1905

4 Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.

[Image: Golden cluster wax.]

Pole Beans.

[Image: Lazy wife's pole bean]

Plant from five to six seeds in each hill, about two inches deep; one quart will plant 100 to 150 hills.

Golden Cluster Wax. - In our tests this has proved to be the best of all wax pole beans. It bears profusely its long golden-yellow pods in clusters of three to six from bottom to top of pole, and continues in bearing from the middle of July till the vines are cut by frost. Pods are seven to eight inches long and three-fourths of an inch in width. Although the pods are quite flat they are fleshy, absolutely stringless and very brittle, while their flavor is delicious. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c; by express 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.

Old Homestead. - Enormously productive, the pods hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of pole. It is entirely stringless and the pods are of a silvery green color, and cook tender and melting. Can be grown with corn to good advantage. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by express, 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00.

Lazy Wife. - The most popular pole beau and we presume it derived its name from its immense productiveness and from the ease with which they are cooked. The pods, of medium dark-green color, are produced in great abundance, and measure from 4 1/2 to 6 inches in length. The pods rretain their rich, tender and stringless qualities until nearly ripe. The white beans make excellent winter shell beans. Pkt 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c; by express, 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.

Cut Shorts. - The old-fashloned corn field bean, so popular and often so difficult to obtain. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c; by express. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.60.

Mammoth Horticultural Pole. - Of the highest quality as a shell bean, either green or dry. Pods very large, bright carmine, lightly streaked. Very handsome and exceedingly productive. Deserves more general planting. The mammoth pods ate striped and splashed with exceedingly brilliant crimson. The beans when fit for use are of immense size Pkt. 5c; 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c; by express, 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.

White Dutch Case Knife. - Yields an immense crop of handsome flat white beans of excellent flavor. Cook easily. Pkt 5c, 1/2 pt. 15 c, qt. 50c; by express, 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00

Scarlet Runner. - Valuable for table use or as an orgamental vine. Okt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c; by express, 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25

King of the Garden Lima. - An improvement on Large White Lima, and the finest stock for market gardeners. When not closely planted they set their pods early at the bottom of the pole, producing a continuous bloom and fruitage to the end of the season. Pods of enormous size. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, by express, 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00

Yard Long - Produces pods 18 inches long. Pkt. 10c.

[Image: Extra early crimson globe beet.]

Beets. One ounce sows 50 feet of drill. Four to six pounds for one acre.

For early sow as soon as ground can be worked, and about the middle of May for general crop, in drills fifteen inches apart and one and a half inches deep. As the plants grow, thin to six inches in drills. The young plants make excellent greens. The seed will germinate more freely if soaked in warm water twenty-four hours before sowing; but care should be taken not to plant soaked seed in very dry ground. The soil should be a deep, rich loam,

Market Gardener's. - The best and most profitable table variety See description with novelties. Pkt. 5c, oz.10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Early Crimson Globe. - A very early variety, generally of spherical form. Skin very smooth and it is as handsome a beet as you can imagine. It is of a rich, deep red color shading to purple. Cooks readily, is very fine grained, and flavor cannot be surpassed. When cooked it is of even, dark color throughout and is attractive when on the table. Of uniform shape and size, desirable for selling in bulk in the fall as well as for bunching. Pkt. 5c. oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Crosby's Improved Egyptian. -- We believe this to be the earliest variety in existence. It was originated by Josiah Crosby, a market gardener for the Boston market, and is a great improvement on the old Egyptian, being thicker, handsomer and more regular in shape, smooth, with very small tops and small tap root. It is of perfect shape when small, thus making a good beet for bunching, and is very popular with the Des Moines market gardeners for this purpose. Pkt. 5c, oz. 1[illegible]c, 1/4 lb- 25c, lb. 75c.

Edmand's Blood Turnip. - One of the best varieties grown for main crop. The roots are round, very smooth, of good marketable size, and for table use no variety can excel it in fine quality. The skin is deep blood red; the flesh is also dark red and sweet and tendet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.

Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip. - An improvement on the old Early Blood Turnip. Globe-shape, deep blood-red color, fine flavor, a good keeper for main crop. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Eclipse. - This variety has become exceedingly popular and is one of the best early sorts. It possesses all the qualities requisite in a first-class beet, and is of a uniform, globular shape. The roots are of a bright glossy red, fine grained and delicious with none of that earth flavor so objectlonable in many varieties. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.

