as the largest mangels. Pkt. 5c; % lb. 12c; lb. 35c, postpaid. By express,
25c per lb; 5 lbs. or more, 22c per lb.

GIANT YELLOW INTERMEDIATE. The roots are in shape intermediate between the Globe
and Long Mangels. The color is deep orange yellow and the quality is first-class. In
yield this variety is not quite equal to Danish Yellow Giant, which is much the same
in shape and color. Pkt. 5c; % lb. 12c; lb. 30c, postpaid. By express, 20c per lb.;
5 lbs. or more, 18c per lb.

GOLDEN TANEARD. Roots about the same shape as the Intermediate, but the flesh 'is
yellow all the way through. In all other respects it resembles the Giant Yellow Inter-
mediate very closely. We have a very fine selected strain of this variety. The roots
grow very uniform in shape and the flesh is of a deep yellow color. Pkt. 5c; % lb. 12c;

* lb. 35c, postpaid. By express, 25c per lb. ; 5 lbs. or more, at 22c per lb.

CRIMSON KING. A very fine new red mangel. See page 19.

Additional varieties on next page.

Giant Yellow Eckendorf

R arris' Vegetable Seeds for 1914

MAN GELS — Continued

HARRIS’ YELLOW GLOBE. Roots perfectly round, smooth
and with very small tops. Easily harvested and yields
large crops. Will keep better than any other variety.
Pkt. 5c; % lb. 20c; lb. 65c, postpaid. By express, 55c per
lb. ; 5 lbs. or more, at 50c per lb.

Mammoth Long Red,

OR NORBITON GIANT. This
variety has produced the largest
yield of any kind of mangel at the field trials held at
Cornell University. The quality of the roots for feeding
is high. The roots grow very large and keep well. We

have an unusually fine strain of seed of this variety. The
mangels grow larger around than the older “ Long Red,”
and are smoother and better in every way. Pkt. 5c;
% lb. 15c; lb. 35c, postpaid. By express, 26c per lb.;
6 lbs. or more, at 22c per lb.

Lane’s Improved Sugar Beet. A very fine strain of sugar

/ beet for stock. . The roots grow to a large size and partly
above ground, and are rich, sweet and of high feeding
value. Pkt. 6c; % lb. 15c; lb. 45c. By express, 35c per
lb. ; 5 lbs. or more, at 32c per lb.

Rosenkohl (Gr.) BRUSSELS SPROUTS Cavolo di Brusselles (It.)

1 oz. of seed will produce 2000 plants.

A delicious vegetable that is becoming very popular in all large markets. It should be more largely grown in private gar-
dens, as it affords fresh green sprouts in the late fall and winter when other vegetables are gone. It is cultivated like cab-
bage. Sow the seed in the open ground in May and set out the plants the middle of June 2% feet apart. The sprouts that
grow along the stem are picked off and cooked like cabbage or cauiifiower and are very delicate and fine flavored.

Long Island Improved Dwarf. A popular variety on Long
Island where this vegetable is grown on a large scale for
market. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; lb. $2,25.

Hercules. The plants grow 2^4 feet high and the stems are
well covered with large solid “ sprouts.” One of the best
varieties. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 90c.

DANISH IMPROVED. A fine variety, see page 9.
oz. 40c; % lb. $1.25, postpaid.

Pkt. 10c;

Plants. We can furnish
time for transplanting
of this cataloguo.

Blumenkohl^ (Gr.)

CAULIFLOWER

Brussels sprouts plants at proper
See Plant Department, last pages

CavoloBore (It.)

One ounce of seed will produce 1500 to 2000 plants if sown in open ground, or about 3000 in frames.

Snowball Cauliflower (Photograph)

To Raise Good Cauliflower.
There is nothing so essential to
success in raising cauliflower as
good seed. The best cauliflower
seed is very expensive, but it is
worth to the grower ten times as
much as cheap and carelessly
grown seed. We get the best
results from using Snowball and
Danish Giant for main late crops
as well as for early use. The
seed we offer is grown with the
greatest care, and 99 per cent of 3
the plants will produce fine, com-
pact heads of good size. a

Early caulifiowers are difficult ^
to raise and are not of the best
quality, but when the plants are
set out in late June or July and
the heads form in October there
is no difficulty in getting fine,
large heads of first-class quality.
The seed should be sown in open
ground or cold frames about the
middle of May or first of June on
good soil. When plants are large
enough transplant to rich, moist'
soil. These remarks refer to;
Snowball or other early kinds.
The late kind must be sown and]
transplanted earlier.

” Perfected

Snowball. “ Perfected ” strain. Although an early variety, the Snowball is used almost exclusively for late or main crop.

as well as for forcing and summer use. There is no finer cauliflower than a flrst-class strain of this variety.

The heads are large, heavy and close grained, with no leaves growing through them.

There is nothing finer than the strain of Snowball we offer, no matter under what name it is sold, or what price is
charged for the seed.

If you want to pay .$3.00 or $4.00 per ounce for cauliflower seed and ^et the same thing we sell you for $1.70, of
course you can do so, but we do not see the sense in it. There is no better seed than we offer sold at any price, and we
want all large growers to try some of it and see for themselves. Pkt. (250 seeds) 10c; ^ oz. 45c; oz. $1.70; % lb. $6.00.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Cold-water, N. Y.

Danish Giant or “ Dry-Weather.”

flower grows larger and has more leaves than the old
variety, and matures about two weeks later. It Is espe-
cially valuable for high ground, as it is more vigorous
than the Early Snowball, and stands dry weather better.
Having more leaves it is easier to protect the heads from
the sun, and keep them snow white. Pkt. 10c; H oz. 60c;
oz. $2.00; % Ih. $7.50.

Erfurt Early Dwarf. Not quite as early or fine as Snowball,
but Is an excellent variety both for early and late crop.
It is very reliable in regard to heading, and the heads
are solid and compact. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 45c; oz. $1.60.
LARGE ALGIERS. One of the best late varieties. Heads of
the largest size, white, but not as compact as Snowball.
A reliable header. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c; oz. 75c; % Ih.
$2.25.

Walcheren. Large, late and very hardy. Will stand con-
siderable frost. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; % lb. $2.00.

Kraut (Gr). CABBAGE Cavolo cappuccio (It.)

One ounce of seed will produce 1000 to 2000 plants sown in open ground, or 3000 if sown in frames, requires
about 6 ounces of seed to produce plants for an acre of ground.

! The Best Cabbagre Seed. We have raised cabbage
I ' ' ' — seed for 30 years. Being

situated in one of the best cabbage growing regions in
I the country, we have long made a specialty of raising
cabbage seed, and have been able, by selecting the
’ very best heads for seed, to breed up some very fine
j strains of cabbage that will satisfy the requirements
I of the most critical grower. You can buy cheaper
I seen, but you can't get any better seed than Harris'
I cabbage seed at any price.

• Methods of Culture. To get very early cabbage in
1 the Northern states the seeds should be sown in hot-
i beds in February or March, or about six weeks before
i the ground outside is ready to receive the plants. For
T medium early crop the seed of early kinds like Enk-
c huizen Glory, Copenhagen Market, Burpee’s All Head
1 and Early Spring may be sown in the open ground as
i early as possible and the plants transplanted as soon
4 as large enough. This will give cabbage ready for
use in August if the land is rich and well cultivated.

For the late crop the seed should be sown in this
latitude about May 20, and the plants set out July 1.
Seed of early varieties may be sown as late as June
15 to 20, and will mature a good crop. For late sowing,
Volga, Enkhuizen Glory and Burpee’s All Head are
excellent varieties.

Early Varieties of Cabbage

Among the earliest kinds the different strains of
Wakefield are best known. Extra Early Wakefield is
the earliest, but the heads are small. Early Jersey
Wakefield has larger heads and is extremely early,
while Charleston Wakefield has still larger heads, not
so pointed as the other two, and matures two weeks
later. Of the early flat-head kinds, Eureka, Enkhuizen
Glory and Copenhagen Market are the earliest, while
Burpee’s All Head Early is a little later and is often
used for planting late after early potatoes or other
•early crops. The new Stanley is of very high quality,
1 being far superior to other kinds for table use.

CABBAGE — Early Varieties

Packets of any of the following varieties 5c, except where noted ;

SIANLEY. (New.) The best for the home garden. See page 8 Packet 10c

COPENHAGEN MARKET. New and very fine. Seepages.... Packet 10c

Extra Early Wakefield. Earliest small pointed heads

EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. Special selected strain, heads of good size, very uniform

and compact. Our strain of this variety is far superior to that usually sold

Charleston Wakefield. Larger, broader and not so pointed as the above and a little later.

We have a fine strain of this variety. Every plant makes a good large head

ENKHIJIZEN GLORY. New, very early, large round heads. See page 8

Eureka. Same as “ Maule's Extra Early." Large fiat heads; as early as Charleston

Wakefield

BURPEE’S ALL HEAD EARLY. Medium early; large solid heads, and of very compact
growth. One of the best for summer use or for planting late for main crop. We >
seed of our own growing and of the very finest strain which produces even crops of large

solid heads

Henderson’s Early Summer, medium early fiat heads

Early Spring. Early and very fine; fiat heads, solid and compact

By Mail, Postpaid.

Oz.

V4lb.

$0 40

$1 25

1 25

$4 50

3 50

3 00

2 25

2 50

3 60

2 75

Early Cabbage Plants. We can furnish very fine transplanted cabbage plants ready April 15 to May 15. See Plant Department

Late or Main Crop Varieties of Cabbage

Danish Ball Head is now most extensively planted for fall and winter shipping, and is very profitable on good laud and under
favorable conditions, but it does not yield as much as some of the domestic or flat varieties. It does not succeed south of Penn-
sylvania. Succession heads evenly and quite early, but cracks badly if not cut as soon as well matured. Volga produces large
solid heads and grows so fast that it can be set out late and will produce immense crops. Harris’ Short Stem is a large, late
flat cabbage with very solid, heavy heads of fine quality.

It has been found profitable in many cases to plant early varieties of flat cabbage for fall market. They produce medium
size, hard heads which are preferred in market to the larger heads of the late varieties. For this purpose Burpee’s All Head
Early is the most popular variety. It has been found very profitable in this locality. Enkhuizen Glory is also excellent for
this purpose. It can be set out at late as August 1 on good land. Red cabbage is used for pickling and is often very profitable
9 to raise for market. The new “ Red Danish Stonehead ” is an excellent variety. Savoy cabbage is of the finest quality and
4 excellent for home use in the fall and winter.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for. 1914

Danish Ball Head, SolW Emperor strain. This strain produces very solid heads of good size and deep green. The

^ stems are of medium length, not as tall as some strains. The heads are as round as a ball, deep green

and of excellent keeping qualities, so they can be stored all winter and come out in good condition in tbe spring The seed
we offer was raised with great care and produces heads of uniform tvpe. Cabbage growers who want the very best Danish
cabbage for winter storage will find this strain unsurpassed. (See Price List, page 11.)

Danish Ball Head, short stemmed strain (also called Danish Round Head). This strain produces very large, solid heads

— — I.. on shorter stems than the Solid Emperor ” described above. It is also a week or ten da vs earlier

It produces larger yields than any other Danish cabbage we have tried. It is especially valuable for high dry land as it
will produce good size heads where the other strains would be too small.

While we can see little difference in the keeping qualities of these two strains it is claimed bv some growers that this
short stemmed strain does not come out quite as green after being stored all winter as does the “ Solid Emperor.” For ship-
ping in the late fall or winter there is nothing finer than this strain.

The seed we offer is so well bred that practically every plant will produce a good solid head of uniform type. (See Price
List, page 12.)

New “ Intermediate *’ Danish. This new
strain is half way between the old
” Solid Emperor ” and the short
stemmed. It is harder and greener
than the short stemmed, but larger
and has shorter stems than the Solid
Emperor. See page 11.

The plant is nearly all head,

having few outside leaves. The

heads are nearly as round as a ball
and almost as hard and solid as
Danish Ball Head, while they are
much larger and heavier, often weigh-
ing 15 lbs. each. On account of its
rapid growth this cabbage can be set
out in this latitude as late as July
20, and still produce large, solid
heads for winter use. (See price,
below. )

This is an improved
strain of Volga,
being even more uniform and of
larger size than the older strain.
(See price below.)

Harris’ Short Stent,

bage for fall and winter use. The
heads are verv deep for a fiat cab-
bage, and are hard and compact and
keep remarkably well. The quality
of the cabbage is exceptionally fine,
the heads being of fine grain, tender
and without a hard core in the
center.

For home use there is no large cabbage equal to this, and for market where a large head is required, we know of nothing
better. We have raised the seed of this cabbage over 30 years and have a very fine, pure strain of it. (See price below.)

“ Ever Readv.”

Volga UaDDage (Pnoiograpn;

CABBAGE — Main Crop Varieties
Packets of any of the following kinds 5c, except where noted:

“ Ever Beady.’^ A very fine new strain of Volga cabbage Pkts. 10c

Volga. See description above

Harris’ Short Stem. Large heads of finest quality. See description above

DANISH BALL HEAD, “ Solid Emperor ” strain. This is the old original type of Danish

Ball Head cabbage

DANISH BALL HEAD, Short Stemmed, heads larger and a little flatter than the “ Solid

Emperor ” and yields larger crops

“ INTERMEDIATE ” DANISH. A new strain, described above .

Succession. One of the best medium early kinds. Large flat heads

All Seasons. Large flat heads. A popular variety for fall use ,.

Surehead. Large deep heads, solid and compact *

Excelsior Large Elat Dutch. A very fine strain of Flat Dutch cabbage

Premium Flat Dutch. The old standard Flat Dutch. A first-class, large, late cabbage

Fottler’s Drumhead. Heads large and flat

Winningstadt. Pointed heads of medium size, hard and solid. Every plant heads

Mammoth Rock Red. The largest red variety, heads of good size, deep red and very solid. .

Holland Export. A very fine, new, red cabbage. See description, page 9 Pkt. 10c

Red Danish Stonehead. A fine new red cabbage. See page 9 Pkt. 10c

SAVOY CABBAGE, The Herald. A very fine new Savoy; superior to the older kinds. See

page 7 ...Pkt. 10c

Savoy Cabbage, Perfection Drumhead. Large, moderately firm heads of high quality

By Mail, Postpaid.

Oz.

V4lb.

Lb.

:$0 50

$1 20

$4 50

2 50

1 20

4 50

■2 25

2 25

2 40

2 35

i 25

3 00

2 50

1 25

2 50

! 20

2 25

i 20

2 25

2 00

2 50

2 75

1 30

5 00

1 00

3 75

2 25

Deduct 10c per lb. if the seed is to be sent by express, not prepaid. If ordered at above prices the seed will be sent prepaid
by mail or express.

Cabbasre and Cauliflower Plants. furnish cabbba^?e ana cauliflower plants of the most prominent varieties in

this list at lowest prices. Plants ready from the middle of April to middle of .July.

(See Price List at back of this catalogue.)

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N, Y

CHICORY

Cichorien-W urzel (Gr.) Cicoria selvatica (It.)

There are two distinct kinds of chicory. The large rooted
variety is used as a substitute for coffee, the root being dried
and ground, while the variety called “ Whitloof ” is used for
salad. Both are easily raised from seed sown in the spring in
the open ground.

Whitloof, or “ Trench Endive.” Seed sown in May or June
produces roots which when taken up and placed in sand
in a warm dark place throw out tender white sprouts
which are used as a salad. These sprouts are often

called “French Endive.” Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c;
lb. $1.50, postpaid.

COLLARDS

Collards or coleworts are extensively grown in the Southern
states, where they furnish green food for the table or for
stock all through the winter as well as other seasons. The
seed is sown at different times from the last of May until the
first of August.

Georgia Collards. The best variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb.
35c; lb. $1.10.

Carotten (Gr.) CARROTS

Carota (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of row. It requires 4 to 6 pounds of seed to sow an acre, depending upon

the distance between the rows.

Carrots can be sown from early spring to the middle
of summer. The earlier they are sown the larger the
crop as a rule, but late sowings often produce nice
carrots for bunching in the fall.

Carrots for Feeding. Carrots are of a very high
value for feeding cows, horses and sheep, and as very
large crops can be grown on a small piece of ground,
it pays remarkably well to raise at least a small plot
of them every year. They are of great benefit to cows
and horses in the fall and winter. One of the best
varieties for this purpose is Danvers Half Long. It
is more easily harvested than the longer carrots and
yields very nearly as many bushels per acre and on
some soils it yields more than a longer variety. A
larger yield can be obtained by sowing Mastodon or
White Vosges. The carrots, however, are white, and
some people prefer the yellow kinds.

Harris’ Perfected Half long.

carrots of uniform shape, smooth skin, without wrinkles
or small roots and of deep orange color. The shape of the
root, as shown in the photograph reproduced here, is
that most desirable for market, being nearly the same
size the whole length. The quality is very fine for table
use, the roots being without cores, fine grained and sweet.
The roots grow about six inches long, and are so smooth
and handsome that they always bring the highest price
on the market. There is no finer strain of carrot than
this. If the seed is not sown too thick the carrots need
not be thinned out, hut can be left as they come up, and
they will crowd out each side of the row and produce
enormous yields on loose, rich soil. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c;
V4: lb. 30c; lb. $1.10, postpaid. By express, $1.00 per lb.

This popular carrot is much like Harris’ Half
Long and is used for the same purposes. We
have some very fine French grown seed that will be found
equal to any obtainable. Price same as Harris’ Half Long.

Chantenay

use or bunching for the market. Matures early. Can be
easily pulled by hand and will yield nearly as much as the
longer varieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.25,
postpaid. By express, $1.15 per lb.

Long Orange, W'e have a fine strain of this variety ; roots
long, but not too tapering ; smooth and straight. An
immense yielder. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00,
postpaid. By express, 90c per lb.

T The roots taper a little more at the

grow about two inches longer, or about eight inches in
length, but not quite so smooth and handsome. They are
of fine grain and of excellent quality, and yield very large
crops. This variety is very valuable for stock feeding as
well as for market. Our strain of this carrot will he
found very fine, far superior to that usually sold. Pkt.
5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. By express,
90c per lb. ; 5 lbs. or more at 85c per lb.

OXHEAKT, or GTJEHANDE. A short thick carrot, often
nearly as large around as it is long. Excellent for table

Ozheart Harris’ Half Long Danvers
(From a Photograph)

Early French Short Horn. The earliest and best carrot for
forcing. Our seed is of the finest strain for hothouse
forcing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; lb. $1.80, postpaid.

MASTODON, or White Vosges. A large white carrot for
stock. The roots grow very large, but being thick and
not too long, they can be easily pulled. We think this
variety will yield more good, nutritious carrots per acre
than any other carrot. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c;
lb. 85c, postpaid. By express, 75c per lb.

Harris' Vegetable Seeds for 1914

CELERY

ixoiaen oeii-iJiancning' ueiery

This is the best celery for summer, fall and early winter use. It blanches
quickly and is of high quality. The seed we offer is a very fine strain. (See
price below. 1

Sellerie (Gr.) Sc</ano" (It.)

One ounce of seed will produce about
4000 plants.

Celery is easily raised. The trouble
most unskilled gardeners experience is
in raising the plants. The seed must be
sown very early in the spring, as soon
as the ground is free from frost. We
give full directions for culture with
every order for seed if requested. We
sell plants ready in June and July at
low prices. See prices on next page.

For fall and early winter
use Golden Self-Blanching

Varieties.

is the best variety for market or home
use, excepting for the latter purpose.
Golden Rose is of slightly better quality,
and keeps longer, but has a red tinge
which might not be liked in some
markets. Both have a fine nutty fiayor,
and are easily blanched. White Plume
is handsome to look at, but not of very
good quality, and must be used early
as it does not keep very well.

For keeping in the winter French’s
Success is one of the very best kinds. It
will keep longer than any kind we
know of, and is crisp and tender.
Columbia blanches quicker and can be
used earlier in the winter and is of fine
quality, but does not keep as long as
French’s Success. The New Winter
Reliance blanches more easily than
French’s Success and is valuable for
early winter use, to follow closely after
the Self-Blanching. Giant Pascal is also
good, and has very broad, thick stalks,
and keeps well. New Rose is excellent
for home use, and where a celery of fine
quality is appreciated. The stalks are
of medium size, tinged with red, and
very crisp, and of fine fiavor.

Note. — The crop of Golden Self-
Blanching Celery seed in France, where
the best seed is raised, was again very
short the past season.

Celery. Price, by mail, postpaid.

golden SELF-BLANCHING, or Paris Golden. The most popular celery for fall

and early winter use

GOLDEN ROSE, or Rose Ribbed Paris Golden. Like Golden Self -Blanching except
that the stalks are tinged with red and are of superior fiavor and keep better

and are very handsome on the table

COLUMBIA. Resembles Golden Self-Blanching, but keeps better and requires

more time to blanch. See page 14 ,

FRENCH’S SUCCESS. The best keeper. See page 14

WINTER RELIANCE. New. Fine for winter market

White Plume. Blanches very easily. We have a very fine, pure strain which is

far superior to that usually sold

GIANT PASCAL. Broad, thick stalks of good quality, a good variety for winter

market

New Rose. A red celery of the finest quality, and therefore superior to other
winter varieties for home use. The stalks are of medium size, solid, crisp,

and of a nutty fiavor

Golden Heart. (Dwarf.) A good kind for winter use. Popular in market

Boston Market. Large branching stalks

CELERIAC, or Turnip-Rooted Celery. The bulbous roots are used instead of the
stalks. Large Smooth Prague, the best variety

Pkt.

Oz. I

%lb.

Lb.

$0 15

$1 80

$6 50

175

—

1 10

4 25

1 00

3 50

1 20

4 50

. 1

2 75 ij

6 1

1 18

1 90 \\

2 50 i ]

2 00 I 'j

2 00 I

1 76 i

Deduct 2c from % lb. and 10c from lb. price, if seed is to be sent by express not prepaid.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

PI a rife raise large quantities

X jq, tS» celery plants, and can

furnish strong, stocky plants for less money than it
costs to raise them on a small scale. Plants will be
ready from June 1st to August 1st. Orders booked at
any time, and plants sent when ready.

PRICE OF CELERY PLANTS. Early Transplanted
plants ready June 1st. Golden Self-Blanching and
White Plume. Postpaid, 85c per 100. By express 65c
per 100; $5.00 per 1000.

Field Grown. Strong, stocky plants of all varieties
listed in this catalogue, ready last of June. Postpaid,
60c per 100. By express, 40c per 100; $2.50 per 1000.
Write for prices on larger lots.

CRESS

Garten-Kresse (Gr.) Agretto (It.)

EXTRA FINE CURLED (also called “ Peppergrass " ) . Leaves
finely ent and curled, very handsome and of a pleasant,
pungent fiavor. Used largely in salads. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c;
H lb. 15c; lb. 40c.

WATER CRESS. This plant is now used very extensively
for garnishing and for salads. It can easily be grown on
the banks of any small stream or on land that can be
flooded with running water. It succeeds best on streams
fed by springs that do not dry up in the summer. The
seed should be scattered on the muddy bank in the spring
or summer. Water Cress can also be grown in green-
houses for winter use and is a profitable crop.

Improved Broad-leaved Water Cress. Larger and better than
the common variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.10.

CORN SALAD

Feldsalat (Gr.) Valeriana (It.)

Used for “ greens ” like spinach. Can be sown in the spring
and fall. Succeeds best when sown in August or September.
If given a little protection it will last a long time in the
winter.

Large Round-leaved. The best variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
Va lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

Celery

Welchkorn (Gr.) SV^EET CORN

One quart will plant 400 hills; 8 to 10 quarts will plant an acre.

Good Sweet Corn Seed. »ur eastern grown Sweet
Corn IS far superior in

sweetness and flavor to the same varieties raised from
seed grown in the west where a large part of the
sweet corn seed sold by other seedsmen is grown. We
take great pains in curing and drying our seed corn,
and we are therefore able to offer seed of strong
vitality and highest quality in every way. Our seed
is very carefully selected and tested for germination,
and the percentage that will grow is marked on each
package, so you will run no risk of failure in planting
it. It may cost a little more than others, but it is

worth very much more.

Notes on Varieties.

The earliest corn we have tried Is
Early Dawn, hut the ears are quite
small, about 5 inches long. Mammoth White Cory, as we now
raise it, is just as early and has larger ears. Pocahontas is
but two or three days later, and has much larger ears and is
of much finer quality. Harris’ Extra Early is very early, has
large ears and is of fine quality. Golden Bantam is a small,
medium early kind, with yellow kernels ; highly esteemed by
many people. The new “ Buttercup ” is, in our opinion, of
better quality than Golden Bantam, and has larger ears. It

Is the sweetest corn we know of. Kendel’s Early Giant matures
very early and has large ears and is very prolific. It Is the
earliest kind with ears so large, and on this account Is valuable
for market. Mimms’ Hybrid has large ears and matures
medium early and Is of high quality. Metropolitan has large
ears, and Is medium early and of fine quality. It Is valuable
as a second early kind, to follow the small varieties that
mature first.

Of the later kinds Hickox Improved matures earlier than
Evergreen, and has large ears of fine quality. Black Mexican
is quite early and of very fine quality, surpassing other kinds
in sweetness and flavor, but the corn gets black when it is just
ready to eat, and therefore does not look very well on the
table. The two latest varieties are Country Gentleman, with
small ears, having the kernels set Irregularly on the cob. and
of very fine quality, and Egyptian or Washington Market, with
very large ears and com that is sweet and good. Burpee’s
White Evergreen Is a fine strain of the old Stowell’s Evergreen,
and Is superior to it in size and shape of ear and in appear-
ance. as the corn is very white.

_ .p, yy We advise planting the following varieties

rOr Home use. g|yg constant succession of

com all through the season : Pocahontas, Mimms’ Hybrid.

Buttercup, Black Mexican and Country Gentleman or
Egyptian.

I have been a customer of yours for 13 years. I have always found your seeds first-class in every respect and
true to name and always come up Wallace Hatch, Hatchville, Mass.

I like very much the practice you have of marking the per cent of test of germination on each package.
This certainly is a great help In sowing seed and also satisfaction in finding results accurate to the test.

J. W. Strassell. Rockport, Ind.

I am well pleased with your seeds. I am testing your seed with some others I have received. At least
50 per cent more of yours grow than the other kinds. You will receive all my further orders.

W. F. Castle, Highmount, N. Y.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

PRICE LIST OP SWEET CORN

Large packets of any variety 6c; half pint 12c (except where noted), by mail, postpaid.
Four quarts will be sent at half the price of a peck.

EARLY DAWN. A new extra early corn. Has small ears but matures

By Mail
Postpaid

By Express

Pint

Quart

Pint

1 Quart

Peck

before other kinds and is valuable on this account

$0 20

$0 40

$0 15

$0 30

$1 50

POCAHONTAS. (New.) Very early, large ears. Decidedly the best early
corn for home use or market

1.65

Harris’ Extra Early. One of the very best extra early varieties. Large ears
and pure white kernels of fine quality

1 50

Early Cory. Very early and hardy — red cob

1 25

Mammoth White Cory. Larger than Red Cory, and has pure white corn and
is fully as early. Our strain of this variety is very fine, being much
earlier than any other strain we have tried

1 25

1 30

Golden Bantam. Medium early, yellow kernels of fine quality. By many
people considered the best fiavored sweet corn

1 1 GO

BUTTERCUP. (New.) The best fiavored and sweetest corn we have ever
eaten. See page 13. Pkt. 10c; V2 pt. 15c

1 75

MIMMS’ HYBRID. A greatly improved strain of Perry’s Hybrid, having
pure white corn and large ears. See page 13. Pkt. 10c; Vz pt. 15c

1 65

KENDEL'S EARLY GIANT. Large ears and matures early, following closely
after the extra early kinds. Very profitable for market. Ears 8 to 10
inches long, 12 to 14 rows

1 35

METROPOLITAN. One of the best medium early kinds. Ears 8 to 9 inches
long, 10 to 12 rows of snow white kernels of fine quality

15 :

25 1

1 35

Crosby’s Early. A fine early corn, 10 to 12 rowed, ears of good size and corn
is of best quality

25 j

1 25

Potter’s Excelsior, or Squantum. Medium to late, large ears and the quality
is of the very best

1 25

HICKOX IMPROVED. Very large, 10 to 12 rowed ears, often nearly a foot
long. Matures a little earlier than Evergreen, and of finer quality

25 1

1 25

Black Mexican. No corn, except “ Buttercup,” is quite equal to this in
quality. Matures medium early, kernels black when ripe

1 35

Country Gentleman. Late, very prolific, often 3 ears on a stalk, kernels
irregular on cob, quality very fine

1 35

Stowell’s Evergreen. We have a fine strain of this corn. Bushel, $3.50.

1 00

BURPEE’S WHITE EVERGREEN. An improved strain of Stowell’s Ever-
green with large, snowwhite kernels, larger and handsomer ears and
much more prolific than the old kind. This is the best strain of Ever-
green we have seen and our eastern grown seed is exceptionally fine.
Bushel, $3.75

1 10

EARLY MAMMOTH. Not an early variety but a little earlier than Late
Mammoth, which is a very large late kind. Ears of immense size, much
larger than Evergreen and corn is of very superior quality. A fine late
variety for market and home use

1 20

Egyptian or Washington Market. Very large ears, matures late and is of
fine quality. Profitable for market and very good for home use to
prolong the season

15 i

25 1

1 35

POP CORN

Cultivate the same as other corn. In growing It on a large
scale we plant It In hills 3 feet apart and 4 plants In a hill.
It Is a profitable crop. Great care should be taken to dry the
ears thoroughly as the corn does not pop well unless well
matured and thoroughly dry.

Whit© Rico. The ears are 6 to 7 inches long and the kernels
are pure white and of large size. Yields well and pro-
duces a fine quality of pop corn. Decidedly the best
variety to raise on a large scale for market, as It yields
best and commands the highest prices. Our strain Is
very fine. Pkt. 6c; % pt. 12c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c, postpaid.
By express, qt. '25c; 4 qts. 65c; pk. ?1.20.

BLACK DIAMOND. If you want big, white, tender pop corn
of the highest quality raise some of this new Black Dia-
mond. The quality of the corn is far superior to the white
kinds, and when popped the black color of the shell of
the kernels does not show to any extent as the corn is
snow white inside. Unlike other kinds of pop corn this
variety does not have to be held six months or more
before it will pop. If well matured and dried the Black
Diamond will pop perfectly a month after harvesting.
The ears are of good length and the kernels are round
and smooth and the stalks are very prolific. Crop of seed
failed.

Joseph Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N, Y,

Gurken (Gr.)

One ounce of seed will plant

CUCUMBERS

Cetriolo (It.)

1. Perfected Jersey Pickle. 2. Long Green.

3. Cumberland. 4. Chicago Pickling.

Davis’ Perfect Cucumber

This new strain of White Spine Cucum-
her has been selected with great care, and
the result is that it produces cucumbers
of great uniformity, all being nearly ex-
actly alike in shape, color and size. They
are very handsome cucumbers, deep green
in color, perfectly straight and about 8 to
10 inches long. The vines are very pro-
lific and healthy.

It is one of the very best varieties for
forcing as well as for the open ground.
It is excellent for pickles as it produces
a great abundance of nice, straight cucum-
bers of good color. The seed we offer is
of a very carefully bred strain of this
variety and produces uniform crops of
handsome, straight, deep green cucum-
bers. It is far superior to most of the so-
called Davis’ Perfect sold. See Price
List below.

about 80 hills or sow 50 feet of row. About 3 lbs. of seed per acre.

Seed is sown in this latitude the 15th of May for slicing and the 15th of July for pickles.

About Varieties. For slicing and to raise for market the different strains of White
Spine are the most popular. Of these Davis’ Perfect is one of the best, the fruit is
long and very dark green. Arlington is of medium length, straight and smooth, and
very early, while Extra Long White Spine is longer and a little later and produces a
very fine, handsome fruit. The Mimms’ cucumber is also a strain of White Spine and
is the earliest of the long fruited kinds. Emerald is smooth, without any spines and
very deep green, straight and handsome and a little later than White Spine.

Of the varieties suitable to raise for pickles, Chicago Pickling and Green Prolific or
Boston Pickling are the most prolific, and will produce the greatest number of pickles
per acre, but the fruit is rather short and thick and therefore not as desirable as that
of Long Green, Perfected Jersey Pickle, Arlington White Spine and Cumberland. These
all produce long, straight pickles of best quality. The Cumberland is covered with very
fine spines closely set all over the fruit, which gives it a distinct appearance. The
pickles are of fine quality, being very crisp.

Davis’ Perfect Cucumber

CUCUMBERS.

Packets 5c, except where noted

Earliest of All. The best extra early variety, 4 to 5 inches long, of the White Spine type. .
THE MIMMS’. (New.) A very fine early variety. The fruit is long, slender, deep green

and grows very rapidly. Seed is of our own growing Pkt. 10c

DAVIS’ PERFECT. A new and improved strain of White Spine. The best for slicing or

market

Fordhook Famous. A fine long cucumber of the White Spine class

Coy’s Early Cyclone. A very early strain of White Spine, two weeks earlier than oth

kinds. Fruit short but of good quality

Early White Spine. The most popular cucumber. Early, productive and of fine quali
for slicing and pickling. Fruit of medium length, bright green with white spines. .
Arlington White Spine. Differs from Early Wliite Spine in having fruit more pointed

the ends and deeper green, one of the best for market and pickles

Extra Long White Spine, or Evergreen. A very fine strain with fruit 10 inches long, straig
and handsome. The fruit retains its green color even when ripe. A little later than

the other two strains of White Spine T

Cumberland. Excellent for pickling and slicing. Fruit is long, slim and very solid

EMERALD. Long, straight fruit that is perfectly smooth and very dark green. One of the

very best kinds for slicing

Cool and Crisp. Fruit dark green and of a peculiar icy appearance and of fine quality

Giant Pera. Very long, straight, handsome fruit, late

Japanese Climbing. Vines of very vigorous growth and fruit of first-class quality. Resist?

blight better than any other kind

Chicago Pickling. Very prolific and one of the most popular kinds for pickles

PERFECTED JERSEY PICKLE. A fine strain of Long Green which is very prolific and
especially adapted to raise for pickles. The young fruit is straight, slender and deep

green. One of the best pickling cucumbers

IMPROVED LONG GREEN. Fruit long, straight and dark green. Excellent for pickling,

slicing and market

Everbearing. Fruit short but produced in great abundance, starting very early and con

tinning late if kept picked

Green Prolific, or Boston Pickling. Bears very profusely and is excellent for pickles

Early Green Cluster. Short fruit borne in clusters, good for pickles

Early Russian. Very early, short fruit of good quality

West India Gherkin. Short, nricklv fruit, used for nickline Pkt. lOr

Postpaid

Oz.

