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1902 ROSE COLLECTION. SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT COVER. [page torn] these five varieties we may well call the cream of the list and every one should have at least [page torn] collection, price only 50 cents. [page torn]AND'S FAVORITE (See illustration No. 1 on cover.)--When traveling in northern [word missing, page torn] last summer we were greatly impressed with this new rose. It is a very hardy, rap[page torn][climbing?] variety, the plants being well laden with flowers as shown by the branch in upper [page torn] the cover of this catalogue. The color of the flower is decidedly unique, [page torn] a beautiful golden yellow, shading to the center to a decided copper color or reddish [page torn] making a most rich combination of colors. It is a climbing tea rose of delightful fragrance [page torn] as well as lovely color and combines so many good points that we are sure that every [page torn] of roses will want several of them. We cannot say too much in its favor. Price 20 cents. HALLOWE'EN. (No. 2 )-This charming new variety might well be called a striped Meteor Rose as it is of the same fine large size and perfect form as the Meteor, while the dark rich crimson color of each petal is freely and distinctly striped pure white and pink. The flowers are very double and bloom in endless profusion both in summer and winter. It is quite hardy and lives over winter in open ground with but slight protection. This is the only distinctly striped ever blooming rose that we know of. It is a great beauty, has sweet fragrance and creates a sensation wherever seen. Price 15 cents. EMILIE GONIN. (No. 3.)-There was no rose at our place this year which attracted more attention than this grand new variety. It has a large sized tulip shaped flower, is exquisitely formed, perfectly double, of beautiful fragrance and of most charming variegated colors. The color of the rose is creamy white tinted with orange yellow at the base of petals, while the tips of the petals are reflected and broadly margined with bright carmine crimson. It is a profuse bloomer and strong healthy grower; seems impervious to all diseases, and should soon become prominent both as a pot plant and for bedding. Price 20 cents each. SNOW FLAKE. (No. 4.)-This lovely white tea rose is the freest flowering white rose we have ever seen and for a pot plant it cannot be excelled. On one plant 143 flowers and buds were counted in a single day and the plant was only nine months old. Everyone should have one of these elegant free blooming roses as there is no white rose which is superior to it. Price 15 cents. JUBILEE ROSE. (No. 5.)-During the past three years this has been the most prominent crimson hardy perpetual rose on the market. The only trouble has been to propagate sufficient to supply the demand. It is perfectly hardy and therefore a desirable variety for outdoor planting in all locations. It blooms in the fall as well as in the early summer, is of vigorous growth with large dark green foliage, short jointed, long flowering stems and branches freely. It blooms abundantly three flowers or more to each shoot, and is of ideal habit for a hardy garden rose. The flowers are of large size reaching six inches across under good cultivation, and still of such grace and finish that they are truly exquisite for wearing. The buds are long and rounded, the petals reflexing gracefully. The color is different from any other rose, being of the deepest shade of deep crimson red with a velvety maroon red in the depths of the petals unapproached by any other rose. Fragrance is strong, and in all points we are free to say that we know of no other rose equal to it. Price 15 cents.
[Illustration: Lady holding bouquet of flowers and holding one rose to her nose to smell] I LOVE ROSES. DONT' YOU?
The entire Collection of Five unequaled Roses for 50 cents.
ABOUT OURSELVES. Almost every one in Iowa who uses seeds knows the Iowa Seed Company and our Choice Iowa Seeds are sown in every neighborhood in the state, but as this catalogue goes to many in all parts of the world who have not dealt with us, a few words about our business may help us to become better acquainted. This business was established in 1871- thirty-one years ago- and it has grown until now it occupies a very prominent place in the seed trade of the country. The business has been under the same management for many years past, the present manager having been connected with the company for 25 years. During all this time we have been constantly in close touch with the farmers and gardeners and know what will prove the most satisfactory in the various localities. Success in the seed trade depends almost entirely on the confidence of the people, and our customers have learned that they can rely implicitly on us. What more can you ask? Please give us a trial order this year and test the superior merits of our Choice Iowa Seeds.