Cooper's Market King. - A half long variety and will therefore yield more bushels per acre than any round sort. The roots are very symmetrical and of fine dark red color and very solid. Flesh is also dark red, fine grained and of excellent quality. It is a quick grower and also one of the best keeping sorts. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.

Long Dark Blood. - Our stock of this standard variety is greatly improved, smooth, sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Swiss Chard, or Silver Beet. - A distinct vegetable and much superlor to the common beet for greens, which are produced soon after planting. Later the leaves grow very large with broad, flat, beautiful white, wax-like stems and midribs, which may be cooked like asparagus. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

[Image: Crosby's Improved Egyptian.]

Remember that we prepay the postage on beans at the quart rate.

Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 5

Mangel & Sugar Beets for Stock

Extensively grown in all parts of the country for feeding stock. Sow in April or May in drills three feet apart, and thin to ten inches in the row. If your soil is deep and mellow, try the long varieties; if shallow the round kinds will do better. No crop pays the farmer and stockraiser better than mengels; 1,000 bushels to the acre is an ordinary yield, while, with good culture, 2,339 bushels have been grown to this amount of ground. It costs, counting labor, use of ground and everything, less than $50 to raise an acre of mangels and gather and store them. This, for an ordinary yield, is a cost of only five cents per bushel. They make the cheapest of foods for all kinds of live stock - horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, etc. Easily grown, and they help to keep stock in good condition and free from disease. Dairymen claim that a bushel of mangels and a bushel of corn are worth more than two bushels of corn. Full directions for culture and storing mangels, will be sent on application. Use five pounds of seed to an acre.

[Image: Mammoth golden giant, Klein-Wanzleben sugar beet, Golden tankard, Champion yellow globe, Dignity; A most valuable acquisition; A novelty of sterling merit]

Collection of Mangels.

Qne ounce each of the nine varieties of Mangels and Sugar Beets for 40c. 1/4 lb. of each $1.00, 1 lb. of each $3.00, postpaid. or $2.40 by express.

Mammoth Golden Giant. - An improvement on the long yellow mangel, being of considerably greater size, more than half above ground and of a more grayish or rather russet yellow color. Remarkably even in shape, rather elongated, of vigorous growth; it has a fine neck and a very smooth skin. Flesh white, firm and sweet; much liked by cattle. In short a magnificent root, easily lifted from the ground, producing enormous crops. Excellent keepers; yields 40 to 60 tons per acre. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 45c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.35.

Champion Yellow Globe. - Finest type of Yellow Globe in cultivation. Roots immense size, fine shape, small tap root, neat top. Flesh being very firm and fine grained, renders it an excellent keeping variety. Well adapted to shallow soils. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c. By express, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.25.

Red Globe. - Like the above except color. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c lb. 50c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.50.

Golden Tankard. - Best for fairy farming. Considered indispensable among English dairy farmers; it is stated by them they are able to obtain a higher price for milk when feeding cows on Golden Tankard. Sheep thrive on it. Other mangels cut white, circled with yellow, but Golden Tankard is of a rich, deep yellow throughout. Early, hardy and a heavy cropper, for on account of its shape the roots can be left standing close in rows. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb 15c, lb. 45c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.25.

Danish Sugar Beet. - An improved strain of the White French Red Top sugar beet which is wonderfully fine for feeding to milch cows and will add greatly to the milk production as well as to its richness. It will yield as much or more than any variety of mangels, and we consider it superior to any variety of sugar beet or mangel for feeding. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c. By express 5 lbs. $2.00.

Last year I grrew a Dignity Mangel which weighed 35 lbs., and they were the finest I ever raised. -Mrs. A. Hickman, Mecca, Mo.

L.C. Johnson says that he grew only half an acre of mangels last year and after selling $20.00 worth to a neighboring fairyman he had sufficient left to feed four cows all winter.

Dignity Long Red. - An improvement on the Mammoth Long Red by careful selection for a number of years. It stands head and shoulders above all other varieties of mangels; unequaled for yielding and feeding qualities. Grows to a very large size, weighing from 20 to 50 lbs., and will yield 50 tons per acre with ordinary good cultivation. Thousands of western farmers have grown our Dignity Mangel and call it the most profitable farm crob they ever tried. If you want large crops of large mangels of good quality, don't fail to try Dignity. It is very uniform, smooth, and of good shape. Should be grown on deep, loose soil. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 35c. By express, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.15.

