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14. Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.

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Pepper.
One ounce will produce about 1,800 plants.
Sow seed in hotbed early in spring; transplant to open ground when the weather is favorable, in warm, mellow soil, in rows eighteen inches apart. Seeds germinate slowly, and require considerable heat. Packets contain about 600 seeds.

Mammoth Golden Queen.--Average a third larger than Ruby King. Eight to ten inches long, bright waxy, golden yellow, and mild flavor. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 80c.

Ruby King.--Very large size, 4-1/2 to 6 inches long, by 3-1/2 to 4 inches thick. When ripe they are of a beautiful bright ruby red color, and are always remarkably mild and pleasant to the taste. Each plant produces from six to twelve large handsome fruits. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of a large pepper with stem. Caption-Ruby King.]

Celestial.--When ripe, of a delicate creamy yellow color, then suddenly changes to an intense vivid scarlet. Superior quality and clear, sharp flavor. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Red Cluster.--Similar to the Chili, but smaller and more productve. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Coral Gem Bouquet.--This new red-hot pepper is the finest of the small-sized varieties. Excellent for pepper-sauce. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c.

Red Chili.--Small, very hot. Used everywhere tor pepper sauce. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c.

Large Bell, or Bull Nose.--An early standard sort. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.

Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth.--Similar to the above, but milder. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.
Red Cayenne.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 90c.

Mustard.--Ger. Senf.
One ounce will sow about 75 feet of drill.
A pungent salad, used sometimes with Cress, also for greens. Sow thickly in rows, and cut when about two inches high.

Southern Giant Curled.--Highly esteemed in the South where the seed is sown in the fall, and the plants used very early in the spring as salad. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

White English; or London.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50.

Chinese Golden.--Forms a compact, bushy plant. Leaves very thick, finely curled, and of a bright golden yellow color; very slow to go to seed. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 45c.

[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration, cutaway of a parship in the ground. Caption: Improved Guernsey Parsnip.

Parsnips.
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill; 5 lbs. to an acre.
Sow early in spring in good rich soil, which has been plowed deep, in drills fifteen inches apart, covering half an inch. Thin to five or six inches apart in rows. They are improved by frost.
I. S. Co.'s Improved Table Guernsey.--A greatly improved and wonderfully fine strain of the Guernsey Hollow Crown Parship. The roots do not grow as long as the Hollow Crown, but are of greater diameter and more easily gathered. It is a very heavy cropper; the roots are smooth, with a deep hollow crown and a small top. The flesh is fine grained and sweet, and of excellent quality. Cooks evenly all the way through to the center which is as fine and soft and even in quality as outside portions. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 65c.

Long Sugar or Hollow Crown.--The old standard. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Ornamental Pomegranate.
A very interesting and ornamental little fruit, which a century ago was commonly grown in the gardens but is now rarely seen. Grows on a pretty vine; fruit is round, of a bright yellow, irregularly striped with orange, red or mahogany; very fragrant; a single specimen will sweetly perfume a room for many days. Prolific and easily grown. It is often called Queen Anne's Pocket Melon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

Parsley.
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill.
Sow in March, thinly in drills one foot apart and half an inch deep. Soak seed in warm water a few hours before sowing. For winter use protect in a glass frame or light cellar.

Market Gardener's.--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. Earlier than other varieties and what is more important it retains its dark green color late in the fall, and continues to produce well throughout the winter when transferred to the greenhouse. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of a pile of parsley. Caption-Market Gardener's Parsley.]

Champion Moss Curled.--A very select stock, beautifully crimped and curled. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c.
Fern Leaved.--Exquisite in form, and admirably suited for table decoration. Excellent quality. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 35c.

Tobacco.
One ounce will sow about 25 feet square and produce plants for one acre.
This is a paying crop and will do well in this State. The following varieties have been thoroughly tested in this climate. Early in the spring burn a brush pile on the ground to be used for seed bed. Then thoroughly pulverize the soil, digging and mixing in ashes. Sow seeds very shallow. When plants are six inches high transplant into rows four feet apart. [Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of tobacco plant.]

Mammoth Muscatelle.--Early, and of finest texture. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 65c.
Hester.--Ripens early; adaptable to a wide range or soil and latitude, therefore surest. Yellow. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Sterling.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.
Big Havana.--Heavy cropper, fine texture, delightful flavor, earliest cigar variety to mature and ripen. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.
Connecticut Seed Leaf.--Well adapted to this climate. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Red Cross Peanuts.
Peanuts can be grown in Iowa, and everyone should plant a few for themselves and children. This very desirable variety is as early as the earliest, the most hardy, very prolific and of the best quality. Boys, here is a chance for you. Think of growing peanuts in your own garden and having plenty of them to eat. Shell the nuts carefully so as to not break inside skin, and plant as soon as the ground becomes warm, from two to three feet apart each way, four or five to the hill, covering two inches. The soil should be deep and mellow. They produce 25 to 70 bushels per acre, and are as easily cultivated as corn. Price per large package, 10c; lb. 40c, postpaid.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of 2 peanut plants with roots, enlarged peanuts, one open, one in shell.]

Kohl Rabi.--Ger. Kohlrabi.
One ounce will produce about 2,500 plants.
If you have never grown Kohl Rabi you should try it this year. It is a most excellent vegetable intermediate between the cabbage and turnip. It is easily grown the seed usually being sown in drills and afterwards transplanted like cabbage to rows 18 inches apart and about 10 inches in the row. Cook like turnips.

Goliath Purple.--This new variety is of immense size, solid and sweet; considered by many far superior to cabbage or turnip and decidedly more nutritious. Keeps well. In buying it will pay you to have the best. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb. $1.00, lb. $3.00.
Early White Vienna.--Flesh white and tender; good market sort. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.
Early Purple Vienna.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.00.