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Seed Business Established in 1876
Over 40 Years of Square and Honest Dealing
M ones living. It supplies a vast amount of healthful, delicious
^ Mi iSOOIl ISMHwiPlI food the -whole year thru, and everlastingly cuts down your store bills.
MONEY SAVIN
Whatsoever a Man Soweth That ShalT'tfe^tso'Reap.
Our Genuine Cbinese
Cinnamon Vines have
Beautiful Leaves, Most
Dainty Flowers and
Exquisite Perfume.
Chinese Cinnamon
Vines are the most
beautiful, fragrant and
easiest grown of all the
climbers. Will make
yonr porches, windows
and walks “ Perfect
Bowers of Beauty.”
Once planted they will
grow a lifetime. Cinna-
mon Vines also make
very charming windov?
plants— indoors or oiit.
Perfectly hardy— gro^w
in sun or shade, w'et or
dry, indoors or out.
No insects or blight
ever troubles. Winters
do no harm. Their
abundance of blossoms
perfume the air for a
long distance. Words
cannot describe their
delicious fragrance.
For Windows— Plant
two on each side. For
I'orehes, walks, etc.,
plant 8 inches or a foot
apart, cover 2 inches.
Furnish twine support
f<'r the vines.
Cinnamon Vines are
from China, the land of
wonders. 1 1 always
pays to make the home
beautiful. Let their
beauty and fragrance
bless your home
We are headquarters
— much the largest of
all growers in America.
To introduce them this
year everywhere, we
offer our best *’ gilt
edge” stock at less
than half usual prices.
Now is your time to
get them and make
money as never before.
Don’t miss this golden
opportunity.
We want 50,ooo new
Clul) Agents. Try this
big money maker now.
The Tubers are nice
and clean to handle, as
they never rot or dry
up. Order them now.
We send a beautiful,
life like Colored Plate
with every order-just
show it and the vines
will sell themselves.
Order at once. The
Tubers will keep per-
fectly until planting
time.
If this does not in-
terest you, please be
good enough te show
it to a Club Agent.
From Prof. W. H;
IVI o r s e , Agric u Itural
Chemist, Hartford,
Conn. “Your Cinna-
mon Vines were the
marvel of the city.
Tlmy were more wmn-
derful, more pleasing
ami more fascinating
than ever. Their sweet
pei-t’ume captivates
every heart.”
No one should miss
planting soine of these
most beautiful vines.
Special Prices: 3 for 25 cts. l for 50 cts. 1 5 for $1. 100 for ^6. All sent postpaid.
Extra Large 2 year old, will make enormous vines in a few weeks, double above prices.
50 Beautify! Watches Given Away Free ef Oharge t@ Ousfeiners
Who Grow the Most Pounds Fi’ora 100 Iiills of Cook’s Early Six Weeks Potatoes. See Back Cover Page.
Illustrated Catalog With
Of the Very Best, Selected,
Potatoes, Cinnamon Vines, Premiums and Extras.
Selected Especially for the Most Critical Buyers. Grown, Selected, and for sale by
Practical Gardeners of 40 Years Experience — by Farmer’s Sons
who know what to Catalog, and what to leave out.
COOK SEED CO., WATERFORD, N. Y,
^ * Successors to A. T. COOK.
Chinese Cinnamon Vines. I
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. G-et up a Club Order.
THREE GRAND NOVELTIES FREE TO EVERY CUSTOMER.
Free to every Club-Agents-Customer-who orders 50 cents worth or more of anything from this
og. More Extras for larger orders — the larger 3"onr order the more valuable Extras you will re-
These novelties are in addition to all other Premiums or Discounts.
jry cheap at 50 cents. Don’t miss them. They are choice “Gems”
Crimson Giant Radish. Kochia Tricophylla. Nf
The 3 following would
for j'our Garden.
5w King Cabbage.
Piease show this rare offer to all your friends. It is our way of advertising. Club-
Agents will find it easier than ever to take orders. Be sure and tell how many in your club are en
titled to them. We especially want evci'y Club Agent to know of our matchless offer.
VERY IMPORTANT. BE SURE TO READ EVERY WORD.
Everthing we offer is sent prepaid by mail. Everything is guaranteed to reach you safely. A
Pren.iumi orders are insured. You are alwaj^s safe in sending to us. Everything we offer coun
on your Premium. We supply special circulars of Potatoes, Cinnamon Vines and Post Cards-
all you can use or mail to friends. Send for some, they will help you much to get orders. Il<
member our Seeds are extra selected — all tested — sold in sealed packets only and contain fr
directions for planting. Our Trade Mark is on every packet. V7e never sell on credit or con
mission or C. O. D. — If you prefer a cash discount instead of a premium — deduct one-third fro;
your order. If no premium is ordered, or discount taken W'e send a Premium Coupon — goc
toward Premium. Canada Customers must remit by Money Order. We will look for j'our ord(
soon. Please do not disappoint us. (Don’t forget to send for some Circulars.)
OUR GREAT OFFER— COOK’S CHINESE CINNAMON VINES.
The most beautiful, most fragrant and easiest grovui of all climbers. Once plantec
grow a lifetime. We want you all to know' we are Headquarters — by far the largest gr
in the w^orld, and offer our choicest Tubers to our customers and club-agents at less
ha,lf other dealers prices. Remember this and tell your friends also. It is your great opport
Order at once. Tubers will keep for months if not ready to plant. SPECIAL PRSCE 5 !
Tubers 25 cts., 10 for 50 cts., 20 for $1.00, 100 for $5.00. Extra Large, two year Chinese
namon Vine Tubers — ^wull make enormous vines in a few' w’^eeks — at just double above price
postpaid. Price includes Premiums same a,s ever^dhlng else, (or discount if preferred),
agents wanted at every Postoffice for these amazing easy sellers. They wdll be a veritable
mine” to all who will push their sales. Please show tins to the best Club Agent you know'.
\ A PERSONAL LETTER FROM A. T. COOK.
To My 250,000 Old Customers and Club Agents.
Dear Friends: In order to better care for my rapidly increasing business and better serve
my good patrons, I have transferred my entire Catalog and Selling Department to the COOK,
SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. This will enable me to devote much more of my personal time and,
attention to the growing and selection of Superior Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Potatoes, Cinnamon,
Vines Etc These choice products can only be obtained from the Cook Seed Co. mentioned,
above I can assure you that all orders will be filled with the same care, liberality and promptness-
with best possible seeds, valuable Premiums, extras, etc., as I have done for many years. No other ,
seedsman in existence can do as w'ell for you. With thanks and best w'ishes I remain ^ ^
Your Friend, A. T. COOK.
WHY WE ISSUE A SMALL CATALOG.
DE A.R FRIENDS ; — We want every one of you to know and realize that the mighty cost of big
Catalogs, expensive help and tremendous advertising bills of . the City Seedsman- -every dollar of it
comes out of their customers. Their business would die in a year if they did not charge big prices
to cover these enormous expenses. We want every one of you to understand these facts.
U^=A11 this cost we save by our little Catalog and economical methods. We give it all to
YOU in Better Seeds, Bigger Packets, Better Discounts, adding many choice Extras and Novelities,
and give Premiums of such Value and Beauty they excite the wonder and admiration of all. No
City Seedsman can possibly be even half as liberal. We know' you will appreciate this.
We believe in helping each other. If you believe in our “Mutual Help Methods” we W'ill
expect your order soon. May Peace, Prosperity, Health and Happiness ever be yours, is the wish of
Your Friends, the
COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. G-et up a Club Order.
GILT EDGE NOVELTIES
And Specialties of Superior iVierit.
HARDY, QUICK GROWERS. EXTRA QUALITY. IIVISVIENSE YEELDERS.
NEW PERFECT CUCUNieER-A GREAT ACQUSSBTION.
The Greatest Cucumber Ever Introduced. Should be in Every Carden.
This new variety
where known is the
most popular of all.
Ideal shape, perfect
size, and in eating
quality surpassing
anything ever grown. {
It is enormously
productive, tender
and brittle, and the
handsomest of all cu-
cumbers. It often
brings double usual
price in the markets.
Vines are healthy
and vigorous, and are
“everlasting” bear-
ers. What more need
be said?
Large Packet, Se-
lected Seed— 10 cents.
3 for 25q. 12 for $1.00.
GOLDEN BANTUM SUGAR CORN. SWEETEST OF ALL.
Hardiest of All Extra Eariies--of Surpassing Delicious Flavor.
A New extra early golden Sugar Corn that mnkes friends everywhere. It is the richest in flavor of all early
. varieties. Grows about 4 feet high, may be planted close, and wi 11 produce 2 to 3 flue ears on a stalk. Ears 5 to
7 inches long, a rich creamy yellow. Unequaled for home use, and a money-maker for all markets.
It is much the hardiest of all, and may be planted fully 10 days before other kinds. Best also for late fall use,
id can be planted up to middle of .July. No other sweet corn has ever before so quickly attained such pop -
rity. lou will be delighted with it. Selected Seed, lo cts. per Large Packet. 3 for 25c. I2for$i.oo.
RED BEAUTY BEETS. HANDSOMEST EVER INTRODUCED.
A Real Gem for Every Home Carden, and of Great Value for Nlarket.
There is a treat in store for every
one who plants these new and splendid
beets. They are the handsomest ever
seen,— and the surest and quickest
growers. To grow them once is to grow
them always. Very perfect in shape,
good size, globular form, smooth skin,
small top. Elesh very fine-grained,
sweet, tender— brilliant red color.
■ Specially adapted to the home garden
—being extremely early and retaining
their freshness and high table qualities
so long. Are excellent keepers and make
a fine winter beet if planted in .July.
Beets are one of the most important
vegetables all the year round, and can
be used in many ways. Every one should
have an abundant supply of the very
best I hope every customer will plant
the Early Red Beautv. I’a-’-ket 10 cts 3
for 25c. 12 for $1.00. Extra Selected Seed.
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To My “25 Year” Customers, t
Many have written that they have used mv E
i seeds for 25 years. 1 wish a eoiupiete list of ►
A such. If all 25 year customers will write— £
1 nientioninfr tliis J will be prrateful, and still ‘
4 more so if they will also send their Photo.
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Address, COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
Cream of the Vegetable and Flower World
You can pick with your eyes shut and get a good thing every time.
New Golden Eyed Wax Bush Beans.
THE “NE PJLUS ULTBA” OF ALL.
Never in the history of bean culture has so valuable
a variety been found as this Golden Wax. If you have
not planted it you do not know what the perfection of
beans really is. The pods are long, brittle, and EN-
TIRELY STRINGLESS ; of the richest golden color,
and borne in the most marvelous profusion.
sweet pickles; may be
fried like egg-plant, a,nd
are fine for mangoes.
There is nothing like
them. Extremely early,
of the easiest culture,
surprising yielder, cov-
ering the ground with its
golden fruit. Tney grow
from the seed in so days.
I am sure y op will be ve
ry much pleased with it.
Directions for growing
— use of fruit, etc,, on
each pkt. Packet 10 cts.
3 for 25c. 12 for $1 ,00.
S. A. Gakey, Hillsboro Co. N. H. wites;— Tour Yegetable Peach-
es are a real wonder. Your seeds are the best I ever bought.
W. J. Robinson, Madison Co. Tenn, writes The Vegetable Peach
is all you claim. Mine ripened in 70 days. I want to take orders.
W. W. Chase, Wash. Co. N. Y. writes:— Yonr Vegetable Peaches
were just as you recommended. They are wonderful yielders, and
make fine preserves, sweet pickles, and pies.
L. N. Willoughby, Cheshire Co. N. H. Avrites Yonr Vegetable
Peach “took the cake” and attracted m ore attention than anything
alse shown at our Farmer's Festival. Your seeds yield enormously.
Easy Crowing
Mastodon Celery.
A remarkable new varie-
ty, combining the grandest
qualities. Easiest of grow-
ers, immense size, solid,
crisp and brittle, nutty fla-
vor, rich and delightful.
^ pleasure
to grow this hardy, delic-
ious, golden heart celery,
lilli 'tiiffltiilw It succeeds under almost
/III ■ conditions. Pkt. 10 cts.
/if ^ MONEY CROP.x
/ 1 1 Celery and celery plants
/'ll I I llll\ sure money crops. Al-
/ lll I I 1 IIm most incredible profits are
li ll i l ll f llllrl often realized from a small
I I I I 1 fill IF//I I 1 1 n piece of land. Encourage
II t l\\w your children to plant a
I '' lu mV II. good sized bed. It will pay.
/egetable
Exact copy of photograph of 3 plants of second crop-
planted July IGth, and liarvested .Sept. 16th, showing what
these wonderful beans can do in two months.
Deliciously tender, rich and buttery: a prodigious
yielder. Unexcelled both as a snap bean and a shell
bean for winter nse. Plants are extra robust and har-
dv. Beans never rust or blight, a feature of the great-
est value. It stands on the pinnacle of perfection.
Whatever other good things you overlook in this cat-
alog—do not miss planting these beans.
Extra Large Packet, lo cts. 3 for 25 cts. 12 for $1.00.
Took 14 First Prizes. Who can beat It?
Mr. A. T. Cook:— 1 showed fourteen different kind of vegeta-
bles at our County Fair — grown from your seeds— and took four-
teen first prizes. I am so well pleased that I want to plant 15
acres with them this season. A. L. Gilbert, 111.
Finest Pansies Ever Seen.
A. T. Cook. Dear Sir :— I want some more of your Pansies. They
are the finest strain that have ever been grown in this part of the
world. Yours truly, Mark Williams. Kutawa, Canada.
Is pleased with my Catalog.
Mr. A. T. Cook:— Your Catalog is the cleanest that ever came in
our house. It is a book good for the children to read— so many
good thoughts in it to assist in teaching them. I wish all would
print as good ones as yours. Kindly Yours, L. N, Haworth,
Blaine Co.. Okla.
MAMMOTH RHUBARB, or Pie Plant.
Its stalks are much used stew-
ed, and for pies, tarts, etc. Ev-
ery garden should have a good
supply of this excellent appeti-
zer and truly healthful vegeta-
ble. This variety is far superi-
common sorts, and
produces immense stalks VE-
^ ” RY EARLY in the spring. It
u \y| 11 /a has a rich, spicy flavor. Rhu-
barb is of the easiest culture,
and commands a ready sale in
all markets at good prices—
coming when fruit and vegetables are scarce. Pkt. 5c.
Planting, Cultivating,
and Storing
Celery for Winter.
A concise treatise, plainly
telling the best methods of
managing this healthful veg-
etable-sent free ( if request-
ed ) to all who order two or
more packets of Celery seed.
I Want Everyone to Know
and remember— that I give MY Customers and Club-
Agents what others pay for cumbersome, painted cat-
alogs. city help and extravagant advertising. I know
seed-buyers will appreciate my efforts— for they get
the benefit. I am prepared for a greater “landslide”
of orders than ever before. Let them come. The
seeds are ready and Premiums waiting.
Cook’s Seeds Make Successful Gardens.
Northampton Co., Pa.,
A. T. Cook. Dear Sir : —Last years garden crops were the rich-
est and most successful ever known in this town. They all owe it
to Cook’s seeds. They liave proved the best, and are more and
more popular every year. I sliall place all orders with you. I get
a very big club order in a single day, I will send you many more.
My Brother also is working for you. Yours, Richard E. Herd.
TEIVaPESlANCE FOREVER.
3 Touch not. t
1 Taste not, t
2 Handle not, r
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Intoxicating ► ®
I Cup. I ffflHARIliifcgll
Jlost every body likes this wonderful delicious^ lettuce"
Love, Purity, and Fidelity
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
Monte Cristo Watermelon. Best Ever Produced. {
“■ ' ^oth^ year but adds to the popularity of thi^ ’
KING OF ALL WATEEMELON^ The income
parable Monte Cristo is sweet and luscious be=
yond power of words to describe. It is the ear-
best of ALL the giant melons, and is, without
doubt, GEEATEST YIELDEE EVEE KNOWN.
Often weighs under ordinary cultivation 60
lbs. or more. One of the sweetest, juciest, crisp
and most solid melons ever produced. Very
easy to sell from its handsome appearance and
exquisite quality. It is the GEEATEST MON
EY MAZEE.
Certainly no melon can sur-
pass it for market or table use.
Mr. Dodge the veteran melon
expert says, “The Monte Cristo
is the best melon I ever raised—
not half its good qualities have
been told.” My Growers say,
“All other melons are poor and
tasteless compared with the
Monte Cristo.” Whatever you
do, do not miss growing the
wonderful Monte Cristo Water-
melon.
Headquarters Stock, Selected
Seed, pure and true. Large
Packet IOC. 3 for 25c. 12 for $i,
“The Monte Cristo Watermelons were A No. 1. I want no better. I have grown melons for years, and never saw their equal for both
quality and size. The Coffee Berry is a success. I was much pleased with all your seeds.” N . H. W ood. Los Alamos, Calif.
Japanese Nest* Egg Gourd.
This new and beautiful variety varies in size from a
pigeon’s egg up to a goose egg, but mostly the size of
hens eggs and
so exactly the
shape and col-
or, as to al-
most deceive
the eye. The
shells are hard
and durable,
and make the
very best nest-
eggs, as they
Tneither freeze
or crack. The Nest-Egg Gourd is a rapid and desira-
ble climber; quickly covering old sheds or any unsight-
ly object with a mass of green foliage, thickly dotted
with beautiful white eggs. Boys you can make lots of
money growing this gourd, and selling them to your
nabors for nest-eggs. Packet lo ets.
NEW GIANT FANCY
EARLY COSMOS.
These exquisite flowers
should be in every garden.
They are of marvelous
size and beauty— measur-
ing 3, 4, and 6 inches across
borne in great profusion.
The effect is most charm-
ing. Colors pink, white,
mauve, crimson, etc,, del-
icately tinted and clouded.
Blooms are varied, some
plaited, cut and fringed.
They are very pretty and
lasting for vases, etc. Of
the easiest culture, and
blooms from July to Nov.
Height 4 to 5 feet. Select-
ed Seed, a superb assort-
ment. Pkt. 10c, 3 for 250.