Klein-Wanzleben. - Also caled Diamond Sugar Beet. This variety is cultivated on a larger scale for the beet sugar factories than any other as it usually yields 15 to 20 per cent of sugar. Root is of shape shown in our illustration, straight, tapering evenly and somewhat screw shape. Our seed is grown in Germany from beets which were tested as to per cent of sugar before setting out. The heavy per cent of sugar makes it also of great value for feeding. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 35c. By express, 5 lbs. #1.15.

Giant Half Sugar Mangel. - This new hybrid betwewen the Mammoth Red Mangel and Sugar Beet, is of superior merit. Described with novelities. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 45c. By express, 5lbs. $1.50.

Lane's Imperial Sugar Beet. - An improvement on the White French Sugar Beet. Recommended as hardier, mor eproductive, yielding 35 to 40 tons to the acre. It is much larger than the above varieties and will yield more, but it is not as sweet, containing only about 8 per cent of sugar. Greatly liked for stock feeding, and preferred by some to mangels. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15 c, lb. 35c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.10.

$10.00 Prize

We will pay $10.00 cash for the heaviest Mangel or Sugar Beet grown from our seed this year. Report to be sent in by October 15th.

Sugar cane is one of the most profitable crops for winter forage.

6 Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.

[Image: Extra Early Express]

Cabbage.

One ounce of seed will produce about 3,000 plants. Set 8,000 to 10,000 plants to the acre of the early sorts and 6,000 of the large, late kinds.

No vegetable is of greater importance than cabbage, and compared with the cost of seed, there is more money in growing cabbage than any other crop. It does not pay, therefore, to take any risk in buying seed. We have had our cabbage seed grown by the same growers for about fifteen years past, and it has proven of uniformly excelleut quality. We pride ourselves on having the purest and highest grade of cabbage seed that is offered, or at least it is surpassed by none. The cabbage requires a deep, rich soil and thorough working to insure good, solid, full-sized heads. Sow early sorts in hotbeds in February or March, or in open ground as soon as it can be worked. Later or winter crops in May or June, in shallow drills six inches apart. When the plants are four inches high transplant to richly manured ground; the early kinds two feet apart; the fall and winter varieties three feet apart. Packets coutain about 800 seeds. Slug Shot and tobacco dust are used to kill insects and worms.

Alpha. - By far the earliest flat-headed variety in existence. It is remarkably solid, rivaling the Danish Ballhead, and is wonderfully free from the loose, superfluous leaves. lts compact growth permits setting plants in rows 24 inches apart and 10 to 12 inches in the row. It has a short stem, and the heads are 6 to 8 inches in diameter, just the right size to sell well on the early market. Very popular with the market gardeners. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 1/4 lb. 90c, lb. $3.00.

Extra Early Express. - The earliest variety in existence and produces rather small heads long before the Jersey Wakefield or other varieties have begun to head up. Heads are solid, have few outside leaves and can therefore be planted very close and yield large crop. It is a most important variety for the gardener. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.75.

Early Jersey Wakefield. - Considered by many gardeners the very best first early variety. Of large size for so early a kind and is certainly deserving of its great popularity. Heads hard and solid, and have few outside leaves. Our seed is the highest quality, American grown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 70c, lb. $2.00.

Iowa Seed Co.'s Short-Stem Drumhead. - Our improved and selected strain of this popular variety has greatly pleased thousands of our customers during the past ten years, and so greatly has it improved during the time that we have had it that in a large field it is almost impossible to find a head that is not solid and well formed. For sureness in heading, regularity of growth and even, large, solid heads, it far surpasses any other strain of late cabbage which we have seen, ripening evenly with very short stem or stalk, and large, thick heads of silky fine quality and of best keeping properties. It is almost all head and always sure to head. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.00.

Premium Flat Dutch. - This old and well known variety is still the standard winter kind. Its heads are large and solid; also first-class as a keeper. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

All Seasons. - (Vandergaw.) - This most excellent variety is as early as Henderson's Summer and makes considerably larger and harder heads. Excellent to plant late, the thickness of head making it a captial sort for keeping through the winter. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.00.

