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Dorr's Iowa seeds

C. W. Dorr Seed Grower Des Moines Iowa

Dorr's Iowa Seeds

Pure Fresh Reliable

Western Lith Co Des Moines IA

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1882 ... The Iowa State Register. ... 1882

The Largest Paper Published West of New York.

Only Paper that Gives The FFull [Full] Telegraph News Of The Week.

Complete Agricultural, Commercial and Miscellaneous Departments.

More Reading Matter Than Any Other Two Papers In Iowa.

History Of The World In Genieral [General], And Iowa In Particular, For Week Ending On Day It Goes To Press.

Weekly, $1.25 Per Year.

Daily, $10.00.

The Register's unrivalled location, at the Capital and news center of the State, and in the center of the Great Northwest ; its superiority to Iowa readers over all outside papers, giving as it does all the general news of the World that outside papers do and the Iowa news besides; its merits as a Literary and Political paper, and its unexcelled Agricultural and Commercial Departments, make it the leading paper for the Farm, Office, Workshop and Family.

The Agricultural Department. — Is edited by our Mr. C. F. Clarkson an IOWA farmer with 27 years experience on an IOWA farm and his articles are always seasonable, making it confessedly, the best agricultural paper in the Northwest. All other departments are complete, making it the best family News paper published.

Sample Copies Free.

Address Clarkson Bros., Des Moines, Iowa.

The Iowa Homestead.

[left column] The Homestead Manual is a work of two hundred pages devoted to the interests of farmers, and their families. Much valuable information can be found within its covers. It is given to all subscribers of the Iowa Homestead, and right here we would say that the Iowa Homestead is one of the best agricultural papers published in the United States, and that it meeets [meets] the requirements of our Iowa farmers better than any of the papers of that class published outside of the State. — Stuart Locomotive.

[right column] The Best In The Country.

(From The Davenport Gazette)

It is gratifying to be able to commend to the farmers of Iowa, a journal published in their own State which meets every requirement for their needs in an agricultural periodical. The Iowa Homestead, published at Des Moines by B. F. Gue, is such an one. It is the equal, in its line of the very best farmer's paper published in the country. It is edited with rare ability and is the bold defender of the farmers rights against the barb wire monopoly and the outrage of 'protection.' It is in every way a worthy publication.

OUR GREAT NEWSPAPER PREMIUMS.

To give new customers an idea of the superior quality of Dorr's Iowa Seeds I have arranged this most liberal Premium Package, which contains a well filled packet of each of the following desirable varieties of vegetable seeds, Colossal AAsparagus [Asparagus], New Golden Wax Beans, Dewing's Blood Turnip Beet, Long Orange Carrot, Early Winmingstadt [Winningstad] and Excelsior Late Dutch Cabbage, New Half Dwarf Celery, Extra Early Des Moines and Egyptian Sweet Corn, Boston Market Cucumber, Prize Head Lettuce, Cuban Queen and Excelsior Watermelon, Bay View Muskmelon, White English Mustard, Long Sugar Parsnip, Little Gem Peas, Long Scarlet Radish, Silver Skin Onion, Savoy Spinach[,] Little Cocoanut and Boston Marrow Squash, Liivingston's [Livingston's] Perfection Tomato, White Egg Turnip, (two dozen.) For $2.00 I will send, post-paid, all the above seeds, and either the State Register or Iowa Homestead for one year. I feel perfectly safe in saying that this is the best and most liberal newspaper offer made. It is a special inducement for customers to give Dorr's Iowa Seeds a trial, and obtain a first class paper at a trifling cost. Our old customers may also avail themselves of the offer, but we can only send one premium package to one address. Talk this up to your neighbors, and send in your orders as early as convenient.

C. W. DORR, Seed Grower, Des Moines, Iowa.

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Office of Dorr's Iowa Seed Store, Des Moines, December, 1881.

To The Public:—

The past year, in many respects, has been a remarkable one in our history as a nation, and will long be remembered with exceeding joy and excessive sorrow. Not only has the continued revival of prosperity been realized throughout the land, but just in its very zenith, we have been bathed in the deepest sorrow, by the unparalled tragedy at our National Capital, which not only stunned proud America, but paralyzed the entire civilized world.

In the aggregate most crops have suffered by a series of climatic causes: prices of all farm produce have fluctuated in a wide range. Seed crops have not escaped and in many instances are very light.

I present to your notice in the following pages a select list of the choicest and most approved varieties of vegetable, field and flower seeds, of both foreign and domestic origin which have been proven to be suitable to the climate of the United States.