From Prof. W. H. Morse, M. D., F. B. S. Sc.
Westfield. N. J.
My Dear A(lways) T(nie) Cook. Tour Honest catarog bas
come again. Every year adds to my faith in Cook’s seeds.
Those Vegetable Peaches, Domestic
Coffee, and Cinnamon Vines were
more wonderful, more pleasing, and
more fascinating than ever.
The Cinnamon Vine was the mar-
vel of the city ; and the peaches and
coffee not only gave large crops but
attracted the attention of the whole '
section. All other seeds did well.
The Perfection Parsnips, which
came to my table for dinner to-day
deserve especial mention. In more
tlian a quarter-centurys experience
with experintental gardens, nothing
in the way of seeds has ever pleased
me more, and if it will do you any
good you can say that Cook, and
his seeds are guaranteed by me.
Eraternally and Sincerely Yours,
W. H, Morse, Agri’l Chemist.
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage.
This is preemi-
nently the best ex-
tra early cabbage in
the world. It is of
large size for so ear-
ly a kind, and is well
deserving its popu-
larity. It heads up
remarkably hard
and solid; can be
planted close, and is
very desirable for
early market.
Pkt. lOc.3 for 25c.
All of my cab-
hageseeu is ve-
ry choice, being raised
from the best hard heads
carefully selected.
Gardiners! plant them this year and you will
diet that “they are the best in the world.”
I with the ver-
THE PEOPLES FAVOEITE, PEAGEANT FLO WEE,
My famous gilt edge mixture contains all of Eckford's
finest hybrids and many others— over 100 in all. They
are the very best quality, large size, brightest colors,
and delightfully fragrant. Plant quantities of these
lovely flowers for your own use, and to give away. Cut
them with a lavish hand. Their presence will bring
pleasure in the sick room, and adorn your friends emp-
ty vases, and make happy the flower-hungry children
who have no pretty flowers of their own. Sow very
early, in extremely rkh ground and you will have enor=
mous quantities of the largest blossoms.
Extra Large, full packets—! 3 times the usual
size, )— only lo ets. 3 for 25 cts. 12 for $1,00,
BROAD LEAVED SAGE.
Sage is most extensively
used of all herbs for sea-
soning, The leaves and
tender tops are used in
stuffing, sauces, etc. etc.
Sage has many medical
properties. Sow early,
and thin to 12 inches. A
bed wii! last many years
Have you a bed of Sage ?
If not, now is 6 good
time to plant onr.
Packet S Cts.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, K. Y. Get up a Club Order.
TRUE CHICAGO PICKLE CUCGiVIBER.
This has become a standard variety, and isundonbt-
<^dly the best Cucumber for pickles, and is used almost
exclusively by the most progressive pickle factories.
The fruit is of medium length, pointed at both ends ;
I color deep green ; begins to set its fruit when the vines
' are quite young. It is a continuous bearer, and its
I productive qualities simply marvelous. I have a very
' choice strain of seed. Packet 6 cts. 6 for 25 cts,
NEW EXTRA EARLY BEET,
' lam glad to offer this new variety as one of almost
inestimable value. How many of my Gardener friends
believe that there
is anywhere in ex-
istence, a nice,
’ smooth, garden
beet of deep red
' color, which will
' produce roots of
' suitable size for
'market 10 HAYS
' in advance of the
old early sorts?
Well friends this
variety does that
very thing; I was
incredulous until
' I planted the seeds
' and tested them
side by side, and
watching their
I growth saw a fine-
; ly formed root de-
’ velope on every
plant of this new
' variety before oth-
' er early kinds be-
gan to bottom. f
The flesh is deli-f
cate, rich, and
sugary; very fine
I grained. It is in
every way an ideal
table Beet, Young
plants make splen-
did greens.
Pkt. 10c. 3 for 25c.
White Plume, Self Bleaching Celery.
the; earcie:st variety.
This is the best of the so called
Self Bleaching varieties, as it
needs but little banking up. Its
eating qualities are equal to the
best of the older sorts being ten-
der and crisp, solid, and of a
pleasing nutty flavor, while its
white feather-like foliage places
it ahead of all others as a table
ornament. More largely grown
than any other. If any have
failed to grow flne celery, they
should try this. _ Pkt. lo cts.
rlt Pays WelTi™*^
Get Hp a I
NEW BROWN BEAUTY ONIONS.
A magnificent distinct new variety of greatest value.
It is a marvel in earliness, ripening 3 weeks before red
Wethersfield. Its keeping qualities are marvelous— no
Never
Fails
to Buib.
Atways
Brings
the
Highest
Prices.
other can compare. A tremendous yielder— every seed
producing a nice onion. Bulbs very thick— clear amber
brown, flesh mild and pleasant. I trust all will try it.
Barge Packet, Selected Seed 5 cts. 6 for 25c. 24 for
$1.00. 24 pkts. should produce $30. worth of onions.
3 One Womans Money-Making Carden
4 Thousands Can do as Well— and Better. .
4 From a plot only 30 by 50 feet, I took in $24.00 for[
5 early Lettuce, $10.00 for Beets, $10.00 for early Celery |
^ and have fully Sio.oo worth of late Celery still grow- ^
3 ing— making over $50.00 clear money from this little I
^ piece. On another piece I grew early Peas, Sweety
4 Corn, and Beans, all big “money-makers.” Others t
◄ can do likewise and have “Pin Money” in plent
Marie T. Lundale,
EXTRA DOUBLE CURLED PARSLEY,
Parsley is a flavoring
herb of highest culinary
value. This superior va-
riety has beautiful, mossy,
curled and crimped leaves,
light brilliant shade of
green, of extra fine quali-
ty. No one planting it once
would ever be without it.
The Leaves can be dried =
for winter use— or take up
a few plants and store in
the cellar in moist earth.
Packet 5 cts. 6 for 25 cts.
The Wonderfyi Stereoscope, f
A VERY POPULAR PREMIUM— SURE TO PLEASE. I
My Improved Stereoscope is one of the wonders of t
the age. It brings all objects and scenery out in re- F
lief, and life-size, in a way that puzzles scientists, F
I and excites the admiration of all. F
Order All of Your Garden Seeds Early.
'''FhUFASj'oR EARTH AlIvIoSdS.'
These very closely resemble in sweetness and richness
of flavor a cocoanut or almond. Children are very fond
of them, and each
one should have a
chufa patch. They ^
are much grown in '
the South to fatten '
swine, poultry, etc.
They succeed per-
fectly at the North,
our plants yielding
from 300 to 600 fine,
large chufas each.
They are a rich ^
and healthy food for ]
poultry of all kinds. '
Directions for plant- '
ing, etc., on each
packet. Packet loc.
Arthur Hortox,
of Ponce, Neb., writes:
“The chufas I got of you
are all you claim. I rais- *
ed over a half bushel (
from one packet. They -
are delicious eating.”
Whatever You Do, do not plant old run-out va-
rieties of Potatoes. Of all the follies of Gardening this i
is about the biggest. Plant Early Six Weeks. They grow,
so quickly you can raise two full crops a year, even in the ;
North. Be sure atid order a good supply early.
Please Show Our Rare Bargains In Seeds J
and Premiums to Your Friends.
The 47th Annual Catalo? of COOK SEED CO.. Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
MAMMOTH tCNOTUM TOMATO.
All should plant the new Ignotum Tomato. A “price-
less paragon” in the tomato line. The earliest and
rARLlEST
lOMATO
V m the:
[fORLH
-I had
the
finest
tomatoes
from
your
seed t
ever
saw.
One
Monster
Ignotum
weighed
46 ozs.
H. B.
Wallis,
Colum-
bia Co.
Ark.
most valuable extra LARG-E tomato. Bright red cc’-
or, always smooth and solid, uniformly LARGE size.
Why grow a poor sort when you can have such a vari-
ety as this? Beware of cheap tomato seed.
Selected Seed, Packet lo cts. 3 for 25 cts.
A NINE YEAR OLD CLUB RAISER.
Mr. A. T. Cook I am very much pleased with my watches. I
gave one to brother. 1 am only nine years old, and got up my $6.00
club in one day. Any boy or girl can have a nice watch if they
only try. I will get up a much larger club next year. Papa is
much pleased with his seeds. J. Lent, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
GOLDEN TANKARD MANGEL BEETS.
This is decidedly the finest
Mangel in cultivation, and
best for dairy use. Of very
large size, clean and hand-
some, easily pulled; will
bear close planting.
The flesh is rich golden
yellow, exceedingly nutri-
tious. Early, hardy, and a
very heavy cropper. It con-
tains a large percentage of
sugar, and is much relished
by milch cows and sheep,
and is a splendid green food
for poultry in winter. One
of the best of keepers.
The wonderful results of
feeding Mangels is plainly
seen in the greatly increas-
ed yield of milk and rich,
golden butter in cows; and
the large increase of winter
eggs. Plant a good size
patch. It will be dollars in
your pocket.
Selected Seed in LARGE PACKETS 5 cts each. 6 for *
25 cts. 24 for $1.00. 72 Pkts. with any $3. Prem. $3.oo.
EARLY LARGE PURPLE EGG PLANT.
BEST IX THE WOULD.
Plants are low, stocky,
branching, and free from
spines. Very early, one of
the easiest and surest of
growers ; very productive —
plants producing 5 to 10 im-
mense fruits each. Every
one— and espedially those
who have never grown Egg
Plant should try this su-
perior variety.
There is good money in
growing both plants and
fruits. Pkt. 10 cts. 3 for 25c.
SALVIA SPLENDENS. (Scarlet Sage. )
This most magnificent
bedding plant blazes with
dazzling beauty all the
summer and fall. Its
great scarlet spikes of
bloom are of intense bril-
liancy. Nothing can equal
the gorgeous effect of a
row or bed of these im-
proved Salvias. They form
compact bushes three feet
high, blooming profusely
from ground to summit.
They always excite great
admiration, and well do
they deserve the honor.
You will be sorry if you do
not plant these easy grow-
ing flowers. They succeed
everywhere Choice Se-
lected Seed, Pkt. 10 cts.
JUST A FEW SHORT EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
‘I sold over $100. of Veg. from my $2.65 order.” Geo. B. Moore.
‘Send me $12. Elgin. Everybody buys Cook’s Seeds.” R. Carter.
‘1 got this $6.00 order in just 2 and 1-2 hours.” Charlie Jones.
‘I grew 35 bu. Prizetaker Onions from 15 pkts.” E. H. Bowman.
‘Am building a big trade in your Seeds and Vines.” J. R. C.
‘God bless you for your Post Cards.” Earl E. Curtis.
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK SQUASH.
This new strain is even earlier I
than the common variety, while the
squashes grow to an extra large size ,
—from 18 inches to two feet long, :
and of finest i
quality. ;
They com-
mand an ex- ,
tra price in ,
all markets, i
One grower I
reports $125. i
worth soldi
from X acre, i
This is the i
, best flavored
and finest of all summer squashes. Pkt. 6c. 6 for 25c.
PURPLE TOP YELLOW RUTA-SACAS.
THE GRANDEST VARIETY IN CULTIVATION.
This Improved variety cannot be
too highly recommended, and no
sort will produce such handsomely
formed roots, or greater yield. It
is of the choicest quality, and full of
nourishment ; very solid, of a beauti-
ful orange ^lor, with a handsome
purple top. Will keep tillJune. It is
the result of many years of careful ^
selection. Packet 5 cts. 6 for 25 cts. 24 for $1.00
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EXCELSIOR PLANT FOOD
Will make yourWindow Garden a
success and be a joy to all behol-
ders. ^ The Essence of Plant Life,
containing ALL the elements re-
quired for House Plants and
Flowers in doors or out.
Will make extra strong healthy
plants, make flowers more abun-
dant, and brighter to a remark-
able degree. It is odorous.
Three times usual value. Full
directions on every can. Try it
now and see your plants florish
and bloom as never before.
Trial size 1 5 cts. per Can.
Regular size 30 cts. per Can.
Four 30c. Cans for $ i .00
WE GIVE a Book on the Window Garden — telling all the
secrets of success. It is a Gem. FREE (if you request it) with
60c. orders or over. All sent by mail prepaid to you.
TO MY FRIENDS-THE BOYS.
PLEASE TAKE THIS ADVICE from your true
friend, and do not use tobacco. Millions of good
boys have been ruined by it— their
bodies and minds dwarfed, and their
bright intellect stupefied. God never
gave you a human life to pollute so
shamefully. Boys, DON’T get into
the awful clutch of the tobacco Imbit.
Don’t be a nuisance to your friends,
and a “stink pot” for life. IT DON’T
PAY. ©If you have begun this filthy
business, STOP right now— while
you can, and God will bless you, and every
friend you have will rejoice.
BOYS ONE AND ALL. Please write me a nice letter and
give me your promise never to use the filthy toiiacco. I want
to hear from you. I will treasure all your letters, and an-
swer every one. Pleq,se do it now. Write plainly with ink. ^
Your Friend and Well Wisher, A. T. COOK.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. ¥, Get up a Ciuh Order,
EARLY WiNNiCSTADT CABBAGE.
A well known and very popular variety ; heads large,
decidedly conical, remarkably solid and hard, even in
summer. This is a sure header, a good shipper, and
Strawberry Tomato, or “Colden Hwsk.”
ALSO KNOVy^N as winter cherry and garden fig.
Every garden in America should have a liberal sup-
ply of this remarkable fruit. It is one of my special-
ties. Probably no fruit ever A,
grown makes such delightful. Headquarters
rich and handsome canned fruit *• »’
and preserves. They make de- ]!■>
licious pies, and superb fruit-
cake when dried in sugar like
raisins. V(^ry easy to grow, and
They yield abundantly in all iiiiilliilll ilBW
parts of the U. 8. and Canada- f|i f
Fruit is golden-yellow, size of
big cherries, fairly loading the i®
branches down. You have no .mgy
idea how delicious they are un-
Many calltheni equal to straw-
berries to eat out of hand. If
left in their husks or pods and stored in a cool place
they keep fresh and sweet all winter.
Superior strain, selected seed— with full directions
for using, and instructions for growing, only loc. per
Pkt. 3 for 250. 12 for $1.00. 36— and
B 2 Pair Exquisite Lace Curtains for $3.oo.
Get up clubs. It is easy to sell this valuable seed.
PUIVSPKlfi-KiNG OF THE MAMMOTHS.
This grand, colossal variety is without a rival ; it as-
tonishes everybody by its mammoth size and heavy
weight. Indeed no ; y- / y. .-t’-- - ' j ^ I'Y'TJI}
otherpumpkinhas
ever attained such ' 1
enormous weights -■ ■!
or been awarded ffmm * ~ A \
as many
suffers less from the cabbage worm than any other
sort ; valuable for both summer and winter use, Mar-
ket Gardeners and all others desiring a choice stram
of this desirable cabbage should try my selected seed.
Beware of cheap Cabbage seed, which is often
grown from unsalable rubbish. Pkt.lOcts. 3 for 25c.
as many prizes.
Think of it a single
pumpkin weigh-
ing 298 lbs. [8ee
Cut. J Is not this
the greatest of all
pumpkins? The
flesh and skin are
Long Standing
Spinach.
Spinach is a delic-
ious vegetable eith-
er for spring or fall
sowing, this variety
is the gardeners fav-
orite; it is a most at-
tractive color, with
thick, fleshy leaves
of fine texture . Ex-
tremely hardy.
Large packet 5 cts.
EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN TURNIP.
earliest in cultivation ;
adapted to spring or fall. The
^ bulb is flat, of medium size,
smooth, with a bright purple
top ; leaves few.
The pure ivory-white flesh
is of the choicest quality, sol-
id, and fine grained. Very
i^aild and sweet. Good keep-
ers. Of great value to all pri-
vate and market gardeners.
Packet. 10 ets. 3 for 25 cts.
^ 12 for $1.00. By mail prepaid.
BOYS ANO GIRLS, LOTS OF SWOPSEY
Can Be Made Growing Vegetabie Fiants,
I know you can. I used to myself. I have sold over
$75.00 worth of Celery Plants alone in one season. V/hy
not build up a profitable business that will increase
every year? Cabbage, Tomato, Celery, Pepper, Cauli-
flower, Lettuce, Asparagus, Prizetaker Onions, and
Egg Plant— all sell well everywhere, at good prices.
Try it now. Raise a good stock, put out your shingle,
take in the money and be happy.
a bright golden color, fine grained, and excellent qual-
ity, It is one of the best pie or table pumpkins ever
grown, and a splendid keeper. I hope all enterpris-
ing pumpkin growers will give it a trial. You will be
sure of a Prize at your County Fair. Full directions
on every packet. Selected Seed, Pkt. loc. 3 for 25c.
Cook’s New Golden Cream Muskmefon
This new variety is so far ahead of other muskmelons— that there is no com-
parison. Extremely early, healthy rapid grower and great yie.der of uniform
melons of enormous size and rare beauty. The quality is too delicious to de-
scribe. All are enraptured over it. For Horae use. Market and to exhibit at
Fairs— none has ever been grown to equal Cook’s New Golden Cream Mnsk-
melons. Gardeners ! this melon is a money-maker for you beyond compare.
The sample melon you sent us was almost all solid meat and made a meal
for three families, all good melon eaters. G. M. Lingenfelter, New York.
Price. Headquarters Seed— Selected from the finest melons— very scarce
but we think we have enough to go around--Larg'e Packet, only 15 cts. 2 for
25 ets. 4 for 50 cts. 10 for $1.00 Positively no more than 40 packets sold to
any one customer. Order early to make sure. Don’t get left. Price includes
Premiums or discount as offered on everything in this catalog.
Cook’s New Golden Cream and Paradise Gem Muskmelons should be in every garden,
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POWELLS PROLIFIC POLE BEAIMS. a®r-|viy Greatest Introduction^
A Veeitable WoNDEE. A distinct creatioii. The admiration of planters and bean lovers. Positively 3 times ^
as productive as other beans. Only think of it. This is the plain truth. They are late beans, everlasting bear-
ers, continuing until
frost. Their dense mas-
ses of vines are loaded
down with luscious
beans. You can pick
them by the handfulls.
