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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 7

[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.