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SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

ASTRO CUCUMBER. A novelty of the highest merit, and one which has greatly pleased our market garden customers, some claiming that they made more money from a crop of these grown early in the hotbeds than from any other crop, as they sell quickly at $1.00 per dozen. They do excellently well under glass, yielding a continual daily picking of large, perfect shaped fruits, eight to twelve inches long, almost solid throughout. Excellent for slicing. Solid and crisp. With common outdoor culture in the summer, it produces large cucumbers fifteen to eighteen inches in length with very few seeds. Seed will always be expensive, as it produces only eight to twelve pounds per acre, while the White Spine and other common sorts produce two hundred to five hundred pounds. In packets only, containing twenty seeds each. Per pkt. 10c, 6 for 50c.

September 19, 1895.- The Astro Cucumber is all you claim for it. They grew twelve to eighteen inches long and were fine. The Banquet Melons were as fine as I ever ate. R. V. HENDRIX, Limestone Co., Tex.

[image. Astro cucumber]

The seeds I bought of you were first class and have done well in Texas. As to the Astro Cucumber, it was a wonder to everyone who saw it. I raised several that were extremely long. T. P. RICHERSON, Hall Co., Tex.

PERFECTED DELMONICO MUSK MELON. This improved type of the Delmonico melon is almost a perfect globe in shape; the skin is a peculiar grayish green until ripe, when it changes to a bright yellow. The ribs are wide and covered thickly with a prominent netting. The melons average six inches in diameter, have a very small seed cavity, and are exceedingly thick and heavy for their size. The fiesh is a deep, rich, orange yellow color, and is of very fine grain, without the slightest stringiness. This variety produces melons of uniformly high quality and is likely to displace all other red or yellow fieshed sorts. It is a strong, hardy grower and very prolific. We can recommend it either to the market gardener or amateur. Per pkt. 10c, oz 20c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

[image. Perfected Delmonico Musk Melon.]

OLD HOMESTEAD POLE BEANS. This is an improvement on the Kentucky Wonder. and we regard it as far ahead of any other green podded pole variety, and the best as well as earliest sort, being fit for the table August 1st. It is enormously productive, the pods hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of the pole. It is entirely stringless, and the pods are a silvery green color. The pods, though large, cook tender and melting. and we can recommend it as the best green pole bean. Pods are often to twelve inches in length. and instead of picking them into a basket, it is customary to pile them up on one arm like kindling wood when gathering a mess for family use. The dry beans are long, oval, duncolored, and of fair quality as a shelled bean. Can be grown with corn to good advantage, and thus secure two crops from the same ground. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 65c.

[image] OLD HOMESTEAD BEANS.

SCARLET KASHMYR TURNIP. This new, extra early, bright scarlet colored turnip has a striking resemblance to a large radish, being as round and uniform in shape. The flesh is as white and crisp as a radish, and of most excellent cooking qualities. It matures almost as quickly as the earliest radishes, being far ahead in this respect of any other turnip, and when cooked is of unsurpassed quality. Also a good keeper, and with its beautiful scarlet color, early maturity and fine quality, it is enti tied to a place among our garden favorites, and will please everyone who gives it a trial. Per pkt. 5c, oz, 14c, 1/4 lb 50c, lb. $1.50.

[image] SCARLET KASHMYR TUHNIPS.

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7 IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA.

[image] WISCONSIN GOLDEN SALSIFY.

EXTRA CURLED MOSBACH KALE. This is the most beautiful variety of kale grown. The leaves are so finely crimped and curled, and of such a nice light green color that it answers admirably for garnishing. We also strongly recommend this as a most showy and attractive market variety, as well as being of excellent quality when cooked for the table. Market gardeners and truckers should by all means sow largely of this new variety, as we feel confident that it will prove one of the most popular and salable sorts wherever introduced. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

[image] EXTRA CURLED MOSBACH KALE.

PEARL WHITE EGG PLANT . The fruit is pure, creamy white, with slight shading of a very light green near the stem; beautiful in shape, resembling somewhat the purple variety, as large or larger in size, and more prolific. In eating quality it is superior, being more delicate, very fine grain and well flavored. It makes one of the most palatable dishes, either baked or fried. There is not a garden in the land which would not be improved by this vegetable being represented in its collection, and if once tried, it is sure to establish itself as a favorite. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 40c.