See Cut, bushels and
bushels beans in sight.
Their flavor is superb
I thousands calling them
the best of all beans.
, They are rich, tender,
I and buttery— almost
, melting in your mouth.
Big Money Makee.
Grow Powells for mar-
ket. They are so delic-
ious, customers will buy
again and again. You
can sell for months,
l^Iany growers have sold
overSi.oo worth from every hill. Packet 15 cts. 2for25c, 5 for 60c. 10 for $1.00, 30 Packets and Solid Gold
Fountain Pen— or $5.00 quality Safety Bazor with Blades, all for $3.00. I send everything by mail prepaid.
MEW HYBg^lDSZED POTATO SEED-»FROIVa THE SEED BALLS.
50 Varieties of Potatoes can be Crown from One Packet.
There is Nothing like it. One NJay Make Your Fortune.
Mt Potato Seed is the wonder of the vegetable world. Every seed
will positively produce a different variety of potatoes, each variety a
new one. No product of the garden so strange— so intensely interest-
ing. The result will be amazingly diversified, potatoes of all colors,
shapes and sizes— often 60 to 2C0 in a hill. Marvelous freaks often ap-
pear. All valuable new varieties are produced from such seeds.
Geow Seedling Potatoes. It is fascinating. Easy to grow as to-
matoes. Let your boys and girls try. They will have bushels of fun,
and may produce a variety more valuable than a gold mine. The world
greatly needs a better potato and will pay any price to get it.
Potato Seed Balls are vanishing. Millions never saw one. Get
this rare seed while you can. It will soon be gone forever. I offer
“Headquarters Stock”— best in the world.
PRBCE. One Packet, enough to produce 50 new varieties of pota-
toes—with full Directions, only 15 cts. 4 for 50 cts. 10 for $1.00.
Club Agents and Boys and Girls. It is easy to sell this mar-
velous seed. Bead description to customers and they sure
Potato Seed Baiis-One-tiiird Size. will take 1 to 10 Packets. You can easily earn flue Watches, Pens, etc.
\ DOES IT PAY TO SMOKE?
^ No It Never Does. Consider the Slocum fire
where over 1,000 innocents met their horrible death
—the Asch building, where 142 girls burned— the
I countless thousands more burned in other fires-
I the millions of dollars in property destroyed— all
caused by smokers. Consider the enormous mon-
ey cost of this filthy habit, health undermined, life
shortened, even death and the mad house claiming
1 many victims. It also leads to drink and other evils,
I Smokers are disgusting to their best friends—
compelling even women and children to inhale their
vile and sickening fumes. No satisfaction that to-
bacco gives, makes up for even half what it takes
away. Then why not stop? You can if you try
I hard enough. It will pay. Begin now. Firmly re-
solve never to touch the filthy stuff; again— and may
you have the courage to win.
BOYS don’t begin so bad a habit. Keep clean
3 and pure and worthy of the human life God has
3 given you. YWur Friend, A. T. CGCK.
Took 14 FBRST PRIZES. Who can beat it?
Mr. A. T. Cook:— T showed fourteen different kind of vegeta-
bles at our County Fair— grown from your seeds— and took four-
teen FIRST PRIZES. I am so well pleased that I want to plant 15
acres with them this season. A. L. Gilbert, III,
From the Nebraska Experiment Station.
Mr. A. T. Cook. My Dear Sir :— Your Potato Seeds gave very
intei'esting results. 1 had thirteen different types— white, purple,
pink, yellow, etc., 2 to 50 in a hill. Size from half an inch to three
and a half inches in diameter. 1 look forward with interest to tlie
growing of these tubers next year. Geo. W. Hood, Prof, of llort.
Over 12 Bushels Potatoes From a Dollar Order.
Mr. A. T. Cook:— I planted your Early Six Weeks Potatoes first
of jM ay, and harvested 7C1 lbs. of as fine large potatoes as 1 have
ever seen. They certainly are a wonder, and their table qualities
too good to describe. C. E. Andrews, Hillsboro Co., N. H.
16 Bushels of Powell Beans From 8 Hills.
Dear IMr. Cook :— I have grown every bean advertised, and find
your Powells best of all. I planted 8 hills and have already pick-
ed 16 Bushels, and many beans still on the vines. 1 had to prop
up every pole. Yiola Steed, Dallas Co., Ark.
Short and to the Point.
“I lay all other catalogs dowm and turn to your honest list.
Your seeds ALWAYS PLEASE.” Mrs, G. T. Williams, N. J.
STRAWBERRIES FOR 5 MONTHS. “NEW EVERBEARING.'
Earliest, Hardiest, Most Delicious, Most Productive of All.
These New Everbearing Strawberries are so wonderful, so extraor-
dinary—the plain truth about them almost surpasses belief. They
stand alone, the greatest of plant marvels. Planters everywhere con-
cede this. They cannot praise them enough.
Grow These and you can have bushels of delicious berries for 5 whole
months— strawberries for breakfast, dinner, and supper— Strawberry
I shortcake galore, and lots of fruit and plants to sell at fancy prices.
Spring Set Plants will be loaded with line berries within 3 months
and bear enormously from July till way in November. Indeed I have
picked ripe berries late as Dee, 8, and many green ones and blossoms
» still on. This after many hard freezes proves tlieir amazing hardiness,
i I Have a large Photo of one plant taken Oct. 15 that had 40 big ripe
J bei’ries on it, 69 green ones and lots of bloom. Hundreds and hundreds
> more were just about as good, and remember these very plants had
I been bearing continually since July. Need I say more? I have tried
> many of the so called “everbearing strawberries” but all are worthless
y in comparison with this splendid variety.
^ PRICE. Extra Strong Plants pure and true 12 for 90 cts. 25 for
S S1.50. 50 for ^2.50. lOO for ^4.00. All carefully packed, boxed,
< postpaid and insured. Price includes Premiums as offered. If no Prem. is
< wanted, deduct one third. Order at once— will send plants in early spring,
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. G-et up a Club Order.
SUGAR OR HOLLOW CROWN PARSNIP.
-atwM This is a magnificent variety, and is a
well known sort everywhere, ^nd is one
of the best for general cultivation. Is
large size, and has long, smooth roots,
and is a very strong grower, and is valu-
able for market, table use, and feeding
to stock in winter and spring when veg-
etable food is required for health of peo-
pie and stock.
Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts.
IMPROVED HUBBARD SQUASH.
^ There exists a keen ap-
. precialion for the Improv-
ed Hubbard Squash. Those
fa miliar with this variety
lRy|M|san9^^l*^ concede it to be one of the
most reliable
winter keepers of the
squash family. For wiu-
ter table use it is recog-
nized to be just as stan-
i f dar d in the home as sugar
flour. The demand for
^ Improved Hubbard has
quadrupled in two years.
Cannot be too highly ex-
foiled as a Winter Squash;
^f smooth and dry,
is of very rich quality, and
keeps as solid as a rock.
It is more popular with
private growers than any
other variety.
Pht. 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts.
Carrot Candy — Old Hebrew
Grate one cup of raw carrots. Dissolve
cup of sugar in one cup of water, and
add % cup of honey. Cook grated carrots
in the above mixture over a slow fire un-
til clear. Then stir in a cup of chopped
almonds. Pour on oiled plates and cut in
squares. If almonds are not obtainable,
try chopped peanuts or other nuts.
Order All of Your Garden Seeds Early,
TRUE SUGAR WATERMELON.
Very large, strong grower,
and productive. Its flesh is
rose, or pink, and of lusci-
ous sweetness. Thin but
tough rind, with solid but
tender core, and fine
home or market.
Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts.
MOHL RABI.
Is an intermediate vege-
table between the turnip
and cabbage. Very delici-
ous when cooked. Also de-
sirable for feeding to stock.
They are considered in the
best condition for eating
when about 2 to 4 inches in
diameter. Splendid for
slicing in vinegar both raw
and cooked. Easily grown
and cultivated as any vege-
able, and it is almost equal
to cauliflower some claim.
Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts.
Don’t Overlook our Hybrid-
ized Potato seeds. You can
grow 50 new varieties from
one packet.
GX>-HEART CARROT,
DON’T Forget we give yon
in wonderful premiums the
saving we make in issuing
this modest catalog.
a very large head, but not a
solid one; is well adapted for either forcing or outdoor
culture. Packet 5 cts., 6 for 25 cts.
We recommend this carrot as possessing qualities of ex-
cellent merit. It is intermediate between Half-Dong and
Plorn varieties, and is perfectly distinct. The shape is
nearly oval and the color and quality all that can be de-
sired. It insures an immense yield on account of broad,
heavy shape._ The table quality is fine, and they sell
well in the City mar’xets. Owing to its short, or stump
root shape it is easily pulled. Very smooth, and most
elegant shape. A fine variety for shallow soils. Will
become a standard sort. Packet 10 cts. , 3 for 23 cts.
GIANT BOHEMIAN HORSE RADISH.
tGrow more Horse Rad-
is far below the deman<?
realized ^*,100.00 o^of one
when pianted_in rows may
and cover as potatoes. Sets orVoots will then make an'
enormous growth. 12 for 60c. 100 for $3.00 '
COFFEE BERRY.
A good substitute for coffee and
great yieider. Do not brown it
quite so much as Coffee. It is a
wonderful food for chickens, also
makes a rich food for stock when
ground and mixed with bran and
is one of the greatest m.ilk pro-
ducers. It ripens thoroughly in
the northern states.
Targe Pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 23 cts.
Y FOR r — .d >
DON’T OVERTOOK our Early
Goldcu Giant Sugar
Corn. It is far better than any
other variety yet discovered.
Please SRow Our Hare Bargains En Seeds
aad Premiums to Your Friends.
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'THE GREAT DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE.
The Grandest and Hardiest of All Danish Cabbages,
EVERY CARDEN should contain this re-
markable Cabbage. It is the result of over 50
years^areful selection by the expert Danish
(jrardeners. ^ Its fame has become v/orid-wide,
and to-day it stands without a peer in surest
growing, hardest heading and longest keeping
qualities. It is the highest bred of all winter
cabbages and is rapidly surpassing other sorts
It grows well on all soils. Quality the very
highest, fine-grained, tender and crisp. It is
very distinct— round as a ball and of surpriz-
ing solidity. Allho of very large size, it is so
compact it can be planted closely. Its keep-
ing qualities are truly wonderful. No other
can compare with it at all.
I offer the highest strain— extra selected seed
pure and true, for only lo cts. a Pkt. 3 for 25c.
I ENCOURAGE YOUR BOYS
3 and girls to grow fine Vegetables— and » t-g. r
3 Plants, and sell them to their nabors and villagers ^
5 and earn good money. It will pay. Try it this year. F
i By all means give them a niee Pop Corn patch, fc
. — and a big IMelon patcii. My hardy, early melons
3 succeed everywhere and you can all have an abun- r
^^dance of these great luxuries with very little trouble. |
My Seeds Please the Critical “Grangers.”
Dear Mr.COOK. I enclose order for $43.75 for more of
your valuable Seeds. All the Grangers to whom I soldi
last year were perfectly satisfied and called them extra ,
good. I hope to largely increase my order this year.
Wishing you much success in your Seed Business— and '
a glorious future in your grand Temperance Work. I re- *
main Yours Sincerely, Alfred Leith, Pleasant Valley, <
N. Y. Proprietor of Stock, Dairy and Poultry Farm.
PARADISE CEIVI MUSKMELON.
Earliest and Besx of All Melons.
These New extra early— enormously
productive small Muskmelons have the
heaviest, thickest, and sweetest flesh of
all. Wherever grown have won over all
competitors. Weeks earlier than other
melons, tremendous yielders— 10 to 20
melons on a plant, blight and rust resist-
ing, deliciously sweet and spicy and high
bred at every point.
No melons ever grown can compare
with the Paradise Gem. These melons
sell everywhere at fanciest prices. It is
hard to supply the demand. Plant liber-
ally, and enjoy this great luxury for
months evei-y year. They grow and pro-
duce bountifully— even where other mel-
ons cannot be grown. Extra Selected
Seed, loc. per Pkt. 3 for 25e. 12 for $l.oo.
Views Lovely, and Curtains Beauties.
Id r. A. T. Cook. Tlie Seeds and Premiums ar-
rived in perfect condition. Every one was pleas
ed. My Stereoscope Views were just lovely—
and the Window Curtains real beauties. I cer-
tainly was .surprized to receive sueli valuable
Premiums, and I thank you heartily for them.
Your Friend, Mary Vaughan, .Johnson Co. Ark.
Be Sure to Order a Supply of Powell^s Prolific Pole Beans*
BUTTERFLY FLOWER.
Butterfly Flower.
(Christmas Orchid.)
Showy flowers, spotted
and blotched with crim-
son, violet and yellow.
Very pretty and very
odd. Easily grown.
Blooms in lavish pro-
fusion out-doors. In pots
is in bloom by Christ-
mas. Packet 10 cts.
Bird of Paradise.
Here is a rare novelty.
Flowers large and gold-
en, with crimson pistils
in beautiful and fantas-
tic shapes. Very unique
and attractive. Should
be grown by every lover
of the beautiful. Highly
decorative. Height, 3 to
4 feet. Packet 10 cts.
Address, COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y
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A WONDER AMONG CUCUMBERS.
Extra Long Green Giant Cucumber,
A veritable giant among Cucumbers, and merits the
highest praise. Enormously large and handsome, man3'
specimens growing from 20 to 30 inches in length. It is a
very strong grower, fruit straight, smooth, uniform, and
produced in great abundance. It has few seeds (not one-
fourth as many as other sorts) quality excellent, crisp
and tender. A fine pickling variety, and unexcelled for
slicing. Everyone should grow this remarkable novelty.
No variety will equal it for exhibition. It will be a won-
der to yourself and all beholders. Packet 10 cts, 3 for 25c.
‘The Eong Green Giant Cucumbers were grand, and of
immense size. They were the wonder of the community.
7 left for seed were all over 18 inches in length. Your
Short Stem Drumhead Cabbage, Powell’s Beans and Coffee
Berries were worthy of especial praise.”
Mrs. Emma Wilhede, Eantz, Md.
DON’T OVERLOOK OUR SPLENDID
PREMIUMS.
COILARDS— TRUE GEORGIA.
Collards are used as
a substitute for cab-
bage— more e.specially
in the south where it
grows all winter. They
are a form of cabbage
that bears new leaves
as the old ones are
pulled off. They are
tender and delicate
when cooked for
greens, and are es-
teemed highly. We
sell a large quantity’-
of the seed. Pkt. 3 cts.
CHINESE CELERY CABBAGE.
EVERYTHING
SENT BY MAIL
POSTPAID.
Mammoth Salsify, or Oyster Plant.
A vegetable that is sure to be called
for where it is once introduced. It is a
good substitute for oysters, being very
wholesome and nutritious. The roots
are either boiled or mashed, and made
into fritters, in which form they are de-
licious. For an oyster stew, cut the roots
into small pieces, cook until tender, then
add the other ingredients same as for
oysters. The roots are perfectly hardy;
may remain in the ground all winter.
No garden should be without this splen-
did vegetable. Packet 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts.
From Edward Beard, Economy, Ind.
We have used thy seeds for three or four
years and will say that we have never
dealt with any seedsman that sent out
such good seeds, so neatly packed, and in
such liberal quantity.
Please
Show
Our Big
Premium
Offers to
Every
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You Know
and thus
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You.
A new vegetable introduced Into this country from
China. Its appearance is attractive, resembling Cos
Eettuce in shape. When bleached it_ is almost a clear
white, and is very crisp. It has a mild cabbage fiavor
and can be eaten raw or cooken like cabbage or spinach.
Grows very quickly and is more easily grown than ordi-
nary cabbage. We offer only imported Chinese grown
seed, which is reliable for good bunching heads. May
be eaten as a salad or is delicious when it is cooked in
various ways. Packet 1 0 cents; 3 for 25 cents.
NEW STRINGLESS GREEN POD BUSH BEAN.
This is an ideal string bean. Absolutely unrivalled.
For home use or market no other green podded bean can
equal it. It combines the chief merits of all others; ex-
treme 'earliness, unusual hardiness and wonderful pro-
ductiveness. Pods are very handsome and finest quality
— the flavor being most delicious. It is so hardy it with-
stands considerable frost. Pods are rich green, round,
straight, six inches long, of unsurpassed tenderness and
quality. Always entirely stringless and without excep-
tion the very earliest of all beans. Pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts
GIANT PANSY COLLECTION-50 Varieties.
Pansies will
produce a per-
fect cloud of
brillient blos-
soms from ear-
liest spring un-
til winter. Our
collection i s
pronounced
wonder,
the largest and
best varieties grown. Speciad Offer. For only 20
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After You Have l
decided to order these famous Pep-
pers—please take a good look at my
two special Premiums — Stereoscope
and Colored ViewP^and wonderful
Talking Machine. Both are extra
quality— high grade and unparalleled ]
entertainers. NO HOME is complete
without them . Make your order large
enough to get them free.
Don’t miss the Cinnamon Vines and Early
Potatoes. Your friends will order with you if
you ask them. These Premiums are my best
advertisements— gigantic values— absolutely
guaranteed to please. If not MOKE than sat-
isfied, return Prem. and I will pay you back
tevery cent of money paid for the same.
MAMMOTH MELTING SUGAR PEAS - Most Delicious of A!!.
Rightly named. The sweet,
brittle, succulent pods are cook-
ed same as string or snap beans
—pods and peas eaten together.
A “dish fit for a Zing,” Excels
all other Sugar Peas in size, ten-
derness and sweetness of pods,
and delicious flavor. These lus-
cious peas are too little known.
Every one should grow them,
DeliciousSy Rich, Tender,
Prodigiously Prolific.
They contain so much sugar,
starch, and gluten, making them
most nutritious. Height of vines
4 to 5 feet, bearing their immense
pods in the greatest profusion.
Every garden should have a lib-
eral supply of this superior vege-
table. Peas are very scarce this
year, but I have a splendid stock,
as well as of all other seeds. Re-
member I send EVERYTHING
by mail PREPAID and guaran-
tee safe arrival.