READ WHAT PROMINENT MEN SAY. They are a proof of merit. Such testimonials cannot be bought. "I have bought seeds of you for several years past and have found them very satisfactory. I have used them on my own farm and also sold them to others and have had no complaints. Have also purchased some from other firms, but could not depend on them as on yours."--R. J. Johnson, Humboldt, Iowa, President Iowa State Agricultural Society. "I am pleased to state that all seeds, both garden and field, that I have bought of your firm during the past twelve years have been perfectly satisfactory, and I am always pleased to recommend the Iowa Seed Company to any and all who are in need of anything in their line.--M. J. Wragg, Waukee, Iowa, President Iowa Horticultural Society.
MAIL ORDER BUILDING. Our trade has increased so constantly that in 1900 we were compelled to look for larger quarters and we purchased the ground at 208, 210, 212 South Eighth St., about six blocks from the store and erected thereon a large building specially arranged to accommodate our rapidly growing trade. The railway tracks beside the building give us unexcelled facilities for handling carload lots, and we are centrally located between the various freight depots, so that small shipments can be made promptly. Our machinery is operated by four electric motors, and we claim that our mills for cleaning seeds cannot be surpassed. We can readily fill 3,000 to 4,000 orders per day, in this building, and they are handled in such a careful way that errors seldom occur. Most of our employees have been with us many years and appreciate the importance of each order, no matter wheth- [whether] small or large and no "green hands" are permitted to handle seeds in bulk.
[image] MAIL ORDER BUILDING.
[image] OUR RETAIL STORE--44x133 Feet
OUR STORE. The Iowa Seed Store is so well known in Des Moines that it would be difficult to find even a child in this city of 75,000 inhabitants who does not know its location. It occupies the large building at 613-615 Locust Street, within three or four blocks of the post office, express offices, and principal railroad passenger stations. The large store room is full of interest to everyone who has a farm or garden, or who loves flowers, and the bird and gold-fish department always interest the children. Here are also located the offices and correspondence department. Here also we are glad to meet our customers from other towns. OUR TELEPHONES. Store and Office { Iowa Phone... No. 600. Mutual Phone... No. 789. Mail Order Dept. [Mutual Phone] No. 889.--2 rings. Warehouse. [Mutual Phone] No. 889.--1 ring. Greenhouses. [Mutual Phone] No. 793.--3 rings. Managers Residence. [Mutual Phone] No. 736.
"All the seeds I purchased from you have given excellent satisfaction. The seed of Bromus Inermis grass came up nicely and furnished fine pasture, my cattle seemed to like this grass better than any other grass I had in my pasture. The severe drought this summer did not seem to hurt the bromus any, it remained nice and green in spite of the intense heat."--August Becker, L.-P.- Iowa.
FOREIGN ORDERS. Our trade with European countries, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies and other foreign countries, is increasing constantly, and while it is still somewhat expensive and slow to send large shipments by freight, small lots can be sent by mail quite easily. We are willing to prepay the postage on all vegetable and flower seeds offered by the packet or ounce, at the prices named in this catalogue, to Canada, Mexico, all parts of Europe, and all countries of the Postal Union. Not more than 12 ounces can be sent in each package.
OUR GREENHOUSES. About three and one-half miles west of the store, located on West Grand Avenue, are fifteen large green houses, built, owned and operated by the Iowa Seed Company. These houses are devoted exclusively to the mail order trade, and they contain a greater variety of plants than any other greenhouse in the west. Many hundred plant orders are filled daily during the busy season, all small plant orders being mailed direct from the branch postoffice nearby.
[image] OUR GREENHOUSES AT WALNUT HILL.