Improved Danish Ballhead, Or Hollander. - This variety has been selected and perfected for more than fifty years by the Danish gardeners. They prize it so highly that they grow it almost exclusively for winter cabbage, and annually export large quantities to London, Paris and other cities. Heads round, good sized, solid and very fine grained. Has but few outer leaves. A good keeper; tender and crisp, with but little waste heart. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 1/4 lb. 60x, lb. $2.00.

Perfection Drumhead Savoy. - The Savoy or curly cabbages are of much finer flavor and quality than the best of other kinds. The heads are large and finely curled; an excellent keeper. Pk. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.00.

Luxemberg Hard Head. - An excellent variety which is in great favor on the Chicago market. It makes a medium size, very hard head of extraordinary weight. Owing to its remarkable keeping properties it is the best spring seller. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 1lb. 75c, lb. $2.50.

Fottler's Improved Brunswick. - Excellent for summer and fall use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.20.

Surehead. - This popular cabbage is rightly named Surehead, and never fails to make a remarkably fine, solid, large head, with a few outer leaves. It is a strong, vigorous grower, ripening late. A firstclass main crop variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c, lb. $2.00.

Marblehead Mammoth. - Largest of all; have attained a weight of ninety pounds, and the heads of such size that they would not go into a two-bushel basket. Good for exhibition at fairs, but too loose headed for main crop. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50.

Mammoth Red Rock. - A market gardener's strain of unusual size, weight and color. Its handsome appearance, large size, solidity and good quality will make it very desirable to all who like red cabbage. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50.

[Image: New Short-Stem Drumhead Cabbage. The best... main crop variety.]

New Washington Wakefield. - This grand variety is a trifle later than the Jersey Wakefield, but produces much larger heads which are of perfect pyramidal shape, very solid and with few outside leaves. Grows remarkably uniform, the heads even size and shape. Unequaled for market or family garden. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 85c, lb. $2.75.

Henderson's Early Summer. - Ten or twelve days later than the Jersey Wakefield, but much larger in size and will stand on the ground much longer without bursting open. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c, lb. $2.00.

Henderson's Succession. - An excellent variety of large size with a flat head, maturing in midsummer. It can be brought to perfection in the hottest weather or may be used as an autumn or winter crop. The heads average ten to twelve inches in diameter, but are frequently larger. The average weight per head is about twelve pounds. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 80c, lb. $2.50.

Winningstadt. - Cone-shaped summer sort; when sown late it is good for fall and even winter; a sure header and good keeper. Seed is vert scarce this year. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.25.

Burpee's AllHead Early. - At least a week earlier than any of the various strains of eary summer cabbage, and fully one-third larger, of perfect shape and the most solid variety on the list. Originated with C. L. Allen, who has grown cabbage seed many years for us, but our competitor, Mr. Burpee, was fortunate in securing the entire stock of it the first year of its introduction, and gave it his name. However, we can most heartily recommend it to our customers. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c, lb. $2.00.

Cabbage Plants...

Of our own growing, from best quality of seeds. See pt. 22

[Image: Allhead Early.]