Per Packet 10 cts„ 3 for 25 cts.o
*‘I can desire nothing better for this great coun-
try than that a barrier, high as Heaven, should
be raised between the unpolluted lips of the child-
ren and the intoxicating cup.” John B. Gough,
NEW EARLY WHITE VELVET OKRA.
Okra is a fash-
ionable South-
ern vegetable,
of the easiest
growth, and
matures first
season even in
the extreme
north. Pods are
used when
young and ten-
der, are excel-
lent for soups,
stews, etc., and
really delicious
when pickled.
The White
Velvet is best
of all Okras,
very early and
distinct. The
pods are round,
smoot h , and
handsome ;
much larger
than any other
and of superior fiavor and tenderness. Very prolific.
Why not try Okra this year? You will surely like
this splendid new variety. It is one of the good
things no one should do without. Packet 5 cts.
NEW EARLY TREE TOWIATO.
I think this
more nearly re-
sembles a tree
than any other.
It stands up
like a tree, with
a stiff, vigorous
upright stalk—
with fruit well
up above the
ground. Bears
very abundant-
ly, fruit good
size, smooth,
bright red col-
or, and of supe-
rior flavor. A
valuable, curi-
ous acquisition
very ornamen-
tal and useful.
I am sure all
will be pleased
with it. Pkt. IOC
8 for 25c.
J8S-YOU CANNOT do me a greater favor
than to show my Catalog to your friends,
and allow them to use it for sending their
orders, and getting up Clubs.
NEW CHINESE GIANT PEPPER.
The Chinese Giant is by all odds the largest and finest
of Peppers. It is the grandest sort for salads— stuffed for
mangoes — or sliced and served like tomatoes. Eor market
are twice as profitable as any other, as they bring such
fancy prices. Plants are stocky habit, about 2 feet high,
and loaded with enormous fruits. 22 of these gigantic
Peppers have been counted on a single plant. They are
very mild, sweet as an apple and ripen early. Every one
will want to plant it I am certain.
EEAT) THE FOLLOWING FROM THE
EDITOR OF THE RURAL NEW YORKER
TO WHOM A FEW SEEDS WERE SENT FOR TRIAL.
“We grew the Chinese Giant Pepper with much pleasure, and found
them veritable monsters. Their highly colored fruit is a pleasant addi-
tion to summer salads. The flesh is thick, tender, and sweet, without
any burning taste. The plants grew finely, and the immense peppers —
often more tlian 6 inches in diameter and depth make a very handsome
show in the garden. The Chinese Giant is earlier than the Kuby Kmg.
True Stock, Packet 10 ets., 3 for 25 cts.
Most Valuable
Of All Peppers.
JThls Cut Only
jOne-third Size.
Address, COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y.
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The Pods are
long— fully 8 to 10 :
entirely stringlesf
and almost “solid
meltingly tender,
flavor.
Mammoth Bush Limas.
THE KING OF ALL LIMA BEANS.
These Mammoth Bush Limas represent the latest and
highest achievement in bean culture. They are a distinct
new creation, of enormous size, extremely early, and prodi-
gious yielders. No other Limas can compare with them.
Either green or dry they are tender, rich and buttery— poss-
essing the exauisite “Lima” quality in the highest perfection
Of true bush form, with strong, stiff stalks, healthy,
sturdy growth— requiring no poles or stakes— Plants are
two feet high, densely loaded with great clusters of well
fllled pods. They bear early and continuously from July
till frost.
Every family should grow an abundance of these lus-
cious beans to supply their own table the year round.
Mammoth Bush Limas are marvels of earliness
and productiveness. Not to plant them would be a dis-
tinct loss. We want every customer to grow them— and
also get up a club among their friends.
MONEY can be made growing these beans for
sale. Let your children have a good sized patch— and
all the money they can get from it. IT WILL PAY— (and
help make them love the farm— and you.)
The Mammoth Bush Limas are extra early and con-
tinuous bearers, immensely productive and of delicious
quality. Order a good supply. Get up a club order.
TRUE HEADQUARTERS STOCK.
Now is your time to grow these “moneymaking” beans
and make a lot of profit— besides getting your choice of
a valuable premium.
Large 2 Ounce Packet 10 cts.— 3 for 25e.— 12 for $1.00.
Early Prolific Pole Beans.
Also known as Kentucky Won-
der, Homestead and Seek-No-
Eurther.
Our greatly improved strain of
these truly wonderful Beans will
make a sensation anywhere.
They are marvels of productive-
ness-giving immense crops from
July until frost. Large, thick,
stringless pods, meaty, tender
and superlatively delicious.
These remarkable “silver
green” podded Pole Beans are
everlasting bearers, and fully lo
days earlier than any other pole
bean in existance.
The Pods hang in great clus-
ters from the top to the bottom of
poles, and can be gathered by
handfulls.
are very large and
to 10 inches in length
plump, round,
meat,” cooking
, and of superior
Eveet State in the Union— as
ell as Canada sends words of
praise for these enor-
mously productive beans. Every
lover of Delicious Beans should
have a bountiful supply.
Price 10 cts . per packet, 3 for 26c.
12 for $1. Get up a club order.
Famous Prizetaker Onioe.
ITS MILDNESS OF FLAVOE AND TENDEENBS9 AEE
UNEXCELLED EVEN BY BEEMUDA VAEIETIES.
Y/ihout exception the grandest variety of yellow
globe onion for our American climate. It is the larg-
est, handsomest, finest flavored, and in every way the
BEST. It is admittedly
the largest of all; sam-
ples have been grown to
the enormous weight of
5 POUNDS EACH.
With good care it pro-
duces wonderful crops
eveiywhere ; one reports
“over 1200 bushels per
acre;” another I grew
180 bushels on exactly
one-sixth of an acre.
Excels in Yield,
Excels in Size,
Excels in Quality,
Excels in Beauty.
The Prizetaker is easily grown, ripens up tiard and
firm, is a good keeper, and always brings an extra
price. It is certainly a wonder, and nothing short of
an actual trial will convey an idea of its great value.
Don’t miss it. Ilemember our seed is American grown,
carefully selected, and pure. B^Beware of cheap on-
ion seed. Per packet 10 cts. 3 for 25 c. 12 for $1.
IMPROVED SWEET WILLIAM .
Finest in the world. 25 Gorgeous Varieties. The following
Photo shows a small corner of our Sweet William Piower Gar-
den. People come from far and near to see its wondrous beauty.
Sweet William will grow anywhere and bloom profusely for
many years. The trusses are of immense size, with brilliant
rainbow hues and innumerable shades and markings— all delic-
iously sweet scented. Plant plenty of this favorite flower. None
are easier grown. Height 2 feet. Plant any time from April to
Sept, Gilt Edge Seed only 6 cts. per large packet. 6 Pkts. for 25c.
2i for a $1. Get your friends to order with you.
V7hy not devote some of your spare time in getting up a Club
Order and secure several of the wonderful and useful Prem-
iums we offer for orders for anything in this catalog. Your many
friends and nabors will be glad to help you. Get busy now.
Also be sure you order a good supply of Aster and Zinnia Seed.
Address, COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y.
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GREAT GIGANTIC GARGANUS ONION,
This prodigious
I onion often -weighs
I three to fi vepounds
, each. The flesh is
I white, fine grain-
I ed, mild and ten-
, der, and of super-
I ior quality. It ma-
tures early, and
finds a quick sale
at big prices. Its
immense size,
great beauty and
mildness of flavor
endears it to every
; onion lover. Give
I them very rich
I ground and good
I care, and ample
I room to expand
and you may
I expect a crop of
“Giants” that will
amaze all behold-
ers. Big Onions are a “money crop
rich ground is enormous.
True Selected. Seed — Barge Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts.
12 for $1.00. 30 Packets and any $3 Premium all for $3. )
MAMMOTH PRIZE-WINNER CABBAGE.
Piease
Show Our Big
Premium
Offers to Every |
Club Agent
You Know
and thus
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Us a Great
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Thank You.
This grand Colossal Variety' is much the largest in the
world. It stands unique and alone — the KING OF ABB
CABBAGFS. Single ones have been grown to the as-
tonishing weight of 90 lbs., while 30 to M pounds are com-
mon. It succeeds well wherever a cabbage can be grown.
You can have no idea how big a cabbage can be grown
until you grow this great “Mastodon” of the cabbage
family. It will be one of the biggest wonders of your
garden, \Vhy not grow cabbage plants for sale ? — there’s
monejmn it. Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts., 12 for SI. 00, 36
for $3.00, 50 for $4 00. Select one of Our Free Premiums.
GIANT MUSEMELON.
The Greatest of all
Muskmelon s — often
weighing 20 to 30 lbs.
each. The grandest,
the earliest, the sweet-
est and the best mam-
moth bluskmelon ever
introduced. Alwaj^s I
sure yielder of bfg, !
handsome melons.
The flesh is remarka-
blj’- thick, melting and
delicious. Commands
fancj' prices wherever
known.
"Whatever you do,
do not miss growing
these luscious melons.
You will miss a big treat if j'ou do. They are sure prize-
winners at everj’ exhibition.
Barge Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts., 12 for $1.00.
Encourage j’our boj s and girls to have a nice big
melon patch. It will pay.' They are one of the greatest
luxuries for the table and the field. Our hard5' varieties
are extremely eas5’ to grow.
COOK’S ASTERS-30 Varieties.
This collection is absolutely
unequaled for an assortment of
cut flowers throughout the
blooming season. It is a mix- ,
ture of only the choicest stan-
dard and the newest sorts that i
can be secured and blended to i
suit the most critical lover of
this grand flower. Included are i
the Invincibles, the Ro^mls,
Semple’s Giant Branching' the
Cregos, Mew ISIicados, Day-,
breaks, Astermums, Kings and ?
manj' other American giant '
asters. f
Packet 10 cts , 3 for 25 cts., 12 \
for $1.03. >
Everjdhing Sent Postpaid. ^
LARGE GOLDEN OREGON ONION.
We offer our
customers and all
critical onion
growers seeds of
ray selected
strain of Golden
Oregon Onion.
This is a very
handsome onion,
thin yellow skin,
white flesh, fine
grained and ex-
tra flavor. It is
the result of
3'ears of labor in
the most careful
selection with a
view to EARBI-
NESS. PERFECT SHAPE. SOBIDITY. and EXTRA
KEEPING QIABITIES. It grows to a ver3' large size,
solid and thick thru as shown in the above'illustration.
It is an enormous yielder, and is in every way all that
can be desired as a mar’xet or table onion. 'We hope every
one qf our customers will plant it. All growers who give
special care may certainly expect extraordinarj- results.
We have received hosts of testimonials from all sections
in favor of this remarkable onion, and no one should
miss this great mone\-- maker— for it will be mone}’ lost.
PRICE: Barge packet — extra selected seed, pure and
true, 10 cts., 3 for 25 els., 12 for $1.00, 24 for $2.00.
50 Packets with Our Splendid, Reliable Watch
— or any other $4.00 Premium 5'ou choose — onl\’^ $4.00. All
^ prepaid by mail. 50 Packets with good ground and
care should produce fully $50.00 to $75.00 worth of onions.
DWARF TOM THUMB NASTURTIUM.
This grand mixture of
Dwarf or Tom Thumb Nas-
turtiums will give a larger
variety of colors in propor-
tion than an5* other nasliu-
tiura mixture. It is made
up of all the separate Dwarf
named sorts, as many su-
perb seedlings of exquisite
colors and shades, including
the Biliput, Golden Beaved,
Variegated Beaved and Ivy
Beaved varieties. Best mix-
ture ever produced.
Packet 5 cts., 6 for 25 cts.
Cook’s Fancy Mixed
Climbing Nasturt’ms.
This is a mixture cf su- S
perior large-flowered Tall ' y
or Climbing nasturtiums, included in which. is everjdhing
essential to a full range of color, marking and floral
.shape, as well as variegated and i\’y-leaved sorts
Packet 5 cents, 6 for 25 cents. " '
Cook’s Wonderful \
PETUNIAS. >
40 Varieties. Extra large P
flowering mixed. Cook’s )
Extra Barge Flowering pe- /
tunias are without doubt )
the finest ever offered to the )
public. For years we have )
■■ ■ is)
made a specialtj' of this,
strain, constautl3’’ improv- ,
ing it by selection, which ,
makes it of extra fine qual- (
itv. Packet 10 c., 3 for 25 c. ,
Get up a Club and
secus^e a Parlor Talking
Macn'ne FREE.
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NEW BHORT-BTEM DHUi^lHEAD CABBAOE. Always Bureto Head
SPECIAL,
At.!, of my
: cab bajre seed
is grown
: from Extra
: Selected,
: Solid, Per-
: feet Heads,
: pure and true.
This seed
actually
costs THEEE
TIMES as
: much to grow
: as that I
: could buy
: intiieopen
: market, but
: I am a
: Practical
: Gardener
: myself, and
: know the
: imnortance
: of HIGH
; grade seeds.
BEST mOHEY MAKER.
Beyond all Question THE GPiEATEST cab-
bage for the Earmer, Gardener, and Villag*
G rower. Enormous heads of finest fiavor.
SUREST HEADER OF ALL»
Heading where others fail. Eeceives noth-
ing but praise from Maine to California ; fron
Canada to Florida. Single heads sometimes
WEIQH BO POUNDS.
This Peerles Cabbage
eomblnes, to a wonderful degree,
all desirable requisites. It has a
very short stem, growls very com-
pact. Heads are extra hard, •
SOLID, ROUND, flattened at the \ ^ '
top. They grow very uniform in
size and shape, as shown in the
above illustration. The heads at- x
tain enormous size, and are always of the finest quali-
ty. It will produce a crop even where others fail.
Friends, if you order but 3 things from this catalog I
hope one will be this great cabbage. Seed from long
selection, pure and true. Packet 10 cts. 3 for 25e. 12
for Sl.oii— [36 and any $3.00 Premium ] for $3.00.
Get up a club order for this famous cabbage.
No Other Cabbage Can Compare.
Golden Hill, Dorchester Co.. Md. May 27th,
Mr. A. T. Cook.:— Your Short Stem Drumhead Cabbage is the
best I ever raised. Heads enormous size, solid and hard. I have
found no other cabbage to compare -vrith it. John A. Abbott.
FINEST STRAIN
OF LATE
DRUi^^HEAD
IN CULTIVATION
Best of All— a Wonderful Seller.
F. B. Hall, Lincoln Co., IMaine, writes:— I raised 10 tons of Short
Stems from 1,500 plants. Every seed grows. This cabbage is best
of ail, and a wonderful seller.
Almost Thunderstruck.
Dr. J. M. Ashley, of Texas writes :— Oh, goodness! what cabbage
I did make from your Short Stem Crumhead: all that saw them
were almost thunderstruck.
Cabbage and Cauliflower were Wonders
Mrs. A. M. Troffry, Burnside, Canada— ‘-AVe never had better
vegetables than we grew from your seeds. Our Short Stem Cab-
bage were immense. Tlie Snowball Cauliflower heads were as
large as a good sized milk pan. They were a wonder to all.”
Cookes GoMeii Giaet Sugar Corn. The Very Best for Smail Gardens
COOK’S GOLDEN GIANT SUGAR CORN is a dwarf growing early variety. The plant attains a height of
four feet, usually bearing two or more ears to the stalk. These are compactly filled with kernels which are so
deliciously sweet, tender and milky that some people claim that “it is the sweetest corn on earth.” It is better
than Golden Bantam and ears are very much larger. A very desirable variety for home or market gardeners.
The most valuable garden acquisition of recent years— the finest type of Sugar Corn ever produced. When once
grown or eaten no other corn v/iil satisfy. It has a superlative merit and wherever grown is called “ a perfect
corn. It is much earlier^ than the Golden Bantam— ears more than twice the size and fully three times as pro-
ductive as that famous variety. Its quality is most delicious— rich and sugary— almost melting in your mouth,
what raore need be said? This corn is so far ahead of all others there is simply no comparison. It is the crowning
triurnph oi; an expert from careful crossing and selection. Market gardeners can control any market with this
matchless corn, and no other can bring him so much money. Sold in sealed packets only— each packet sufficient
for 50 hills 15 ets. each; 4 for 50 cts., 10 for a dollar, SO Packets and any $3.00 Premium for $3.00 all postpaid.
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Cream of the Vegetable World.
COMPLETE LIST, VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS, CINNAMON VINES, POST CARDS, ETC,
PLEASE NOTE. Our Seeds are extra selected and sold only in large packets. Positively
none sold in bulk. We especially invite everyone to get up Clubs.
ASPARAGcJS, Packet „..io cts
BEANS, (Dwarf)
Golden Eyed Wax,..., „...io
Stringless Green Pod,.... .10
New Prolific Tree,..../. ..10
Mammoth Bush Lima,; ....10
Powell’s Prolific Pole....... .........15
Early Prolific Pole 10
BEET. Extra Early, ...10
P..ed Beauty, ...10
Market Gardener’s 5
MANGEL Tankard, '... 5
ASPARAGUS-BEET, 10
CHUFAS, .Mammoth, .....10
CABBAGE. Wakefield,.. .....10
Early Winnigstadc, 10
Danish Ballhead 10
Short-Stem Drumhead, 10
Prize Winner,. 10
Chinese Celery-Cabbage 10
cauliflower,
Early Snowball 15
COLLARDS, Georgia, 5
CARROT, Ox-IIearc 10
New Intermediate 10
CELERY, Mastodon, 10
White Plume, 10
CITRON, Preserving 5
NEW coffee seed, 10
SW^EET CORN.
