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2 SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE
VEGETABLE SEEDS
Our stock of vegetable seeds we are sure cannot be
excelied 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 any reliable seed dealer's in the United States,
and, in fact, a comparison has shown that they contain
more seed. On the average, than those of any other
firm whose packets we have secured. We pay the
postage on the vegetable seeds at these prices, except on
Beans, Peas and Corn at the 3 lb, and larger quantities.
We make it a rule to carefully test all seeds as soon
as received 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 vitality, and the result is that we rarely have complaints
as our Choice Iowa Seeds are sure to please. The vegetable seed department is under the personal supervision of
the president of our company. He place the contracts, inspects the growing crops, superintends the farm operations in
summer and during the busy months in spring he gives personal oversight to the order filling department.

SEEDS BY PARCELS POST
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BE SURE AND ADD ONE POUND ADDITIONAL TO COVER
WEIGHT OF PACKING
Many of our friends will prefer to have their seeds come
by parcel post rather than by express. There is not much
difference in the cost of transportation by these two methods
, but if you want the seeds to come by mail you must
send postage, because it must be prepaid. We submit
here with a table showing the postage per pound to each
state. This is figured in the way to be most easily understood
by our friends. The only thing to remember is to add
one pound over the actual amount of seeds you order to
cover the weight of packing. For example you live in Alabama
and you order three pounds of Gradus peas by parcel
post. You will add 24 cents to the price quoted in the catalogue.
If you live in Illinois and want 15 lbs, of peas by
parcel post, add 64 cents to the price in the catalogue.
If the postage you send is more than is necessary the surplus
will be returned to you inclosed in a small envelope
within the package. If you do not send postage we will
take it for granted you want the goods forwarded by express
or freight.
Remember that we pay the postage on garden seeds ordered
by the packet, ounce, quarter pound or pound, no
matter what the cost; but on larger quantities postage must
be added if we are to send them by mail.
OUR POSTAGE RATE FROM DES MOINES TO ALL
IOWA POINTS IS ONE CENT PER POUND.

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STATE Postage Per Lb. STATE Postage Per Lb.
Alabama 6 cents Missouri 4 cents
Alaska 12 cents Montana 8 cents
Arizona 8 cents Nebraska 4 cents
Arkansas 4 cents Nevada 8 cents
California 10 cents New Hampshire 8 cents
Canal Zone 12 cents New Jersey 8 cents
Colorado 6 cents New Mexico 8 cents
Connecticut 8 cents New York 8 cents
Delaware 6 cents North Carolina 8 cents
Dist. Coumbia 6 cents Ohio 6 cents
Florida 8 cents Oklahoma 4 cents
Georgia 6 cents Oregon 10 cents
Guam 12 cents Pennsylavania 6 cents
Hawaii 12 cents Porto Rico 12 cents
Idaho 8 cents Rhode Island 8 cents
Illinois 4 cents Samoa 12 cents
Indiana 4 cents South Carolina 6 cents
Kansas 4 cents South Dakota 4 cents
Kentucky 6 cents Tennessee 6 cents
Louisiana 6 cents Texas 8 cents
Maine 8 cents Utah 8 cents
Maryland 6 cents Vermont 8 cents
Massachusetts 8 cents Virginia 6 cents
Mexico 12 cents Washington 10 cents
Michigan 4 cents West Virginia 6 cents
Minnesota 4 cents Wisconsin 4 cents
Mississippi 6 cents Wyoming 6 cents

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ASPARAGUS
(One ounce will sow forty feet of drill. For asparague roots, see page 33.)
Asparagus is so easily grown and such a large quantnty 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 abundant supply for an ordinary family. Sow early
in spring in rows a foot apart: keep clean by frequent weeding and hoeing. Ask
for free circular giving instructions for making an 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. Robust and
vigorous in habit, and throws up larger shoots and fully as many 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 2 inches in diamerter, and even when
12 inches long are perfectly tender when cooked. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1/4 ;b. 20c; lb. 69c.
CONVER'S COLOSSAL - The standard variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1/4 ;b. 20c; lb. 60c.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS IN ONE AND TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS OFFERED ON PAGE 33.
ARTICHOKE
A great delicacy. A perennial producing
the large flower heads. Which are the part
eaten, the second season and every year there
after. Cook like asparagus and serve with
cream or butter sauce. Sow seed and when
weather becomes settled transplant in rows
four feet apart and two feet in the row. When
started early sometimes blooms the first year.
LARGE GREEN GLOBE,- the best variety
for general use; buds large; scales green;
very thick, fleshy. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 1/4 lb. $1.00.
BROCCOLI
(One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.)
Growth and habit like cauliflower, except
more hardy, and heads are not so compact;
not desirable for warm or dry countries.
Gultivate and use same as cauliflower
EARLY LARGE WHITE.- the most popular
sort. Has medium sized, creamy white heads. Pkt 5; oz. 35c.
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I must say your garden seeds are first
class and the largest packets I ever received
from any company. - Mrs. Clarence Barker,
Atwater, Ohio.
Your seeds are the very best I ever got
anywhere. I had a very fine garden from
your seeds and will recommend them when
ever I can. - Mrs. Christ H. Westby, Burlington,
Wisconsin.

IF YOU ONCE PURCHASE VEGETABLE SEEDS OF US YOU WILL CONTIUE A PATRON. THE QUALITY INVITES CONFIDENCE.

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Large Green Globe Artichoke
Columbian Mammoth Asparagus