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MICHAEL
SEED STORE
Pride of Minnesota
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Royal Purple
Wax B EAN
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Lawn
HOW TO MAKE Ai EAWN
BEUE GRASS
In preparing a seed bed so as to insure an
everlasting lawn it is well that the earth be
stirred deeper than merely scratching the sur-
face, either with a good stirring plow or spaded
to the depth of a foot or fifteen inches of even
more. This is the first step to be taken, and the
next consideration is the fertility of the soil
where you are making the lawn. Among the
various methods which increase the fertility of
the soil we find that Humus plays a most im-
portant part. Humus and organic matter such
as barn manure, well rotted and pulverized or
Bog Peat, well mixed in the soil when plowed
or spaded has the effect to keep it sweet and
porous. Aside from thi^ fertilizing feature,
humus- increases the capacity of the soil to re-
tain moisture, an important feature in the ver-
dant effect of a velvety lawn. Raw Ground Eime
or Band Plaster (Cal. Sulphate) can be added to
advantage and a coat of either of these 100 pounds
to every 1.000 square feet is highly beneficial
and the effect is lasting and permanent. The
very best time to do the work of preparing the
soil for a lawn is in the autumn season and then
left for the winter. The soil is solidified by
the winter condition. Then in the spring the
surface should be lightly stirred and the seed
sown, well raked in and rolled. When the sum-
mer is over and the winter comes on again, the
lawn needs attention and it is a wise plan after
the ground is slightly frozen to cover it with
a moderate coat of well rotted manure. In the
springtime before the growth of grass is started,
this coat of manure should be well raked in the
soil, and the roughage raked off, giving the
grass a chance to get plenty of sunlight. Should,
however, this be overlooked in the autumn, then
in the springtime again it is well to apply a
moderate amount of sheep manure, phosphate,
or ground bone fertilizer, well raked into the
soil just as soon as is possible and at such time
it is well to apply a sprinkle of our blend of
reseeding lawn grass.
These suggestions in regard to the making of
a lawn will well repay the time and expense by
the increased growth of grass.
The best and most velvety lawn grass is our
native grown Kentucky Blue Grass. It comes
earliest in the spring and is the last and freshest
green anywhere to be seen in the Autumn until
winter comes again. There is sometimes trouble
in getting it to come up quick and make a per-
manent sod, but this is often due perhaps to
weather conditions and the quality of seed used.
After years of experience we have come to under-
stand and realize the importance and the requi-
site attention necessary to secure quality in
Blue Grass Seed. Quality of Blue Grass seed
that Ave are now offering for lawn purposes is
a high grade product groAvn especially for us,
extra re-cleaned, sun-dried, highest germination,
double AA^eight, all chaff eliminated and in no
sense to be compared to the chaffy grades of
Blue Grass Seed usually offered for sale. This
quality we handle under the name of Purity
Brand Avhich AA’hen soaaui on a AA^ell prepared seed
bed in early spring-time will soon make a Avell
sodded laAVii. Purity Brand 60c per lb.
MAGIC EAWX SEED
This is a special lawn grass of our own blend.
It is made up of the best kinds and highest
grades of domestic and imported grasses used
in laAvn work. It comes up quick and grows like
magic, giving a continuous green turf through-
out the season. The soil should be well pre-
pared AA’ith a surface of black earth or some well
rotted manure mixed in the soil and soAAm as
early in the spring-time as you can have the
ground prepared. Sow at the rate of one pound
to eA’ery 500 square feet. Remember that this is
our OAvn blend and sold only by ourselves at our
Seed Store, 316 Pearl Street. Per lb., 50c.
RESEEDIXG EAAVN GRASS
This is a special blend of grasses for reseeding
the laAvn after it is AA’ell raked and cleaned in the
spring time. It has the effect to liven up an old
laAvn Avhere the grass shows the effect of age and
needs reA'iAufying. Sprinkle this seed over the
laAvn Avith a liberal application of sheep fertiliz-
er Avell raked in, early in the spring time, which
Avill bring the desired result. Per pound 50c.
DEEP ROOTED EAIVX GRASS
This is a blend of strong, poAverful rooted grasses. It is especially Amluable and is blended on
purpose for just such places where we haA’e had trouble to get sod firmly set. Shady nooks, ter-
races, slopes, sun-baked corners, and other trying places difficult to get a catch and sod started
with those A^elA^ety foliage surface rooted grasses. In these places Deep Rooted Lawn Grass planted early
in the spring time Avith some good fertilizer well mixed in the soil brings the desired results.
Per lb., 50c.
AVHITE CLOVER SEED. 60 per lb. FERTILIZERS. See page 43.
Campbell Printing Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
THE MICHAEL SEED STORE
Auto Phone 2142 New Phone 935-M
J. S. MICHAEL, Manager 316 E. Pearl St., SIOUX CITY, IOWA.
INDEX
VEGETABLE SEEDS
Beans 2
Peas 3
Sweet Corn 4
Beets 4
Mangel, Sugar Beets 5
Cabbage 5, 6
Cauliflower 5
Carrots 6
Celery 6
Cueiimber 7
Lettuce 7, 8
Muskmelons 8
Mushroom Spawn 14
Watermelons b
Onions -1(1
Onion Sets 1(1
Pepper 11
Parsnip 12
Pumpkin 12
Radish 11
Spinach 12
Squash .12
Tomatoes 13
Turnips ...13
Rutabaga .13
Miscellaneous
Vegetables 14
Herb Seeds 14
FLOWER SEEDS
Flower Seed (Bulk) 15
Sweet Peas is
Nasturtium .....IS
ROOTS, BULBS,
PLANTS
Iris 28
Canna Roots 26
House Plants 28
Gladiolus 26
Conservatory Plants 28
Hardy Bulb Roots ....27
Tender Bulb Roots 27
Dahlia 25
Peonies 25
Lilies 27
Ferns, Hardy 28
Autumn Bulbs 28
Hanging Baskets 29
Flowering Plants ....29
Vegetable Plants 29
Vegetable Roots 29
THE HOME OF GOOD SEEDS
Bulbs, Plants and Nursery Stock
INDEX
GRASS SEEDS
Alfalfa 19
Clovers 19
Sweet Clover 19
Bromus Inermis 20
Ky. Blue Grass 20
Eng. Blue Grass 20
Orchard Grass 20
Rye Grass 20
Timothy 20
Cane Seed 23
Millet 21
Sudan Grass 21
Feterita 22
Oats 21
Rye 22
Barley .22
Speltz 21
Flax 22
Potatoes 23
Rape - 22
Cowpeas 22
Buckwheat .22
Seed Corn .24
Wheat 22
Syrup Sorghum 23
NURSERY DEPART-
MENT
Apples 30, 31
Cherries .....31
Currants 33
Plums 32
Pears 32
Gooseberries 33
Buffalo Berries ...33
Grapes 35
Blackberries .36
Raspberries 36
Strawberry Plants ..34
Roses 40, 41
Ornamental Shrubs 37
Ornamental Trees ....39
Shade Trees 39
Climbing Vines 38
Hedge Shrubs 38
Weeping Trees 39
Evergreens 42
Seedlings 43
Insecticides 43
Fertilizers 43
Poultry Poods 44
Animal Foods 44
Sprayers 44
Seeders 44
Garden Implements 44
Inoculations 44
THE HOUSE THAT MICHAEL BUILT
A FRIENDLY TIP: Plant a home garden this spring. It is a sure cure for spring fever, a
healthful exercise and a swat at the High Cost of Living. This applies to the city man, the sub-
urbanite and the farmer too. For the latter it is a boon. Any farmer can save §500.00 a year with
a good home garden.
CATALOG: in handing you our new catalog we wish to express our thanks and appreciation
and good will in days gone by.
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS: We carry a full line of these seeds and they are the
best the country affords. Purest quality, of strong germination, grown and carefully selected for
us by special growers ; men who exercise the greatest care to have the seeds choice, pure and reliable.
CLOVER AND GRASS SEEDS: Our field and grass seeds are of superfine quality, extra re-
cleaned, pure, free from foul and obnoxious weed seed as it is possible to render them by the best
process of recleaning.
NURSERY STOCK: Our cellar arrangements for handling nursery stock surpasses anything
in the country for keeping this stock in just as nice shape after it is dug up in the spring time
and brought to our house as if it was just dug out of the ground when the purchaser comes to get
it. We call your attention to page 30 for the N ursery Department.
DISCLAIMER: While we exercise the greatest care to have all seeds pure and reliable, it is
positively understood we sell no seeds, plants, bulbs or nursery stock with any warranty expressed
or implied in any respect and will not be in any way responsible for the crop.
The Michael Seed Store
J. S. MICHAEL, Manager
316 Pearl Street, Sioux City, Iowa
Auto Phone, 2142 — — Iowa Phone, 935-M
Prices and Description
VEGETABLE SEEDS
BEANS, PEAS AND SWEET CORN come first— 'Other SEEDS in alphabetical order.
NOTICE — Prices quoted are f. o. b. Sioux Citjq Iowa. If ordered sent by mail, add 10c per pint,
15c per quart or 8c per pound to catalog prices.
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 8c each, 2 for 15c.
All prices quoted are subject to stocks on hand and market fluctuation.
Beans
Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet.
It would be useless to plant them until the
ground is warm. They can be safely planted
culture make your rows about 18 inches apart
first M'hen the apple is in bloom. For garden
and 8 inches apart in the rows. One quart
plants about 100 foot rows.
Pnlflfin Wav The old standard wax sort. Pro-
vjuiuen DdA cUictive and early with yellow
semi-round pods of good quality. Improved
Golden Wax also at same prices. Prices: Vz lb.,
25c; 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., 83.00.
Ampriran RIa rlc Wan The old standard Black
i\.merican DiacK wax
pods are round, brittle, of handsome golden yel-
low color, and of buttery flavor when cooked.
Prices: Vz lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 10 lbs.,
83.00.
Davi^j Whifp Wax i^ew, white, rustless, pro-
l^aViS wniie wax wax-podded beau:
pods flat, very long, white waxy color, and
handsome; seeds clear white. Price: % lb., 15c;
1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25.
Slnnp-lpss Green Pod The earliest and hardiest
^Bingi^ss Vjreen rou podded
sorts ; large, handsome pods, some of which
measure six inches in length. Very productive,
bearing profusely the beautiful green pods, per-
fectly round, straight, broad, tender, brittle,
fleshy and entirely stringless. Price: Vz lb., 15c;
1 lb., 2.5c; 15 lbs., $3.25.
Extra Early Round Pod Red Valentine
there is nothing superior to this dwarf green -
Ijodded sort, both for the home and market
garden. Many prefer it to the wax varieties.
Pods medium length, curved cylindrical, with
crease in back, very fleshy, crisp and tender.
Price: % lb., 15c; l‘lb., 25c; 15 lbs., $3.00.
Imnrnvpd Dwarf Lima
improvea uwarr Lima White Lima,
a circular bush 15 to 20 inches high, self-sup-
ported by its own thick stems. Unsurpassed in
productiveness and quality of its large, hand-
some pods. Price: Vz Id., 20c; 1 lb., 35c; 10 lbs.,
$3.50.
I artrp White Lima ^Tne, tall growing, requires
Large wniie Linia support, pods
borne in clusters, long, broad, very thin, dark
green ; seed very large, ovaS. flat, greenish
white. Price: V2. lb., 15c; 1 lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.50.
Kentucky Wonder, or old Homestead. ^^^rTety
long, flat green pods, seven to nine inches in
length, fleshy and stringless. Heavy yielder.
Excellent for snap beans. Price: Vz lb., 15c; 1
lb., .30c; 10 lbs., $2.50.
Field Bean Wkite. The finest white field
u vcau a heavy yielder in all sec-
tions of the country. Price: 1 lb., 15c; 10 lbs.,
$1.00; per 100 lbs., $8 00. Bags extra.
Royal Round Pod Purple Wax Bean
this season as a specialty this splendid wax
bean. It has proven itself to be one of the very
best of all the wax sorts. The plants are good
size without runners ; leaves are dark green. Pods
are very round and deep yellow in color, very
brittle, stringless, without fibre, and unsurpassed
in quality. For the market gardener who wants
a first class round podded wax bean, tliis is
one of the best that has ever appeared. Price:
Vz lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, lOAVA
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted; 5c each, 6 for 25c.
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PEAS
Peas are among the earliest seeds that can be
planted at the close of winter. The round, smooth
sorts are the hardiest and are often i3lanted
without danger before the frost is out of the
ground. The wrinkled sorts are not so hardy
and cannot with safety be planted quite so
early ; but plant all kinds as early as possible
and plant on a warm, quick, rich soil. Peas
will mature earlier if planted only an inch deep.
Where earliness is most important they should
not be planted deeper, but larger pods and
more of them may be had by deeper planting.
Dwarf varieties are planted in rows 15 inches
to 2 feet apart. Two quarts of seeds sow a
hundred yards of rows.
Alaska or Earliest of All amf
of distinctive light color. The pods are of good
size, about two and one half to two and three-
fourths inches long. Seed small, smooth, and
bluish green in color. This sort matures all
of its crop at once and is an invaluable variety
for market gardeners and canners. Price: Vs
lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00.
Ferry^s First and Best
The earliest and most
even, extra early peas
in existence, maturing well together. Price: %
lb., 10c; 1 lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.50.
T iHIp MaevAl Xew improved variety lately in-
L.1111C mci.vci Produced. The hiost valuable
home garden variety yet introduced, very early,
large podded and a great cropper, 18 inches
high, pods very dark green, produced in pairs
and always well filled. Price : Vz lb., 15c; 1 lb.,
25c,
Michael’s Early June Pea actually the
earliest pea known.
Being a dented solid berry, it will stand plant-
ing two weeks earlier than the wrinkled varie-
ties without injury from weather conditions
which hardy quality gives it an extra early start.
The berry is bluish green in color; vines grow
about knee high and good averaged size pod;
well filled and of a very rich quality. Price per
1/2 lb., 15c; per lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00.
American Wonder
Somewhat similar to Xott’s
Excelsior ; a very early
wrinkled pea ; very dwarf. Pods quite large,
but not many to a vine. Price: lb., 15c; 1
lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25.
Little Gem ^I'obably the best known and more
widely grown second early. It
comes in following the first earlies, grows about
15 to 18 inches high and bears heavily of large,
plump pods. The peas are wrinkled and verv
sweet. Price: Vz lb., 15c; 1 lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.50.
Nett’s Excelsior ^^ry sweet, very dwarf
early pea, small bush, about
15 inches high. Bears very heavily in a favor-
able season, but subject to weather conditions
more than the smooth peas. Very high quality.
Price: Vz lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25.
Harvester This handsome wrinkled pea is the
largest of the dwarf varieties and
almost identical with the Laxtonian. The pods
are dark green, about four inches in length and
of splendid quality ; early in season ; vines vig-
orous and productive ; average 15 to 18 inches
high. Price: Vz lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c.
Teleohone Telephone is medium early in
^ season, bears a long time ; the pods
are always of good size, well filled and the
quality is of the very best. Price: Vz lb., 15c; 1
lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00.
Champion of England
The best late season
tall pea. One of the
oldest varieties of peas. There is no sweeter
pea than the Champion of England. The vines
grow almost 5 feet high, are very vigorous and
produce a heavy crop of good sized pods filled
from end to end with luscious peas. Price: Vz
lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25.
Marrowfat (Late)
One of the oldest and best
known peas. A great yield-
er of ordinary quality peas. Price; 1 lb., 20c;
10 lbs., $1.75.
F/IiViIa Pn/1 Ppa This class of pea is but little
ILOlDie roa rea ^i^ey have a sweet,
brittle, succulent pod, and can be used same
as snap beans, cooking both pod and pea to-
gether. Price: Vz lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c.
Tana da Fipid Pea ^ splendid crop to sow with
U^anaaa rieia rca barley for green
feed. Will produce a crop and enrich the soil
at the same time. Succeeds well almost any-
where and is very prolific. Price: 1 lb., 15c; 15
lbs., $1.75; Per 100 lbs., $7.50. Bags extra.
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Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
SWEET CORN
DON’T PLANT SWEET CORN DEEP — Sweet Corn should not he planted over one inch deep;
most people plant tAvo or three inches deep — most sure to rot. Also do not plant too early... Not as
early as field corn.
Dinner Bell
Dinner Bell This Sweet Corn for earliness sur-
passes anything yet introduced. It
originated in North Dakota and while it is not
as sweet as some of the later kinds it makes up
for all this by coming in season so far ahead
of them that it has served its purpose and gone
before the others are ready to be used as green
corn. The ears are not large but medium in size,
pure white and of extra good quality for so early
a corn. Price; Vs lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25.
White Mexican Originated at Sioux City. Early
wniie mexican Earlies and far
sweeter than any of them. Price: 1 lb., 20c; 15
lbs., $1.75.
Hnlden Bantam ^ ^ew variety of sweet corn ;
UOiaen Dantam richest and sweetest of
all corns. It may be planted thickly and as
late as July 15 with splendid results for table
use as green corn. Price: % lb., 10c; 1 lb., 15c;
15 lbs., $2.00.
Fxtra Farlv Pnrv Standard early sort, fair
extra early COry q^^^nty and very early.
Price: 1 lb., 15c.
Minn«»cnta Farlv The best and most popular of
IViinnesoia eany older varieties. The stalks
are short and bear two Tong ears each, having
eight rows of very sweet and tender kernels.
Price: % lb., 10c; 1 lb., 15c; 15 lbs., $2.00.
Country Gentleman This variety frequently
v^ouniry uenueman gj^ed ears,
while the average is three to a stalk. The cob
is very small, giving good kernels of pearly
whiteness. It is without doubt the sweetest and
most tender of all sweet corn. Price: % lb.,
10c; 1 lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.75.
StOWelFs Evergreen ^ke standard big late
(jQpjj Good, big ears, sweet
and solid, and heavy yielder. Used extensively
by the canning factories and for drying. Stays
green and tender for a long time. Select hand
picked stock. Price: % lb., 10c; 1 lb., 15c; 10
lbs., $1.40.
Sweet Corn for Fodder
plication.
TABLE BEETS
For earliest use sow seed of any round sort.
Seed for main crop may be sown as soon as the
ground can be gotten in proper condition. For
table beets sow in drills 18 inches apart, and thin
to stand 3 to 4 inches apart in the row. Use 1
ounce to 200 feet of drill and cover lightly; 5 to
6 lbs. per acre. Round and turnip shaped beets
are best for spring and summer ; the half long
kinds for winter. For sugar beets and mangels
make the rows to 3 feet apart, and sow 6 to
8 pounds per acre. A light, loamy soil is best
for all beets.
Extra Early Flat Egyptian
and the beets are round on fop, but flat at bot-
tom end. The color of flesh is light red. Price:
oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; Vz lb., 35c; lb., 50c.
Crngfiv^g F<rvnl-Jan variety of beet which has
V^rosoy S ngypnan supplanted the orig-
inal Egyptian and is more desirable because of
its shape and fine quality. It is extremely
early. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; % lb., 40c;
lb., 65c.
Blond Turnin ^ specimen of Blood
uiuuu turnip B^et, early and
good for summer and autumn use. Price: oz.,
10c; % lb., 20c; % lb., 30c; lb., 50c.
Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet ch^rd a?e
used as greens, cooked in same manner as Spinach
and the large ribs are prepared like Asparagus,
in which manner they are delicious. Price: oz.,
10c.
Half Long Blood
Dark Red flesh. Price; oz.,
10c; Vz lb., 30c; lb., 50c.
Long Smooth Dark Blood
^ ozs., 15c; % lb., 30c;
lb., 50c.
Darlf Rpd ^ grand beet with tops ex-
ueiroil LiarK nea ceptionally small and up-
right ; roots are perfect turnip shape with
small tap root. Color dark blood red. One of the
best for market gardener and the home garden-
er. Price: 1 oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; % lb., 35c; 1
lb.
Detroit Dark Red
MICHAEL SEEll STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Pri<ie per trade paeket on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
Half Sugar Mangel Wurzel
The Best for Stock
Feeding
A strain of beets very
desirable for stock
feeding, affording not
only a very large crop
much easier to harvest
than other sorts, but
much richer in sugar
and other nutritive ele-
ments growing out of
the ground. Can be
harvested easily. Price:
1 lb., 50c; 10 lbs., ^4.00.
Mangel
Wurzel
Mammoth Long Red
This is the heaviest
cropping and largest
of all mangels. The
roots grow from one-
half to two thirds above
the surface and are
frequently two or more
feet in length by six
inches in diameter.
Dark, richly colored
foliage ; skin bright
red ; flesh white, with
veined rings of rosy-
pink. Price: oz., 10c;
1/2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c,
postpaid.
Golden Tankard
Best for dairy farm-
ing. It is of rich, deep
yellow throughout.
Early, hardy and a
heavy cropper. Price:
oz., 10c; 1 lb., 50c; 5
lbs., $2.25.
Sugar Beets
Sugar Beets may be grown in any tillable soil
that is capable of producing good crops of
vegetables. A few rows of Sugar Beets in the
garden will be sufficient for a supply of syrup for
home use. A bushel of Sugar Beets will produce
about a gallon of syrup. Splendid for stock food.
White French Sugar ^
W rite for U. S. Department of Agriculture for
Farm Bulletin No. 823.
Cauliflower
One ounce of seed will produce about 3,000
plants.
Seed)
Fnriv Esteemed for its earliness and
liariy onowoail heading qualities, produc-
ing large, solid, pure white heads ; dwarf in
habit and as early as any; one of the best sorts
for forcing. Price; Pkt., 15c; % oz., $1.00; Vz
oz., $1.50; oz., $2.50.
Hanicli Hianf One of the finest late varieties
uanisn Uiani robust habit; heads large,
compact and thoroughly protected by leaves.
Price: pkt., 15c; % oz., 80c; % oz., $1.50; oz., $2.50.
CABBAGE
Culture. The Cabbage is a great feeder and
well repays heavy manuring and high culture.
It succeeds best on well drained soil. Early cab-
bage may be started in early spring in a hotbed.
For main crop, summer and autumn cabbage,
the seed should be sown in a rich bed in the
open air in May or June. Sow shallow; 1 oz.
of seed to 4,000 plants, 3 to 4 ozs. for an acre.