Use the Planet Jr. Horse Hoe to cultivate your cabbage crop

NEW WASHINGTON WAKEFIELD.- This grand variety Is a trifle later than the Jersey Wakefield, but produces much larger heads wbich taiuly deserving of Its great popularity. Heads bard and solid, aud have are of perfect pryamidal shape, very solid aud with few outside leaves. few outside leaves. Our seed Is the highest quality, American grown. Grows remarkably uniform, the beads even size Rnd shape. Uuequaled Pkt. oc, oz. 20c, J4 lb. 70c, lb.$2.00. for market or family garuou. Pkt. oc, oz. 25c, J4 lb. 85c, lb. $2. 75. IOWA SEED CO.'S SHORT-STEM HENDERSON'S EARLY SUMMER.DRUMHEAD.-Our Improved and Tim or twehodays later than theJerselected strain of this popular val'sey Wakefield, but much larger lety has greatly pleased thousIn size acd will stand on the ands of our customers during ground much longer without the past ten years, and so bursthlll' op(ln .. Pkt. be, oz. 20c, J4 lb. 6Uc, lb. $2.00. 1 greatly bas it Improved during the time that we KENDER S 0 N'S have bad It that In a SUCCESSION . - At, excellent vartety of htrge field It is almost large size with a flat Impossible to find a bead maturlug In mid · head that Is not solid and well formed. For summer. ' I t can be brought to perfectiou sureness In head iug, In the hottest weather regularity of growth and eve11J larget solid or may be used as an heads, it rar surpasses autumn or wlntercrop. The heads average ten any other strain of late cabbage which we to twelve Inches In dlameter, but are fre have seen, rlp£nlllg quently larger. The evenly with very short stem or stalk, and average weight per bead Is about twelve large, thick heads of sillty fine quality and pounds. Pitt. oc, oz. 2oc, J4lb. soc, lb. $2.50. of best keeping propWINNINGST ADT erties. It Is almost ali -Cor:,e-shaped sununer bead and always sure to head. Pkt. 5r, oz. sort· when <own late 20c, J4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.00. It Is good for fall and PREMIUM FLAT even winter; a sure DUTCH.- This old and ,. header and good keep, well known variety Ia N E w ~ er. Seed Is very sea rce still the standard winthis year. Pkl. 5c, oz. terkind rtsheadsare loc,J4lb.31\c,lb.$1.2i'>. large and solid; also BURPEE'S ALLfirst-class as akeepn CABBAGE. HEAD EARLY.-At Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, '4. lb . least a weelc earlier 50c, lb. $1.50. "" than any of the various strains of early summer cabALL SEASONS.-(Vaiidergaw.l - Thls most excellent bage, aud fully one-third ~arger, bf perfect shape and variety is as early as Henderson 's Summer aud malces the most solid variety on the list. Originated with c L considerably larger and harder heads. Excellent to plant Allen, who has grown cabl.>age seed many years for 'us' late, the thickness of head making:.~ a capital sort for keepbut our competitor, Mr. Eurpee, was fortunate In secur: log through the winter. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, ),.lb . 65c,lb. $~.00. ing the entire stock of It the first year of its lntrodncIl\IPROVED DANISH BALLHEAD Or Hollander.-This variety tlon. and ga>e It his name. · /However, we can most he:)-rtily recommend has been selected and perfected for morJ than fifty years by the Danish it to our customers. Pkt oc, oz. 20c, J4 lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. gardener;;. They prize It so highly that they grow It almost exclusively for winter cal.>bage, and annually export large quantities to London,~~,._,.~,_...,..,...,...,_~,__.........,...,.~ Parlsandothercitles. Heads round, good sized, solid and very fine! grained. Has but few outer leaves. A good keeper; tender and crisp, with but little waste heart. Pkt. oc, oz. 30c,%. lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. Of our own PERFECTION DRUMHEAD SAVOY.-'fhe Sa.voy or curly cab· growing, from bages are of much finer flavor and quality than the hest of other ltlnds. best Quality of The beads are large and finely curled; an excellent keeper. Plct. 5c, ) seeds. Seep. 22 oz. 20c, '4. lb. 65c, lb $~ . 00. , LUXEMBEBG HARD HEAD.-An excellent variety which is in great favor on the Chicago marlcet. It makes a medium size, very bard head of extraordin><rY weight. Owing to Its remarkal'>le keeping properties It Is the !.>est spring seller. Plct. 5c, oz. 25c. J4 lb . 75c, lb. $2.50. FOTTLER'S IMPROVED BRUNSWICK.- Excellent for sumn,er and fall use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, >«lb. SC.C, lb. $1 20. SUREHEAD.-Thls popular cabbage Is rightly named Surehead, and never falls to mal<e a remarkably line. solid, large head , with few outer leaves. It is a strong, vigorous grower, ripening late. A firstclass main crop variety Pkt. 5c, ruo. 20c, J4 lb. 60c. lb. $2.00. MARBLEHEAD MAMMOTH.-Largest of all ; have attained a weight of ninety pound~. and the heads of such size that they would not go Into a two-bushel basket. GQOd for exhibition at fairs, b11t too loose headed for main crop. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, J4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. ' MAMMOTH RFU ROCK.-A ma rket gardener's strain of unusmtl size, weight aad color. Its handsome appearance, large size, solidity and good qua.llty will malm it very desirnble to nll who like red cab· bage. Pkt. 5c. oz. 25c, )~ lb. 75c, lb. $2.ii0.

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[Image: Henderson'sEarly Snowball Cauliflower.]

Cauliflower.

One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.