V4lb.

Lb.

$0 12

$0 30

$1 00

2 00

1 00

12.

1 00

1 25

1 10

—

gent by

express.

Parkotjs of any of the above varieties 5c. except where noted. Deduct 10c per lb. if the seed is to sent bv express.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

DANDELION

Lowenzahn (Gr.)

Dente di leone (It.)

The improved cultivated
dandelion is a valuable plant
for “ greens ” early in the
spring. The seed is sown early
in the spring and the leaves
will be ready to eat the fol-
lowing spring.

Large Thick-Leaves. The most
desirable variety, with
large thick leaves of ex-
cellent quality. Pkt. 10c;
oz. 45c; Vi lb. $1.20.

ENDIVE

EndivieniCkr.) Endivia {It.)

Endive is used for salad, es-
pecially in autumn and winter.

It is easily grown. For fall
and winter use the seed should
not be sown until August. Sow
in rows 18 to 20 inches apart
and thin the plants to a foot
apart. To blanch, either cover
the center of the plant with a
shingle or light board, or draw
the outer leaves over the center
and tie them.

Moss Curled. A beautiful va-
riety, with very fine curled

leaves. Blanches perfectly white in the center. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 15c; % Ih. 40c; lb. $1.25.

BKOAD-LEAVED BATAVIAN (Escarole). Large thick leaves
of good quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.10.
French Endive. See page 15.

Endive — Moss Curled

EGG PLANT

Eierpflanze (Gr.) Petronciano (It.)

One ounce of seed will produce about 1000 plants

This is a delicious vegetable which should be in every gar-
den. It is also a profitable market crop. It is cultivated like
tomatoes. '

BLACK BEAUTY.

This is a very
handsome, earl y
and prolific variety
of recent introduc-
tion. It is a de-
cided improvement
over the New York
Improved. While
the fruit is as
large as that va-
riety it matures
earlier, is of a
deeper and richer
color. The plants
are of robust
growth and are
very prolific. Being
earlier than the
New York Improved
much larger crops
are produced be-
fore frost. The
strain of this va-
riety we offer is
very fine and pro-
duces large, hand-
some fruit. Pkt.
10c; oz. 40c; % lb.
$1.00; lb. $3.75,

Black Beauty Egg Plant postpaid.

Extra Early Dwarf Purple. A valuable variety. Not large
but very early and prolific. Being hardier and earlier
than the larger kinds it is valuable for northern latitudes
whej*e the seasons are short. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 90c.
NEW YORK IMPROVED (Thornless). This is a superb strain
of this well-known and popular variety. The fruit grows
to the largest size and is of perfect shape and deep purple
color. The plants are prolific and of tall, upright growth.
Market gardeners will find this the finest strain of New
York Improved egg plant grown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb.
$1.10; lb. $4.00.

Broad-Leaved Batavian

GOURDS

See Flower Seed Department.

GARLIC

Used for flavoring. The bulbs are set out like onion sets
about 4 inches apart in the row, and covered 2 inches deep.i^
When tops die down take up the hulbs and dry in a shadyp
place. Bulbs only. % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

FENNEL

Florence Fennel is quite distinct from the common sweet
fennel used for flavoring. This variety produces a bulb at the ■
surface of the ground which makes an excellent vegetable with-,
a peculiar flavor. It is very largely used in Italy and by -
Italians in this country. It is grown hy sowang the seed in '
rows 20 inches to 2 feet apart and thinning or transplanting ,,
so the plants stand a foot apa'*t in the rows. Sow the seed ,,
in rich moist soil in .Tune. When the plants are half grown
draw earth up to them so as to blanch the bulbs. Pkit. 5c; 'i
oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid.

HORSE RADISH

Meer Rettig (Gr.)

Rafano (It.)

Horse Radish is easily grown from sets — small lengths of
roots. These sets, if planted in the spring in good, rich soil
will form large roots by fall. The sets should be planted with
the small end down and the upper portion two inches below
the surface.

Sets,

Postpaid, by mail. 25c per dozen; 85c per 100. By
express, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000.

New Bohemian Horse Radish. A much superior variety to
the -common kind. Larger and grow faster. Sets, by
mail. 40c per dozen; 50 for 85c. Bv express. 50 for 50c;'
100 for 85c; $6.00 for 1000.

KALE or Borecole

Blaetterkohl (Gr.) Cavolo verde (It.)

Kale is used as “ greens ’’ during the winter, and is a most
welcome dish when other vegetables are gone. The young
and tender shoots that come out on the stalks are delicate
and delicious when cooked. They are better aft(u- a few frosts
in the fall. With a little protection, or when the snow is deep,
kale will stand the winter without injury. It is grown the
same way as cabbage, but for winter use the seed may be sown
as late as July.

Joseph Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Dwarf Curled Green. The best dwarf variety. The leaves are finely curled and of excellent quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb.
30c; lb. 90c.

Tall Green Scotch Curled. The most popular variety. The plant grows three feet tall and produces an abundance of sprouts
the whole length of the tall stem, and they are of the finest quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c.

Knollkohl (Gr.) KOHL RABI Cavolo rapa (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow about 300 feet of row

Kohl Rabi produces a large bulb on the stem which is used as a vegetable and also for stock feeding. When used while
young the bulb when cooked resembles a fine quality of turnip, but somewhat different in fiavor. The seed should be sown in
June or July in rows about two feet apart, and the plants thinned to a foot apart in the rows.

Large Green. This variety is usually grown for stock. It is also good for the table when young. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c;
lb. $1.00.

EARLY WHITE VIENNA. The best variety for the table. When the bulbs are of the size of a large apple they are ready to
use. The flavor of the bulb when cooked is intermediate between a cabbage and a turnip, and makes an excellent vege-
table. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.20.

LETTUCE

One ounce of seed will sow 250 feet of row

ABOUT VARIETIES. There are two distinct
classes of lettuce. One class forms heads like cab-
bage, while the other merely produces loose leaves.

Where lettuce is growm in the open ground and al-
lowed to remain thick in the row, as is too often the
case, the loose-leaved varieties are the best. The
best loose-leaved or curly varieties are Black Seeded
Simpson, Grand Rapids and Tomhannock. When
really fine lettuce is desired, and where one is willing
to take some pains in raising it, the head or cabbage
varieties are much the best. For forcing in the hot-
house or hotbed. Improved Keene, Boston Market,

Big Boston und Golden Queen are the quickest to
form heads, and are usually used for this purpose.

For sowing in frames and transplanting to the open
ground in the spring, the best varieties are Waya-
head, Holyrood Hot-Weather, Deacon, Iceberg, Sala-
mander and Wonderful. These are also excellent
head varieties for sowing in the open ground early
in the spring and in the late summer and fall. For
fall use, seed should be sown in this latitude about
the middle of August. Loose-leaved lettuce is also
sown in the summer and fall, the same as the head
varieties.

CULTURE. To get fine heads in the open ground
it is a good plan to sow the seed in a hotbed or box
in the house 3 or 4 weeks before the ground outside
is ready. Transplant the seedlings to another box
or frame 3 inches apart and set the plants in the
open ground when ready a foot apart.

In sowing lettuce seed care should be taken not .

to cover it over % inch deep. If covered much Big Boston

deeper it will often fail to come up.

Seed may be sown in the open ground early in the spring or in August. Sow in rows a foot or more apart and thin Ihe
plants when small to 8 or 12 inches apart.

A grand new early variety. Forms good large heads earlier than any other kind of equal size we know of.
The heads are compact, light green, blanching to white in the center. The leaves are slightly wrinkled or
blistered and are of high quality. This is a profitable variety for market and one of the best for the home garden. Pkt.
10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.50.

■n#»nrrm T.pftnpp We are the original introducers of this
iJedLOll ijCilULC. magnificent lettuce which has gained for
itself great popularity. It is one of the finest of the
large heading varieties. The leaves are smooth, thick
and tender, and inside the heads are nearly perfectly
white and of the finest quality, being crisp, tender and
tine flavored and without bitterness or coarseness.

It is important that this lettuce should have plenty of
room to grow. Thin out the piants to 10 or 12 inches
apart in the rows and you will have magnificent heads.

This variety has also recently come into favor for
raising in greenhouses and frames, as it makes magnifi-
cent large heads of finest quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb.
35c; lb. $1.20.

Mav Kine* ^ early head variety. The heads form

p • very quickly, and are firm and of fine quality.

The plant is small and practically all heads, the leaves are
light green, slightly tinged with brown on the edges, and
are very crisp and tender, and a beautiful light yellow
color inside the head. As this lettuce will produce good
solid heads ten days before other kinds in the open ground
it is a most valuable kind for either market or the home
garden. Also excellent for forcing in greenhouse or hot-
beds. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; H lb. 35c; lb. $1.20.

Boston Forms large compact heads and is one of the
most popular varieties for forcing and open
ground. It is very largely grown on muck ground in the
fall for market. It is the best variety for late crop, as it
heads well in cold weather and Is not injured by slight
freezing. Our strain of this variety is excellent, pro-
ducing uniformly compact heads and stands well without
Kay King Lettuce running to seed. Pkt, 5c; oz, 15c; lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Big

Harris* Vegetable Seeds for 1914

LETTUCE^Continued

'^aldTHQ-n/lpr varieties for summer use

amaiiaer. resists hot sun better than most other

kinds. It forms large, compact heads of a light green
color and of fine quality. We have a fine strain of this
popular lettuce which we can recommend to gardeners
who want a large heading variety for market. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 15c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.25.

One of the very best heading varieties. Forms
large, compact heads of very fine quality. Heads
early and stands without running to seed a long time.
The leaves are finely cut and curled, and of an attractive
lirrVif rrroon fTTHUo the Center of the head is pure white

Iceberg

and remarkably crisp and tender. It is certainly one of
the best kinds. We have a very fine strain that heads
uniformly solid and compact. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb.
35c; lb. $1.25.

Cos, or Romaine Lettuce

Trianon, Self-folding. This improved Cos lettuce makes a
compact, upright growth, and magnificent large heads
that blanch perfectly white inside. When well grown on
moist land this lettuce is of the finest quality. The mid-
rib of the leaves is large, crisp and much resembles celery.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.25.

Holyrood Hot-Weather Lettuce

ECLIPSE COS. Earlier and smaller
than the Trianon Cos and more
compact. Heads very uni-
formly, and are so compact
that they blanch almost per-
fectly white inside. Pkt. 10c;
oz. 35c.

Holyrood

Hot- W eather

Lettuce

The heads are very large, com-
pact and of the very finest quality,
and they stand longer without run-
ning to seed than any other kind
we know of. It is especially valu-
able for summer use as it stands
hot and dry weather remarkably
well. The heads are deeper green
than Salamander and somewhat re-
semble the Deacon Lettuce, which
they also resemble in quality, hav-
ing the rich buttery fiavor so much
prized in that variety.

Gardeners who want to raise the
finest head lettuce in the open
ground should give this new kind
a trial. .

Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c;
lb. $2.00, postpaid.

LETTUCE

Packets of any of the following varieties 5c (except where noted)

IMPROVED KEENE. One of the best for forcing Pkt.

Boston Market, or White Seeded Tennis Ball. An early head lettuce for forcing
GRAND RAPIDS. Of upright growth, curly leaves. The most popular curly lettuce for

forcing

Golden Queen. Compact heads of an attractive yellow tinge. Popular for forcing
WONDERFUL. (New York.) The largest head lettuce; heads nearly as large as a small

cabbage and very firm ; blanches perfectly white in the center

Denver Market. A head lettuce with curled leaves

Hanson. Large compact heads

Tomhannock. Very large loose heads tinged with brown and curled at the edges
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. Forms a large bunch of curly leaves which are very tender

especially if used while young

Early Curled Simpson. Like the above, but smaller and earlier

Postpaid

Deduct 10c per lb. if seed is sent by express.

Porree (Gr.)

LEEK

One ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of row.

Porro (It.)

Leek is a kind of onion that does not form any bulb, but grows in a iong stem, which is blanched by drawin*’’ earth around
it. When blanched in this way it makes an appetizing salad, or is eaten like green onions. Seed is sown in the 'spring and the
leek is ready to use in the fall.

Large American Flag. The most popular variety ; grows to a good size, and is straight and uniform, and is of the best aualitv
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.10.

Joseph Karris Co., Moretofl

Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Melone (Gr.) MUSKMELONS Popone (It.)

One ounce of seed will plant about 50 hills; 2 or 3 pounds will plant an acre

It is much easier to raise melons than is usually supposed,
I and they are so delicious a fruit that it seems strange to us
that every one who has any garden at all does not raise them,
i All that is required is a good rich, well manured soil, that is
I not too heavy, and a warm, sunny situation. Our pamphlet,
t “ Cultivation of Vegetables,” tells about raising muskmelons.
i It will be sent with any order for seed if requested.

To tell when a melon is ripe, hold the melon off the ground
t by the stem, if it drops off it is ripe ; if not, don’t pick it.

I Admiral Toe*0 Although not a large melon this is a fine

* p one on account of its delicious fiavor and

i great productiveness. The fiesh is of a deep orange yel-

' low and very sweet and of a delicious sprightly flavor,

: quite distinct from other yellow fleshed kinds. The

melons ripen early, and are produced so profusely that
they nearly cover the ground among the vines. They are
oblong and thickly netted, and weigh about two pounds

• each. When a medium size early melon is wanted we
highly recommend the Admiral Togo. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c;
^ lb. 30c; lb. $1.10.

V Lewis’ Perfection. A very large yellow flesh muskmelon of
high quality. See page 15.

; TToodoo variety especially adapted for shipping. It

J.J.UUU.VU. jg ^ small netted melon, about the size of Kocky
b old, but more round in shape. It has yellow flesh that
is firm, very sweet and high flavored. The melons are
very firm and stand handling well. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c;
% lb. 40c; lb. $1.25.

Admiral Togo Muskmelon

1 Paul Rose.

Muskmelon — The Grand

This melon originated on the farm of a large grower of melons for ship-
ping to Chicago and other markets. It is about the shape and stylo of
Osage or Miller’s Cream, but is of a light green color, and slightly smallei-
than that variety. It is a week or ten days earlier than Osage and is in our
opinion of superior flavor to that variety. The flesh is deep orange in color,
very thick, with small seed cavity. The flavor is delicious.

This melon is of a size just suited to the market demands in many cities,
and is a very profitable variety to raise where the market demands this styh'
of melon. The vines are healthy and very productive. The melons have u
hard, thin rind and will stand up well when shipped long distances.

This melon is also one of the very best for the home garden, where a
medium early melon of high quality is desired.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.50.

Tnno* Tcln-nd ’Rpflntv ^ melon. The fruit is flat-

ISiaiia JaCctuty. ^ened at the ends, ribbed and closely netted and
is very handsome. Not quite so sweet, but it more sprightly and agree-
able in flavor than most of the yellow flesh varieties. Ripens early
and is one of the best large green-flesh melons. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb.
40c; lb. $1.25.

Fruit of medium size and netted ; resembles the Rocky Ford or Netted Gem in appearance, but has deep orangp
colored flesh like the Osage. In fact this melon is a cross between the Netted Gem and Osage and is two weeks

earlier than Osage; somewhat smaller and of even finer quality. Th-
melons average about lbs. each and are well netted, very firm, with
thick firm flesh that stands up well when shipped. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c;
% lb. 30c; lb. $1.10, postpaid.

I Miller’s Cream or Osasre. ^® consider this one of the

I best melons for home use and

K also'for market where it is known. The fruit grows to a

P large size, is oblong in shape and dark green with slight

u netting. The flesh is deep orange color, very thick, deli-

K ciously sweet and high flavored. The melons are uni-

I formly of high quality, which cannot be said of many

I other varieties. While not a very early kind, yet the

fruit will ripen perfectly in this latitude, and the vines
are quite prolific. We highly recommend this variety to
all who want good size melons of very fine quality. Pkt.

■ 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.50.

I 0sa?e I*«rfected Strain. This seed was saved from a re-

— markably fine strain of this variety that has been

perfected by selection for many years by a careful melon
grower. It produces melons of uniform size and shape
and of high quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c;
y lb. $2.25.

Pnolr-u "Pord Burrell’s Thoroughbred or Rust Resistant.

^ This strain of Rocky Ford melon has been
p r od u c e d by
great care in the
selection of the
fruit for seed,
the result is
that the melons
run more evi-n
in size and
shape, are more
closely netted
and are of finer
flavor than the
ordinary strain.

We are now
able to offer a

special strain of Burrell’s Thoroughbred Rocky

this variety that Ford Muskmelon

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

is rust resistant to a remarkable extent. The vines of
this strain remain green and healthy while others in
the same field are killed by rust. Those who are troubled
with melon vines rusting or dying down should try this
variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 18c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.25.

This is the variety which has made Rocky
Ford, Colorado, so famous for good melons.
It is a fine strain of Netter Gem. The fruit is oval
in shape and covered with fine netting. The fruit is of
medium size and very uniform. The flesh is very sweet,
yet has the peculiar sprightly flavor so much desired in a
muskmelon. It is medium early and prolific. Although
the melons are rather small there are so "many of them
on a vine that they yield as much as larger kinds. We
have some pure seed of the genuine Rocky Ford strain.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 90c.

P 1/1 P earliest and finest fiavored muskmelon.

JillieraiCL Irem. There are few varieties equal to this for
home use. While the fruit is not large, it ripens very
early, and each vine produces a large number of melons.
The flesh is orange or salmon colored, thick, sweet, and of
delicious flavor. There is no melon of finer flavor. The
Emerald Gem can be relied on to produce a good crop of
fruit even in unfavorable seasons when other larger and
later kinds would fail to ripen.

Rocky Ford.

Extra selected seed of our own growing. Pkt. 10c;
oz. 25c; % lb. 70c; lb. $2.50.

Irondequoit.

Nearly round, flattened at the ends and
netted. Flesh orange yellow, thick, sweet
and of fine flavor. Quite early and grows to a good size.
Very popular in market and fine for the home garden.
See page 15. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; lb. 70c; lb. $2.50.

HACKENSACK. A popular green-flesh melon for market.
Round, ribbed, and thickly netted ; handsome and of
good flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.10.

New Early Hackensack. An early strain of the well known
Hackensack. One of the best green fleshed melons for
home use or market. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

NETTED GEM. One of the earliest melons. Fruit of medium
size, oval and thickly netted ; green flesh, sweet and high
flavored. Vines very prolific. A very satisfactory variety
for inexperienced growers. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c;
lb. 95c.

WHITE JAPANESE. A remarkably high flavored melon. So
strong is the flavor, in fact, that it is objected to by
some on this account, but by others considered delicious.
Fruit round, cream-colored, with orange-colored flesh.
Our stock of this variety is exceptionally fine. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.10.

W asser-M clone (Gr.)

WATERMELONS

Melone d*aqua (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow about 25 hills; three pounds will plant an acre.

Any one who has light sandy soil can raise good watermelons. Directions for culture will be sent with
seed if requested.

Harris’ Earliest.

fine quality, being sweet and delicious,

and it grows to a large size. The melons are oblong and
marbled with light and dark green. The flesh is bright
red, fine grained and very sweet. The fruit ripens ex-
tremely early and is therefore very desirable for planting
in the North. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00.

By express, 90c per lb.

FORDHOOK EARLY. One of the earliest varieties, and has
good, large fruit of very fair quality, but not quite as
sweet as some of the later kinds. There is no other kind
except Harris’ Earliest that ripens so early and produces
such large melons. The fruit is oval in shape and grows
to a large size. The flesh is bright red, sweet and of
good flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 95c, postpaid.

Halbert Honey.

Medium early melon, and can be success-
fully raised in some of the Northern
states. The melons are quite long with blunt ends. The
color is deep green. The rind is very thin, the rich, deep,
red, sugary flesh extending within an inch of the outside
shell. The rind is rather thin for a good shipping
melon, but for home use or nearhy market this is a most
superb variety. All who want really delicious, high
flavored watermelons should plant the Halbert Honey.
Our seed is of the true Halbert strain, and we offer it at
the following low prices: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb.
80c, postpaid.

Tom Wflt<inn ^ deep green melon with bright red

! flesh of high quality ; resembles Kleckley

Sweets, but has a tougher rind and grows even larger
than that variety. It is an excellent variety for shipping
and has become very popular in the South within the
last two or three years. The seed we offer is Northern
grown and of a very fine strain. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb.
25c; lb. 75c, postpaid.

Deduct 10c per lb. from postpaid price when seed

Harris’ Earliest V/atermelon

■R-lpnlrlev become famous for

AieCKiey oweexs. quality. There is nothing

finer in the way of watermelons than the delicious sweet,
high flavored flesh of the “ Kleckley Sweets.” The
melons are long, dark green and with very solid, crisp,
bright red flesh with white seeds. It grows to a large
size and is always of a superb quality. It is medium
early and can be successfully raised anywhere south of
New York State. Our Northern grown seed is much supe-
rior to seed grown in the South. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb.
20c; lb. 65c, postpaid. By express, 55c per lb.
is to be sent by express, or freight, not prepaid.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldtvater, N. Y.

KLECKLEY SWEETS (Special Selected Strain). We are
able this year to offer a small quantity of seed saved
from the very largest and finest melons, which will pro-
duce larger and more uniform fruit than the ordinary
, strain of this variety. If you want this seed please
mention “Selected Strain” on the order. Pkt. 8c; oz.
12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid. By express, 75c per lb.

HUNGARIAN HONEY. One of the very best early melons
for home use. The melons not only ripen early, hut are
deliciously sweet, with firm, solid, deep red flesh and
small seeds. The fruit is nearly round and medium to
small size. Those who want an early melon of high
quality should plant this variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb.
30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid.

ICE CREAM, or PEERLESS (White Seeded). Early, and
of delicious flavor. Fruit ohl mg and light green. On
account of its earliness and fine quality this is a very
desirable melon for home use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb.

•20c; lb. 70c, postpaid.

MOUNTAIN SWEET. A large, medium early variety that has
long been very popular. The melons are oblong in shape,
deep green and have bright red flesh of good quality.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 15c; lb. 50c, postpaid.

^Tm-r. o ti This melon is used exclusively

CITRON for Preserves. J^aklng preserves. The rind

is thick and clear white, and makes preserves of excellent
quality. Cultivation similar to watermelons. There are
two varieties, one with red seed and the other with
green. The green seeded variety is called Colorado Pre-
serving, and is superior to the red seeded kind in size
and productiveness. We therefore now only offer the
green seeded variety. The fruit is round, striped and

Deduct 10c per lb. from postpaid price when seed

handsomely marbled.
70c, postpaid.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c; lb.

Ocher (Gr.) OKRA, Or GuDlbo Ocra (It.)

Used for thickening and flavoring soup. The pods contain
a large amount of gum, which imparts a thickness and soft-
ness as well as flavor to the soup. Directions for use can he
found in any good cook book. The seed should be sown in the
open ground when the ground is thoroughly warm. In this
latitude about the 1st of June. Sow in rows 214 feet apart
and thin the plants to 18 inches apart. The pods should he
picked and dried while young and green.

White Velvet. The pods are large, round and smo th. almost
pure white, and of excellent quality. The plant grows
2 feet high. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.
PERKINS’ LONG POD, Perfected Strain. This variety is
now used almost exclusively by the soup canners. as the
pods are of a deep green color and of fine quality, and
the plant is very prolific. The pods are long and some-
what ribbed or corrugated. The “ Perfected ” strain we
offer is superior to the ordinary strain of this variety.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

MUSTARD for Salad

FORDHOOK FANCY. A new and beautiful curled mustard
that is not only very handsome, hut is of very mild,
pleasant flavor. The leaves are curled and fringed, and
the plant remains ionger without running to seed than
other kinds. This is certainly the finest variety for
salads and garnishing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; 14 lb. 25c; lb.
80c, postpaid.

Giant Southern Curled. Grows nearly two feet high, and has
finely curled leaves which are excellent for salad. Very
popular in the winter and early spring. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c;
14 lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

White London. Used while young for salad. The seed Is
used for flavoring pickles. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; 14 lb. 15c;
lb. 35c, postpaid.

is to be sent by express or freight, not prepaid.

Zwiebel (Gr.)

ONIONS

Cipollo (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow about 150 feet of row. It re juries, about six pounds of seed per acre.

Onr On inn grown from carefully selected onions, all inferior ones being rejected, and will

uur union >..eea therefore produce much evener and better crops of onions than the seed usually sold. To
get large crops of good, sound ripe onions of good color and small tops you must have the very best of seed.
Cheap, carelessly grown seed will not give such crops, even if it is perfectly fresh and germinates well.

Field of Onion Seed at Moreton Farm

Photograph taken July 21, 1913. This we believe was the largest field of onion seed in New York State

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Eastern Grown Seed. In the judgment of most experienced onion growers Eastern grown seed is superior
to seed grown in California, where nine-tenths of the seed sold is now grown. California grown seed can be
sold at a much lower price than Eastern grown, but it does not produce as early and even a crop as seed pro-
duced here. It costs much more to raise onion seed in the East, but it is worth many times as much as that
grown in California.

Germination Tests. It is quite important for an onion grower to know just what per cent of the seed will
germinate, so that he can judge how thick to sow in order not to waste the seed or get the crop too thin. All
the seed we sell is given thorough tests for germination, and the exact results from such tests are marked
on each package of seed so that the purchaser can tell just what proportion of the seed is of good vitality. This
ought to be worth a good deal to any grower. We shall be glad to tell any onion grower just how our seed of
any varieties he wishes germinates in our tests before he buys the seed.

Yellow Globe Danvers — Harris’ Selected Strain

SOW ONION SEED IN JULY

It is not generally known, but nevertheless a fact, that onions sown in July or first part of August will pass
the winter without injury and produce nice bunching onions in the early spring — earlier than they can be
obtained from sets and at far less cost. White Portugal or Silver Skin is the best variety for this purpose.
Throw a little earth up to the rows in the fall and cover with coarse manure when the ground freezes.

Onion Culture. Onions are raised in two ways, from seed and from sets. Seed sown in early spring produces ripe onions in
the fall, while sets set out at the same time make green “ bunching ” onions in a few weeks and dry ripe onions in July or
earlier. Sets may be set out in the fall and will produce green onions much earlier than when set in the spring.

To raise good onions from seed the land must be rich and in fine condition. Sow the seed as early as possible in rows 14
inches apart. Weed as soon as the onions appear and keep well cultivated all through the season. Seed may also be sown
in a hotbed or greenhouse in February or March and the onions transplanted to the open ground when warm enough. The
finest onions are raised in this way.

YELLOW GLOBE DANVEBS Harris’ selected Strain. The Yellow Globe Danvers has long been the most popular onion.

— and we have bred up a very fine strain of it, which for uniformly fine shape and color

and good keeping qualities we think has few equals in this country. The seed we offer is of our own growing crop of
1913, and was raised from a few hundred bushels of onions selected out of 2000 bushels. Every onion was as perfect
as it was possible to select. This makes the seed cost a great deal more than when raised in the ordinary way, but is
worth many times as much. This seed will produce onions of perfect globe shape with small necks and deep yellow
color. Pkt. 5c: oz. 20c: V4 lb. 60c: lb. $2.25, postpaid. By evpiess. lb. $2.15: 5 lbs. or more at $2.00 per lb.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y

Ohio Yellow Globe. This strain of Yellow Danvers onion has
been bred up by growers in Ohio and is very popular there
and in many other sections. The bulbs are slightly flat-
tened on the bottom, but are otherwise the same as Yellow
Globe Danvers. Especially adapted to muck land.

The seed we offer was grown for us by one of the best
and most careful growers in Ohio and will produce
onions of uniform globe shape, deep yellow color and
small necks. Pkt. 5c; oz. 18c; % lb. 45c; lb. $1.75,
postpaid. By express, lb. $1.65; 5 lbs. or more at $1.55
per lb.

Ohio Yellow Globe. Seed grown for us in California by a
reliable grower. Fully equal to seed offered by other
dealers at a higher price. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c;
lb. $1.20, postpaid. By express, $1.10 per lb.; 5 lbs. or
more at $1.00 per lb.

ROUND YELLOW DANVERS.

This

bulbs

strain produces
that are flatter

than the Globe Danvers, but otherwise similar to that
variety. The onion matures a little earlier which makes
this variety desirable where seasons are short. It is
also used for raising onion sets. Our seed is first-class in
every way and will produce nice, even, well matured
onions of best quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c;
lb. $1.25, postpaid. By express, $1.15 per lb.

EARLY LARGE RED (Flat). This is the earliest large red
onion. The bulbs are large around and flattened, and
are firm and of fine quality. This onion will yield large
crops even where seasons are short and the soil not per-
fectly adapted to onions, as the bulbs mature very early.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.45. By express, $1.35
per lb.

Prizetaker variety produces very large and hand-

1 some onions of good bright yellow color and

mild flavor. Single bulbs grown under favorable condi-
tions often weigh 3 to 4 pounds each, and heavier weights
have been attained. The onions are globe-shaped and of
very mild, pleasant flavor. While these onions can be
grown by sowing the seed in the ordinary way in the
open ground, yet the largest and finest specimens are
obtained by sowing the seed in shallow boxes in Febru-
ary or March, and transplanting to the open ground as
soon as the weather is warm enough. The Prizetaker
requires two weeks longer to mature than Yellow Danvers.
Our American-grown seed is much superior to imported
seed for use in this country. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c;
lb. $1.45, postpaid. By express, $1.35 per lb.

(Southport Red Globe). This is a very

Hams Red Globe weii-known

Southport Large Red Globe Onion, and is the finest red
onion grown. The bulbs grow very large and of perfect
globe shape, and of the darkest red color. The onions
have small necks and are smooth and handsome. They
keep better than any other variety and are of mild flavor.
On good onion land this is the best and most profitable
red onion grown. It is a little later than Red Wethers-
field, but is a much handsomer and better onion. The
seed we offer is the result of the most careful selecting
of bulbs for seed for over 15 years, and will be found far
superior to the Southport Red Globe usually sold. Pkt.
10c; oz. 30c; % Ih. 75c; Ih. $2.75, postpaid. By express,
$2.65 per lb.

SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. A very handsome onion of
perfect globe shape and good deep yellow color. A little
later than the Danvers and requires higher culture. We
have a first-class strain of this popular variety. Seed
grown in Connecticut. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; ^ lb. 55c;
lb. $1.90. By express, $1.80 per lb.

Southport White Globe. ?!

globe shape, very firm and

solid, perfectly white and of fine quality. In the hands
of experienced growers this Is a very profitable onion,
as it always commands the highest price. Our seed is
of the true Southport strain, and will be found all that
can be desired and much superior to the western-grown
seed usually sold. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 80c; lb. $3.00,
postpaid. By express, $2.90 per lb.

Mammoth Silver Kins. ^ large pure white onion

of fine quality, being of very

mild, pleasant flavor. It is the largest white onion we
know of, often weighing 4 lbs. or more. It is a fine
variety for the home garden or to raise for market on
a small scale, but is not suitable for shipping or storing
in winter as it does not keep well.

Gardeners have lately discovered that they can market
these large, pure white onions while green in bunches and
find it very profitable. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; lb.
$2.00, postpaid. By express, $1.90 per lb.

Mammoth Silver King

Australian Brown. This is a variety possessing remarkable
keeping qualities. These onions have been kept in per-
fect condition the year around. The onions are of medium
size, somewhat flattened, and of a light reddish brown
color. They mature very early, being two weeks earlier
than Yellow Danvers. The bulbs are very firm and ripen
up hard and smooth, with very small necks. The flavor
is mild and sweet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 18c; V4. lb. 40c; lb. $1.40,
postpaid. By express, $1.30 per lb.

Early White Pearl. A very early white onion that grows to a
good size and is of very mild flavor. The onions are flat,
about 21/2 inches in diameter, and pure white. They
m.oture very early and as Ihey attain a fair size they

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

are profitable for early fall market. They do not keep
well and should be all marketed before late in the winter.
This variety is of a mild, delicate fiavor, and is a desir-
able kind for home use as well as market. Pkt. 5c; oz.
20c; % lb. 50c; lb. $1.75, postpaid. By express, $1.65
per lb.

RED WETHERSFIELD. A very large, deep red onion, that
matures early and succeeds well everywhere. The bulbs
are flattened, very large around, solid and of fine quality.
A good keeper. One of the best red onions for home use
or market, where a globe-shaped onion is not required.
Our seed is of an extra fine strain. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c;
% lb. 40c; lb. $1.35, postpaid. By express, $1.25 per lb.

EXTRA EARLY BARLETTA. This remarkable little onion
is a wonder for rapidity of growth and early maturity
and evenness in size and shape. It is the handsomest
and most perfect
white pickling
onion grown.

When sown
thickly the onions
grow to about
the size of a
cherry, perfectly
round, pearly
white and of very
mild flavor. A
most profltable
onion to raise for
market, as white
pickling onions
are always in de-
mand and bring
high prices. With this variety it is no, trouble to get
large yields of perfect little white onions of even size
that bring the highest prices. The seed can be sown as
late as July first and mature a crop before fall. Pkt.
5c; oz. 18c; % lb. 45c; lb. $1.60, postpaid. By express,
$1.50 per lb.

WHITE PORTUGAL, or SILVERSKIN. An early, flat white
onion of large size and mild flavor. Excellent for family
use or market, matures earlier than Yellow Danvers and
keeps very well. Largely sown for sets. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c;
’/4 lb. 55c; lb. $1.90. By express, $1.80 per lb.

NOTE. — This variety may be sown in July or August and
left in the ground over winter and will make fine, pure white
bunching onions early in the spring at much less cost than
sets and just as early.

ONION SETS

One quart will set 75 to 100 feet of row, depending
upon the size of the sets

Onion sets are used to produce onions earlier than they can
be procured from seed. By using sets, large, ripe onions can
be had in July or August, and green “ bunching ” onions early
in the spring.

Our Prices are subject to change without notice. They will
probably rule as quoted below. Please write us for prices if
you need a considerable quantity. You cannot get as good
sets cheaper anywhere.

YELLOW SETS. Small and sound. By. mail, pt. 20c; qt. 35c.
By express, qt. 20c; pk. 90c; bu. (35 lbs.) $3.25.

WHITE SETS (Silverskin). By mail, pt. 25c; qt. 40c. By
express, qt. 25c; pk. $1.00; bu. (35 lbs.) $3.75.

Egyptian or Perennial Tree Onion. This is a distinct variety
of onion that when once started will come up every year
as soon as the frost is out of the surface soil, and will
produce green bunching onions earlier than any other
variety, and requires very little care. If the sets are set
out in the spring they will divide and produce five or six
new green onions the next spring for each set. They do
not produce ripe onions. These sets are usually set out in
August and September. If set out in the spring the
onions are not ready to use until the following spring.
Sets, by mail, pt. 18c; qt. 30c. By express, qt. 20c;
pk. 80c; bu. $2.75.