Set the plants 2 to 3 feet apart each way. Give
frequent cultivation.
The earliest flat head.
As early as Jersey
Wakefield. Yields more than the early pointed
heads. Solid, uniform and finely grained. Price:
Vz oz., 15c; oz., 25c.
Early Jersey Wakefield Jo-We-a ^ by ^ -n?
early variety. Of large size for so early a kind.
Heads hard and solid, and have few outside
leaves. Our seed is extra select highest quality.
American grown. Price: % oz., 10c; oz., 20c.
Early Spring Cabbage
Winningstadt
Cone-shaped summer sort; a
sure header and a good keeper.
Price; Vz oz., 15c; oz., 25c.
Danish Ball-Head (Dutch Wmter or
Lrduidu Ddii ncdu Hollander). The heads are
of medium size, solid and deep, averaging in
weight nearly eight pounds. Their quality is
superior and they are just as solid in spring
as when put away in the fall. Price; Vz oz., 10c;
oz., 20c; Ai lb., 75c; lb- $2.50.
New Early Cabbage
Conenba^en entirely new type of early
vupcuudgcu cabbage. As early as Early Jersey
Wakefield, as large as All Head, solider and
better quality than either. Price; Vz oz., 15c;
oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; lb., $2.50.
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BFEK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted; 5c each, 6 for
' CARROTS
25c.
Alt ±iead Early
Carrots require a deep, well worked soil. Plant
In rows 15 inches apart for table sorts ; cover
inch deep. One ounce plants 50 feet. Carrots
are excellent for stock, especially for horses.
Sow any time before July 1st in rows 21 inches
apart. Thin to 6 inches in the rows; two
pounds of seed to the acre. Store in winter
the same as turnips. For feeding stock grow
the White or Yellow Belgian, which yields big
crops.
nvVioot4 t\Y do not hesitate to
Uxheart or ijueranae
able variety in existence. It is intermediate be-
tween the Half Long and Horn varieties, attain-
ing a diameter of 3 to 4 inches at the neck, of
beautiful shape and rich orange color. It is ex-
cellent for hogs and other live stock and has
vielded 1,200 bushels per acre. Price; oz., 10c; 14
lb., 35c; lb., $1.00.
Short Horn (French Forcing). This
£.ariiesi onon norn .^.^riety is small, reddish-
orange, of globular shape and excellent flavor.
Price; oz., 15c; 3 ozs., 35c; Yz lb., 75c; lb., $1.50.
All Head Early
All Head Early is of special
value because of close ad-
herence to the type in habit of growth and the
shape and quality of the head. Head large, very
solid and flat. Quality excellent. By planting
late it can be used also as a wunter cabbage.
Price; Vz oz., 10c; oz., 20c; Yk lb., 75c.
Early Flat Dutch Cabbage ^^wuh
good size, solid heads,; sells well and are good
keepers. Price; % oz., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 75c.
Henderson’s Early Summer lariy'Sbbfge.
Same as All Head. Price; See All Head.
Qiipppccjfin An excellent variety
nenaersons succession
maturing in midsummer. Same as All Head.
Price: See All Head.
nanvpr«! Half Lonff ^ popular standard va-
i/anvers nan L.ong orange
color. Very smooth and handsome. In form
halfway bet\veen Oxheart and the Long Orange,
and wmnderfully productive. Price: oz., 10c; %
lb., 25e; lb., 75c.
Chantenay Half-Long
Resembling the Danvers,
with larger shoulder.
Medium early and heavy cropper. Price: oz.,
10c; % lb., 2‘5c; lb., 75c.
Improved Long Orange ^oots'^®‘ion|?'^°thickset
near the crown, tapering regularly up to a
point, color deep orange. Price: oz., 10c; 2 oz.,
15c; 1/2 lb., 40c; lb., 75c.
Large Yellow Belgian
LTsed for feeding cattle;
grows large and is very
Premium Late Flat Dutch
still the standard wunter
solid and first-class keeper.
This old and well-
known variety is
kind. Heads large.
Price : Yz oz., 10c ;
oz., 20c; lb., $2.50.
Late Drumhead very deep, solid, sure head-
ing variety, which in rich
soil -will gro-w to a very large size ; solid and
excellent flavor. Price: Yz oz., 15c; oz., 25c; lb..
$2.75.
HaCO earliest of all Red. Cabbage... The
best large red cabbage. A sure head of
good red color to the center. Price: Yz oz., 50c;
oz., 75c.
For Cabbage Plants see page 21.
Oxheart Carrots
productive. Price: oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c ; 1 lb.,
75c; 5 lbs., $3.00.
Celery
One ounce will
produce 5, 0 0 0
plants.
Celery... Celery
seed is slow to
germinate and
ample time must
be given. Sow
thinly and cover
lightly keep con-
stantly moist.
Count on about
4,000 plants per
ounce of seed.
When the seed-
ling plants are 3
inches high they
should be clipped
at the top. Favor
stock growth or
3lse transplanted.
White Plume
Celery
The earliest cel-
ery. The easiest .4. ^
to grow, as it H lute Plume Celery
blanches without even earthing up. Price: Yz
oz., 10c; oz., 15c.
Hianf ^ superior keeping sort. The
Uiani rascal g^aiks are very large, solid,
crisp and of rich nutty flavor ; it blanches very
easily and retains its freshness a long time.
Price: Yz oz., 10c; oz., 15c.
fvnldpfi S<*lf Blnnc^hiTiO' Tbe leading early va-
uoiuen Deir Diancnmg stalks are broad-
er and heavier than those of White Plume, and
superior in quality, w^hile it is only a little
later. Price: Yz oz., 15c; oz., 25c; lb., $2.50.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
The Davis Perfect Cucumber
CUCUMBERS
Cucumbers thrive best on warm, rich, sandy
soil, the richer the better. Crop should never be
planted until soil is warm and the trees are out
in full leaf. Plant in hills 4 feet apart and thin
to about 4 plants to the hill. Second planting
about the middle of July for fall. One ounce for
50 hills.
The Davis Perfect Cucumber f o^
both outdoor use and forcing. It is a most
carefully selected strain of the White Spine
type. It is slim, slightly pointed, a dark glossy
green color, very tender, brittle and of fine fla-
vor, vigorous grower, withstanding blight and
disease better than other sorts. Price: oz., 15c;
3 ozs., 35c; lb., ^1.15.
Improved Early White Spine ^i"tyTh‘ch‘pIt
duces an early crop of cucumbers. The fruits are
straight, light green, with white spines. Price:
oz., 10c; 3 ozs., 25c; lb., $1.25.
Boston Pirlflintr ^ distinct and very productive
Dosion riCKling extensively grown for
pickles. The fruits are of medium size, very
smooth, symmetrical and bright green. Price:
oz., 10c; 3 ozs., 25c; lb., $1.25.
Improved Long Green “tom *'7“!
crisp. The small fruits are used for pickles and
larger ones are excellent for slicing. The vines
make a strong growth and are very productive.
Price: oz., 15c; 3 ozs., 35c; lb., $1.50.
KlnnHilfP riiriimliPr This variety is one of the
IklonaiKe L^ucumoer slicing. The color
is rich, dark green, and the fruits grow to a uni-
form size, measuring about 7 inches in length
and 2 inches thick when in good condition to use.
Price: oz., 10c; 3 ozs., 25c; lb., $1.25.
LETTUCE
Culture. Lettuce, to. be at its best, should
be grown rapidly, hence the soil should be made
as rich and friable as possible by liberal manur-
ing and thorough preparation. For winter, sow
under glass from November to February and thin
out as necessary. For general crop, sow out-
doors as early in the spring as the ground can
be worked, in drills 18 inches apart, and thin
young plants to 4 inches apart in the row. As
the plants begin to crowd, thin them out and use
as recjuired. In this way a much longer succes-
sion of cutting may be haVl from the same ground.
Black Seeded Simpson
Cluster vigorous, producing the
bulk of the crop near the root
and in clusters. Fruit short, with uniformly
thick end, dark green, but paler at blossom end,
A hardy and very productive sort. Price; oz.,
10c; 3 ozs., 25c; lb., $1.25.
Early Frame Short Green
for table use and for pickling. Plants very vig-
orous, fruit straight, a little smaller at the ends,
bright green, light at the blossom end. Comes
into condition for use a little later than the
Early Cluster. Price: oz., 10c; 3 ozs., 25c; lb., $1.25.
Black Seeded Simpson
Nearly double the size
of an ordinary Curled
Simpson. Stands summer well without becoming
tough or running to seed quickly. By far the
most popular variety for greenhouse forcing, mak-
ing large handsome heads in a very short time.
Price: oz., 10c ; % lb., 35c; lb., 75c.
riranfl Ranid« (Seed black). A lettuce for green-
urana wapias forcing, quick growth,
hardy, little liable to rot and remaining in con-
dition several days after being fit to cut. Will
stand shipping long distances better than most
sorts. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 35c; lb., 75c.
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CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
Big Boston
Biff Boston A white).
Olg DUMUII. A mitflonr cnltn
Popular for
outdoor culture, a compact,
large heading sort. Plants large, very hardy
and vigorous; leaves broad, comparatively
smooth, but wavy at edge, thin, very hard and
crisp, color bright light green, the head slightly
tinged with reddish brown. Price: oz., 10c; %
lb., 35c; lb., 75c.
New York This is one of the finest head let-
tuce now being grown, extra tender
and very brittle. While not as early variety as
some it is one of the best for the garden or
market. If you are fond of good lettuce don’t
fail to sow some of this excellent variety.
Price: oz., 10c: % lb., 35c: lb.. §1.00.
Early Prize Head. B White), a large
^ clustering, non-heading
lettuce. The most easily grown variety in culti-
vation. The leaves of the variety are crimped,
bright green tinged with brownish red, very
tender and sweet. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 40c;
lb., 75c.
Early Curled Simpson t^e “03^0^ fho
tuces. Quite similar to Early Curled Silesia.
Price: % lb., 40c; lb., 75c.
Hanson Leaves are curly and tender and form
a head as large as an early cabbage.
Slow to run to seed. Creamy white inside. Price;
y- lb., 40c; lb., 75c.
Honov Dew The skin
noney i^ew ,
is a very delicate yel-
low ; surface almost perfectly
smooth. The rind is thin, the flesh Ts very thick
and in color blends from a near white at the
rind to the daintiest of emerald green at the
seed cavity. The flesh is crisp and delicious,
very sweet, juicy and possesses a honey flavor,
very pleasing to the palate. Price: % oz., 10c;
oz., 15c.
‘‘Hoodoo” Melon (Introducer’s Strain). A new
nooQOO melon orange fleshed variety of the
finest quality. Very vigorous, remarkably blight
resisting and very productive. Fruits small and
of uniform size. Netting exceptionally fine and
dense. Flesh very thick. Price: oz., 15c; %
lb., 75c; lb., §2.50.
Rocky Ford
RnrL-v (Netted Gem). The flesh is deep
ivuctijr 1 oiu thick, and light green in col-
or. The flavor is exceedingly fine. The skin
is regularly ribbed and thickly netted. It is a
heavy cropper, and in wide favor as a market
melon. Our seeds are saved from a field in
which only seed melons are grown. Very de-
pendable. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 75e; lb., §1.25.
MUSKMELON SEED
Culture. Plant seeds in hills 4 to 6 feet apart
each Avay, after danger of frost is over. Use well
rotted manure in the hills. One ounce of seed
to 50 hills ; 2 to 3 pounds to the acre. A light
warm soil is best. In hoeing, draw the soil well
up to the plants. Fight bugs wuth tobacco dust
and slug shot. *
■ FmAraM Cm One of the sweetest melons in
Eiineraiu ucm ^cultivation ; smooth skin, deep
salmon colored flesh ; early and prolific. The
ideal home melon. Price: oz., 15c; % lb., 60c;
lb., §1.00.
pYh-a Earlv Hackensack Ten days earlier than
LXira tariy nacKensacK Hackensack.
Flesh light green and excellent in flavor. Price:
oz., 15c; Vz lb., §1.00; lb., §1.50.
Hackensack or Turk’s Cap
sorts. The fruits are sound, flattened at the
ends and have very broad ribs. Flesh is green,
fine quality. Price: oz., 10c; Vz lb., 60c; lb., §1.00.
Ocao-A (Salmon and Green). Medium to large
sized, oval, slightly ribbed, dark green
in color. Flesh is deep salmon color and very
thick. Covered more or less with shallow net-
ting. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 75c; lb., §1.25.
Early Citron Landreth^s
of fair quality. Price: oz., 10c;
§1.00.
early half flat
Flesh green,
Va lb., 60c; lb..
Banana
Cucumber shape.
Rather late maturing.
Vz lb., 60c; lb., §1.00.
Delicious odor.
Price: oz., 10c;
Honey Dew
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
Mclvor’s Wonderful Sugar
Culture. The essential thing in melon culture
is to get good strong vines early in the season.
To this end plant your melons in hills 8 feet
apart, made rich with some good fertilizer or
well-rotted manure thoroughly mixed with the
soil. As soon as the ground is warm and dry
plant 15 to 20 seeds in each hill, and thin out
when the plants begin to grow, leaving only 3 to
5 of the most vigorous. Protect the young plants
from insects and hasten their growth by the use
of liquid manure. From 3 to 5 pounds plant an
acre. Fight bugs with slug shot and tobacco
dust. *
One ounce will plant 50 hills and four pounds
will plant one acre.
Irish Gray
Irish Grav ones go and the new ones
^ come — sometimes the same old girl
with a new dress, and then again something
grander than ever appeared before — as fbr in-
stance the Honey Dew in Muskmelons, we now
have the IRISH GRAY in Watermelons. A su-
perb new sort just out. Bright, sparkling red
Hesh, sweet, firm, with a yellowish gray rind.
For the home it's better and sweeter than Kleck-
ley's Sweet ; has a tough rind ; better than Tom
SVatson and outyields either of those a half
more. It’s the thing to catch the market with.
Price: oz., 15c; % Ih., 50c; lb., $1.25.
Monte Christo or Kleckley^s Sweets ^as^e^d
for home use or near markets. Melons of medium
size, oblong, tapering slightly towards the stem
end ; dark green. Flesh very bright rich red,
exceedingly sweet. Price: oz., 10c; Va lb., 50c;
lb., 90c.
Mclvor’s Wonderful Sugar be?Jm\ng ™e
most famous melon for sweetness and high qual-
ity. The melons are long, averaging about 35
lbs. each. Rather light colored, irregularly strip-
ed and mottled with dark green. The rind is
thin, but tough, so that it is a good shipper.
Flesh is delicate, light red, entirely stringless,
very tender, juicj’ and luscious. Price; oz., 15c;
lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, postpaid.
Farlv The earliest watermelon in culti-
^ Lidiiy grown in all North-
ern states. Black seed, rich red flesh. Price: oz.,
10c; % lb., 40c; lb., 75c.
Georgia Rattlesnake striped
Peerless or Ice Cream ^ «arty ; j^ed_^fiesh
Dark Icins Early, round, solid, with thin dark
“ ® green skin ; of superior quality.
1 ioFt Irina Round in form like above; flesh
Lignt icing quality.
Hoarf ^iottled light green; large, oval,
oweei neari shipper.
TiiKan OiiPAn Early, solid and heavy; skin
i^uoan V^ueen green.
KnlVi Gpm ^’ery large; flesh red; a good ship-
ivuiu vjc ping sort; popular in the South.
Green Citron
(Red seed). Round and hand-
some ; for preserving only.
Above varieties not priced we quote as follows:
Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 40c; lb., 75c; in 5-lb. lots
and over, 10c per lb. may be deducted.
xom Watson
Tftin Wafcnn A large, oblong melon, the skin
lom w arson
rind is thin but tough and flesh a bright, at-
tractive red color, crisp, sweet and delicious.
Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 50c; lb., 80c.
Monte Christo
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CASH PRICE ETST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted; 5c each, 6 for 25c.
ONION SEED
The onion not only contains considerable nutriment and has valuable medicinal properties, but
is most useful in counteracting the bad effects of sedentary life. The odor it imparts to the
breath may be avoided by thorough cooking.
In onion culture, thorough preparation of the
ground, careful sowing and the best of after
culture, though essential, avail nothing unless
seed of the best quality be used.
Sow the seed as soon as the ground can be
gotten ready, and it can be done best with a
Planet Jr. hand seed drill adjusted to sow the
desired quantity of seed about one-half inch deep.
The quantity needed will vary with the soil, the
seed used and the kind of onions desired. Thin
seeding gives much larger onions than thick seed-
ing. Four to five pounds per acre is the usual
quantity needed to grow large onions.
Gathering. As soon as the tops die and fall the
bulbs should be gathered into windrows. Cut
off the tops when perfectly dry ; leave lay a
few days.
Red Wethersfield
Large Red Wethersfield the'^^omons.^Gooi
seller, great keeper, the best of all standard
sorts. My stock of this onion seed is most
select and sure to grow. Priee; % o«., lOc;
oz., 15c; Vz lb., 60e; lb., $1.00; 10 lbs., $9.00.
Southport Red Glohe t%“Tape“'anrS
red color, these onions bring a premium in any
market and is an excellent keeper. The seed
we offer is grown from true type bulbs. Subject
to test before planting and if not absolutely
satisfactory, money will be refunded. Price; %
oz., lOe; oz., 15c; % lb., 60c; lb., $1.00; 10 lbs., $9.50.
White Globe
Whitp This is the largest successful pure
TV iiuc vjiuuc ^Yiite onion in cultivation. Per-
fect globe shaped, very solid ; keeps well and
always brings the top of the market. Price;
1/2 oz., 10c; 1 oz., 20c; 1/2 lb., $1.25; lb.. $2.25.
Yellow Globe Danvers Th«
Bulbs of medium size, uniformly globe shaped,
with small neck and ripen very evenly. Flesh
white, crisp and of mild and excellent flavor.
Price; Vz oz., 10c; oz., 15c; Vz lb., 75c; lb., $1.25.
ONIONS—
Vz oz
1 oz.
% lb.
Prize taker (the largest onion grown, very mild)
$0.10
$0.15
$0.75
White Silver Skin, round, white, medium
.10
.15
1.25
Mammoth Silver Skin, a large, white onion
10
.15
1.25
New Queen, early, small white onion for pickling
10
.15
ONION SETS
Many prefer to grow onions from sets, as they are less trouble and are ready for use earlier than
those grown from seed. Sets grown from seed are known as bottom sets. One quart will plant a
row 50 feet long. Ten bushels will plant one acre. Multipliers are fine for bunching green. We sell
by the pound only. Special prices in large lots on all varieties. Bottom Onion Sets, per lb., 15c;
3 lbs., 40c. Perennial Sets, 15c lb., 3 lbs., 35c. Summer Top Sets, 25c lb. Multiplier or Potato
Sets, 20c per lb. Add 6c per lb., 2 lbs., 8e; 5 lbs., 14c, if by parcel post.
NOTICE— ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES AND STOCKS ON HAND. When
out of any one kind, we reserve the right to fill with next best at price of next best.
31ICHAEL SEED STOKE, 316 PEAKE ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
RADISH SEED
Culture. For forcing under glass, scatter
evenly over the surface 100 seeds to the square
foot and cover with one-half inch of soil, sifted.
For open ground culture, sow on rich, sandy
soil as soon in the spring as it is fit to work, in
drills twelve inches apart and thin out the
plants if necessary to prevent crowding. A good
dressing of nitrate of soda will greatly stimu-
late growth and insure tender and brittle roots.
Successional sowing from one week to ten days
apart will keep up a supply. After the hot
weather of summer begins it is better to sow the
sununer and winter varieties, as they do not be-
come tough and stringy nor pithy as the earlier
sorts are apt to do when planted in late summer
time. One ounce sows about 50 feet of row.
Kemember, a succession is secured by plant-
ing seed every ten days.
Saxji This is the best forcing
i>axa UlODe Kaaisn quickest outdoor rad-
ish to date. A new 20-day variety. Remark-
able for the small size of its leaves. The flesh
is firm, crisp and fine quality, dark red, globe
shaped bulbs of even size. Price: Vs. oz,, 10c;
oz., 15c; % lb., 50c.
The finest eating, a most Distinctive
Pong White Kadish... The best eating
radish, and the best white variety. This sort
has long, slender, pure white roots, which remain
mild and crisp until they grow of larger size.
Tops are quite short, making it early, and also
allowing close planting. A succession is secured
by planting seed every ten days. Price: pkt.,
5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 60c; lb., $1.00.
Bull ]So»c r-epper
SPECIAL PKICES 5 TO 10 EB. EOTS ON AEE
SOKTS.
Early Scarlet Turnip f
Early Scarlet Globe
Scarlet Turnip, White Tipped *of
the turnip radishes and a great favorite in many
large markets for early outdoor planting. Roots
slightly flattened on the under side, color very
deep scarlet with a white tip ; flesh white and
of the best quality. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 50c;
lb., $1.00.
splendid extra early,
round, bright red radish.
Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 50c; lb., 80c. Plant every
ten days.
A desirable sort for hot-
bed forcing and outdoor
planting... Yerj^ early ; top small. One of the
best selling and most attractive radishes on
account of its bright scarlet color and hand-
some shape ; flesh white and tender, fit to pull
in 28 days. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb.,
$1.40; 5 lbs., $6.00.
Crimson Giant looking much
vrmisun uidni Early Scarlet
Globe, but more perfect in shape. It comes early
b-Tit keeps on growing and remains tender, solid
and sweet until it gets as large as a teacup
or larger. Price: oz., 10c; Ys. lb
Radishes
French Breakfast, stump rooted
sort
Eong Scarlet Short Top ....
Chartier Half Eong White,
white bottom
White Strasburg
Early White Turnip
Winter Sorts
Rose White Winter 10
Black Spanish, round or long
Manure Ash Fertilizer | Pf,
phosphoric acid and 2 per cent potash, and is
manufactured solely with animal and vegetable
matter. It is recommended upon actual knowl-
edge of results for home gardens, radishes, truck
gardens, potatoes, and most field crops. Price:
4 lbs., 25c; 15 lbs., 50c; 100 lbs., $3.50.
75c ;
lb., $1.25.
1 oz.