Believing low prices would better subserve the interests of our customers than an expensive elaborate catalogue they have been given the benefit of such judgment,

Shopping by Mail—Since the seedsmen first inaugurated the system of shopping by mail, it has become exceedingly popular in many other commercial branches of business. The advantages to the buyer are great, especially in the seed business. Practically it places a seed store at every post office in the world; on receiving the seed catalogues, they can be carefully read at home and a selection of seeds made, much better, than hurriedly in a crowded store in the spring.

I Claim—That my seeds are fresh and reliable. That with proper treatment, the climate and soil being in a proper condition, they will grow. That prices are as low as good, fresh seeds can be sold for. That my business is conducted in an honorable and businesslike manner.

All seeds are carefully tested, and nothing sold that does not prove to be perfectly good.

Nothing is substituted except in cases where a variety is entirely sold, and having another of equal or better quality than that ordered, the substitution can make no material difference to the purchaser.

No seeds are sold on commission.

I Will be Responsible—That all money sent by Registered Letter, Post Money Order, or Bank Draft will reach me. The expense of sending money in this manner may in all cases, where the order amounts to two dollars or upward, be deducted from the amount sent. Small amounts may be sent in stamps when more convenient. Do not moisten them in the least, but place them safely in a sealed letter. Do not send private ckecks [checks], as they have to be returned for collection.

That all seeds sent out by me will reach the purchaser.

From the fact that the success of the crop depends on so many contingencies entirely beyond the control of the seed grower, to warrant seeds to invariably produce a perfect crop would be rank quackery, and while I exercise the greatest possible care to have everything strictly reliable and perfectly satisfactory in every particular, yet I cannot warrant the same and am not liable or responsible for any loss or damage arising from any seeds sold by me.

Order Early—So that the orders can be filled before the stock is broken.

Write Plainly—And observe the following rules in making out your orders. Do not mix orders in the body of letters. Be particular to sign your name and full P. O. address no matter how often you write. We receive many orders with no name or address, and of course the customer blames us for not sending the seeds, when the fact is, we have no means of finding out who ordered them. Carry out the price of each article on the order. When perishable goods are ordered before the proper season for forwarding, they will be sent without further writing, as soon as practicable.

Terms—Cash must accompany all orders. No goods sent C. O. D.

Am I Responsible—A great many people hesitate to send money away, fearing it will be lost; and in order that any such may feel fully satisfied that they will receive the seeds ordered, I would respectfully refer them to the Post Master, Agents of the American or United States Express Companies, to any banker, editor or large business house in the city.

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2 ... Dorr's Iowa Seed Manual.

To My Customers: In again handing you my list of seeds for another season, it is fitting that I should extend my thanks for the greatly increased orders which have been received during this year, which is just closing.

I trust our seeds have been found satisfactory, and that I shall continue to merit your increased patronage. Again thanking you, one and all, I wish you a Happy New Year. C. W. DORR. Seed Grower. Des Moines, Iowa.

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Vegetable Seeds. [Image: Icon of pointing finger.] All vegetable seeds are sent by mail or express to any address, charges prepaid through by us, at prices named, except Peas, Beans, and Corn in larger quantities than packets, which are sent by express or freight at the expense of the purchaser, unless 25 cents per quart, for Beans and Peas, and 20 cents for Corn, is added to prepay postage.

Discounts—All five cent packets, 50 cents per full dozen. All 10 cent packets 1.00 per full dozen. On all orders for vegetable seeds (except packets at the dozen rate) amounting to $5.00 and not exceeding $10.00, 5 per cent. On orders amounting to $10.00 and not exceeding $25.00, 10 per cent. Write for special discounts on larger orders than $25.00, sending list of seeds wanted.

Collections of Vegetable Seeds,.

If you have a garden and do not know just which varieties to select, and will send us the amount of money you wish to spend, we will make the best selections for your locality, and guarantee a liberal quantity of seeds.

The Very Best Offer of the Season.

The Homestead one year for a premium.

Dorr's "Homestead Premium Seed Package" For 1882.

The most popular, liberal and best. A year's supply of the choicest seeds for the vegetable garden, containing many of the most popular and valuable novelties of the season, at a nominal cost. To give new customeas [customers] an idea of the superior quality of Dorr's Iowa Seeds I have arranged this most liberal Premium Package, which contains a packet of each of the following desirablev [desirable] arieties [varieties] of vegetable seeds: Colossal Asparagus, New Gol aen [Golden?] Wax Beans, Dewing's Blood Turnip Beet, Long Orange Carrot, Early Winning[staddt?], and Excelsior Large Flat Dutch Cabbage, New Half Dwarf Celery, Extra Early Des Moines, and New Egyptian Sweet Corn, Boston Market Cucumber, Prize Head Lettuce, Cuban Queen and Excelsior Watermelon, Bay View Muskmelon, White English Mustard, Long Sugar Parsnip, Little Gem Pea, Long Scarlet Radish, Silver Skin Onion, Savoy Spinach, Little Cocoanut and Boston Marrow Squash, Livingston's Perfection Tomato, White Egg Turnip, (two dozen). For $2.00 I will send, post-paid, all the above seeds, The Iowa Homestead for one year, the best agricultural weekly in the West, which will tell you all about Iowa and the Northwest, and a copy of the valuable Farm, Garden and Household Manual. This Manual is more complete and valuable than many sold for $5.00, and is published and offered only as a premium to new subscribers for the Homestead. It is worth more than the price of the entire package. All the above for only $2.00. Send at once to

