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2 SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

VEGETABLE SEEDS

[Image (left): Seedlings planted in rows, labelled from left to right as radish, pepper, onion, leek, lettuce and cabbage. Subtitled "SEED TESTING AND TRIALS."]

After more than a third of a century of seed growing and selecting
and comparing with stock from other dealers, we are thoroughly
convinced that our stock of vegetable seeds cannot be
excelled either in quality or selection. We watch our growing
crops with great care, taking pains to isolate and keep pure and
true to name. Every variety listed is desirable and has our recommendation.
The packets are, we believe, as well filled as any
reliable seed dealers in the United States, and in fact a comparison
has shown that they contain more seed on the average than those
of any other firm whose packets we have secured. We pay the
postage at these prices, except on Beans, Peas and Corn at the
peck or bushel rates.
We make it a rule to carefully test all seeds as soon as received
from the grower, or as soon as they are brought in from our seed
farms. We also carry on extensive trials on our grounds by which
we are enabled to offer only those strains of seeds which come up
to the standard of purity and excellence, and are of the highest
vitality, and the result is that we very rarely have complaints.
Our Choice Iowa Seeds are sure to please.

A CHOICE LIST OF THE BEST NOVELTIES ARE DESCRIBED ON THE COLORED PAGES IN THE CENTER OF THIS BOOK.

ASPARAGUS.
One ounce will sow forty feet of drill.
Asparagus is so easily grown and such a large quantity is produced
on a small amount of ground that every garden should contain a bed.
A bed ten feet square requiring 50 plants, will give an abundant supply
for any ordinary family. Soak the seed 24 hours in tepid water;
sow early in spring in rows a foot apart; keep clean by frequent weeding
and hoeing. Ask for circular giving instructions for growing.
COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE.- A new and entirely distinct
variety that produces shoots which are white and stay white as long
as fit to use. It is more robust and vigorous in habit and throws up
larger shoots and fully as many of them as Conover's Colossal, and
requires no earthing up in order to furnish the white shoots so much
sought after. Per pkt. 5c. oz. 10c, 3/4 lb. 25c. lb. 75c.
PALMETTO.- Stalks frequently measure two inches in diameter,
and even when twelve inches long, are perfectly tender when cooked.
Pkt 5c oz. 10c. 1/4 lb. 20c. lb. 50c.
CONOVER'S COLOSSAL.- The standard variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c,
3/4 lb. 15c. lb, 45c.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. - We can furnish strong roots of the Conover
Colossal a 25 per dozen: 1.00 per 100. Columbian Mammoth White
30c per doz. $. 25 per 100 postpaid. See page 23.

[Image (below): 8 asparagus spears stood upright, wrapped in two pieces of string. Subtitled "COLOMBIAN MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS".]

ARTICHOKE.
This vegetable is a great delicacy, highly valued
in all parts of Europe, and also one of the most
prominent table vegetables in California and
other parts of this country. It is a perennial,
producing the large flower heads, which is the
part eaten, the second season and every year
thereafter. Sow seed early in hotbeds or boxes
in the house, and when weather becomes settled
transplant in rows four feet apart and two feet
apart in the rows. When started early it sometimes
blooms the first year.
I.ARGE GREEN GLOBE.- The best variety
for general use; buds large; scales green, very
thick and fleshy. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb, $1.00.
ARTICHOKE ROOTS.- These are an entirely
different plant from the above and used mainly
for stock food. See description in Farm Seed
Department. Per lb, 25c, 3 lbs, 60c postpaid. By
freight pk. 75c, bu. $2.25.

BROCCOLI.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
Growth and habit like the cauliflower, except
that it is more hardy, and the heads are not as
compact. It is not desirable for warm or dry
countries, but is of special value in the North.
Cultivate the same as Cauliflower.
EARLY LARGE WHITE.- The most popular
sort. Has medium sized creamy white heads.
Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c.

[Image (above): Multiple artichoke heads on a table. Subtitled "LARGE GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE".]

BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
One ounce win produce about 3,000 plants.
Of the cabbage family, producing numerous
heads on the stern, of most delicious quality, as
well as cabbage-like head at the top. Use and
cultivate the same as winter cabbage.
AMERICAN MAMMOTH.- A new and greatly
superior variety of American growth which forms
heads teady for picking about three weeks earlier
than other varieties. It makes stronger plants
and more heads. A profitable crop for market
gardeners. Pkt. 10c. oz. 30c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.
ENGLISH.- Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1'4 lb. 45c.
BORECOLE or KALE.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
A hardier vegetable than cabbage; excellent for
greens during winter and spring; splendid winter
food for poultry. Cultivate like cabbage.
EXTRA CURLED MOSBACK.- Fine, crimped
leaves, light green, admirable for garnishing.
Best cooking. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.
DWARF GERMAN GREEN or SIBERIAN.-
Popular. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c. lb. 75c.
THOUSAND HEADED.- Grown mainly for
forage. See description elsewhere. Pkt. 5c, 1/4
lb. 15c, lb. 50c

[Image (above): Brussels sprouts on the plant, with bushy leaves at the top. Subtitled "BRUSSELS SPROUTS".]

$1.00 COLLECTION

35 VARIETIES
BEST GARDEN VEGETABLES.

ALL GOOD DESIRABLE SORTS - SURE TO PLEASE YOU.

Consists of one full-sized packet each of Improved Golden Wax Beans, Old Homestead
Pole Beans, Market Gardner's Beet, Henderson's Snowball Cauliflower, Washington Wakefield
Cabbage, Shortstem Drumhead Cabbage, Oxheart Carrot, White Plume Celery, Early
Cory Corn, Country Gentlemen Corn, Perfect White Spine Cucumber, Improved Ground
Cherry, American Mammoth Brussells Sprouts, Page's Striped Rice Pop Corn, Continuity
Lettuce, Improved Hanson Lettuce, Rocky Ford Musk Melon, Duke Jones Watermelon,
Large Red Wetherfield Onion, Mammoth Prizetaker Onion, Nott's Excelsior Peas, Early
Scarlet Globe Radish, White Icicle Radish, Improved Table Guernsey Parsnip, Ruby King
Pepper, Early Crookneck Squash, Long Standing Spinach, Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify,
Market Gardener's Parsley, Bond's Early Minnesota Tomato, Matchless Tomato,
White Egg Turnip, Purple Top Strap Leaf Turnip, Monarch Ruta Baga, and Vine Peach.

Total 35 Full-Sized Packets sent Postpaid for $1.00.
At regular catalogue price they amount to about $2.00.
NOTICE.- These collections are all put up ready for mailing before
our busy season begins and therefore cannot be changed or divided.

IT IS A BARGAIN! CAN ONE DOLLAR BE BETTER INVESTED?

[Image (right): a kale plant with lots of bushy leaves. Subtitled "EXTRA CURLED MOSBACK KALE."]

SET OUT A BED OF ASPARAGUS THIS YEAR AND HAVE IT FRESH DAILY.