Vz lb.
lb.
$0.10
$0.60 $1.00
. .10
.60
1.00 .
. .10
.60
1.00
. .10
.60
1.00
. .10
.60
1.00
1 oz.
Va lb.
lb.
.$0.10
$0.60 .$1.00
. .10
.60
1.00
. .10
.60
1.00
PEPPER
(One ounce will produce about 1,800 plants).
Sow seed in hotbed early in spring ; transplant
to open ground Avhen the weather is favorable.
Seeds germinate slowly and require considerable
heat.
riiinMP Gianf Most gigantic of all Giant Pep-
per, of enormous size, magnificent appearance
and brilliant, glossy scarlet color. The flesh is
mild and unusually thick. Price: Yz oz., 25c;
or., 50c; lb., $2.00.
Large Bell, or Bull Nose
Red Cayenne
14. lb., 75c.
early standard
sort. Price: oz., 40c.
Pods long and slim, of medium
size. Pungent. Price: oz., 25c;
Ruby King
color. Price:
Very large size. When ripe they
are of a beautfiil bright ruby red
oz., 25c; 14 lb., $1.00.
! CASH PRICE LIST OF BUEK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described beloAV, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
Hloomsdale Savoy
Lonff Standin<y ^ green variety with rath-
Liong OLctnuiiij, elongated smooth leaves.
Seed, round. Stands a long time without run-
ning to seed. Price: oz., 10c; lb., 60c.
Spinach
An easily grown plant ; the seed may be plant-
ed in the fall to secure good spinach early in
the spring or even throughout the winter. The
better and richer the soil, the larger and more
tender the leaves will be. Use 8 pounds of seed
per acre. For the home garden use one-half
ounce for 100 feet of row.
Hloomsdale Savoy
The variety most general-
ly used. Leaves large,
round and thick. Very much savoyed and rich
dark green. One of the earliest varieties. Price:
oz., 10c; 1 lb., 75c.
Parsnip
(One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill).
Sow early in spring in good, rich soil, which
has been plowed deep. They are improved by
frost.
Improved Hollow Crown nc’eHeifr^'per oz!
lOc; lb., 30c; lb., 75c.
Hubbard Squash, True Warty
Pumpkin
Sugar Pie Pumpkiu
Culture. Plant from May to July in hills
0 feet apart each Avay. One ounce for 15 hills;
two pounds to an acre.
Connecticut Field or Cow Pumpkin
kind that is grown so much in the corn fields.
Price: oz., 10c; 1 lb., 75c; 4 lbs., $2.50.
Small Sugar
Best of all Pie Pumpkins. Very
sAA’eet and tender. Looks like
a Yankee Pumpkin, but smaller. Early and pro-
lific. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 35c; lb., $1.25.
pjg A A^erj’ prolific A’ariety ; a good
keeper and one of the best for
pies. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.50.
Green Striped Cushaw
creamy white, irregularly striped or traced with
green. Flesh light yellow, A’ery thick, rather
coarse, but sweet. This sort is A^ery productive
and popular in some sections. Price: pkt., 5c;
oz., 15c; 2 oz., 25c.
Quaker
Squash
True Wartv ffufiKard The standard winter
irue warty nuonara g^^^^sh. Large, oiive-
shaped, AAuth dark green skin and A-^ery rich
flesh. Almost eA^eryone is w^ell acquainted with
the Warty Hubbard. Our strain is extra fine
and A’ery Avarty. Price: % lb., 30c; lb., $1.00.
Red or Golden Hubbard
except in color, which is a bright, deep orange
A’elioAv, A'ery showy and attractiA’e. Flesh deep,
golden yellOAA". Price: oz., 15c.
Boston Marrow This is a very producth^e fall
and Avinter Amriety of medium
to large size, OA'al shape, and thin skin. It is
much used for canning and making pies. The
fruits w^hen ripe are bright orange Avith a shading
of light cream color. The flesh is of rich sal-
mon yellow color, finely grained and of excel-
lent flavor, but not as dry as the Hubbard.
Price: pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c.
Early White Bush oz., i5c.
Golden Summer Crookneck i*nce: oz., i5c.
Mammnfh Chili ^ ’^ery large and attractive va-
orange yellow, flesh thick, fine grained and
sweet. Price: oz., 15c; % lb., 50c; lb., $1.25.
MICHAEI. SEED STORE, 316 PEARE ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Price per trade paeket on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
tsonny Best
SPECIALLY SAVED TOMATO SEEDS
AVe do not use canning: factory seed.
One ounce produces about 2,000 plants. For
early crop sow in hotbeds in January or Febru-
ary. For late crop, in open beds in May.
Culture. Sow in a hotbed in early spring or
the seed may be sown in shallow boxes and
placed in a window when one does not wish to
have the trouble of making a hotbed. Trans-
plant to the open ground when all danger of
frost is past, setting the plants three or four
feet apart each way. Use Bone and Potash Fer-
tilizer, or well rotted manure in the hills .
Bnnnv Best fruits of this desirable early
vpuuujr most attractive in shape
and color. The crop ripens more uniformly than
any other early scarlet fruited sort, and is of su-
perior solidity and interior color. The vines are
vigorous and produce a good crop of exception-
ally round and deep fruits. One of the best for
gardeners whose trade demands fruits of beauti-
ful shape and color. Price: % oz., 20c; oz., 35c;
lA lb., $1.25.
Dwarf Champion f fruited variety
forming a strong, erect,
bushy plant two feet high. Often sold as Tree
Tomato. Fruit smooth, medium sized, fairly
solid and of good flavor. Desirable for forcing,
as it can be planted more closely on the bench
than the tall growing kinds. Price: % oz., 15c;
oz., 25c; A4 lb., $1.00.
Ponderosa
The largest variety in cultivation.
Price: oz., 20c; % lb., 75c.
Early
Earliana ^ week ahead of all others.
Plants of strong growth and very
productive; fruit large, deep red, and of su-
perior quality. Smooth and free from cracks.
Price: % oz., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 75c.
Acme earliest and handsomest
varieties. Medium size, perfectly
smooth and regular, very solid fruit, borne pro-
fusely. Dark red with purplish tint. Price: %
oz., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c.
N<kw 5^tnnp Oil® of tbe heaviest and most solid
oiuuc tomatoes.
Vines vigorous and productive. Fruit round,
slightly flattened, very large, very rich scarlet.
Price: Vz oz., 10c; oz., 15c; A4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50.
Dwarf .StftnA Plants grow dwarf and stocky,
UY/Aii olone Dwarf Champion,
and can be set out close together. The fruit
is like Stone, solid and deep red, and of fine
quality. Ripens a little earlier than Stone. It
is worth planting in every home garden. Price:
Vz oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., $1.00.
Golden Oueen handsome yellow to-
oz., 10c; oz., 20c.
Yellow Pear and Yellow Plum i^^®“tomato^'
is grown for preserves. Price: Yz oz., 15c; oz.’,
25c.
Other Varieties supply any of the
v/incr vdricucs g^andard sorts, whether listed
here or not.
For Tomato Plants see page 29.
TURNIPS
Early Turnips should be planted very early. Late Turnips can be sown in July or August
and will keep growing until the ground freezes. Use 2 pounds of seeds to an acre.
Extra Early White Milan ‘smau;
very erect and compact. Price: oz., 15c; % lb.,
60c; lb., $1.00.
Purple Top White Globe Of^^a ^p^rfeet ^hape
skin. Flesh pure white, firm and crisp and of
quick growth. Price: oz., 10c; % lb., 40c; lb., 60c.
Extra Early Purple Top Milan
except the upper portion is a beautiful purple-
red. Price: oz., 15c; Yz lb., 60c; lb., $1.00.
Purple Top, Strap-Leaved “I Tot tty
grown than any other turnip ; will form good
size bulbs in seven or eight weeks. Price: oz.,
10c; Yz lb., 40c; lb., 60c.
Rutabaga or Swedes
Improved American Purple Top
productiveness this is the best. The roots are
finer and larger than the ordinary; the flesh
is a rich yellow. Price oz., 10c; Yz lb., 40c; lb.,
65c.
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES
Asparagus Kohl Rabi
The Kohl Rabi is a vegetable intermediate
between the cabbage and turnip and somewhat
resembles each in flavor. The edible part is
a turnip shaped bush formed by the enlarge-
ment of the stem. Price: % oz., 15c.
Brussels Sprouts
Improved Half Dwarf. The plants grow two
to three feet high and produce from the sides
of the stalk numerous little sprouts which resem-
ble small cabbages one or two inches in diam-
eter. Price: % oz., 25c.
Kale or Borecole
Dwarf German. Very hardy, with dark green
leaves; much improved by frost. Price: oz., 15c.
Dwarf Curled Scotch. Dwarf, beautifully
curled, bright green. Price: oz., 15c.
Leek
The Asparagus bed furnishes the first green
delicacy for the table in the spring, is univer- , f + V,
sally popular and requires but little care. e?«no- ^ ^ * *'* * *
Bonvallet’s Giant. Price: oz., 15c. racing ,
Columbia Mammoth HTiite. Price: oz.. lOc. . variety generally cultivated
Conover’s Colossal. Price: oz., 10c. countij. Price: oz., 20c.
Asparagus Roots. Two years old. See page 29. Parsley
Cress or Pepper Grass (One ounce wTII sow iso feet of drill).
Early Curled. Well-known salad. Sow at in- ^^w very early, thinly in drills one foot apart
tervals all season. Price: oz., 20c. ^alf an inch deep. Soak seed in warm water
True AVater. Sow seeds along the border of ^ hours before sowing. , . , ,
runnino- water Price- oz 20c Champion Moss Curled. A very select stock,
running varer. i-rice. /soz., 40c. crimped and curled. Price: oz., 10c; %
Egg Plant lb., 2oc; lb., 75c.
. , , , X X, .L , tit t. t. t ... Hamburg. Turnip-rooted variety; used for
A tender plant that should be started quite flavoring soups
early in a hotbed transplanted. ^ ^ ^
Improved ’ Rhubarb
^Puride*'^j^BmiHfe R ^ ^ ■ t Easily raised from
Earge Victoria. The
standard variety.
Price: oz., 10c; % lb.,
30c; lb., 85c; postpaid.
For Rhubarb Roots
see page 29.
Salsify
Mammoth Sandwich
Island. By far the
I, t « i ■ largest and best for
market. Roots of su-
^ perior quality and
^ ^ ^ ^ double the size of the
«««= i .<4 St -L - old variety. Price: oz.,
g;'’ 25c
New York Improved Earge Purple. Fruits
large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns. Sweet Herbs
Price: Vz oz., 30c; oz., 50c. Earge ATctoria Rhubarb
Black Beauty. Fruit large, symmetrical in Vs oz.
shape and of a rich dark purple color. Little Anise Seeds, aromatic $0.10
earlier than our Improved Large Purple. Price: Caraway 10
Mi oz., 30c; oz., 50c. Catnip (Cat Mint) 25
PnilivA Coriander, for flavoring 10
CiDUive jj.jj (2 oz., 30c; % lb., 50c) 16
(One ounce will sow about GO square feet). Lavender 20
One of the best salads for fall and winter use. Marjoram, Sweet 25
Sow seed in April for early use or in June or Saffron 20
July for winter use. AA^'hen leaves are eight Sage, Broad Leaf 15
inches long tie them together with a string near Savory, Summer 15
top to blanch. Price: oz., 15c. Thyme 25
Broccoli
The culture is the same in all essentials as
for cauliflower. AVithstands greater extremes of
temperature than cauliflower.
Early Wliite Aqenna.». Extremely early, with
distinctly small tops. Price: % oz., 15c.
Early Purple Vienna. Very early, with small
top, the left stems being tinged with purple.
Price: Yz oz., 15c.
Mustard
New White Chinese. Leaves tender and de-
licious. Price: oz., 10c.
Mushroom Spawn
Mushroom Culture. Mushrooms may be grown
any place where the conditions of temperature
and moisture are favorable. A shed, cellar, cave
or vacant space in greenhouse. Twelve page
pamphlet telling how to prepare bed, plant and
grow the crop, 25c each, free with order for $1.00
worth of spawn.
We carry the American Spawn Co.’s Pure
Mushroom Spawn, conceded to be the best spawn
sold. Always fresh.
American Spawn, in bricks, each $0.30
One brick, by mail, postpaid 40
3IICHAEL, SEED STORE, 316 PEARE ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted; 5c each, 6 for 35c.
BULK FLOWER SEEDS
Are better, cost less, more certain to grow than paper seeds.
One of the most cherished recollections that we have of onr mother's or grandmother’s home is
that of the beautiful array of brilliantly colored flowers — marigolds, daisies, pansies, balsams, as-
ters, pinks, poppies, nasturtiums and other flowers in great array.
NOTICE!
Prices: All Flower Seeds in Bulk put up in quantities of 10c, 15c and 25c worth of each sort
to suit buyer. In ordering items not priced in this list state value of each kind wanted and we
will fill accordingly. Trade packet, 5c each; 6 for 25c.
Alvssilin Sweet scented, hardy annual, blooms
^ early in the spring ; a pure white
flower, and continues to bloom until late autumn.
Alyssum Procumbens .(Carpet of snow), tms
.i-L<joouiu « ^ select Strain of this
sweet scented annual. It grows 2 inches high
with the appearance of a flat pancake. The
mass of blooms completely hide the foliage
giving the appearance of a covering of snow.
Pkt., 5c; 1-8 oz., 15c.
Asters
American Beauty
Asters. In their many varieties and colors, are
the grandest and most beautiful flowers that
bloom in the home garden.
This new type of Aster of
American origin is one of
the most attractive of all large flowering branch-
ing sorts, vigorous grower and profuse bloomer
with whorled center as the flower unfolds.
Comes in three shades :
American Rose (September Beauty)
American Pink American Purple
Trade Pkt., 15c; 1-16 oz., 25c; 1-8 oz., 40c.
These
are
the earliest blooming Asters, commencing to
bloom with us in July. Flov^ers large and full,
of the Comet type. Finest mixed. Trade pkt.,
15c; 1-8 oz., 25c.
Plants 21/2 to 3
feet high, branch-
ing and robust habit. Flower large and double,
throwing no single flowers. , Our selected stocks
of these are the best money can buy. Mixed.
Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 15c; 1-8 oz., 25c.
Bushy and branching plant about
ocnsduon flowers double and
incurved, resembling a Dahlia and the flower a
lively cardinal red. This is the very best of
the red Asters. Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 15c; 1-8 oz.,
•5c.
Extra Early Express or Early Wonder
Michael’s Giant Branching
Tallinncic Snowy border plant, flowers bright
vdiuutiMd yellow or rich brown, either self-
colored or with these colors and red contrasted.
All sorts mixed.
Candvhlft Showy, branching plants six to
* twelve inches high ; will bloom from
July to September, or if planted in the fall from
May to July. All sorts mixed.
Taclnr Rpan (Ricinus). Tall, majestic plants
VdMur ocdn lawns, with leaves of green
metallic blue ; of very quick growth in rich
soil. Zanzibariensis, very large green ; and the
Gibsonia, beautiful bronze foliage. Pkt., 5c; %
oz., 15c.
Calendula (OfficianaUs). This variety has
large flowers resembling in size
and form the finest Aster. It blooms profusely
with a succession of bright deep orange flowers
from July until frost.
American Beauty Aster
J16 CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted; 5c each, G for 25c.
Cristata or Crested Celosia (Coxcomb)
lar annuals of easy culture, producing large,
ornamental, comb-like heads like ruffled chenille.
Prized for pots or summer flower beds.
Tplncin (Plumosis). Distinct variety bearing a
profusion of beautiful ball-shaped
wooly flower heads of intense scarlet. Some-
times called the Wool Flower. Surpassing the
Red Geranium in blooming effect and blooms all
summer until frost comes. Price: Pkt., 10c;
1-16 oz., 25c; 1-8 oz., 40c.
Celosia. Plumosa Cristata pj’"duc-
es large plumes of many colors which are as
delicate and fluffy as the finest ostrich feathers
and are wonderfullj" beautiful. Cockscombs of
various shapes with a texture like velvet plush,
the most brilliant and lasting annual. Pkt.,
10c; 1-16 oz., 25c.
Known as Lady Slipper and Touch-
uaiaaiii ipjjg colors range from white
to dark purple. Hardy Annual, one to two feet
high. 3Iixed Double Sorts.
■A
Carnation
Carnation. “Florists
Pink.” Easily grown,
from seed ; free bloom-
ing; flowers bright
with clove like fra-
grance. Half hardy
perennial. ^ .
Marffaret These are deservedly the most popular
. Carnations with the amateur. This
strain is extra fine quality, producing an abund-
ance of large, double, beautifully-fringed, highly
scented floivers. All colors mixed, pkt., 10c;
1-8 oz., 20c.
Centuria-Cvanus (bachelor Buttons, Corn Flow-
^ er) in its improved forms is
one of the most attractive of garden flowers.
One to two feet high. Double mixed.
Coreopsis showy, free flowering plants,
^ native of this country, fine for bor-
ders and beds. Yellow Flowering.
Cosmos very effective autumn flower, bush-
like plants 3 to 0 feet high, and cov-
ered with large, single, dahlia-like flowers. Early
Flowering, mixed.
Cvnrpss Vin** ^ most beautiful climber with
V delicate, dark green, feathery
foliage, scarlet blossoms. Tender, annual.
Forfiret-Me-Not (Myosotis). A favorite old-
® fashioned flower, bearing in
profusion clusters of blue blossoms. It thrives
well in the. shade or open border. Hardy per-
ennial.
Four-O’Clock (^lai’vel of Peru). The flowers are
rour V.10CK funnel-shaped and open about
four o’clock in the afternoon and remain open
all night and generally perish before noon next
day ; will grow in any soil. Hardy annual, 2
feet high.
Heliclirvsum (Sf^aw Flower). A great demand
ncucar>dum everlasting flower has in-
duced us to list it. It is an ornament to the
garden and is everywhere prized for winter dec-
orations in vases as permanent boquets. The
flowers intended for drying should be gathered
when partially in flower and suspended* with
heads down in a cool place. Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz.,
15c; 1-8 oz., 25c.
Heliotrope
Highly valued for the fragrance of
their flowers and duration of bloom.
Kochia or Summer Cypress <Kochia
ornamental annual, having a cypress-like ap-
pearance. Its bright autumn coloring has given
it two other names : “Mexican Fire Plant” and
“Burning Bush.”
MaricrnlH Old-fashioned flower blooming in pro-
« fusion ; usually 2 feet high ; blooms
till frost comes.
Mignonette
Morning Glory
A well-known hardy annual, pro-
ducing exceedingly fragrant flow-
ers. Seed sown in autumn will bloom early in
the spring ; thrives best in cool temperature ; 1
foot high. Mixed Sorts and New 3Iachet.
Handsome, showy climber, suit-
able for covering windows,
trellis, old stumps, etc., if support be given the
vines. Hardy annual. 10 feet high. Giant Jap-
anese 3Iixed.
Pinks beautiful and lasting cut flowers,
ease of culture and freedom of bloom,
the hardy garden pinks have no superior among
annuals; 18 inches high. Chinese Double, fine
mixed ; 3Iidnight Blood Red, Double White.
Petunias
■ For freedom of bloom, variety of color and ef-
fectiveness these have no equals. If only a little
care is bestowed upon them. Petunias will pro-
duce their handsome, sweet-scented flowers in
their delicate and gorgeous colors throughout
the whole summer.
3Iichael’s Double Fringed
Michael’s Superb Double Fringed ^‘ou®j?^own
unrivaled collection ; will produce a large per-
centage of double flowery of the largest fringed
varieties in bright colors. Per 100 seeds, 25c.
HnwarrI’c ^ beautiful, free flowering
nuwdru 5 g|.j.ain. color crimson-maroon,
with a clearly defined five-.pointed star of blush-
white. For bedding, baskets, vases, etc., this is
exceptionally fine. Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 25c. -
Rnev IWnrn Soft carmine- pink with white
ixusjr iTiuiu throat: makes a very dainty and
at the same time effective border. 1-8 oz., 75c.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
Phlox Drummondi
Pansy
Plilnv (Drummondi). The Phlox is the ear-
liest and hardiest of all the annuals,
it occupies a most prominent place in the flow-
er garden and produces a variety of flowers
of beautiful colors, which is varied with stripes,
veins and points of contrasting shades. Fine
Mixed. Pkt., Ibc; 1-16 oz., 15c; 1-8 oz., 25c.
Popp:
les
Great advance has been made in re-
cent years in the development of the
Poppy. No other flower produces a more bril-
liant display of colors during the blooming period.
Single Mixed: Pkt., 5c; 1-16 oz., 10c.
Double Mixed: Pkt., 5c; 1-16 oz., 15c.
American Legion Poppy from Flanders)
/Ymcricdn Legion Shirley is
a dazzling orange scarlet of enormous size, borne
on long, stout stems. The plants are of very
erect robust growth. Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 15c;
1-8 oz., 25c.
Portulaca or Rose Moss
There are a few flow-
ers in cultivation
that make such a dazzling display of color in
the bright sunshine as a bed of Portulacas.
The flowers close in shadow but are open in
sunshine. Single Mixed: Pkt., 5c; 1-16 oz., 15c;
1-8 oz., 25c. Double Mixed: pkt., 15c; 1-16 oz.,
25c; 1-8 oz., 40c.
Salvia Among the most brilliant colored flow-
* ers and extremely useful for bedding.
Blooms are of fierj^ red crimson color, continu-
ing to flower for a long time. Tender perennial ;
bloomis until frost ; height 2 to 3 feet. See page
19 for plants. Salvia Splendens: pkt., 10c; 1-16
oz., 25c; 1-8 oz., 40c.
Salniainccic Very showy bedding or border
oaipigiossis. plants, with richly colored, fun-
nel-shaped flowers, which are purple, scarlet,
crimson, yellow, buff, blue and almost black ;
height, 1 foot. Fine Mixed Sorts.
Stnrlcg To such perfection has selection brought
this flower that good seed will have
a large proportion of exceedingly double flow-
ers. Average height, feet. Double Mixed,
pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 25c.
Swept Williams display in the garden, the
oweei ¥V imams William is unsurpas-
sed. The seed can be planted in the spring in
the open ground and will blossom in the fall.