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[image] ESTABLISHED 1871
1871--1902 Thirtyone Years Successful Business! DES MOINES, IOWA, January, 1902
TO OUR CUSTOMERS: In starting on the new year's business we desire first of all to extend a warm greeting to each one of our patrons and we wish each of you a "Happy New Year." The past season our trade has been larger than ever before and the liberal patronage which has been given us in the past, has been the means of enabling us to extend our business greatly. By adding to our warehouses, greenhouses and farms we now have improved facilities for growing, drying and cleaning seeds, filling and shipping orders from each department, so that we now claim to fill more retail orders than any other firm in the entire west. There must be some good reason for this and it lies in the fact that our CHOICE IOWA SEEDS are unsurpassed, that our prices are right and that we please and satisfy our customers. We are now even more determined than ever before to give each of our customers such complete satisfaction that we shall secure their entire trade and retain it from year to year. In almost every neighborhood in America our seeds are known and used and our highest ambition is to deserve the title which has been applied to us, namely: "SEEDSMEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.'"
The gardening public and farmers everywhere are requested to thoroughly examine all parts of this book, which we have thoroughly revised and rewritten this year and tried to make of practical value to everyone. Notice the many new and improved varieties which we are offering this year and instead of devoting your entire crop to the old sorts we are sure that it will pay you to add both to the quality and yield by planting the newer kinds that we recommend.
Kind Words from Old Friends
Very few Seed Dealers can Equal this Record. 31 YEARS.--I have bought seeds every year from your company since 1871, when Mr. Fuller started the business at Des Moines; have always found your seeds good.--W. S. Maxwell, Lawndale, Texas. 26 YEARS.--I have been a customer of the Iowa Seed Co. since 1875 and always intend to be so long as they prove as satisfactory as in the past. Both they and their seeds are reliable.--J. C. Jessup, Fairmount, Indiana. 29 YEARS.--This is my 29th year getting seeds from your firm and they are all O. K. We are back in "Peerless Old Iowa," again after four years in California and eight years in Arkansas.--Bryant Graves, Lenox, Iowa.
WE GROW OUR OWN SEEDS, either on our own place or have them grown from carefully selected stock seeds and it requires the entire seed crop from about 4,800 acres to supply our trade. The soil and climate of Iowa are specially adapted to growing and maturing most seed crops, still there are some varieties which will produce better seed in other localities and we spend a large part of the summer and fall in traveling around among our growers inspecting the growing crop. The manager of this company has also this year visited the farms of prominent seed growers in England, France, Holland, Germany, Denmark and other parts of Europe, searching for new or improved varieties which we could offer to our customers here. We found some very desirable items never before offered by any American seed dealer and they will be found described in the following pages. Again thanking you for past favors, respectfully soliciting a continuance of your patronage and wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, we remain, Your friends, IOWA SEED COMPANY M. KURTZWEIL, President. CHAS. N. PAGE, Treasurer and Manager.
[image] CHOICE IOWA SEEDS TESTED AND TRUE IOWA SEED CO. DES MOINES.