Early Barletta Onion

Petersilie (Gr.)

PARSLEY Prezzemolo (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of row

This is, without doubt, the finest parsley grown. The plant is of semi-dwarf habit, very compact and
Dwarf Perfection. ^ beautiful bright green, while the leaves are very finely cut and curled.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 60c; lb. $2.10, postpaid.

Champion, or Triple Moss Curled. Makes a strong growth of deep green, finely cut and curled leaves of excellent quality.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 80c, postpaid.

Extra Double Curled. A finely curled parsley. Very dark green. The leaves are not quite so finely cut and curled as above
kinds. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 20q; lb. 75c, postpaid.

HAMBURG, or Turnip-rooted. The roots are used Instead of the leaves. The roots are boiled and served like parsnips and
have a very pleasant flavor. They can be stored in sand and used all winter. We offer an improved variety called “ Thick
Sugar,” which has nice, smooth, white roots of medium length and large around, and of fine sweet flavor.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 20c; lb. 75c, postpaid.

PEAS

One quart of seed will sow 100 feet of row. Two to three bushels per acre

There is a great difference In Seed Peas of the same variety. Some are mixed and produce poor, half-filled pods, while
others are pure and bear even crops of large, well-filled pods. The difference is in the way the seed is grown.

Our Seed Peas are all grown in the North, and are of the earliest and hardiest as well as the purest strains. They are far
superior to most of the seed peas sold. They will produce an even crop of well-filled pods, which cheap and carelessly grown
seed will not do.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT VARIETIES

The small early peas, such as Alaska and First and Best,
are valuable principally because of their earliness and hardi-
ness. They can be sown while some frost is still in the
ground, while if the larger and sweeter peas were sown at the
same time the seed would rot.

To get peas as early as possible, Alaska or First and Best
should be sown as soon as the frost is out of the ground. For
family use, however, it is better to wait a little and sow
Surprise, which is as early as Alaska, and of far better
quality. To follow these closely, Thomas Laxton or Sutton’s
Excelsior and the new Little Marvel are best, as they are very
early and of fine quality and prolific. A little later than these
come Duke of Albany, Telephone and Heroine, and many other
fine varieties with large pods and of very fine quality. For
very late. New Queen is best.

These varieties all sown at the same time will give a con-
tinuous supply of the finest peas for a long time. By sowing
some Heroine or Dwarf Champion two or three weeks later the
season may be prolonged still further.

QUANTITY TO SOW. Very few people sown enough peas.
For a family of five or six people the following quantities
should be sown to furnish a liberal quantity nearly every day :
1 qt. Surprise, for first early ; 2 qts. Thomas Laxton or Sut-
ton’s Excelsior, or Little Marvel ; 1 qt. Duke of Albany, Aider-
man or Telephone ; 1 qt. Heroine or Dwarf Champion ; 1 qt.
Horsford’s Market Garden or New Queen.

Gradus

Heroine Telephone Alderman

SOME PEAS OF SPECIAL MERIT

Little Marvel. A new early dwarf pea. See page 16.
Laxtonian. Has the largest pod of any dwarf early pea.
See page 16.

nr ‘Fnli'nQp This is the earliest sweet wrinkled

than Alaska, and is of far better quality. The pods are
of fair size, and the vines are very prolific. One of the
very best early peas, and we highly recommend it for
family use. See price next page.

Surprise

Sutton’s Excelsior

One of the best early dwarf peas we
know of. Much like the well-known

Nott’s Excelsior, but has larger pods, vines grow a little
taller and are more prCliflc, but the peas mature a day
or two later. Valuable for either home use or market.
The vines need no support. Those who want a dwarf pea
that is early and prolific, with large pods and peas of high
quality, will do well to use this variety. See price next
page.

Alderman ^ main crop. The pods re-

1 semble Telephone, but are larger, deeper green

and better filled, while the vines are of more robust
growth and more prolific. It is really an improved Tele-
phone. Four feet tall, medium late. See price next page.

Prince Edward, or “ Prodigious.” p e''ven'*’'JgS

than Alderman. The pods often grow nearly 6 inches
long and are well filled with large peas of the very finest
quality. Vines grow 4% feet tall and are fairly prolific.
A grand variety for those who want the very largest
and best peas that can be grown. Season medium late.
See price list next page.

Tj • This is one of the best late, or main crop peas,

1 either for home use or market. The pods are

immense, being 5 to 6 inches long, slightly curved, and

the peas are large, deep green, and of delicious sweetness
and flavor. The vines grow about 2 to feet high and
produce large crops. See price list next page.

Very early and has good size pods and
Tuomas Laxton. I^rge peas of highest quality. The pods
are not quite as large as Gradus, but the vines are more
prolific and the yield is better.

XT 4-4.iT? 1 • earliest dwarf pea. Plant grows

JM Ott S Excelsior. about 18 inches high and needs

no support. Pods are of good size and well filled, and
the quality of the pea is delicious. One of the best for
home use and market. See price aext page.

•fcT i* ni. • This pea combines the high

New Dwarf CliailipiOll quality and great production of

the old Champion of England with the advantage of
having dwarf vines growing only 2 feet high, so they
do not need support. The Dwarf Champion is very pro-
lific, has pods of good size and the peas are of the highest
quality. Season medium to late, a little earlier than the
old Champion. See price next page.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1014

Postpaid

By Express

PEAS — Early Varieties

Little Marvel. New early dwarf variety

V2 Pt.
$0 15

Pint

$0 30

Quart
$0 55

Pint
$0 22

Quart
$0 40

4 Qts.
$1 35

Peck
$2 G(

Laxtonian. New large podded extra early pea. See page 1§.

1 GO

3 0(

Alaska. The earliest. Pods of medium size, well filled...

1 10

2 0(

Surprise, or Eclipse. Earliest sweet wrinkled pea

1 25

2 4(

Ameer. Early; large pods. A profitable market variety. . .
Thomas Laxton. Very early, large pods and of highest

1 25

2 4(

quality

First and Best, or Earliest of All. A fine strain of extra earl>

; 1 25

2 4(

peas, two feet tall

1 20

2 2i

Nott’s Excelsior. Earliest dwarf pea. See previous page. . .
Sutton’s Excelsior. Larger than Nott’s and almost as early

50-

1 20

2 2^

See previous page

Gradus, or “ Prosperity.” Early, large pods, finest quality
One of the best early peas for home use or market. Tlu

1 25

2 4(

peas are of delicious flavor and sweetness

McLean’s Little Gem. An early dwarf pea, growing 15 inchet

1 30

2 5(

high

Premium Gem. A fine strain of Little Gem; early ant

1 25

2 3£

prolific

American Wonder. Formerly considered the earliest dwarl
pea, but it has been largely superseded by Nott’i

1 25

2 3i

Excelsior

Medium and Late Varieties

PRIlsrCE EDWARD or “PRODIGIOUS.” (New.) Very fine

1 25

2 3t

See previous page

CARTER’S DAISY, or Dwarf Telephone. Pods as large as Tele
phone, while the vines only grow 18 inches tall and d(
not need support. Peas large and of the finest quality

1 20

2 2a

A fine late garden pea

NEW DWARF CHAMPION. Like Champion of England, bu

1 35

2 50

vines do not grow so tall (2 ft.). See previous page

Horsford’s Market Garden. Valuable for market or hom<
use. Grows 2 ft. high, is very productive and of fines

1 20

2 25

quality. Pods of medium size

DUKE OF ALBANY, or American Champion. Much like Tele
phone, but better. Large deep green pods, well fillet

s 1 20

2 10

with peas of finest quality, 3 ft. tall, medium late

ALDERMAN. An improved Telephone. See description

35 i

1 20

2 10

page 43

HEROINE. One of the very best late kinds. Very long pod:
well filled with deliciously sweet, dark green peas. 2^

1 20

2 25

feet tall

TELEPHONE. The standard for quality. Large pods ant

1 20

2 25

quite prolific. 4 ft. tall, medium late

Long Island Mammoth, or Telegraph. Large pods, hard:
and prolific. A profitable market pea, but not of tht

1 20

2 25

highest quality. 4 ft. tall

1 25

2 35

Advancer. A very prolific second early variety, 2 feet

JUNO. Very prolific, large pods. One of the best kinds fo]

35 1

1 10

2 00

main crop. 2 ft. tall, late

35 i

1 20

2 20

NEW QUEEN. Finest large, very late pea. Vine 4 ft. high. .
Champion of England. Grows 4 to 5 feet tall, very prolifit

40 1

1 30

2 50

and still one of the best late peas

Improved Stratagem. A very large fine pea, growing aboui

35 j

1.10

2 00

20 inches tall, strong and stocky, late

Yorkshire Hero. Bears medium size, well filled pods, oi

40 i

1 30

2 40

stocky, vigorous vines. A good late pea. 2 ft. tall

Dwarf White Marrowfat. Does not grow quite as tall as th(

1 10

2 00

old Marrowfat, but otherwise the same

25 j

1 40

Black-eyed Marrowfat

Mammoth Melting Sugar. Edible pods. The largest and

25 1

1 40

finest of this class; vines grow tall and are very prolific.

30 j

1 50

For prices in larger quantities see our Market Gardener’s Wholesale Price List. Mailed on application.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y

Pfeifer (Gr.) PEPPERS Peperone (It.)

One ounce of seed will produce 1000 plants. Seed

Giant Crimson Pepper. This new pepper has proved to be
one of the best of the large fruited sweet varieties. It is
as large as Chinese Giant, and much earlier and more
prolific. See description, page 17. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c;
^ lb. $1.50, postpaid.

New “ Giant Cayenne.” Much larger than the old cayenne
pepper, and the flavor is equally pungent. This is the
best “hot” pepper for flavoring pickles, etc. Pkt. 10c;
oz. 30c; % lb. 90c.

Neapolitan, The earliest large pepper grown. It is two weeks
earlier than other large kinds. If the plants are started
early the peppers will be ready to use in July, and earlier
farther south. The peppers are of good size, a little
longer and not quite so thick through as Bull Nose or
Ruby King. They are produced upright on the plants,
and as many as 30 or 40 have been counted on a single
plant. The fruit is mild and of sweet, pleasant flavor,
and of a very bright red. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c;
lb. $2.75, postpaid.

Chinese Giant. The fruit often measures four or five inches
high and as much in diameter. It is a “ sweet pepper,”
being very mild flavored and has thick flesh. It is about
as early as Ruby King, and much larger. Like other
very large peppers it does not produce many fruits on a
plant. Our seed is of the finest strain of the genuine
Chinese Giant, and fully equal to any seed offered at any
price. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; ^ lb. $1.10; lb. $4.00, postpaid.

Sweet Mountain. An early, large, sweet red pepper, with
fruit of good size, about the shape of Bull Nose. Flavor
not hs mild as Ruby King, but the fruit ripens earlier

should he sown early in the hotbed or greenhouse

than that variety. The plant is quite prolific and will
produce a great many peppers if they are kept picked as
fast as they mature. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; lb.
$2.25, postpaid.

Ruby King. The fruit is twice as long as it is in diameter,
bright red, flesh thick and very mild. We have a very
fine selected strain that produces fruit of the largest
size, handsome shape and bright red color. The plants
are mere prolific than most strains of this variety, and
the fruit ripens earlier and is of better shape and
quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 65c; lb. $2.50, postpaid.

Large Bell, or Bull Nose. One of the hardiest, earliest and
best varieties. Bright red, thick flesh, and fairly mild,
but more pungent than Ruby King or Giant Crimson. If
the seed is sown in the open ground early in May, in
good rich soil, the fruit will ripen before frost in a
favorable season. It is better, however, to raise the
plants in a hotbed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; ^ lb. 65c; lb.
$2.40, postpaid.

Cayenne. Used for seasoning pickles. The peppers are long
and slim, bright red when ripe, and of sharp, pungen*
flavor. The plants are very productive. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c;
% lb. 65c; lb. $2.25, postpaid.

Golden Dawn. The best and largest yellow variety. The
peppers when ripe are of a beautiful golden yellow, of
fine shape, and of sweet, pleasant flavor. Early and
very productive. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 65c; lb. $2.50,
postpaid.

Pepper Plants. See Plant Department, back pages of cata-
logue.

Pastinake (Gr.)

PARSNIPS

Pastinaca (It.)

Harris’ New Model.

PUMPKINS

Melonen-Kuerhiss (Gr.) Zucca (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of row; 6 lbs. per acre'

By very careful selection of roots for seed, purposes we have produced a strain that we think is

very much superior to that usually sold. The parsnips grow to a medium length and arc very

smooth, without small roots or prongs, and are snow white, much whiter than other kinds, and therefore more attractive
in market. See page 16. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00. By express, 90c per lb.

Improved Guernsey Half Long. The roots are smooth, even in shape, easily dug, and are fine grained, sweet and tender. Pkt.
5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

Long Hollow Crown. Long, smooth and straight, and of fine quality. We have a fine strain of this popular variety. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

CALHOUN PUMPKIN. This is one of the
best pumpkins for pies we have ever
grown. It does not grow very large,
but the flesh is often 3 inches thick
and very solid, so much so that it does
not require boiling down like other
pumpkins. They are round, ribbed,
and of light cream color. The flesh
is thick, sweet and fine grained. Pkt.
5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 18c; lb. 55c, postpaid.
By express, 45c per lb.

Winter Luxury, or Improved Sugar Pump-
kin. Grows a little larger than the
” Small Sugar,” and the fruit is with-
out ribs, lighter yellow and netted like
a muskmelon. The flesh is thick and of
a very fine quality, and they keep well
into the winter, A very fine pump-
kin for home use or market. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 8c; % lb. 18c; lb. 55c, postpaid.
By express, 45c per lb.

Small Sugar. Small, deep yellow pump-
kins, ribbed and flattened at the ends.
They have good thick, sweet flesh that
is excellent for pies. There is always
a good demand for these pumpkins in

, market. They ripen early and the

vines are very prolific. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 18c; lb. 50c, postpaid. By express, 40c per lb.

Large Cheese. Fine grained and sweet. Large fruit, mottled light green and yellow, flattened at the ends. An excellent variety
for the South, Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 18c; lb. 50c, postpaid.

MAMMOTH POTIRON (also called ” King of Mammoths ” and ” Jumbo ”). The largest pumpkin grown, often weighing 100
pounds. Salmon colored skin, flesh thick and of good quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. 95c, postpaid.
CONNECTICUT FIELD, or ‘‘ Big Tom,” The common large yellow pumpkin ; the best to grow among corn for stock feeding
or pies. Our strain of this variety is very fine, and produces the largest and handsomest pumpkins. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c;
% lb. 15c; lb. 40c, postpaid. By express, lb. 30c; 5 lbs. 25c per lb.

Calhoun Pumpkin (From a photograph)

Deduct 10c per lb. if seed is sent by express or freight.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

RADISH

Radies (Gr.) Ravanello (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow 75 to 100 feet of row

For sowing in frames or greenhouses Early Scarlet Globe
is the most popular variety. It is also good for sowing in the
open ground. Very fine radishes can he grown in the open
ground by sowing the seed late in the summer. At this time
the maggots do not trouble them much and they grow large
and smooth in the cool fall weather.

A new variety. See page
6. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %

Leafless ’’ Scarlet Globe.

Early Scarlet Globe.

lb. 40c; lb. $1.50, postpaid.

Called also “ Red Rocket,”
” Startle ” or ” 20 Days.” A
very early globe-shaped radish, suitable for forcing or
open ground. The radishes are of handsome shape, at-
tractive bright red, and are crisp, solid and of the finest
quality. They grow so rapidly that under favorable cir-
cumstances they may be pulled 20 days from sowing the
seed. This is the most popular variety for forcing. Our
seed is of the very finest French strain, grown from
transplanted roots, and will be found unsurpassed. Pkt.
5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 65c. By express, 55c per lb.

EARLY SCARLET GLOBE SHORTLEAF. Grows more oval
in shape than the Early Scarlet Globe, and is very popular
for forcing. It is the finest and earliest strain of olive-
shaped radish grown, no matter under what name it is
sold. It has very short leaves, and makes a remarkably
rapid growth, and is not hollow or pithy. Pkt. 5c; oz.
8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 75c. By express, 65c per lb.

Earliest Scarlet Forcing Radish

EARLIEST SCARLET FORCING. Called also ” Scarlet But-
ton ” and ” Dark Red Ball.” This is the best and
earliest round or turnip-shaped radish for forcing or open
ground. It grows as round as a ball, with very short
leaves and is of a deep scarlet color. It grows with great
rapidity, often getting large enough to pull in 18 days
from sowing the seed. This radish is very popular for
forcing and open ground, and our strain will be found
unsurpassed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 66c. By
express, 65c per lb.

EARLIEST SCARLET WHITE-TIPPED. Also called “ Rosy
Gem ** and ” Rapid Forcing.” This Is the same as the
Earliest Scarlet Forcing, except that each radish is tipped
with white, making them very handsome when bunched
or on the table. Pkt. 6c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 65c.
By express, 66c per lb.

Crimson Giant Globe.

A new rorcing radish that grov
much larger than other kin(
without becoming hollow or pithy. It can be allowed i
grow to twice the size of the other early kinds and stl
retain Its fine quality, being solid and crisp. T1
radishes are globe-shaped, bright red, and have sma
tops. It grows with great rapidity and gets large enoug

to use as early as any kind, but in order to attain Its
full size it should be allowed to grow a little longer.
Gardeners will find this a profitable kind for forcing, as
its large size and handsome appearance command a pre-
mium in any market. Pkt. 6c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c;
lb. 65c, postpaid. By express, 55c per lb.

Chartier. The best long red radish. The roots grow 6 to 7
inches long and about 1 inch in diameter. They are
smooth, straight, bright red, with white tip. Very
handsome and of fine quality. Remains for a long time
before getting pithy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 65c.
By express, 55c per lb.

Long Scarlet Short-Top. Grows 6 to 8 inches long; is straight,
smooth and bright scarlet, and is of the best quality.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; ^ lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

French Breakfast. Olive-shaped, with white tip ; crisp and
tender. Pkt. 6c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c.

Felton’s Improved White Box. A large, rapid growing, round
white radish. Very handsome and attractive in appear-
ance ; solid and of best quality. This radish is as round
as a ball, with small root and tops, and has pure white
skin. It is the best early white radish for forcing or
outdoor culture. This strain is much superior to the
Philadelphia White Box Radish, as it has smaller tops
and matures earlier. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb.
85c, postpaid. By express, 75c per lb.

This beautiful white radish grows with remarkable
^ rapidity, and is valuable for forcing as well as the
open ground. The radishes are long, straight, pure white,
and nearly the same size the whole length. It is earlier
than White Vienna or Lady Finger, and is of very fine
quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; ^4 lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.
By express, 50c per lb.

GIANT WHITE STUTTGART. A very large, round, white
radish, of good quality, used as a summer and fall va-
riety, as the roots will stand a long time without becom-
ing pithy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; ^4 lb. 20c; lb. 65c, postpaid.
White Strasburg. A first-class long white radish for summer
use ; will remain crisp and tender even when very large.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

WINTER RADISHES

These varieties should be sown in July and August. They
do not succeed if sown in the spring. They are excellent for
fall and winter use, and will keep a long time in sand in
the cellar.

"nplirarv ^ beautiful snow white, oval radish that can
.Lfciiiyqyj. ^ summer or winter variety.

The roots grow large, are smooth and very solid and crisp.
This is an excellent white radish for summer use and
will also keep well if stored in the late fall. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 15c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid.

CHINESE ROSE. One of the very best
varieties. Roots 5 or 6 inches longi
and 2 inches in diameter. Bright
rose color ; flesh white, crisp, and of
mild, delicate flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz.

8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 70c, postpaid.

Long Black Spanish. A long, smooth
radish, nearly the same size at the
bottom as the top, and dark brown
color, nearly black. Flesh snow
white and very solid. Popular in
market. Will keep all winter if
stored in moist sand. Pkt. 6c; oz.

8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

Black Spanish Turnip. Similar to thej
above except in shape, which is short!
and round like a turnip. Pkt. 6c;
oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 65c, postpaid.

California Mammoth White. Very large,
pure white, roots long, straight and
smooth and of better quality than the
Chinese White, or Celestial. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 75c, postpaid.

Deduct 10c from postpaid price when seeds are sent by express.

Chinese Rose

RHUBARB or Pieplant

Rhaharber (Gr.) Rabarbaro (It.)

These roots can be raised from seed sown in the spring,
and are ready to transplant to the permanent bed the next !
spring. The seed must be sown in fine, rich soil, and the
seedlings must have good care.

Myatt’s Linnaeus. The earliest and best variety. The stalks ;
grow very larg^ often 2 Inches wide, and are light green i
and scarlet. Seed of our own raising from very fine '
plants. Pkt. 6c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.10. By express, ,
$1.00 per lb.

RHUBARB ROOTS of above variety. By mail, 15c each; 6 t
for 75c. By express, large strong roots, 10c each; 75c ;
per doz.; $4.00 per 100.

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Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y

Spinat (Gr.)

SPINACH

Spinace (It.)

It will be ready for use in four or five weeks after sowing.
1st in this latitude, and later further south.

One ounce of seed will sow 75 feet of row. It requires about 15 pounds of seed per acre

Spinach should he sown as early as possible in the spring.

For fall use and to winter over, sow the seed about September

A fine new variety
See page 17. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 10c; % lb. 15c; lb. 35c, postpaid. By ex-
press, 25c per lb.

New Lon^ Season ” Spinach.

New Eskimo Spinach.

This new
spinach

stands longer without turning to seed tluin
any other kind. The leaves are very thick and
dark green — much deeper in color than other
kinds. The plants resemble the Savoy Leaf in
appearance, but are darker green, and stand
much longer. This is a very fine new variety,
and we highly recommend it for both market
and the home garden. Those who have had
spinach run up to seed just as it got large
enough to use will appreciate this new kind
which will stand much longer than any of the
older varieties, and give nice fresh greens long
after other kinds have become useless. Pkt.

5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 12c; lb. 30c, postpaid. By
express, 20c per lb.

VICTORIA. The leaves are round, thick, broad,
dark green and somewhat curled, and are of
the best quality. A faster grower than Long
Season and can be used earlier, but does not
stand so long without running to seed. It is
quite hardy and can be sown in the fall for spring use.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 12c; lb. 30. By express, 20c per
lb. ; 5 lbs. or more, 15c per lb.

Norfolk Savoy-Leaved (also called Bloomsdale). A very hand-
some variety, with curled or blistered leaves like a Savoy
cabbage, and of first-class quality. Runs to seed quickly
in hot weather. Used quite extensively for fall sowing
to winter over for spring use. Same price as Victoria.

Large Thick-Leaved VIROFLAY. Very large, thick, pointed
ieaves of good quality. Grows more rapidly than other
kinds, so can be used earlier. Plant makes a more up-
right growth than Long Standing. Price same as Victoria.

LONG STANDING (Enkhuizen Strain). Leaves large, thick,
round, dark green and of fine quality. The strain we
offer, grown at Enkhuizen, Holland, is exceptionally fine.
The leaves are larger and thicker, and the plants remain
longer without running to seed than the ordinary Long
‘ Standing. Price same as Victoria.

MTINSTERLAND (Prickly seed). This is a new strain of the
hardy prickly seeded winter spinach, which has larger

leaves than the old variety and is better in every way.
The leaves are narrow and cut on the edges and somewhat
resemble dandelion leaves. This is considered the hard-
iest variety, and is largely used for fall sowing to winter
over. Price same as Victoria.

Round-Leaved Winter. This is a hardy spinach that stands
the winter well. It has thicker round ieaves and round
seed, and on this account is superior to the narrow-
leaved prickly seeded kinds which are largely used for
wintering over. Price same as Victoria.

NEW ZEALAND SPINACH {Tetragonia expansa). This is
not a true spinach, but a plant that can be used for the
same purpose. Produces an abundance of leaves on
stems a foot or more in length. Will grow during hot.
dry weather when other spinach would be useless, con-
tinuing to furnish nice “ greens ” an summer and fall.
The leaves and stems are tender and of excellent flavor.
Soak the seed in warm water 12 hours before sowing,
as it is difficult to get it to germinate. Sow the seed in
May, in rows 2 feet apart. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c;
lb. 90c, postpaid.

Haferwurzel (Gr.)

Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster

Sassefrica (It.)

One ounce of seed will sow 70 f eet of row; 8 to 10 lbs. per acre

Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify,

seed is of an extra large and fine strain. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb.

Salsify is as easily grown as parsnips,
and is more delicate and finely flavored.
It is used in the fall and winter and early
spring when there are few other vege-
tables. and is always welcome. Do not
think of omitting it from your garden.

Culture. The seed should be sown in
May in rows 2 feet apart, and thin the
plants to 3 inches apart in the rows.
Does best on rather light, moist soil.
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. An
improved variety that grows very
large, often measuring 4 to 5 Inches
around, and of the best quality. Our
10, postpaid. By express, $1.00 per lb.

Sauerampfer (Gr.)

SORREL Acetosa (It.)

The improved large-leaved garden sorrel is used as greens like spinach, or for flavoring soup. Sow the seed in the spring in
good light soil and thin the plants to 4 inches apart.

Improved Broad Leaved. The best variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; lb. $1.35, postpaid.

Harris' Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Kuerbiss (Gr.) SQUASH Zucca (It.)

One ounce of seed of summer varieties will plant 35 hills.

One ounce of winter varieties will plant 20 hills; 3 or 4 lbs. of seed per acre.

SUMMER VARIETIES

GIANT CROOKNECE. This improved strain of the old Yellow Summer
Crookueck Squash is as early as that variety, while the fruit grows
nearly twice the size. The squashes are deep golden yellow, and very
warty, but not of quite as good quality as the old kind. Pkt. 6c; oz. 8c;

T4 lb. 20c; lb. 70c, postpaid. By express, 60c per lb.

Early Bush Crookneck. The old popular Yellow Crookneck Squash. It is
of fine quality and very early. The vines grow only two feet long, so can
be planted near together. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH SCALLOP. The fruit is round, pure white and
scalloped around the edges. This squash is of excellent quality for
summer use. Our strain is the Improved Mammoth, which is much
larger than the old kind and equally early. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 20c;
lb. 60c.

Early Yellow Bush Scallop. The same as White Bush Scallop described
above, except that the fruit is yellow and has yellow
oz. 8c; V4: lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

Italian Vegetable Marrow {Cocozella di Napoli). The Vegetable Marrow
Squash is very largely used in Europe and is considered delicious by

Pkt. 5c;

Mammoth White Bush Scallop

many travelers who get it while there. The fruit is long and slender, green when young, but becoming mottled with
when ripe. It is used when 7 or 8 inches long and while perfectly green. It should be steamed and served with
We offer seed imported direct from Naples. Pkt. 10c; oz. 18c; % lb. 40c,

yellow

butter.

QUALITY. A new and delicious winter squash.

Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c.

BOSTON MARROW. An excellent fall squash, well known and
popular in market. Fruit of good size, deep orange yellow,
and with thick flesh of the best quality. We have a very
tine pure strain. There is no better squash for fall and
early winter use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c; lb. 70c,
postpaid. By express, 60c per lb.

Prolific or Early Orange Marrow. Fruit deep orange color, with
thick yellow flesh of the finest quality. It is very similar
to Boston Marrow but of darker color. One of the best
squashes for fall or winter use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; ^ lb.
25c; lb. 75c.

ESSEX HYBRID. A sweet, fine-grained and high-flavored
squash. Flesh very thick, deep yellow and firm. Fruit
is round, ribbed and flattened at the ends, and of a deep

TRUE ORIGINAL STRAIN. There is no finer
winter squash than a true Hubbard of the old
original type. But there has been a great deal of seed
sold of inferior strains which have not the fine quality
of the old variety. We are therefore glad to be able to
offer some seed of a very fine strain of the old stock,
which will be found excellent in every way. The fruit
grows to a good, large size, yet is heavy and of extra fine
quality, cooking dry and without any stringiness ; the
color is even dark green, no light-colored or striped fruit.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. 90, postpaid. By express,
80c per lb.

IMPROVED WARTED HUBBARD. This strain of Hubbard
squash produces very large fruit covered with warts, and
of dark green color. Sells well in the market, as the
fruit is very handsome and of the largest size, but is not
as fine quality as the original Hubbard. The seed we

EALL AND WINTER VARIETIES

See page 7.

Hubbard,

orange color. Will keep all winter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
14 lb. 25c; lb. 80c.

offer is a tine strain of the true Chicago Warted Hubbard.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c; lb. 95c. By express, 85c per lb.

The Delicious Squash (Photograph)

GOLDEN HUBBARD. Like the
true Hubbard, except that
the fruit is of a deep orange-
red, making it very attract-
ive in appearance, and is of
a fine quality. Pkt. 6c; oz.
12c; % lb. 30c; lb. 95c, post-
paid. By express, 86c per lb.

Marblehead. Fruit light green,
smooth, and is of medium
size. Flesh thick, yellow,
and cooks dry, and is of the
finest quality. Pkt. 6c; oz.
12c; % lb. 30c; lb. 95c, post-
paid.

Delicious. the finest

— flavored winter

squash we know of. It is so
dry and tine-grained that it
resembles a good sweet po-
tato more than ordinary
squash. The fruit is not
quite as large as Hubbard.
l>ut is very heavy, and is of
far better quality than that
variety, being dryer, richer
and sweeter. Gardeners find
it profitable for market where
good quality is appreciated.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c;
lb. $1.00, postpaid. By ex-
press, 90c per lb.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Liebesapfel (Gr.)

TOMATOES

Porno d*oro (It.)

One ounce of seed will produce about 2000 plants.

. We have for
Our Special Selected Strains. years made
a specialty of raising tomato seed of the best possible
quality, and w*e think our strains of some of the new
and standard varieties are as fine as can be found
anywhere, and far superior to what is usually sold.
The seed of these special varieties is all grown on our
own farm, and the greatest care is taken to improve
the stock by selecting the fruit for seed from the vines
that produce the smoothest, earliest and best tomatoes.
Gardeners who wish an even crop of smooth fruit
should try our seed.

early varieties

Notes on varieties. Earliana, Early Detroit,
Bonny Best and Chalk’s Early Jewel are decidedly the
best. Of these Earliana is the earliest but does not
color as well around the stem as Bonny Best, which
is a little later but better colored.

None of the very early kinds, except “ Bonny Best,”
is of as fine quality as the best of the later varieties.
Among these the best of the dark red varieties are
Stone, Success and Enormous. The best pink tomatoes
for main crop are Early Detroit, New Globe, Trucker’s
Favorite and Livingston’s Beauty, of which Early
Detroit is the earliest, and Beauty the latest.
Trucker’s Favorite is medium late, and has very
large, smooth, handsome fruit. For canning, it is
important to get a tomato that is not too acid when
cooked. Stone is one of the best on this account. Suc-
cess and Potomac are also excellent, being very sweet
and of good color.

•p I* This is the best extra early variety without any

Jjariiaiia. exception. It is not only the first to ripen, but
it ripens the whole crop before some of the late kinds
have started to ripen at all. But what is more remark-
able, the tomatoes are large, perfectly smooth and very
solid, and of good sweet flavor. Its productiveness is
really remarkable. On good, rich land the ground is
literally covered with fruit. The vines make but a mod-
erate growth, and naturally overbear. By planting on
rich land, or giving a liberal quantity of manure or fer-
tilizer, a great increase in yield is produced.

Our Seed of this variety is of our own growing, and is
the genuine Spark’s strain. We take great care to keep
it perfectly pure and true to type, and we are confldent
that it is as fine a strain as can be found, no matter what
price is charged for the seed.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; ^ lb. 95c; lb. $3.60, postpaid.

Wew “Extra Early” Earliana.

See page 18.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; % lb. $1.40.

BoTlTlV "Rest ^ magnificent new early variety that should

IL 1_ be largely planted for home use and market.

See page 19.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00; lb. $3.85.

■p i ■nAf-pnif ^ early pink tomato. The fruit

is of good size, smooth as an apple and

ripens medium early, being considerably earlier than
Beauty and Trucker’s Favorite. The vines are healthy
and very productive and the fruit is free from cracks
and ripens evenly all over. Where a pink tomato is
wanted the Early Detroit will be found one of the
very best.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 80c; lb. $3.00, postpaid.

Tmrkpr’q Favorifp ®“°oth and handsome.

xnicKers ijavome.

purple fruited tomatoes. Not as late as Livingston’s
Beauty, but more solid and of finer quality. Vines vig-
orous, healthy and productive.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 70c; lb. $2.50.

Chalk’s Early Jewel.

This new tomato is not quite
as early as Earliana, but is of
better shape and color. The fruit is smooth and regular
and of larger size, solid and of fine quality. The vines
are very prolific, and the fruit ripens early, so that the
whole crop matures before frost. Seed of our own raising
and of a specially selected strain, far superior to the
seed ordinarily sold.

Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 80c; lb. $3.00.

oi Harris’ Selected Strain. This is certainly one of the

1 very best large late tomatoes for market, home use

or canning. There is a good deal of inferior seed of this
variety sold, but we have a strain of our own growing
that produces magnificent large, smooth tomatoes that
are of deep scarlet color and very solid, and of fine
quality, free from acidity. There is no finer tomato for
canning. We have not found any similar tomato quite
equal to our strain of Stone. Where earliness is not
especially desired, this tomato will meet all the require-
ments of the most critical growers.

Pkt. 6c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c; lb. $2.75.

New Dwarf Stone.

Plants grow dwarf and stocky, like
those of Dwarf Champion, and can
be set out close together. The fruit is like Stone, large,
solid, and deep red, and of fine quality. The vines are
remarkably prolific, the large smooth fruit hanging in
perfect masses on the plants. Ripens a little earlier than
Stone.

Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c; lb. $2! 85.

Tomato Plant.

We can furnish tomato plants of superior quality at very
moderate prices. See page 87.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Success Tomato. One of tne very nest main crop varieties

Success

Tomato

The Best Main Crop,
Deep Red Variety for
Home Use or Market.

Those who want a
deep red, smooth,
handsome tomato of
good size, either for
market, table use or
canning, will find the
“ Success ” ail that
can he desired.

It is medium early
— not as late as Stone.
The fruit is very solid,
smooth and colored
right up to the stem,
with no green tinge.
Does not crack, and is
usually entirely free
from black rot.

We have taken great
pains with our strain
of this tomato and
think we have greatly
improved it since it
was first introduced.
We can recommend it
to all who want the
finest, smoothest and
best flavored tomatoes.
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; %
Ih. 80c; Ih. $3.00.