Hardy perennial ; feet high. Fine mixed
single. Mixed Double.
Verhena Sown in May, they will bloom in
August, but if started in the house
in pots in winter, they will bloom sooner. Seeds
should be soaked in luke warm water before
planting and care should be taken that the soil
be very rich. Half hardy perennial trailer ; 6
to 10 inches high. Fine Mixed Hybrida Giganta:
pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 25c; 1-8 oz., 40c.
Liicifer (New) Brilliant scarlet, no eye, an im-
proved Defiance. Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz.,
25c; 1-8 oz., 40c.
Pansies
Pansies. Pansies are now produced in almost
infinite variety of form, color and markings. We
have the plants as well as the seed. See page
— for plants. Giant Flowering, 1-16 oz., 15c;
1-8 oz., 25c. Choice mixed, many colors. 1-16
oz., 15c; 1-8 oz., 25c.
Masterniece (New Giant Curled or Spencer Pan-
^ sies) The petals are crimped and
curled so the flowers appear double.
Zinnia
Showy plants with large, double flowers. Might
be taken for dwarf dahlias. Pew flowers are
more easily grown or bloom more abundantly
throughout the season.
Dniihlp r^innt A special strain of this grand
Lfuuuic oiani flowering annual, which pro-
duces flowers of colossal size, specimens meas-
uring from 5 to 6 inches across. Mixed colors:
pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 15c; 1-8 oz., 25e.
Dahlia Flowered Zinnia
Decorative Dahlia and which is nicely shown
in Our illustration above. The range of colors
not only include the usual shades, but many
unusual tones, such as salmon, old rose, cerise,
strawberry-red, etc. Pkt., 10c; 1-16 oz., 20c;
1-8 oz., 35c.
larniiAtnlnnf 7innia This splendid red flower-
Jacqueminot Linnia zinnia is just cov-
ered with velvety, double red flowers through-
out the summer until frost, with the effect of red
roses. Pkt., 5c; 1-8 oz., 15c.
riianf Pirntpp (New Double Zinnia). A remark-
uiani ricoiee distinct class with
each petal distinctly tipped with various shades
of dark, resembling the Picotee Carnations — most
attractive and pleasing. All colors mixed. Pkt.,
10c; 1-16 oz., 15c; 1-8 oz., 25c.
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BUEK FAR3I AND GARDEN SEEDS
Price per trade packet on seeds described below, except otherwise quoted: 5c each, 6 for 25c.
Nasturtiums
Giant Flowering
Nasturtium. Few flowers equal the Nastur-
tium in richness and variety of colors, freedom
of bloom and ease of culture. They are suitable
for bedding and handsome climbers, grow quickly,
thrive in the poorest soil and furnish the greatest
abundance of long lasting, sweet-scented cut
flowers.
Theodore Growing). Rich, deep,
crimson flower; most striking
and beautiful of all tall-growing Nasturtiums.
Foliage dark green and vigorous. 1 oz., 15c; %
lb., 40c.
Lobb’s Climbing Nasturtiums noif®®be ^^com
founded with the common tall Nasturtiums, as
they surpass them by far in the remarkable
brilliancy of the flowers. The flowers are much
larger than those of the old-fashioned kind, and
in nearly all of them the petals overlap each
other. % oz., 10c; oz., 15c.
Tall rhamplpon The flowers of this new nas-
lail V^nameieon ^urtium are in color crimson,
gold and bronze, bordered and flamed, changing
in hue almost daily, hence named ‘chameleon.’
% oz., 10c; oz., 15c.
Tall Mivad (California Giants). In this mix-
idii if i cu found the choicest
of all colors and varieties, oz., 10c; % lb., 35c;
Ib.. $1.00.
Dwarf Nasturtium
King of Tom Thumb ^ variety with in-
® tense deep scarlet flow-
ers, dark green foliage. 15c per oz., % lb., 40c.
Dwarf King Theodore flowers
® with dark green fol-
iage. Price 10c per oz., % lb., 40c.
Dwarf (Mixed). A special mixture of Dwarf
Nasturtium of a great many colors in
even proportions. 10c per oz., % lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
Sweet Peas. Sweet Peas are among the most beautiful of all our hardy annuals. Select a sunny,
open place several feet from any building and as far as possible from large trees. Sow as early in
the spring as possible. Plant in rows and have the rows trenched for planting 4 to 6 inches deep.
In dry weather water freely and keep the flowers picked closely. If allowed to go to seed the plants
will stop blooming.
Spencer Standards Varieties
The Spencer Types are exceptionally large size, with long stems, the wings waved or frilled and
the effect remarkably graceful and attractive. All Spencers are decidedly shy seeders. The price
higher than for the older (Grandiflora) type. We offer in the different shades, what we consider to
be the best varieties.
Apple Blossom Spencer spencer), standard with
^ primrose wings. Very large;
true Spencer form. Per % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c.
Blanch Ferry (Pink Spencer) San" s’ianoh^Flrrf ana
some of the flowers show striping. It is one of the most
attractive varieties ever introduced. Per % oz., 15c; oz.,
25c; lb., 75c.
Etta Dyke (White Spencer) standard and wings of
^ ^ K / pure white, beautifully
waved and fluted. An especially attractive variety of
very large size. Per % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c.
Mrs. Hugh Dickson (Salmon Pink Spencer) cream
background, strong growers ; throws four flowers to a
stem. Per % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c.
King Edward VII (Red Spencer) splncef;‘ a?|e
with especially immense wings. Per % oz., l6c; oz., 20c;
^ lb., 60c.
Othello (Maroon Spencer) immense size, with
large, drooping wings;
rich maroon. Per % oz. ,20c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.25.
^npnrpi* Mixpd the Spencer varieties included in mak-
opcuccr iTiiAcu magnificent mixture. A
splendid range of colors is thus assured in remarkably
large size and wonderfully attractive form. Per % oz.,
10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 60c; lb., $2.00.
GRANDIFLORA TYPE
Frirfnrgi MlvfiirA This is an old and well known mix-
HCKIOra mixture Grandiflora type. Contains
some of the entire list and cannot fail to give the very
highest satisfaction of the Grandiflora Sweet Peas that
have for years been the pride of the flower garden. Price:
per Vz oz., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., €0c.
Spencer Type
MICHAEI. SEED STORE, 316 PEARE ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED
Remember, all prices we are not quoting: on these seeds are sub.iect to market
chang:es without notice. Grain bags-, extra, 60c each.
Caution. It is fully as incumbent up-
on the part of the buyer to see that he
gets what he bought as it is upon the i
part of the seller to exercise every |
caution and care to furnish what he
sold. Mistakes occur in the best reg-
ulated business. The buyer should
therefore check his purchases over, ex-
amine it carefully just before planting,
and know positively that all is correct.
Alfalfa
The Clover and Grass Seed we handle
are clean and free of all foul and
obnoxious weed seed. We invite every-
one interested to call and inspect our
stocks before buying elsewhere.
Alfalfa Our seed is im-
1 UrKeSian iuraiia p^^ted direct from
the cold northern country of Asiastic Turke-
stan, on the Siberian plains of Russia. Recom-
mended by the U. S. Government Department
of Agriculture for years as the hardiest strain
of this great forage plant to be found anywhere
on Mother Earth. We offer this seed for sale, true
and tried, 99 per cent purity, highest germina-
tion. Superfine quality, subject to market
changes, we quote $10.00 per bu.
Native Alfalfa— Non-Irrigated
plant is now a success everywhere. Every farmer
has either heard of or knows its worth and mer-
it. The plant grows, thrives and does well on
any of the rolling prairies or well-drained bot-
tom lands. The young plants are tender; the
seed should not be sown until the frost has
left and the ground is warm. One bushel of
60 lbs. will sow three or four acres. It should
not be cropped or pastured the first year. Can
be planted with a light nurse crop of barley,
speltz or wheat.
The stock we handle is northern grown native
Nebraska, super-fine quality, which we quote
subject market change, per bu., $10.00, and Da-
kota grown seed, superfine quality, per bu., $12.00.
nrimm Alfalfa ^ "^ery hardy, acclimated strain
urimm i\iraira (developed in Minnesota. The
roots are more or less of lateral tendency, and
do not consist entirely of one straight tap root.
For this reason it is desirable for land having
a hard sub-soil, which is difficult for the roots
to penetrate. It is claimed by the Department
of Agriculture that it has come to be through its
long continued acclimating absolutely one of
the hardiest varieties that we have in America.
Price on application.
Field of Altana
10 pounds per acre when used alone. Fancy
seed, $11.00 per bu.
WViifp rinvpi* ^ small perennial variety val-
wniie Eiover pasturage and for
lawns. It accommodates itself to a variety of
soils and can be grown anywhere. Can be used
to great advantage in pasture mixtures. Sow in
spring at rate of 8 to 10 pounds per acre. Per
lb., 60c; price per 100 on application.
Sweet Clover
There are two preferred varieties. White and
Y'ellow Flowering Biennial Varieties. The White
Flowering Biennial is preferred to all others be-
cause it grows taller, makes a more powerful
root growth and produces more forage. It can
be planted very earlj^ in the spring-time with
or without a nurse crop. Its first year’s growth
is two to three feet. The first year’s crop
for hay should be cut in the latter part of the
summer or early fall. It can be cut close with-
out injury to the plants. The second year’s crop
for first cutting should be cut high for hay,
not later than the first appearance of the blos-
som. White Flowering, fancy seed, per bu., $6.00.
Yellow Flowering, fancy seed, per bu., $6.00.
Hiant White Annual This is a new type brot
Uiani wniie i\nnuai attention by Prof.
Hughes of the Iowa State College. It is just
like the big biennial wliite except that it is an-
nual and makes its entire growth and seeds the
first season. Also called Hubam. We quote
subject to market changes, $1.00 per lb.
Red, Alsike and White Clover
Ri»il riftver This by far the most im-
A.ea \.10ver p^ptant of all the va-
rieties for practical purposes. Sow in spring or
fall, and if no other grasses are used, at the rate
of 15 pounds per acre... More is used on old soil
than on new. Per bu., $12.00.
Medium
Mammoth Red or Sapling Clover ^^^ateis^T
Similar to Red Clover, but coarser, taller and
more hardy. Sow from 12 to 15 pounds per acre.
Alsike or Swedish Clover The inost^hardy^f
rich, moist soil it yields an enormous quancity
of hay or pasturage, but its greatest value is
for sowing with other clover and grasses, as it
forms a thick bottom and greatly increases the
yieW. Sow in spring or fall at the rate of
Field of Medium Red Clover
See Page 44 for Nitragin cultures, inoculation for Alfalfa, Sweet Clover and other legumes.
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Timothy
Timothy. This well-known grass is the best of
all grasses for hay. Succeeds very well on all
kinds of soil, but is Avell adapted to moderately
moist land. Should be cut just when the blossom
begins to fall. Can be sown in spring or fall.
One bushel sows 3 acres. Is used iu mixture
with clover and other grasses to good advan-
tage. We quote subject to market change, super-
fine quality, per bushel, ^2.50.
English Blue Grass
English Blue Grass
It is a success everywhere, on all kinds of
land and never freezes out. It comes early in the
spring, is green all summer and lasts until late
autumn. It’s an early quick crop and a nutri-
tious pasture grass. It’s a perennial, 2 to 3
feet high, and heads out in June. Best seed,
per lb., 35c. About 15 lbs. per acre. $25.00 per
100 lbs.
Bromus Inermis
(Awnless Brome Grass)
A hardy perennial standing extremes of heat,
cold and drouth better than any other of our
cultivated grasses. It is especially adapted to
the Northwest. It grows with great rapidity
and produces luxuriant pastures. The analysis
made shows that it is exceedingly rich in flesh-
forming ingredients. Sow about 15 to 20 pounds
to the acre. Per lb., 25c. Choice Dakota grown
seed, per Un. of 14 lbs., $2.75.
Orchard Grass
Orchard Grass. This grass does well every-
where, and for hay can be cut much earlier than
timothy. Succeeds the best of grasses in tim-
bered lands or orchards. Sow one to two bush-
els per acre. Per lb., 30c; bu., of 14 lbs., $3.00.
Kentucky Blue Grass
Kentucky Blue Grass
The universal pasture grass of America and
the finest lawn grass in the world is our own
Kentucky Blue Grass.
It starts like magic with the first smile of
spring and is a velvet green until winter comes.
It can be grown on the wild prairie and will
catch, but the best results are to be had by
getting the seed 'well mixed with the soil. The
seed we offer is fresh, clean and pure. Sold
at rate of 14 lbs. per bushel, which we quote
subject to market changes, 21 lb., quality, $8.00
per bu— For lawn culture, double weight, our
Purity Brand, 100 per cent pure, highest germin-
ation, 75c per lb.
Red Top
Red Top. This
grass is especial-
ly suited to low,
wet, s po u t y
lands ; is in
fact, the only
grass which is
a real success
on such soil.
Stands our
northern w i n-
ters, can be
sown on wet
land without
cultivation, and
will catch. Into
the wet soil it
spreads its net-
work of roots,
tames the land,
and in a few
years makes a
deep, substan-
tial sod. The
seed often
comes in the
chaff, but the
only thing to
p la n t is the
solid seed,
clean from
Red Top chaff. Sow 10
pounds per
acre. We quote best solid seed, very best, per
lb., 35c; per 100 lbs., $22.50.
Rye Grass
This grass, though but an annual in this climate, in a very short time after the seed is sown it
makes as fine pasture as other grasses of long standing. The leaves are very dark green with a rich
tint to the ’blade. It makes a pasture quick as oats or rye would, and being a grass is of far
greater value. It makes a splendid winter pasture if left to cure on the ground. Per lb., 25c; per
100 lbs., $12.50.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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FORAGE AND FIELD SEEDS DEPARTMENT
Tennessee Millet
Pure Teaiiessee Millet of all the well-known kinds,
is by far the most valuable. This well known sort
reaches the acme of perfection in the more southern
states, and it is a fact that when the southern
g-rown seed is planted in the north, it produces a
taller stalk, and heavier growth of foliage than can
possibly be raised from our own northern grown
seed. Plant three-fourths bushel per acre. Price:
on application.
Sudan Grass
WTiat U. S. Department of Agriculture tliinks
about Sudan Grass. That it is a tall annual grass,
growing when sown broadcast, to height of 4 to 6
feet. It stools abundantly, as many as 100 stalks
coming from a single root. Yields tw'o cuttings in
one season. It is a marked success, especially in
semi-arid sections of the West. Drilling or broad-
casting 15 to 25 pounds of seed per acre. Lb., 10c;
100 lbs. for ^5.00. Price in quantity on application.
Speltz
Has nOAV been grown in the United States in a
large way for several years and each succeeding
season not only emphasizes its value, but sees its
production increasing to an enormous extent.
Iowa No 10^ Seed Oats. This is a very pro-
lific new variety of white oats,
bred from a sport of the Kherson oats, discovered
in a plant of that variety on the Iowa Agricultural
College ground at Ames. Attention to this sport
developed what is known as the Petligree Iowa No.
103 Oats. It is an immense cropper, great yielder,
outyielding the parent stock by almost double. Has
a good, strong stock and stands well under ad-
verse conditions. Every farmer interested in these
crops should get at least enough to get his seed
stock started from this valuable sort. Price; Per
bu., $1.00. Special price on quantity.
Pedigree Oats No 105 This is a yellow oat bred
rcuigree vaib no. luo
Iowa Agricultural College, who recommended it
with unstinted praise as the best yellow oat ever
introduced. J. O. Westrum, of Hamilton County,
writing, says: “It is an early variety with strong,
stiff straw that stands well on rich, black soil or
slough land, is a great yielder and beats anything
in oats ever raised around here.” $1.00 per bu.
Special price in quantity.
Fancy Oats under this heading we offer stand-
^ ard, white oats which we are able
to get from our customers who make a specialty
of oats. These oats are carefully recleaned and
are able to offer at a very reasonable price and
make special prices in quantity.
Sugar Cane for Fodder
The greatest of all forage and fodder plants. It
will yield two crops of fodder and a good fall pas-
ture in one season. Roots deep into the subsoil and
stands the drouths that often destroy other crops.
As a rough provender it is unsurpassed. Sow 1 to 2
bushels per acre. Subject to market change, $1.25
per bu., bags extra, 35c. Special prices in quantity
on application.
Sudan Grass
Seed Oats
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CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Marquis Wheat
A Thousand Dollar Prize Wheat of Canadian
Origin
Unquestionably the best all-around spring
wheat grown. Has yielded as high as 50 bush-
els to the acre. Extremely early and productive
as well as hardy. A favorite in Minnesota and is
the best beardless wheat for Iowa farmers.
Grows stiff, strong straw and is two weeks
earlier than Blue Stem. Easy to handle at har-
vest, for it is free from beards. Millers praise
it highly. Price on application.
Winter Rye
ROSEN RTE. This is a variety of recent intro-
duction by the Michigan Agricultural College.
It is a stiff-strawed, hardy, white winter vari-
ety of wide adaptation. It is developed from
Russian parentage. Has large, white kernels,
yielding in abundance. $1.50 per bu., bags extra.
Field Rosen Rye
Feterita
A Variety of Kaffir Corn, the New Drouth
Resisting Plant
Feterita was introduced recently and has al-
ready in one year made a great name for it-
self in the drouth stricken southwest country.
It is 25 days earlier than Kaffir Corn, out-
yield Kaffir by far and is little affected by
drouth. Per bu., $1.50. Regular White or Red
Kaffir Corn at $1.25 per bu.
Buckwheat
This is very valuable for use on ground that
cannot be seeded until late in the summer, as
it can be sown as late as July .1st and still makes
a good crop. Per bu., $1.50.
Flax Seed
MINNESOTA NO. 25. A wilt-resisting Flax which
is a selection made by the Minnesota Experi-
ment station from stock received from the de-
partment of agriculture at Washington. Fine
seed recleaned for seeding purpose. Price on
application.
Barley Seed
SIX ROWED. There are many who want to ob-
tain or change their seed of barley, but who do
not want to pay the price necessary to ask for
the newer sorts. This is a good standard sort.
Price on application.
Dwarf Essex Rape
An annual plant of the cabbage family, grows
very quickly in any weather and makes a big,
loose bunch of leaves, somewhat like cabbage
leaves, but long and narrow ; grows all sum-
mer without going to seed. When eaten off it
sprouts up from near the ground. All kinds of
stock eat it readily and thrive on it, but most
valuable for hogs, especially young stock.
Broadcast, 5 lbs. per acre on well-prepared land,
early in the spring, and after it gets started it
will keep a dozen shoats to the acre all sum-
mer without other feed. Price subject to change.
Per lb., 15c; per 100 lbs., $10.00.
Dwarf Essex Rape
Cowpeas
Culture. Cowpeas should not be sown until
the ground is thoroughly warm, say about the
time corn is coming up. They should be drilled,
as they do much better that way than broad-
cast. Can be some times drilled with a wheat
drill, using one bushel per acre. Could be also
drilled with a corn-planter, leaving them either
full corn-row width or straddling the rows and
making them closer together. In this way you
use from a peck to a half bushel per acre. They
can be grown for hay or green feed, or can be
plowed under for green manuring. For the corn- ,
belt country the Whippoorwill and New Era are
the two best varieties. Price on application.
Canadian Field Peas
This is the variety of peas grown so exten-
sively in the North and Northwest as a field
crop. They are somewhat similar to the ordi-
nary garden pea, but make longer vines and
more pods. They should be sown very early in
the spring, either alone or with oats or barley
at the rate of from one to two bushels per acre.
They may be cut and cured for hay or let ripen
and threshed like small graift. Price subject to
change, per lb., 10c; per bu.,$4.00. Bags extra.
Soy or Soja Beans
Northern Grown. Valuable for hay or soiling
food for cows, hogs and sheep pasture, also
green manure. They resemble the navy bean in
general appearance. Like clover they are great
soil enrichers, gathering in nitrogen from the
air and storing it in the soil. Many tests show
that they may be grown wherever corn will
ripen. They should be planted after corn in
rows 2% feet apart with 6 to 8 plants to the
foot of row if grown for the beans, requiring
about one half bushel of seed per acre. When
grown for hay, it is preferable to plant the
rows closer together or sow broadcast, at the
rate of 40 lbs. per acre. Price on application.
MICHAEI. SEED STORE, 316 PEARE ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Syrup Cane Seed
Amec Amber This is a new syrup producing
Ames Amoer ^^riety of Cane, which has been
bred up by the College at Ames, Iowa, and it
is one of the greatest sap producing varieties
of sorghum in existence. It makes a better
flavored variety of syrup and ripens in this
climate earlier than any other variety and has
been cut last year in just ninety days from the
time it was planted, with a yield of about 200
gallons to the acre. In the northern half of
Iowa it can safely be planted as late as the
first to tenth of June. Per lb., in the head, 20c;
6 lbs. for $1.00; 10 lbs. for $1.50; 25 lbs. for $3.00.
Short Orange Syrup Cane
ier stalked than the Amber, but generally later.
We have, however, an extra strain of it called
“Short Orange” which is the best Orange Cane
we have ever found, and while not quite so
early as the Amber, it is very sweet and makes
a very heavy yield. Per lb., 20c.
SWEET POTATOES
Grown Especially for Seed
The potatoes should be planted in a
well prepared hot-bed. We can offer Yel-
low Jersey (the most popular Northern
sort). Eb., 15c; 15 lbs., $1.25; per measured
bushel, $2.50. Write for special prices
on quantity.
Y^ellow Jersey
SEED POTATOES
All These Prices Subject to Market Changes
Red River Early Ohio
Red River Early Ohio Th®
Ohio we offer is
grown in the Red River Valley of the North.
They are from ten days to two weeks earlier
than common stock ; are pure bred and free from
scab, and were raised especially for seed. If
you want something earlier than anything else,
don’t fail to get a few bushels of these choice
earliest. Price: Pk., $1.00; % bu., $1.25; bu., $2.00.
Irish Cobbler Potato O"® of the most vaiu-
able first early pota-
toes. Very productive, globular in form, uni-
form in size, pure wlRte. Pk., $1.00; % bu., $1.50;
bu., $2.00.