C. W. Dorr, Seed Grower, Des Moines, Iowa.

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Iowa State Agricultural College, Office of Professor of Horticulture and Forestry, Ames, Iowa Dec. 7.

C. W. Dorr:

My Dear Sir:

The seeds we got of you all grew well, and proved true to name without a single exception. Yours with Respect, J. L. Budd.

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Dorr's Iowa Seed Manual. ... 3 ———————————— Artichoke. Plant early in Spring, in deep, rich, sandy loam. Following Spring transplant to permanent beds in rows three feet apart and two feet in the row. They mature the second year. Must be protected in winter. The edible portion is the undeveloped flower head, which is only fit for use before it begins to bloom. It is eaten both raw and boiled, and by epicures is considered quite a luxury. French Green Globe—Per packet, 5c, ounce, 25c.

Asparagus. Soak the seed twenty-four hours in tepid water; sow early in Spring, in rows a foot apart; keep clean by frequent weeding and hoeing. At one or two years old transplant to permanent beds. The ground should be trenched or dug over, two feet deep, burying plenty of manure, decayed leaves, or leaf mold, mixing it thoroughly with the soil. Lay out the beds four and one-half feet wide, and draw three drills fourteen inches apart and six inches deep, lengthwise of each bed; place the roots in them a foot apart, in their natural position, and cover four inches deep. A rich, sandy loam is most suitable. Every Autumn, after clearing off the stalks, spread on a covering of manure, to be forked in with a good dressing of fine salt, very early in the Spring. A new bed should not be cut over before the third year.

[left column] Conover's Colossal—An improved variety of extra large size, tender and productive. Per packet 5c, 1/4 lb 20c, lb 60c.

[right column] Conover's Colossal Boots—See miscellaneous articles.

[full column] Beans—Dwarf or Bush Varieties. Dwarf or Bush Beans require no support, and, may be planted in hills or drills, the latter way being preferred. Make the drills an inch and a half deep, and drop the bean three inches apart in the drills. Beans are tender annuals and cannot be planted till danger of frost is past. Keep clean, but do not hill up or hoe when wet, as it tends to make them rust. A sandy loam is most desirable.

Twenty-five cents per quart must be added io [to] pay postage when beans are ordered by mail.

Per Packet, Ten Cents, Except Where Noted. Post Paid.

[left column] Early Valentine—Early and productive. One of the very best, Per q't 25c, p'k $1.50, bush. $5.00.

Early China Red-Eye—Early, great bearer; string or shell. Per q't 25c, p'k 1.50, bush. 5.00.

Early Rachel—Early, desirable for string or shelling. Per q't 25c, p'k 1.50, bush. 5.00.

Early Yellow Six-Weeks—Early and prolific. Per q't 25c, p'k 1.50, bush. 5.00.

Early Refugee—One of the best for pickling; hardy, productive, fine quality. Per q't 25c, p'k 1.50, push [bush]. 5.00.

Large White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf—Excellent. Per q't 25c, p'k 1.50, bush. 5.00.

Large White Marrowfat—Fine shelled, green or dry. Per q't 25c, p'k 1.50, bush. 5.00.

White Wax—Pods waxy yellow, stringless and very tender. q't 40c, p'k 2.50, bush. 9.00.

[right column] Black Wax—Pods fleshy, waxy yellow ; tender and stringless. Per q't 40c, p'k 2,[.]50, bush. 9.00.

New Golden Wax—Very superior, early, beautiful golden yellow, entirely stringless. Per q't 40c, p'k 2.50, bush, 9.00.

Crystal White Wax—New and decidedly fine. It is entirely stringless, pods waxy and transparent, remaining tender a long time; quality very fine. In packets only, 15 cents.

Jones' Ivory Pod Wax—In many respects one of the best wax beans yet introduced, especially valuable for gardeners; ten days earlier than Black Wax; beautiful long, ivory colored pods, stringless and brittle, being exceedingly handsome and of a rich, creamy flavor. Per q't, 40 cents.

Dwarf Horticultural—To many tastes there is no bean equal to the old London Horticultural pole. In this dwarf we have the advantage of the excellent quality of the pole variety, and the convenience of cultivating a dwarf sort. Q't 40c, p'k 2.50.

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