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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 21.

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Vegetable Plants.

Well grown and lightly packed to carry long distances. They can be shipped fresh, well packed at the beds, on a day's notice.

Plants quoted "by mail" are sent at our expense; "by express" at the purchaser's. By our system of packing they are sure to arrive in good condition when shipped to any part of the United States. No charge for either packing or boxes. Plants from hotbed or cold frame are ready during April or May; outdoor grown during June and until the middle of July. We sell 500 at the 1,000 rate.

Cabbage Plants--Early Varieties--Ready April 10th. Extra Early Express, Jersey Wakefield, Washington Wakefield and Henderson's Summer. By mail, 100 75c; by express, 100 50c; 1,000 $3.50.

Cabbage Plants--Late Varieties--Ready June 1st. Surehead, Premium Flat Dutch and Short Stem Drumhead. By mail, 100 75c; by express, 100 40c; 1,000 $2.00.

Cauliflower Plants.--Ready May 1st. Snowball and Erfurt. By mail doz. 25c; 100 $1.25; by express, 100 $1.25; 1,000 $7.00.

Celery Plants.--Ready May 1st. Henderson's Half Dwarf, White Plume, Golden Self-Blanching, and Pink Aromatic. By mail, doz. 20c, 100 $1.00; by express, 100 60c; 1,000 $4.00. After June 20, $3.00 per 1,000.

Egg Plants.--Ready May 1st. New York Improved. By mail, doz. 25c; 100 $1.25; by express, 100 $1.00.

Pepper Plants.--Ready May 1st. Ruby King, Large Bell, and Red Chili. By mail, doz. 25c; 100 $1.00; by express, 100 75c.

Tomato Plants.--Ready May 1st. Strong, transplanted plants. Dwarf Champion, Bond's Minnesota, Beauty and Matchless. By mail, doz. 25c; 100 $1.00; by express, 100 75c; 1,000 $5.00. Not transplanted, 50c per 100, $3.00 per 1,000.

Sweet Potato Plants.--Ready May 1st. Plants strong, vigorous, well rooted and hardy. We can furnish either the Yellow Nansemond, or Early Yellow Jersey. Write if you want a large lot. Prices vary. By mail, 100 50c; by express, 100 25c; 1,000 $2.00.

Horse Radish Sets.
Plant at any time during spring, in rows two feet apart and about eighteen inches apart in the rows. By mail, doz. 35c; by express, 100, 75 cents.

Asparagus Roots.
Ask for Circular giving directions for planting, etc.

Conover's Colossal.--Strong two-year-old roots, 100 75c, 1,000 $4.50.
Palmetto.--Strong two-year-old roots, 100 75c; 1,000 $5.00.
Columbian Mammoth White.--Strong two year-old roots, per 100 $1.00; per 1,000 $7.00.
Above prices are by express or freight. Any of the above varieties at 25c per doz., $1.25 per 100 by mail, postpaid.

Rhubarb Roots.
These may be planted early in spring or fall, setting the roots three feet apart each way. It requires but little labor to plant, and when once planted in good rich soil, it will remain in bearing condition many years. By express, each 10c, doz. 75c, 100 $4.00. By mail, each, 15c, doz. $1.20.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of 5 garlic bulbs, stems twisted together.]

Garlic.
A species of onion propagated by offsets; used for flavoring soups, stews and other dishes. Divide a bulb into small parts and plant them in early spring in rows one foot apart, and from two to five inches between the plants in the rows. The crop matures in August, when it is harvested like onion.
Garlic Sets.--Per pound 40c, postpaid. By express, per lb. 30c.

[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of 4 different type of onion sets drawn in a row: Container with caption-Bottom Onion Sets; Basket with caption-top Onion Sets; Blooming plant with caption-Egyptian Perennial Onion Sets; Cluster of onion sets with caption-Potato Onion Sets.]

Perennial, or Winter.--Also called Egyptian and Tree onions. May be set out in the spring, but are usually set in the fall. Come up year after year without the slightest winter protection, and produce the earliest spring onions. Per pt. 15c, qt. 25c, pk. 60c, bu. $1.50.

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Chufas, or Earth Almond.
In sweetness and flavor they resemble the cocoanut or almond, and are considered very nice put on the table in a fruit dish with candies, as an after-dinner relish. Very prolific, a single one yielding from two to four hundred. The nuts grow underground, very near the surface, easily reached by pigs or poultry, and destroyed by them if they have free access. Plant in April, ten inches apart in two and one-half foot rows. Cover them lightly. If the seed is very dry, soak well before planting. Our illustration shows the manner of their growth, and they vary from the size of a large pea to that of a hazelnut. It pleases the children. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.
[Image: Drawing of Chufas plant, cutaway to show nuts growth in roots.]

Mushrooms.
The ease and certainty with which a crop of mushrooms can begrown to perfection in an ordinary house cellar, wood-shed or barn, and the astonishing success of so many who have taken up this new industry both for profit and their own use, induces us to call especial attention to the subject. The great luxury of mushrooms can be enjoyed by all at a trifling expenditure of money, time and labor. In market they are always wanted and sell readily at paying prices. There seems no limit to the demand, and an oversupply is seldom known. We recommend the English mushroom spawn as generally the better both for the market gardener and private planter. Directions for culture sent on application. Price, per lb. not prepaid, 15c, 10 lbs. $1.25. If by mail, add 10 cents per lb. for postage.

Holts Mammoth Sage.
After having grown and thoroughly tested this valuable variety for several years, we can recommend it most highly. The illustration shows a leaf of average size. The plants are very strong growing, the first season attaining one foot in height, and so spreading that a single plant covers a circular space 3 feet in diameter. The leaves are borne well above the soil, keeping them clean; very large and of unusual substance, strong in flavor, and of superior quality. A single plant of Holt's Mammoth will yield more than a dozen of the common sort. It is perfectly hardy, and attains still greater growth the second season. It never runs to seed. The past three years we have not been able to supply the demand, but this year we grew a very large number and hope to have sufficient. Price: 3 plants 25c, 7 for 50c, or 15 for $1.00, postpaid.
[Image: Drawing of sage leave, close-up, Caption-Holt's Mammoth Sage.]

Chives.
Perfectly hardy little perennial members of the onion tribe, and are grown entirely for their tops, which are used wherever the flavor of onion is required. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they grow readily. The tops appear very early in the spring, and can be shorn throughout the season. Roots, per bunch, 25c, postpaid.

Onion Sets.
Indispensable for early onions for bunching, as in a very few weeks they are ready for the table. Price by the pint and quart include prepayment of postage (deduct 15c per quart if by express.) Price by the peck and bushel is subject to market variation, and they are shipped at buyer's expense. If you want a large lot write for prices.

White Bottom Sets.--The bottom onion sets grown from seed are the most popular of all and the finest and best for early use and large onions. Per pt. 20c, qt. 35c, pk. $1.00; bu. $3.25.

Yellow Bottom Sets.--Like above except the color. Per pt. 15c, qt. 30c, pk. 85c, bu. $2.75.
Red Bottom Sets.--Per pt. 15c, qt. 30c, pk. 85c, bu. $2.50.

Red Top, or Button Sets.--These are the old-fashioned sets still largely called for in some sections. Per pt. 20c, qt. 35c, pk. $1.00, bu. $3.00.
Potato or Multiplier Onion Sets.--Early cropper; matures quickly; mild and of sweet flavor. Per pt. 20c, qt. 35c, pk. $1.10, bu. $3.50.