One of the most delicious of vegetables. Any soil that will grow cabbage will grow caultllower, as their requirements are quite similar. Culture same as cabbage except that they need a cool and moist atmosphere and should be watered during dry weather. As the flower heads appear, the large leaves should be broken down over them to shield them from the sun and rain.

Henderson's Early Snowball. - Throughout the country this is considered not only the earliest of all cauliflowers, but it is more certain to make a head than any other sort. Its dwarf habit and short outer leaves allow it to be planted as close as eighteen to twenty inches apart each way, thus making it especially valuable to market gardeners. Our stock is extra choice and cannot be excelled. It is grown in the locality where this variety originated, by a grower whom we believe to be the best in the world. Per pkt. 15c, 1/4 oz. 75c, oz. $2.50.

Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt. - Valuable for forcing. A very popular variety in Europe and with eastern gardeners. First quality. Pkt. 10c, 1/4 oz. 60c, oz. $2.00.

Early Paris. - Well-known small variety which usually proves quite satisfactory. Have made price low this year so that all can try this excellent vegetable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 50c.

Lenormand's. - There is considerable call in this market for a late variety of cauliflower, and in the Lenormand's we have just what is wanted. It is of large size and produces well formed heads of excellent quality. Pkt. 5, oz. 60c.

Cauliflower Plants. - See list of vegetable plants.

Collards.

One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.

Collards are largely used as "greens" in some parts of the country, especially South. They are a form of the cabbage, bearing new leaves as the old ones are pulled off.

Georgia. - The most satisfactory for general use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb, 30c, lb. $1.00.

Cress, or Pepper Grass.

One ounce will sow about 16 square feet.

Early Curled. - A well-known salad. Sow early and in intervals during the season. Cover seeds lightly. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c.

True Water. - Sow the seeds along the border of running water and cover lightly. Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c.

Dandelion.

Improved Thick Leaved. - A greatly improved sort bearing large leaves very early, which make excellent greens. Sow early in the spring in drills 18 inches apart; thin to 5 inches in the rows and cultivate well; they will be fit for cutting the next spring. The seed we offer is from carefully selected stocks. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

[Image: Danvers Half Long]

Carrots.

[Image: Oxheart Carrot.]

One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 3 or 4 pounds for one acre.

This is an indispensable root for the farm and is deserving of more general cultivation. Well managed, there is no crop pays better and most farmers would find an acre or so desirable. Carrots form a nutritious, succulent food in the winter for cattle, horses, sheep and pigs. For early crop, sow in spring as soon as the ground can be worked, in drills fifteen inches apart covering one-half inch; thin plants to three or four inches apart in the row. For field culture rows should be of sufficient distance to admit of use of a horse cultivator; sow seed from the middle of April to the first of June. A light sandy loam, deeply tilled, is best, but as carrot seed is slow to germinate, extra precautions should be used to firm the soil after sowing. An average yield is 800 to 1,000 bushels per acre.

Early Scarlet Horn. - The favorite extra early variety. Very early; color orange-scarlet, fine grained and agreeable flavor. Tops small, has a short, stump-shaped root; grows well in shallow soil. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Oxheart, or Guerande. - We do not hesitate to call this the most valuable variety in existence. It is intermediate between the Half-Long and the Horn varieties, attaining a diameter of 3 to 4 inches at the neck, of beautiful shape and rich orange color. Where other varieties require digging it is easily pulled. It will produce roots as early as any variety and continues of the best quality all season. Fine for hogs and other stock and has yielded 1,200 bu. per acre. Cut tops with scythe and pull roots with potato hooks. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c , lb. 75c.

Danvers. - Is in form about midway between the Long Orange and Shorthorn class, growing generally with a stump root. It is of a rich, dark orange color, grows to a large size, is smooth, and the flesh very close in texture with little core. It is a first-class carrot for all soils, and it is claimed that under good cultivation it will yield the greatest weight per acre with the smallest length of root of any grown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 65c.

Improved Long Orange. - One of the most desirable for either garden or field culture. It grows to a large size, fair specimens averaging twelve inches in length, and three inches in diameter at the top. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Large White Vosges, or Improved Short White. - A stock variety which is enormously productive and easy to harvest. Color light green above ground, white below; flesh rich, white, solid and crisp; heavy yielding. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c; by express 5 lbs. or more, 45c per lb.