TOMATOES — Packets of any of the following kinds 5c

IMFEEIAL. Large, smooth, pink tomatoes of fine quality and ripen medium early,
ENORMOUS. Bright red, smooth and handsome and very large. It is of rather

prefer it to smaller kinds

POTOMAC. Medium early, deep pink, very solid and of high quality

JUNE PINK. Very early pink tomato, resembling the Earliana, except in color

PONDEROSA. Immense tomatoes, fairly smooth and very solid, color pink. A goo(

variety for private gardens

NEW GLOBE. One of Livingston’s new tomatoes. The fruit is as round as an apple an(
is firm and of fine quality; color deep pink. One of the best tomatoes of this color. . .
DWARF CHAMPION. The vines are stocky and do not spread like other kinds. Fruit i
of medium size, very smooth and of an attractive pink color. Ripens medium early. . .
Livingston’s Beauty. Very fine, large, perfectly smooth and very handsome tomatoes o

a deep pink color. One of the best market varieties, but ripens rather late

Livingston’s Favorite. Deep red, large and smooth

Paragon. Deep red, large and solid. Fine for canning and market

Red Cherry. Very small round red tomatoes that are used to serve whole in salads

Red Pear or Fig. Pear-shaped fruit about one inch ip diameter. Sweet and of good flavo
and will keep a long time. Wonderfully prolific and useful for preserves

YELLOW VARIETIES

Golden Oueen. The best yellow tomato. Large, smooth and of fine quality

Yellow Plum. Small, plum-shaped, bright yellow fruit; fine for preserves

Ground Cherry, or Husk Tomato. (Also called Strawberry, or Winter Cherry.) 1
yellow fruit, inclosed in a husk. It is of peculiar fiavor and is used for preserves .

Oz.

V4lb.

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TURNIPS

One ounce of seed will sow 200 feet of row. It requires from 2 to 3 lbs. of seed per acre in drills, or 1

to lbs. broadcast.

Turnips do best if sown late in the summer. In the Northern states the seed of the quick-growing kinds, like Strap-Leaf and
Purple-Top White Globe, should be sown about the first of August and the slower growing kinds a week or two earlier.
Farther South turnips may be sown later.

The best results are obtained by sowing the seed thinly in drills 20 to 24 inches apart and thinning the plants so they
stand 8 or 10 inches apart in the rows. Turnips do best on rather light, moist soil and are of superior quality when forced
to grow rapidly by sowing on rich land.

PURPLE-TOP STRAP-LEAF. The favorite
variety for summer and autumn use.

The turnips are flat, clear white, with
purple top. They grow very rapidly and
are of good quality. Seed sown in July
and August produces fine large turnips
in the fall. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c; % Ih. 15c;
lb. 40c, postpaid. By express, 30c per
lb. ; 5 lbs. or more, at 28c per lb.

PURPLE-TOP WHITE GLOBE. Large, pure
white, globe shaped, with purplish red
top. Very handsome, hea\y yielder and
early. A profitable turnip for market
and excellent for table use. This turnip
is the same as the Purple-Top Strap-
Leaf, except that it is globe-shaped in-
stead of fiat and requires a little more
time to grow. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb.

15c; lb. 40c, postpaid. By express, 30c
per lb. ; 5 lbs. at 28c per lb.

EARLY PURPLE-TOP MILAN. This is the
earliest variety in cultivation. The bulbs
are clear white, smooth and handsome,
with purple top, and much resemble the
Purple-Top Strap-Leaf, but grow even Purple-Top White Globe Turnip,

faster than that variety, and are ready

White Flat Dutch. Very early, pure white, flat and of good quality. Pkt.
^er’lb^^’ ^ express 50c 5^; oz. 7c; % lb. 15c; lb. 45c, postpaid. By express, 35c per lb.

‘ - ^ White Egg. An oval or globe-shaped white turnip, with pure white skin

and of fine table qualities. It is popular in market and excellent for
home use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c; % lb. 15c; lb. 50c, postpaid. By express.
40c per lb.

GOLDEN BALL. A handsome, early, yellow turnip, as round
as a ball, with smooth, golden yellow skin, and fine-
grained yellow flesh. The best early yellow turnip for
table use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c; % lb. 15c; lb. 45c, postpaid.
By express, 35c per lb.

Cow Horn. A long white turnip largely used for stock feeding,
as it yields very large crops. It is also of first-class
quality for table use. It is a rapid grower, and can be
sown late. Often sown in corn fields after late cultivating.
The turnips grow more than half above ground and are
easily pulled. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 18c; lb. 60c, post-
paid. By express, 40c per lb; 5 lbs. or more, 35c per lb.
Yellow Stone. A round or globe-shaped yellow turnip of good
quality, fine grained, smooth and handsome. Grows to a
good size and keeps well. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; % lb. 18c;
lb. 50c, postpaid. By express, 40c per lb.

Yellow Aberdeen. A large, globe-shaped yellow turnip with
purple top. Fine for use in the fall or early winter, or
for stock feeding. A heavy cropper. The seed should be
sowm the last of June for fall use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c; % lb.
15c; lb. 45c, postpaid. By express, 35c per lb.

Ruta Bagas or Swede Turnips

The ruta bagas, or Swede turnips, require longer to mature
than the common kinds and should be sown earlier. To get
heavy crops of large turnips sow the seed June 15 to July 10
in rows 2 to 2^/^ feet apart. Thin the plants to a foot apart
and keep free from weeds.

For table use ruta bagas can be sown late and will be of
better quality, but not as large as when sown early. These
turnips keep well and may be stored in the cellar in moist sand
or in pits. \

WHITE SHORT TOP. This is a very handsome white ruta
baga, with remarkably short tops and no “ neck.” Turnips
are light green on top and pure white on the bottom and
grow to a good size, and are of fine quality. This is the
best white Swede Turnip we know of. Pkt. 6c; oz. 10c;
% lb. 18c; lb. 65c, postpaid. By express, 65c per lb.

This is a large purple-top yellow ruta baga
that is especially recommended for stock
feeding. The roots grow very large, perfectly round, have very small side
roots and practically no neck. The tops are small compared with the size
of the roots, which grow well out of the ground and are easily harvested.

Those who want to raise large, smooth, handsome Swede turnips, either
for stock feeding or market, should try this selected strain. Pkt. 5c; oz.
10c; % lb. 20c; lb. 60c, postpaid. By express, 50c per lb.; 5 lbs. at 45c
per lb.

Perfection Selected Swede

Perfection Selected
Swede Turnip

.Harris' Vegetable Seeds for 1914

.IMPERIAL PURPLE-TOP, Long Island Improved. This is a
fine strain of yellow purple-top ruta baga, having
smooth, handsome bulbs of good quality. The turnips
are almost perfectly round, smooth, and bright yellow,
with purple top. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c; % lb. 15c; lb. 45c,
postpaid. By express, 35c per lb; 5 lbs. at 30c per lb.

BREADSTONE. When well grown this is a fine table turnip.
When cooked it is almost as dry and sweet as a good
squash. It belongs to the ruta baga or Swede turnip
class, but is smaller and earlier than the ordinary ruta
bagas. The seed should be sown the first part of July.
If sown early the turnips get hard and coarse, and are
not good for table use. It is in good edible condition in
November, and will keep perfectly fresh and good all
winter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c; % lb. 15c; lb. 60c, postpaid.
By express, 40c per lb.

White Sweet or French. A globe-shaped white ruta baga with
green top, and of excellent quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 7c;
V4, lb. 15c; lb. 45c, postpaid. By express, 35c per lb.

HalFs Westbury

(selected). This is a very finely bred
Swede turnip, intended for table use.
market and shipping. It grows to a nice size for this
purpose, and is very smooth and handsome and of excel-
lent quality. The turnips have purple tops and yellow
flesh. This strain is of perfect shape, with no neck and
very small roots. For those who want a handsome
medium sized turnip for table use or market, this variety
is unsurpassed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c; lb. 65c,
postpaid. By express, 55c per lb.

TOBACCO

Connecticut Seed Leaf. The most popular variety for the
Northern states. Very hardy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb.
60c.

Sterling. Early and valuable for the North. Color bright
yellow, and of the finest quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c.
Havana. The finest Cuban tobacco, so famous for cigars.
Leaf thin, and used principally for cigar wrappers.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c.

AROMATIC AND SWEET HERBS

Basil. Used for flavoring soups and sauces. Plant about 18
inches high. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

Borage. Often used for bee pasture. Sow in spring in the
open ground. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

Caraway. Hardy biennial seeding the second year after
sowing. Sow in spring or fall. Very easily grown.
Pkt. 6c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c.

CORIANDER. The young green leaves are used for flavoring
soups, saiads, etc. Sow in the spring in the open ground.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c.

DILL. Used for flavoring cucumber pickles, etc. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 60c, postpaid.

LAVENDER. Used for its perfume. It is a hardy plant and
will last for years. The seed is slow to germinate and
people often fail to get it to start. It should be covered
very little if at ail. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c.

SWEET MARJORAM. Very valuable for seasoning dressing
for poultry, imparting a very agreeable and pleasant
flavor. Easily grown from seed sown in the open
ground in the spring. The tops of the branches should
be picked off while young and tender and dried in
bunches for use in the winter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; V4. lb.
35c.

Rosemary. A perennial that will last for years when once
started. Sow in the spring in the open ground where
the plants are to remain. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c.

Fennel. The leaves are used for flavoring. Easily raised.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; V4. lb. 30c.

Summer Savory. Easily grown by sowing seed in the open
ground in the spring. Plant grows about a foot high
with small, narrow leaves, which are dried on the stems
and used for seasoning. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c.

SAGE, Broad-Leaved. When once started will last for years.
Should be in every garden. Sow in the open ground and
thin the plants to six inches apart. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c;
% lb. 40c; lb. $1.10, postpaid.

Thyme. Start the seed in a box in the house or hotbed, or sow
in the open ground early in the spring. Do not cover the
seed, but press it into the soil. The plant will survive
the winter if given a little protection. Pkt. 6c; oz. 26c.

WORMWOOD. A medical herb used largely for planting in
poultry yards for chickens to feed on. Pkt. 6c; oz. 15c;
V4. lb. 35c.

Holtzs Mammoth Sage.

This variety of sage does not
seed, so we can offer only the
plants. The leaves grow much larger than the common
sage, and are of superior quality. The plants are per-
fectly hardy and will stand the winter without protec-
tion. They make a very large growth, a single plant
spreading out two or three feet across. By far the best
sage for all purposes. Plants sent by mail postpaid,
3 plants, 46c; 10 plants, $1.25. By express, 12c each;
$1.20 per dozen.

SEED POTATOES

We have for many years devoted a great deal of attention to
acres of early varieties on our own farm the past season and
stock.

raising high class seed potatoes. We raised 20
never had smoother, cleaner or more healthy

Plant Good Seed. is altogether too little attention given to the question of the proper seed potatoes

— — to use. The practice of using the small and inferior potatoes for seed, if continued for

more than one or two years, has a marked effect on the yield. We could hardly expect anything else. A poor
weak hill of potatoes always has a lot of small potatoes in it and all these go into the “ seed ” and propagate

their own kind.

set seed from healthy, vigorous stock, that has been raised
for a number of years from large potatoes free from disease

It is perhaps safe to use the smaller potatoes of such stock for seed once in a while but the practice should
not be continued or the variety will "run out.”

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y

Moreton Farm Seed Potatoes are raised
ones being

from the most carefully selected tubers, all small and inferior
rejected, in this way the stock is improved from year to year

instead of deteriorating as is sure to happen when small and inferior potatoes are used for seed.

Early potatoes that mature in the summer are not good for seed. To get the best seed
of early kinds it is necessary to plant late so that the crop will not mature before the cool

Early Varieties.

fall weather. We plant early kinds after the middle of June and to keep seed in good condition until that
date we have to put the potatoes in cold storage in March and hold them there until we are ready to plant.
Potatoes raised in this way make the best possible seed.

Low Freight Rates. We can ship hy Pennsylvania, Erie,
Lehigh Valley, and B. R. & P. Railroads from Rochester,
which give lowest freight rates and quick delivery to all

Prices Likely to Advance. Seed potatoes of many of the most
popular varieties are so scarce this season that the de-
1 mand is likely to far exceed the supply.

! We reserve the right to refuse orders for potatoes at

' the prices quoted in this catalogue late in the season
and to charge higher prices should our stock become too
much reduced.

I The prices here given are for the potatoes carefully put up
for shipment and delivered to freight house or express
office without extra charge, but the purchaser is to pay
the freight or express charges.

i Potatoes Shipped in Sacks or Barrels. We can ship potatoes
either in barrels or in sacks. ‘Sacks hold the same quan-
tity as barrels (165 lbs.). Sacks cost 10c and barrels
40c, so it makes a difference of 30c in the price of the
two packages. In ordering please state which you want.

If the potatoes are to be shipped in wooden barrels,
30c per barrel must be added to the prices quoted in
this catalogue.

Shipping Season. It is usually safe to ship potatoes from here
about March 20. We can ship earlier in paper-lined bar-
rels, if our customers wish us to do so, with little risk,
but we will not hold ourselves responsible for loss by
freezing if the potatoes are ordered sent earlier than in
our judgment it is safe to ship them.

EARLY VARIETIES.

points. Shipments on the New York Central Lines are
made from Coldwater.

Half Bushels and half pecks will be sent at half the bushel
and peck price. We will send two or three different
varieties in a barrel without extra charge, but cannot
send more than one variety in a sack.

Potatoes Sent hy Mail. We will send any varieties named in
this catalogue, by mail or express, prepaid, at 25c per
lb., or 3 lbs. for 65c.

Order Early. We always run out of some varieties of early
potatoes before planting time, so to be sure to get what
you want order early. When orders are sent late in
the season please mention whether we may substitute
some other kind if sold out of the variety wanted. We
will book orders at any time and shin the potatoes when
safe to do so.

“ Second Size ” Seed. We offer a few second size seed potatoes
of most varieties. These potatoes average about the size
of a hen’s egg, and make nice seed to plant whole or cut
once in two. They are nice smooth potatoes. We do
not sell this grade in smaller quantities than a barrel
or sack. See prices under varieties.

Early Mav extra early varieties. The potatoes are light

L LL red, oval to long, and have shallow eyes and are of the best

quality. The potatoes are about the color and shape of Early Rose, but
mature two weeks earlier. Pk. 65c; bu. $2.00; barrel sack (165 lbs.)
$4.90; 2d size $4.35 per sack.

Irish Cobbler most popular and largely planted early potato. Round,

pure white, extra early, and of the best quality. Grows

uniformly large, there being fewer small potatoes than in any other early
kind. The seed we offer is exceptionally fine. The potatoes are clean,
free from scab and rot, and are strictly pure genuine Irish Cobbler. Some
people say they can’t raise such crops of Irish Cobbler as they did a few
years ago. The trouble is they use inferior seed affected with disease and
lacking in vigor. We raise just as large crops of this variety as we ever
did. Get good healthy seed of the genuine Irish Cobbler and you can
raise just as large crops as were ever produced.

There are a great many potatoes being sold for Irish Cobbler that are
not that variety at all, or are so badly mixed with late kinds that they are
worse than useless to plant for an early crop. The seed we offer is of our
own raising on new soil and it is strictly pure. Pk. 65c; bu. $1.85; barrel
sack (165 lbs.) $4.70; 2d size $4.25 per sack (165 lbs.).

Early May Potatoes

TTo 10 ^ white, medium early potato that yields more

Aiu. extra early kinds. The potatoes are oval

to long, skin smooth and pure white ; vines vigorous and
healthv and do not blight. The past season this new
“ No. iO ” gave us the largest yield of any early kinds on
our farm. The No. 10 is fully as early as the Early Rose,
Bovee and similar kinds, while the potatoes are pure
- white and yield better than the earlier varieties. A
valuable variety when extreme earliness is not required.
Price same as for Irish Cobbler.

VarW This variety resembles the Early Ohio

ibariy aiX-weCKS. closely that it is hard to tell them
apart. With us, however, the Six-Weeks is a much better
yieider than the Ohio and fully as early. Some growers
think it is earlier. It sets more potatoes in a hill than the
Ohio and yields better. This is certainly one of the very
best extra early varieties. It is fully as early as any va-
riety we know of and yields better than other kinds equally
early. The vines are small and ripen down early so the
crop can be dug and removed from the land in time to
plant some other crop. The potatoes are in shape and
color like the Ohio, oval with blunt ends and with light
pink skin. Pk. 65c; bu. $1.85; barrel sack (165 lbs.)
$4.70; 2d size $4.25 per sack.

Early Ohio. The standard early potato ; medium long with
square ends ; color light fed, deeper around the eyes.
Vines small and die down very early

Noroton Beauty or Quick Lunch.

Yields well under

high culture. Pk. 65c; bu. $1.80; barrel sack $4.50; 2d
size $4.00 per sack (165 lbs.).

200 BUSHELS EARLY SIX-WEEKS PER ACRE

A very early round
red potato that
succeeds well in some localities and gives very satisfac-
tory yields, but in others it blights too early. For garden
culture where extreme earliuess is desired this variety
will be found very satisfactory, as it will produce potatoes
of edible size in 7 or 8 weeks after planting under favor-
able conditions, and the potatoes are of high quality.
Pk. 65c; bu. $2.00.

Manistee. One of the best potatoes to resist blight we have
ever grown. Vines remain healthy and green until the
crop is matured. The potatoes are round to oval, some-
what flattened, eyes fairly shallow, color light red, quality
very fine. The potatoes cook light, mealy and snow white.
This potato is of the Rose class and yields like the Early
Rose in its best days. Where a red potato sells well this
will certainly be found one of the most profitable varieties.
It matures about the same time as Early Rose and yields
as much as most late kinds. Pk. 60c; bu. $1.60; barrel
sack (165 lbs.) $4.00.

Early Rose. An old favorite too well known to need a descrip-
tion. Price same as for Manistee.

Bovee. This is one of the largest yielding early kinds. The
potatoes are oblong, white shaded with light pink in
spots, and resemble the Beauty of Hebron, but yield better
than that good old variety. It is, however, only a medium
early kind, being a week or two later than Irish Cobbler,
Early May, etc. Pk. 65c; bu. $1.85; barrel sack $4.75.

I had very good success with the potatoes, Early Six- Weeks, this season raising 200 hushels per acre hy
dune 25th.

Oct. 10, 1913. Geo. B. McKeoun.

Harris’ Vegetable Seeds for 1914

Todd’s Wonder Potato (Photograph) 1

I ?

LATE OR MAIN CROP VARIETIES |

TODD’S “WONDER” (Improved World’s Wonder) f

THIS IS A REAL THOROUGHBRED POT ATO ]

Mr. Clias. L. Todd, of Otsego Co., N. Y., has been working on this potato for some years, selecting his seed!
each year from hiils that produce the heaviest yields and most uniform sized potatoes. The result has been to
greatly improve the variety in health and vigor and consequently in yield.

There are no poor hills. The seed potatoes all come from strong, healthy vines and they produce such. |

Anyone who has examined a field of potatoes carefully must have noticed a good many hills that have weakj
vines, few and small potatoes. All these usually go into the seed and produce more of such hills every year.|
This often reduces the yield 50 to 100 bu. per acre. |

Our fields of “Todd’s Wonder” grown from Mr. Todd’s selected stock were the evenest lot of potatoes wej
ever saw. It would be hard to find a single poor or weak hill in an acre. Every hill is just alike — all good, j

They yield nearly twice as much as ordinary Rurals and Carmans in the same field.

The “ Todd’s Wonder ” is of the Rural or Carman class, has very vigorous, healthy vines that usually stay |
green until killed by frost. The potatoes are round, smooth and handsome and of good quality. “

After raising this potato for three years we are convinced that it is the most profitable late variety we know of. ^
We offer seed grown directly from Mr. Todd’s own selected stock. Pk. 60c; Bu. $1.75; barrel sack (165 lbs.)
$5.00.

Mr. Warren B. Yard, of Connecticut, writes:

“ The bushel of Todd's Wonder potatoes 1 got of you last spring yielded 19 bushels on poorly manured soil, J
and for size and beauty were the admiration of all the farmers hereabouts."

PrepTi Mnn-nffliTi Tr ^ seedling of the well-known Green Mountain, and is an improvement on that variety, l

: !- being of greater health and vigor; resists blight better and is of equally fine quality.

The potatoes are round and smooth with shallow eyes and slightly russet skin, like the old Green Mountain. [
This potato is of very high quality for table use and we strongly recommend it to those who want to raise the '
very best potatoes for their own use or market. Pk. 65c; bu. $1.65; barrel sack $4.50; 2d size $4.00 per sack.

YIELDED TWICE AS MUCH AS OTHER KINDS. One of our neighbors had an acre of Green Mountain,
Jr., last season in a field planted with a standard variety of the Rural class, and the Green Mountains
yielded 200 bushels per acre, while the rest of the field turned out less than 100 bushels per acre.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm. Coldwater, N. Y.

Sir Walter Raleigh. f,fcarn,a“rra^e‘el„r u

is a seedling of the Rural New Yorker, and has the vigor
of that variety before it degenerated, as it undoubtedly
has. It is an improved Rural with new blood and renewed
vigor. The potatoes resemble the Rural in shape, hut are
smoother with shallower eyes, slightly netted skin and
much better quality. This variety sets more potatoes in a
hill than the Rural and yields immense crops on any good
soil. Succeeds everywhere and is the style of potato
most in demand in the markets just now. We have some
extra fine, pure stock, free from scab, rot or disease of
any kind. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.50; sack (165 lbs.) $4.00.

Moreton. The Moreton is a handsome, smooth, round, white
potato, with eyes so shallow that they can hardly be dis-
tinguished. It is one of the smoothest and handsomest
potatoes we have ever seen. What makes this variety
superior to others, however, is its wonderful vigor of
growth and freedom from blight or disease. Owing to
this being a late variety and as a heavy frost occurred
here September 1.5. the Moretons were cut off before they

were ripe and consequently we have no good seed to offer
this season.

TTi-noi This new seedling potato which we intro-
1 ^ duced a few years ago has produced some
great crops and has proved to be a valuable variet.v. It
is not only a heavy yielder but it is also of high quality,
being dry. white and mealy when cooked.

The potatoes are oval in shape, pure white, with netted
skin that always goes with good quality, shallow eyes and
average large in size. Vines very vigorous with green
stems and white flowers and resist blight, rarely, if ever,
being affected with this disease. There are usually 8 or 12
good large potatoes in a hill. Pk. 60c; bu. $1.75; barrel
sack $4.25.

ATnpriVflTi aianf potatoes grow rapidly and when

/xmciiodii u-idiit. planted early can be dug in August and

marketed when potatoes are usually much higher in price
than later in the season. It produces much larger crop«
than any early variety. The potatoes are long, white and
with numerous eyes. We ha»ve some excellent pure seed
of our own growing. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.60; sack $4.00; 2d
size $3.50 per sack.

FARM AND FIELD SEEDS

The production of high class seed of the best varieties of oats, corn, wheat and other grains, as well as
potatoes, has for many years been one of the principal branches of our business, and no part receives greater
attention.

j , -PP/IQrl becoming more generally understood, and progressive farmers no longer think of

i he Importance Ot IrOOCl oeeas ^sing seed of the old “ run out ” varieties that they were sowing years ago.

Take corn, for instance. It has been plainly shown by recent experiments that the yield per acre can be nearly doubled
by using seed that hgs been selected with intelligence and properly cured. The same is true of other grain crops. The best
results can only be obtained by the use of the very best seed that can be grown. It does not pay to use anything else.

Our Seeds are Better common seeds, with the latest improved power machines for cleaning and grading seed grain

and by the scientific treatment of our seed to prevent smut and other diseases, we are able to
furnish much better seed than it is possible for most farmers to produce. It costs a little more of course, but the extra cost is
nothing compared with the increased yield and quality of the crops.

At the Prices catalogue we deliver the seeds at any freight house or express oflice here, or in Rochester and

make no charge for bags unless otherwise stated. The purchaser to pay freight or express charges. See
freight and express rates on inside of cover page.

Barley

Wisconsin Pedigree. This is a “ thoroughbred ” strain of six-
rowed barley bred up at the Wisconsin Experiment Sta-
tion by selecting the best plants and saving seed from
them. The result of this careful breeding is that the
barley produces uniformly large, well-filled heads on
strong, vigorous plants and therefore yields much more
than the common kinds. The grain is large, plump and
heavy. We offer some very fine seed grown direct from
pedigree stock. It will certainly pay barley growers to
use this improved variety. Pk. 60c; bu. (48 lbs.) $2.00;
bag (2 bn.) $3.80.

Six-Rowed “ State.” We can offer good six-rowed barley
grown in this state. It is good stock, suitable for raising
for feeding or market. Pk. 60c; bu. $1.40; bag (2 bu.)
$2.60.

Buckwheat

Buckwheat is easily raised and will make profitable crops
on rather poor land, where other grain would fail. It is also

largely used as a cover crop in orchards. Sow in .Tune or
July, using 3 pecks to 1 bushel of seed to the acre.

JAPANESE. The largest and most productive variety. The
grain is large and dark brown or black ; ripens early and
is very prolific. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.45; bags of 2 bu. $2.75
per bag.

SILVER HULL. Small gray kernels that make the finest
quality of buckwheat flour. Yields large crops and is
considered by many growers the most profitable kind to
raise. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.35; bag (2 bu.) $2.70.

Speltz or Emmer

A Russian grain that has become quite popular in the West
for feeding purposes. It resembles barley somewhat and is
grown in the same way. Its principal, value is for poor, dry
land where oats or wheat would not give a profitable crop. It
is often .mixed with oats and helps to make a larger yield.
Sow 2Vo bushels per acre, the same as you would oats or bar-
ley. Pk. 50c; bu. (40 lbs.) $1.30: 2 bu. or more, $1.25 per bu.
(40 lbs.)

Harris\Farm and Field Seeds for 1914

Superior Seed Oats

The oats we offer for seed are all grown from the very heaviest and cleanest seed and each variety kept as pure as possible.
No Smut. Smut greatly reduces the yield of oats, and has been especially troublesome the past few years. We treat the seed
oats we sow, and those we have sown for us, with formalin to kill the smut germs, and in this way keep our crops free from
this disease. Crops raised from this seed will be practically free from smut. This alone makes our seed oats worth the extra cost.
No Weed Seeds. We thoroughly clean our seed oats so that they do not contain any foul weed seeds.

New “ Bumper Crop ” Oats
(Photograph half natural size)

New ‘‘Bumper Crop” Oats

We are glad to be able to offer our customers a really
fine new oats this season. This is the best oats we have
ever seen grown in this country.

The grain is so large and plump that it can readily be
distinguished from other kinds at a glance.

The heads are long with the grain heavily clustered.
This would be classed as a side oat, but is more clustered
and stands more upright than other varieties of the class.

It originated from a single plant found in 1906 in a field of
oats that had lodged flat on the ground with this one plant stand-
ing up alone.

It had very large, stiff straw and immense heads of peculiar
form, and grain much larger than any of the other oats in the
field.

The grain from this one plant was saved and sown the next
year, when it was seen that it was a perfectly distinct variety.
It took some years to work up a sufficient quantity to sell, but
this year we are able to offer a few hundred bushels.

The remarkable vigor of these oats is very noticeable at the
first sight of a field of th^m. The straw stands stiff and straight,
as large as a lead pencil and with very broad leaves, often nearly
an inch wide. The appearance of these oats can be seen in the
photograph of a field on our farm taken when being cut.

In 1912 these oats yielded 84% bushels per acre of oats weigh-
ing 40 lbs. per bushel. Last season, owing to a prolonged drought
and hot weather, they did not do quite as well, the oats being
somewhat lighter as were all oats in this locality.

In a more favorable season we are quite sure we can raise
nearly, if not quite, 100 bushels of these oats per acre and ex-
pect to do it next season, if the weather is at all favorable.

These oats can he grown on rich land and will stand up
straight and stiff where other kinds would go down before
half ripe.

There was absolutely no smut on these oats last season and
there never has been any.

Let us send you a sample of the Bumper Crop oats. We know
when you see how superior the grain is to other kinds you will
want some.

These oats took first premium at the New York State
Fair last fall, and have always taken first premium wherever
shown.

We do not believe there was ever finer oats grown in this st.ile
before. •

SAMPLE FEEE IF YOU ASK FOR IT.

Pk. 75c; bu. $2.25; bag (2 bu.) $4.00; 10 bu. or more at $1.90
per bu.

Long’s White Tartar Oats

We have sold this variety of oats for a number of years and it
has given universal satisfaction everywhere. We have had yields
of 100 bushels per acre on large fields on our own farm, and
many of our customers report fully as large yields.

These oats have immense heads of grain, often raeasurina-
nearly a foot long, and containing by actual count over 150
kernels. It is a side oat.

The straw is very large, strong and stiff. In one of our fields
these oats stood a foot higher than wheat growing beside it.

The kernel is large, plump and heavy, pure white, and with
thin hulls. There are no beter oats for feeding than these.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Goldwater, N. Y.

ONE MAN'S EXFEBIENCE

Mr. Geo. Kennery, of Pennsylvania, writes :

" All the seeds I have bought of you have proved
their value. In 1901 I purchased of you a bag of
Long’s White Tartar Oats and this year’s oats in this
section are almost nothing, while the Tartar’s stood
2^2 to 5 feet tall and just loaded. It is a wonder
they did not break down from the weight of grain.
I counted the number of pods to a head on some
heads and none had less than 100 with two grains to
a pod. They weighed iO lbs. to the bushel when
threshed out.”

Price of Seed.

We offer Long’s White Tartar
Oats thoroughly cleaned and free
from weed seed, at the following prices : Pk.
40c; bu. $1.25; bag of 2 bushels (64 lbs.) $2.10;
6 bags (10 bushels) or more at 95c per bu. No
charges for hags. Special prices will be
quoted on lots of 25 bushels or more. Sample
will be mailed if requested.

“Regenerated” SWEDISH SELECT Oats

The Swedish Select Oats have done remarkably
well all over this country. The straw is of medium
length and very stiff, while the heads grow compact
and uptight, branching evenly all around so they
do not lodge easily. These oats usually stand up
perfectly even on very rich land where other kinds
lodge badly. The grain is white,, large, very plump
and heavy.

The “ Regenerated ” strain we offer was produced
by selecting the best heads and sowing the seed by
itself so as to keep it pure. This greatly improved
the strain so it is now one of the very best varieties
grown. Pk. 40c; bu. $1.20; bag (2 bu.) $2.25; 5 bags
or more at $2.00 per bag.

Improved American Oats, Bzperi-

tried many varieties of oats side by side for
8 or 10 years and the Improved American has
given the largest average yield of any kind
grown.

The grain is white, large, heavy and has
thin hulls, straw quite long, but stiff and does
not easily lodge. Heads branching and quite
large. Pk. 40c; bu. $1.20; bag (2 bu.) $2.25:
5 bags (10 bu.) or more, $2.00 per bag, or $1.00
per bu.

Photograph of a Field of Bumper Crop Oats on Moreton Farm

Golden Fleece Oats, Fleece has

proved to be one of the

very best varieties of the branching class. The

Taken While Being Cut
Note the very large straw and big heads

rain is white, large, plunu) and heavy, with

thin hulls. The straw is stiff and carries very large branching heads. These oats have a record yield of 108 bushels per
acre, while yields of 75 to 80 bushels per acre are very common, and can easily be obtained with this variety under ordinary
conditions. The straw is medium tall, stiff and does not often lodge. Pk. 40c; bu. (32 lbs.) $1.25; bag of 2 bu. (64 lbs.)
$2.25; 5 bags (10 bu.) or more at $2.10 per bag. No charge for bags. Samples will be mailed on request.

Cutting Long’s White Tartar Oats on Moreton Farm
Thia field yielded over 100 bushels per acre and stood up well as shown in the photograph

The Above is a Photograph of Corn as it Comes Out of Our Seed Tester

Well Cured Seed. We take the greatest care of our seed corn from the time it is harvested until it is shipped
to our customers. If the corn when husked is not perfectly dry (which is not often the case), it is placed
in a drying house where it is thoroughly cured in warm, dry air, so that it comes out in the best possible con-
dition— full of life and vigor. It will come up promptly and grow quickly, which is of the greatest impor-
tance, especially in the Northern states.

The Price of Good Seed. Any thinking person must know that if seed corn is sold at a low price per
bushel it must be the general run of the crop instead of the very best ears only. No one could possibly select
out the choicest ears, properly cure them and put the seed up in bags and sell it at about the market price for
feeding corn.

It only requires a peck of corn to plant an acre, A grower could much better afford to pay a dollar for a
peck of really good selected seed corn than to take ordinary corn as a gift.

NORTHERN GROWN SEED CORN

The corn we offer for seed (eorcept a feio late varieties of Dent corn)
is all grown right here in Western New York, near Lake Ontario, where
the summers are short and cool and consequently all the varieties must
he early and will mature anywhere in the country where corn can he
raised at all.

Tested for Germination. Before sending off any seed corn we make
thorough tests to ascertain its vitality, and we mark the percentage that
germinates on the label so that the purchaser will know just how many
kernels out of 100 will grow. We should be glad to give the results of
our tests at any time during the winter or spring to any one interested.

Harris’ Mammoth Yellow Flint Corn.

very long, often measuring 14 inches, and have 8 rows of large bright yellow
kernels filled right out to the tips. The cob is small, the stalks grow about
6 or 7 feet tall and have numerous broad leaves and make excellent fodder.
The ears are produced well above the ground, so the stalks can be readily cut
with a binder. Many stalks have two good large ears if not planted too thick.
This corn will ripen ready to cut in 90 days from the time the corn comes up.
Compared with Gold Nugget the corn has ears as long but the kernels are
smaller and consequently the ears are not as large around. The stalks do not
grow quite as tall and are not as coarse. The corn ripens a week or 10 davs
earlier. Shelled corn from carefully selected ears, qt. 20c; pk. 95c; bu. $3.50,
(Postpaid, pt. 20c; qt. 35c.) Ears, 10 lbs. for 65c; 25 lbs. or more, 6c per lb.

Early “ Red Glaze ” or King Philip Com.

tinged with red. The ears grow 9 to 10 inches long, S^rowed, very small cob
and are well filled to the tips. The great value of this corn for the North lies
In the fact that it will mature perfectly in any season, no matter how unfavor-
able. It was the only corn that matured perfectly in this neighborhood in the
very cool summer of 1907. The stalks grow about 6 feet tall and are not
coarse and make the best of fodder.

We now have a carefully bred strain of this corn with larger kernels than is
usual with this variety.

This corn always gets ripe, and on this account often produces much larger
crops of good sound corn than larger and later kinds which fail to mature
under unfavorable conditions. Shelled corn from choice ears, qt. 20c (by mail
35c); pk. 85c: bu. $3.00. Selected ears, 10 lbs. 65c; 25 lbs. or more, 6c per lb.