Red River Triumph The Triumph is the
^ earliest of all varieties.
The tubers are nearly pound, smooth, medium in
size, reddish pink in color. Price: % bu., $1.25;
bu., $2.25.
Carman No. 3
Carman No. 3 This potato is of large and
uniform size, yielding im-
mense crops. It is of perfect form. It has
but a few eyes, and they are shallow; the skin
and flesh are extremely white, and its cooking
qualities are very fine. It is a remarkably
handsome potato, enormously prolific. Per pk.,
$1.00; bu., $2.25.
WE RESERVE RIGHT TO FIEE ORDERS AT PRICES ON DAY SAME IS RECEIVED.
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CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
TIPPED
SELECTED
SEED CORN DEPARTMENT
TESTED AND
GRADED
Pride of Minnesota
Our seed corn is grown here in the North, acclimated, selected and tested. We give no guarantee
of crop, either expressed or implied, or guarantee of any kind, but if anyone wishes to test our seed
corn before planting and is not satisfied with the test, he can return the seed and get his money
back.
ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES.
Pride of Minnesota
This splendid new early yellow dent corn
originated in the central part of Minnesota on
the Minnesota River Bottoms west of Mankato.
It is a well-established cross between the early,
short-eared yellow corn known as Minnesota No.
13 and Reid’s Yellow Dent. Bred in the climate
of Minnesota it makes a variety of great import-
ance to the farmers in the southern Minnesota
counties and the northern half of Ipwa. It is
about a 100-day cropper and retains in size
of ear nearly the length of Reid’s, slightly more
tapering. A great yielder and very much earlier
on account of its parent blood of Minnesota No.
13. Length of ears 8 to 10 inches ; stalks strong
and vigorous. As a seed proposition it is much
stronger in germinating properties than the
regular Reid’s and more certain to come up and
grow under severe conditions which often hap-
pen in the spring time after corn is planted.
Those who have tried this corn in the Iowa corn
belt this season are over-enthusiastic on account
of its earliness, size of its ear and yielding
qualities. Per bu., .$1.50.
Michael’s Early Murdock
Michael’s Early Murdock. A beautiful yellow
Dent variety, well adapted on account of its ex-
treme earliness, to Southern Minnesota, South
Dakota and the Northwest Corn Belt Section. It
was bred up in Wisconsin by careful selection.
The ears have well filled out tips, 16 to 20 rows,
and very compact on the cob, something like
Reid’s Yellow Dent, fairly smooth on the outer
edge and uniformly a rich yellow. The stalks
medium in height, stout and stocky, with ears
borne at regular, uniform distance from the
ground. It is a ninety-day variety. Sample on
application. Price for selected seed, shelled, per
bushel, $1.50.
The Improved Learning
The Improved Learning. The Improved Learn-
ing corn is a medium early yellow variety ;
large, slightly tapering ears, good grain, and
medium sized red cob. It is one of the seven vari-
eties recognized by the Illinois Experiment Sta-
tion, where it has been first in yield more times
than any other variety in “test of varieties.”
per bu., $1.25.
Write, phone or call for price on quantity.
Silver King
Silver King has almost revolutionized corn
growing in Southern Minnesota, South Dakota
and Northern Iowa. It will yield more bushels
of fine corn than any other dent variety.
Description. Ears averaging 8 to 9 inches, al-
ways filled out clear to the tips, and very uni-
form in size and type. The corn is pure snow-
white in color with good length kernels set com-
pactly in straight rows. The corn is a strong
grower, early enough to mature as far north as
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and is especially adapted
to resist cold weather. It has a decided double-
ear characteristic, one reason for its fine yield
records. Per bu., $1.50.
Iowa Silver Mine
Iowa Silver Mine. This is more generally
grown throughout .the corn belt and more wide-
ly and favorably known than any other white
oorn. It is a sure cropper, middling early, deep-
grained, pure white, and a good corn in every
way. Per bu., shelled, $1.25.
Reid’s Yellow Dent
Reid’s Yellow Dent. This corn is light golden
in color. The ears are 9 to 11 inches long; 18 to
24 rows of kernels, each containing 50 to 60
kernels. The cob is completely covered with
solid corn. The kernels are moderately rough,
rather narrow, medium in thickness, knit very
closely together, with no lost space between
the rows, and of all corn this is easiest to
shuck. Shelled, per bu.$1.50; on ear, in burlap
bag, per bu., $2.25.
Smut Nose Flint
Smut Nose Flint (8-rowed). A yellow flint
corn blazed with red at one end. This is a very
early variety, and a great favorite in many local-
ities. Average length of ear, 10 inches. Aver-
age height of stalk, about 7 feet. Average dis-
tance base of ear from ground, 3 feet. Per. bu.,
$2.00.
POPCORN
Japanese Dwarf Rice. A very tender and al-
most hulless popcorn. Ears short and chunky ;
heavy yielder and is regarded as the coming
commercial variety and the right and the proper
thing to raise now to get the highest market
price in popcorns. Price on ear, 15c per lb.,
10 lbs., $1.00.
White Rice. Most popular grain pointed vari-
ety. Price: 12^c per lb. on the ear; 10 lbs., $1.00.
We have other varieties of field corn and shall be pleased to quote prices on application for any
other variety suited to our climate. All prices subject to market changes.
WE RESERVE RIGHT TO FILL ORDERS AT PRICES ON DAY SAIWE IS RECEIVED.
MICHAEL, SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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DEPARTMENT OF BULBS, ROOTS AND FLOWERING PLANTS
Peonies
Peonies. These big hearted flowers are as
much liked today as they were by our grand-
fathers a century ago. Peonies will grow and do
well anywhere pie plant will grow. Give them
a deep, rich soil, plenty of barnyard manure, or
better still, manure from the hen house, and
they will repay you one hundred fold. The
Peony, once planted, lasts a generation and
grows better every year. They are perfectly
hardy and need no winter protection whatever.
Festiva Maxima Peony
Is the Queen of all.
The acme of perfec-
tion, with every point of excellence. Without
exception the plant itself is one of the hardiest,
most robust and powerful growers of the entire
list of peonies. The flower, a glorious form of
purest white combines great size with wondrous
beauty. Flecked here and there with a speck
of crimson which seems to bring out the white
in clearer relief. 3 to 5 eye roots. Price: Each,
40c; Large undivided Field Clump, §3.00.
Edulis Sunerba Exceedingly fine, vivid rose-
i:.uuiib ouperua colored flowers, high, full
center, very compact, very early and free bloom-
ing, highly perfumed. The best fragrant rose-
colored peony. 3 to 5 eye roots. Price: 35c each.
Undivided clump, §2.50.
CroUSSe ideal self-colored red Peony;
* large, globular and compact, an
even shade of bright red without trace of any
other color ; a strong, vigorous grower. 3 to 5
eye roots. Price: 75c each. Large undivided
clump, §3.00.
Felix
Golden Harvest
Flower creamy yellow with
carmine markings and blush
guards. 3 to 5 eyes, 50c each. Undivided field
clumps, §2.50.
Humpi Sweet scented carmine pink with im-
mense flowers, late bloomer. 3 to 5
eye roots, 35c each. Large 3-year old undivided
field clumps, §2.00 each.
MivPfl Ppnnipe Our Mixed Peonies are made
mixea reonies broken lots of our very
best named varieties, some of which are worth
five times the price we ask for them. Price: 25c
each ; 6 for §1.40.
Dahlias
As a home flower nothing equals the Dahlia.
Plant the roots two feet apart, about four inches
deep ; lay them flat on side.
Beautv Brilliant, crimson red, rich
^ and glowing, similar in
shade to the American Beauty Rose. One of
the most prolific bloomers ever introduced.
Price, 25c each.
SouvPnil* Douzon (Decorative). An immense
ouuveniT i/ouzoa fj^^er with broad, flat pet-
als and full to the center. The largest red in
the decorative section. Price each, 25c.
Purple Manitou
Immense flower; often solid
purple in colorV sometimes
mottled with crimson ; very attractive. Price,
25c each.
Tan^o ^ gigantic flower of clear,
lango masterpiece without shad-
ing; borne on long stems. Blooms early and
continuously through the season. Color, clear
rich tango. It is indeed a masterpiece. Height,
4 feet. Price, 35c each* 3 for §1.00.
Delice beautiful soft, yet lively color, a
glowing rose-pink, together with its per-
fect shape, . stout, stiff stems, which hold the
flowers well above the foliage. Price 25c each;
3 for 70c.
MnnnKpam (1916). (Decorative). An immense
muunuectiii borne on excellent stems.
Color, clear canary yellow. One of the very best
of the light yellows. Plant a sturdy grower.
Blooms very freely and an excellent keeper when
cut. Price, 25c each.
Gaietv ^ superb new decorative, vivid scarlet,
vsaicLjr heavily marked with pure white. Stems
are long and flowers are produced freely. Price,
25c each.
A/Irc Witifi^rc (Decorative). This superb white
mra. VTiuicia Dahlia is generally and favor-
ably known. Alwaj^s reliable, always satisfac-
torj'. As a white it has neither superior nor
equal. Price: 25c each.
D M Moore (Show). A flower of mammoth
iTi. iTiuuic produced in profusion on
long, stiff stems. Its color is a deep, velvety
maroon. It has no equal in its color. Price,
each, 25c.
( Peoneo flowering ).
Dark purple, maroon.
Veined and shaded with white. Flowers very
large. Price, each 35c.
n/fiTArl Various colors and kinds, mixed.
iviixed sorts 15c; 2 for 25c.
Souvenir Franz Liszt
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CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Canna Roots and Plants
The king of bedders. The plant requires deeply dug, well enriched soil. . Plant when ground is
warm. Set the taller kinds for the center '‘and dwarf kinds for the outer edges. Canna plants
ready about May Ist.
Kinff Humbert Bronze foliage. Velvety,
IVlUg IIUIUUCII. spnrlpf flPP
orange scarlet, flecked car-
mine. heartshaped ears of a deep purple. Price;
per root, 15c each; doz., $1.75.
Beacon Heavy, lateral growing
rich green foliage. Flowers of very
rich cardinal, which are produced in great mas-
ses. Its immense flowers with handsome foliage
are very striking. Per root, 15c each; 3 for 40c;
doz., $1.50.
Wvomin? (7 ft.) Purple foliage. One of the
^ » most majestic Cannas. Blossoms or-
ange colored, true Orchid shape, with large,
rounded petals. Per root, 10c; doz., $1.00.
Helen (Yellow Humbert). Identical with
bronze King Humbert in growth.
Flower pure yellow, sometimes dotted with red
and sometimes the petals are red and yellow
mixed. The foliage rich green. Size about 4%
feet. Roots, 15c each; $1.75 per doz.
President Canna yet intro-
duced, flowers a glowing scar-
let of immense size ; foliage rich green, broad
leaf of lateral growing habit, borne on a stout,
heavy stock about 4 feet high. This combina-
tion of flower, foliage and stock are qualifica-
tions of special value in the enchanting effect
in any bed of Cannas. Roots 25c each, $2.50
per dozen.
Musafolia ^t.) Green foliage with Bronze
inusaioiia ^o^der. Grown for foliage only,
which on account of its enormous Mussa-like
leaves is used for making screens and back-
grounds. Per root, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, $3.75.
CANNA PLANTS (Potted)
Canna Plants. The Canna is a tender, subtrop-
ical plant; roots easily affected by severe
weather changes and often rot in the ground,
by being planted too early. The most effective
way of planting them is to use plants which
are started in a greenhouse early in the season
and in 4 in. pots having 2 to 5 leaves on them
by the first of May, at which time, weather per-
mitting, they can be planted outdoors.
Per Doz,
Wyoming, Tall bronze, orange orchid flow-
er grown in 4 in. pot $3.00
Beacon, Dwarf Green, red orchid flower,
grown in 4 in. pot 3.00
Humbert, Dwarf bronze orange scarlet flow-
er grown in 4 in. pot 3.00
Musafolia, Tall green foliage, red flower
grown in 4 in. pot 2.50
President, Dwarf green, scarlet orchid flow-
er grown in 4 in. pot. Each, 35c 4.00
Queen Helen, Medium size green yellow flow-
er grown in 4 in. pot. Each, 25c 3,00
Gladiolus Bulbs
Gladiolus. Planted every two weeks from time soil
can be cultivated until July; will give a lot of bloom
from June until cut down by frost. Plant 6 inches
apart in rows. The varieties listed below are a
selection of the finest and most distinct kinds, in-
cluding the sorts best suited for our soil and climate.
Wo quote only first size, first quality bulbs.
America lavender pink, very light, almost a
tinted white. Large, spreading blooms,
immense flowers, first size bulb. 5c each; doz.,
40c; per 100, $2.75.
Empress of India
Dark, blackish-red, the darkest
of all Gladioli; immense flower,
and extremely rich, first size bulb. Each, 10c; doz.,
$1.00.
FrancM Kintr Effective Flower spike with a
mrs. Frances iving reserve buds con-
tinually opening. Flower 4% inches, a brilliant ver-
milion scarlet. Each, 5c; doz., 50c; per 100, $3.00.
Panama seedling of America, which is a
much deeper pink. Spike very long with
flowers large and well arranged, first size bulb. Each,
8c; 2 for 15c; doz., 75c.
Peace Flowers are large with good form, correctly
placed on a heavy, straight spike. Price;
6c each; doz., 60c.
Princens flowers are 5 to 6 inches broad. The
^ color is brilliant scarlet crimson, carrying
mostly three broad, white blotches on the lower pet-
als, first size bulb. Each, 10c.
Niagara color the flowers are a delightful cream
® shade with the two lower petals or seg-
ments blending to a canary yellow. The throat is
splashed with carmine, first size bulb. Each, 8c;
doz., 75c.
Wioman Beautiful large white flower with
Tfi^uiau distinct dark crimson blotch on the
throat of the lower petals, first size bulb. Each,
6c; doz., 60c.
War Deep blood red, shaded to an almost black
* crimson, very tall and conspicuous, attrac-
tive and enchanting. 8c each; 2 for 15c; doz., 75c.
IMPORTED BULBS MIXED. First size, first quality
bulbs, beautiful blend of colors. Doz., 35c; $2.00
per 100.
NATIVE MIXTURES. All kinds home-raised bulbs.
Doz., 25c; $1.75 per 100.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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HERBACEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS, ROOTS AND BULBS
Lilies
Aliratum LiHum (Gold Banded Lily). The
/Yuraium Liiium grandest of all hardy Lilies;
flowers white, spotted with maroon, having a
bright yellow band through each petal. Each,'
25c; doz., $2.50.
Aurahim Rubrum Enormous flowers
sometimes measuring 10
inches across ; pure white, beautifully spotted
and with a deep crimson stripe. Each 25c; doz.,
$2.50.
I ilv AIKiim 0^6 of the most popular of all
luuy /viuuiu white Lilies. Price;
each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
I ilv Tiffrinuill (Tiger Lily). Single and hardy
i-iiy iigrinum jj^tive Lily, orange spotted
with purple. Price each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
Well
variety of rich orange
blossom. Price each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
Lilium Candidum Annunciation
Lily). This IS one of the
oldest, loveliest and best known Lilies. The
flowers are snow white, with the most delight-
ful fragrance. Each, 25c; doz., $2.50.
Lilv Funkia bell- shaped bluish lavender
^ flowers are produced on a flower
stock 3 to 4 feet high. Each, doz.,
Lilv of the Valiev most charming of the
^ ^ spring perennials. Pips,
each, 5c; doz., 50c; large clumps, each, 25c.
Lilv TierinUIll (Double Tiger Lily).
Liiy iigrmum variety of rich
Hardy
Bleeding Heart old-fashioned favorite,
® equally w^ell adapted for
forcing as for planting the open border. Price:
Clumps, each, 60c.
Camnanula (Dell noAver). Bell-shaped flow-
^ ers, M^ell known and most easily
grown. Price: Field Clumps, each, 25c; doz., $2.75.
Columbinp (Rocky Mountain). (The Colorado
State Flower) . Flowers very large ;
lavender and white ; each root forms a large
clump. Each 25c; doz., $2.50; Potted Plants,
doz., $2.00.
Coreopsis Grandiflora A border plant
^ with large, handsome
orange yellow flowers ; blooms through the sea-
son. Each, 20c; doz., $2.00.
Dplnhinnim (Hardy Larkspur). Few plants
^ are so handsome in the garden
as these perennial Larkspurs. Each, 25c; doz.,
$2.75.
These are gaining in popu-
larity in recent years for
the reason that they establish themselves to
withstand the severity of winter.
Outdoor Variety
J. Lagravere. Rich garnet, large flower... Each,
25c; per doz., $2.75.
St. Illoria. Silvery rose, quilled perennial.
Each, 25c; per doz., $2.75.
The Hub. Large, double white flOAver.Each,
25c; per doz., $2.75.
Yellow King. Large double yellow flower. Each,
25c; per doz., $2i75.
Vn doz., either variety, $1.40.
Golden Glow (Chrysanthemum). A large, very
showy plant, attaining a height
of six feet, producing hundreds of flowers re-
sembling yellow Chrysanthemums. Each, 15c;
doz., $1.50.
Chrysanthemums
Dianthus (Dardy Garden Pinks). Charming
summer flowering border plants,
more or less fragrant. Two-year clumps, each,
20c; doz., $2.25.
Digitalis (Foxglove). 3 to 5 feet. Stately old
® garden favorites for garden and
shrubbery borders, and naturalizing in suitable
places. Field Clumps, each, 25c; doz., $2.75.
Gaillardia ^ showy flower, beginning to bloom
in June and continuing through the
season. Petals vary from scarlet-orange to
crimson. Field Clumps, each, 25c; doz., $2.75.
Hardv Phlox This is one of the most attrac-
^ tive flowers in summer decora-
tion. Colors range from bright red to deep
crimson. A hardy perennial, once planted they
last for many years.
IMiss Lingai’d. An ever-bloomer, pure white,
earliest of all. Price, per each, 25c; per doz.,
$2.50.
Richard Wallace. White, with red eye. Price,
per each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
Rosenberg. Reddish-purple, very large flower.
Price, per each, 25c; per doz., $2.50.
Mixed Phlox. Price each, 10c; per doz., $1.00.
Hollvhock Roots This old-time flower appeals
noiiynocK IVOOIS sentimental affec-
tion of the long ago and is still dear to us. A
good back-ground for the lower growing plants.
Separate colors, pink, white, crimson or yellow.
Roots, each, 15c; doz., $1.50.
HniciAe (Alaska). Immense snow white
dnasta Liaisies fi^^^^ers. Bloom through the
season. The best daisy in the list. Each 25c;
doz., $2.75.
Not Hardy
(Tuberous-Rooted). For brilliancy
o guuMd eolor, duration and profusion of
bloom, few plants can compare with the tuber-
ous-rooted Begonias offered. Price on applica-
tion.
Far (Caladiuih Esculentium). Grand
ILiepnam S tar tfoplc-looking plant. in rich
soil, if freely watered, they will produce enor-
mous leaves, frequently four feet long, three
feet AAUde. Height, 4 to 5 feet. Fair sized bulbs,
each, 15c; medium sized bulbs, 25c; monster
giant bulbs, 50c each.
TiikorncAc Large blooming bulbs ; this is one
bulbs all should have. Syn-
onym of sweetness and purity. Price; Each,
5c; 12 for 50c.
Mnnfhrpf-mc of the brightest and most
lYioniDreiictb -v^-iiisome flowers we know of.
From July to October they are one mass of
blooms; graceful, bright and cheery. Each, 5c;
doz., 50c.
Hardy Outdoor Chrysanthemums
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CASH PBICE BIST OF BLEK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Hardy Irises
(FEEUR DE EIS)
Beautiful Iris
French
Fleur de Eis
“Orchids of the
Garden.”
National Flower
of France
There is a peculiar charm about the Iris that
appeals to all lovers of the beautiful in flowers.
The blossoms are of rich and varied colors, quaint
forms and some varieties are very fragrant.
Culture. A very sunny location suits them best.
They can be planted in the spring, but the most
favorable time is after blooming, late summer or
early autumn.
MiYPrl Iri« These are made up from choice
* named varieties, fine flowered sorts
in brilliant colors. Each, 5c; doz., Sdc; 50 for
$1.75.
Florentine Alha ^^ery large flower, pure white
riorenune Aioa ^ distinct individuality
and rare. Each, 10c; doz., 75c; per 100, $5.00.
Pallirla Halmati^a One of the most beautiful
raiuaa uaimanca
Exquisite shade of lavender. Each, 10c; doz., $1.00.
Inniafa Standard petals and falling petals;
clear blue; large, fragrant flower. The
tallest of the Bearded Irises, with unusually
long, drooping foliage. Noted for its fragrance.
Each, 35c; 3 for $1.00.
Kochii Richest of all the clear dark purple,
xvucuii flowering Iris. Immense bloom of
the Black Prince type. Each, 15c; doz., $1.50.,
riiirarf Iric (Chamari). Very dwarf. Earliest
uv/ari iris j^j^omer of all, blooming early in
April. Deep rich purple flower, fine for border
work. Each, 5c; doz., 60c; 100, $4.00.
House and Conservatory Plants
Asparagus Plumosis
(Eace Fern). Fine for
table decoration. Suit-
able for hanging baskets and porch boxes. 6-
inch specimen plants, each, $1.00; 4-inch pots,
each, 50c.
(Emerald Feather). For
foliage only ; for porch
boxes and hanging baskets. Price: 3-inch pots,
doz., $2.50; 4-inch, 25c each, $3.00.
Asparagus Sprengerii
Cyperus Alternifolius Plant), ex-
cellent house or aquatic
plant. 3-inch pots, each, 50c; 4-inch pots, each,
75c.
Dracaema Indivisa
baskets. 5-inch pots,
each, $1.50.
Much used for vases, win-
dow boxes and hanging
each, $1.00; 6-inch pots.
Boston Ferns
Fern. Each,
$1.00.
Long, graceful, drooping fronds.
Called by many the Fountain
4-inch pots, 75c; 6-inch pots.
Dish Ferns
fern dishes.
We sell thousands of these hand-
some ferns, dwarf in habit, for
Each, 10c; doz., $1.00.