Golden Giant, 15
New Golden Bantam 10
Country Gentleman, 10
White Eice Pop Corn lo
Excelsior Plant Food 16 and 3o
POP CORN, Red Beauty, 10
CUCUMBER, Pickle...................... 5
Long Green Giant, .....10
Japanese Climbing 10
New Perfect,. 10
egg-plant. Large, 10
GOURDS, Nest Egg, ......10
KOHL-RABI, Vienna 10
lettuce, Prize Head, 5
California Cream Butter, 10
MUSK-MELON, Rockyfofd,.... 10
Paradise Gem 10
Giant, 10
Banana, (2 feet long,)..,.., 10
Winter Pineapple, 10
Watermelon, Extra Early 5
Monte Cristo, 10
True Sugar, ....10
OKRA, White Velvet, 5
ONION, Brown Beauty 5
Large Red Westerfield, 5
Golden Ore^n 10
Prizetaker, 10
Giant Garganus, ......10
P.IRSNIP, Sugar, 10
Cook’s Perfection 10
parsley. Curled, 5
PEANUTS, Early, 10
PEAS, Premium Gem, 10
Ever Bearing 10
Mammoth Melting Sugar,.... 10
PEPPER, New Giant, 10
PUMPKIN, vSweet Potato 10
King of Mammoths, 10
Boston Marrow Squash. lo
Cook’s New Golden Cream
Musicmelon.. - .15
RADISH, Early Icicle,
1
New Rosey Gem,
^0 1
White Chinese Winter............
New Chartier...
GIANT RHUBARB,..
r }
SALSIFY, Veg. Oyster...........
SPINACH, ;
SQUASH, New Faxon,.
Summer Crookneck,...
- 5 <
Improved Hubbard,
SUNFLOWER, Giant,
TOMATO, New Tree,....,
Golden Queen,
Mammoth Ignotum,
World Beater,
Golden Husk,
TURNIP, Early Milan,
RUTA-BAGA, Yellow,
5 1
VEG. PEACHES
10 y
SAGE, Broad Leaved,
5 <
POTATO SEED
Giant Bohemian Horse Radish Sets )
12 for 60 cts. 100 $3.00 J
Extra Early Six Weeks Potatoes (
40 Hills, Extras, etc.,
100 Hills, Extras, etc.,
280 Hills, Extras, etc.,
,....$5.00 $
Chinese Cinnamon Vines 1
Strong Tubers
Strong Tubers
New Post Cards-Best of M 1
20 Sunshine Cards,
- 15 1
20 Temperance,
Strawberry Plants \
“ New Everbearing ” )
12 Strong Plants... 90 cts. c
25 Strong Plants $l.5o 1
50 Strong Plants $2.5o c
loo Strong Plants.. $4.oo ^
OCIICimCD We are Specialists and sell choice selected seeds only in large packets. They are strains
of the highest excellence. It is easy to get up clubs for these seeds and secure fine Premiums.
Craam of the Flower World. £11 Silt Edg@ Flower Ss@d§
SPECIAL TO ALL. Our Flower Seed Packets are Double Usual Size; Extra Selected.
Tell Your Friends. Don’t Let Them Waste Money on Inferior Seeds or Stingy Packets.
ASTERS. 30 Finest Double Mxd. Extra Large Pkt. loc.
BIRD OF paradise. Unique and beautiful ...10
butterfly FLOW^ER— oi- Christmas Orchid 10
CARNATIONS. New Marguerite, great bloomer 10
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 10 Annual Varieties 10
COSMOS. Early, Giant Fancy; superb assortment 10
DIANTHUS — or Pinks. Double mixed, 25 sorts ...10
EVERLASTINGS. Finest Mixed Varieties 10
ICE plant. Very Unique and Handsome 10
MORNING GLORY. Giant Japanese Mixed ...10
NASTURTIUM, Dwarf Tom Thumb, Fancy Mixed 5
nasturtium. Giant Flowering, Climbing Mixed 5
PANSIES. Extra Mixed, 40 colors 10
PANSY collection. 50 Giant Vari. Treaties, etc 20
petunias. 40 Varieties, colors and shades 10
PHLOX. 3o Choice, Bright Colors, mixed 10
PRIZE POPPIES, 40 Grandest Sorts 10
SALVIA SPLENDENS. (Scarlet Sage) 10
SWEET ALYSSUM. Little Gem. Finest of all 5
SWEET PEAS. 100 Gilt Edge Varieties 10
SWEET WILLIAM 25 Best Varieties mixed 5
VERBENA. A Superfine Mixture, All Colors..., 10
ZINNIA. Large Double, 20 Varieties and Colors 5
MIXED FLOWERS. Over 300 Selected Varieties 25
A Home Garden
garden is in quality.
The greatest advantage to be obtained from the borne
Only those who have raised their own vegetables can
realize the fresh crispness of vegetables gathered and cooked at once. We sell only the best of seeds.
Address, COOK SEED CO,, Seed Specialists, WATERFORD, N. ¥*
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Colorado Preserving Citron.
This is quite distinct and far superior to the ordinary
citron, the seeds being a light green color. It is im-
mensely productive ; one vine produced 25 fine melons,
weighing from lo to 30 lbs. each. The flesh is very Arm
and solid with few seeds, and makes beautiful, clear,
transparent preserves of surpassingly flne flavor. All
should plajit this citron for market and home use. It
is a grand seller and will make you money. Pkt 5 cts.
^arly Snowball Cauliflower.
The earliest, the
surest header, the
best and most prof-
itable of all cauli
flowers. !No other
variety comparse
with it. Snowball
cauliflower is the
standard every-
where for superb
quality with all
market and private
gardeners. It is a
very compact grow-
er, and is absolute-
ly certain to form a
good sized head
when the condi-
tions are right; is
good the entire sea-
son, and is rapidly
driving out the la-
ter sorts for fall use.
Cauliflowe r s are
easily raised, and every family should grow a supply.
My seed is American grown and very choice.
Packet 15 cts. 2 for 25 cts. 8 for $1.00.
WHITE CHINESE WINTER RADISH.
A magnificent, new Celestial
variety, of enormous size and
exquisite flavor. By far the
best and most tender for late
fall and winter use. The flesh
is always crisp, mild and juicy
—very refreshing. These gi-
ant Eadishes grow from lo to 15
inches long and 4 to 5 inches in
diameter.
The skin pure paper-white—
very handsome. Flesh always
crisp, mild and juicy. Easily
grown and an immense yielder.
Winter Eadishes deserve more
attention. They are a great lux-
ury in winter, and always sell at
good prices.
Plant about July 1st, and pull
late, and store in a cellar in box-
es of moist earth.
Large Pkt. lo cts. 3 for 25 cts.
New Palmetto Asparagus— True Stock).
DECIDEDIiY THE BEST IN THE WOELD.
This new variety is the finest ever cultivated. After
years of trial in all sections, it is pronounced by all to
foe far in advance of all
others, being much
earlier— far better fla-
vor an d double the size.
Indeed this variety is
so superior that gar-
deners are plowing out
their old sorts and
planting with Palmet-
to. It is remarkably
tender, rich and but-
tery when cooked. No
other can compare.
Every family should
have a supply of this
very healthful and de-
licious vegetable.
4®=* My seed is pure
and true. If well eared
for will produce larger
and finer asparagus in
TWO years than oth-
er varieties at five. Be-
ware of spurious seed.
Don’t go to the ex-
pense and bother of buying plants when you can get
such a quick and easy grower as this.
Large packet with full cultural directions, 10 cts. 3
for 25 cts. 12 for $l.oo. 12 packets will produce $20,00 to
$30.00 worth of plants, Both Asparagus and - Asp.
Plants are SUEE money makers, and sell quickly at
big prices. Plant a lot of it for few things pay better.
From the Editor of American Garden. TKULY A GIANT AS
PARAGUS. A bunch of about 50 shoots of Palmetto Asparagus
exhibited by a Phila. Gardener, beats anything ever heard of. It
weighed 31 lbs.— the growth of only 3 days.
A. Winship, Hillsboro Co., N. H. writes Your Palmetto Aspar-
agus and Pop Corn are both truly wonderful. I have planted your
seeds seven years and find them the best of all. Y our packets are
twice as large as any other, and you always send so many extras;
True Rocky Ford Niuskmelon.
The advent of this valuable variety has done more to
popularize muskmeloms, than any other sort. Over
2,000 carloads of these celebrated melons have been
shipped from Eocky Pord, Colo., realizing enormous
profits. Unquestionably the best early Muskmelon.
An
Amazing
Yielder
A
Healthy
Vigor-
ous
Crov/er.
Always
Brings
the
Highest
Price.
Enormous prices are paid for this variety to the ex-
clusion of all others. Every market and home garden-
er should plant it largely. No other melon ^an bring
you so much money. My seed is Pubb and Teub, and
selected with Extba Cabe. Beware of spurious seed—
there is much of It offered. Pkt, 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts.
You will Tl)i9
Ope of t\ost
Delicious AVelops
You Ev^r Tasted
New Muskmelon-«Winter Pineapple.
This distinct melon differs from all others in shape, appearance, and
marvelous keeping qualities. They weigh from 8 to 12 lbs. each. These
splendid melons do not ripen on the vines. Pick green — just defore frost,
and store in a cool, dry cellar. They will keep sound and sweet for
several months. When wanted, bring in a warm room. They will ripen
in a few days and will be found most delicious.
The flesh is remarkably thick, solid and has the delicious flovor of pine-
apple, Many consider them the best of all melons. Packet 10c. 3 for 25c.
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NEW BANANA MUSK’MELON-Grows Over 2 Feet Long.
This curious new variety originated with one of our best growers in South Jersey, and is pro-
nounced by him the most profitable variety he has ever grown. He realized an average of forty
cents each for his entire crop, as they were eagerly sought after in the Philadelphia markets on
account of their great oddity of shape and appearance. They look and smell like overgrown ba-
nanas. They grow from 20 inches to 2 feet long, are very productive, with deep yellow flesh, by
many preferred to any other variety. They have a remarkable and d-elicious fragrance.one melon
will scent the house. A great curiosity, and sure to attract attention. Packet 10 c. 3 for 25 cts.
“The Basana
Muskmeloa ie
one of the best
i ever raised.
Year Cabbage
exceeded all
expectations—
the finest I ev-
er grew. The
King of Mam-
moth Pump-
kin ia certain-
ly a wonder.
All your seeds
were just fine’’
C. B, Spangler
Napoleon, O,
NEW BNTERNIEDIATE CARROT,
This is certainly the best main crop
carrot. It is a tremendous yielder. Of
deep orange color, large size — often 3
or 4 inches in diameter and 10 or 12
inches long, very regular and smooth,
and the most uniform of all. For
private growers and truckers it is
ideal, being of the highest quality—
and for stock feeding it is of the great-
est value, its yielding capacity being
perfectly enormous. Selected seed.
Large packet loe., 3 for 25c.
GOLDEN QUEEN TOIVIATO.
One of the very best tomatoes ever introduced. It is
solid, very smooth, free from ridges, large in size,
ripens up early, and is by far the most beautiful yel-
low variety ever sent out. None better for preserving
or slicing, the handsome, golden yellow slices make a
beautiful contrast in a dish with red tomatoes. It has
very little acid. Packet lOc. 3 for 25 cts.
ASPARAGUS BEET-SWSSS CHARD
Grown for greens, and used the same as spinach, the
leaves being available all summer as well as during the
fall. Cook the leaves as you do spinach and the stems in
cream as asparagus. The leaves reach great size, 20
inches and more in length. The plant is practically per-
petual, if the leaves are continually cut off. Resists cold
down to 25 degrees above zero. In addition to supplying
tasty greens for the table, it is a valuable feed for poultry,
sheep and livestock. Chard is a vigorous grower and has
few insect enemies. Packet 10 cts, 3 for 25 cts. *
NEW PROLIFIC TREE BEAN,
A new and valuable variety, and by far the most pro-
lific dwarf bean known ; growing about twenty inches
in height, branching out
in ail directions, bear-
ing its pods in marvelous
profusion, and so high
that they do not touch
the ground, enabling it
to stand a wet spell with-
out injury. They often
yield one hundred bush-
els to the acre, and a
single plant has produc-
ed the enormous num-
ber of 399 full sized pods.
Plant in rows 3 feet wide
and 12 inches apart in
the row, one bean in the
hill. Do not crowd them.
They are a shell bean
for winter, pure white in color, and a prodigious bear-
er. Extremely profitable. They are of fine flavor.
Packet 10 cts.. 3 for 25 cts.
ROBERT SMITH, York Co., Maine, writes:— Your New Pro-
lific Tree Bsans outyield anything I ever saw, and I must have
*ome more.
D. K, BEAR, Middlesex Co., Mass., writes:— The Prolific Tree
Beans produced the biggest yield I ever saw or heard of : 87 planm
produced 8 Quarts good measure. I shall plant a large piece this
SWEET POTATO PUMPKIN.
This stands alone — as the best of all
pie Pumpkins. It is good size, pear
shaped, flesh thick, creamy white,
fine grained, and in flavor excells all
others. It is one of the easiest to
grow, and sure to yield bountifully.
It keeps good as the best. Grow it
for market and put dollars in your
pocket. Packet 10c. 3 lor 25c. 12 for $1.
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Whose life is in the right,”
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without exception the largess of all tomatoes. Bright
crimson, solid flesh, extra prolifle, and extra fine quality.
For family gardens it is deserving of universal use and
many market gardners plane World-Beater Giant every
year for special trade Unsurpassed in size and of fine
quality for slicing. The vines are of strong growth and
produce large clusters of beautiful tomatoes ; they are ex-
tremely prolihic and bear continuously until frost.
Packet 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts.
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YCHAiyiPEON PEANUT.
. This mammoth new Extra Early Peanutis the crown-
ing triumph of a careful Specialists, and in size, quality
and yield, will far surpass any other sort. It is a sur-
prising yielder, having produced lOO bushels per acre.
EVER BEARING PEAS
A Continuous Long Season
Bearer
A celebrated wrinkled pea of good
quality and flavor. Its season is late
to very late, and is especially adapted
to summer and autumn cropping. It
has a remarkable and valuable
branching habit. It will do well
without sticks or brush. Repeated
pickings may be made, for the vines
continue to produde blossoms and
successional crops of pods in its effort
to ripen its seeds. It is a continuous
bearer through a long season.
Packet 10 cts., 3 for 23 cts.
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New Japanese Climbing Cucumber.
A distinct new cucumber from Japan. The vines
are extra strong and vigorous, and great climbers—
producing a surpris-
ing amount of superi-
or fruit on poles, fen-
ces, etc. 4^ Three
times the usual crop
from a given area can
be grown with this
variety. They are lar-
ge size, nice green col-
or, and fine for pick-
ling and slicing. The
vines and fruit being
• elevated do not suffer
from wet weather and
insects. It sots its
fruit constantly thru-
out the season. I am
sure all will be pleas-
ed with it. Pkt. IOC.
»3f0r 25Cc
“The Japanese Climbing
Cucumbers are the great-
est bearers ever was. We
shall always grow them.
Your other seeds are doing
fine— THEY ALWAYS PO.”
Mrs. Reed, Springf’d.MasS.
VERBENAS,— Superfin® ElUIxture.
Very few plants make such
a gorgeous display during
the season as the Verbenas,
or furnish more flowers for
cutting. Unrivalled as a con-
stant bloomer, brilliancy of
flower, and sweet fm^rance.
They grow from seed tne first
season, Eor profusion of
bloom— large blossoms, and
variety of colors— my Select*
ed mixture cannot be excel-
led, I wish every one to grow
these lovely flowers.
Large Packet 10 cts, S for
25 cts, 12 for $1.00.
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A gem among radishes. It ha s won golden opinions
in all sections of the country. The illustration is per-
fect from nature, and will give some idea of their great
beauty. It is absolutely the earliest radish in cultiva-
tion ; their shape is perfectly globular, with rich, deep
scarlet top ; equally desirable for the market or home
garden. My sales of this famous variety double every
year. No other radish can compare with it for earli-
ness. . It is very tender, and of extra quality.
Packet 10 CIS. 3 for 25 cts.
The Famous New Faxon Squash.
This^new and distinct variety is very early, of medi-
um size, unusually productive, and of the best possi-
ble quality. They cook dry, sweet and rich whether
ripe or green— are an excellent keeper, thus supplying
the table with this delicacy during three seasons—
summer, fall and winter. Some Faxons are pale yel-
low, while others are green, mottled, etc., in fact it is
“The Best
Squash
in the
World.'"
a curious admixture of many sizes, shapes and colors.
This is a characteristic of the squash. The flesh is
deep orange, cavity small. Nothing excels it for pies,
I consider the Faxon decidedly the best of all squash-
es. Many who never could eat squashes before con-
sider them delicious. Don’t miss the Faxon. , It can-
not be praised too highly. Every customer will thank
me for advising them to try it. Pkt. 10 cts. 3 for 25c.
enport, Iowa, says: “I selected lo stalks on my farm,
with 121 ears, or an average of 12 ears to the stalk; one
stalk had 19 ears.” Was such a yield ever before heard
of? Its popping qualitiesare remarkable, very large, and
of delicious flavor; 3 pints will make i bushel popped.
You can raise ico bushels of ears on an acre. Be sure and
include this Pop Corn in your order. Pop Cora is a great
money crop. Choice seed, genuine, pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 23 cts
RED BEAUTY POP CORN.
This remarkable new variety is the most astonishing
yielder ever found among Pop Corn. Its enormous yields ]
seem almost fabulous, for it produces 4 to 12 good ears on '
every stalk. Pops well soon as cured. Ears are 6 to 8 '
inches long, filled with nice colored grains— very hand-
some, Stalks grow 6 feet high. Prof. Witherell of Dav- '
It is so early and $ueh a robust grower that fair crops
have been harvested even in Vermont and Canada.
Don’t fail to try it— and every boy and girl should have
a bed^ of Peanuts in their garden. Full directions for
planting etc., on every packet. Pkt. 10 cts. 3 for 25e.
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BRILLIANT FLOWER COLLECTION,
300 CHABMING EASY-GKOWING VAKIETIES.
Without CLuestion the grandest
mixture of beautiful, easy grow-
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will produce a dazzling cloud ofl
bloom and fragrance from earli-
est summer until the snows of
winter. New beauties and won-
ders will open up every day. You
can have bushels and bushels of
lovely blossoms for bouquets,
vases and gifts. I have sold over
^00,000 of these superb Collec-
tions. They receive no end of
praise. Do not fail to order them.
EEAI> THIS.
have grown flowers for 25 years and
never saw anything to compare with
your Flower Collection. They bloomed
in greatest profusion till snow come.”