Early “ Red Glaze ” Corn (X^hotograph)

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Hall’s Gold Hugget Corn

HALL’S GOLD NUGGET^CORN

The Largest and Most Prolific Yellow Plint or “ State'' Corn Grown. Ears 12 to 14 Inches Long. Ripens Per-
fectly in New York and New England.

This corn is greatly admired by everyone who sees it. The ears are often 12 to 14 inches long and over six
inches around and weigh over a pound. The kernels are simply immense, being twice as large as most other
varieties. To those who are accustomed to raising the ordinary yellow " state ” corn with small kernels these
immense ears are astonishing. The kernels are so large that an ear, having as it does only eight rows, is
twice as large around as common eight-rowed corn and usually much longer. Two of these big ears are often
produced on one stalk. It is no more trouble to husk, handle and shell a big ear than a small one and you get
twice as much corn from the big ear.

Earliness. This corn matures medium early and is suitable for almost any section of the country except the Northern part
of New England and a few places of high elevation. In most of New York State, Aiassachusetts and all places South and
West of these states the Gold Nugget corn will mature perfectly in a normal season and produce immense yields on good soil.

Under ordinary field culture we have raised I14O bushels of ears on 6 acres or 190 bushels per acre equal to
95 bushels shelled corn.

The Gold Nugget will yield more than any other variety of corn we know of that will mature in this locality. The stalks
grow about 7 feet high and are well covered w'ith leaves. Many produce two large ears. The fodder is of excellent quality
and the quantity produced is very large.

. 204 Bushels from acres. Mr. E. P. Slocum writes Jan. 20, 1913:

“What is your lowest price on 20 bushels Gold Nugget Corn?

“ I tried this corn three years ago, although the season was poor I husked 204 bushels off from 1^ acres
of ground.”

What a Big Corn Grower Says: Mr. C. S. Clark, of Ohio, who is an acknowledged authority on varieties of
corn, tried Gold Nugget corn last season, and wrote us Oct. 12, 1912:

“ This variety of Flint corn is far ahead of the other sorts like Longfellow, Midnight, Early Canada and
King Philip as day is ahead of night. It will outyield them by 40 per cent, and the fodder is larger and better
in every way.

“ I have wondered why you did not push it for both field purposes and ensilage. It would make an ideal
ensilage corn for all Northern climates, because it grows so strong, it never quits or blights, cold summers do
not stop it. We had only ten days warm weather all summer and the corn kept right on growing. People
have come for miles to see our 3 acre field.”

Mr. Geo. M. Armstrong, Livingston Co., N. Y., writes Jan. 17, 1912:

“ The corn I ordered of you was the best I ever raised. Had 242 heaping bushels of ears on 1% acres. The
variety was Gold Nugget. Have one ear that measures 15 inches from tip to butt kernel.”

Price of Seed. Shelled com from carefully selected ears, by express or freight. Qt. 25c; pk. $1.00; hu. (56 lbs.) $3.75. By
mail, pt. 25c; qt. 40c. ^

On the Ear. It is much more expensive to ship corn on the ear than when snelled, and it takes more time and trouble,
a higher price when sent in this way. Selected ears, 10 lbs. for 75c; 25 lbs. or more, 7c per lb.

70 lbs. of ears will make a bushel of shelled corn.

Samples. A sample of the grain will be mailed free to intending buyers,
postage, etc.

A sample ear will be sent for 25c to cover

Harris’ Farm and Field Seeds for 1914

Gold Nugget Corn for Fodder and Ensilage

A very early Dent corn suitable for New York State and the New England States

It is a well known fact that the Western Dent corn yields more bushels of shelled corn per acre than the Eastern “ State ”
corn. Western grown seed, however, does not produce corn that ripens well in the East. When seed grown in this state is
used and the variety is a good one. Dent corn will mature perfectly and produce big yields of nice sound corn.

Where horses are fed corn on the ear Dent corn is much better than Flint or State corn, as it is softer and shells easier.

DAVIS’ IMPROVED EARLY HURON CORN

The practical man wants to get the best results from feeding ensilage
and knows that if he Alls up his silo with large, coarse cornstalks, with-
out any matured grain on them, he will not get as much cream from
his cows or fat on his steers as he would if his corn was not so coarse
and had an abundance of matured ears on it.

It is “ dry matter ’’ and “ feeding value ” that count, not tons of
stulf that is 80 per cent water.

The Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station made some experiments
at Ithaca on these lines sometime ago and we give below an extract
from their report published May, 1912.

Yield of Fodder and Dry Matter of Various Varieties of Corn
Grown for Silage at Ithaca, 1911.

Tons I’ounds Pounds Carbo-

Per Acre Dry Matter hydrates

Hall’s Gold Nugget 9.62 6194 4079

Pride of the North 8.73 5718 3839

Blue Ridge Ensilage 11.84 5224 2972

The report says:

“ Hall’s Gold Nugget has shown adaptability for silage purposes in
several of the experiments. For a Flint variety it produces a generous
quantity of fodder containing a good percentage of grain. Eureka and
Blue Ridge ensilage are Southern grown varieties and cannot be
acclimated to New York conditions. The former (Eureka) failed to
produce any grain when grown at Ithaca ; the latter produces immature
ears.”

Price of Gold Nugget for Ensilage. We can furnish good sound corn of
almost perfect germination (95 per cent or better) that is suitable
for this purpose at the following prices. This corn is from
ears not quite good enough in size and shape for our best selected
grade. Per hu. $2.85; hag of 2 hu. $5.50.

‘‘Farmer^s Friend’’ Corn

An Extra Early Yellow Flint Variety

We got this corn some years ago from Northern Vermont where the
seasons are short and corn had to be very early to mature at all.

When we first got it the ears were quite short but filled out to the
very tip with large heav^ yellow kernels. It was very prolific, many
stalks producing 3 good sound ears.

Since then we have been breeding this corn up with a view to getting
longer ears with smaller butts, and stalks that grow taller. In this we
have succeeded in a marked degree. The ears are now 8 to 9 inches
long with small butts and filled right out to the tip.

The stalks grow 5 to 6 feet high and have very large leaves and small ,
butts, so make the very best of fodder. The great value of this variety
is its earliness. It will ripen in the most Northern parts of the country
and give excellent yields where the larger and later kinds would fail.
Shelled corn from first-class selected ears. Qt. 25c (by mail 40c) ;
pk. $1.00; hu. $3.75.

The Above is a Reproduction of Part of an Article
in the ” Grape Belt,” a Paper Published in
Dunkirk, N. Y.

H PiFIT IN
GliiGH

Albert Lesdi, Winner of County
Contest Prize> Clears $188.05
on His C&rop*

The report of Willlara L#esch, the
16 year old Dunkirk boy who won the
prize of $49 for the best acre of cor»
In the ^county, is full of meat. The
actual yield from his plot of ground
waa 177 bushels but the plot was short
of an acre. The committee In charge
found that the yield was at the rate
of 199 74-100 bushels to the acre.

The boy selected a piece of creek
flat in the pasture of his family’s
farm for planting and planted Hall’s
Gk)ld Nugget eom.

His. report places his net profit at
$188.05. The cost totaled $65.66, made
up of the following items: Seed. 21

pounds, $1.50; labor preparing seed
bed. $11.40; manure, fertilizer, cost of
labor handling it, $26.10; cost of labor
for planting, $1,50; cost of cultivations,
$745; harvest! g cost, $12.76; other
costs, $4.95.

The returns total $253,60^ fcdlowa:.
Two and one-auarter ton® corn fod-
der, at $9 per ton, $29.25; green foed,
estimated worth $3.00; 140 bushels
seed, at $1.50 a bushel. $210; 37 bush-
el# feed com at $.55 a bxtshel., $20.36.

Joseph Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

DAVIS^ IMPROVED EARLY HURON is the earliest Dent corn we know of. This corn
ripens fully as early as most varieties of Flint or ‘‘State’’ corn and earlier than some.

This improved strain of early Huron corn was bred up by Mr. A. S. Davis, who lives only a few miles from
us. Mr. Davis has selected his seed corn for many years with a view to improving the type and has succeeded
in producing so good a corn that he was awarded a silver cup for the best exhibit of corn at the State Fair,
Syracuse, N. Y., 1911.

The ears are of medium length, 8 to 9 inches long, and have 14 to 16 rows of deep, well formed kernels.
The cob is small and dries o’it quickly, and the ears break off easily when husked. The ears are very compact
and heavy. Two bushel crates of ears will produce nearly 114 bushels of shelled corn.

The stalks grow 6 to 7 feet tall and make good fodder.

For those who want to raise large crops of corn that will get ripe early in September we highly recommend
this variety.

PRICE OP SEED. We offer some very fine seed, grown in this neighborhood, that will be found of the high-
est quality in every way. It has been thoroughly dried in o^r drying houses and the germination is almost per-
fect, 99 per cent or better. Shelled corn from the very best ears, by express or freight, qt. 25c (by mail, 40c) ;
pk. 90c; bu. $3.50, Selected ears, 10 lbs. 65c; 25 lbs. or more 6c per lb. (70 lbs. of ears will make one bushel
shelled corn, which would plant 4 acres of ground.)

Wlii+P Fli-nf PAm The Sanford has long been the most popular white Flint corn. The ears are long and the
Jdiii lu I jj . ijpj-npjg aj.p Qf jrood size, white and very hard. The stalks grow tall and very leafy which

makes this one of the most valuable varieties for fodder in the North. The ears mature earlier than the Dent or
“Western” corn usually sown for fodder, while the stalks are tall without being coarse. Pk. 60c; hu. (56 lbs.) $2.26;
2 bu. or more at $2.00 per bu.

Pride of the North ^ popular early yellow Dent corn for the North. It has been grown in this neighborhood for

_J_ years and produces good crops. The ears are of medium size, 8 or 9 inches long and the corn is

deep yellow, hard and of high feeding value. One of the best kinds for f- dder or ensilage as well as for grain ; not as
early as Davis’ Early Huron. Pk. 60c; bu. $1.75; 2 bu. or more at $1.60 per bu.

EARLY GOLDEN SURPRISE CORN

Although not quite as early as Davis’ Early Huron this Is an early Dent corn called a “ 90-day ” variety in Ohio, and
matures perfectly in Western New York in a favorable season.

The ears are of good length, not too large around, nearly the same size the whole length, small cob and deep, well formed,
yellow kernels. This is one of the best early yellow Dent varieties we know of. It not only produces large crops of corn of
the highest grade, hut it also is valuable for fodder and ensilage. Large dairymen who haye tried this corn say it is the best
variety they can raise for ensilage. It produces immense crons of stalks of the best quality, being leafy and not too coarse.
The ears mature early so the corn can be cut before danger of frost. This will be found a better variety than Learning for
ensilage in New York and New England.

Those who want an early Yellow Dent cnrn that is well bred and very prolific will find the Golden Surprise a most satis-
factory yariety. The seed we offer is exceptionally fine, being of a carefully bred strain and of perfect germination.

Pk. '60c; bu.' $2.25; 2 bu. or more at $2.00 per bu.

White Cap Yellow Dent Com. “”TaHettes“°of

Dent corn grown. If you want to raise good corn and
lots of it plant the White Cap. The corn is yellow with a
white tip or “ cap ” to each kernel, so that the ears look
white on the outside, but the corn when shelled is light
yellow and very handsome. The ears are of good length
(about 10 inches), large around, with 16 to 18 rows, and
filled out to the tips.

It will mature in some of the Southern counties of this
state and anvwhere in Pennsylvania, Ohio and lower
Michigan. The seed we offer was grown for us in North-
ern Ohio and is of a fine pure strain.

For Fodder. This is one of the very best varieties for
fodder and ensilage. The stalks grow tall and leafy and
the corn matures early, so that it can be cut before
danger of frost,

SELECTED STRAIN. This seed Is from the very finest ears
and is recommended when it is desired to raise grain,
not fodder. The tip and butt kernels are removed before
shelling. Pk. 75c; bu. $2.50; 2 bu. or more at $2.25 per
bu. We should be glad to send sample after March 1.

No. 1 WHITE CAP. This is the same as the selected strain,
except that the ears are not so carefully sorted and the
tip and butt kernels are left on. It is all good sound
seed corn of strong vitality. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.75; 2 bu. or
more at $1.65 per bu. Special prices quoted on large lots.

Mr. Harry S. Chapin, Berkshire Co., Mass,, writes;

“ 1 have had great luck with your White Dent Corn
for ensilage, as it grows from 12 to 14 feet high and
ears out fine.**

Improved Leaminer Com. This has long been consid-

2 ered one of the best yellow

Dent varieties, both tor grain and fodder. It is medium
early and ripens well in some parts of this state, al-
though it is not a safe variety to raise North of Penn-
sylvania. The ears are large, with very deep, bright yel-
low kernels. The cob is small. The stalks grow to a
medium height, and often produce tw'o large ears, and
make first-class fodder. This corn succeeds well on nearly
all soils and will produce large crops of high grade, deep

yellow corn. This is one of the best varieties to sow for
fodder and ensilage, as well as for grain. We offer some
very choice seed of a thoroughbred strain, grown for us in
Northern Ohio. Pk. 60c; bu. $2.00; 2 bu. or more at
$1.85 per bu.

T.pflTni-nfr fnr Foddpr can furnish good sound Leam-

peaming lor jnoaer. strong vitality and well

suited to sow for fodder and ensilage, at the following
prices: Bu. $1.60; 2 bu. or more at $1.50 per bu. Special
prices on large lots. Please write us stating quantity
required.

Cn'haTi fi-in-nf F,-ncjilQo*A flAm This corn has been pro-

DRDan iTianx J^nsiiage pom. careful breeding

with the idea of getting a variety that would produce
the largest crops and best quality of ensilage or fodder.
The stalks grow tall and are covered with large leaves
from bottom to top. The stalks grow so large and have
so many leaves that enormous crops of fodder are pro-
duced. The corn is much superior to the common “ sheep
tooth ” Southern corn so commonly sold for fodder, as
it is more tender and leafy and matures earlier. If
planted early this corn will mature ears to the glazing
stage in this latitude before frost. It is earlier than
“ Eureka ” fodder corn and yields fully as much. The
corn is white with red cob. Pk. 50c; bu. $1.75; bag of
2Mi bu. $4.15. No charge for bags. Write for prices on
large lots.

Sweet Com for Fod(^er kno^vn that fodder

grown from sweet corn is richer,

sweeter and more tender than that grown from common
corn. The best sweet corn for the purpose is Stowell’s
Evergreen, If the stalks are cut while green cows will eat
them up clean with hardly any waste. There are va-
rieties of corn sold for fodder called “Evergreen,” u. r
they are not sweet corn, and do not produce good fodder.
What we offer is genuine Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet Corn.
In raising this variety for seed there are, of course, many
ears that are too small, not well filled, or true to type,
which have to be rejected from our selected seed corn.
All of this that will srerminate well is what we offer for
raising fodder. Pk. 65c; bu. $2.00; 2 bu. or more at $1.90
per bu. If a larger quantity is required please write for
sample and price on quantity desired.

Harris’ Farm and Field Seeds for 1914

SEEDS OF FORAGE PLANTS, ETC.

There are many plants suitable for forage and soiling that ought to be better known than they are. They
are of great value both for stock and feeding and improving worn-out soil.

SOY BEANS

JAPANESE MILLET

The Soy bean is a most valuable plant for feeding stock.
The vines can be cut and used as hay, or they may be left
until the beans are ripe and fed without threshing. A good
variety will yield 2 or 3 tons of hay and 20 bushels of grain
per acre, and the cost of raising the crop is very small. The
seed is usually drilled in rows about 28 inches apart and the
crop cultivated two or three times before the vines cover the
ground. Sown in this way it requires about % bushel of seed
per acre. The crop can be cut with a mower and handled
like clover or alfalfa. Both the hay and grain make most
excellent food for cattle, sheep and horses ; cows give, more
milk and sheep fatten better on Soy beans than any other food.

For the Silo. It has been found that Soy beans cut as soon
as the beans mature and mixed with corn fodder make very
rich ensilage, far superior to corn alone, as the Soy bean con-
tains a high percentage of protein which is lacking in corn.

For Plowing Under. A crop of Soy beans plowed under in
the fall adds a large amount of fertility to the soil, both in the
way of nitrogen and humus. The bean is now being largely
used for this purpose to restore worn-out soil. Sow in drills
15 to 20 inches apart, using about 1 busbel of seed per acre.

For full information about Soy beans, culture, etc., write
to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.,
for Farmers Bulletin No. 372 (Free).

Medium Early Green Soy Bean. important

to use a variety of Soy beans that will mature before frost.
The large Southern Yellow or Mammoth Soy Bean will not
mature North of Virginia. The Medium Early Green
will mature here in New York State and yield immense
crops. This is the best variety we know of for both hay
and grain. The plants grow upright so they can be easily
cut with a mower and the leaves do not drop off as
quickly as some varieties. This variety has proved to
be the* heaviest producer of both grain and forage of any
early kind suitable for the Northern states. Qt. 25c
(by mail 40c); pk. $1.25; bu. $4.50.

Mammoth Yellow Soy. but*m'SlL"‘a'

large growth of forage and is used for hay and to plow
under to improve the soil. Q,t. 20c; pk. 85c; hu. $3.00.

CANADA FIELD PEAS

(Panicum Crus-OalU)

This new millet from
Japan is becoming quite
popular in this country.
It grows so strong that
the stalks look like small
corn fodder. Very large
crops can be raised,
nearly double that of
common millet. The hay
is relished by horses,
cows and sheep. Even
when allowed to ripen its
seed, the hay after the
seed is threshed out is
readily eaten by stock,
there being no waste as
in the case of corn stalks.

The millet should be
sown about the same time
corn is planted. It is
usually sown broadcast
at the rate of about 10 or
12 quarts (or an equal
number of pounds) per
acre. It is cut when it
heads out, and before the
seed ripens. It does best
on sandy land or medium
light soil. We offer
some extra fine, pure seed.

By mail, 25c per lb. Bv
express or freight, pk.
60c; bu. (35 lbs.) $1.90;
2 bu. or more at $1.75
per bu.

German or Golden Millet, ®

of hay that is suitable for

cattle. Can be sown in July and makes a good crop
before fali. Use 3 pecks of seed per acre.

Price, about $1,60 per bu., subject to market changes.

TTiTruraria-n millet matures a week or so earlier than

^ Golden millet, and does not grow quite so

large, but makes finer hay of better quality. Price, about
$1.60 per bu. Lowest market price will be quoted by
letter at any time.

DWARF ESSEX RAPE

These peas are grown principally for their vines which
make hav equal to the best clover hay. They are usually
sown with oats and cut when the oats head out. but before the
grain is ripe. If anyone is likely to be short of hay he will
do well to sow a few acres of oats and peas. We have used
this hay for sheep, horses and cows with the best results.

It is as easily cured as clover and will yield large crops.
We usually sow II4 bushels of peas and IV2 bushels of oats
per acre. Sow early in the spring. Pk. 60c; bu. $2.75; bag
lots (2% bu.) $2.50 per bu. Price will be quoted by letter on
larger lots.

COW PEAS

This is really a bean and is used for both hay and for plow-
ing under.

Whippoorwill. The most popular variety. It produces a
heavy growth of vines and is a rapid grower. The seed
should be sown in .Tune and the crop can be cut in August.
Use about % bushel of seed per acre in drill, 28 inches
apart. Qt. 20c; pk. 90c; bu. $3.25.

The Best Forage Crop for Sheep and Hogs

Rape is a plant belonging to the cabbage family. It pro
duces a mass of broad, smooth leaves which are greatly rel
ished by sheep and hogs. It can be pastured off and when
stock is removed, if not eaten too close, it will grow up again
and give a second crop.

It does best on rather moist land, but will do well on any
good soil. The seed is usually sown broadcast with a grass seed
sower, using about 5 lbs. or 2% qts. per acre. It does best If
sown about the middle of August. It can be sown broadcast
on corn ground after the last cultivating and will make good
pasture after the corn is removed.

There is no better variety than the Dwarf Essex, If It Is
true to name. The so-called “ Victoria ” Rape is the same as
the Dwarf Essex.

Seed of the genuine DWARF ESSEX RAPE, postpaid, 20c
per lb. By freight or express, 10c per lb; 10 lbs. for 80c; 25
lbs. or more at 7c per lb.

SORGHUM

SUNFLOWER

Sunfiower seed is quite extensively grown for feeding pur-
poses. The seed should bo sown in rows 3% feet apart and
plants thinned to a foot apart in the rows. Treat the same
as corn.

MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. This is the variety commonly used
to produce seed. The heads are often one foot across, and
are filled with large striped seeds, which makes most
excellent food for hens. Pkt. 5c; oz. 8c; 14 lb. 15c;
lb. 25c, postpaid. By express, 15c per lb. ; 5 lbs. or more
at 10c per lb.

When grown for fodder or hay sorghum is sown with a
grain drill, using about 1% bushels of seed per acre. It can
be cut with a binder or mower. It will cure in the field and
can be fed as wanted. It makes excellent feed for late summer
when pastures get short. Sow first half of June and harvest
in August. It will yield 6 to 8 tons per acre.

Early Orange. This is considered the best variety of sorghum
for fodder in the Northern states, and for grain or syrup
in the South. It makes a stronger growth than other
kinds. By mail, per lb. 20c. By express or freight, per
lb. 10c; pk. 70c; bu. (56 lbs.) $3.00; 2 or more bu. at $2.75
per bu.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

FETERITA

This new grain belongs to the class of non-saccharine sor-
ghums among which Kaffir corn and milo maise are the best
known.

Feterita is grown like Kaffir corn but ripens the grain 3 to
4 weeks earlier.

The stalks grow 6 feet high, branching from the roots, and
produces numerous large heads of grain, as shown below.

Red Kaffir. This is the most productive variety. By maii,
postpaid, 20c per Ih. By freight or express, pk. 60c; bu.
(50 lbs.) $2.50; per 100 lbs. $4.75.

HAIRY OR SAND VETCH

(Vida villosa)

Hairy Vetch is a trailing plant of the pea family growing
3 to 4 feet or more in length and having very fine dark green
leaves and small stems. It makes excellent hay, but is most
largely used as a cover crop. Being a legume it has the
power to extract nitrogen from the air, so a crop of vetches
actually adds much fertility to the soil as well as a large
quantity of humus.

Vetches are largely used for sowing in orchards and on any
land that is available before the middle of September. The
best time to sow is the middle of August to the first of Sep-
tember.

Whether to be used for hay or for plowing under, it is best
to mix the vetch seed with rye, using about 2 or 3 pecks of
rye and 30 to 45 lbs. (V2 to % bushel) of vetches per acre.

It is best to drill the seed in, but it may be sown broadcast
if well covered. The rye helps to support the vetch vines
and makes them easier to mow or plow under. On fairly good
soil the vetches will make a great growth, forming a perfect
mat of vegetation two feet deep.

Feterita

The grain is a little smaller than Kaffir corn and is excel-
lent for chickens or any stock.

Feterita can be easily grown by drilling the seed in rows
3 feet apart and thinning to 6 inches apart in the rows. It
will grow on land too dry for corn and will make big yields
of both grain and fodder, even if there is very little rain.

The fodder is much finer than corn stalks and is readily
eaten by stock.

The grain and fodder is usually fed together, but if it is
desired to thresh the grain it can be done with a threshing
machine by removing part of the concaves.

For grain sow 5 lbs. (3 qts.) seed per acre. For fodder
sow % bu. (28 lbs.) per acre in rows or broadcast.

Trial pkt. 10c; lb. 30c, postpaid. By express or freight,
lb. 20; 5 lbs. or more at 15c per lb.

KAFFIR CORN

This is a variety of sorghum and produces much larger
crops of grain than any other kind. It is largely grown for
both grain and fodder in the Southwestern states. It will
produce 50 bushels of grain per acre and it is excellent for
chickens, hogs, etc. It is not affected by dry weather to any
extent and yields good crops when other grains fail on account
of drought. It is rather too late to mature the grain in this
locality.

When raised for grain sow 6 to 8 lbs. of seed per acre and
cultivate same as corn. For hay, drill in about a bushel of
seed per acre, using all teeth of grain drill.

Get Pure Seed. We offer the genuine Hairy, or Sand Vetch
(vida villosa) which is the only kind that can be success-
fully grown in the North. There is much seed sold that is
mixed with common Spring Vetch (which is often called
“Oregon” Vetch, and in the South “Winter” Vetch), the
seed of which sells for half the price of the hairy, and is use-
less for fall sowing in the North. Many samples we have
received from dealers contained as high as 40 per cent spring
vetches. Much of the seed sold is also of poor vitality.

We have secured a large lot of seed of very high quality.
It is 99 per cent pure and germinates 90 per cent or better.
There can be no better seed than this, and we are glad to be
able to offer it at a reduced price.

Hairy Vetch. Pk. (15 lbs.) $1.50; bu. (60 lbs.) $5.40; 100 lbs.
$9,00.

Write us for special price on large lots, stating about the
quantity required.

Vp+n>i (V'^da satira.) This variety is similar
opring vexcn. larger leaves and

grows better when sown in the spring. It is, however,
far inferior to Hairy Vetch sown in the fall. In our
experience the Spring Vetch has not proved hardy here,
and we do not advise it for fall sowing, except in the
South, where it is largely grown. It is often called
“ Winter Vetch ” in the South. By mail, 25c per lb. By
express, 10c per lb. 10 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. $1.35; 100 lbs.
$5.00.

WINTER WHEAT, RYE, ETC, FOR FALL SOWING

The seeds offered below are of this year's crop now growing and will not be ready for delivery before August. We will
issue a price list of seeds for fall sowing the first of August. If you wish a copy please ask for it and it will be mailed when
issued.

Winter Wheat,

St. Louis Prize. A bald or smooth chaff red wheat that has proved a superior variety both as to yield and

quality. The berry is medium short, plump and heavy. The straw is strong and stiff ; beads of good length,
compact and well filled. A strong grower and resits the fly better than other kinds. Price on application.

Winter WTieat, Red wave. Has long, well-filled heads and large, heavy red grain, A fine variety. Price on application.

Winter Rve Pedigree. This new rye is much superior to common rye, the berry being larger and of lighter color,

• and the heads longer and yield larger. We shall have a good lot of this new rye to offer in August. Write us

for description and price.

Harris^ Grass and Clover Seeds for 1914

GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS

We sell only the highest grades of grass seeds. They are practically pure and are all tested for germination
beforeH^f .out.

If you waiit tiiis kind of seed write us for sample and prices. You can get seed of ordinary quality at the
corner store.

The prices quoted below are for the seeds delivered to railroad or express companies here, the purchaser to
pay freight or express charges.

If seed is to be sent by mail add 10c. per pound for postage.

Please write us for samples and prices when ready to buy grass seeds, stating what will be needed.

Good Seed is the Cheapest. Good pure seed of clover, timothy or other grasses costs more per bushel than
low-grade seeds, but when you come to figure it out the high-grade seed is the cheapest. Take for example
this case. We sold some time ago a quantity of high grade alfalfa seed to one of our customers at $16.00 per
bushel, when seed was high. He sowed 12 lbs. or 6 qts. per acre. His neighbor on an adjoining farm sowed at
tlie same time 25 lbs. or 13 qts. per acre of alfalfa seed he bought at $2.00 per bushel cheaper than we charged.
It cost the one who bought high-grade seed $3.15 per acre and the one who bought low priced seed $5.85 per
acre. The result was that the 12 lbs. of good seed gave a perfect stand, as thick as could be desired, while the
25 lbs. of cheap se^d made only a fair stand of plants.

Alfalfa — Second Cutting from Seed Sown the Previous August

There was practically no rain after the first cutting, yet there was a heavy yield of hay.
A third cutting was also secured. Harris’ High-Grade Seed was used on this field.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Washington, D. C., Dec. 17, 1912.

I wish to take the opportunity to express my appreciation of the high grade seeds which you have
been furnishing to me for the past three years and hope we can arrive at a basis for still larger
orders.

J. A. Bonsteel.

Elba, N. Y., March 26, 1913.

We are advised by one of the principal men in the Agricultural Department in Washington, and
also by others who have had experience with you that when your customers purchase seeds of your
company they can depend upon it that those seeds are what they should be.

Theo. E. Knowlton,

Mgr. Western N. Y. Farms Co.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y,

-•Tigh Grade Alfalfa Seed.

right, but when you have it established it will last for a
good many years and prove more profitable than most
gold mines.

You can’t expect perfect success unless you use good
seed — the very best seed. There are other points to be
considered also, but the seed is of great importance. A
great deal of low grade seed is sold. It usually contains
many weed seeds, dead seed and other impurities, the
worst of which is dodder. Such seed is very expensive at
any price.

We are glad to be able to offer some very pure, clean,
bright alfafa seed, grown in Montana. This seed has
been examined by the U. S. Department of Agriculture
and found to be entirely free from dodder, trifoil and
burr clover, and to be over 99% per cent pure and germi-
nates 92 per cent. It is the finest alfalfa seed of the 1913
crop we have seen. There could hardly be anything
better.

This seed cost a lot more than common seed, but it is
belter worth 50c. per lb. than common seed is worth 10c.
Per lb. 35c (by mail, 45c); 10 lbs. 25c per lb.; 50 lbs. or
more, 17c per lb. or $10,20 per bu. of 60 lbs. It only
requires 12 to 15 lbs. of this high grade seed to sow an
acre. 25 to 30 lbs. of ordinary seed would be required to
get the same results.

Culture of Alfalfa. The seed may be sown either in the
spring or in August. The ground should be very thor-
oughly prepared and should receive a dressing of about
1000 lbs. lime per acre. Sow 15 to 25 lbs. of seed per acre,
depending on the quality of seed and how well the land is
prepared. For August seeding plow the land early, (this
is important), and keep it well worked and free from
weeds until the seed is sown. If no alfalfa has ever been
grown on the land before it is advisable to inoculate the
seed with the bacteria which is necessary to this plan.
See “ Nitro-germ ” described on next page.

It is well to sow a small quantity of barley when sow-
ing alfalfa in the spring. Cut this for hay when it
heads out and before it gets ripe.

ALSIKE CLOVER. Grows well on low, wet land, where Red
Clover will not do well. For heavy or wet land it is a
good plan to mix Alsike and Red Clover, using about half
as much Alaska as Red. There is a great difference in
grades of this seed. ,Low grades contain as much as
50 per cent impurities and dead seed. We offer only the
best and purest seed. Per qt. 55c; pk. $4.00. Write for
prices per bushel.

Crimson Clover. Used very extensively for plowing under to
enrich the land and as a cover crop. It is usually suwn
in August, and will make a good growth before winter.
Should be sown on all bare pieces of ground in August
and September. Extra fine seed, pk. $1.50; bu. $5.25.

RED CLOVER, Medium. This is the common Red Clover so
extensively grown. We can furnish the highest grade of
seed free from dodder, and over 99 per cent pure. We
shall be glad to send sample and quote lowest possible
price at any time. This high grade seed costs but little
more than seed of ordinary quality and is worth very
much more. Lb. 30c (by mail, 40c) ; pk. about $3.00.

RED CLOVER, Mammoth. Also called “ Pea Vine ” Clover.
This variety grows larger and coarser than the medium
and is not as valuable for hay. Most dealers sell medium
and Mammoth Red Clover seed out of the same bag, so it
is rather difficult to get any pure seed of the Mammoth.
We have bought a lot of very fine, clean seed of an Ohio
grower which is claimed to be pure and genuine Mammoth,
the price of which will be quoted by letter at any time.
Pk. about $3.00.

White Clover. Used principally for lawns and sheep pasture.

Per lb. 40c (by mail, 50c) ; 10 lbs. or more at 35c per lb.
BROMUS INERMIS, or Awnless Brome Crass. A good grass
for dry climates. Will make a strong growth on land too
dry for other grasses to grow. Highest grade seed. Per
lb. 20c; 10 lbs. at 16c per lb.; 50 lbs. or more at 15c per lb.
English Perennial Rye Grass. A desirable grass for pasture.
It forms a heavy close sod and grows up quickly after
being eaten or cut off. Per lb. 10c; bu. (24 lbs.) $1.85;
$7.75 per 100 lbs.

Italian Rye Grass. An annual grass. Largely grown in the
South, where it is used for hay and pasture and also for
lawns. Per lb. 10c; bu. (18 lbs.) $1.90; $8.50 per 100 lbs.
Kentucky Blue Grass. One of the best grasses for pasture and
lawns. Does not grow tall enough to make large yields
of hay. High grade seed, 20c lb. (by mail, 30c) ; bu.
(14 lbs.) $2.25; $13.50 per 100 lbs.

Canadian Blue Grass. A more rapid grower than Kentucky
Blue Grass and more valuable for hay and equally good
for pasture, but not as suitable for lawns. This is an
excellent pasture grass for poor dry land and should be
more largely used for this purpose. Fancy high grade
seed, 15c per lb. (by mail 25c) ; bu. (14 lbs.) $1.50; $9.50
per 100 lbs.

Meadow Fescue, or English Blue Grass. Of great value for
permanent pasture and for hay. Does best on strong
land. Grows 2 feet high. Makes a finer and better
quality of hay than Orchard grass. Sow 25 to 30 lbs.
per acre. Per lb. 20c (by mail, 30c) ; 10 lbs. or more at
16c per lb.; $15.00 per 100 lbs.

Fine Leaved Fescue. Makes a close, fine sod and is especially
valuable for pasture on dry land, where it does better
than other grasses. Also suitable for lawns. Per lb.
45c (by mail, 55c) ; 10 lbs. or more at 40c per lb.

Tall Meadow Oat Grass. A valuable grass for meadows and
pasture. Does best on rather light soil. Starts very early
in the spring and makes a rapid growth, and on this ac-
count should be included in all mixtures for pasture on
light soil. Per lb. 20c (by mail, 30c) ; $18.00 per 100 lbs.
Orchard Grass. A strong growing, rather coarse grass, good
for pasture and hay. Starts very early in the spring.
Highest grade seed, 25c per lb. (by mail, 35c) ; bu. (14 lbs.)
$2.50.

Red Top. Valuable for low land, as it is not injured by water.
Grows 2 to 3 feet high, and makes very good hay. Finest
reclcaned seed (weighing 32 lbs. per bu.), 35c per Jb.
(by mail, 45c) ; 10 lbs. or more, 30c per lb. Unhulled seed
(that is, seed in the chaff), per bu. of 14 lbs. $2.50. Price
variable. Write for samples and price when ready to buy.
Timothy. One of the most valuable grasses for hay and
pasture. Sow 6 quarts or 9 pounds of seed per acre.
We can furnish choicest recleaned seed at market prices.
Please write us for samples aSd price, stating about how
much seed will be needed. Pk. 95c; bu. $3.50. Price
variable.

