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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA

[image] VEGETABLE SEEDS image with picture of various vegetables

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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 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 vegetable seeds at these prices, except on Beans, Peas and Corn in large quantities as stated in the variety list of these items.

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We make it a rule to carefully test all seeds. We carry on extensive trials 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 our Choice Iowa Seeds are sure to please. The vegetable seed department is under the personal supervision of the president of our company. He places 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. We expect to give you high quality in our Choice Iowa Seeds and to supply them at as low prices as possible.

[image] BRUSSELS SPROUTS

ASPARAGUS
(One ounce will sow forth feet of drill.)
(For asparagus roots, see page 36.)

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 abundant supply for an ordinary family. Sow early in spring in rows a foot apart; keep clean by frequent weeding and hoeing. Circular on How to Make an Asparagus Bed, free.
BONVALLET'S GIANT.-A new and entirely distinct variety, that produce shoots which are white as long as they are 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 sough after. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 3/4 lb. 30c. lb. $1.00.
PALMETTO.-Stalks frequently measure 2 inches in diameter, and even when of extra length are perfectly tender when cooked. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. 75c.
CONOVER's COLOSSAL.-The standard variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.
BRUSSEL SPORTS
(One ounce for about 3,000 plants.)
Of the cabbage family, producing numerous heads of the stem, of most delicious quality, with cabbage-like head at top. Use and cultivate like winter cabbage.
AMERICAN MAMMOTH.- Greatly superior variety of American growth, which forms heads about 3 weeks earlier than other sorts. Profitable for market gardeners. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.

ARTICHOKE
A great delicacy. A perennial producing the large flower heads, which are the part eaten, the second season and every year thereafter. Sow seed and when weather becomes settled transplant in rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet in the row.
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 to compact; not desirable for warm or dry countries.
EARLY LARGE WHITE.-The most popular sort. Has medium sized, creamy white heads. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c.
[image] BONVALLET's GIANT

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