October 5, 1895.- The Pearl White Egg Plant is as large as the Purple; they are pure white and better fruit to eat than the Purple. Our home market demands them. M. H. SMITH & SON, Market Gardeners, Muscatine, Iowa.

The Mastodon Melon is a splendid variety, sweet, white, juicy and very fine flavored. MRS. ANNA GREGORY, Reno Co., Kan.

WISCONSIN GOLDEN SALSIFY. A most distinct and valuable new sort which was sent to us by a customer in Wisconsin in 1892, and has proved highly satisfactory in our tests of the past three years so that we are now confident that it will suit our customers in every respect. It is of strong, vigorous growth; the leaves are dark green in color, finely crimped and curled. The roots are large, smooth, and have a decided yellow cast, which gives it its name. They cut smooth and even throughout, unusually brittle and never stringy. When prepared for the table they are very rich and tender, really delicious in flavor. Per pkt. 15c, 2 pkts. for 25c.

DWARF ARISTOCRAT TOMATO. This new dwarf variety resembles very much the Dwarf Champion in every respect except in color of the fruit, which with the Aristocrat is a beautiful rich glossy red, so much admired in some markets and preferred to the flesh or rose-colored sorts. In size, productiveness, smoothness, flavor, etc. it is fully up to our usual standard of perfection. It is especially desirable for greenhouse or forcing under glass, and for first crop outside. It requires little space, as it has been grown successfully when planted 3x3 feet apart. This feature makes it very desirable for the small famlly garden where every foot of ground is to be utilized. Its beautiful glossy fruit is very attractive. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.

[image. Dwarf Aristocrat]

MAMMOTH HORTI CULTURAL POLE BEANS . A very great improvement on the old Horticultural Pole. The beans are of enormous size, splashed and spotted with red, and of the highest quality as a shell bean either green or dry. It originated at Worcester, Mass., where it has been grown for seyeral years by one of the leading market gardeners there, and he has always been able to command from twenty-five to fifty cents per bushel more than others for their beans, as his were always of such bright carmine color, and would keep longer than other varieties after being picked. The vine is a very vigorous grower, with large, light colored leaves and purple blossoms. Pods very large, bright carmine, slightly streaked. very handsome and exceedingly productive. It is somewhat earlier than the parent variety, shows no rust, and is considered by some eastern gardeners the best pole bean in the world. Pkt. 10c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 70c.

LEONARD'S WARTY HUBBARD SQUASH. This new strain of the Hubbard is a continued improvement upon our selected strain. The wartiness indicates a very hard shell, which is one ot the best features of a long keeping squash; it also denotes extra choice quality- the harder and more warty the shell of a Hubbard, the more delicate and sweet the flesh. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

[image] PEARL WHITE EGG PLANT.

NEW VICTORIA SPINACH. This new variety is distinguished for its exceedingly dark black-green color, and also ror its very long standing qualities, being from two to three weeks later than the ordinary Longstanding. The leaves are thick and spread out flat upon the ground. It is excellent for spring sowing, but not sufficiently hardy to stand the winter in this locality. It out yields every other variety, and stands longer before going to seed than other sorts. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

[image] VICTORIA SPINACH

NABOB WATERMELON. We were so much pleased with our tests of this fine new variety the past season that we want to share the enjoyment of it with our customers. It is decidedly distinct and attractive, having a peculiarly mottled color of shell. Flesh deepest scarlet, firm and solid, but melting, juicy, and of luscious flavor. Per pkt. 5c, oz, 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

[racist image] A NABOB CONSUMER.

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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA.

[image] COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE ASPARAGUS.

MAMMOTH LUSCIOUS SUGAR PEA. This is pronounced one of the greatest novelties in the pea line of recent introduction. Nothing has ever anywhere approached in size or delicacy of flavor, it being far superior to the Melting Sugar or any other varieties of peas, shelled or sugar. Dr. F. M. Hexamer, editor of the American Agriculturist, writes: "We have grown nearly every variety of Sugar Peas listed in seedsmen's catalogues, but have never seen anything to compare with the Mammoth Luscious." This new sugar pea bears pods much larger than any other variety. They are often six to seven inches long, and an inch and one-half broad. The pods are so long and broad that they should be sliced and boiled about ten or fifteen minutes when old, and have a little butter or sauce put over them, when they will be ready to supply the table, and makes an excellent, nutritious dish. They should not be shelled, but the peas and pods eaten together, and as they contain so much sugar, starch and gluten, are very nutritious for family use. We likewise commend them for the rapidity which they can be gathered and prepared for cooking, in comparison with the shell peas. If you have never grown the Sugar Peas you should certainly include Mammoth Luscious in your order. Per pkt. 10c, 1/2 pt. 25c, qt. 75c.