Mixed Grasses (or Pastures and Hay

The usual custom of sowing timothy and red
clover for hay is all right when the land is to be left
in grass only a year or two. If to be left longer some
other grasses should be used, as red clover soon dies
out and timothy does not afford a good second growth
for pasturage after the hay is cut.

When the land is to be pastured and not cut for hay,
other kinds of grasses should be used, as those which
produce the best crops of hay are not as well adapted
for pasturage as some other kinds which make a thick,
close turf. Much better results could be obtained if

Harris’ Grass and Clover Seeds for 1914

people would use the kinds of grasses best suited to
the purpose for which they are raised instead of using
the same kinds for all purposes and all soils.

With these ideas in view we have made up mixtures
of seeds of various grasses best suited to produce hay,
and others to make permanent pasture. The seeds
used are all of the very highest quality in every case.

The seed may be sown in the spring or in August or
September. The quantity required for an acre depends
on how well the soil is fitted and how rich it is. Poor
land half fitted requires more seed than rich soil well
prepared. For average conditions we recommend 25
to 30 lbs. of seed per acre.

Mixtures for Permanent Pasture

To get a really good pasture that will last for many years
it is necessary to sow grasses that will form a close, heavy
turf and such as are not injured by close cropping and tramp-
ing of the animals. There are many grasses of this kind, some
adapted to moist soil and others to high and dry land. Some
start early in the spring and others continue growing late in
the fall, so a considerable number of different kinds should
be used.

We have made two different mixtures for pasture according
to advice of best authorities on the subject. One mixture is
for land that is low and moist and the other contains grasses
that succeed on high, dry soil.

The cost of using these grass seeds is higher than to use.
timothy and other common kinds, but the results are so much
better that it will pay to go to the extra expense of using the
right kinds when seeding land that is to remain in pasture for
at least four or five years.

MIXTURE No. 1, for dry soil. Composed of grasses best suited
to make good pasture all through the season on dry soil.
This mixture contains clover seeds (white and alsike)
which should be omitted when sown in the fall later than
the middle of August. We advise using 25 to 30 lbs. of
this mixture per acre. 17c per Ih. ; $16.00 per 100 lbs.
MIXTURE No. 2, for moist and heavy land. The grasses in
this mixture do best on strong, heavy and moist soil, and
most of them will stand being flooded with water part
of the time. 18c per lb.; $17.00 per 100 lbs.

Mixtures for Hay

These mixtures are composed of such grasses as Meadow
Fescue, Tall Meadow Oat Grass, English Rye Grass and others
that produce large crops of good hay and make a quick, strong
growth after cutting, which can be pastured or cut again.
These grasses will last for many years and give good crops if
properly fertilized.

Mixture No. 3. For high and dry soil ; medium and light.
16c per lb. ; $15.00 per 100 lbs.

Mixture No. 4. For moist," heavy and strong land. 17c per

lb. ; $16.00 per 100 lbs.

HARRIS’ LAWN^GRASS SEED

For full particulars about Lawn Grass Seeds see back
page of cover of this catalogue.

For general use on good rich soil, not much shaded, use
our regular lawn grass seed at the rate of about ^ lb. to 100
square feet. The ground should be rolled after seeding unless
it is very wet.

For seeding under trees and other shady places use our mix-
ture for shady lawns at the same rate as above.

Harris’ Lawn Grass Seed. By mail, 45c per lb. (1% qts.). By
express, 35c per lb.; pk. (6 lbs.) $1.75; bu. (24 lbs.) $5.50.
For Shady Lawns. Although no grass will grow on land that
is entirely shaded during the whole day, the grasses in
this mixture will thrive in places where ordinary kinds

would die in a few months after seeding. By mail, 76c
per lb. By express 65c per lb; 5 lbs. or more at 60c per lb.

Inoculate the Soil for Alfalfa, Soy Beans and Vetches

It has been found necessary in most cases where alfalfa. Soy
beans and vetches have not before been grown on the land to
inoculate it in some way with the bacteria necessary to the
best development of these plants and other legumes.

The easiest way to do this is to inoculate the seed before
sowing with pure cultures of the bacteria suited to the par-
ticular kind of plant.

Uninoculated Alfalfa Inoculated
Planted September, 1912. Photographed ( same scale) April,
1913. Plant on left not inoculated ; plant on right Inocu-
lated with The Mulford Nitro-Germ. All other conditions
identical. The contrast speaks for itself.

The Mulford Nitro-Germ Cultures

are the most reliable we know of. The culture is simply
put in water and this is sprinkled on the seed before sowing.

Full directions come with each package.

The Mulford Nitro-Germ is prepared and tested by experts in
the biological laboratories of H. K. Mulford Co., Philadelphia.
U. S. A., with the same degree of care as Mulford antitoxins,
serums, vaccines, etc., which are standard all over the world.
PRICES. The Mulford Nitro-Germ is supplied for the va-
rieties of legumes named above at the following prices :
Garden size (about acre) 50c; one acre size $2.00;
five acres size $9.00. Special prices on lots of 25 acres or
more on one order, either of one kind or assorted.

Be sure to always specify the particular kind of crop
for which The Mulford Nitro-Germ is desired, otherwise
we will not know how to fill your order.

Write to-day for free booklet giving valuable information
regarding the nitrogen-fixing bacteria and describing the prepa-
ration and use of THE MULFORD NITRO-GERM.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

FLOWER SEEDS

Annual and Perennial Flowers. Flowers like Asters and Sweet Peas, which bloom one season and die in the fall are called
“ Annuals.” Those that live through the winter and bloom year after year are called “ Perennials.” Some perennials bloom
the same year that the seed is sown, but some do not bloom until the next year. Most of the flowers in this catalogue are
annuals. Where they are not it is so stated.

P 1+ f little pamphlet on the culture of vegetables and flowers gives directions for raising the more

blllture 01 J lowers. pQp^i^r kinds of flowers. It will be sent with all orders for seed to the amount of 50c or more, when
requested. Ask for “ Cultivation Pamphlet.”

« ^ offer, some new varieties of flowers this season which we have found to be of real value. They will

J\ew varieties. found described under their proper heads (arranged alphabetically) in this catalogue.

50c. Worth of Flower Seeds Free.

We will send Flower Seeds in packets amounting to $1.50 at
our catalogue prices, for $1.00.

This offer is for seeds in packets only and does not include seeds ordered by the ounce or pound, nor any combination
offer marked “ Net.”

To take advantage of this special offer the seed must be ordered in packets at our regular catalogue prices for
single packets.

A beautiful California plant, trailing along the
resembling the verbena. It has fra-

ground

Abronia.

grant flowers, lilac and rose colored, and continues to
bloom all through the summer and autumn. Pkt. 5c.

. Very pretty blue and white flowers growing

A^cratum. plants 8 to 10 inches high. Especially

useful for beds and borders, as the plants are covered
with flowers all summer. Blue, pkt. 5c; pure white,
pkt. 5c.

. ,>• The plant grows 4 or 5 feet high and bears

AmarantiniS. tassel-like flowers of a deep red color.

Pkt. 5c.

ALYSSUM

A very pretty little plant, covered with pure white sweet-
scented flowers, which are produced all through the summer.

Sweet Alyssum. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c; oz. 25c.

LITTLE GEM. A new dwarf variety, growing only a few
inches high, but the plant spreads out to a foot in diam-
eter and is covered with compact spikes of white flowers
all summer. To get the best results the plant should be
thinned to a foot apart. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

ASTERS

Asters are easily grown and make a
beautiful display of large, handsome
flowers during August and September.
Seed can be sown in the open ground
in May and the plants -will flower in
September. Earlier flowers can be ob-
tained by sowing the seed in boxes in
March and setting out the plants in the
open ground in May or June. Market
gardeners find it quite profitable to
raise a few asters to sell in the market.
There is always a good demand for
them, especially if the best varieties
are raised.

The best aster seed sold by the lead-
ing seedsmen in this country is raised
here on neighboring farms, some of
which have as many as 10 acres of
asters for seed.

New “ Peerless Pink ” Aster.

new

variety was found in a fleld of Crego
Pink asters and differs from that variety
in having wider petals which are more
incurved, forming a flower of greater
substance and more round and full.
The color is like Crego Pink but a little
deeper. The plants are of upright
growth and they stand straight up on
long stems. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 70c.

Peerless Pink Aster

Harris^ Floiver Seeds for 1914

Cree’O Asters Crego surpasses in size and beauty any

aster we have ever seen. The flowers are

simply immense, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, and are pro-
duced on strong stems often 2 feet long. The flowers are
of beautiful form, with very long and gracefully curled
petals. They are extremely double and very few show
any yellow centers. We are sure all who try the new
aster will he pleased with it.

Florists and gardeners will And the Crego aster a most
profitable flower to raise. Its immense size, handsome
form and long stems make it command the highest price
in any market. We offer seed of our own growing from
the best flowers only, all inferior plants being rejected.
Crego Pink. Very light shade of soft pink, deepening as the
flower opens. This is by far the largest and handsomest
of the Crego asters. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 50c; oz. $1.50.
Crego White. Pure white flowers of very large size and fine
form. The white variety is, however, not quite equal in
size and beauty to the pink. One of the very flnest white
asters. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 60c; oz. $2.00.

New O^rdinnl y\ster. ^ '^®^y bright-colored aster for

II ■ . I beds or borders. The plants grow

a luoi lu ib inches in height and are covered with bright
cardinai red flowers of fine form .and medium size. Adds
a cliarming bit of color to any garden. Pkt. 10c.

GIANT WHITE COMET. This is one of the largest white
asters. The petals are curled and twisted like a chrvsan-
themum. which gives the flower a very pleasing effect.
The plant makes a strong stocky growth and is covered
with immense, pure wliite flowers of good form. Pkt. 8c:
3 pkts. 20c; 44 oz. 35c.

Giant CoTnet. Mixed Colors. Flowers same as Giant White

' . Comet, but of various colors. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts.

20c; 44 oz. 36c.

OSTRICH PLUME, Terra Cotta. A very unique and charming
aster having long twisted petals. The flowers are large
and of a beautiful shade of salmon pink, a color not often
seen in asters. Every one should have some of this va-
riety. Pkt. 10c.

"Roep TTitip’ This is the handsomest rose colored aster we
c jvmt; . seen. The flowers are large, full and

of a beautiful shade of red. bright and glowing. The
plants are of strong, vigorous growth and produce the
flowers on long strong stems often 2 feet in length. A
grand aster to raise for market as well as the home
garden. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 40c; oz. $1.50.

T.£»vPTi<lpr rj-p-m An early flowering new aster of a pleas-
^.I VCJIUCX Vjcm. lavender. The flowers are

large with long twisted petals, very full and double. The
plant is of moderate growth, branching near the ground,
and the flowers are borne on long, slender stems. This
we think is the best early aster of this color. Pkt. 10c;
44 oz. 75c.

DAYBREAK. An early flowering variety with very double
flowers of symmetrical form and large size. The color is
nearly white but with a slie:ht tinge of pink. The plants
produce great numbers of flowers, all of which are large
and handsome. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

Hoheuz^llern Asters.

often 2 feet long.

These are superb asters with im-
mense flowers produced on stems

Hohenzollern. White — One of the largest and flnest white
asters, nkt. 10c. Brilliant Rose — A bright rose-colored
aster, pkt. 10c. Mixed — ^The above two varieties mixed,
pkt. lO'c.

Semple’s Pink Branching.

This is one of the hand-
,somest asters. The flowers
are large and of fine form, with long gracefully curled
petals, and are of a beautiful shade of clear light pink.
They are borne on long, slender stems, so that they are
very graceful when used as cut flowers for decorative pur-
poses. The plants make a strong growth and produce
great numbers of large, perfectly double flowers. We
have a very fine strain of this variety. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts.
20c; 44 oz. 45c; oz. $1.50.

SPECIAL OFFER. Asters. We will

— — — ^ - send one packet each of Crego Pink.

Crego White, Rose King and Royal Purple for 25c net.

This will give a collection of the very flnest asters of
four distinct colors that are most desired.

CHOICE VARIETIES OF ASTERS MIXED. This mixture is
composed of seed of Crego Pink, White Branching, Sem-
ple’s Pink Branching, Violet King, Rose King, Daybreak.
Ostrich Plume, Terra Cotta, and Royal Purple. Pkt. 8c;
3 nkts. 20c. ,

ASTER PLANTS furnish plants of the fol-

■ varieties of asters (which

are the best kinds) ready to set out about June 1. These
plants will produce very handsome flowers in August :
CREGO PINK.

CREGO WHITE.

ROYAL PURPLE. Dark purple.

SEMPLE’S PINK BRANCHING. Shell pink.

ROSE KING. Bl ight rose color.

VIOLET KING. Light purple or violet.

These varieties include all the most desirable colors.
Price of Plants. By mail, 40c per doz. By express, 30c per
doz. ; 50 plants $1.00; 100 plants $1.75.

BACHELOR’S BUTTON or Cornflower

(Gentaurea cy antes)

A very popular flower and one that everybody can have, as it
is as easy to raise as a weed. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet higli
and bloom continuously.

NEW DOUBLE BLUE CORNFLOWER

SEMPLE’S BRANCHING. Mixed Colors. These asters are
similar to the Pink Branching described above, except in
color. We have a mixture of the best colors yet obtained
in this class. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 20c; 44 oz. 35c.

WHITE BRANCHING. The flowers are of a slightly different
form from those of the Semple’s Branching, the petals
being broader and not so much incurved in the center.
This variety is one of the most graceful of all white
asters, and the plant produces a large number of flowers
for a long time. The flowers have long stems and are of
good size and fine form. Flowers rather late and con-
tinues until frost. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 20c; 44 oz. 35c.

We are at last able to offer a real double blue
cornflower or Batchelor’s Button. The flowers
of this new strain are very much, larger than the
old type and nearly all of them are double.
Really fine flowers of a pretty shade of blue and
so easily raised that any one can have them.
Pkt. 10c.

Late Branching, Mixed Colors. Like the White Branching de-
scribed above, but of many different colors, nink, rose,
crimson, lavender and purple. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 35c.

ROSE BRANCHING. A very handsome rose-colored aster of
fine form and charming shade of color. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz.
40c.

ROYAL PURPLE. The flowers are of large size perfectly
double with incurved petals, and of a deep shade of royal
purple. Blooms quite early and has long graceful stems.

Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

New Violet Xino’ ” Acfer A very handsome aster of

tiful shade of light purple or violet. The flowers are very
large, and are produced on long stiff stems, so that they
make handsome cut flowers. The plant is a very vigorous
grower, healthy and produces a great number of flowers
all through the fall. Pkt. 10c; 44 oz. 50c.

Double Mixed Colors. Flowers larger than the common Bacli-
elor’s Button, and part of them are semi-double. They
are not as large and double as the new blue variety de-
scribed above. Flowers produced in the greatest pro-
fusion all summer. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Emperor William. Single flowers of a deep clear blue, and of
large size. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

VICTORIA. A dwarf variety, growing only 8 inches high, and
covered with dark blue flowers all summer. Very pretty
for edges or borders. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

BALLOON VINE

A rapid growing vine with white flowers, followed by seed
vessels resembling small balloons. Sow in May. Pkt. 5c.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

BALSAMS

These charming flowers can be easily
grown In the open ground, and will flower
abundantly early in the summer. To get
best results the plants should be thinned
I’Ut to a foot apart.

T)ouble Camenia-Flowered.

very large and perfectly double, and
grow so thickly on the stems that the
plant resembles a mass of bloom from
top to bottom. Our seed is of the very
finest strain, producing perfectly double
flowers of the best form and largest
size. Mixed colors, pkt. 8c. Pure
white, pkt. 10c.

Double Spotted. Large semi-double flowers,
spotted with various colors. Very
pretty. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Rose Flowered. Very pretty rose-like flowers
most of which are double. Pkt. 5c; 3
pkts. 12c.

CASTOR OIL BEAN

(Ricinua)

I A very effective plant for lawn decorations
or screens. Plant the seed when the soil is
I warm and where the plants are to grow. It
is well to put three or four seeds in a place
and thin to one good plant.

CAMBODGENCIS. This is a most attractive
and gorgeous variety. The plants grow
rapidly, and the dark reddish-bronze
leaves with large red veins present a
most luxuriant and striking appearance.
When young the leaves and stems are
reddish-brown, while the main stem is
a lustrous black, producing a gorgeous
effect. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c.

ZANZIBARIENSIS. The largest variety,
often growing 12 feet tall with enor-
mous leaves measuring over two feet
across. The leaves are green, while the
: stalk, stem and veins of the leaves are

red, brown and yellow, producing a gor-
geous display of color. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c.

Castor Oil Beans (Ricinus)

White Rocket Candytuft

CANDYTUFT

Candytuft is a very hardy plant, easily grown, and flowers

all summer. It is a universal favorite, and is used for

beds, borders, pots, etc.

EMPRESS. An improved variety producing very long spikes
of bloom resembling a white hyacinth. This is cer-
tainly the finest white candytuft. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Dunnett’s Crimson. Flower of a light shade of red. Pkt. 5c;
3 pkts. 12c.

WHITE ROCHET. Large spikes of pure white fiowers. Pkt.
5c; 3 pkts. 12c; oz. 25c.

White, Sweet Scented. The well known sweet-scented candy-
tuft. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c; oz. 20c.

Mixed Colors. A mixture of the pink, purple and white
varieties. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c; oz. 25c.

PERENNIAL, White (Sempervirens) . Hardy candytuft
that will last for years and bloom very early in the
spring before other flowers have started. The flowers
are larger than the annual kinds, and are very hand-
some. Very useful for borders and also largely used in
cemeteries. Perfectly hardy. Pkt. 10c.

CANNAS

The seed should be sown in a box or pots in February or

March, and the plants set out when danger of frost is past.

Canna Seed. The handsomest named varieties of canuas can
only be grown from bulbs, but some very nice onces can
be raised from seed. We offer seed of the large flower-
ing French cannas, which are by far the finest cannas
grown. Soak the seed in warm water for a few day§
before planting. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c,

CANNA BULBS. See page 85,

Harris^ Flower Seeds for 1914

CARNATIONS

The largest and finest carnations can only be grown in green-
houses, but the early fiowering kinds described below produce
very handsome flowers, and will bloom in the open ground
during the late summer and fall if the seed is sown early in the
spring in boxes placed in the house window and the plants
set out in the open ground when danger of frost is past.
These carnations will flower until late in the fall and then
may be taken up and will flower for a long time in the house.

Marguerite.

The earliest flowering variety of carnation
and has large, handsome flowers. The plant
is of a robust, upright growth and needs no support.
Plants commence to flower early and continue for a long
time. Mixed colors. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 20c.

New Giant Marsruerite.

A new and improved strain
with very large flowers pro-
duced on longer stems than the older kinds. This is the
finest carnation that can be raised in the open ground.
Pure white, pkt. 10c. Mixed colors, pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c;
% oz. 50c. ^

CAENATION PLANTS. We can furnish plants of the New
Giant Marguerite at 40c per doz., postpaid.

New Marguerite Carnation

COLUMBINE

(Aquilegia)

A hardy per-
ennial, easy of
cultivation. The
abundance of
showy flowers
early in the sea-
son, and their pe-

. culiar formation.

Columbine— Large-flowering Hybrids

render this plant
well worthy of a

place in every garden. The plants form large clusters, from
which their graceful flowers stand on long, slender stems
about 1% to 2 feet high. The plants do not flower the first
season from seed, but will flower early the following summer
and last for many years.

Double, Mixed Colors. The double-flowered kinds are not as
large as the single varieties, and in our opinion are not
as handsome. Pkt. 6c; 3 pkts. 12c.

COERULEA. Flowers of the largest size and of a beautiful
shade of violet blue, with white centers. One of the
very handsomest single varieties. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

NEW LARGE FLOWERING HYBRIDS. Composed of some
beautiful new long-spurred varieties, hybrids of the blue
and white Coerulea described above, with very large single
flowers of various charming colors. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts.
25c.

JosejjJi Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N , Y

CANTERBURY BELLS

CALLIOPSIS

(Campanula medium)

An old favorite,
very common in
English gardens and
now extensively
grown in America.

The plants grow 2
to 2% feet high and
are covered with
pretty bell-shaped
flowers of various
colors. To get good
flowering plants the
seed should be sown
in the summer and
the plants set out in
the fall where they
are to grow and
bloom the following
summer.

SINGLE, Mixed Col-
ors. The old-fash-
ioned variety with
single bell-shaped
flowers. ( See
photograph.) Pkt.

5c.

“ CUP AND SAU-
CER ” (O. calyan-
themia). Very
large flowers with
“ saucers 3 or 4
inches in diameter
which add much
to their beauty.

Mixed colors, blue,
white and pink.

Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

The annual
chrysan t h e m u m s
raised from seed
are entirely differ-
ent from the large
Japanese varieties
grown in green-
houses. The an-
nual kinds have
small flow’ers of
bright colors and
fine dark green
foliage. Very easily
grown from seed
sown in the spring-
in the open ground.
WHITE PEARL.
A very hand-
some annual
chrysanthe mum
with pretty dou-
ble white flow-
ers, slightly yel-
1 o w in the
center. The
plants grow

White Pearl Chrysanthemum (Photograph) and^\r?^covered

with hundreds of flowers during the summer and fall.
This is the finest variety we have seen. Pkt. 5c; 3
pkts. 12c.

Dunnett’s New Double Yellow. Medium size double flowers
much like the White Pearl, except in color, which is a
pleasing shade of yellow. Flowers profusely from sum-
mer until late in the fall. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Coron, Double White. Very popular ; almost perfectly double
and continues in bloom very late in the season. Pkt. 5c;
3 pkts. 12c.

One of the most charming and attractive of annual flowers
easily grown and producing an abundance of flowers all
through the summer and autumn.

GOLDEN WAVE. A most attractive and beautiful flower.
The plants grow about 15 inches high, and are covered
with bright golden yellow cup-shaped flowers with maroon
centers. A row or bed of these plants with their long,
graceful stems and bright foliage, in contrast with the
bright color of the flowers, presents a most pleasing
sight. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Bicolor. The plants grow two feet tall and produce a pro-
fusion of bright-colored flowers about an inch in diameter,
of every shade of yellow, brown and maroon, on long,
graceful stems. Very easily raised and will flower all
summer. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

COREOPSIS

Hardy perennial, with bright yellow flowers on long, grace-
ful stems. The flowers will last a week after being picked
and are therefore very useful for cut flowers. If sown early
the plants will flower the first year, but very much better the
second year, blooming from June until frost in the fall. Per-
fectly hardy anywhere.

Lanciotata Grandiflora. The finest variety, with large flowers
cut at the edges. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

CALENDULA

A very charming flower, belonging to the Marigold family
and cultivated in the same way. v

Large Double-flowered Meteor. A beautiful variety with large,
golden-yellow flowers having each petal striped with
orange. Q'he flowers are perfectly double, often three
inches in diameter. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

CLARKIA

Plants 2 feet high and covered with long spikes of very
pretty double flowers. These are graceful and ornamental
plants and should he more generally grown. Easily raised
from seed sown in the open ground in the spring.

Clarkia Elegans, double mixed colors, pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Carmine Queen.

A very attractive new variety of Clarkia
that should be better known. The flow-
ers are large, double and of a very pleasing shade of
carmine pink. A much handsomer flower than any
Clarkia we have seen before. The flowers are produced
in sprays a foot long and make very useful and attractive
cut flowers. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

COBEA SCANDENS

A very rapid-growing climber. From seed planted in the
spring the vines will very often grow thirty feet before fall,
producing large, bell-shaped flowers, of a deep violet blue
color. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

COCKSCOMB

(Celosia)

Easily grown and very showy and brilliantly colored plants.

Sow the seed in the open ground where the plants are to grow.

THOMPSON’S MAGNIFICENT. A very handsome new variety
that should be better known. The plants grow two to
three feet high, and are covered with long, graceful
plumes of most intense crimson, scarlet and yellow.
There is no flower that will produce such a brilliant mass
of colors as this. The plants are rapid growers and will
flower from July until frost, and present a most attrac-
tive bit of color in any garden. We offer two colors sepa-
rate. Crimson, pkt. 5c; Golden Yellow, pkt. 5c.

Harris^ Flower Seeds for 1914

COSMOS

CENTAUREA

Centaurea Impenalis

Centaurea Imperialis. These beautiful flowers often grow two
inches in diameter, and have long, graceful stems. The

giant is a vigorous grower and blooms for a long time'.

eed sown in the open ground in the spring will produce
flowering plants in July, and they will continue to flower
pntil fall. A light frost does not injure them. The
flowers are pure white, lavender and lavender and white.
These centaureas are certainly a great addition to our
hardy annual flowers, and we are sure they will please
all who raise them. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Centaurea Cyanus. See Bachelor’s Button, page 68.

DAHLIAS

Dahlias, especially the single varieties, can easily he raised
from seed by sowing the seed in a box or pot in February or
March and transplanting into other pots as the plants com-
mence to crowd. Set in the open ground when warm and sup-
port with stakes. The plants will flower the first year, and
the roots can he saved and will flower much earlier the second
year.

New Single Dahlia. These are becoming very popular and
fashionable flowers. Our seed is a mixture of the finest
single varieties with largest flowers and best colors. Pkt.
5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Double Dahlias. Seed saved from the largest and finest double
dahlias, and will produce a high percentage of fine double
flowers. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

DELPHINIUM, or Hardy Larkspur

Very ornamental plants, producing long spikes of brilliant
flowers. Easily raised by sowing the seed in the open ground
either in the spring or August and thinning the plants so that
they stand two feet apart. Seed sown early in the spring will
sometimes produce plants that flower in the fall. But to get
good blooming plants the first year the seed should be sown in
boxes in March, or earlier, and the seedlings transplanted to
other boxes or “ flats ” when an inch high. Set the plants
3 or 4 inches apart and keep growing fast until the ground
outside is ready. Set out 6 inches to a foot apart. Mark the
best plants and transplant them the following spring where
they can be left for years undisturbed.

Semi-Dwarf Hybrids. The spikes of flowers are often two feet
long and the flowers are of beautiful shades of blue,
ranging from light blue to the deepest indigo. The plants
do not grow quite as tall as the old kinds and have longer
spikes of flowers. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; % oz. 60c.

Chinese {Sinense). Very large gentian-blue flowers on stems
18 inches to 2 feet high. Blooms the first season if sown
early. Pkt. 6c; % oz. 20c.

Annual Varieties. See Larkspur, page 75.

One of the most attractive and useful flowers, now becoming
very popular. The plants grow three to five feet high, with
long, graceful stems and fine feathery leaves. The flowers
resemble single dahlias, but not quite so large, and are very
pretty and attractive for table or house decoration. The
plants will endure considerable frost and will flower until
late in the fall.

Centaureas form a class of hardy, vigorous-growing annual
flowers, of which Bachelor’s Button and Sweet Sutton are
familiar examples. Tlid^ye^^ie^^^^ below is by far the

largest and handsomest flower of this class.

Cosmos, Early Flowering (Photograph)

NEW EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS. This is an early flow-
ering variety of cosmos, with flowers as large as those of
the old varieties and will flower a month earlier. Seed
sown in the open ground in May will produce flowering
plants in August, which will continue flowering all
through the fall. A very attractive and beautiful flower
for cutting or for decorating gardens and lawns.

White, pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 20c-

Pink, very pretty shade of light pink, pkt. 8c; 3 pkts.
20c.

Mixed colors. The colors are of various shades of
lavender, purple and pink, as well as pure white. Pkt.
6c; 3 pkts. 12c; % oz. 20c.

MAMMOTH FLOWERING COSMOS. The flowers of this im-
proved cosmos grow very large, often measuring three
inches in diameter, and are of the most delicate colors,
shading from pure white to deep red and purple. The
plants grow from four to five feet high, and the flowers
have long, graceful stems, and are most attractive and
beautiful. In order to get them to flower early in the
fall in this latitude the seed should be sown in pots or
boxes in March and the plants set out in the open ground
in May. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 20c.

LADY LENOX. A new mammoth cosmos with extra large
flowers of a charming shade of shell pink. Blooms late,
so plants should be started early. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c.

Joseph Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N, Y

There are few annual flowers that will produce such a bril-
liant display of color for so long a time as the various varieties
of dianthus. Seed sown in the spring produces a beautiful

plants crow from 12 to 15 inches high, and are valuable
for bedding as well as cutting. The flowers are of beau-
tiful shades of red and deep pink. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

display of flowers from July to November. If the plants are
given some light protection they will live over winter and
flower very early the following spring.

Double Japan Pink (Dianthus Heddewigi). Remarkably large
and double, and of brilliant colors. The flowers are as
large as the flnest carnations. The plants flower all
through the late summer and fall and produce their
gorgeous colored flowers in great profusion. Our strain
of these pinks is very flne. Mixed Colors, pkt. 5c; % oz.
15c; oz. 50c.

FIREBALL. A very handsome Double Japan Pink of a clear,
pure, brilliant scarlet, with no purple shade. The flowers
are large and double, and resemble a flne bright red car-
nation. They not only make a brilliant show on the
plant but they are very handsome as cut flowers. Pkt. 8c;
3 pkts. 20c.

DOUBLE FRINGED (D. laceniatus). This is a beautiful va-
riety of the Double Japan Pinks. The petals of the flow-
ers are fringed at the edges, which produces a very pleas-
ing effect. The flowers are very large, and of many beau-
tiful colors. We consider this the handsomest variety.
Pkt. 5c; V4. oz. 20c; oz. 60c.

Double Chinese Pink (D. chinensis) . Flowers very double
and produced in clusters. Very handsome. Pkt. 5c;
^ oz. 15c.

SINGLE DIANTHUS. The single flowering dianthus makes a
most brilliant show of color in the garden. They flower
continuously through the summer and fall, and a bed or
border of them is very attractive. Mixed colors. Pkt.
5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Dwarf Double Pinks.

‘ Grass Pinks, but are larger and

of better colors than the old kind. The flowers are very
double and of a rich spicy fragrance. The plants grow
about a foot high and produce a great many flowers. Pkt.
10c; % oz. 30c.

African “Golden-Orange’’ Daisy

(Dimorphotheca aurantiaca)

A hardy annual flower recently discovered in Africa. It is
easily grown from seed sown in the open ground and the flow-
ers are quite unique. They resemble a field daisy in shape,
but are of a brighter orange yellow and have longer and nar-
rower petals. The plants grow about a foot high and flower
continuously during the late summer. Orange yellow, pkt. 10c.
New Hybrids. Various colors from light yellow to deep
crimson. Pkt. 10c.

SHASTA DAISY

This new daisy originated in California and has met with
great popularity. Flowers are like the wild Marguerites, but
very riiuch larger, often measuring four incbes across, and
are produced well above the plant on long graceful stems 1 to
2 feet in length, making very handsome flowers for vases and
decorations.

If the seed is sown in the open ground in the spring good
large plants will be obtained for flowering the following year.
Alaska. A much improved variety of Shasta Daisy with very
long overlapping petals of the purest white. Well grown
flowers are often 5 inches across. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

HARDY GRASS or SPICE PINKS

When once started these pinks will last for years and flower
in the spring and early summer.

p - , A hardy, ever-blooming and fragrant pink,

pyclops irlllK. will stand the winter and flower

for a number of years. The flowers are single and semi-
double, and of delicious fragrance. They are borne in
great profusion from May until frost, after the plant is
established ; and if the seed is sown early in boxes in the
house or hotbed, they will flower the first season. The

EVERLASTINGS

(Helichrysum Monstrosum)

These annual everlastings are easily grown and bloom pro-
fusely in September and October. If the flowers are picked
when they are but half open they will last for a year or more.
The seed is sown in the open ground in the spring.

Mixed Colors. A collection of the handsomest colors, from
pure white to deep red. Flowers large and double. Pkt.
5c: 3 pkts. 12c.

Harris’ Flower Seeds for 1914

FORGET-ME-NOT. (Myosotis)

A half hardy perennial easily grown from seed. It does best in a moist, partly shaded situation. Flowers the first season
if sown early, and will live over winter if given a covering of leaves or other light protection, and will last for a number of
years. The seed may be sown in early spring or during the summer.

Palustris. The true Forget-Me-Not. Charming blue flowers with white centers. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

ROYAL BLUE. A beautiful new variety of Alpine Forget-Me-Not with a very large flower of a deep blue — a richer color than
other kinds. A fine variety for pot culture as well as the open ground. Pkt. 8c; 3 pkts. 20c.

Mixed Colors. Composed of Alpine varieties of various colors, including white, pink and different shades of blue. Pkt. 5c;
% oz. 25c.

ESCHSCHOLTZIA, or California Poppy

A very ornamental trailing plant with silvery leaves and
large, bright-colored, saucer-shaped flowers. The plants spread
over the ground two feet or more and their flowers stand above
the leaves in great profusion. Very easily raised and will
bloom from July to October.

Golden West. Large, bright yellow flowers. The flowers are
larger and handsomer than the old yellow variety. Pkt.
5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

California Poppies iEschscholtzia)

CARMINE KING. The most beautifully colored variety. The
large flowers are of a charming shade of carmine or rose
color on both sides of the petals. This is a new kind that
will please all who raise it. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Mixed Colors. Composed of the best and brightest-colored
varieties. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c.

FOXGLOVE

(Digitalis)

A hardy peren-
nial, very easily
grown and the
spikes of flowers
are stately and
beautiful. Sow the
seed in the spring
and thin out or
transplant to a foot
or more apart.

Foxglove is espe-
cially handsome
when planted along
a wall or fence, or
as a background
for other flowers.

Does well in par-
tial shade. The
plants will last for
years without any
protection.

GLOXINIOIDES.

The handsomest
variety, with
very large glox-
inia-like flowers.

We offer this va-
riety in both
pure white and
mixed colors.

White. The
most pleasing
color ; the large
white flowers
stand out In
marked contrast
to the green fol-
iage. Pkt. 8c ;

3 pkts. 15c.

Mixed Colors.

All the best col-
ors, mixed. Pkt.