SUGGESTIONS TO CUSTOMERS. ORDER EARLY.--The best time to order is just as soon as you receive this catalogue, as we can always give your orders more of our personal attention if they come in before the rush of the spring trade. Please use the order sheet as it makes it more convenient for us in filling orders. Terms are invariably cash with order, as we keep no book accounts in our mail order department, and the expense of sending goods C. O. D. is quite large. Postage stamps received as cash. SHIPPING.--There are five express companies and fifteen railroad lines at Des Moines, so that quick shipments can be made to any town in the United States. It is well to remember that express charges are usually very much higher on heavy goods, and you should order them sent by fast freight. CHARGES PREPAID.--All Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bulbs and Plants, except those noted, are sent prepaid by mail or express by the quickest and most direct routes unless ordered otherwise, and we guarantee their safe arrival. Seeds sold by the peck or bushel, field seeds, potatoes, implements, and other heavy goods are sent by freight or express, purchaser paying charges. OUR PRICES.--Our constant aim is to make the highest quality the first consideration, and next to put our prices as low as good reliable seed can be sold. DISCOUNTS.--ON ALL ORDERS FOR SEEDS IN PACKETS the purchaser may select twenty-five cents' worth extra for each one dollar sent us. This refers only to seeds in packets, not in bulk. Each year we put up thousands of packets of seeds for free distribution among our customers, by adding liberally of them to orders. We will allow you a discount of ten cents per pound on vegetable seeds, such as are listed as prepaid, if you are willing to have them sent by express or freight at your expense. SMALL ORDERS.--If you only want a single packet, do not hesitate to send for it. We take as much pains to fill small orders promptly and correctly as we do large ones. Orders for Flower Plants and Nursery Stock, however, must amount to at least fifty cents. PLANT ORDERS.--Orders for plants will be filled as early in spring as we consider it safe to send them. If ordered for immediate shipment in severe weather they will be sent at purchaser's risk. WHAT WE GUARANTEE.--That all money sent us for seed shall reach us if sent by registered letter, P. O., or express money order or bank draft, made payable to our order. That your order will be filled promptly and well. That goods ordered will reach you safely. KEEP A COPY of your order. Sometimes persons think they have ordered articles which they have omitted, and blame us for not sending them.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY.--As this book will probably go into the hands of many who are unacquainted with us, this question will naturally arise, and in answer to same we refer you, by permission to the Valley National Bank of this city, to the postmaster, or to any of the various express companies. ABOUT WARRANTING.--We thoroughly test all our seeds and nothing is sent out which we do not believe to be good in every respect. When it is considered how many are the contingencies on which the success of any crop depends, such as sowing too deep or too shallow, too wet or dry soil, unfavorable weather, insects, etc., our customers will readily see that it would be sheer folly for anyone to warrant them to produce a perfect crop, and we want it plainly understood that while we exercise great care to have all seeds pure and reliable, and also true to name, we do not give any warranty, express or implied. If the purchaser does not accept the seeds on these terms and conditions, they are to be returned at once, and the money that has been paid for same will be refunded. No officer, agent or employee of this company is authorized to make any warranty whatsoever. However, we have so much confidence in our seeds that we hereby agree to refill any retail order for vegetable or flower seeds free of charge should they prove otherwise than as we represent them. We know of no responsible seed firm in the world which guarantees seeds any further than this. Compare with other seed catalogues and you will find that we are right. MARKET GARDENERS and others who buy VEGETABLE SEEDS IN BULK to the amount of $5.00 or more, are requested to send for our Market Gardeners Price List. This list for market gardeners is intended only for large buyers, and is exclusively for those who order vegetable seeds alone by weight or measure amounting to $5.00 or over. Club orders which call for this amount of bulk seeds altogether are entitled to these prices. PREPAID RAILROAD STATIONS.--Many of our farmer customers live at Prepaid Railroad Stations, where there are no agents. In such cases we must request them to send sufficient money to prepay freight charges on heavy shipments, also in cases where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by freight or express to such great distances that cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of goods. Our German Friends will be pleased to notice that we also issue a catalogue in the German language, and we will take pleasure in sending a copy free on request. Tell your German neighbors about it.
[German text follows] Unferen Deutichen Freunden diene hiermit zur Rachricht, das wir auch Samen-Kataloge in deuticher Sprache druden. Biele unferer Landstente ben der Mutteriprache ben Borzug und verienden wit biefe Kataloge fret an Ulle, die das rum aniragen. Bitte fenden Sie uns die Udreffen Threr deutichen Rachbarn, damit diefe den deften deutichen Katalog in Amerifa erhalten.
WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO RECEIVE SAMPLES OF ANY NEW, RARE OR SUPERIOR SEEDS YOU MAY SEND US FOR TRIAL.
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2. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.