STRINGLESS GREEN POD BUSH BEAN. The only stringless green pod bush bean in cultivation. Consequently it surpasses all others in crisp, tender flavor the finely shaped, long, green pods are absolutely stringless, and when we add that the pods are ready to market two weeks earlier than the best stock of improved extra early Red Valentines, we are sure that Burpee's Stringless Green Pod will supply a long felt want. It must prove of immense value, not only to the market gardener who wants to make more money, but also to the amateur who seeks a rare quality early for the home table. Per pkt. 10c, 1/2 pt. 25c, qt. 85c.

[image. Burpee's New Stringless Green Pod]

COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE ASPARAGUS. A new and entirely distinct variety, that produces shoots which are white, and stay white, as long as fit for use. In addition to the advantage of its white color, 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, as in the green sorts, in order to furnish the white shoots so much sought after. This grand result in producing a White Asparagus did not come by chance, but was the outcome of years of patient work and careful selection by the originator. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

ROOTS OP [OF] MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS.- Two years time can be saved by setting out the roots. We can furnish strong two-year old roots. Postpaid per doz. 25c, per 100 $1.50. By freight or express per 100 $1.00, per 1,000 $8.75.

MARKET GARDENER'S PARSLEY. An extra choice stock with dark green, beautifully curled, mossy leaves; very ornamental in growth and very productive. Most valuable for either garnishing or flavoring. The leaves can be gathered earlier than other varieties, and what is more important, it retains its dark green color very late in the fall, and continues to produce well throughout the winter when transferred to the greenhouse. Is really improved by severe cutting. It stands heat, drouth [drought] and cold better, and will yield more than other sorts either in open ground or frames. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.

[image] LUSCIOUS SUGAR PEA.

CALHOUN PUMPKIN A great improvement on the Large Cheese pumpkin. Size somewhat larger, color creamy brown, flesh deep salmon yellow, wonderfully thick and fine grained, while the seed cavity is very small. It is not unusual to find specimens with flesh 5 1/2 to 6 inches thick. Rind thin. When cooked it is very yellow and makes pies of a rich color, sweet and of the finest quality. Has this year been renamed by one dealer the "New Thanksgiving Pumpkin." Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

LONG KEEPING RED GLOBE ONION. One of the largest onion growers in this state has been at work for the past seventeen years to obtain a model onion for market. Each year he has selected the most perfect, dark red, globe-shaped onions with the smallest top, and in order to obtain a strain which would keep well, he rejected any which showed signs of starting by spring. From this long continued selection he has obtained a strain which is far superior to any other we have ever seen. The bulbs are very hard, solid, and round as a ball and there are no scullions or thick necks among them. We kept several specimens in a warm steam-heated office for several weeks and they remained solid intact, while specimens of other varieties produced sprouts two to six inches long. We have only sufficient seed this year to offer in small quantities, but we hope all onion growers will try them so as to know what to buy another season. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.

[image] MARKET GARDENER'S PARSLEY

[image] LONG KEEPING RED GLOBE ONION.

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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA.

[image. copyrighted 1895 by W.A.B.&CO.] A SINGLE PLANT OF CUPID SWEET PEAS IN A TWELVE- INCH POT