Victoria. - Largest carrot grown, heaviest cropping and most nutritious variety in cultivation; roots remarkably fine, of light orange color, symmetrical, excellent quality, possessing high feeding properties; good keeping qualities; heavy cropper on all soils, especially adapted for rich land, grows half as much weight again per acre as ordinary varieties; grows well out of ground and is easily harvested. All who have cattle should raise a quantity of these carrots for feeding milch cows during winter. It increases the flow of milk and imparts to the butter a delicious flavor and a rich golden color. Breeders of fine horses feed carrots to help keep them in perfect health and condition at all times. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. By express 5 lbs. or more, 50c per pound.

[Image: Victoria The heaviest cropping variety in cultivation.]

If you keep a cow don't fail to grow Pencilaria. It's a paying crop.

8 Seed Catalogue and Gerden Guide.

[Image: Celery. 4 Best sorts. New Giant Pascal, Golden Self-Blanching, White Plume, Pink Aromatic]

Celery.

One sounce will produce about 6,000 plants.

This we consider one of the luxuries of the garden. For first crop sow the seed early in hotbeds, or in boxes in the house, in rich, moist soil, covering the seed very lightly. For main crop sow seed in open ground in April or as soon as the soil is in good condition. Seed germinates slowly and if weather is hot and dry protect with light covering of hay or straw. Stir soil as soon as plants are well up; thin out and transplant so that they stand about an inch apart in the row. If they grow too rapidly, shear the tops off when about 4 or 5 inches high and this will make them more stocky. For main crop set plants out between June 15th and July 15th in rows three feet apart and the plants six inches apart in the row. Care should be exercised to firm the earth well around plants when setting and they will root better. Keep clear of weeds until about the middle of August, when it will be time to begin earthing up. Draw the soil up against the plants with a hoe as closely as possible, firming it enough to keep plants in an upright position. Later in the season the blanching process must be finished by digging the soil from between the rows and banking it clear to the tops on each side of the row of celery. Much labor is saved by growing the self-bleaching varieties, but they do not keep quite so well for winter use.

Giant Pascal. - Stalks remarkably large, thick, solid, entirely stringless, very crisp and brittle. A vigorous grower and is self-blanching, clear white. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

Golden Self-Blanching. - This is by far the most popular variety now on the market. It is of medium earliness, or dwarf, compact habit, with thick, solid, heavily ribbed stalks, which blanch easily to a clear waxen yellow. When grown in rich, moist soil, the stalks are numerous and large with a solid heart of beautiful yellow. The seed is scarce this year. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 85c, lb. $2.75.

Rose Ribbed Self-Blanching. - A sport from the Golden Self-Blanching, having all its good qualities, but with the additional attraction of beautiful, rose-tinted ribs, making it very handsome on the table Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 1/4 lb. 85c, lb. $3.00.

Henderson's Half Dwarf. - Entirely solid, possessing a rich, nutty flavor, while it has much vigor of growth and heavy bunch. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

White Plume. - Stalks, portions of the inner leaves, and heart naturally white and become fit for use by simply tying it up closely with soft twine. More used than any other variety by market gardeners. Our seed is of the highest quality and sure to please all. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

Winter Queen. - The finest dwarf winter celery. Of a rich green coloring, like the Giant Pascal, it is more readily blanched and ready for use earlier in the fall. The plants make large bunches of extra heavy stalks of even length, making a very handsome appearance; fine flavor, best table quality; keeps until May. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40x, 1/4 lb. $1.25.

Golden Dwarf. - Waxy golden yellow, cyllindrical, solid, crisp. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

Celeriac, or Turnip-Rooted. - Grown for the roots. Excellent for salad and flavoring. Very popular among our German customers. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50x, lb. $1.50.

Old Celery Seed. - For flavoring. Oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c.

Celery Plants. - See Vegetable Plants.

[Image: Celeriac or turnip-rooted celery]

Chufas, Or Earth Almond.

A nice little ground nut which is greatly liked by the children. In sweetness and flavor they ressmble the cocoanut or almond and are considered very nice put on the table in a fruit dish with candies, and as an after dinner relish. Very prolific, a single one yielding from 200 to 400. The nuts grow under the ground, very near the surface, easily reached by pigs and poultry, and destroyed by them if they have free access. Plant in April, ten inches apart in two and one-halffoot rows. Cover them lightly. If seed is very dry, soak them well before planting. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb 50c.

[Image: Chufas.]

Celery fresh from the garden is a luxury appreciated by all.