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28. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

Iowa Gold Mine Corn.
The Best Variety of Yellow Corn In the World.
Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic in the praise of this splendid variety which we introduced. Iowa is not called a gold mining state, but in this grand new variety farmers of this country will find a veritable mine of wealth. It has everywhere received the most cordial endorsement as the best and most profitable sort ever grown. This variety originated as follows: Twelve years ago a special premium offer brought sample ears of corn from several hundred farmers and seed growers and from these we chose the one which was most decidedly the best, and have been selecting and improving it until it is about as near perfection as corn can be made. It is early, ripening only a few days later than Pride of the North; ears are of good size and symmetrical; color a bright golden yellow, as handsome as a twenty dollar gold coin just from the mint; grain is very deep, cob small, and therefore dries out very quickly as soon as ripe. Seventy pounds of ear corn makes sixty to sixty-two pounds of shelled corn, and in hauling to market it weighs out five bushels more to the wagon load than common varieties in the same wagon. We have shelled selected ears of this variety which produced sixty-four pounds of shelled corn and only six pounds of cobs to the bushel. This is an unparalleled record. It cannot be equaled by any other corn in the world. Thousands of our customers say they consider it the ne plus ultra in corn; that it would be impossible to attain any nearer perfection. We can most confidently recommend it as the acme of perfection and stake our reputation on its pleasing everyone who tries it. It will grade No. 1 in any market. We shall not be satisfied until every farmer in the United States has seen this grand new variety.
Remember, if you want pure Iowa Gold Mine Corn, you must purchase it from us. Don't be deceived. If you purchase from your local dealer, insist on seeing that our label is on every bag, plainly marked Iowa Seed Company. We most highly recommend it to our customers in all parts of Iowa and other states in the same latitude. It matures perfectly up to the extreme northern tier of counties in Iowa, and some years does well in Minnesota. It will pay you to change your seed, and don't fail to at least see a sample of Iowa Gold Mine before buying elsewhere. Notice our low prices this year. Per large package 5c, lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 50c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more at $1.15 per bu., 10 bu. or more @ $1.00.

[image] IOWA GOLD MINE CORN. (From a photograph.)

[image] HICKORY KING

ORDER EARLY.
Last year we had an immense supply of this variety, but it was exhausted long before season was over and we were obliged to refuse many orders for it.

Three years ago I got a bushel of Gold Mine Corn, and it was the finest corn in the country.--S. M. Phelps, Winnebago Co., Ill.
I bought of you several bushels of Iowa Gold Mine Corn that has proven very satiafactory.--Harry D. Burress, Green Co., Ill.
The Iowa Gold Mine Corn yielded three times as much as any other variety. Think it is the best corn I have ever seen.--C. H. Shearer, McHenry Co., Ill.
Have just harvested the Iowa Gold Mine and it is a grand corn. Our farmer is enthusiastic over it. The type and color are perfect.--J. H. Beagley, Ford Co., Ill.
The Iowa Gold Mine Corn is the best I ever saw and it is well adapted to this climate.--S. F. Reynolds, Dane Co., Wis.
The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I purchased of you last spring is the best yielder I ever planted. O. E. Hughes, Butler Co., Iowa.

GRAINS OF GOLD.
We want to urge every farmer to send for a sample of our
IOWA GOLD MINE CORN
just as soon as he receives this catalogue. Don't be satisfied with old worn out, mixed varieties. Compare these grains of gold with the corn you are growing, and if you find this better, order a supply early.

HICKORY KING.--A white field corn, which has the largest grains, with the smallest cob, of any white corn ever introduced. So large are the grains and so extremely small the cob that on an ear broken in half a single grain will almost completely cover the cob section. Of strong, vigorous growth, and yields splendid crops on light soil, and is a desirable variety where the season is long enough to mature it, but we do not recommend it north of southern Iowa. Per peck 75c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more $1.75.
GIANT MEXICAN JUNE.--A giant among corn, growing from 16 to 20 feet iu [in] height, with ears 10 feet from the ground. A grand variety for grain in the south, for the silo in the north, and a grand curiosity for every section. It is exceedingly leafy in its upper sections and this gives special value to it for the silo. A few stalks of this giant corn will make a grand sight in any garden. It is a white dent with a good sized ear. Pkt. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 50c, postpaid. Per peck $1.00, bu. $3.50.
LEGAL TENDER.--This variety is the result of about ten years' selection by a seed corn specialist in Iowa, and has taken first premium at many state and county fairs. The corn is very productive, of uniform pure yellow color, ear very large and long, and a deep grain on a small cob, while the stalk does not grow too large. The introducer says: "Our ideal ear is an ear two-thirds as large around as it is long, containing sixteen to twenty rows, and small shank. The kernels are deep, the cob is small at the butt and the ear holds its bigness toward the point until near tapering off. It should be capped over and the kernels should hold their bigness toward the point and the butt run out straight and not crinkle." It matures in about 115 days, but we do not recommend it for the extreme northern portion of this state. Our stock of this is extra select. Per peck 50c, bushel $1.25, 2 bushels or more @ $1.10, 10 bushels or more @ $1.00.

[image] LEGAL TENDER.