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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Danvers Half Long
Oxheart Carrot.
Columbian Mammoth White Asparagus.
Improved N. Y. Egg Plant.

Carrots.

One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 3 to 4 pounds for one acre.

This is an indispensable root for the farm and is deserving of more general cultivation. Well managed there is no crop pays better, and most farmers would find an acre or so desirable. Carrots form a nutritious, succulent food in the winter for horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. For early crop sow in spring as soon as the ground can be worked, in drills fifteen inches apart, covering one-half inch; thin plants to three or four inches apart in the row. For field culture rows should be of sufficient distance to admit of the use of a horse cultivator; sow seed from the middle of April to the first of June. A light sandy loam, deeply tilled is best. A fair average yield is 800 to 1,000 bushels per acre. Our seed is saved from carefully selected stocks and is sure to please you.

Early French Forcing.--The earliest variety; valuable for forcing. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

Early Scarlet Horn.--Favorite for early crop, but not large. Sold largely in New York markets bunched. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 85c.

Danvers.--It is in form about midway between the Long Orange and the Shorthorn class, growing generally with a stump root. It is claimed that this variety will yield the greatest bulk with the smallest length of root of any now grown. A first-class carrot for all soils, and for either garden or field culture. A rich, dark orange color, smooth and handsome. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 65c.

Oxheart.--One of the most valuable. Intermediate between the Half-Long and Horn varieties, attaining a diameter of 3 to 4 inches at the neck, of beautiful shape and rich orange color. Where other varieties require digging it is easily pulled. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. 85c.

Chantenay.--Larger than Scarlet Horn, flesh rich orange color, finest quality, small tops. Medium early. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

Large White Vosges.--Enormously productive, grows well out of ground, making it easy to harvest. Color light green above ground, white below; flesh rich, white, solid and crisp; heavy yielding. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. By express, 5 lbs. or more, 50c per lb.

Improved Long Orange.--Standard sort for field culture and desirable for table use; roots large and of good quality. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c. By express, five pounds, or more, at 40c per pound.

Victoria.--Largest carrot grown, heaviest cropping and most nutritious; of rich orange color, symmetrical, excellent quality, possessing high feeding properties; heavy cropper on all soils, especially adapted for rich land, grows half as much weight again per acre than ordinary varieties; grows well out of ground, easily harvested. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. 85c. By express, 5 lbs. or more, 60c per lb.

Half-Long Coreless, or Carenton.--Excellent flavor for table use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.

Asparagus.--Ger. Spargel.

One ounce will sow forty feet of drill.

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 an asparagus bed.

Columbian Mammoth White.--A new and entirely distinct variety, that produces shoots that 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. 30c, lb. $1 00.

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. 30c, lb. 85c.

Conover's Colossal.--The standard variety. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 45c.

Asparagus Roots.--See page 36.

Egg Plant.--Ger. Eierpflanse.

One ounce will produce about 1,000 plants.

A tender plant, which should be started quite early in a hot-bed or box in the house, which must be kept warm. Late in the spring transplant to open ground 2 1/2 feet apart each way in warm, rich soil. Soon as weather becomes warm they are thrifty and easily grown. They are a decided luxury which everyone should grow.

Early Long Purple.--Hardy and productive, six to eight inches long. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 90c.

Improved New York.--Our strain of this leading market variety we believe to be unsurpassed. Very large size, skin deep purple, flesh white and of excellent quality. Very productive. See cut. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, 1/4 lb. $1.25.

Pearl White.--See Novelties. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 40c.

Brussels Sprouts.
Ger. Spressen-Kohl.

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 the same as winter cabbage.

English.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

American Mammoth.--See Novelties. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, 1/4 lb. $1.25.

Tobacco.

One ounce will sow about 25 feet square and produce plants for one acre.

This is a paying crop and will do well in this State. The following varieties have been thoroughly tested in this climate. Our seed of most of these was grown on the crown panicles of select plants. Early in the spring burn a brush pile on the ground to be used for seed bed. Then thoroughly pulverize the soil, digging and mixing in ashes. Sow seed very shallow. When plants are six inches high transplant into rows four feet apart.

Mammoth Muscatelle.--Very early, leaves long, small ribbed, and of finest possible texture. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 75c.

Hester.--Ripens early; adaptable to a wide range of soil and latitude, therefore surest. Yellow. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 75c.

Sterling.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Big Havana.--Heavy cropper, fine texture, delightful flavor, earliest cigar variety to mature and ripen. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Connecticut Seed Leaf.--Well adapted to this climate. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c.

Broccoli.--Ger. 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 same as Cauliflower.

Early Purple Cape.--A popular sort; heads well and is very hardy. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 40c.

Early Large White.--Pkt. 5c, oz. 40c.

Artichoke.--Ger. Artischoke.

Plant early in spring, in drills, two inches deep. When strong transplant to permanent beds, in rich soil, in rows three feet apart and two feet in the row. They mature the second year. Must be protected in winter.

French Green Globe.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

Artichoke Roots.--See Field Seeds.