CUPID SWEET PEAS. Most Uniqne Floral Novelty for 1895 Last spring when we learned of this most wonderful new variety, we made up our mind to see it no matter what it cost. The seed could not be purchased at any price and there were only three places in America where it was being grown. The manager of the Iowa Seed Company therefore traveled a long distance to view them, and was really surprised and felt amply repaid for all the time and expense incurred, by the beautitul sight. They are indeed a superb novelty, and distinct from all other varieties. Fancy a solid area of deep green- just as green as cypress or myrtle- a carpet of plants only five inches high, spreading out from the roots so as to meet, when the seed is planted two feet apart in rows; then fancy this carpet of deep, living green, springing into blossom in one week, all a mass of white- clear waxy white sweet peas on stems four to six inches long and a hundred on a plant; all white- like a mass of snow. Indeed, so strongly contrasting with the deep green foliage that the purity of the whiteness of Cupid's flowers seem even whiter than snow itself! Cupid excites wonder wherever seen- such a Sweet Pea, yet in habit so unlike a Sweet Pea, with all the fragrance or the most favored Eckford's. The flowers are the size of the Emily Henderson, but with more substance in the petals of both wings and standards than any other sweet pea. It bears two or three blossoms on the end of each stem, -all opening about the same time, so that it is unnecessary to pick a stem with bud and an open blossom. In California last summer it began blooming April 15th and continued in flower until killed by the frost. Cupid grown in a twelve-inch pot just fills the top; with its blooms of glistening whiteness it is wonderfully attractive in the house, the public hall or the conservatory. In the garden it will be used chiefly as a border plant for it will bear trimming to just the proper shape. The foliage alone is pretty enough for any border, but this is forgotten when Cupid bursts into a mass of snow white blossoms wired in with ferns, smilax or other suitable green. The violet, the rose, and the carnation will have to share their popularity for a gentleman's boutonniere with Cupid; it is just the thing -it has the fragrance and the beauty, and it is a Sweet Pea, -the only sweet pea that looks well in the buttonhold. See illustration on front cover of catalogue and don't fail to try it this year. Per packet of 10 seeds 15c, 2 for 25c, 10 for $1.00. Larger packets, 20 seeds 25c each, 5 for $1.00.

NEW DOUBLE SWEET PEAS. "The Bride of Niagra." A great novelty tor 1896 and one which our customers will take pleasure in cultivating. It originated in the garden of Mrs. O H . Day, Niagara Falls, and it is the flrst double variety ever offered. There are two or three standards or upright parts. These standards are of a clear rose color, while the other parts are white. The duplicate or triplicate banners make it remarkably showy, and render it more durable as a cut flower. Colors pure and beautifully blended, of the sweetest fragrance and altogether a most lovely new variety. Per pkt. 25c.

NEW WHITE BRANCHING ASTER. One or the best floral novelties and one which every flower lover should try. It is easily grown from seed and is of great utility and beauty for bedding purposes coming at a season when there is little else in flower, anticipating as they do the chrysanthemum season by month or six weeks. The flowers are borne on veyr long stems and are pure white, of extraordlnary size, being four inches or more in diameter The petals are broad, long, and many of them more or less twisted or curled in such a manner as to give the blooms the appearance of large loose and graceful chrysanthemums. The resemblance is so perfect that nearly everyone would so consider them when seen as cut flowers. The plant is a strong grower and its tendency to form numerous branches is very marked, therefore it should have more room than the ordinary aster. The plant continues to grow later in the season than any other variety with which we are acquainted, and blooms correspondingly late, thus giviug its crop of flowers in late autumn, a season when there is always a scarcity of bloom. Per pkt. 10c.

[image] STRIPED JAPANESE MAIZE.

STRIPED JAPANESE MAIZE. An ornamental foliaged plant of rapid growth, giving immediate effect, and one which would be attractive in any garden. It is a native of Japan but appears in many respects like corn. It grows from five to six feet high and has alternate foliage, the leaves being very long and two to three inches wide. The variegation does not begin to show until the fourth or fifth leaf, when the leaves become striped with broad bands of white, changing soon to narrow stripes or ribbons of alternate clear white and brightest green, occasionally showing faint tinges of pink or rose color at the edges. The leaves are waxy and gracefully recurved. Our illustration does not do it justice. Desirable for groups on the lawn, or in ribbon beds, or a back border to the lawn. Attracted much attention on our seed farm the past season, and as our crop was good we have made price low. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. [image. VICK'S NEW WHITE BRANCHING ASTER.]

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[image] GOLDEN BALL ASTER.

GOLDEN BALL ASTER. The long sought novelty- a yellow aster- has finally been produced and will be warmly welcomed by all flower lovers. The form of the double flower is a perfect ball; the quills are close together and at the brightest sulphur yellow, not a mere indication of the color as in former efforts. The border petals are broad and of a lighter tint, seeming to enclose the flower like an old-fashioned bouquet paper. The flowers are borne upon long, erect stems, excellent for cutting. As shown in the illustration, the plants, twelve to fifteen inches high, are of compact, bushy growth, and most abundant bloomers. Per pkt. 15c, 2 pkts for 25c.