Pnnrlnniic (Screw Pine) Utilis. Green leaves,
i diiuaiiud spines. Variegated Veitchii
green and Avhite. 4-inch pots, each, $2.00; 6-
inch pots, each, $3.00.
PALMS have Kentia Belmoreana and
Fosteriana, and Phoenix Canariensis
and Roehelenii; fine plants. Price: 4-inch pots,
each, 75c; 6 inch pots, each, $2.00.
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Autumn Planting Bulbs
FOR EAREY SPRING FEOWERS.
SEASON TO PEANT, OCTOBER AND NOVEM-
BER.
Hyacinth, Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils, Crocus,
and Snowdrops, which bloom so early in the
spring are lor autumn planting only.
Many persons, seeing these beautiful flowers
all abloom in early springtime, think they can
get some, too, right away, but alas, their surprise
and chagrin when informed that to have them in
Springtime all abloom the bulbs must be planted
the autumn before. We have a catalog of all these
Bulbs and Herbaceous Perennial Roots for
autumn planting, prices, descriptions, etc., free
for the asking.
Remember — We have a complete line of these
bulbs in season. September until December.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Plant Department
Flowering Plants
FOR HANGING BASKETS
We grow large quantities of all these popular varieties of flowering plants.
Hanainff Baskets filled with beautiful
Hanging oaSKeiS plants and swinging from
the ceiling on porch or veranda, are charming
and attractive to the home. Each, $2.50 and
$3.00, according to size and plants used.
Plumosis Hanging BaskeU
Each, $3.50 to $4.00.
Sprengerii Hanging Baskets
Price: Each, $3.00 to $3.50. Wire Hanging Baskets
empty, 60c each.
Green Sheet Moss ^'or lining hanging baskets.
ureen oneei moss p,., 35c.
FOR BEDDING, WINDOWBOXES AND VASES
Acfor Planfc American type. American pur-
/\sier rianis American Beauty Rose.
Giant Branching. Potted plants, doz., 50c; mixed
in baskets of 1 doz., 40c.
PnlAiic Planf« Foi* border work. Either
LOieUS rianis green, red, black and
variegated foliage. Price: 2% inch pots, doz., 75c.
Dustv Miller Plants foliage only; border
uusiy miner rianis finest sort.
Price: 2^^ inch pots, doz., 75c.
GERANIUMS
Prices do not include pots.
GerAnium PlATits The grandest of all bed-
ueranium rianiS plants. Double flow-
ering dark red ,pink and white; potted plants
only.
S. A. Nutt. Best of the dark crimson-scarlet
bedders. Perfectly double and a remarkably
free bloomer; blooms all summer.
La F'avorite. The best double white bedding Ger-
anium.
Madame Perkins. Large flowering, cerise pink,
unparalleled for beauty and freshness.
Price: 4-inch pots, each, 25c; doz., $2.75.
Ivy Leaved. A free flowering variety. Extra
fine for porch boxes. Price: Each, 4-inch, 25c.
Mine. Sallerio. The best border Geranium. Foli-
age variegated green and white. Price: 2Vs
inch pots, doz., $1.00.
[ nholia Plnnf« Easy culture, used in vases
LODeiia riants border; blue flower. Price:
2%-inch pots, doz., 75c.
Pan«v Plante Mixed colors, finest French
ay d la strains, large fluted flowering
sort. Price: Potted, 2%-inch pots, each, 8c; doz.,
75c. In baskets, earth, basket of doz., 50c.
PetuniA PlAnt^ Single large . fringed flowering
reiunia rianiS strains. Price: 2y2-inch
pots, each, 15c; 3 for 35c; doz., $1.00. Double
floAvering sorts, each, 25c; doz., $2.50.
Salvia PlanteRichest scarlet flower; finest of
Odivm t bedding plants ; long spikes
of dazzling red, lasting all summer until frost.
Price: 2V2-inch pots, doz., $1.00; 4-inch pots, doz.,
$2.50; growing in baskets, earth, basket of doz.,
50c.
SDrenfferii Feather). For foliage only;
® for porch boxes and hanging baskets.
Price: 3-inch pots, doz., $2.50; 4-inch, 25c each,
$3.00.
VerhenA PlAiitq Single plants of this pretty
veroena rianis annual creeper will carpet a
space 8 to 10 inches in diameter wTth neat foliage
and scores of fine flowers. Price: All colors,
2%-inch pots, doz., 75c; growing in basket of
earth, basket of doz., 50c.
Vinca Vinoc For foliage only ; variegated and
viiita vines green; hanging baskets and
porch boxes. Price: 2% inch pots, doz,, $1.50;
3-inch pots, doz., $2.25; 4-inch, 25c each, $3.00.
Vegetable Plants
We grow large- quantities of Vegetable plants and Roots, and can supply all the varieties listed
below in their proper season. Well grown and packed to carry a long distance, they can be shipped
from the beds on a day’s notice. All prices subject to season conditions, stocks on hand and change
at time of purchase. Write for spring prices.
Cabbage Plants
sorts ready May 10th. Doz., 15c; 100, $1.00.
Cauliflower Plants snowball and sec-
Olid early. Transplanted
Plants. Doz., 25c; 100, $1.75.
Celerv PIahN Ready May 10th. Seedling stock.
^ Easy blanching. Per 100, 75c;
Transplanted stock, per 100, $1.50.
Effff Plants growing in basket of
earth only. Basket earth, 50c;
Potted plants, doz., 60c; in bulk, per 100, $1.50.
Pennpr Plniitc Bull Nose and Chinese Giant in
repper riams in basket
earth, growing, doz., 50c; in bulk, 100, $1.50.
Sweet Potato Plants ^^ady about May 5th.
lellow Jersey plants.
Price: 100 plants, 75c; 500, $3.25; 1,000, $6.00.
Horseradish R^^se roots, each, 10c; doz., 75c;
Special price in quantities.
TnniAto Plants Dwarf Champion (.Tree). Readj
lomaio rianis Earliana, Bon-
ny Best and other leading sorts. Per doz.,
growing in basket earth, basket, 25c; Potted
plants, 2-inch pots. Fancy plants, doz., 50c;
Transplanted Plants. Loose in bulk. Doz., 15c;
100, $1.00; 1,000, $7.00.
Seedling Plants. KM), 50c; 1,000, $4.00.
Asparagus Roots Ciwns should be set early
Spring or late in fall.
Mammoth IVhite or Green Palmetto. 2-year-
old roots. Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50; 1,000, $10.00.
Rhubarb or Pie Plant
fall or spring. Choicest large sorts, roots, each,
10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $7.50.
Chives Ferennial plant. Per clump, 25c.
Mint (Spearmint). Per clump, 20c.
Write for special price list of plants in spring before plaaiting.
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CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FAR3I AND GARDEN SEEDS
NURSERY DEPARTMENT
IMPORTANT TO PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS OF ROOTS, BULBS, PLANTS, NURSERY STOCK,
ETC.
We handle only such kinds and varieties of trees, shrubs and plants as grow here and stand this
climate. Stock strong, true to name, dug when wanted and roots carefully packed in wet moss for
shipping. All prices subject to market ohange.
OUR NURSERY DEPARTMENT is in the basement of our concrete seed store building at 316
Pearl Street, well lighted with electricity as a salesroom and an ideal place for keeping nursery
stock, bulbs and roots just as fresh and nice for two or three weeks as though they were dug out
of the ground and where too, there can possibly be no effect from weather changes that are often
severe, damaging shrubbery after it is dug in the spring time and before it is planted.
THE
TRLE DELICIOUS” APPLE
Delicious originated twenty years ago at Peru,
Madison Co., Iowa. The original tree still flour-
ishes, bearing an annual crops of beautiful fruit.
Fruit is large, with the surface almost covered
with a most beautiful brilliant dark red, blend-
ing to golden yellow at the blossom end. In
quality it is unsurpassed, flavor slightly acid,
delightfully fragrant, flesh fine-grained, crisp,
juicy, melting and delicious. Good keeper, com-
ing out of storage in March or April in perfect
condition. 5 to 6 ft. select trees, 75c each.
Fall and Winter Apples
Wealthy seedling originated in Minnesota ; very
hardy; an abundant and early bearer; fruit
large, dark crimson; flesh crisp sub-acid, white tinged
with red ; good quality. Tree a fine, upright grower,
both in the nursery and orchard. Season, October
to December. 5 to 6 ft. trees, 75c each.
Mrliitn«h Canadian (Ontario) origin; extremely
mcInlu^n ivca j^^rdy and does well even in the ex-
posed cold regions of Montana and Wyoming and
very popular in the Northeastern states. It bears a
big red apple above medium ; a beautiful crimson ;
flesh snow white ; slightly acid and a wonderful keep-
er. It is growing more popular wherever it is knowm.
5 to 6 ft. trees, 75c each.
Hihprnal Russian origin. Absolutely hardy in this
At uc 1 (>iiniate. It represents the hardiest of all
Russian races of apples. Tree vigorous, wide-spread-
ing and productive. Fruit very large with a dull
bronze color over a greenish yellow. Flavor sub-acid,
splendid for cooking. It is often used as a main stalk
for limb grafting of other varieties, 5 to 6 foot trees,
70c each.
Tnwa R1ii«h Originated ip Iowa. Tree very
lowa Diusn fruitful, strong grower. Fruit
rather conical, surface smooth, yellow, with bright
mottled red blush, white flesh, juicy and rath-
er sub-acid. November to January is the sea-
son it is good to eat. 5 to 6 ft. trees, 70c each.
Peerless Tree a very fine, straight, upright
^ grower. Originated from seed o(f
Duchess, near Fairbault, Minnesota. It is quite
hardy and productive ; fruit of medium size, color
red or a yellow-greenish ; perfectly hardy here.
5 to 6 ft. trees, 70c each.
Northwestern Greening Wisconsin
Summer Apples
origin and extremely
fine shaped. Fruit large and greenish-yellow ;
good quality. It is claimed to keep well until
J line. 5 to 6 ft. trees, 70c each.
Yellow Transparent
One of the earliest ap-
ples. Tree is vigorous,
good bearer. Two-year old trees frequently pro-
duce fruit. Medium large, smooth transparent.
Skin is pale yellow when ripe. Flesh white,
and splendid quality. Does well most any-
where, Is perfectly hardy.
Duchess of Oldenburff ^^^m Russia extreme
® ly hardy, medium size,
yellow with red stripes. Somewhat sour, fine
for cooking. A couple of these trees should be
in every orchard. Will not keep long when
fully ripe. 5 to 6 foot trees, 70c each.
Davis ^ highly esteemed in the
West. Fruit conically shaped,
striped and of fair quality. Very productive.
70c each.
Ben
Jonathan brilliant dark red apple of ex-
cellent quality. Tender, spicy, rich
and juicy. It is one of the most popular varie-
ties for commercial planting. October to March.
5 to 6 ft. trees, 70c each.
Winpcnn Old favorite, vigorous grower, and
TTiuc»a|f hardy. Fruit bright red, long keep-
er. 5 to 6 ft. trees, 70c each.
Prices quoted are for select, hardy trees, adapted to this climate. 5 to 6 ft. specimen stock.
SEE NEXT PAGE FOR DWARF APPLES AND CRAB APPLES
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
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Crab Apples
Whitnev No 20 (Hybrid Crab). Fruit very
wniiney no. ^ hybrid crab, ap-
ple striped red with yellow flesh; rather juicy
and grained. Healthy and vigorous tree, upright,
rather conical in growth and a beautiful tree.
Red About an inch in diameter, grown
i\cu oiocnan clusters; bears young and
abundantly. August to September.
PRICES These prices are for selected crab
trees, 5 to 6 ft., each, 70c.
Dwarf Apples -
Jdiorence Crab
The Florence Crab ^he most valuable crab
ever fruited here. Annual
bearers, usuallj’^ fruiting the second season after
planting. Early, large, beautiful, excellent,
youngest bearer, most prolific of all. Hardiest
and most ornamental fruit tree we grow. Exempt
from blight.
The Dwarfed Apple trees we offer are any
of the standard varieties, budded on a foreigrn
Ducine (Paradise) Apple stock, which has the
effect to dwarf the growth of the standard
varieties when budded on this stock. This
habit of growth makes it essentially a city
tree for the reason that the standard Apple
grows rather too large for the city garden
plot, while these Dwarfs do not attain a great-
er size than the Plum tree. Dwarf trees bear
when very young, beginning to bear the sec-
ond year they are out. The usual distance
for garden planting of Dwarf Apples is about
6 or 8 feet apart each way but they can be
planted in hedgerows and set near together.
When planted this way, the tree grows only
in two directions and makes a beautiful, orna-
mental and profitable hedge way or they may
be treated espaliers. Varieties we offer:
Dutchess, Wealthy, Delicious and Yellow
Transparent. 4 to 5 foot trees, $1.50 each.
5 for $7.00.
CHERRIES
, The Cherry is the most valuable of all fruit trees for the Northwest; perfectly hardy, grows and
thrives on anv of our soil. An annual bearer; ornajmental as well as valuable.
Trees very hardy and great
bearer, the most valuable of
the late varieties. Fruit large, round ; skin
dark red, becoming nearly black when fully ripe ;
pleasant sub-acid flavor when fully ripe. Sea-
son, July and August.
Wraffff Originated in Iowa. Large, dark red
fT agg dwarfish growth. Very hardy,
vigorous growth. Very heavy bearer, fine com-
mercial variety.
Black Tartarian Very large, fruit of purplish-
DiacK lartarian
sweet. Tree is vigorous, upright grower, and
immense bearer. A sweet cherry of the Ox-heart
type.
Early Richmond
Early Richmond ^^id cherry,,
Muany iMciimunu valuable for cooking.
Tree a free grower, hardy, healthy and very pro-
ductive. It is the leading market variety for
this section. Ripens in June.
Large Montmorency Large, red, acid cherry;
. * IS larger than Early
Richmond and about ten days later. A su-
perior sort for home use.
Absolutely hardy every-
where. Originated in
Minnesota. A cross
between the Sand
Cherry, Morello Cher-
ry, and the Miner
Plum. The tree is
a regular and heavy
bearer, and produces
fruit the next year
after setting out. Its
early bearing is
truly wonderful.
Compass Cherry
PRICES: Cherry, standard varieties, very se-
lect, picked trees, 5 to 6 feet, each $1.00.
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PLUMS
A LIST OF THOROUGHLY TESTED AMERICAN VARIETIES
The Plum tree attains its greatest perfection on our heavy soils, being entirely free from dis-
ease. Plums are very hardy and grow vigorously in all sections.
PROF. HANSEN’S HYBRID PLUMS
Hanska ^ cross between a wild north-
western plum and the Primus Simoni.
The flat shape of this plum and its peculiar red
color with its heavy blue bloom distinguishes
it from all other hardy plums grown in the
Northwest. Tree a very strong grower and very
hardy. An early and profuse bearer; quality
good. Per each, $1.00.
pie red flesh of its Japanese sire,
for the prairies of the Northwest.
A cross between the Dak. Sand Cherry
and the Japanese Gold Plum, a very
large hybrid by Burbaqk. It possesses the
sprightly acidity of the Sand Cherry and rich
sweetness of the Gold Plum, the male parent.
Season extremely early. Dark purplish-red
fruit. Per each, $1.00.
Wanpf-a Plum This is the largest
waneia rium fruiting variety out of
ten thousand hybrids of the Hansen
Hybrid varieties. Size of fruit, two
inches in diameter. The tree is a cross
with the Japanese Apple Plum and our
native Iowa variety (Prunus Americana)
the Terry Plum, which bears the larg-
est fruit of all the native or Chicka-
saw varieties. Color of the fruit is
dark red, flavor delicious; possesses
the hardiness of the native Chickasaw
parent with the fruiting qualities of the
famous Japanese variety; an early and
profuse bearer. See picture outside
back cover. Price: 5 to 6 ft., 2-year-
old top growth, $1.25 each; 5 for $6.00.
This is a cross between the
Western Sand Cherry and a
large purple-fleshed Japanese variety,
dark purple skin and rich dark purple
Waneta Plum flesh Plum called Sultan, The fruit
has the glossy skin and rich dark pur-
Has attracted great attention as a new departure in stone fruits
Per each, $1.10. 5 for $5.00.
Sapa
Native Plums
Chickasaw A'arieties
Terry Plum
The largest fruit of any of the
Chickasaw or Native plums, fruit
2 inches in diameter. Tree strong, large, vigor-
ous grower and perfectly hardy. Fruit bright,
attractive color ,very firm. Price: 5 to 6 ft.
trees, $1.00 each.
De Soto Tree is extremely hardy. It comes
into bearing young and bears so
heavily as to retard the growth of the tree. It
is an annual bearer. Fruit good size and quality.
Color red at full maturity. Ripens in August.
5 to 6 ft. select, $1.00 per tree.
Miner Tree a very strong, vigorous grower.
Fruit large, deep red and of good qual-
ity. A valuable variety to raise. Fruit ripens
late. 5 to 6 ft., $1.00 per tree.
PEARS
Seckel (Sugar Pear). Tree rather slow
grower but healthy and hardy and
very productive, bearing immense crops of
fruit. Small size but of the highest flavor
and sweet as honey. The sweetest pear
known and is a favorite with everybody who
eats it. Should be sprayed once or twice dur-
ing summer. We furnish in both Standard
and Dwarf. Standard Stock, 5 to 6 ft., $1.25
each. Dwarf stock, 4 to 5 ft., $1.00 each.
Keiffer This is the most popular pear
grown;- fruit of fine size, rich col-
or and good quality ; tree very vigorous and
seldom blights ; should be picked at maturity
and ripened indoors. October and November.
5 to 6 ft. trees, $1.25 each.
Plate Seckel Pears
Mulberry
Russian Mulberry introduced to this country
^ by Russian Mennonites and
on account of its hardiness makes a beautiful
ornamental tree. The fruit much inferior to the
native, but is greatly prized by birds, keeping
them away from other garden fruit. For hedge
size see page 43. Trees, 5 to 6 ft., 50c each.
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Currants
Hardy, easily cultivated, standing neglect
■well, indispensable for table use, jellies, etc.
Set four feet apart in rich ground. - If the cur-
rant worm appears, dust with hellebore.
nmlnin:! This is the largest known variety of
i/iliiuu a Currants in existence. Won the
Pan-American Medal at the Buffalo Exhibition
on account of its size and excellence. It is a
strong, upright grower, prolific bearer, beau-
tiful red berries of finest quality.
frnc« This is another of the large-ber-
ivcu varieties. While not quite
as large as the Diploma it has the advantage
of being a sweet variety and requires very little
sugar when canning?.
Fav^c It has given general satisfac-
ray s^rroiiiic bright
red, and of excellent flavor, less acid than Cher-
ry. It has a long stem, which admits rapid
picking, and is enormously productive.
Berries large, very pro-
ductive. Much sweeter
and better quality than the red varieties, ex-
cellent for table use.
The leading w^ell-tested
black currant. Very pro-
ductive. Excellent quality, strong grower.
Prices above: For 2-year, No. 1 standard va-
rieties, 25c each; §2.50 per dozen.
Gooseberries
Should be planted in good, rich soil and well
manured once a year. Even more rugged and
easier to grow than Currants. Do not let bushes
grow too thick ; the fruit will be larger and
more plentiful.
Downing ; light green ; soft, tender, good
Black Champion
prolific.
flavor; extremely vigorous, hardy and
Per each, 36c; doz., $3.00.
Hniio-htnii Most productive. Best payer of all.
® Yield easily 700 bushels per acre.
Fruit excellent quality. 2-year, each, 25c; per
doz., $2.75.
Buffalo Berries
Buffalo Berrv Silver gray foliage quite like
DUiidiu ocrry Russian Olive in appear-
ance. A native of the Missouri River country,
hardy and most prolific bearer, fruit resembles
the currant, a beautiful red color, ripens in
.July. 2 to 4 feet, 40c each; 5 to 7 ft., $1.00 each.
Diploma Currant
Houghton Gooseberry
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CASH PRICE LIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
STRAWBERRY PLANTS
Warfield (P). Early. One of the most popular varieties
of strawberries grown ; large, top shaped ber-
ry, with a glossy red exterior that does not fade or be-
come dull after picking; exceedingly juicy, just tart
enough to make it delicious. Plant with two rows of
AYarfields one of Dunlaps.
-^Senator Dunlan Perfect blossom. Medium to late,
^ One of the most popular varieties known
to the strawberry world. Dunlap is a large, handsome
fruit, rich, dark red, with a glossy finish, shaded to
deep scarlet on the under side, and prominent, bright
yellow seeds that look like gold bronze. The foliage is
tall, bright green, upright with a long leaf. Plant with
Warfield.
Elizabeth Strawberry
hardy and prolific ; excellent quality. As a new, early
variety of berry it surpasses anything that has ever
been produced.
Prices of Strawberry Plants, June bearing, 25 for 50c;
per hundred, ^1.00; per 500, ?4.50; 1,000 for $7.50.
The plants
marked (P) are
Pistillate, and
those marked (B)
are bi-sexual.
Plards should
be planted as
soon as possible
after digging.
Spring time is
the sa,lfest and
best season to
plant though un-
der favorable condi-
tions can be planted
in August or Sep-
tember.
Strawberries will
succeed in any soil that is
thoroughly prepared to a good
depth. For field cultivation set
in roAvs 3 to 314 feet apart, 15
to 18 incl\:?s each way. To pro-
duce fine, large fruit, keep in
hills, pinching runners off as
soon as they appear. All are
put up in bunches, 25 plants to
bunches.
Everbearing Strawberries
The Everbearing Strawberries Have Made Good
There can be no possible doubt any longer
about the everbearing straAvberries. They have
made good and then some. They have proved
the past four seasons that they will bear all
summer, earlier than the others aind until the
ground freezes in the fall. Ripe berries, green
berries and blossoms all the time. And the best
of berries, big and red, sweet and juicy. The
plant is medium sized, closely resembling Dun-
lap ; foliage strong and healthy, has a good
root system, makes almost as many plants as
Dunlap ; spring set plants fruit the same year
set out.
There are several varieties, the Superb, the
Americus, but the Progressive is the best and
only one kind we handle. Progressive— color
deep red inside and out, quite firm, rich and
sweet. Good young plants, per doz., 50c; per
100, $3.00; per 500, $8.00; 1,000, $15.00.