0 JohnP. Sundauist, H. Da^
I^arge packet Mixed Flower Collection for 23 cts.
COOK’S PERFECTION PARSNIP. ^
Rightly named, and with-
out doubt the finest strain
of Parsnip that can be pro^
duced. It is a wonderful
improvement on the old
sorts, and no one desiring
the best should fail to grow
it. The roots are very
smooth and handsome;
tender, sugary, fine-grained
and of most excellent qual-
ity, Customers are unani-
mous in praising it.
This is truly a delicious
vegetable, very fine stewed,
fried, boiled, etc. All who
do not like the old poorer
sorts are recommend to try
this.
It produces enormous
crops; aud the short, thick
roots are easily gathered.
It is without question the
best for home use, market,
or exhibition purposes.
While this is essentially a
table parsnip — it is also su-
perior to all others for stock
feeding owing to its great
size and extraordinary
sweetness.
Targe packet, selected
seeds 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts.
“Your Perfection Parsnips were
the best we ever had.” Lester
Thompson, White Bear, Minn.
“We grew the finest tomatoes,
cabbage and parsnips from your
seed we ever had in our life. We
had Perfection Parsnips 3 1-2 to 4
lbs. each.” Wm. H. Smith, Pa,
“That $3.00 order proved the
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pkts, Some were 22 inches long, and weighed 41 ounces.”
G. W. Henry, Hunt Co., Pa.
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extra early sugar WATERMELON.
This remarkable new variety is not only the earliest
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one. Will succeed and produce fine melons in every
state— even in Canada. Packet 5 cts. 6 for 25e.
EVERY BOY in the IT. S. should have a melon
patch, and raise hundreds of big, sweet melons.
Healthful, Delicious, Asparagus.
Don’t miss having an Asparagus bed.
The True Palmetto is incomparably bet-
ter than other sorts. It is earlier, doub-
le the size, finer quality, and a much
stronger and healthy grower. Plant no
other even as a gift. Asparagus is AL-
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ly healthful, and will do you more good than all the
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Annual Chrysanthemums.
These glorious, showy, r'
flowers grow readily from '
d, and flower freely
the see. , ^
during summer and fall
months. They are very
pretty and effective— and
very fine for cutting. Fo-
liage is rich dark green,
finely cut and ornamental.
I offer the finest selected
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“There’s not a tint that paints the rose.
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But God has placed it there.”
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A superb extra early
wrinkled variety of de-
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large, long, well filled,
and vines marvelously
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sweetest, and hardiest
of all. Pkt. loc. 3 for 26c.
New Chartier Radish.
This valuable introduction is far superior to most
long varieties. Extra quality and flavor. Early, hand-
some. unusually crisp, tender, and juicy ; and remains
in good condition a long time. Pkt. 10c. 3 for 25c.
G. E. Russell, Leon Co. Fla. writes I raised one of your Char-
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r PHLOX DRUMMONDil-Crandiflora.
ALL THE CHOICEST VAEIETIE3 AND COLOES.
I am glad to offer all the
latest improved large-flow-
ering strains of this famous
garden annual. Phlox are
well adapted to beds and
massing, making a daz-
zling show thru the whole
season. They are easy to
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ty, long duration of blopm,
and the unequalled rich-
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rywhere.
Surely no one will miss
planting these lovely flow-
ers. I offer a superfine
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NEW EARLY iCSCLE RADESH.
This Photo is
from samples di-
rect from my gar-
den. ISIo radish
on earth can com-
pare with it in
earliness, beauty,
and superb qual-
ity. I sold
more packets of
Icicle Radishes
last year than
anything else in
my entire list.
What more need
be said ?
Ne Plus Ultra
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Its value is be-
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To plant it once—
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Packet 10 cts. 3
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of my great bargains.
MARKET GARDENER’S BEET
Undoubtedly
one of the best
novelties ever
offered, and it
receives much
praise from my
customers. One
sowing only is
needed for sum-
mer and winter
use. Deep red,
enormous size— ’
6 to 8 inches in
diameter — an d
just splendid
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LARGE RED WETHERSFBELD ONION.
A time honored variety. Immense crops are annual-
ly grown. It is everywhere a large yielder of fine,
handsome, large
onions of excel-
lent quality for
family use. It al-
so finds a ready
sale in all mar-
kets. All my seed
is unsurpassed,
and is grown,
from best select- i
ed solid bulbs —
pure and true.
Beware of
cheap onion seed
that is often rais-
ed from scallions
and unsalable
rubbish for there
is much of this kind afloat. Remember in seeds “like
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Boston Marrow Squash
A very old and an extra good variety of
Squash, either for early tall or winter use.
It is bright orange color, and of extra good
quality for pies and canning purposes.
The flesh is tender, fine grained and of
excellent flavor. Vines very productive.
Boston Marrow is good for both home use and shipping to
distant markets. For a variety you should plant a patch of
this excellent squash. Packet 10 cts. 3 lor 25 cts.
Be Sure and Try Cook’s New Golden Cream
Mnskmelon, Then You Will Always Plant It.
White Rice Pop Corn
White Rice Pop Corn is perhaps the most widely grown of
all Pop Corn. Four ears to a stalk is not a rare occurance.
The white grains are sharply pointed, but when popped are
very full. Great demand for this splendid corn. Large
packet 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts. Plant a good big patch for your
own use and market.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN SUGAR CORN. The Most Delicious Ever Crown.
This improved variety is the finest of
all sweet corn for home use. None other
is so delicious. The ears are good size, 8
or 9 inches long, and produced in great
abundance. Many stalks bear 3 to 4, and
sometimes 5 or 6 plump ears. Its long,
milky kernels are full of sweetness.
Richest Flavor, Deepest Crain,
Smallest Cob, Createst Yielder.
The moment you taste this luscious,
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for its flavor will delight an epicure. The
kernels fairly melt in your mouth. It
retains its delicious tenderness for a long
time. A very strong grower ; season me-
dium. I recommend it especially for pri-
vate gardens, and to those having the
choicest retail trade. Selected strain,
large Pkt. 10 cts. 3 for 25c. 12 for $1.00.
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real hair and nice curls,
All dressed in finest silk
with gold braid and lace
trimming. Neither picture
or words can tell half of its
beauty, or the joy it will
bring to the heart of every
little maiden.
We want every girl of 4 to
14 years or over to get up a
$3.00 Club Order for this
lovely Doll. Every girl can
get one if they try. We send
Doll and Seeds by mail
postpaid and insured. Do
not miss this bargain.
UEW STEf^EOSCOPE AND 20 LOVELY COLORED VIEWS.
Given Free Fora $2.00 Order. ReaiSy Worth Twice the Price. Don’t iVliss Them,
Our Latest improved Stereoscope and brilliant colored Views is a veritable wonder. No words can describe it
—it must be seen. It brings out all the enchanting views exactly as if looking at the original scene itself.
To one who has never seen sueh a perfect instrument, it will be a revelation. Few things can give as much
pleasure as such a Stereoscope and a good Collection of Views. They transform everything into living scenes
or landscapes— making nvery person, flower, or place ap-
pear in relief exactly as in life, with such startling dis-
tinctness that it is difficult to realize that it is ai picture
and not reality. Nothing is more entertainii^ and in-
structive. No one ever tires of them. Their Education-
al value cannot be over-estimated.
The Scope is a marvel, extra quality, elegantly finished.
Improved lenses. The Views are delightful, exquisitely
colored, each different. We have thousands. Landscapes
scenery, curiosities and wonders of America, Europe.
Holy Land, Japan, and every other land, hunting, fishing
and camping views, among the Indians and Esquimos, Love Scenes, most laughable Oomics, etc., etc., and far
too numerous to mention. This Grand Premium will Interest all your family and friends.
Stereoscope and 20 Lovely Colored Views— or 120 Views Alone— Free for a $2.00 Order
” 60 ” ” 180 ” ” ” 3.00
W ” 120 ” ” 240 ” ” ” 4.00
” 180 ” ” 300 ” ” ” 6.00 ”
Given Away
TO OUR POTATO CUSTOMERS FREE OF CHARGE.
We will give away absolutely Free 50 Beautiful Watches, splendid timekeep-
ers one to each of the 50 customers growing most pounds of Cook’s Early Six
Weeks Potatoes from 1 00 Hills purchased of us or our Club Agents this season.
Don’t miss these fine watches. You sure can get one if you try. Send in re-
ports by the 1st of Nov. with name and address of two witnesses 6o gathering
and weighing. All our Free Premiums are fully guaranteed.
Two Crops of Potatoes a Year Easily Grown in the N'orth. Cook’s Early Six Weeks Potatoes grow
so quickly you can grow two full crops a year on the same ground, even in the far North. This is a feature of
tremendous value. It is worth BIG MONEY to every planter. Only think of it ! You can double your crops and
profits at a trifling cost. We send full instructions how to do it. Please show this to all wide-awake potato
growers. give valuable seed Novelties free with every order. Why not get one of our Free Premiums ?
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y, Get up a Club Order.
PnnUn Unnrlif Unin In flnn Porrinn TnnI Pninn / >
COOK’S 5 IN 1 Garden Tool is just the Garden Tool for every family
in the land to have and use about their garden. It takes the place of all
the following’ tools : Hoe, Fork, Trowel, Weeder and Dibber. We offer
you in this catalog several Most Wonderful and Useful Premiums and
we know with this new and useful Garden Tool you will be delighted
and it is so well made will last a lifetime. We want you to hustle around
among your friends and nabors and get several of the Premiums we offer
and you can do it if you only try. This season we are going to give these
two premiums for a S3.00 order, both the 6 in l Garden Tool and the 3 in l
Hand and Shopping Bag, one of each for a $3. order. We know this is
going to be a popular premium with our friends and we have secured a
good supply so no one will be disappointed.
Three-In- One Hand g Shopping Bag
This Three-In-One Combination Hand Bag, Shopping Bag and
Change Purse, together with the Five-In-One Garden
Tool shown above, both given for a $3. order.
This is the Latest idea in a Shopping Bag. Something that the women
of America have been wanting formally years. It has a greater utility
for the woman who shops than any other bag ever invented. One may
start on a shopping tour with a small hand bag only 8>^ inches from top
to bottom but unfolds to 17K inches long and large enough to carry all
the purchases one may make. The bags are made of the best high-grade
auto leather, soft, pliable, water proof. It is almost impossible to dis-
tinguish from the best quality leather when carried.
The best grade of workmanship enters into the manufacture of our
3-in-l bags. Handles, which are re-inforced, and double sewed are made
of the same high grade material. Let us send you one of each of the
above very useful Premiums for a $3. order.
Pure Aluminum Teakettle.
Civen
Away
Free
fora
S4,
Order
We give you this Pure Aluminum Teakettle for a S4.
order of Seeds, Cinnamon Vines, Potatoes or Post
Cards. We guarantee this Teakettle every way. It is
made by tl^ same people who make our Combination
Cookers. W ill last for years to come and be a comfort
every day. Get up a club order and obtain one free.
Be sure
you get
one this
season.
A FASHIONABLE WRIST JfATGH.
Here, Ladies and Girls,
is something you all w-ant, T R I I
a lovely Wrist Watch, f fj r T
up-to-date, of marvelous I 1 1 L L
beauty and a very reliable
time-keeper, high-grade FOR A
movement, fitted with an
ornamental leather strap;
a Watch made for service
and long wear. Fully
Guaranteed by the man-
ufacturers.
These W'atches are all
the rage. You surely
should have one. They
are too handsome for
words to describe.
We Give this Klegant
Wrist Watch Free for a
$5.50 order. Seeds and
Watch safely boxed, post-
paid and insured. Two
Watches for a $11.00 order.
Please show this to your
friends.
Don't miss the chance
for this most amazing bargain. Y^ou will say Watch
alone is worth fa'r more than $5.50 and it is so easy to get
it. Just show this Catalog to your friends and take their
order, for they all want seeds. Please try at once.
The 47t]i Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, K. Y. Get up a Club Order.
'Best Solid Gold Fountain Pen Fre?
For a $3. Order. A Beautiful Seif Filling Fountain Pen That’s Absolutely Guaranteed,
Everyone young and old needs one of these handy, useful Fountain Pens. You can carry it in your vest pocket,
and It is always ready. Here is a chance to get one without cost, and at almost no trouble at all. The barrel
is hard rubber, beautifully engraved. Pen is SOLID GOLD 14 Karat of extra weight, finest quality, diamond
pointed; has great flexibility and durability; has perfect ink-feeding device. An elegant, costly pen, fully guar-
anteed in every respect. Everything about these pens is of the finest quality — the very best that money can
buy. You can not get a better pen for $3.00 in any market. We personally recommend it, for it is the very
best we ever used. We give it absolutely FREE for a $3.00 order for anything in this catalog, and send every-
thing to you by Parcel Post prepaid and insured and guaranteed to please you.
This is the new and improved seif-filling fuinish this pen for both Ladies and
device. When your pen is filled simply push ttiis 1 'V Gents Be sure you mention which size
lever down out of the way. It’s surely wonderful 9 \ to send with your order. Get one free.
Best 14 k Solid Gold Pens Used. You Should Have One
This is one of our “BIG BARGAINS” — and if you will show the wonderful Premium to some of your
friends — and tell them how easily you obtained it wm wdll add free some lovely novelties. This Fountain Pen y
Premium is so valuable that we wdll look for a rush of orders, and we are prepared. May you be one of the >
lucky ones to obtain one of these Solid Gold Fountain Pens FREE for a $3. order for anything in this catalog. )
GRAND SEWING MACHINE
FREE FOR A ^7. ORDER. BIG BARGAIN.
Never did we expect to And such value for young or
old as in tliis New Blechanical Marvel. It is perfection.
It sews j ust as good as a $60. machine. Substantially
made, will last a life-
time. Elegantly fin-
ished in Nickel-Sil-
ver and Enamel. It
is pretty as a picture.
Uses regular Singer
Needles. Wifi quick-
ly pay for itself five
times over.
We Give this high
grade Machine. Full
Instructions, etc..
Free for a $7.00 or-
der for Seeds, Cinna-
mon Vines, Potatoes
and Post Cards.
All sent by mail to you, charges prepaid and insured
Peerless Haircotter Given free
For a $3. Order
Here is a new Premium— a Hair
Cutting Machine— that will ap-
peal to all as a time-saver and a
money saver. It will save the
whole cost of Seeds and Prem-
iums several times a year in (
most families, No more long }
waits at the barbers and paying )
big prices. This machine is }
easy, safe and a pleasure to use. /
Don’t miss this cliance to get 7
so useful a Premium free. No }
one wishing to keep their hair
cut and yet save money should
miss this opportunity.
With this Premium we will also send you free,
a good Jack Knife for the boys or a Bead Necklace
for the girls. Please tell us wMieh to send you and
all will be sent by mail prepaid and insured.
New Premo Camera And Outfit Free
For a $4. Order
Be sure
you
one now
One of the Best and most popular Premiums
we ever offered— one that will give you and your
friends the most pleasure.
Eastman’s Cameea is knowm and prized all over
the wmrld as one of the best ever produced.
Takes Pictures 2M x 3M inches. It is complete
with automatic shutter, two view finders, tested
lenses, etc., etc.
Instruction Book — all so clearly told that begin-
ners— even young boys and girls can make lovely
pictures, right from the very start,
“Kodakery,” a Magazine of instruction and en-
tertainment, is given one year free wuth every
Camera. Get this Camera and take pictures of your
family, friends, buildings, pets, stock and scenery.
They will be a joy to you forever.
Wb Give this Camera, Instruction Book and
Magazine Free for a $4. order. All postpaid.
Wb Also Give a Full Developing Outfit- every-
thing necessary to make perfect pictures for a $4.
order. Boih Camera and Outfit free and postpaid
for an $8. order, Please show your friends this
amazing Camera Bargain.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N, Y. Get up a Club Order.
This Magnificent Combination Pure Aluminum Cooking Set Consisting of
Housekeepers DeligM
Ladies, Here is an ALUMINUM OUTFIT needed in every
home— one you will use every day the year round.
Aluminum is the Nicest and Cleanest of metals, never
rusts or flakes like other ware. Each piece is stamped
out of solid Aluminum, no seams and is indestruetibie.
SET MAKES ALL THE FOLLOWING AETICLES :
< SIX QUART PRESERVING KETTLE. Especially desirable in Aluminum
JL ■which cannot form poisonous compounds -with fruit acids.
2 TWO AND ONE HALF QUART PUDDING PAN. In addition to Puddings
and Pastry this Pan is equally useful for Stews, Bread, Jellies, Etc.
3 SIX QUART COVERED KETTLE. The Kettle is useful for Stews, Soups, for
boiling Vegetables, and for a thousand and one other purposes that are
familiar to the good housewife.
4 COVERED BAKING DISH OR CASSEROLE. The Casserole is becoming
more popular every da3^ It will be found useful for the preparation of
many choice dishes.
„ DOUBLE ROASTER. The combination of the Pudding Pan inverted and
^ Kettle makes a perfect Self-Basting Roaster. Tough meat or an old fowl.
cook t-wo articles at the same time.
The 8 Combinations would cost at least $6.00 cash, if purchased separately at the stores. We have secured
a special price from the manufacturers on these superior Cookers — to introduce them, and are pleased to give
you the benefit as follows: ^Ye give the above Combination Set complete FEEE for a 84.50 order for anything
in our Catalog. 2 Combination Cookers for a $9. order. Cooker and Seeds all safely boxed, insured and de-
livered free to you by Parcel Post. Please tell your frieuds. Start your children out taking orders.
Read the Following. Go and Do Likewise. May Be Your Last Chance To Get Xhem.
Cook Seed Co., Gentlemen : The several orders of Seeds, Potatoes, etc. came all O. K. My customers say they
do not see how you could give so much for the money. I told them that I have been getting seeds and lovely
Premiums for nineteen years and this year sent six orders and received five Combination Aluminum Cooking
Sets and one Garden Tool and String of Beads. Your premiums are wonderful I say. Mrs. L. W. Bieber, Pa.
These Two Premiums Given Free for a $3. Order.