VEGETABLE SEEDS. Our stock of vegetable seeds we are sure cannot be excelled either in quality or selection by any firm in the country, as 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. Our packets are, we believe, as well filled as [missing text] reliable seed dealer's in the United States, and in fact, a com- [missing text] on has shown that they contain more seed, on the average, [missing text] those of any other firm whose packets we have secured. We [missing text] the postage at these prices, except on Beans, Peas and Corn [missing text] e peck or bushel rates. [Missing text] make it a rule to carefully test all seeds as soon as received [missing text] the grower, or as soon as they are brought in from our seed [missing text] ms. 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 as our CHOICE IOWA SEEDS are sure to please.
[image] SEED TESTING AND TRIALS.
NOVELTIES.--A choice list of the best novelties will be found described on the colored pages in the center of this book.
[image] COLUMBIA MAMMOTH WHITE ASPARAGUS.
German Catalogue. Please ask for a copy of our German Seed Catalogue, if you can read that language more readily than English.
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 making asparagus bed. 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. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c. ASPARAGUS ROOTS.--We can furnish strong roots of either the Palmetto or Conover's Colossal at 35 cts. per dozen; $1.25 per 100. Columbian Mammoth White 40 cts. per dozen; $1.50 per hundred postpaid. Ask for price in quantity.
[image] AMERICAN MAMMOTH BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
ARTICHOKE This vegetable is a great delicacy, highly valued in all parts of Europe, and also one of their most prominent table vegetable in California and other parts of this country. It is a perennial producing the large flower heads, which are the part eaten, the second season and every year thereafter. The young stalks are also sometimes tied and blanched like celery, but they are not equal to the flower heads. Cook like asparagus and serve with cream or butter sauce. Sow seed early in hot-beds or box in the house, and when weather becomes settled transplant in rows four feet apart and two feet in the row. When started early it sometimes blooms the first year. LARGE GREEN GLOBE.--The best variety for general use; buds large; scales green; very thick and fleshy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 1/4 lb. 90c. 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. 30c; 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight pk. 40c.; bu. $1.25.
[image] LARGE GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 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 more heads. A profitable crop for market gardeners. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. ENGLISH.--Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.
CURLED CHERVIL. An ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. Leaves used in soups and salads. They have a pleasant aromatic taste which is greatly liked. Cultivate like parsley. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.
[image] EXTRA CURLED MOSBACH KALE.
BORECOLE, or KALE One ounce will produce about 3000 plants. A hardier vegetable than cabbage; excellent for greens during winter and spring; splendid winter food for poultry. Is 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.--Fine crimped leaves; light green color; admirable for garnishing. Best for cooking. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1/4 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. DWARF GERMAN GREEN.--Popular. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1/4 lb. 25c; lb. 65c. THOUSAND HEADED.--Grown mainly for forage. See description elsewhere. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1/4 lb. 20c; lb. 65c.
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. Cultivate the same as Cauliflower. EARLY PURPLE CAPE.--A popular sort; heads well and is very hardy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c. EARLY LARGE WHITE.--Pkt 5c; oz. 30c.
CORN SALAD. One ounce will sow about 20 square feet. A nice winter salad. Sow in September in drills. Just before cold weather cover with straw or leaves. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1/4 lb. 30c.
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[image] IMPROVED VALENTINE.
BEANS--Dwarf Bush Varieties. One quart will sow 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 until danger of frost is past. 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. Packets contain about two oz. Price includes postage except at peck and half-peck rates. Deduct 15 cts. from quart rate if to be shipped by express.
[image] HENDERSON'S DWARF LIMA.
EARLY PROLIFIC BROAD--See novelties. Per pkt.10c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 65c. YARD LONG--See novelties. Pkt. 10c. IMPROVED EARLY VALENTINE.--About ten days earlier than the common Early Valentine. In additon to this it is more robust and vigorous, and produces the true, round, curved pods very abundantly. Unexcelled in quality and uniformity of ripening, nearly the whole crop can be taken at one picking, usually within 35 days after planting. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c; by express or freight 1/2 peck 75c, peck $1.40. HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA.--Grows in compact bush form, producing enormous crop of delicious Lima beans at least two weeks earlier than any of the climbing Limas. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.60.
