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40 Dorr's Iowa Seed Manual
Planet, Jr. Horticultural Implements
Are among the best known and latest improved implements for the garden and farm. Thoroughly made and finely finished, [no] similar tools that we have ever sold have been more popular. Everyone of these implements is a practical all day tool.
[images] Drill No. 2, $12.00. Double Wheel Hoe, $10.00. Combined Drill and Wheel Hoe, $14.00. The Firefly Plow, $4.00. Single Wheel Hoe, Plow and Cultivator Combined, $7.00.
The Planet, Jr. Garden Drill No. 2,
Sows with ease and accuracy, at any exact depth or thickness, all graden [garden], field and nursery seeds possible to be sown with a drill, and quickly repays its cost in saving seed, time, labor and better crops to all who grow these vegetables for home and market, Price, boxed, $12.00.
The Planet, Jr., Double Wheel Hoe and Cultivator,
When used as showen [shown] in the cut it will shave close to the small plants both sides at once, without covering them, and ten times faster than wtth [with] the hand hoe, doing perfect work. When the two cultivating teeth are used, it loosens the ground thoroughly, killing the young weeds and cultivating deeply, while with the two small plows neat furrows can be thrown to or from the rows of Potatoes, Peas, Beans, Celery, &c. Price, boxed, $10.00.
The Planet, Jr. Combined Drill, Wheel Hoe and Garden Plow.
This tool though somewhat smaller than the others, combines in itself the working qualities of both, being as efficient as a drill, and equally as efficient as a hoe and cultivator, except for large plants. The Steel Garden Plow is a treasure in itself. Price, boxed, $14.00.
The Firefly Hand Hoe and Plow.
This tool does nearly the whole work of the tending the garden from Spring to Fall, opening furrows, covering, hoeing and plowing to or from, shallow or deep; and for 1882 is made stronger and better, and with eyes for attaching a drawing rope when breaking up the garden deep before planting in the Spring. Price packed, $4.00.
Single Wheel Hoe, Plow and Cultivator, Combined.
This in [is] a new tool, It combines the qualities of the Double Wheel Hoe and the Firefly plow. It has a pair of exchangeable hoes to be used while the plants are small, to throw the dirt either to or from the row; a set of reversible cultivator teeth and a garden plow. The wheel is adjustable to any height. Price $7.oo.
For more complete description of these popular tools see the large New beautifuly illustrated Catalogue, sent to any address, on receipt of postage stamp. Address, C. W. Dorr, General Agent, Des Moines, Iowa.
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[images] Egyptian Turnip Beet.
This excellent variety has proved to be a most valuable acquisition. Its merits consist in its great earliness, being equal to the Bassano in this respect, but having the advantage over that variety in having small and upright leaves, allowing it to be grown nearly twice as close together. In color it is a rich deep crimson.