The EVEE-SHARP Pencil for Ladies, Men and Boys also a Jack Knife or String of Bead:
The EVER SHARP Pencil is always sharp — never sharpened. Carries enough lead for a quarter million
words. 18 inches in all, and a real point for every word. It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Con-
struted with jeweler precision and finish throughout. As much a mechanical wonder as a writing marvel.
The Pencil has a chased barrel, and is heavily silver plated with a pocket clip. This perfect-pointed Pencil
brings a new efficiency and pride to the realm of •writing and a comfort and pride to the owner.
PLEASE SAY WHICH YOU WANT, LADIES OR GENTS SIZE PENCIL.
THIS JACK KNIFE is a Great and Bare Souvenir of the World’s War. A Genuine and Unique Jack Knife which
the German soldiers were equipt. Worth many dollars as a curiosity and souvenir and fully as much for prac-
tical every day use. All best of steel. The German soldiers used the same kind on the battle field. You can
use it for sticking hogs at killing time, pruning trees, and a thousand other Jack Knife uses. Just the Knife for
Farmers, Hunters, Trappers, Boy Scouts and everybody else desiring a strong, durable and dependable Jack
Knife. It is given away EEEE along with an Ever-Sharp Pencil for a $3. order.
You should have one of these Knives
IF THE LADIES PREFER A STRING OF BEADS IN PLACE OF TEE KNIFE, SAY SO,
Good Luck Collection
POTATO SEED-100 HILLS
Vegetables, Flowers and Fragrant Ferns — ^Also 20 Pres-
ents. A Big Dollar’s Worth for Only 20 Cents to Introduce
I WILL MAIL POTATO SEED FOR 100 HILLS
New Seedling Potatoes, Gardners’ Delight, may make your fortune. Noth-
ing like my Hybridized Potato Seed. Get them now. Don’t miss this golden
opportunity.
NEW KING CABBAGE— BIG MONEY MAKER
The wonder of Cabbage Growers, — of monster size, a sure header — most
delicious quality. Best for the table
and a “gold mine” for market. I
send seed for 200 Mammoth heads.
(Well worth price of all.)
MAM. FLOWER COLLECTION
300 VARIETIES
Grandest assortment of beauti-
ful, easy-growing Flowers ever put
up. Will produce a perfect cloud of
bloom and fragrance from early
summer, until the snows of winter.
Will fill your home with beauty,
and make hundreds of loveliest
bouquets.
FRAGRANT TREE FERN NOVELTY
Perfect marvels of beauty and fragrance. For out-door growing or House
Plants. Of easiest culture, 4 to 6 feet. Sprays kept in a room or trunk, will
impart sweetest perfume for years. I send seed for 20 Ferns.
[1^20 SPLENDID PREMIUMS FREE
To Introduce my Good Luck Collection quickly in new homes, I will add
*^absolutely Free with every order 20 Beautiful and useful Presents — needed in
every home. A Bargain Beyond Compare.
ABOVE ENTIRE GOOD-LUCK COLLECTION
Safely packed and fully prepaid — mailed to any ad-
dress for Two Dimes or 24c in stamps. 6 Collections
for $1.00; 12 for $2.00. Order at once. Get up a club.
Don’t miss this big bargain. Address,
A. T. COOK, Seed Specialist, Hyde Park, N. Y.
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POWELL’S PROUFIC POLE BEANS
A Distinct Creation — Greatest Garden Wonder
S^^’Proved by Experiment Stations and Thousands of Plant-
ers in all Sections to be the Most Wonderful Bean Ever Grown,
of Superb Quality and More Than Three Times as Productive
as Other Beans.
POWELL’S PROLIFIC — My own introduction — stand alone. Nothing compares with them.
Marvelous runners — everlasting bearers — continuing until frost. Their enormous vines are
loaded down with the most delicious Beans you ever tasted. You can pick them by handfulls.
Their amazing productiveness almost surpasses belief.
PROF. C. A. McCUE, HORT. DELA. COLLEGE EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS— “Yield
test of Cook’s Powell Beans was 17,696 pounds per acre — 294 Bushels. (Three and a half times
as many as next best variety which produced 84 bushels.)”
Powell’s are a stringless green-pod snap bean of delightful, distinct
flavor, rich, tender and buttery — almost melting in your mouth. Equal-
ly good as a dried bean for winter. Grow them to eat, and grow them
to sell. Many sell a full dollar’s worth from every pole. C^nly think
of it. What a big “money-maker”?
SOME LETTERS— I COULD FILL 40 PAGES
From Prof. H. Flannery, Bean Expert of Ohio
“Dear Mr. Cook: — I have grown every bean known, and find your
Powell’s beat all others in luxurious growth, delicious quality — either
green or dried — and in amazing productiveness. I would give $10.00 a
packet rather than be without them”
Received $5 From 4 Hills — Used Many Too
There is much money in Powell Beans. I sold $5 worth from 4
hills (2 plants in a hill) besides all I could use in my family. They
are wonderful, and continue bearing until frost. J. P. Smith, Va.
Over One Bushel of Beans From Every Hill
For 15 years I have grown beans. None can compare with Pow-
ells. I planted 18 hills — picked over a bushel from each — and sold
$9.98 worth for cash. Samuel Waddy, Henry Co., Tenn.
Cannot Over-Recommend This Money Maker
From 16 hills I sold $7.65 worth and ate of them all the season.
You cannot over-recommend this money-maker. I had to prop up
nearly every pole. A. J. Packard, York Co., Maine.
PRICE. Genuine Powell’s, every bean my own growing — and every bean will grow,— in
Sealed Packets only, — 40 Beans for 15 cts. ; 4 Packets, 50 cts.; 10 for $1.00 ;100, $7.50 — All post-
paid. Order now. " Agents wanted.
Plant early as weather will admit, in rich soil 4 feet apart, 4 beans in a hill. Set stout
poles, and connect them with strong twine for vines to spread out on. Address,
A. T. COOK, Seed Specialist, Hyde Park, N. Y.
■k
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QONCERHING POTATO SEED
From the Waterford Times, Waterford, ,
N. Y., Sept. 19, 1917.
The following article, taken from the
Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, is from the
pen of A. T. Cook, the widely known
Seedsman of Hyde Park, Dutchess county,
one of the most reliable men in the seed
business, and therefore can be accepted
as f-uliy trustworthy :
Editor Eagle-News:
Your Quaker Hill correspondent speaks
of Potato Seed Balls beiniti found in that
vicinity— and that a “Scientist” has
offered “I25.00 for a single ball.”
This “$25.00 for a ball” canard has
been going the rounds of the press for
several years and of course has no foim-
dation iji fact,
East year I harvested the seed of over
seven bushels of balls. If I could have
sold them for $25.00 each,’ they would
have brought me a tidy sum. The pros-
pect is I will have many more than seven
bushels this season.
Forty or fifty years ago, seed-balls were
plentiiul in every potato field. Of late
years— few if any are found in most sec-
tions. Thousands of people have never
seen one.
I have made a specialty of Hybridized
Potato Seeds for the past 35 years and
supply many of the leading seedsmen in
the United States and Canada.
Potato seeds are curious and wonderful.
The seed produces an amazing diversity
of potatoes. It may not be generally
known that every seed will bring a differ-
ent variety— each one more or less dis-
tinct from each other. Such is the case.
The product of a packet of seeds will be
a vast number of colors, shapes and sizes.
There will be white, yellow, pink, red,
blue, purple and black potatoes. There
will be shades innumerable. Extraordi-
nary freaks sometimes develop — such as
a potato having vines that run on the
ground like a cucumber vine, the joints
taking root and producing potatoes at
every joint, etc.
I am now growings promising seedling
that produces very long tubers — similar
to a long sweet potato. No one would
recognize it as being an “Irish” variety.
I believe it to be of great value.
The potato never “sports.” It is only
from the seed that new varieties are pro-
duced. If all potatoes failed to produce
balls, potatoes would deteriorate and
eventually run out and vanish from the
earth. It would be hard to estimate the
damage the loss of this esculent would
be to the world.
Potato seeds grow as readily as tomato
seeds. Plant them early in the spring
and when they are 3 or 4 inches high,
transplant two feet apart.
The Seeds are exceedingly prolific. It
is not an uncommon thing for one seed
to produce 50 to 150 perfect potatoes the
first season.
The growing of potatoes from the seed
is most interesting and the possihility of
producing a variety superior to all others
— and more valuable than a gold mine —
is fascinating in the extreme.
A. T. COOK, Seedsman,
Hyde Park, N, Y.
Aug. 28, 1917.
We have known Mr. Cook for over
half a century. He has been one of the
most persistent experimenters in produc-
ing new varieties of vegetables and fliow-
ers, and in improving the old. And the
improvement of the potato has. been one
of his pet enterprises.
A good man}' years ago when the late
John Palmer was in the veg<-iable busi-
ness Mr. Cook setit us several new v rie-
ties of potatoes which were given to Mr.
Palmer. Prominem among the best of
all for flavor and cooking qualities was
the black potato mentioned above by Mr.
Cook. Every reader of this paper who
may desire to experiment with the potato
seeds will find Mr. Cook the right man
to deal with. Write him for pardculars.
He will gladly give you very valuable
information.
ran supply true Hybridized Potato
Seeds— the rarest and most wonderful of
seeds - for only 15 cents p-r Packet ; four
Packets f« r50 cis. ; ten for $1 postpaid.
May you be- successful and reap a
golden harvest, is the sincere wish of
Your Friend,
A. T. COOK', Seed Specialist,
Hyde Park, N. Y.
- If not interested in Potato Seeds, •
Jp^^* Please hand this to the most en-
terprising gardener you know.-
The mil Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Oet up a Club Order.
1 Quart Sauce Pan
Handy for many uses.
Will last you a lifetime
Remember we offer you the entire three pieces for a 84. order for Seeds
Cinnamon Vines, Potatoes and Post Cards. Let the children help you get
orders. It will benefit them more than words can tell. Start them out,
WE OFFER YOU More Aluminum Premiums for your help in introducing our seeds. We give free
this genuine WSAR-EVER 3-Piece Pure Aluminum Cooking Set for a $4. order. The world famous
Wear-Ever’’ Sets have proved amazingly popular. Everybody seems to want them. We now offer
J more indispensable Cooking Utensils, namely 1 Quart Sauce Pan, 7 Inch Frying Pan, and a 2 Quart
Stew Pan. These three pieces are all genuine best quality “Wear-Ever” pure Aluminum. Guaranteed
to please you and will last a lifetime. We use them and know their value.
WE Give Ail 3 Free for a 84. order for anything we offer, 2 Sets for an
thing safeiy boxed, insured and postpaid to you.
^^Our Aluminum Premiums are among our biggest values,— Everyone obtaining one— invariably
wants more. W e give Premiums to our customers instead of advertising in papers, etc. If you be-
lieve in our mutual help policy we will expect you to say a good v/ord for us to your friends.
TEN PSEMIUMS FOR BOYS GIVEN FOR $3. ORDER.
Famous Kit and Full Outfit, comprising
the noted Barlow Jaclc Knife.” Instruction Book, Designs Sharneninsr Stone Etc —sells
eveig-where for $1.00 and is worth $2.00. 2nd Scientific Magnet, 3rd MagieSrechanical Puzzle
Canary Bird Whistle perfect imitation. 6th anotheAlSe Muzzle
0 a musical marvel. 8th Hunters Spy-Glass or mariners Compass. 9th
and loth are two other splendid premmms-no room to describe. Also “60 Prize Puzzles and
Problems. Boys get busy and ger up a club order and secure this premium.
WE GIVE ALL above 10 Premiums free for a $3. order for Seeds. Cinnamon Vinp=!
^ boxed, postpaid and insured. Two sets for a $6 olSer.^Boys
getbiisi. T ®fi oil yoiir friends for 10 miles around. These splendid premiums are our best
advertisements. Please show yours to all your friends and speak a good word for us.
order, etc. Every-
Traveling Bag
Given for $6. Order
Friends, we believe you will find
in this Latest Style Traveling'
Bag an extra good and always
useful Premium to be proud of. It
is for either Ladies’ or Gent’s use
and has won instant popularity
among our patrons all over the
country as one of their most use-
ful Premiums and is given free
for orders for anything in this
catalog. This is a Special Offer
made for this season and you
should take advantage of it now.
Remember we send it to you free
by mail all charges prepaid.
) This bag would make a lovely present.
Genuine Wear-Ever Aluminum.
Complete Set of 3 Useful Kitchen Utensils for a ^4. Order,
2 Quart Stew Pan
Always handy and useful.
7 Inch Frying Pan
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
Nottingham Lace Curtains Free
WE GIVE TWO PAIK FKEE FOE A $4.00 OEDEE, THEEE PAIE FOE A $6.00 OEDEE I
and FOUE PAIE FOE AN $8. OEDEE FOE ANYTHING IN OUE CATALOG. \
All Shipped Promptly by Mail Prepaid and Insured. Satisfaction Always Guaranteed.
ISMS
m
. Dear Friends:— Here is the biggest bar-
gain ill fine Window Curtains you ever did
see. A bargain so big we can send you Two
Pair absolutely free and prepaid for a $4.
order for anything in our catalog. The
splendid premiums we offer are our best
advertisement and we depend on you to
show your friends and speak a good word
for us. In no odier way will it pay us to
give away such remarkable values.
These beautiful Laee Curtains are as
pretty as pictures. They are real “Notting-
ham Lace”— famous the world over for the
finest Lace ever made. They must be seen
to be appreciated. They have dainty in-
sertion and edge designs, producing a most
charming effect.
The cuts give no conception of their beau-
ty. These Lace Curtains will fit out your
room beautifully — and give long and exeel-
lent service. They have a rich, distinctive
appearance admired by everyone.
They are large size— each two and a half
yards long, and thirty inches wide. This is
anew Premium of extraordinary value.
Must Have More of the Premium Curtains.
Cook Seed Co.— The Seeds and the four pair Beauti-
ful Lace Curtains received. They are eo nice I must
have some more, so here is another order. Yeur seeds
cannot be beat, and your Premiums are simply mar-
vels. Miss Yiola Isbell, Lonoke Co., Ark.
Curtains Are Far Better Than I Expected.
Cook Seed Co —I received your Seeds and Premium
promptly. I was surprised. The Curtains are indeed
beautiful— much better than I expected, and I am cer-
tainly very proud of them. I thank you a thousand
times. Mrs. J. K. Capito, Howard Co. Mo,
Cook Seed Co., Gentlemen. I received the Seeds and am certainly well pleased with the Seeds and the man’s
Fountain Pen you sent me is just lovely. The pen alone would cost more than S3, in our local stores. Enclosed
find post oface money order of $6. for two more fountain pens and the seeds on list. H. A. Shultz, Wis.
Perfect Garden Seed Drill Premium
IS WORTHY of special notice. They are designed
especially for Home Gardens. This is one of our most
popular Premiums. Thousands are in use. They save
time, they save money, they save seed, they plant even-
er and better than by hand. They will soon save
enough to pay entire cost. What more need be said?
We give this Drill FREE and post paid for a $4.00
order. Not a single customer should miss this bargain.
We could fill a page with testimonials.
WS HAVE ONLY ROOM FOR THE FOLLOWING
Cook Seed Co.: — I am well pleased with the Seed
Drill and the Watch has given perfect satisfaction. It
keeps excellent time. My husband was just delighted.
I was certainly astonished when I received these valu-
able premiums, for they were far beyond all expectation.
All the extras pleased me.
Mrs. M. C. Cano, Catoosa Co., Ga.
Would Hot Take $10.00 Cash For $4.00 Order.
Package received. I would not take $10.00 cash for
the Drill, Seeds and Extras. Everything was in perfect
shape, i know your seeds are the best and so does
every one else who uses them, and your packets are
double size. As long as I grow fine Vegetables and
Flowers I will use your seeds, and will tell others also,
and hand out your circulars and help you all I can.
W. R. Chedester, Bucks Co., Pa.
BE SURE TO GET ONE OF THESE
TIMS AND MONEY SAVING DRILLS
The 47tli Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
Hvonderful parlor talking machine premium
GIVEN FREE FOR A $25.00 ORDER.
Of all the inventions of the Wizard Edi-
son, the Phonograph is unquestionably the
most wonderful. Our new improved ma-
chine is the culmination of long experi-
ence in the development of high-grade
Phonographs. This new automatic musi-
cal marvel is encased in a very handsome
cabinet, superbly finished, and equipped
with a superior motor.
It plays perfectly records of any make
and any size. A $150.00 machine could
not play sweeter or better. Its tone is
‘"pure silver,” loud, clear and bewitchingly
musical. It delights everyone who hears it.
These machines are truly wonders —
seeming almost super-natural. Their nat-
ural and perfect reproduction of every
sound — of singing and speaking, of laugh-
ing and crying — of jokes and quartettes —
of every kind of entertaining music almost surpasses belief As an entertainer for your entire family noth-
ing can compare with it. It will give you and your friends the greatest pleasure for many, many years. It
will immeasurably increase the joys of your home. It is almost indistructable and is so simple a child of
6 years can manage it perfectly. We give this superb Phonograph complete FREE for a $25.00 order
for anything in our catalog. We send your Phonograph with all Seeds, etc., securely boxed, postpaid
and insured. This is a Premium to be proud of. Don't miss it whatever you do. You may never again have
such a chance. We give it to introduce our “Gilt Edge” Seeds, etc. It is the biggest bargain we have ever
offered and you can get one so easy. Your children, too, can go around and take orders.
Ladies’ Solid Sliver Watch.
GIVEN AWAY FREE FOR A $7. ORDER
This lovely Solid Silver Chatelaine Watch is as beau-
tiful as an Artist’s dream. In style and finish unsur-
passed, Fine jeweled movement, A darling of a watch.
Best quality Solid Silver
Case, fancy engraved in Stem Watch
highest style of _ Art. You windy (f ll is
Stem Solid
can never wear it out.
Any lady owning this
lovely watch will certainly
be envied by her less for-
tunate friends and nabors.
We Give this Watch
FREE for a #7. order for
Seeds, etc. from our cata-
log, Get up a club.
