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Vegetable Seeds.

In this department will be found only such varieties as have proved after years of trial the best adapted to the soil and climate of Iowa and the central states. Every kind is recommended to our customers. When the selection is left to us we will send such sorts as we know will do well in your locality. Our packets are, we believe, as well filled as any reliable seed dealer's in the United States, and, in fact, a comparison has shown that they contain more seed, on an 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 by the peck or bushel.
[Image: Illustration of bundle of asparagus, Caption-Columbian Mammoth White Asparagus.]
Asparagus.--Ger. Spargel.
One ounce will sow forty feet of drill.
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 making an asparagus bed. Packets contain about 250 seeds.
[Image: Box with border, text-Novelties, See colored pages in center of this book.]
Columbian Mammoth White.--A new and entirely distinct variety, that produces shoots which are white, and stay white as long as fit for 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, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Palmetto.--Stalks frequently measure two inches in diameter, and, even when twelve inches long, are perfectly tender when cooked. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.
Conover's Colossal.--The standard variety. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c.
Asparagus Roots.--See page 21.

[Image: Illustration of a brussel sprout plant, captioin-American Mammoth Brussels Sprouts.]
Brussels Sprouts.
Ger. Spressen-Kohl.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
Of the cabbage family, producing numerous heads on the stem of most delicious quality, as well as a cabbage-like head at the top. If you have never grown it, try it this year and you will be pleased. Use and cultivation same as winter cabbage. Pkts. contain about 800 seeds.

American Mammoth.--A new and greatly superior variety of American growth which forms heads ready for picking about three weeks earlier than other varieties. It has the additional merit of making stronger plants and making more heads. A profiable [profitable?] crop for market gardeners. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c.
English--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

[Image: Illustration of a kale plant, caption-Extra Curled Mosbach Kale.]
Borecole, or Kale.
Ger. Blatter-Kohl.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
This most excellent vegetable deserves to be more generally cultivated, being hardier than cabbage, and furnishing most excellent greens during winter and spring. It is also a splendid winter food for poultry. It is quite hardy and improved by frost. Cultivate same as Cabbage. For winter, sow in September, and treat as Spinach, giving it a light covering of straw or litter to protect from severe cold.
Extra Curled Mosbach.--The most beautiful Kale grown. Leaves are so finely crimped and curled, and of such a nice light green color that it answers admirably for garnishing. Best quality when cooked. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.
Dwarf German Green.--Popular for winter greens. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, b. 75c.

[Image: Illustration of bush beanBeans, caption-Burpee's New Stringless Green Pod, copyright 1898, By W. A. Bibs, Co.]

Beans.--Dwarf Bush Varieties.
One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill.
Dwarf or Bush beans require no support, and should be planted in drills an inch and a half deep and drop the beans three inches apart in the drills. Beans are tender annuals, and cannot be planted till danger of frost is past. Keep clean, and do not hill up or hoe when wet. A sandy loam is the best. The half pint packages will be found very desirable for small families. We furnish pints at one-half the quart price. Price includes postage. See special prices by the peck and bushel on page 20. Packets contain about two ounces.

Stringless Green Pod Bush--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 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. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c.
Roger's Lima Wax--See Novelty List. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 65c.

Wardwell's Dwarf Kidney Wax--Earlier, more productive than Golden Wax; rust proof, vigorous, pods large, showy, tender and stringless, excellent fiavor and good for either snap or shell. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 40c.

Currie's Rust-Proof Wax--Crisp and tender and of delicious flavor. As early as the Golden Wax. Amazingly productive. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 40c.

Black Wax--Popular with market gardeners. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 40.

Yosemite Mammoth Wax--Pods frequently attain a length of ten to fourteen inches, with the thickness of a man's finger, and are nearly all solid pulp, the seeds being very small when the pods are fit for use. The pods are a rich golden color and are absolutely stringless, cooking tender and delicious. Enormously productive. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

Improved Early Valentine--About ten days earlier than the common Early Valentine. More robust and vigorous. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 40c.