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GRAPE VINES
One of the best, healthiest and longest cultivated fruits we have. Easy to grow in most any kind
of soil that is not too wet, even a stony hill brings good results. Yet they are great feeders and
pays to manure them well when planting, rich, well-rotted manure mixed in the soil.
INSTRUCTION — Grape vines should be planted so that the first bud next to the stem will come
on a level with the surface of the ground. Grape vines have two layers of roots, from 6 to 8 inches
apart, and in planting spread the lower layer of roots in their natural position; fill in the earth
and press down in the soil firmly, then spread the second layer of roots and fill in the balance of
the hole. After planting trim the vines back to two buds.
Concord urapes
Concord most popular grape in America.
Bunch large shouldered, compact;
berries large, covered with a rich, dark bloom.
No. 1 2-year-root8, 25c each; $2.50 per doz., 25
for $4.00; $15.00 per 100.
Niagara White. This is the most valuable
® of all white grapes. Ils clusters are
large and handsome, compactly filled with large
berries. When fully ripe, they are a pale yellow
with a thin white bloom. Price: 2-year-old roots,
35c each, 4 for $1.00.
CampbelFs Early ®>ck. a ^ new variety of
^ strong, vigorous growth,
very hardy, foliage perfectly healthy, very early
and abundant bearer. The berries are large,
nearly round; dark blue. Price: No. 1 2-year-
old star stock, each, 35c; doz., $4.00.
Clinton. Black Bunches and berries small
and compact. Berries juicy
and quite acid. A good grape for dark red
wine. Vine vigorous grower, productive and
hardy. 2-year-old roots, 40c each; $4.00 per doz.
Moore’s Early Black with heavy blue bloom.
^ Bunches of medium size, rarely
shouldered. Berries large, round, of excellent
quality ; desirable for market on account of its
earliness. Price: 2-year-old star stock, 35c each;
$3.50 per doz.
Asrawam Barge red grape of rich, sweet, aro-
® matic flavor. A vigorous, hardy vine.
A splendid keeper and very prolific bearer. 30c
each; $3.00 per doz.
Bachus Grape
Bachus Grape... A new wine grape of powerful
growth which originated in northern New York.
Absolutely hardy and as strong a viner as the
Beta with somewhat better quality fruit but es-
pecially a wine grape and one of the easiest
grapes to start to grow that we have ever plant-
.ed. It is a seedling of the Clinton, very produc-
tive, free from mildew, adapted to a variety of
soils, ripens later than the Beta. Fruit rather
tart but if left on the vines until extra ripe,
makes an excellent table grape. Per each, 50c;
4 for $1.75; per doz., $5.00.
Beta Grape
This is the greatest of all the arbor grapes, a
cross with the cultivated black variety and the
common wild grape. Vines in great profusion.
Unpruned, it runs in every direction, as one
man says ; “Over the woodshed and down the
allej^ fence in its mad flight to cover everything
unsightly in sight.” Fruit is medium in size :
black in color, rather acid in taste, a splendid
wine maker. Bears in great abundance, always
bearing every season and is absolutely as hardy
as its wild parent. Needs no protection. Price:
2 yenr-old No. 1, star stock, 40c each; $4.50 per
doz. See picture outside back cover.
Beta Grape
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BUEK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
BLACKBERRIES
Snvder best. Berries juicy
•' and sweet. Large and produc-
tive. Per doz., 75c.
Afirient Briton Another hardy variety.
/vncieni onion ^fter the Sny-
der. Strong roots, 10c each; 75c per doz.,
per 100, $6.00.
Bjirt<*l^< DpwVicrrv hardier than any
oanei S ueWDerry Ijj^ckberry in any
dry or cold climate — a grand delicious
fruit. Each, 10c; doz., 75c; per 100, $6.00.
RASPBERRIES
King of Cliff Black Cap
(Everbearing Black Cap
Raspberry). Actually bears
continuously from June 1st until killed by frost in the
fall. The canes are literally loaded with fruit in all
stages from bloom to ripe fruit. Has no equal as an
everbearing variety. Price: 10c each; doz., $1.00.
Til mK Aria iifl Largest of all Black Caps; healthy,
vuiiiucnctuu vigorous grower, stout, stalky, well
branched canes that produce immense crops. Per doz.,
75c; per 100, $5.00.
Sunbeam Originated by Professor Hansen of Brook-
ings Agricultural College. It is a power-
ful grower Avith A’ery heavy foliage and being of Da-
kota origin it is one of the hardiest red raspberries
groAvn. Quantity of the fruit A’ery fair, medium size
and very desirable. Price each, 10c; per doz., 75c.
St. Regis Everbearing Red
Raspberries for four
months I That is what
you get when you plant the St. Regis, the new ever-
bearing A-ariety. A brilliant crimson color ; the first
raspberry to give ripe fruit and bears without inter-
mission until late October. 10c each; 75c per doz.
Herbert hardiness it easily takes first place,
standing a lower temperature than any
other kind. The cane is very strong and vigorous,
slightly prickly, leaves large and healthy. Fruit bright
red, somewhat oblong, larger thap Cuthbert, flavor
A’ery sweet and juicy. Season 5 to 6 days before Cuth-
bert. Per each, 10c; $1.00 per doz.
We handle other varieties of both Black Caps and
Red Raspberries, standard sorts, which Ave quote at
75c per dozen ; $5.00 per hundred.
King of Cliff Raspberries,
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ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING SHRUBS
adds more to the beauty of a place than to have the sides and background well filled
with groups of shrubbery. Whether you have a lawn of many acres, or an humble dooryard, we
recommend this class of plants as indispensable to the real beauty of your home.
Almntifl Double Flowering Pink. One of the
/iimuuu earliest and finest of shrubs. Load-
ed down with double pink flowers which attract
attention. 2 to 3 feet, 75c each.
Almntifl Double Flowering White... Like above
/\iiiiuuu with snowy white flowers. 2 to
3 feet, 75c each.
Hnawonrl (Quarnus Siberica). A very hardy,
i/ugwuuu small handsome bush which has a
dark red bark, making an effective and showy
winter display among other shrubs with hand-
some white flowers in early summer which are
distinctly dainty. Per each, 3 to 4 ft., 50c. Large
5-yr. old clumps, 4 to 6 ft., $2.50 each.
Hydrangea Arborescens
blooming Snowball. This new American variety
begins blooming in June and continues all sea-
son. Very easy of culture and hardy. Blooms
best if flowers are clipped before ripening. 2
to 3 feet, each, 75c; 10 for $6.50.
Hydrangea Arborescens
HvdrSinS'BB (Panlculata Grandiflora) . Large,
^ ® flowering Hydrangea, hardy. A
fine shrub, growing from 4 to 6 feet high.
Flowers white, in large pyramidal panicles, pro-
duced in August and September. Each, 2 to 3
feet, 75c; tree form, 3 to 4 feet, $1.50 each.
High Bush Cranberry '’broad''¥oiiagt''oi
a shiny green color, turning to a rich, coppery
tint as the season advances. Flowers are white
and conspicuous. The berries are a brilliant
scarlet and remain on nearly all winter. Per
each, 3 to 4 ft., 75c; large clumps, 5 to 6 ft.,
5-year-old, $2.50 each.
Elder Golden (Sabucus Aurea). A variety
iMUcr, uoiaen golden yellow foliage.
Grows to a height of about 8 feet and is useful
for contrast effect. The berries are edible.
Should have full sun to give best effect ; can
be pruned into a neat, compact little bush. 3
to 4 ft., 50c each.
Crsib (Bechtel's Flowering). Makes a medium
sized tree; perfectly hardy, succeeds well
in all soils. When in bloom appears to be covered
with delicate pink, perfectly double small roses
of delicious fragrance. Price: 3 to 4 ft., each,
$1.00.
Forsythia, Suspensa
up the lawn with masses of yellow, very early
in spring before the leaves appear. 2 to 3 ft.,
50c each.
Flowering Currants Hardy, bushy shrubs,
® growing 6 feet high ;
prized on account of their early spring flowers ;
bright berries and bark; and pretty, richly col-
oring foliage. Price: 2 to 3 ft., 50c each.
Hnnpvciirlrlp (Red Tartarian, bush form).
noneysucKie ^ height of 8 feet with
upright, somewhat spreading branches and bright
green foliage. The flowers are borne freely in
May and June, are of a bright pink color. 3
to 4 feet, select, each, 50c; large clump, 5-year-
old, $2.00.
PriiniK TriInKa (Double Flowering Plum). A
rrunu5 iriiuna desirable hardy shrub.
Blooms in May. Flowers double delicate pink
which are thickly set on long slender branches.
Per each, 3 to 4 ft., 75c.
Rlinr1ntvn1iii« (Kerrioides). A distinct decora-
ivnuuuiypnub shrub. Foliage very large
and handsome ; branches clustered with delicate
white pendulous flowers in spring followed with
black berries that last through the winter. Per
each, 2 ft. size, 35c. Large clumps, 5 to 6 years
old, 3 ft., $2.00 each.
Syringa Philadelphus
strongest-growing varieties with very fragrant
flowers. Price: 3 to 4 ft., 50c each; large 5-yr.
clumps, $2.50 each.
Syringa Lemoine (^l^ck orange) . Flowers of
® this variety are large, semi-
double, very fine. The bush is of more dwarfish
habit and will not get over four feet high. 2
ft., each, 50c.
Syrinea, Golden Leaved ^ handsome dwarf
•• * vu variety With golden-
yellow foliage; keeps its color the entire season;
is splendid for grouping with other varieties
for pleasing effects. Never over 3 feet high. 2
ft., 60c each.
^nnwKall (Virbiirnum Opulus Flora Pena),
onowoa favorites of old-time
gardens. It grows into a magnificent high bush
with upright branches and handsome foliage.
It forms one of the most impressive sights of
early summer, when its pure white four-petaled
flowers, borne in showy balls are in bloom.
Hardy everywhere. 3 to 4 ft., 50c each.
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
Spirea Van Houttei
(Bridal Wreath). We can
say positively this shrub
is the most attractive lawn shrub known. Has
white flowers, astonishingly profuse in bloom-
ing; very fine for cemeteries. 3 to 4 ft., SOc
each; large 5-year-old clumps, $2.00.
Aurea beautiful variety with golden
foliage and double white flow-
ers in June. Per each, 3 to 4 It., 75c; large
5-yr.-old clumps, $2.50 each.
Snirea (Anthony Waterer. The grand orna-
mental hedge shrub ; grows about 2^
feet high ; dwarf, compact bush ; deep crimson
flowers from June until frost. Price; 18 to 24
inches, each, 60c; large 5-yr. clumps, $1.25.
Billardi I^ich pink colored flowers in
large spikes ; blooms nearly all
summer. Very pretty and showy and splendid
for cut flowers. Grows 6 feet high. Price; 2
to 3 feet, 50c each.
Wei&'elia (Eva Rathke). The finest Weigelia
cultivation ; flowering continuous-
ly throughout the summer and autumn ; of rich
ruby carmine. 50c each.
Lilacs
Do you love the lilac? If so we have some-
thing rare and beautiful.
Mme Cafiinir Perier The finest double white
mme. i^asmir rener introduced. The
individual flowers as well as the truss are of
immense size, deliciously scented ; very fragrant.
Price; 3 to 4 feet, $1.00 each; tr^ form, 3 to 4
feet. $1.50.
Michael Buchner Dwarf variety. Very double
micnaei oucnner fj^wer, beautiful, pale lav-
ender lilac. Very effective among other taller
shrubs as a border feature. ..Each, 2 to 3 feet, 75c.
Souvenir de Ludwig Spaeth with‘“iong™pln^
cles of single flowers ; dark, purplish blue. Price ;
3 to 4 ft., each, $1.00; tree form, 3 to 4 ft., $1.50.
Lilac Common Purple or White. The old-
fashioned lilac, which grows into a very
high bush, with bright green, heart shaped
leaves. In May covered with light purple flow-
ers. Each, 3 to 4 £t„ 75c; tree form, $1.25.
Persian I ilar Blooms a good deal more than
cr»iaa uuai, common and has smaller
leaves. Does not sprout as much from the
roots. Persian white, 3 to 4 ft., $1.00; tree form,
$1.25; Persian purple, 3 to 4 ft., 75c.
HEDGE SHRUBS
Barberry Thunbergi
Of dwarf graceful hab-
it; foliage small, chang-
ing to beautiful red early in fall. 18 to 24
inch, per each, 50c; doz., $5.00; per 100, $35.00;
large 5-yr.-old clump, $1.00 each.
Rnrlrllinrti (Rhamnus Catfaarticus). A dense
DUCKinorn bush, with dark foliage, re-
lieved by masses of attractive white flowers
in June and July. Most ornamental of all
hedge plants. Makes a good prunable hedge.
Price; 18 to 24-ineh size, $7.50 per 100.
Riiscian Oliv# Makes a medium sized hedge;
ivussiau l/uve beautiful. Foli-
age growth is silvery white. The most popular
hedge plant of the North. Price, 18 to 24
inch, per 25, $2.00; 50, $3.50; per 100, $6.50.
Privof Amnnr River Is of vigorous growth,
rriver, Amoor River gi^ssy dark green
foliage, keeping its color. Price; 18 to 24 inch,
2 to 4 cones, per 100, $12.50. Polish Privet. 18
to 24 inch, same price.
(Red). Cydonia. One of the
earliest shrubs to bloom, the
flowers appearing before the leaves are fully de-
veloped, the brilliant scarlet flowers glaming like
red hot coals. Make beautiful informal or clip-
ped hedge. Very hardy and easily transplanted.
12 to 18 inch size, $12.50 per 100.
Japanese Quince
Ampelopsis
CUMBING VINES
Amnolnncic (Engelmanni) . This is one that
/\inpciupM» clings firmly to the smoothest sur-
face, covering it closely with over-lapping foli-
age. 2-year, 35c,
Boston Ivy. It is a
jplendid plant for covering any
object, as it clings perfectly to the smoothest
surfaces. Price; 50c each.
Clematis (New). Sweet Scented Paniculata.
Flowers pure white in large clusters.
Bright green foliage and fragrant flowers. ..Price;
2-year roots, 50c each.
Clematis J»ckmanii. A beautiful, hardy, climb-
ing vine bearing great wreaths and
clusters of splendid purple flowers. Price; roots,
75c each.
Cinnamnn Vine ^"ell known Eardy climber;
\.innamon vine grower, with beautiful
glossy heart-shaped leaves and sweet-scented
flowers. Vines will run 25 to 40 feet in a season.
Earge roots, each, 10c; doz., $1.00.
Dutchman’s Pipe ^ plant of climbing
r habit and rapid growth,
with magnificent light green foliage, curious,
pipe-shaped, yellowish brown flowers. Price;
$1.00 each.
Ifnnpvciirklo Scarlet Trumpet. Blossoms free-
noneysucKie jy season ; bright red
flowers. 50c each.
Hnnovciirlclo Hall’s Japan. The finest climb -
nuucy»ui.n.ic trumpet shaped flowers, sweet
scented ; extremely hardy. 35c each.
Maderia Vine
Earge bulbs, 10c each, 75c per doz.; Medium size,
5c each, 50c per doz.
One of the best and most pop-
ular climbers for foliage effect.
Trumpet Vine Flower
Triimnot Vin^ Bignonia Radicans. Dark red
irumpci vine orange throat, free blooming.
ering unsightly places, stumps, or wherever a
Very hardy and rapid grower. Useful for cov-
showy flowering vine is desired. Each, 40c.
Wictorla Purple flowering. Rapid grower.
vTisLcria Flowers pale blue borne in long
pendulous clusters, blooming in May and June.
Price; 75c each.
Wild Hrano Vine Besides being fruit-bearing
wuo urape vine ^ ^^^.y
hardy. Cultivated vines. Price; 35c each.
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NATIVE SHADE TREES
Below we give a list of shade trees that are hardy and can endure the dry weather of the West
and the frigid winters of the Northwest.
Volga Poplar
Carolina Poplar
Special Price on any and all varieties shade
trees in quantity.
Poolar. Carolina ^ rapid -growing tree
p f vd u d resembling the Cottonwood,
but has a larger leaf, thicker and more spread-
ing top. 8 to 10 foot, 75c each; 1% to IVs inch
caliper, $1.50; 1% to 2 inch caliper, $2.00.
Bolleana Poplar ^all columnar tree of pic-
^ turesque and very formal
aspect. A very rapid growing and hardy tree,
long lived. 8 to 10 foot, $1.75 each; 5 for $7.50.
A Russian variety, hardy and
vigorous growers. A tall, col-
umnar type, like the Lombardy, but more dur-
able. 8 to 10 ft., $1.00 each.
Poplar, Silyer-leaved """o?
form. Leaves glossy silvery green above and
white underneath. Very hardy and a, splendid
shade tree that will grow anywhere. 8 to 10
ft., $1.25 each; 5 for $6.00.
Maple, Soft or White ^^naUve tree. . A^«_ry
med to keep down suckers and avoid forks. 8 to
10 ft., $1.00 each; IV2 to 2 inch caliper, $2.00 each.
Norway Manle ^ large and handsome tree of
iiuiTvajr iTiapic compact growth; deep green
foliage affording a dense and refreshing shade.
8 to 10 ft. size, $2.50 each.
The Stately American Elm
Elm A’^ative White American. A native of South
Dakota and the entire Northwest. One
of the best trees for street use. 8 to 10 ft., $1.00;
IVs to 2 inch caliper, $3.00 each.
Sycamore ^ lofty, wide-spreading tree, heart-
shaped leaves,
tree. 8 to 10 ft., $1.25 each
Makes a fine street
Hackberrv very desirable street tree of
^ stately appearance and graceful foli-
age. 8 to 10 ft., $1.50 each.
Mountain Ash
8 ft., $1.00 each.
(European). A fine hardy tree;
head dense and regular. 6 to
Birch (White Bark). A graceful tree with
silvery white bark and slender branches.
6 to 8 ft., $1.50 each.
Horse Chestnut (Castenea). White flowering
A fine large tree of compact
outline, dense dark green foliage. In June cov-
ered with white flowers. 5 to 8 ft., $1.75 each.
Su?ar Manle (^cer Sacchamm). A popular
® ^ American tree of pyramidal form.
The foliage is large and handsome and of rich,
pleasing green. 8 to 10 ft., $2.00 each.
Walnut This is a common and state-
and spreading form and of rapid growth. 6
to 8 ft., $1.25 each.
Linden ^ handsome lawm or shade tree. The
blossom is very fragrant and sweet.
Price: 8 to 10 ft., $2.25 each.
Weeping Ornamental Deciduous Trees
Birch Cut-Leaf Weeping. The most erect and
graceful tree. It has silvery bark and
finely cut foliage. Price: 6 to 8 ft., $3.00 each.
Mulberry Tea’s weeping. The most grace-
fill and hardy weeping tree in ex-
istence. Price: 2-year heads, $3.00 each.
Babylonian Weeping Willow fga^ux)^^ win'
known tree of pendulous or weeping habit. Price:
5 to 6 ft., 75c each.
Camperdown. Its vigorous
branches, which have a uniform
habit, overlap so regularly that a compact, roof-
like head is formed. Leaves are large and rich,
glossy dark green. Price: 2-year heads, $3.00.
Mountain Ash (European Weeping). Grafted
on tall stems this tree spreads
into a pretty green tent of shade, making it a
distinct and beautiful ornament to the lawn.
Price: 2-year heads, $2.50 each.
Weeping Elm
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CASH PHICE EIST OF BUIiK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
ROSES
Our Rose Department Is a Dream
We handle nothing but the very hardiest varieties and the very finest bloomers. Many varieties
are too tender for the Northwest. Hothouse roses are worthless for outdoor planting — ours are
field grown, are more easily transplanted, and hardier. Before planting roses cut them back se-
verely. Our stocks of roses are all 2-year No. 1 powerful roots, and some kinds 3-year Star Clumps.
Mildew. Use Bordeaux Mixture as long as the disease continues. For Slugs, use Hellebore or
Arsenic till destroyed. Eice. Use Kerosene Emulsion, apply until destroyed.
Gruss an Teplitz
Gruss an Teplitz
One of the brightest colored
opened, it is a dark, rich crimson, changing to
a bright scarlet. Blooms continually ; flowers
good size and delightfully fragrant. 2-year No.
1, 75c each.
Paul Neyron
(World’s Most Glorious Pink)
Paul Npvrnn The largest rose in cultivation,
raui iieyroo sometimes called the Paeony
Rose. Color bright, fresh, cerise pink. Flowers
are very double and full, delightfully fragrant.
The plant makes a strong, healthy growth and
has clear, glossy foliage. Blooms almost without
intermission from June until late October. Per
each, 2-year No. 1, 75c.
American Beauty The world famous rose.
^ Rich, rosy-crimson, exqui-
sitely shaded. A universal favorite. Not hardy.
Price: 2-year No. 1, 75c each.
Hardy Perpetual Roses
These are hybrids or crosses between June and
Monthly roses, partaking of the hardiness of
one parent and the perpetual blooming habit
of the other.
General Jacqueminot
This might be called
the rose for the mil-
lion, for it is still a universal favorite. Bright
crimson scarlet, exceedingly rich and velvety.
Price: 2-year No. 1, 75c each.
Los An£‘eles This is one of the grandest all-
® round roses of American origin
ever put on the market. The stems are as long
as American Beauty ; the flowers are large
as Paul Neyron ; its freedom and continuance
of bloom are remarkable; its color a “flame
pink, toned with coral and shaded with trans-
lucent gold at the base of the petal® ” ‘e-*
Frau Karl Druschki
White American Beauty.
(Lambert, 1900). This
grand rose has become
renowned as the very
highest type of its class
and the best snow-white
rose ever introduced. It
is an extraordina
grower, and has
vigor and hardiness
an oak. 2-year No. 1,
$1.00 each.
Druschki, White American Beauty
The Hoosier Beauty
This rose is a glowing
crimson scarlet flower
with dark shadings, a perpetual bloomer and
bids fair to become one of our choicest garden
varieties. 2-year No. 1 stock, 75c each.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 PEARL ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA
41
Ramblers and Climbing Roses
Rambler Roses
Climbing American Beauty ""the ^^deep
pink to crimson color and the same delightful
fragrance of the bush American Beauty. 2-year,
60c each.