WARDWELL'S KIDNEY WAX.--One of the earliest, hardiest and most productive of all Wax Beans. It is nearly a week earlier than the Golden Wax, and yields one-third more, and it is almost entirely free from rust and spots. The pods are long and showy, very tender, stringless, and of excellent quality. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.60. LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS.--Very early and prolific; long, green, tender, flat pods; matures quickly. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 35c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 65c, pk. $1.25. 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 are ready to market two weeks earlier than the Valentines. It is of immense value, not only to the market gargener [gardener] but also to the amateur who seeks a rare quality early for the home table. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. $1.00, pk. $1.75.
[image] LAZY WIFE'S POLE BEAN
[image] WARDWELL'S KIDNEY WAX BEAN HARDIEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE.
EARLY REFUGEE, OR THOUSAND TO ONE.--Most prolific green podded sort, thick and fleshy. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 35c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 75c, pk. $1.40. EARLY MOHAWK.--Very early and will stand more cold than most bush varieties. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 40c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 75c, pk. $1.40. DAVIS WHITE WAX.--A new white, rustless, productive, wax-podded bean; pods flat, very long, white, straight and handsome; seeds clear white; excels all others in hardiness and productiveness. Valuable for market gardener's and canner's use. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.60. CHALLENGE BLACK WAX.--Earlier, more productive and of better quality than the old Black Wax. Pods tender, round, fleshy and stringless. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 85c, pk. $1.50. IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.--Great improvement on the old Golden Wax having larger pods and being much more prolific. Pods of dark, rich golden yellow color and of perfect shape. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45[c]; by exp. 1/2 pk. 75c, pk. $1.40. SCARLET FLAGEOLET WAX.--The pods are often a foot in length, exceedingly succulent, stringless and tender. It is an enormously productive variety and nearly always exempt from rust. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. $1.00, pk. $1.75. BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA.--A dwarf or bush form of the true large Lima which is of great value. They grow 18 to 20 inches high. Immense yielder. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 60c; by exp. 1/2 pk. $1.00, pk. $1.75. LARGE WHITE MARROW.--Excellent as a shelled bean, cooks in twenty minutes. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 35c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 65c, pk. $1.40. CALIFORNIA BRANCH or PROLIFIC TREE.--For field culture. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 35c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 60c, pk. $1.00.
POLE BEANS. Plant from five to six seeds in each hill, about two inches deep. One quart will plant 100 to 150 hills. OLD HOMESTEAD.--Enormously productive, the pods hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of pole. It is entirely stringless, and the pods are of a silvery green color, and cook tender and melting. Can be grown with corn to good advantage. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.65. LAZY WIFE'S.--This Pole Bean has become very popular. We presume it derived its name from its immense productiveness, and from the ease with which they are cooked. Pods are broad, thick, very fleshy and entirely stringless. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00. GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX.--Pods are a beautiful golden yellow color and of large size, averaging from seven to eight inches long, and three-fourths of an inch in width. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c; by exp. 1/2 pk. $1.00, pk. $1.75. MAMMOTH HORTICULTURAL POLE.--Of the highest quality as a shell bean either green or dry. Pods very large, bright carmine lightly streaked, very handsome and exceedingly productive. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c; by exp. 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25. KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA.--An improvement on Large White Lima. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c. By exp. 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00. SCARLET RUNNER.--Valuable for table use, or as an ornamental vine. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 70c. By exp. 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25. CUT SHORTS.--The old fashioned corn-field bean. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 5[?]c. By exp. 1/2 pk. $1.00; pk. $1.75. WHITE DUTCH CASE KNIFE.--Yields an immense crop of handsome flat white beans of excellent flavor. Cooks easily. Pkt. 5c, pt. 15c, qt. 45c. By exp. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.65.
[image] OLD HOMESTEAD BEANS.