G entlemen : I received
the watch and seeds and I
am more than pleased, it
is so beautiful I can’t keep
my eyes off of it. Every
time I look at it. It gets
prettier. Club raising is
easy. Your friend,
C. E. McCoy, Pope Co, Ark.
Silver.
Set
Gillette Safety Razor
With Outfit, Free for a $3. Order.
Gillette Safety Razors are known the world over as
one of the best ever made. Millions have been sold
for $5.00 a Set. They make
shaving a pleasure. They
shave easier than the old
fashion kind and will last
twice as long. Get a new
Gillette and get it now.
You never eaw such a
liberal offer. Our Razors
are direct from the Gill-
ette factory and guaran-
teed to be genuine.
OUR GREAT OFFER
We give Gillette Safety
Razor with Complete Out-
fit of Blades, etc.,— in ele-
gant covered Metal Case,
free for a $3.oo order for Seeds, Cinnamon Vines and
Post Cards, 2 for a $6.00 order, etc. All prepaid and
insured. This is one of our amazing bargains. Will
you please show it to all interested. Get one and
give to your best friend.
Durham -Duplex Safety Razor Given for a $3. Order.
Friends, we give away absolutely free of
cost, this genuine Durham-Duplex Safety
Razor with white American Ivory handle,
with six cutting edges. Put up in a fine
white celluloid case. This beautiful shaving
set compares v/ith any set on the market, and
our customers will make no mistake in work-
ing hard to get one free with a $3. order for
anything offered in our catalog.
We give away two good Razors, the Dur-
ham-Duplex and the Gillette shown above,
so you can take your choice of either Razor.
If you will promise to show this Premium to your friends and tell them how easy you got it,
we will send you a Big Jack Knife free of charge along with your Razor.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
I cook^sT4andy~ord¥r^she^
Saves Time, Saves Trouble, Saves Ink, Saves Mistakes.
Headquarters for the Best of Everything in Vegetables and Flowers.
Please Order Early. It is Greatly to Your Interest and to Ours.
COOK SEED CO., Seed Specialists, Watefford, M , Y,
Please write your name and address WITH INK very plainly here
Name
Post Office.
Amount Enclosed.
Ex, or
P. O. Order.
Cash
Stamps
N. Y. Drffit
or Check
Write number of Packets wanted before each Variety desired and, the price after.]
Price
Number Variety Wanted
ASPARAGUS, Packet lo cts
BEANS, (Dwarf)
Golden Eyed Wax, lo
Stringless Green Pod, lo
New Prolific Tree, lo
Mammoth Bush Eima, lo
Powell’s Prolific Pole 15
Early Prolific Pole 10
beet. Extra Early, 10
Red Beauty 10
Market Gardener’s, 5
MANGEE Tankard, 5
asparagus-beet, 10
CHUFAS, Mammoth, 10
. ...CABBAGE. Wakefield, ...10
Early Winnigstadt, 10
Danish Ballhead 10
Short-Stem Drumhead, 10
Prize Winner,. 10
Chinese Celery-Cabbage... 10
caueifeower,
Piarly Snowball 15
. ...COEEARDS, Georgia, 5
CARROT, Ox-Heart 10
New Intermediate 10
CEEERY, Mastodon, 10
White Plume, 10
CITRON, Preserving 5
NEW COFFEE SEED, 10
SWEET CORN.
Golden Giant, 15.........
New Golden Bantam, 10
Country Gentleman, 10
POP CORN, Red Beauty, 10
CUCUMBER, Pickle, 5
Eong Green Giant 10
Japanese Climbing 10
New Perfect, 10
EGG-PEANT, Earge, 10
GOURDS, Nest Pigg .10
KOHE-RABT Vienna 10
. EETTUCE, Prize Head,... 5..
^ California Cream Butter, ..10
S White Eiee Pop Corn — lo
< Excelsior Plant Food
Number Variety Wanted Price
MUSK-MEEON, Rkyford,io
Paradise Gem 10
Giant, 10
Banana, (2 feet long,) 10
Winter Pineapple, 10
Watermelon, Extra Early 5
Monte Cristo, 10
True Sugar, 10
OKRA, White Velvet, 5
ONION, Brown Beauty... 5
Earge Red Westerfield, 5
Golden Oregon 10
Prizetaker, 10.........
Giant Garganus, 10
P.\RSNIP, Sugar 10
Cook’s Perfection 10
PARSEEY, Curled, 5
PEANUTS, Early, 10
PEAS, Premium Gem, ...10
Ever Bearing 10
Mammoth Melting Sugar, 10
PEPPER, New Giant, 10
PUMPKIN, .Sweet Potato 10
King of Mammoths, 10
RADISH, Early Icicle,. ..10
New Rosey Gem, ....10
White Chinese Winter 10
New Chartier 10
GIANT RHUBARB, 5
SAESIFY, Veg. Oyster.....io
.SPINACH, 5
SQUASH, New Faxon, ...10
Summer Crookneck, 5
Improved Hubbard, 10
SUNEEOWER, Giant, ...10
TOMATO, New Tree, 10
Golden Queen, 10
Mammoth Ignotum 10
World Beater, 10
Golden Husk, 10
TURNIP, Early Milan, ...10
RUTA-BAGA, Yellow, 5
VEG. PEACHES 10
Boston Marrow Squash. lo
Cook’s New Golden Cream
Number Variety Wanted Priced
SAGE, Broad Eeaved, 5
POTATO SEED, 15
HORSE RADISH SETS
Extra Earlu Six Weeks Potatoes
40 Hills, Extras, etc. ,...$1.00
100 Hills, Extras, etc.,...|2.oo
280 Hills, Extras, etc., ...$5. 00
Chinese Cinnamon Vines
strong Tubers, 25
Strong Tubers, $1.00
Everbearing Strawberries
strong Plants,
50 Strong Plants,
Hew Post Cards-Best of ftll
20 Sunshine Cards, 15
20 Temperance. 7.. 15
FLOWER SEEDS
ALL PACKETS DOUBLE SIZE.
asters, 30 Varieties,... 10
BIRD OF PARADISE, 10
butterfly flower,. 10
CARNATIONS, 10
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ...10
COSMOS, ...10......
DIANTHUS, or Pinks, 10
......EVERLASTINGS 10
ICE PLANT, 10
MORNING GLORY, 10
NASTURTIUM, Dwarf,.. 5
. ...NASTURTIUM. Tall, 5
PANSIES, Extra Mixed, .10
PANSIES, 50 Giants 20
PETUNIAS, 40 Varieties, 10
PlIEOX. 20 Colors 10
PRIZE POPPIES ..10
SALVIA SPEENDENS 10
SWEET AEYSSUM, 5
SWEET PEAS, 10
SWEET WILLIAM, 5
VERBENA, All Colors,.. 10
ZINNIA. 20 Varieties 5
MIXED FLOWERS, 25
Early White Peachblow Potato
40 Hills, Extras, etc. --$1.00
100 Hills, Extras, etc. -■ $2.00
160 Hills, Extras, etc. ••$3.00 -
280 Hills, Extras, etc. --$5.00 ^
Musk'meh^ I Hills, Extras, etc. -$15.00 )
Cut off this Order Sheet along this line and make out you order on it and mail to us. We will mail you more Order Sheets and Catalogs if wanted
EXTRA LARGE TWO YEAR OLD cmNAMON VIJfE TUBERS, WILL MAKE ENORMOUS VINES IN FEW WEEKS, AT DOUBLE ABOVE PRICES.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
“It Always Pays to Make Home Beautiful.’*
Beautiful, Fragrant, Cinnamon Vines.
DIOSCOREA BATATAS.) The Most Desirable Easily Grown Climber In the World,
BEAUTIFUL LEAVES, DAINTY FLOWEKS, EXQUISITE PERFUME.
THE CINNAMON VINE from the Oriental land, is
one of the most beautiful of climbers ; the most fra-
grant the, easiest to grow, and easiest to sell. No home
is complete without them. They will surround your
windows, porch, and trellises with a profusion of vines,
covered with heart-shaped leaves, and sweet scented
flowers, making them ‘ perfect bowers of beauty.”
for planting etc., accompany the roots. ^*^■8**^
Extras Free— 5 pkts. of fine NOVELTIES worth
60 cts., given with EVEEY $i.oo order for Cinnamon
Vines same as with seeds, Club Kaisers, be sure
and mention this when taking orders.
153“ BB S'TJEE AND BEAD THESE TESTIMONIALS. .=Kl
Lydia and M. J. Clarkson, Authors of “Art Studies,” -writes: —
“No vine ever gave us so much continued pleasure. The growth
is truly phenominal. Its handsome foliage and fragrant blossoms
commend it to every lover of flowers. If its merits were more
■widely known you would he overwdielmed -with orders.”
Mrs. C. Hensley, Putnam Co., Ind., -writes “The Cinnamon
Vines gre-w 30 feet last year and was the talk and wonder of the
naborhood. I can truly say I have bought seeds of a good many
firms and none areas good as yours.”
W. Weeks, Worcester Co., Mass., -writes:— “I enclose an order
for 100 more roots. I sold the last lot in fifteen minutes.”
,^'asg** MY BEST testimonial is that I have sold roots to near-
“S*^**" ■' ' ly every one of my nabors for miles around,
who have seen my idnes and noted their wondrous perfume while
passing along the highway.
Beautiful, Hardy, Entranciugly Fragrant.
Grows in Shade or Sun— Wet or Dry.
No Insects Ever Trouble— No Winter Harms,
Once Planted Will Grow a Lifetime.
tSAVES Ana blossoms
iVSONEY FOR ALL,
OrValuable Premiums Free.
NOTHING sells like Cinnamon
Vines. No pleasanter business than / ||WO \
taking orders. Ladies are delight- mm V'
ed, and even children make BIG / \ |f |H \ »
WAGES. Everybody wants them. '
You have only to show this picture —
and description ( or Colored Plate / | P
sent with every order ) and tell the ' | ||
low prices, to get an order almost i | |M 2
every time for 5 to 10 roots or more. 1 1 Im M
i Want 25,000 persons to get up ' i H '
clubs for these charming vines ( and ||i|M
for all my other seeds). If you pur- ffi Hin
chase roots by the hundred and li-ii |i' V, ?
work for cash, you can surely make §j ||i J \
53.00 to $10.00 per day. Many exceed || ii f j
this. You double your money on B U ' /
all sales. Only think of it. ||| ft
If You work for Premiums you ii |ffl
will do even better, for every Premi- II 1®
um is a marvel of value, Everybody S /
wonders how I can give so much, but -,^||| ® "y
we grow our own Vines and buy Pre- Am'llSi {
miums iu enormous quantities at ^ IBP ^ |
rock-bottom prices and give you the /'Wf ( )
benefit. Choose the premium you Z' F" \ ‘
want, then shorv this page to your / ''WM \
friends and take their order and in a j 1)^ 1
very few hours you can secure the / ^ \
Premiums wanted. Please get up / ^
your Club-order now, /
awaggg*- A IB my Premiums are ex- / if '/i 11®
— — tra quality— wonder- ml
ful bargains. I hope to send a num- 4||H
ber to you. If however you cannot |l
get me a club, do not fail to show l|, ,|iii||piWi
this to some club agent or bright 1! d
boy or girl who is as smart as my llll"
25.000 club raisers have been. | ■ |
Every Parent should eneour- /||i| p
age their children to work for my ( Hf
Premiums, for it will aid them to 1 m.
become successful citizens. The / m.n-. .JMijy
benefit to them will be beyond ail "
estimate. Give them your own or-
der to start them, then bid them go
ahead and they will do the rest. cin. vine tuber,
£ To Ladies Everywhere- ^
This ^
They will grow 30 feet in a single season. Nothing
like them in the world. Their abundant blossoms per-
fume the air for a long distance with the most delic-
ious fragrance. No words can describe their exquisite
perfume. No one should miss planting these charm-
ing vines. They will be a constant delight to every
lover of vines and flowers. They stand the hardest
winter, and burst forth in all their beauty very early
in the spring. 'When first introduced from China, the
tubers sold for $10.00 each,
CINNAMON VINES may also be gro-wn indoors in
winter, and make lovely window climbers.
Prices of Cinnamon Vine Tubers or Roots.
Extra Quality Headquarters Stock.
I offer Extra Selected tubers at Eeduced prices.
4®=" Order at once. Tubers will keep anywhere in per-
fect condition till planting time. Every order includes
“Extra^” Colored Plates, Circulars, and Catalog.
3 TUBERS SAFELY BOXED AND MAILED POSTPAID FOR 25c,
7 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
15 « “ “ “ “ « $1.00
!00 « “ “ “ “ “ “ $6.00
4®“ EXTRA LARGE 2 YEAR OLD TUBERS— will make you
ENORMOUS VINES in a few weeks just Double Above
Prices. Order Your Supply Early.
Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Plant any
time from earliest spring to July I5th. Full directions
Lady club-agents succeed the best of all,
year club raising will be easier than ever. ..
packets are so large, and I give so many nice ex-
tras that all will be glad to order of you. My flower
Packets are fully 3 times usual size. Nothing like
them ever seen before. Everybody wants them. W
All are extra high grade. You have no idea how W
easily clubs are raised, 4®=" Bead Mrs. Stetsman’s y
letter elsewhere. I could fill my Catalog with
testimonials from delighted patrons.
SF YOU CAN NOT get up a club, please be
kind enough to show this to some one who would
like an elegant wa tch. Gold Fountain Pen, fine «>
Camera, Sewing Machine, Bicycle, Organ. ( or a cb
pocket full of “pin money” )— without costing one
cent. I send everything prepaid bv mail. I will ib
look for your order soon. A, T. COOK.
The 47th Annual Catalog of COOK SEED CO., Waterford, N. Y. Get up a Club Order.
Early White Peachblow Potato.
We believe the new Early White Peachblow Potato to be the Most Wonderful Potato that
has been introduced in years. The Greatest Money-Maker for everyone. The Finest,'
the Prettiest, Smoothest and Best Flavored Early Potato for Home or Market.
No potato that we have ever grown is more proof against Drought and Blight or Second Growth. It has never
failed to produce a large crop of extra early potatoes. The plant is dwarf and compact, maturing in advance of
the Early Ohio, Early Bose or Early Freeman. IJ; never has had the blight. The tubers are round, slightly
flattened. White skin, free from disease. Flesh, white and mealy ; no cores or black specks. Quality unsur-
passed. One poiot alone which makes it valuable is that it never has taken second growth, and resists drought
better than any otlier potato that we have ever grown. North, South, East and West, Extra Early Peachblow
always came off with flying colors. We again advise early orders, for while our stock is more than usual, the
demand for Early White Peachblow is simply astonishing.
We have never known of a new variety scoring such a phenomenal success in every way. Everything that we
said about this grand new potato has been fully corroborated by hundreds of farmers and village gardeners I
that have tested it and proven its great worth. They praise it in the most satisfactory manner and prove that
all the nice things Ave said Avere not an exaggeration, but honest facts.
The above 19 acre field produced 3807 barrels, equal to 550 bushels to the
acre and was fertilized with American Agricultural Chemical Co. Fertilizers.
These Potatoes are
worth their Aveight in
gold to any person who
Avislies to grow an ex-
tra nice eating and
very productive Potato;
The U. S. Dept, of
Agriculture says : Don’t
to plant your
out seed, but
New Seed
will be re-
a hundred per
And Ave would
say to you, plant some
of our Northern groAvn
Seed Potatoes and you
will groAV a bumper
crop of the best Poia-
toes you ever had.
Grown in the North,
hardy, smooth, sure
crop and are heavy
yielders.
Big money in rais-
ing Potatoes. This
variety never fails to
make a big crop.
Special Seed Collec-
tion free with every
order. Don’t miss it.
One thing that impressed our customers more than anytliing else Ave said, was the assertion we made, that it
was far superior in quality to the old-fashioned PeachblOAAV the potato so dear to the hearts of the farmers and
gardeners of tAventy-live or thirty years ago. We know you want to make more money 911 jonr potato crop.
. We kiiOAV you Avant towaise a quality of potatoes that are good to eat, that are much supermr to the wet, soggy
5 sort that you liaA^e been growing for some time from run-out seed, then you should plant Early i eaehDlow.
Try the Early White Peachblow. Plant freely of this great variety this_ season, "We only wish we had
more space to tell you all the good things about ibis great potato; but Iia" planting some yourself you AVill gam
first hand knowledge of this great money-making potato. It is 3 to 5 days earlier than nny other early potato.
It Avill out-yield all others. It is superior in quality to any other potato groAvn to our knowledge.
As to quality, they are the equal to its namesake, the old fashioned Peachblow. Do you remember how
Mother used to cook them with their jackets on ? How nice and mealy they Avere and how they AAmuld melt m
yonrmouili. My ! hut they Avere'clelicions, but they were a late potato and ran out quite awhile ago, but the
Early white peachblow is equal in quality and Ims the adA^antago of being early and a great yieider
and an absolutely sure cropper. We guarantee that you Avill make no mistake in planting a good supply.
We cut good size pieces from large potatoes for the hills. EA'ery one is sure to grow and to yield bonntifullA'.
Send us your order at once and mention the date when you want the potatoes sent to you ad ciiarges prepaid.
In appearance it is similar to the old fashioned Peachblow. An oblong shape, some nearly round, smooth
skin and free from rust or scab. In color it is Avhite, shallow eyes and is equal to its namesake when at its best,
but lias the advantage of being earlier, Avliieh is certainly a great advantage, for 111 many localities early pota-
toes do so much better than late ones. So you see onr nev/ potato is the coming potato and you should not fad
to order a good supply of thisnew seed because we honestly helieA:e A"oii will be more than pi^eased and anotner
no other kind. We will ship to you by Parcel Post all ciiarges prepaid at the following prices :
Seed for 220 Large Hills &Seed Collection $4.
“ 280 “ “ “ $'5'
year will plant no '
Seed for 40 Large Hills & Seed Collection $1.
100 “ “ “ $2.
“ 160 “ “ “ S3.
Tlie above prices include your choice of Premiums in Catalog. If none are wanted, you can deduct one-third.
1000
S15.
Address, COOK SEEO CO., Waterford, N. Y. \
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