(C. P). This grand old
climber hardly needs
description. The mag-
nificent trusses of
bright crimson flowers
are freely produced and
admired by everyone.
Very hardy and a
strong grower. 2-year-
old, Xo. 1 stock, each
variety.
Crimson Rambler, 60c.
White Rambler, 60c.
Yellow Rambler, 60c.
Blue Rambler, 60c.
Dorothy Perkins
The most popular
climbing rose of today
and hardier than the
Ramblers. Most beau-
tiful shell i)ink' and
holds a long time with-
out fading. 2-year, 50c
each, 3 for $1.25.
Rugosa Roses
Rugosa Roses
(Ramanas). The hardiest rose
in existence. Ideal for the
Northwest. These lovely roses form sturdy bush-
es 3 to 5 feet in height, covered with handsome
glossy, green foliage and clusters of beautiful
fragrant flowers. Rugosa, single red; Rugosa,
single white. 2-year No. 1 field grown, 50c each,
3 for $1.40; 1 doz., $5.00.
Conrad F Mover (Hybrid Rugosa). Flowers
uonraa r. meyer perfectly double, cup-
shaped. Color, deep, bright, vivid, intense pink,
with a penetrating fragrance. 2-year No. 1, each
75c.
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas Lipton (Hybrid Rugosa). The
best pure white Rugosa
Rose. Strong and vigorous ; grows four feet high.
Flowers perfectly double, pure snow white, with
a penetrating fragrance. Price, 2-year-old No.
1, each, 75c.
Excelsa (New). (Red Dorothy). The color is
an intense clear crimson, with tips
of the petals tinged with scarlet. Grows 10 feet
in a season. Flowers are large and double and
almost every eye produces a cluster of bright
blossoms. 2-year No. 1 stock, 60c each.
beautiful w’hite floA^eied
wniie uorotny cluster Rose, as free and ex-
pressive as its pink rival, the Dorothy Perkins.
The vines are a sheet of white during their
blooming season. 2-year No. 1 stock, 50c each.
Ameriran Pillar ^ single-flowering variety of
/tmerican rmar g^g^t beauty which appeals to
everyone. The flowers are of large size, 3 to
4 inches across, of a lovely shade of pink, with
a clear white eye and cluster of yellow stamens.
3 year No. 1 stock, 75c each.
Harrlpnia (Hardy Marechal Neil). The finest
\jaiuciiia hardy yellow climbing rose yet
produced. Deep, rich golden yellow; flowers
borne in great profusion on strong, vigorous
bushes as hardy as oaks. 3-year Star stock, hardy
field grown, each, 75c; 3 for $2.00.
Baby Roses
Baby
Dwarf Polyantha Roses
RamKlpf The flowers are borne in clus-
ivdiiiuicr
age is dark, glossy and profuse.
Crimson Baby Rambler, 75c each.
Pink Baby Rambler, 75c each.
White Baby Rambler, 75c each.
Cemetery Roses
Memorial White Rose, Mandy’s Triumph.
(AVichuraina). This rose makes a beautiful and
enduring covering for graves and plots in ceme-
teries. A very hardy Memorial Rose. It creeps
along the ground as closely as Ivy. Flowers are
produced in lavish profusion. They are single
pure white, with a golden-yellow disc, five to
six inches in circumference. It is also immense-
ly valuable as a climbing rose, covering arches,
fences, etc. 2-year No. 1, each, 50c; 3 for $1.40.
Potted Roses
These are hardy varieties suited for outdoor
culture, potted in four and six inch pots, started
in the greenhouse and in full foliage, ready to
bloom and blooming. Can be planted oudoors,
about the 1st to the 10th of May. Will continue
to bloom all throughout the summer and fall.
4-in Potted Roses, blooming, 75c each.
6-in. Potted Roses, blooming, $1.50 each.
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BULK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
An Evergreen Planting Which Appeals to Our Love of the Home Beautiful
HARDY EVERGREENS
Evergreens give a cheerful appearance to a home. If properly handled, taken up with ball of
earth are as sure to live and grow as deciduous trees. ' We list only such varieties as are found
to do the best here in this soil and climate. See special prices in large quantities seedlings and
transplanted stock given below.
ORNAMENTAL STOCK
Specimen Trees
Red Cedar (Juniper Virginiana). The well
known American Red Cedar, vary-
ing some in habit and color of foliage. Very at-
tractive in winter when the golden bronze of
the young growth contrasts with the dark green
foliage of the older growth. 2 to 3 ft., B & B.,
S2.00 each. Pyramidalis form, B & B., 4 to 5
ft., $5.00 each.
Arlior Vff-ae Pyramidalis. This exceedingly
beautiful Arbor Vitae is the most
compact and erect of the entire species, being-
in form almost a counterpart of the Irish Juni-
per. Foliage a deep green, retaining color re-
markably well through the entire season and
perfectly hardy. Specimen trees, 2 to 3 ft., B
& B., $3.50 each; 3 to SVs ft., $5.00.
Arbor Vitae Olohoso. a new variety that is
very handsome. In shape it is
absolutely round, very dense in growth and does
not require shearing. It does not grow" over 4
or 5 feet tall ; foliage is deep, dark green. Each
tree dug wuth ball of earth and roots burlapped.
Specimen trees, 1 to 1% ft., B & B., $2.50 each;
2 to 3 ft., $4.00 each .
Mugho Pine
® short, stiff, little twusted and
thickly distributed over the branches ; does not
grow" tall but spreads form ; very dense. Per
each, diameter measure IVz feet, B & B, $2.00
each; 2 to 3 ft., $3.50.
Hemlock Spruce A ^^eeping evergreen. A
, . ^ , . beautiful and graceful na-
tive tree_w"ith drooping branches, and dark, deli-
cate foliage of green. It makes a fine law-n
tree or ornamental hedge. Price: 2 to 3 ft.,
B & B., $3..50; pair, $6.00; 3 to 4 ft., $5.50; pair
$10.00.
Black Hills Spruce Aiba). This has
^ grow"!! in the Black Hills
for many generations. It is admirably equipped
for the Western prairies, easily transplanted
and altogether it is very desirable for the general
planter. Specimen trees, hall dirt burlapped, 2
to 3 ft., $1.60; pair for $3.00.
Norway Snrucp ^ beautiful evergreen of
i^urwdy opruce appearance.
It is w"ell adapted for w"indbreak purposes and
w"ill stand pruning well when planted for hedge.
Specimen trees, ball and burlapped, 2 to 3 ft.,
$2.50 each.
Blue Spruce (Koster Grafted). Other trees
^ there are of almost every imagin-
able color and form, but here is truly the cul-
mination of Nature’s highest effort to produce
the beautiful. Specimen trees, 2 to 3 ft., $7.00
each; 3 to 4 ft., $8.00 each.
Colorado Blue Spruce .(i*icea Pungens). it
extremely hardy
and endures well the sun and drying winds.
The needle is very sharp pointed and varies in
color from a delightful green to a deep blue.
Specimen trees, select blue, 2 to 3 ft., each, $5.00;
per pair, matched, $9.00.
Cemetery Evergreen
evergreen with handsome dark green foliage ;
very hardy and suitable for law"ns and ceme-
teries ; can be pruned to any desired shape. 2 to
SVs ft., diameter, branches 24 to 36 in., B & B.,
$4.00 each, $7.50 pair.
Pines for Shelterbelts and Groves
White Pine The V^hite Pine is the most
valuable shelter belt evergreen
know-n. It is one of the easiest transplanted of
the Evergreens, a rapid grower, long lived and
does w"ell everywdiere. Makes perfect wind-
breaks, shelter breaks or screen. Price; 2 to
3 ft., B & B., $1.50 each.
Austrian Pine (I*lnus Austrica). a stocky,
T , rapid grower. Needles long,
stiff and dark green. Rather handsome and fine
tormed. A much better and more lasting tree
thaii the Scotch Pine. Price; 2 to 3 ft., B & B.,
$1.50 each.
Amtell PmA Native of Europe, a fine, robust,
ocuLcii t me growing Evergreen. Foli-
age medium length needles with stout, erect
shoots and silvery green foliage. 2 to 3 ft., B &
B., $1.50 each; Mugho form, 2% ft., B & B., $3.00
each.
Jack Pine (Pinus Banksiana). An unusually
uaen. A me rapid grower, making tw"0 or three
grow"ths or joints each year, where other pines
make but one. A very valuable tree in sandy
poor soils w"here nothing else w"!!! succeed. Price:
2 to 3 ft., B & B., $2.00 each.
Evergreens Continued Next Page.
MICHAEL SEED STORE, 316 FEAIIL ST., SIOUX CITA, lOIVA
48
Special — Evergreen Seedlings
AND TKAXSPLAXTED STOCK
Forest Tree Seedlings
Seedling’s Transpl’d Stock
4 to 6 in. 1% to 2 ft.
Per 100 Per 10 Per 100
Jack Pine -
Austrian Pine = c
AVIiite Pine ” ^ ~
Scotch Pine ? ^
Xorway Spruce
Black Hills Spruce ^ jr ^
Ketl Cedar — ^
Arbor Vita© ’’
XOTIC:^All prices subject to conditions and market changes. Forest trees in fire and ten
thousand lots, special prices on application.
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES
The control of insects and fungi is imperative in every garden. Plants must be protected from
their enemies, It they are to produce most luxuriantly in flower and fruit. There are three kinds
ot these enemies— fungous diseases or blights, insects which eat the foliage, and insects which suck
the sap of the plants.
Ash
Box Elder
Elm
Alaple
Cottonwood
Willow
Russian Mulberry
Black Walnut
2
to 3 foot
Per 100
Per 1,000
.. $2.00
$7.50
. ... 2.50
12.50
2.75
15.00
1.50
6.00
. 1.50
6.00
.. ... 3.50
25.00....
5.00
35.00
2.00
15.00
Dry Lime Sulphur gest remedy for San Jose
^ Scale and bark lice for
use early in the season before the foliage puts
out on fruit trees and berry bushes; mix one part
to ten parts water. Also one of the best summer
sprays as an excellent fungicide. When used
in summer dilute with twenty to thirty parts
Avater. Prices : lb. pkg., 40c each.
Arsenate of Lead powder Arsenate of
Lead will destroy leaf eat-
ing or leaf cheAving insects such as the Coddling
Moth, Plum Curculio, Canker Worm, Tussock
Moth. Gypsy and BroAvn Tail Moths, and similar
insects that feed on the foliage of fruit trees,
shade trees and ornamental shrubbery. It read-
ily mixes AAuth AA’ater and stays in suspension
almost indefinitely and insures an eAmn distri-
bution of the poison. Piuce: 1 lb. pkg., 50c each.
Hammond Sluffshot Guaranteed to destroy
nammoRQ oiugsnoi; potato bugs feeding on
potatoes, tomatoes, egg-plant, also currant
AAmrms, cabbage lice, and cabbage worms. I lb.
package, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00.
Bordeaux Mixture The best fungicide for cur-
ing and preA’enting black-
rot, mildeAA' and blight. Price: lb., 50c.
Paris Green Paris Green is absolutely pure
and meets the requirements of
packages. % lb., lb., 1 lb., 2 lb., and 5 lb.
State and National laAvs. Put up in sift-proof
cartons. Prices on application.
Nicotine Sulphate “^lack Leaf is a con-
^ centrated solution of nico-
tine sulphate, guaranteed to contain 40 per cent
nicotine by Aveight. It is a contact insecticide.
Mix 1-oz. bottle AAuth 8 gallons of water. Price:
Per oz. bottle, 35c.
Tree Tanglefoot perfect safeguard for trees
against the Caterpillar of the
Gypsy, BroAvn Tail and Tussock Moth, and also
Canker "Worms, Cut M^orms, Ants and other
creeping insects. "Will remain sticky about three
months AA^hen fully exiAosed to the AAmather. A
band of one sixteenth of an inch thick cannot
be crossed by insects. Works equally as well dur-
ing a rainstorm as before and after it. Will
not dry up and drop off in hot weather. It acts
as a trap in catching insects at any temperature
betAveen freezing and 110 Fahrenheit. Price: 1
lb. cans, 60c each.
FERTILIZERS
For the intensive cultivation of plants in the home garden or grounds, fertilizers play a very im-
portant part. The following fertilizers represent the best for the home garden and the lawn. All
prices subject to market changes.
Prices ciuoted are F. O. B. depot or delivered in city within delivery distance. 50c per hundred
alloAA’ed from these prices delWered at store door. 316 Pearl St.
Maniirp pure, natural manure that (Land Plaster). Calcium Sulphate.
oiiCvp ividiiurc immediate effect. Plant- All A^egetable crops, as AA^ell as most
gives immediate effect. Plant
ed directly in the hills or drills Avith the seed,
it promotes a rapid and steady groAvth until
maturity. On laAAuis well raked in either spring-
time or fall adds wonderfully to the groAvth
of the grass, 100 lbs to about 2,500 sq. ft. It
makes the richest, safest and best liquid manure.
Foi' use in liciuid form, 1 lb. of the material
to "5 gallons of water will make a liquid that
can be used daih" AAuth safety. 5 lbs., 25e; 25
lbs.. .$1.00; 100 lbs., $3.00; 500 lbs., $12.00; ton,
$35.00.
Comes in tablet form and con-
oiiiii I lain highly concentrated plant
food in immediately available form, stimulating
the groAvth of floAA'ers, A’egetables. fruit and the
ornamental plants. Full description Avith each
package. Trial size, 10 tablets, 25c; Jledium
size, 30 tablets, loc.
Bone (Fine Ground). For use by the vegetable
gardener it is superior to anything on
the market. It has been steamed to soften same
and is quick to act. For trees or Au'nes use 2
to 4 lbs. About 5 lbs. for 160 square feet for
starting a new lawn. Per lb., 10c; 3 lbs., 25c;
100 lbs., $4.50.
Ppat Hiiiniic decayed vegetable matter
cai iiuiiiua .^^hich loosens the soil, makes it
more pliable, enabling the soil at the same time
to retain moisture more effectively, besides add-
ing to the fertility and life producing qualities
of the soil for plant life. 100 lbs. to 1,000 sq.
ft. Per 100 lbs., $2.50.
agricultural crops, require a great deal of sul-
phur in building Axarious organic compounds.
GTPSUM furnishes this item in an immediately
available form — sulphate of sulphur. It im-
proves the condition of the soil, making it gran-
ular. much as lime does. Agricultural gypsum
is a preservatiA'e and deodorizer of barnyard,
stable and hen-house manure. Holds the am-
monia. preserving the nitrogen until it can be
applied to the soil. We handle Ben Franklin
brand of Gypsum. Apply 400 to 800 lbs. per
acre for garden crop ; 200 to 400 an acre for field
crop. Per 100 lbs., $2.00; per 500 lbs., $8.00.
Arirl PKnsniiafp This fertilizer is the most
/\cia rnospnaie rg^cUly available form of
phosphorus. It can be used on any crop that
bone meal is used on. It is very soluble and
more quickly taken up by the plant life than
bone meal. Phosphorus promotes root groAvth
in young plants and is the active element in
the formation of seed or grain. Crops are of-
ten matured as much as a Aveek in advance of
normal by use of phosphate. Any soils which
haA'e been cropped for any great length of time
soon become lacking in phosphorus for the best
results. Per 100 lbs., $2.50; 500 lbs., $12.00.
NiH-alA nf Not a substitute for other
niiraie or ouaa nianures. but is the best form
in Avhich to apply nitrogen to the plants. In
pulA’erized form can be used as a top dressing
at the I’ate of 1 lb. for 500 square feet, or 100
lbs. per acre Avhen plants are AA’ell established.
Per. lb., 15c; special prices in quantity.
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CASH PRICE EIST OF BFEK FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
POULTRY SUPPLIES
AEE PRICES ON POULTRY AND ANIMAL FOODS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Our Poultry Foods Are All Foods — No Waste, Always the Same
Start6r (For the Little Fellows.) ..Is a com-
piete and properly balanced food for
small chicks two days to two weeks old, adapted
to their delicate digestive organs 6 lbs., 25c;
50 lbs., $1.35; 100 lbs.. $3.50.
Fnrplra This is a food intermediate between the
Liuicua and the Acme Scratching Food.
(For chicks from two weeks to two months old).
6 lbs., 25c; 50 lbs., $1.35; 100 lbs., $2..50.
Armp (Scratch Food). We claim it to be the
best all-around scratch food offered to
the trade. All food and no waste. 6 lbs., 25c;
100 lbs., $2.25.
ALFALFA MEAL furnishes the green food that
is absolutely necessary for winter egg produc-
tion. 5 lbs., 25c; 100-lb. bags, $3.75.
CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS. This is one of
the most commonly used articles in poultry yards.
Price: 13 lbs., 25c; 100 lbs., $1.50.
CHARCOAL. Most successful poultry raisers
feed this soft food. 3 lbs., 25c; 10 lbs., 60c.
MICA GRIT. Fowls have no teeth, so it is
essential that they should have grit. 100 lbs.,
$1.50.
BLATCHFORD’S PRODUCTS
Talf Mpal Milk substitute made in
Lair meal c^lf Meal factory.
lb. bag, $1.25; 50 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs.,
Fo-a MacYi This is a genuine Egg
Ridbn fQj. laying hens.
Increases the egg output and keeps
the hens in vigorous condition.
25-ro. bag, $1.25; 100 lbs. for $4.50.
MilL- Mask The ideal food for
miiK masn muscle, ex-
cellent for growing chickens. 35-lb.
sacks, $1.50; $6.00 per 100.
Animal Poultry Foods
Rnnp (Coarse ground for poul-
£»unc try). Rich in Bone Phos-
phate and Lime. Lb., 10c; 5 lbs.,
25c; 100 lbs., $4.50.
RlnnH Meal make hens
Diooa lYieai during winter
months. Lb., 10c; 3 lbs., 25c; 10
lbs., 75c.
Mpnf Meal Is a combination of
meat mcai meat trimmings —
lungs, tendons, livers, etc. 4 lbs.,
25c; 100 lbs., $5.00.
Roof (Granulated Protein
Deer c^craps
Lb., 10c; 4 lbs., 25c; 100 lbs., $5.00.
T^• Iti&rovi^SolI lnoeajrtofrKotbt'HlTnCFTtKfGDU
NiTMGiN
Soil Inoculator
an exclu- pjg Meal substitute made in an exclu
Price: 25
$4.50.
sively Calf Meal factory. Price: 25-
lb. bag, $1.35; 50 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $4.50.
The New Way to Spray
THE STANDARD SPRAY PUMP
As used with bucket, knapsack, tank or bar-
rel for spraying orchards, gardens, vineyards,
whitewashing, disinfecting chicken houses, kill-
ing vermin on stock. It throws a spray 25 feet ;
throws a solid stream 50 to 60 feet high. With
two, solid brass valves. No leather washers or
sockets. No castings to rust. No leaky joints.
Nothing to get out of order.
Price $6.00 Each
Warranted to Purchaser for Five
Years
Planet Jr. Garden Planters
Special Cut Price. Subject to change without
notice.
No. 4D Planet Jr. Combined Hill and Drill
Seeder. As Seeder only, $14.00 each.
No. 25 Planet Jr. Combined Hill and Drill
Seeder, Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow.
$30.00 each. Weight, packed, 61 lbs.
Keystone Berry Boxes
Be sure to name crop you want to inoculate.
A Great Price Reduction
to farmers growing Alfalfa, Soy Beans, Clover
and other legumes
BUSHEL SIZES instead of ACRE SIZES
Price: 1-bu. size, $1.00 per can. %-bu. size, 55c
per can.
This means NITRAGIN will now cost you:
20c per acre if you sow 12 lbs. seed to the acre.
25c per acre if you sow 15 lbs. seed to the acre.
33 l-3c per acre if you sow 20 lbs. seed to the acre.
NITRAGIN for field peas is sold in 1 bu. and
% bu. sizes. Price per bu. size., $1.00 per can.
For % bu. size, 55c per can.
There is also a garden size for peas, beans
and sweet peas. Price: 15c per can.
Farmogerm
All leguminous seeds make a stronger growth
and will add more nitrogen to the soil if they
are inoculated with Farmogerm. Their cultures
are all different. In ordering be sure to state
what crop you wish to inoculate.
New reduced prices: 12 acre size, $9.00; 3 acre
size, $2.50; 1 acre size, $1.00.
This box is manufactured from clean chip
board, paper waxed on one side, well ventilated,
clean, sanitary, easy to set up without break-
age and requires no tacks, wire or equipment
of any kind for assembling. Can be assembled
in the field by the picker. Does not deterior-
ate, crack, or warp when stored for carrying
over. Fits any ordinary crate. Furnished in
quart and pint sizes.
Pint sizes: per 100, 90c; per 500, $4.00; per 1,000
$7.50. Quart sizes: per 100, $1.00; per 500, $4.50;
per 1,000, $8.00.
Langs’s Hand
Weeder
Handiest Tool on
Earth
Per each, 20c.
Cyclone
Seeders
It is especially de-
signed for distrib-
uting evenly all
kinds of grain as
TheSOWERTHAT well as every vari-
SCA7TERS EVENLY etv of grass seed.
Price; $1.00.
Peonies— World’s Greatest Three
All Perfect in Points Perfection
PEONY CLUMPS
3-year-old undivided Price Each
FESTIVA MAXIMA $2.75
EDULIS SUPERBA 2.50
FELIX CROUSE 3.00
See Page 25 for Full Description
FELIX CROUSE
Price — 3 to 5
Eye Roots
75c Each
FESTIVA
MAXIMA
Price — 3 to
5 Eye Roots
40c Each
EDULIS SUPERBA
?rice— 3 to 5
Eye Roots
35c Each
THE MICHAEL SEED STORE
J. S. Michael, Prop., Auto Phone 2142 New Phone 935-M, 316 E. Pearl St., Sioux City, Iowa
WANETA PLUM
(Hanson Hybrid)
See page 33
See page 31.
EARLY
RICHMOND
CHERRIES
NORTHWESTS THREE GREATEST FRUITS
A Planting Which Appeals to Our Love of the Home Beautiful
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