5c; % oz. I5c. Foxglove

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldivater, N. Y

GAILLARDIA

The Gaillardias are very showy flowers and easily raised.
They are of two distinct types. The single varieties are per-
ennials, and do not reach perfection until the second year.
The double variety is an annual, and flowers the flrst season
only. The seed can be sown in the open ground, and the
plants should be thinned from eight to ten inches apart.
Single Gaillardias (Grandiflora). Very large and showy red
flowers bordered with deep yellow. The flowers grow on
stems two feet long and are often 3 inches in diameter.
Fkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Double Gaillardias (Picta Lorenziana). Entirely different
from the single variety. The flowers are smaller and
they bloom two months after sowing the seed. A very
handsome double red and yellow flower that makes a
pretty show of color in the garden and through the late
summer and autumn. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

GOURDS

Cultivation similar to squash. The vines can be allowed to
run on the ground, but gourds are usually planted where the
vines can run over a fence, arbor, or old tree. They are ex-
cellent climbers, and the fruit has such a variety of forms and
colors that a collection of gourds is exceedingly interesting.
Dipper Gourds. The fruit at one end is long and slim and
bulges at the other end so it can be used for dippers.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

Japanese Nest Egg. Fruit white, resembling an egg in size
and shape. Does not crack and is not injured by ordinary
heat and cold. A vigorous grower and a decidedly orna-
mental climber. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

MIXED SMALL SORTS. A mixture of a large number of
small ornamental sorts imported from Germany. Pkt.
5c; oz. 15c.

KOCHIA, or Summer Cypress

A very ornamental plant which forms round bushes 114 to
2 feet high, with feathery light green leaves, changing in the
fall to bright red, so that the whole plant looks like a ball of
fire. These little bushes are very pretty at all stages of

Kochia, or Summer Cypress

growth and are especially attractive in the fall. Very easily
grown from seed sown in the open ground in the spring.
Thin the plants so they stand 2 feet apart.

Kochia Trichophylla. The best variety. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

LARKSPUR

HELIOTROPE

{Delphinium ajacis)

This deliciously fragrant flower can be easily raised by
sowing the seed in a box in the house in March, and setting
the plants out in the garden in May, and they will flower in
.Tuly and August. In the fall the plants can be taken up and
will flower in the house during the winter.

Large-Flowering (Lemoine^s Oiant). Blooms early and the
flowers are of the largest size, nearly double the size of
the common variety. The colors range from pure white
to deep blue. Pkt. 10c.

Plants. We can furnish Heliotrope plants that will flower
early. By mail, 60c per doz.

HOLLYHOCKS

The seed is often sown in .July or August and the plants
will then flower early in the following year. They are per-
fectly hardy.

CHATER’S SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS. A magnificent strain
of Hollyhocks. The flowers are of the largest size, per-
fectly double, and grow close together on the stem, form-
ing a mass of the most beautiful flowers equal to camel-
lias. These are undoubtedly the finest double Hollyhocks
grown. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 50c.

New Annual Hollyhocks

Bloom in August from seed
sown in the spring. The
seed of these new Hollyhocks may be sown in the spring
(May), and the plants will bloom in August, or if earlier
flowers are desired the seed may be started in the house
in March and the plants set out where they are to grow
when the weather is warm. The flowers are double, semi-
double and single, and are of very attractive colors. Pkt.
5c; % oz. 25c.

KUDZU VINE

( Pueraria thumhergian a )

A hardy perennial vine of remarkably rapid growth, and
valuable for covering arbors, old trees, verandas, etc. The
foliage is luxuriant and handsome and the flowers are bright
purple, of small size and produced in clusters.

The seed may be sown in the spring and the vines will grow
10 or 20 feet the first season, dying down in the winter, and
the next season will grow 40 feet or more. Pkt. 10c.

The annual larkspurs are very
handsome plants producing long
spikes of flowers often over a foot
in length, which stand erect above
the leaves of the plant. Easily
raised by sowing the seed in the
open ground as early as possible
in the spring. If sown about May
1 the plants will flower in .July
and all through the fall. Earlier
flowers can be obtained by sowing
the seed in boxes in March and
setting out the plants in May

Tall Branching, Stock Flowered.
The plant grows 2 feet tall and
produces long spikes of double
flowers.

Mixed Colors. Including white,
light pink, rose, lilac, lisrht
blue and deep blue. Pkt. 5c;
% oz. 20c; oz. 35c.

Rosy Scarlet. A new and beauti-
ful variety with large double
flowers of a very pleasing
shade of light scarlet shaded
with rose color. Pkt. 8c; 3
pkts. 20c.

Lustrous Carmine, or “ Newport
Pink.” A beautiful shade of
carmine pink. Pkt. 10c.

Perennial, or Hardy Larkspur,
See Delphinium, page 72.

MORNING GLORY

Morning Glories make a very
rapid growth and produce vines
10 to 15 feet high during the sum-
mer from seed sown in the spring.

MIXED COLORS. Very hardy and
vigorous vine, growing with
great rapidity and covered
with large, handsome flowers
of many colors and markings.
May be used to cover fences,
walls or outbuildings. Pkt.
5c; oz. 12c.

Larkspur

Harris^ Flower Seeds for 1914

NEW JAPANESE. The Japanese have made wonderful im-
provements in the morning glory. The new Japanese
varieties are of large size, and the colors and markings
are of remarkable beauty. The foliage is also very orna-
mental, being variegated, striped and marked with differ-
ent shades of green and white. The vines are not of a
vigorous growth as the common morning glory, and re-
quire extra care. Our seed is of a very fine strain, com-
prising many plants with variegated leaves and fiowers
of the largest size and most attractive colors. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 25c.

ROCHESTEE. This is a beautiful variety with very large
deep blue flowers, bordered with white on the edges. The
vines grow with remarkable vigor and the leaves are of
unusual size and cover the whole plant from the ground
up. A most ornamental plant. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c;
oz. 30c.

Marvel of Peru, or Four O’Clocks

An old-fashioned flower that is still popular. They grow
nnywhere and bloom continuously all summer, each plant pro-
ducing hundreds of . large flowers, the colors being yellow,
white, red, and striped. The plant grows 2 feet tall and the
llowers somewhat resemble morning glories.

Sow the seed in the open ground and thin out the plants to
M foot apart. Useful to grow by the side of walls and fences.
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.

MARIGOLDS

Double African Quilled Marigold

Marigolds are very easily grown, and are among our most
satisfactory annual flowers.

There are two distinct varieties of marigolds. The French
or dwarf varieties grow only about a foot high, and have small
bright-colored flowers, while the African Marigolds have much
larger flowers and grow two or three feet tall.

Gold Striped. A double French dwarf variety. Plants grow
one foot high, and are covered with bright-colored double
flowers in the greatest profusion. The petals are a beau-
tiful red brown, margined with bright yellow, producing
a very pleasing effect. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Double French Dwarf. Plants grow about one foot high. The
flowers are about 2 inches across, perfectly double and of
, rich colors, orange, brown and yellow, mixed. Pkt. 5c; 3
pkts. 12c.

DOUBLE AFRICAN QUILLED. Plants grow from two to
three feet high. Flowers very large, measuring from
three to four inches in diameter, perfectly doubled and
with quilled petals. We offer two distinct colors, light
yellow and orange, mixed. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

MOURNING BRIDE (Scabiosa)

Mourning Bride, or Scabiosus

A vigorous growing plant easily raised and produces a great
many flowers from August until the late fall. The plants
grow 2% feet high and the flowers are 3 inches across, double,
aud of many different shades of color. The seed may be sown
in the open ground in . May and the plants will flower in
August.

Improved Large Flowered. The best variety with large double
flowers on long stiff stems ; very showy in the garden
and fine for cutting; mixed colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c;
Vz oz, 25c.

MIGNONETTE

ALLEN’S DEFIANCE. This improved variety has magnifi-
cent long spikes of flowers which under favorable circum-
stances sometimes grow over a foot long, and will last a
long time after cutting. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 15c; oz. 50c.
MACHET. The plants are of a dwarf habit and produce an
abundance of very large spikes of flowers, being three
times as large as the common kind, and continue in
flower much longer. We highly recommend it for house
or outdoor culture. The flowers are of a red tinge and
the fragrance is delicious. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 15c; oz. 50c.

Pnlinfh ^ variety with immense spikes of flowers and
- very luxuriant foliage. The florets are unusually
large and clustered thickly along the stem and are of a
bright red color, which gives the flower spikes a most
pleasing and brilliant appearance. The fragrance is
powerful and delicious. Undoubtedly one of the very
best varieties for house culture or open ground. Pkt. 10c;
% oz. 25c; oz. 75c.

Golden Queen. Flowers of a golden yellow hue, large and com-
pact. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Sweet Mignonette. Very fragrant ; largely grown for bees.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 30o.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

NICOTIANA

This is a handsome annual flower, easily raised from seed sown in the open ground. Plants grow about two feet high and

flower from August until frost.

Affinis. Long trumpet-shaped white flowers with a delicate and delicious fragrance. Pkt. 5c.

SANDERAE. A new variety, with bright carmine red flowers. The plant grows two feet tall and of a bushy form comnletelv
covered with large, bright red flowers, being much more prolific of bloom than the old variety. Everyone should
raise a few plants of this charming new flower. Pkt. 10c.

SANDERAE HYBRIDS. These new hybrids of Nicotiana Sanderae have flowers of various colors, ranging from light pink to
purple and bright red. Pkt. 10c.

NASTURTIUMS

There is no flower more easily raised than nasturtiums, and they are so graceful
and of such beautiful colors that. they are more largely grown than almost any
other annual flower. They are beautiful in beds and borders, and are also largely
grown in hanging baskets and boxes outside or windows and on balconies, and
for trailing on trellises. Seed should be sown about the middle of May in this
latitude.

LOBB’S IMPROVED NASTURTIUMS. The vines do not grow so long and rank
as the common tall nasturtiums, which often entirely hide the flowers, but are
covered with a mass of the most brilliant colored flowers of very graceful
form. A row or bed of these nasturtiums is unsurpassed for beauty and
attractiveness, and will be found a constant source of pleasure. They are
among the finest nasturtiums for growing in boxes or baskets, as well as for
outdoor culture. Our seed includes the finest varieties, ranging in colors from
very dark red to the lightest yellow. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb.
30c; lb. $1.10.

MADAME GUNTHER’S HYBRIDS. . These are new and charming varieties of
Lobb’s Nasturtiums, which were selected especially for the beauty and variety
of their coloring and size of the flowers. The colors are more varied and
more attractive than those of other nasturtiums, and the flowers are of the
largest size. The foliage is also colored in many instances, which adds to
their charm in no small degree. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; V4. lb. 35c;
lb. $1.20.

Tall Nasturtiums. Very vigorous vines growing 10 to 15 feet long if given support
on which to climb ; flowers of the largest size and beautiful colors. Mixed
Colors. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 25c; lb. 90c.

Selected Named Varieties Nasturtiums. We offer some new kinds

. have found to be very fine. They have

much larger flowers than the old type.

Brilliant. Glowing scarlet flowers and dark-leaved vines. Very handsome. Pkt.
5c; oz. 15c.

Cham.eleon, Flowers of the largest size and beautifully marked and colored with
various shades of red and yellow combined in the most attractive way.
Flowers marked in two or three different ways will often be found on the
same plant. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; V4, lb. 35c.

Midnight. Flowers of a deep rich red brown. The darkest red of all nasturtiums.
The large size of the flowers and their rich colorings make them most desirable
and attractive. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 35c.

Rudolph Virchou. A very handsome rose pink of a bright and rich hue. It is much
the finest pink variety we have seen, and should be in every collection. Pkt.
5c; oz. 12c; % lb. 30c.

Spitfire. Brilliant scarlet flowers. Very bright and pleasing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

SPECIAL OFFER. We will send one packet each of the above five named varieties
of Nasturtiums for 20c net, or one ounce of each for 50c.

New Varieg’ated-Leaved Tall Nasturtiums. of nasturtium

— with leaves striped and

marbled with white and light green on a deep green ground, which gives the
vines a very ornamental effect even without the brilliant colored flowers which
of course add greatly to their beauty.

Lobb’s Nasturtiums

The flowers are large and of many bright and pleasing colors, ranging from liaht
gold. The seed we offer includes all the best varieties in this class. 'Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c

yellow and pink

; % lb. 40c.

to deep red and

DWARF or ‘‘TOM THUMB’’ NASTURTIUM

These varieties grow only about a foot high and have flowers nearly as large as the tall growing kinds

v^ith green foliage,
oz. 15c; % lb. 35c.

^ V , - leaves being mottle^

Veiy useful for borders, as the plants are quite

DWARF, Mixed Colors. A mixture of the best colors in the dwarf class with green folinp-p mho ^ u

yellow, red and pink, and the plants are very ornamental. Pkt. 5c; oz. l5c’ % lb ^5c colors are of every shade of

QUEEN OF TOM THUMBS. A new variety with ornamental foliage the leaves beine- ninffioH - a

flowers are of various shades of yellow and scarlet. Vor^ i. — a — _? ^ veined with white.

when not in flower. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c.

The

ornamental even

NIGELLA

(Love-in-a-mist, or Devil-in-a-bush)

annual, growing 1 to I1/2 feet high with fine narrow leaves among which grow large double flowers with frin^Pd
edges. Easily grown by sowing the seed in the open ground, 'euir, +h^ noweis witn tringed

Double Mixed (Damascena) . Large double flowers, blue and white.

Thin the plants to a foot apart, as they grow in a bust form.

Pkt. 5c; % oz. 15c.

Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c.

Miss Jekyll. A greatly improved large-flowering variety with light blue flowers.

PORTULACA

1“ Plant,” as it loves a warm, sunny place in the garden. Does best on rich loam and sandv soil ThP
plants run freely but grow only a few inches high and are covered with bright-colored flowers all summer ^

portulacas. The flowers are double and resemble a small rose. Our seed is the verv
pkts.^25^c, produce a large percentage of beautiful double flowers of many charming colors ^PktlOcrs

Single, Mixed Colors. A mixture of the largest and most brilliantly colored single varieties. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 12c; oz. 35c.

Harris’ Flower Seeds for 1914

PANSIES

GOLDEN YELLOW PANSY. This is a beautiful pure yellow pansy, of large size and very
handsome. Everyone should have a few plants of this variety. Pkt. 10c.

Mixed Colors. A good mixture of nice pansies. Pkt. 6c; 3 pkts. 12c; % oz. 60c.

Seed sown in February or March
in boxes in the house will produce fine
flowers in the summer and all through
the fall. If flowers are desired early
in the spring seed should be sown in
August and the plants wintered in
cold frames, but such plants do not
stand summer heat well. Seed sown
in the open ground in the spring will
produce flowering plants in August and Septem-
ber, and these plants may he wintered over with
a slight protection of leaves for earlv flowers the
next spring. For Pansy Plants, see below.

Triumph of the Giants.

flowers of the very largest size and with
frilled edges, producing a very pleasing ef-
fect. The colors are unusually rich and
varied and the plants are of strong growth. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c;
% oz. $1.25.

A strain of Giant blotched
pansies with waved or ruf-
fled petals, which give the flowers an unusual and handsome appear-
ance. The flowers are of the largest size and beautiful colors, and the
frilled or ruffled petals add areatly to their beauty. The plant is of
strong growth and stands well in hot weather. Pkt. 12c; 2 pkts. 20c;
% oz. $1.00.

MASTERPIECE EXHIBITION. This strain is made up by selecting the
handsomest colors and largest and most perfectly formed flowers of the
Giant Ruffled type. Those who want to raise the very finest Ruffled
Pansies that can be obtained should certainly use the “ Exhibition ”
strain. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c.

Buffnot’s Superb Pansies comprises a great variety of the

2 1 richest and rarest colors and most beautiful

marked pansies. The flowers are large and all five petals are blotched
with deeper color than on the edges, and many flowers are veined and
marked in a beautiful and interesting way. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c;
Vs oz. 85c.

BITGNOT’S BROWN VARIETIES. This mixture is composed exclusively
of the brown shades of Bugnot’s Superb Pansies, which are always so

Masterpiece or Giant Ruffled Pansies.

much desired. They are very handsome pansies and the colors are
quite novel. Pkt. 10c.

Trimardeau or Giant Pansies. largest pansies

xcxxxi; .x. o,xxoxv.o. flowers are of good

colors and of good form, and the plants make a vigorous growth and
flower continuously. A very satisfactory variety. Pkt. 10c; % oz.
45c; oz. $1.50.

STRIPED AND MOTTLED PANSIES. This class comprises some of the most
interesting and attractive pansies, the flowers being striped and
marked with a great variety of colors, making them very interesting
and beautiful. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; % oz. 35c.

We will send one packet each of Bugnot’s Trimardeau and Striped and Mot-
tled Pansies for 25c net.

Among the largest and most
beautiful strains of Pansies are
Bugnot’s Superb, Odier or Giant Stained, and Cassier’s Giant Blotched
Pansies. These three embrace a large number of the rarest and most
attractive colors and markings yet attained in pansies. We offer a
mixture of these three superb strains which will be found very fine.
Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c; % oz. $1.25.

■pnirv Onf^PTi ^ beautiful sky blue pansy edged with pure white. A

jgxAjf vi,m?oxx. jjjQgt charming variety and one that flowers most pro-
fusely. Everyone should have at least a few plants of this variety, as
the color is an unusually handsome shade of violet blue. Pkt. 10c.

A snow white pansy with flowers of the largest size and handsomest form. The
finest white pansy we have seen. Pkt. 10c.

Pan Cl AC A very unique and beautiful class of pansies, distinguished
UrCillG-JiOWCreQ. JranSlcS. particularly for their delicate and beautiful coloring and
peculiar form. The flowers are of medium size and of distinct shape, the two upper petals
being elongated and stand upright, and they are beautifully veined with darker shades on
light ground colors. All lovers of pansies should try this new class. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 26c.

SPECIAL OFFER.

also one packet Orchid-Flowered for 40c net.

We will send one packet each of Triumph of Giants, Master-
piece and Fairy Queen Pansies for 30c net; or these three and

PaTi«;v PlflTit<5 Our Pansy Plants are grown from seed sown in February, and are much siy)erior for summer flowering to
xTctuay Jiaiibs. plants wintered over and sold while in flower in the spring. Such plants flower well for a few weeks but
will not stand hot weather. Our plants will bloom through the summer and fall. Plants ready May 15. We otter a
mixture of the very finest Pansies we know of, Triumph of the Giants. By mail, 45c per
express, 35c per doz; 100 plants $2.50.

doz.; 50 plants $1.40. By

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

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PYRETHRUM or “PAINTED DAISY”

{Pyrethrum roseum hydridum )

A charming flower of early culture and should he more generally grown.

The picture shown here is a photograph of a part of a clump on our
own grounds from seed sown the year before. The beauty of the flowers
is in their coloring, which cannot be reproduced here. They are like large
daisies, but of various shades of pink, deep red and purple and make a
pretty show in the garden and very handsome cut flowers, having stems
1^ to 2 feet long. The plants are perfectly hardy and will last for years,
flowering most of the 'summer. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c.

PHLOX DRUMMONDI

Phlox makes a magniflcent show in beds and masses where their bril-
liant and varied colors produce a gorgeous effect. Very easily raised and
afford a bright display of flowers all through the summer. Sow seed in
the open ground in the spring. A light soil is best.

All three kinds named below are of the improved “ Grandiflora,” or
large-flowering strain, which produce much larger flowers than the old
kind.

Brilliant Scarlet. Flowers large and of an intensely brilliant scarlet
color. Pkt. 5c.

Pure White. Large, clear white flowers. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Mixed Colors. A great variety of the most brilliant colored and beauti-
fully marked flowers. A bed or border of these phlox is a beautiful
sight. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c; % oz. 25c; oz. 75c.

Petunias Used as a Border

PETUNIAS

Petunias are particularly useful for beds and masses, where their bright, rich and varied coloring’s produce a brilliant effect
on lawns and in gardens.

Rufded Giants. These new petunias have enormous single flowers, beautifully ruffled on the edges. The colors are of many
delicate shades. The plants are of robust habit and vigorous growth. Pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c.

Single Fringed. These are among the most charming single flowering petunias. The flowers are of the largest size, beauti-
fully ruffled and fringed around the edges, and are of the most delicate and charming colors. Pkt. 20c.

Double Flowering Fringed. The largest and flnest of all petunias, but very difficult to raise. The flowers are very large and
beautifully fringed. Less than half of the flowers are double, the rest being single. The seed is very small and difficult
to germinate, and as it is very expensive great care should be taken not to cover it too deeply or let it dry out. Pkt. con-
taining not less than 75 seeds, 25c.

Note.— -The above kinds should be sown in pots or boxes and the young plants transplanted as soon as large enough.
Single, Mixed Colors. A mixture of the most brilliant colored, small-flowering single petunias. Well suited for sowing in
the open ground for beds and borders. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Pyrethrum, or “ Painted Daisy ”

Harris’ Flower Seeds for 1914

Shirley Poppies

POPPIES i

Poppies are so easily grown and present so gor-|
geous a display of beautiful colors and graceful flow- }
ers that everyone should have them in abundance. [
The flowers are much handsomer if the seed is sown

in August or September, and the plants allowed to |
stand over winter. They will then flower early in ^
the summer. f

T)^ „ These are the most delicately

Shirley Poppies, colored and graceful of all
poppies. The flowers are single and semi-
double, and are produced on long, slender
stems ; but their great beauty lies in the ex-
quisite coloring of the flowers which are of
many delicate shades of pink and rose color,
often shading in a single flower from pure
white to deep rose. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c;
3 pkts. 12c.

DOUBLE RANUNCULUS FLOWERED. Very hand-
some double flowers growing on long slender '
stems. They are of bright, attractive colors,
and produce a charming effect where grown in
clumps or masses. One flower (the double
one) is shown in the picture of Shirley Pop-
pies. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

TTitio’ ^

JVmg Jiawaia. large size and brilliant scarlet
color shaded with crimson and with black at
the base of each petal in contrast to which
stand out the bright yellow anthers in the
center of the flower. The plants grow 2%
feet high and flower profusely. Pkt. 10c; 3
pkts. 25c.

flowers are large and are
AQlHirai Jroppy. produced on stems nearly 2
feet long. The color combination is clear white,
edged with a broad band of brilliant scarlet
around the edge. This is one of the most
showy and attractive poppies we have ever
seen. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

CARDINAL. New Hybrids. Very large, double poppy, as round as a ball and of various shades of color. The plants are
of dwarf or compact growth and produce their large ball-like flowers in great profusion, and continue to flower an

unusually long time. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

Double Carnation. Immense globular flowers borne on long stems. The flowers are so double that they are as round as a
ball and are of many brilliant colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

TULIP POPPY. The flowers much resemble a bright scarlet tulip, and are very unique and attractive. They are produced on
long slender stems and protrude well above the foliage. A bed or mass of these poppies presents a most gorgeous blaze
of color and will be an ornament to any garden. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES

These poppies when once established will last for a number of years and are
perfectly hardy. The seed should be sown either in the spring or in August.
Scatter the seed on the surface of the ground and do not cover it. It is best
to sow the seed where the plants are to grow, as they are not easily trans-
planted, although this can be done successfully by taking great care to lift
the plant with a good ball of earth around the roots.

Orientale flowers are very large, often 6 to 8 inches across, bright scar-

L let with dark spots at the base of the petals, and are borne on

long stems 3 to 4 feet above the ground. A bed or border of these poppies
makes a most brilliant show. The plants are perfectly hardy and will last
for many years. Scarlet. Pkt. 10c ; 3 pkts. 25c.

New Orientale TTvliriil« We can now offer the Orientale Poppy of some
x>icw Viieiiidie nyoiias. colors— rose, lilac and pink shades, which

are very interesting and beautiful and are well worth growing. Pkt. 15c.

Iceland Ponnies -^.fter once started they will last for a number of years

L and flower constantly from June until October. They

flower the flrst year if seed is sown early in the spring. The flowers are
single and of beautiful colors, shading from deep yellow and scarlet to
white. They stand in bold relief above the low growing plants on grace-
ful stems a foot or more in length and have a delicate fragrance. Mixed
colors. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c.

NOTE. — While these poppies will flower the flrst year from seed sown in the
spring, they do best if sown in August or September, when they flower earlv in
the following season.

King Edward Poppy

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

SWEET PEAS

Sweet peas are very easy to raise and every one should have them in the garden. The prin-
cipal thing is to sow the seed early — just as soon as the frost is out of the ground. They do
well in almost any soil if it is made rich with manure, hut the finest flowers are obtained on
rather heavy moist land.

Quantity of Seed Required. An ounce of seed will sow about 10
feet of row. A pound of sweet peas is about a pint, and will sow
150 feet of row.

THE “ SPENCER » TYPE OF FLOWER. What is known as the
Spencer ” type derives its name from a variety called “ Countess
Spencer,” which has flowers of very large size and waved or fluted
petals. Other colors and forms of this type of flower have since
been developed, and are called Spencer ” varieties. They are
the largest and handsomest sweet peas now grown, hut they do
not always come true, many of the varieties varying so 'much
that they are undesirable on this account. The ones we offer
below come quite true to type and will be found very satisfactory.
These varieties produce very little seed and the price is therefore
much higher than for the old type.

NEW LARGE FLOWERING “SPENCER VARIETIES”
Thomas Stephenson. This new variety is of a beautiful orange-scarlet color. It
' "" — is certainly the finest sweet pea of this shade. The flow-

ers are of the largest size and there are usually four on a stem. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c.

Florence Nightingale. This is considered the best lavender yet introduced. The

color is a soft, rich lavender and the flowers are large,
of fine form and produced on long stems having often four blossoms. Pkt. 10c";
oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00.

Mrs. Hugh Dickson. Another new variety of delicate and charming color-

ing. Apricot pink on cream colored ground. The

flowers are unusually large, and the stems long and strong with four and
sometimes even five flowers. Certainly one of the best of the light pink
varieties. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 75c.

Othello Spencer.

Constance Oliver.

Color, deep maroon. Of the largest
and considered one of the very best
dark colored sweet peas. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 75c.

Rose pink, diffused with creamy
yellow lines. Flowers of the larg-
est size with beautifully waved petals. One of the
very finest new kinds. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c.

We will send one
packet each of these
15 new varieties of
Sweet Peas for $1.00
net. No discount or
“ premium ” will he
allowed on this
special price.

Marie Corelli.

One of the most beautiful of the new
varieties. The color is a bright and
glowing crimson. The handsomest flower of this color
yet produced. The flowers are of large size and beau-
tifully waved in the upper petals. The vines grow vigorously and produce a great many
flowers, often four on a stem. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.25.

.. ~ White background strongly marked, and edged with deep pink.

Apple .Blossom bpcucer. tlowers are large and well fluted on the edges. One of the

handsomest of the new varieties. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c.

The color is a soft pinkish lavender, a charming shade of color. The flowers are produced on long stems, and
Asta Ohn. g^gjjj carries four flowers almost uniformly. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c.

^ Color a delicate pink; flowers large, of fine form, and beautifully waved. This is the original of the

Countess Spencer. .. gpencer” class. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 75c.

p TT L f bright rose color or carmine. Flowers of large size and beautifully waved. One of the very finest of red
Ijeo. Herbert, varieties. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00.

-r^. T Q The King Edward has been long considered the best bright red sweet pea. This new ” Spencer”

Aing JiiawarcL opencer. yariety is of almost the same brilliant scarlet color and in addition is much larger and has beau-
tifully waved petals. It is truly a magnificent variety that all should have. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00.

Whi’fp SriPTiPPr Described by a well-known authority as “the finest white sweet peas in existence at the present time.”
wiiitc opciU/Ci. rpjjQ large flowers are of the true “ Spencer ” form and have waved petals. Our seed is of a carefully
selected strain. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c.

PlnvPTiPP MnrcA Q-npnppr Color delicate shell pink, with deeper pink margin. Very large open flowers of the true
xci lyC ii.uiac upc C.C . « Spencer ” type, with waved petals, and usually four flowers to a stem. Probably the finest
light pink sweet pea yet produced. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00.

Helen Lewis Color deep orange pink, a beautiful shade. One of the very handsomest of the new large flowering kinds.

1 The flowers are not only of the most attractive color, but they are very large and of the best expanded

form. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c; lb. $2.60.

Hora TTnwin While the flowers are not as large as White Spencer, they are produced in greater numbers and the vines

are more vigorous and hardy. One of the best white varieties. A better grower and bloomer than White

Spencer. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid.

Harris^ Flower Seeds for 1914

“ Spencer ” Varieties Mixed. f ““t “e ""Sst new

“ Spencer,” or large flowering waved varieties of sweet
peas, including the varieties described on preceding page,
and others as well, of which we have not enough seed to
offer separately. This mixture is composed of only the
very best new Spencer varieties, and must not be confused
with ordinary “mixed” sweet peas. Pkt. 8c; oz. 20c;
% lb. 40c; lb. $1.50, postpaid. By express, $1.40 per lb.

Pri/»A of the following choice varieties: Pkt. 8c; oz. 18c;
% lb. 35c; lb. $1.25, postpaid. By express, $1.15 per
lb. See special offer below.

HENRY ECEFORD. A magniflcent large flower of a very at-
tractive color — scarlet, with an orange shade, a most
brilliant and beautiful flower. In addition to this the
flowers are of the largest size and most beautiful form,
and are produced on long stems, so that they are very
effective when bunched.

FLORA NORTON. A new light blue or lavender variety that
surpasses any other of its color for the clearness and rich-
ness of the shade. The flowers are large §ind of handsome
form, and the color is very attractive, especially when
massed by itself. Commences to flower very early.

JANET SCOTT. Color a soft, rich pink. One of the most at-
tractive and beautiful varieties ; flowers of large size,
hooded form and produce three and four on a stem.

DOROTHY ECKFORD. A magniflcent pure white flower of
the largest size and of great substance. It is considered
the very best white (outside of the Spencer varieties) yet
produced. It is of vigorous growth and produces three
flowers on a stem.

LADY NINA BALFOUR. One of the best lavender or mauve
sweet peas. The color is soft and beautiful, and the flow-
ers are especially effective when massed by themselves.

“ BRILLIANT BLUE ” (Lord Nelson). A deep purplish blue,
like “ navy blue,” but deeper and a better shade, so we
have dropped that kind. This is the same as Lord Nelson.

MRS. DUGDALE. The flowers are of the largest size and the
color is a soft carmine rose — a beautiful shade. The
flowers hold their color well and are very handsome when
bunched together.

KING EDWARD VII. Magniflcent large flowers of an intensely
bright crimson. One of the flnest pure bright red varieties.

PRINCE OF WALES. Bright rose-colored flowers of large
size and handsome form growing three and four on a
stem. The largest and flnest variety of this shade of red.

NAMED VARIETIES MIXED. This mixture is composed of
the choicest and best named varieties as described above.
The different colors are put in such proportions as to pro-
duce the best effect when in flower. We are sure this seed
will give the best of satisfaction to all who sow it. Pkt.
5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.10. By express, $1.00 per lb.

MIXED COLORS (Eckford’s Varieties Mixed). This mixture
is composed of a large number of the best of the standard
varieties of large-flowering sweet peas. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
% lb. 30c; lb. $1.00. By express, 90c per lb.

large as the tall growing kinds. They are very pretty
and ornamental plants. We offer a mixture of many new
and beautiful varieties of Cupid or of Dwarf Sweet Peas.
Pkt. 8c; oz. 18c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.50, postpaid.

SPECIAL OFFER. We will send one packet each of any FIVE of the above named varieties of Sweet Peas (except
“ Spencer” varieties) for 30c; or the whole ten for 50c. One ounce each of any FIVE varieties for 60c; or one ounce
each of the whole nine last named varieties for $1.00. No discount or premium will be allowed on these special prices.

An ounce of each of the ten varieties will make a remarkably beautiful collection of Sweet Peas, with enough of each
to keep the different colors separate or to combine them in the most effective way.

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SANVITALIA

A very pretty bright yellow flower growing on a half creeping
plant in the greatest abundance. The flowers resemble a
double daisy, and are bright, attractive and easily grown. Cul-
tivate like phlox.

Sanvitalia Procumbens. The flnest double flowers. Pkt. 5c;
3 pkts. 12c.

STOCKS

Stocks can be grown in the open ground or in pots, and are
of the easiest culture, requiring the same treatment as asters.

TEN- WEEKS OR EARLY FLOWERING STOCKS
Large Flowering Dwarf. Plants grow about a foot high and
the flowers are of the largest size, perfectly double and of
delicate fragrance. Blooms in August if sown in the open
ground in May. Pkt. 10c ; 3 pkts. 25c ; % oz. 75c.

English Stock. Flowers mostly double, and plant is of a
dwarf, compact growth. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts.
12c.

LATE FLOWERING STOCKS

These are the handsomest stocks, growing 18 inches to 2 feet
high, with long spikes of large double flowers of delicious
fragrance.

Seed sown in the house in March will produce plants that
will flower in August or September. Before the ground freezes
the plants may be removed to large pots and will bloom in the
house all winter.

■Rpfliifv of 11100 A very beautiful stock, growing 2 feet
fl_Jv tall and having very large double flow-
ers of a delicate shade of pink. The tall branching plants
are covered with long sprays of these beautiful flowers,
and are extremely handsome either in the garden or as
pot-plants in the house. Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; % oz. 75c.

A hn Till mi OP A new variety producing a great profusion of
bloom, the plant being literally covered with
long spikes of flowers of a pleasing shade of carmine pink.
Pkt. 10c.

Bianca Abundance described above, but has pure

white flowers. A very beautiful new variety.
Pkt. 10c.

Plants can furnish plants of above three varieties ready-

1 the middle of May. By mail, 40c per doz. By ex--;

press, 30c per doz. ; 50 plants $1.00.

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum)

The snapdragon is one of the old-fashioned flowers that has
lately again become popular. It is easily raised by sowing the seed
in the open ground in the spring. If the seed is sown early the
plant will flower in .Tuly or August. The spikes of flowers are
often nearly a foot long and make a fine display of color.
Improved Large Flowering. This improved class has much larger
flowers than the old kinds and is much handsomer in every
way. We can furnish the following colors :

Queen Victoria. Pure white ; very large flowers. Pkt. 8c ; ^/4
oz. 25c.

Rose. Rose pink, Pkt. 8c; % oz. 25c.

Firefly. Scarlet and white. Pkt. 8c ; % oz. 25c.

Luteum. Yellow. Pkt. 8c; % oz. 25c.

Striped. Pkt. 8c; % oz. 25c.

Mixed Colors. The above 5 varieties mixed. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c.

VENTTS. A beautiful new variety with very large flowers, ivory white edged
with delicate pink. The handsomest variety we have seen. Pkt. 10c; %
oz. 65c.

SWEET WILLIAM

(Dianthus 'bartatus)

A universally admired perennial flower that when once started will last for years.
Sow the seed in the open ground in the spring or fall.

Perfection. Extra large flowers of many beautiful colors and markings. Pkt. 5c; 3
pkts. 12c.

SALPIGLOSSIS

A very graceful and beautiful flower of easy culture in the open ground. The plant
grows about 2 feet high, with large lily-like flowers. The large flowering varieties have
flowers measuring 3 inches in diameter and of the most beautiful colors. The combina-
tions of shades of colors and the beautiful markings on the flowers are truly wonderful.
The plants commence to flower early in the summer and continue in bloom until late
in the fall if the flowers are kept picked. The seed is sown in the open ground in the
spring.

