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from the grower, or as soon as they are brought in from our seed
farms. 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 vi-
tality, and the result is that we very rarely have complaints as our
Choice Iowa Seeds are sure to please.

SEED TESTING AND TRIALS

A CHOICE LIST OF THE BEST NOVELTIES ARE DESCRIBED ON THE COLORED PAGES IN THE CENTER OF THIS BOOK.

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 teen feet square, requiring 50 plants, will give an abundant sup-
ply 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 weed-
ing and hoeing. Ask for circular giving instructions for making an as-
paragus 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 re-
quires 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.
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.
CONOVER'S COLOSSAL.--The standard variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c,
1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS.--We can furnish strong roots of the Conover
Colossal at 25c per dozen; $1.00 per 100. Columbian Mammoth White
30c per doz., $1.25 per 100 postpaid. Ask for price in quantity.

LARGE GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE.

ARTICHOKE.
This vegetable is a great delicacy, highly valued
in all parts of Europe, and also one of the most
prominent table vegetables 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.
Sow seed early in hotbeds or boxes in the house,
and when weather becomes settled transplant in
rows four feet apart and two feet apart in the
rows. 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. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.
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