[image] BLUETS.

BLUETS, OR '" QUAKER LILY." One of the prettiest little wild flowers in central Pennsylvania, but very little known away from there. As soon as spring sets in it opens its bright little flowers and continues bloommg profusely until the middle of June, the plants fairly carpeting the ground and presenting a perfect mass of bloom. The flowers are bell-shaped, color light blue with a yellow center. Does better in half shady positions. It grows readily from seed, blooms the first season and is quite hardy, Per pkt. 10c.

NEW MAMMOTH HELIOTROPE. A few years ago there was very little heliotrope seed sold, but during the past five years our trade on it has nearly doubled every year as our customers learn how easily plants are grown from seed, and from a single packet a large number of strong, healthy plants are produced which would cost ten to twenty-five cents each at the florists. No matter If you have never grown heliotropes before, you should not fall to try this superb new variety. It is a strong grower, the plants covering a space two to three feet square and producing a constant succession of immense heads of flowers, some of the heads containing as high as 8,000 flowers. In color it varies from almost a pure white to the most deep dark blue. Start seed early in the house and they will be unsurpassed as a garden plant all summer, and of great value as a pot plant at all times of the year. Very desirable for cut flower purposes. Per pkt. 15c.

[image. NEW DOUBLE PINK "FIREBALL"]

FIREBALL DIANTHUS. An exceedingly dwarf and compact growing pink, only growing ten to fifteen inches high. The flowers are perfectly double, and color a rich, velvety blood red. The plants are symmetrical in form, and begin to flower shortly after seeds are up, and continue to bloom profusely all summer and fall, only ceasing when overtaken by severe frost. Effective for garden bedding or pot culture, and as a cut flower. No flower garden is complete without the China or Indian pinks, and for the handsomest of all the different varieties you must plant the Fireball, without doubt the showiest of all. Per pkt. 10c.

MAMMOTH PERFECTION COSMOS The glory of the autumn garden. The flowers are double the size of the old large flowering Cosmos, measuring 12 to 15 inchs in circumference; the petals are broader and overlapping, forming a perfectly round flower deeply ribbed and of splendid substance. For cutting for bouquets and vases this is one of the finest flowers grown, lasting in water two weeks; the long stems and feathery foliage lend themselves to graceful arrangements. This new mammoth strain of cosmos is the glory of the autumn garden. The plants, 5 to 6 feet high, of symmetrical pyramidal form, are one mass of feathery, emerald-green foliage, studded with mammoth flowers of white, pink or crimson, enlivening the garden long after more tender flowers have succumbed to early frost. If grown in pots and housed by the end of September they will flower all winter. Per pkt. 10c

GLOBE OF GOLD SUNFLOWER. A dwarf, well branched plant growing only about three feet high, and each of its numerous branches carrying a medium sized, densely double, globe shaped flower of rich deep golden yellow color, being veritable globes of gold. The most densely double of any sunflower. Plants are easily grown from seed and produce handsome, symmetrical plants, very effective on lawns or in the flower garden. Per pkt. 10c.

FREESIA GRANDIFLORA. This new variety grows from 12 to 15 inches high, with very large spikes of flowers Which are double the size of the ordinary variety. The bulbs are larger, the growth, more vigorous, and it is altogether a great improvement. The flowers are white with yellow centers, pale yellow with orange centers, cream and white tinted with lavender or brown. Choice mixed, per pkt. 10c.

GAY AND FESTIVE NASTURTIUM. A new and greatly improved strain of dwarf nasturtiums from California, showing a most charming combination of colors. Flowers unusually large and very beautiful. Every flower lover should plant a bed of them this year. Thirty distinct varieties mixed, Per pkt. 10c.

SALMON QUEEN DIANTHUS. This new variety represents a beautiful acquisition to the annual pinks. Its flowers are of a very distinct and perfectly new tint in this class, being of the most brilliant salmon color imaginable, changing into a salmony rose when fading. That this variety is distinct from all others is easily proved by the seeds, which are white or yellowish white, while those of all other annual pinks are dark brown or black. The flowers are well formed and nicely fringed; the plants attain a height of 10 to 12 inches. Seventy-five to eighty per cent of the seedlings will come true from seed. Per pkt., 10C.

[image] GLOBE OF GOLD SUNFLOWER.

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