GRANDIFLORA (Large Flowering). Flowers large, beautifully colored and marked.
They are of many different colors — ^blue, purple, orange, gold, maroon, yellow and
red," and combinations of these colors. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 40c.

New Emperor. Plants of this new variety are more dwarf and compact than the above
kind, while the flowers are equally large. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 50c.

SUNFLOWER

Sunflowers make very ornamental screens, and the seed is used for poultry food for
which it is often raised in large quantities.

Snapdragon — V enus

New Varieties of MINIATURE SUNFLOWERS. (See photograph). These
small, single sunflowers make a very bright, attractive and ornamental
plant. The flowers are 2% to 3 inches across, and are produced in great
profusion on long stems, which makes them excellent for cutting. Many
of them are very interesting and beautiful. The petals in some cases are
quilled like Cactus Dahlias, and some of the flowers are double and semi-
double, while the colors range from yellow to light cream. The plants
form bushes 4 to 5 feet high and are covered from top to bottom with
these pretty star-like flowers. The seed we offer is a mixture of the best
new varieties. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 15c.

Double California. The finest double sunflower. Plants grow from 5 to 6 feet
high, and the flowers are large, deep yellow and very double, Pkt. 5c;
3 pkts. 12c; oz. 40c.

Mammoth Russian. Very large flowers, bearing an abundance of seed. The
seed can be profitably raised for poultry food. Pkt. 5c; % lb. 12c; lb. 25c.
See also page 62.

SALVIA' or SCARLET SAGE

The plants grow about 2 feet high and are completely covered with long
spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers. Very attractive on lawns and borders and
useful for cut flowers. Seed should be sown in March or April in boxes or
hotbed,^ and the plants set out in the open ground when danger of frost is over.
There is no flower that can compare with salvia in brilliancy of color and
profusion of bloom.

SALVIA SPLENDENS. Brilliant scarlet flowers borne on long spikes that
literally cover the plant. We have an improved Grandiflora strain of this
salvia which produces very long spikes of large flowers on comnact, bushy
plants. There is no finer salvia than this. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 35c.

DWARF SALVIA, Zurich. The plants only grow about 18 inches high and are
neat and compact, being completely covered with long spikes of flowers.
Blooms earlier than other kinds and is especially valuable for planting
in borders where the taller kinds would be too high. The flowers are of
the largest size and cover the plants from August until frost. Pkt. 8c;
3 pkts. 20c.

Salvia Plants. Those who do not wish the trouble of raising the plants can
obtain them ready to set in the open ground. .Plants readv last of May.
By mail, 85c per doz. By express, 70c per doz. ; 50 plants $2.50.

New Miniature Sunflpwers

Harris’ Flower Seeds for 1914

Crested Zinnia

VERBENA

This beautiful flower can be easily raised from seed by sow-
ing in the open ground, and will flower in the late summer and
fall, even after frost. To get early flowering plants the seed
should he sown in boxes in the house and the plants trans-
planted to the open ground when the weather is warm.

NEW MAMMOTH. This new strain produces the largest and
handsomest flowers, and is one of the flnest strains of
verbenas in cultivation. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c; % oz.
35c.

WALLFLOWER

A half hardy perennial easily grown from seed either in a
box in the house or in the open ground. The plants should
be taken up in the fall and raised in the house where they
will flower all winter.

Large Flowered. Single. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.
Covent Garden. The flnest double variety. Pkt. 10c.

ZINNIA

Zinnias are very easily grown and make a brilliant display
of color in the garden or border all through the summer.
The seed is sown in the open ground in the spring.

NEW CRESTED ZINNIAS. These new zinnias are the hand-
somest we have seen. The petals being crimped or quilled
, relieves the flower of its stiffness, which is the drawback
to most zinnias. The colors are also more delicate than
are found in other varieties. The flowers are perfectly
double and are produced on long stems.

Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c.

White. Very handsome. Pkt. 5c.

Carmine. A beautiful shade of red. Very handsome
when massed by itself. Pkt. 12c; 3 pkts. 25c.

Dwarf Double. Dwarf plant, with double flowers of beautiful
colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

DOUBLE GIANT. A splendid variety, with flowers of the
largest size. The plant is of robust growth and produces
a profusion of bloom. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 12c.

WILD FLOWER GARDEN

There are many annual flowers that can be grown almost as easily as weeds. Seeds of such flowers simply scattered on the
ground in a corner of the garden will make a pretty display of flowers. Of course the soil must he fairly good and free from
grass and the larger weeds must be pulled out during the season.

Wo have made up a mixture of seeds of the hardiest annual flowers that will bloom from early summer until late in the fall.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c.

Seeds for a Complete Flower Garden at Less Thao Half Price

We will send the following collection of Flower Seeds, which amount to $1 .65 at our regular prices, for
75c, postpaid. The collection consists of the following varieties, all of which are easily grown in the open
ground by simply sowing the seed in the spring in good soil. These are the very finest varieties we have and
will produce beautiful fiowers if given proper care.

Regular Price

Pkt. Aster, Crego Pink .$0.10

“ Aster, Late Branching, mixed colors 10

“ Balsam, Double Camellia-Plow'ered, mixed .08

“ Candytuft, Empress 05

“ Calliopsis, Golden Wave 05

California Poppy (Eschscholtzia) mixed

colors 05

“ Cosmos, Early Flowering, mixed 05

“ Pinks (Dianthus), Double Japan, mixed

colors 05

“ Pour O’Clocks (Marvel of Peru), mixed

colors 05

“ Larkspur, Branching, mixed colors 05

“ Marigold, Double French Dwarf .05

“ Marigold, Double African Quilled 05

Pkt.

oz.

Pkt:

Regular Price

Mignonette, Machet $0.05

Morning Glory, Large Flowering, mixed ... .05

Nasturtium, Lobb’s improved, mixed 05

Phlox Drummond!, mixed .05

Pansy, Masterpiece, or Giant Ruffled 12

Sweet Peas, mixed colors 10

Poppy, Shirley, mixed 05

Salpiglossis, Grandifiora 05

Snapdragon, mixed 05

Summer Cyprus (Kochia) 05

Stocks, Ten-Weeks, mixed colors 10

Sunower, new miniature varieties 05

Verbena, Mammoth 10

Zinnia, New Crested, mixed .05

Total $1.65

This Collection 75c.

ing simply order

As these collections are put up ready to send off we cannot change them in any way.
NO DISCOUNT of any kind can be allowed on this collection of Flower Seeds. In order-
Special Collection of Flower Seeds, 75c,”

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

FLOWERING PLANTS AND BULBS

Anemones

We offer a few of tiie best and most satisfactory flowering plants for gen-
eral culture in the open ground. Some of them, such as begonias, cannas,
and gladiolus will not stand the winter, but must be taken up in the fall
and set out again in the spring. The hardy perennial plants, such as phlox,
anemone, hollyhocks, etc., may be left out all winter without protection and
will usually increase in size and beauty from year to year. There is nothing
more satisfactory in the way of flowers than those hardy perennials which
come up year after year, without having to be replanted.

ANEMONE (Windflower)

One of the most beautiful and useful of the hardy autumn-flowering
plants. The flowers are produced on long slender stems well above the plant
and are extremely graceful and ornamental both in the garden and as cut
flowers. The plants are perfectly hardy and need only a slight covering of
leaves in the fall.

Red Japonica. Single flowers of medium size and of beautiful rose color. Very
long stems.

White Japonica. Same as above, but with snow-white flowers.

WHIRLWIND. Semi-double, pure white flowers produced in clusters and in great
profusion. Stems are not as long as those of the single japonica.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE. This is the finest anemone we have seen. The flowers are
often four inches across and their coloring is very charming, being a silvery
pink, like a La France rose. They are usually semi-double and are produced
in great abundance daring the fall.

Price of any of the above varieties, strong plants, 15c each; 4 for 50c; dozen $1.40,
postpaid. By express, 12c each; $1.25 per dozen.

BEGONIAS

These large flowering tuberous begonias are magnificent plants for beds in the open
ground. One who has not seen them can hardly imagine the brilliant and gorgeous effect
produced by their large, richly colored foliage and their beautiful waxy flowers of bright
and varied colors. If the bulbs are started early the plants will commence to flower in
July and continue in constant bloom until frost. The flowers are from 3 to 4 inches across
and are produced in great profusion, almost covering the plant from sight. The hulbs
should be started about the first of April in small pots plunged in boxes of earth in the
house or hotbeds, and well watered. Plants can be set out in the open ground as soon as
all danger of frost is over. Begonias do best in partial shade.

SINGLE VARIETIES. We offer four colors — scarlet, white, pink and yellow. Four bulbs,
one of each color, 20c; dozen bulbs, your selection of colors, 60c; 2 dozen, $1.10,
postpaid. By express, 50c per dozen; $3.75 per 100.

DOUBLE VARIETIES. Handsome large flowers that resemble a small rose. Same colors
as above. One bulb of each color (4 bulbs) 25c: dozen, your selection of colors, 75c.
By express, 65c per dozen; 50 bulbs for $2.75; 100 for $5.00.

CANNAS

For lawn decorations there is no plant equal to the improved varieties of cannas. Their hright,^ luxuriant foliage and long
spike of brilliant flowers make a beautiful display in beds and borders. The roots should be started in pots in the house or hot-
bed in March or first part of April and the plants set out in the open beds when danger of frost is past. Or the roots may he set
out is the open ground about May 1 in this latitude, but will not flower so early. The following are among the newest and best
varieties of large-flowering cannas for bedding :

Dr. Robert Funcke. A magnificent new canna with large flowers the color of
salvia or scarlet sage, a rich pure scarlet. Green foliage ; 4 feet.

Wm. Saunders. Another new variety, considered the best bronze-leaved canna
for bedding, as it grows only 3% feet high and produces immense flowers
of a glowing crimson-scarlet color often 5 inches across.

Brandywine. Bronze leaves, red flowers. One of the very finest dark leaved
cannas. The flowers are glowing red mottled with crimson and sometimes
edged with a narrow band of gold. 4 to 5 feet.

Souv. d’ Antoine Crozy. Brilliant scarlet flowers edged with gold. One of the
most showy and attractive cannas grown. Flowers large and abundant
and do not fade in the sun. Green foliage ; 4 feet.

Florence Vaughan. Rich golden yellow, dotted with crimson ; large and hand-
some flowers. Green foliage; 4% feet.

J. D. Eisele. Flowers of large size and a beautiful shade of vermilion scarlet
with an orange shading ; one of the very finest. Green foliage ; 5 feet.

Pennsylvania. Immense flower of an intense orange-scarlet, a charming shade
of color and one of the best cannas. Flowers often 7 inches across and
produced in great abundance. Green foliage; 5% feet.

PILLAR OF FIRE. A tall variety growing 6 to 7 feet high, with long spikes
of bright red flowers held erect above the green foliage like glowing torches.

A valuable kind for the center of a bed.

JEAN TESSOT. Most brilliant glowing scarlet. Large flowers and very
handsome. One of the best we have seen. Green foliage ; 5 feet.

KING HUMBERT. This is one of the very finest cannas yet produced. The
flowers are of immense size, often 6 inches across, and the color is an in-
tense orange-scarlet with deep red markings. The leaves are bronze red
and the whole effect is very striking. Should be in every collection. 4^2 ft-

Price Good dormant roots of the above varieties by mail, 10c each; $1.00
1 per doz. By express, 75c per dozen; 50 roots $2.50.

Growing Plants. furnish growing plants of the above varieties

of cannas ready to set out in the beds, but the order must
be placed before April 15, as we do not force canna plants except for orders
hooked before that date. The plants will be ready May 20 to June 1.
Pripe, by express, $1.50 per dozen; 50 for $5.00.

Canna Souv, D’Autpine Crozy

Joseph Harris Co,, Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y,

HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS

These small, hardy varieties produce a great profusion of bloom late in
the fall after most other flowers have been killed by frost.

Plant in a sheltered spot, such as by the side of a wall or building with a
southern or eastern exposure if possible.

The plants may be taken up, placed in large pots or tubs and kept in the
house daring the winter and will flower for a long time. Plants that are
left in the open ground should be given a light covering of leaves when the
ground freezes and vull usually come through the winter all right.

The following varieties all have handsome double flowers of the largest size among the
hardy chrysanthemums:

King Philip. Deep rose pink ; fine. Boston. Golden bronze.

Queen of Whites. Creamy white ; large and double. Sunshine. Bright golden yellow.
Julia Lagravere. Deep red or garnet; very handsome. Hijos. Primrose; very fine.
Sunrise. Silvery pink ; large and very double.

Price. 10c each; $1.10 per dozen, postpaid. By express, $1.00 per dozen; 25 plants,
assorted varieties, $2.00.

NOTE. — When plants are sent by mail it is necessary to remove the earth from the
roots, but when sent by express the balls of earth are left on, so the plants are sure to
live after being set out.

GLADIOLUS

The gladiolus is one of the most ornamental and attractive of flowering bulbs. The
spikes of flowers grow two feet or more high, the flowers being of every shade of color and
beautifully marked. When planted in beds or borders they make a most gorgeous show.
The bulbs can be set out any time from the middle of April to the first of June, and will
always flower the first year. Set out the bulbs about eight or ten inches apart and three
or four inches deep.

NEW AND IMPROVED VARIETIES

There has been great progress made in the improvement of the gladiolus within the last
few years and the varieties we now have are much superior to those of a few years ago.
AMERICA. A beautiful new variety with immense flowers of a delicate and charming
shade of pink. 10c each; per doz. 50c, postpaid.

Mrs. Francis King. One of the handsomest new varieties, of a glowing red color and
flowers of the largest size, often 4% inches across. 10c each; per doz. 45c, postpaid.
Mixture No. 1. Composed of a general collection of Groff’s hybrid varieties, including
principally red, pink and yellowish shades, with some whites, lilac and blues. By
mail. 30c per doz. By express, 25c per doz.; $1.60 per 100.

Mixture No. 2. Composed of the newer white, cream, light yellow and pink varieties,
and combinations of the handsomest colors. This mixture will produce a beautiful
display of flowers of the most attractive colors and markings, as it includes only
the very best varieties. By mail, 65c per doz.; % doz. 35c. By express, 60c per
doz.; $4.00 per 100.

TUBEROSES

Large-flowering Type Tuberoses are very easily raised in the open ground in the summer, and are very

ornamental. The flowers have an intensely sweet fragrance. The bulbs should be set
out as soon as the soil is warm in the spring, and will flower in August and September. They can also be raised in pots
in the house.

Excelsior Dwarf Pearl. The best variety. Flowers large, pure white, double and crowded on the stalk. Large bulbs, 8c each ;
50c per doz. by mail, postpaid. By express, 35c per doz. ; 2 doz. for 60c.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Our strawberry plants are all of our own growing from
plants set out last spring, and are strong, thrifty plants with
good roots. They are shipped the same day they are dug and
reach the purchaser in the best possible condition.

Safe Delivery Guaranteed. We assume all risks of the
plants reaching the purchaser in good condition. If the plants
are not satisfactory and in good order when received we must
be notified at once, and the matter will be adjusted to the sat-
isfaction of the purchaser. But it must be distinctly under-
stood that we will not hold ourselves responsible for the
treatment of the plants after they are received by the pur-
chaser. Perfectly good plants are often ruined by improper
planting or unfavorable weather after they are set out. Our
responsibility ceases when the plants are delivered in good
condition.

The best time to set out strawberries is in the spring, when
they will grow all summer and form a good bed of plants that
will bear profusely the following year.

The plants should be set out in good rich soil in rows 3 to
3% feet apart and a foot apart in the row. It is best to set
out the plants as soon as the ground can be gotten into good
condition in the spring, but they will do very well if set out
as late as the middle of May.

EARLY OZARK. This is considered by good authorities the
best early strawberry. Most early varieties have small
berries of poor quality, but the Ozark has good, big bright
red berries of good flavor and smooth, handsome appear-
ance. The plants make a strong, healthy growth and
produce a lot of berries. Perfect flowers.

MONkOE. a new berry originating in this neighborhood
(Monroe County, N. Y.), and has proved one or the very
best medium early kinds. The fruit is large, smooth,
deep red all through and of high quality, firm, and holds
its size well through the season. The plants are very
vigorous, with heavy foliage and produce big crops of
berries. We know of no variety of as high quality that
yields so much. Flowers perfect.

BRANDYWINE. This is a medium late variety with beautiful,
smooth, large berries of delicious flavor and sweetness.
The plants are of robust growth with heavy dark green
foliage, and produce large crops of berries which are uni-
formly large and of perfect shape. One of the best late
varieties for home use and market. Does best on rather
heavy soil. Perfect flowers.

SAMPLE. Very large berries and an immense yielder. The
fruit is rather soft for shipping, but is good for nearby
market and excellent for home use. One of the very
largest strawberries and is very productive. It has
proved a money-maker for those who have raised it for
the home market. Imperfect flowers.

SENATOR DUNLAP. A magnificent medium early variety.
Berries of large size, deep glossy crimson, and of flne
quality, being sweet and of high flavor. The plants are
strong and vigorous and very prolific, and continue in
bearing a long time. One of the very best for either the
home garden or for market. Perfect flowers.

PARSON’S BEAUTY. Berries of good size, smooth, round and
handsome and of good flavor. Ripens medium late and
continues to bear a long time. Plants vigorous and
healthy and produce large crops of fine fruit. An excel-
lent variety for market and home use. Perfect flowers.

WARFIELD. This variety resembles the old Wilson very
closely, but is larger and more productive. The fruit,
like Wilson, is firm and high colored and excellent for
canning. The quality is fine. The vines are very vigor-
ous and productive, but should not be allowed to set too
many runners. Imperfect flowers.

Pri/»A ftf We can furnish first-class plants of

jiiuc ui xxain/a. a]jove varieties all of our own growing,
as follows : By mail or prepaid express, doz. 25c; 50 plants
75c; 100 plants $1.25. Bv express, not prepaid, 100 plants
$1.00; 1000 plants $6.00. Please write for prices on
larger lots,

Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y.

Special Collection for the Home Garden, $1.25 postpaid

We will send a collection composed of 105 strawberry plants of varieties best suited to the needs of those who raise straw-
berries for their own use, for $1.25 postpaid. This collection consists of 25 plants Early Ozark, a fine early variety ; 40 plants
Monroe, a medium, and 40 plants Brandywine, a very fine late variety.

These varieties are all of fine quality and productive, and being composed of early, medium and late kinds they will produce
a continuous supply of berries from the first to the last of the season. If ordered separately these plants would cost $1.45.
We can make no change in the quantities or varieties of which this collection is composed. The plants will be sent the day
they are dug, and we guarantee that they will reach the purchaser in good condition. ORDER EARLY. The plants should be
set out May 1 to 15 to get the best results.

We will send two of these collections by express, at the purchaser’s expense, for $1.75, or three for $2.60.

Fall-Bearing Strawberries

It is now perfectly possible to have fresh
strawberries in August and September as well
as in June.

We have thoroughly tried out the new fall
bearing varieties for three years and can speak
from our own experience. We are convinced
that if the right varieties are used, and if they
are planted on good rich soil and given clean
culture, they will bear an abundance of fine,
large berries in August and September.

Plants of the new variety, “ Superb,”
set out May 8, 1913, produced a lot of
fine, large ripe fruit in August and Sep-
tember and continued in bearing through
October, although as the weather gets
cooler the berries ripen slowly and are
not of as good color and flavor as those
which ripen earlier.

Plants set out in the spring of 1912
bore fruit in the fall of that year, and
also in June, 1913, and again in August,
and continued until freezing weather —
this in spite of the dryest summer we
have had in many years. Our plants Taken September 8, 1912

were not watered and had no more care Photograph of a Single Plant of Autumn Strawberry from Our Own Grounds

than is usually given strawberries.

Some people seem to think these fall bearing varieties only produce a few berries, but this is not so. The plants are often
covered with fruit stems having berries on them in all stages of growth, the ripe ones being fully as large as June berries and
the yield is more, although prolonged over a period of two months instead of three weeks as is usual in June.

SuDerb This is the best variety we have seen. The berries
are very large, smooth, deep red and of fine flavor.
The plant is a vigorous grower with large deep green
foliage that never rusts. The flowers are perfect, so it
can be grown alone or used to fertilize the blossoms of
other kinds with imperfect flowers. The plant makes a
fair number of runners. Set out some of these plants
and you can have fine, big berries in three months.
Doz. plants 75c; 50 plants $2.25, postpaid. By express,
doz. 65c; 50 for $1.90; 100 for $3.50.

Prnilnpfivp This variety is much like Superb, but has im-
perfect flowers. It is wonderfully productive,
yielding more than any other kind we know of. The
berries are not quite as large as Superb, a little lighter
in color and more firm. The plant is so productive that
fruit often sets on the runners soon after they have

rooted. It is well to set out some of these in connection
with Superb. Doz. 65c; 50 for $2.00, postpaid. By ex-
press, doz. 50c; 50 for $1.75; 100 for $3.00.

Autumn variety makes a great many plants, so they

1 can be sold at a much lower price than other fall-
bearing kinds. The berries are large and fine, but more
care must be taken to make the plants bear well in the
fall. If the runners are left on there will be little or no
fruit in the fall, but the next June there will be a great
crop. If the runners are kept cut off as fast as they
appear, and if the land is “ strong ” — that is rather
heavy and containing some clay, this variety will produce
good crops in the fall. The flowers are imperfect, so
some kind, like Superb, with perfect flowers must be
planted nearby. One plant of Superb to 6 or 8 plants
Autumn is enough. Doz. 20c; 50 for 60c; 100 for $1.00,
postpaid. By express, 100 for 85c; 1000 for $5.00.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

We raise large quantities of cabbage, cauliflower, celery, tomato and other plants, and aim to have them of superior quality
to the plants usual! v sold.

The plants are all carefully packed and we guarantee their safe arrival in good condition. When the price is preceded by
the words ‘‘ By express,” it means that when ordered at this price the plants are sent by express at the purchaser’s expense.
We shall be glad to quote special prices on large lots if you will let us know the kinds and quantities required.

CABBAGE PLANTS. Early transplanted plants, ready April
15 to May 1. These plants are well hardened and will
stand frost without injury. They are far superior to
plants grown in frames without transplanting. Such
plants, of course, can be sold much cheaper. Varieties :
Early Jersey Wakefield, Enkhuizen Glory, Copenhagen
Market. By mail, 20c per doz.; $1.00 per 100. By ex-
press, 15c per doz.; 75c per 100; $5.00 per 1000.

Field-grown Plants. All leading varieties, ready from June
10 to July 15. By mail, 10c per doz.; 50c per 100.
By express, 25c per 100; $1.50 per 1000; 5000 or more
at $1.10 per 1000. Please write for prices on large lots
stating quantity and varieties required.

CAULIFLOWER. Early transplanted plants, ready May 1.
Early Snowball and Danish Giant or Dry Weather. By
mail, 25c per doz.; $1.50 per 100. By express, $1.25 per
100.

Field-grown Plants. Ready June 20. By mail, 15c per doz. ;

• 85c per 100. By express, 65c per 100; $3.75 per 1000.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Field-grown plants ready June 20.

Same price as for field-grown caulifiower.

CELERY. Early transplanted plants, ready middle of May.
Golden Self-Blanching and White Plume. By mail, 86c
per 100. By express, 65c per 100; $4.50 per 1000.

Field-grown. Strong, stocky plants of all varieties listed
in this catalogue, ready last of June. By mail, 50c per
100. By express, 30c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. Write
for prices on larger lots.

EGG PLANT. As these plants are easily injured in trans-
planting we raise them in pots and wrap the ball of earth
in paper so as not to disturb the roots. Black Beauty,
ready May 25. By express, 75c per doz.; 50 plants for
$2.50.

PEPPER. Strong transplanted plants ready last of May.
Varieties : Ruby King, Giant Crimson, Neapolitan, Bell or
Bull Nose, New Giant Cayenne. By mail, 25c per doz.
By express, 20c per doz.; $1.25 per 100; $8.50 per 1000.

TOMATO. Our tomato plants are strong and stocky and are
well hardened, and are much superior to plants taken
directly out of greenhouses. Varieties : New Extra Early
Earliana, Bonny Best, Early Detroit, Success, Stone,
Dwarf Champion, Tucker’s Favorite and Golden Queen
(yellow). By mail, 30c per doz. By express, 20c per doz. ;
$1.25 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Write for price on larger
quantities stating varieties desired.

Joseph Harris Co.^ Moreton Farm, Coldtuater^ N. Y

INSECTICIDES, ETC.

Arsenate of Lead.

use on potatoes, apple trees, etc.

We find this a much better and
cheaper poison than Paris green for

1 Ih. can 25c; 10 Ih. pails $1.25 each; 25 lb. pails $2.60;
50 lb. kegs at 10c per lb.; 100 lb. kegs at 9%c per lb.
Write for prices on larger lots.

FORMALIN (Formaldehyde, 40 per cent). A valuable disin-
fectant that destroys germs that cause diseases in plants.
It is very effective when used to destroy smut germs in
oats and scab on potatoes. To treat oats use 1 pint for-
malin to 50 gallons of water and soak ten minutes. For
potatoes use 1 pint to 30 gallons and soak two hours.
Pint 25c; gallon jug $1.75.

PARIS GREEN. We can furnish pure Paris green at 35c per
lb.; 5 lbs. for $1.10; 10 lbs. or more at 20c per lb. Price
variable according to market.

TOBACCO DUST, Tobacco dust is an excellent material for
keeping bugs off cucumber, melon and squash vines. The
dust should be applied when the leaves are wet so that it
will adhere to them. It should be used in liberal quan-
tities. For fumigating greenhouses the tobacco dust we
sell is most excellent. It burns evenly and will light with-
out the use of kerosene. 5 lbs. will fumigate a house
25 X 100 feet. Postpaid, 15c per lb. By express, 5 lb.
package 20c; 10 lbs. 35c; 50 lbs. or more at 3c per lb.

WHITE HELLEBORE. The best remedy for currant and cab-
bage worms. Apply dry or in water. Per lb. 20c, (Post-
paid, 30c per lb.)

SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP. For killing aphides, or lice on roses
and other plants we have found nothing so effective and
convenient as Sulpho-Tobacco soap. Directions for use
are printed on the cover of each cake. A 3-oz. cake makes
1Y2 gallons, and an 8-oz. cake 4 gallons of the solution.
Postpaid, 3-02. cakes 12c; 8-oz. cakes 25c. By express,
3-oz. cakes 10c; 8-oz. cakes 20c.

LAMBERT’S DEATH TO LICE, This is the most effective
remedy for killing lice on poultry we have found. Death
to Lice is a powder and is easily applied to the fowls by
dusting it through the feathers. It kills the lice within
a few minutes after applying. It should be used on
setting hens and young chickens as soon as hatched.
It is perfectly harmless and will not injure the most
delicate chickens. 15-ounce cans 25c. Postpaid, 35c.
Pull directions for use are printed on each can.

Nitrate of Soda most soluble and quickly available form of nitrogen or “ ammonia.” It is of great benefit in

strong, luxuriant growth in plants. It is especially valuable for cabbage, cauliflower, beets,
carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes and similar crops, as well as for grass and grain. It can be advantageously used as a
top dressing after plants are up. It is immediately available to the plants when applied.

Gardeners should always have some nitrate of soda on hand and use it whenever they want to promote a quick, strong
growth in plants. A little nitrate dissolved in water at the rate of about a tablespoonful (1 oz.) to 2 gallons of water
will stimulate a rapid growth either when applied to plants in frames, greenhouses or the open ground. If your plants
don’t grow well, try a little nitrate on them — but don’t use too much.

10 lbs. 50c; 100 lbs. $4.00; bag of 220 lbs. $7.75.

A NEW SEED

POTATO

CUTTER

No. 1 shows how a
small potato is cut
into two pieces, and
also how the seed
end is cut off if de-
sired.

No. 2 shows how
medium-sized p o t a -
toes are cut into four
pieces.

No. 3 shows how
large potatoes are
cut into six pieces.

This is the only really satisfactory potato cutter we have ever used. With it a man can cut five times as many potatoes in
a day as by hand and cut them any way desired. The cutter is placed on top of a bushel crate or barrel so that the potatoes
fall into it when cut. When cutting the lever is raised with one hand and a potato placed on the knives with the other in su,ch
a position as will cut it in as many pieces as desired. (See picture above.) By a simple movement of the hand the potato is
cut and falls into the box below.

To take off the “ seed end ” the potato is simply drawn over the knife blade on top of the plate as shown in Fig. No. 1.
The pieces fall on a plate and are kept separate from the rest of the cut potatoes. This cutter will pay for itself in a day.
A large grower cannot afford to be without one. The cutter is 2 feet long and 8 inches wide ; weight, 8 lbs. Price, $2.75.

WHITE WYANDOTTES

We have raised White Wyandottes for over fifteen years and have bred up a
very fine strain that is as fine as any in the country.

Price of Fowls Good large vigorous cockerels $2.00 each; 3 for $5.00.

1 These cockerels are perfectly pure bred and are just the

thing to breed up a fiock for practical purposes. It will pay those who
have hens of common mixed breeds to get some of these pure bred White
Wyandotte cockerels to improve the stock.

EXTRA FINE COCKERELS. Carefully selected for purity of color, shape of
comb, color of legs, etc., $3.00 to $5.00 each, according to quality.

These are as fine cockerels as can be bought of other breeders for $8.00
to $10.00. They are good enough to put in any flock of pure bred White
Wyandottes for breeding purposes or show.

PULLETS. Fine, large, early hatched pullets, carefully selected for breeding,
$2.00 each. Good, large, healthy pullets, $1.75 each.

furnish eggs from our own carefully selected breeding stock.

* We have scratching sheds attached to our hen houses and every other
advantage for getting good fertile eggs. As we cannot test eggs before
sending them off, as we do seeds, of course we cannot tell how fertile
they are. All we can do is to send only perfectly fresh eggs and give our
hens the best of care and food. We pack the eggs in the most careful
manner and guarantee they shall reach the purchaser in good condition.

1 setting, 13 eggs, $1.25 50 eggs, $3.25

2 settings, 26 eggs, $2.00 100 eggs, $6.00

The eggs and fowls are sent by express at the expense of the purchaser.
They are packed in very light carriers so as to make the express charges as
low as possible.'

BUFF ORPINGTONS

We have been raising White Wyandottes for a good many years. It is a well-known fact that chickens of this
breed are of the very finest quality on the table and we were perfectly satisfied with them in this respect until we
were induced to raise a few Buff Orpingtons. The first one of these we cooked was a revelation. We had
never tasted any chicken equal to it in tenderness and flavor. Some people think all breeds of chickens taste
alike, but it is far from true. Leghorns are great to lay eggs but are of very indifferent quality to eat. This
is true of a number of the other small breeds. The Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks are of fine quality when
well fed and fat, but neither are quite equal to the Buff Orpingtons.

Anyone who wants the very best chickens for his own table or for market where quality is appreciated should
raise some of this breed. ^

The Buff Orpingtons grow rapidly and attain a large size. We had last summer chickens ten weeks old
that weighed three pounds and at six months between seven and eight pounds.

Our hens have laid well for us both in winter and summer. Pullets hatched in May began laying in Novem-
ber. The hens are wonderful setters and mothers, but if it is not desired to have them set, confine them in
a coop for a few days and they will shortly begin laying again.

They are very handsome, trim-looking birds with a golden hue to their buff-colored plumage.

Buff Orpingtons — Cockerel and Pullets

They lay a good size brown egg which hatches well, and the chickens are very strong and vigorous.

Our Buff Orpingtons were raised from some of the best stock in the country and are fine, large, vigorous
birds, perfectly pure-bred and high class in every way.

COCKERELS, Extra Fine $6.00 each.

These are the very finest birds we have ; practically perfect in every way.

Cockerels, good utility stock $2.50 each.

These are large, vigorous, pure-bred cockerels, but have some slight defects in color of plumage or other minor points
that make no difference for practical purposes.

Pullets, first class $2.50 each.

Eggs. from carefully selected birds and will produce Buff Orpingtons of the highest

class.

1 setting, 15 eggs, $1.50. 50 eggs, $4.00

2 settings, 30 eggs, 2.50. 100 eggs, 7.50.

The eggs to be sent by express at the purchaser’s expense.

By Parcel Post. We can send eggs by parcel post at the following extra cost which must be added to above
prices.

To any places within 50 miles of Rochester, N. Y.

1 setting, 10c. 2 settings, 15c. 50 eggs, 20c.

To places over 50 miles and under 300 miles.

1 setting, 20c. 2 settings, 25c.

50 eggs, 50c.

A GOOD LAWN

There are two important points about starting a lawn. One is to properly prepare the ground
and the other is to use the very best and cleanest seed of the right kinds. If the soil to be seeded is
hard, which is often the case, especially around new buildings, it should be given a dressing of well-
rotted manure or a coating of good rich soil. In any case the ground must be plowed or spaded
and thoroughly pulverized. It is better to work over the ground two or three times at intervals of
a week or more so as to kill weeds and get the surface in fine condition. A dressing of bone meal is
an excellent thing to enrich the soil. Use about 1% lbs. per 100 square feet or 600 lbs. per acre.
This will have a lasting effect. Sow the seed as early as possible at the rate of about % lb. per 100
square feet, or on large lawns 75 to 100 lbs. per acre. The best time to seed a lawn is in the spring
or in August and September. Roll the ground after seeding if dry. The lawn mower should be
started just as soon as the grass is high enough to be cut off by it. This will keep the weeds down
and improve the grass.

Harris^ Lawn Grass Seed.

This mixture of grass seeds is composed of the very best
grades of seed of such kinds as make the closest and finest
turf and which stand hot and dry weather best. These grasses will make a quick growth and cover
the ground within a few weeks after sowing and form a permanent rich green turf. This mixture
contains white clover which is one of the very best grasses to stand hot, dry weather, and will keep
green through long periods of drought when other grasses turn brown if not constantly watered.
If the clover is not wanted please so note on the order and it will be omitted. For renewing old lawns
it is a good plan to stir the ground thoroughly with a rake or harrow so as to destroy moss and small
weeds. Sow the seed, using about half the quantity as for first seeding, and roll the lawn.

Harris* Lawn Grass Seed. By mail 45c. per lb. (1V2 qts.). By express, lb. 35c; pk. (6 lbs.) $1.75; bn.
(24 lbs.) $5.50.

For Shady Lawns. Although no grass will grow on land that is entirely shaded during the whole day,
the grasses in this mixture will thrive in places where ordinary kinds would die in a few months
after seeding. By mail, 75c. per lb. By express, lb. 65c; 5 lbs. or more at 60c. per lb.

THE LOED T?ALTTMOEE PEESS
BATTmOUTn. MT>.. IT. B. A.

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