1901

IOWA SEED COMPANY, ... 4 .... DES MOINES, IOWA.

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GRADUS, or PROSERITY PEAS.

The Finest, First-Early Wrinkled Pea. This new extra early green wrinkled pea is an acquisition and will soon become one of our most popular varieties. We may now have large tender peas, sweet and delicious, in early June. The Gradus will yield an abundant supply of the most tender wrinkled peas much earlier than other wrinkled varieties, and they proved to be, as claimed by the introducer, only three days later than the best stocks of the small extra earlies, such as First and Best, etc. It is also the earliest large podded pea in cultivation. The vine has havy [heavy] stems, with large dark green leaves, and grows from 2 1/2 to 3 feet in height. It produces uniformly large pods measuring from 4 to 5 inches long, well filled with peas of enormous size for such an early variety. The peas remain edible, tender and sweet for some time. The Gradus is an ideal extra early, and we are confident that it is destined to become the leading early variety, both for the amateur and market gardeners. Per pkt. 10c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt 60c.

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WASHINGTON WAKEFIELD CABBAGE.

For many years the Jersey Wakefield Cabbage has been the most prominent early sort with market gardeners, and many attempts have been made to improve upon it, with heretofore but limited success. In this grand variety, which is well shown by our illustration, we have a most superior strain, well worthy the name it bears. It is a leader, and First in head! first in market! and first in the hearts of the gardeners! It is very early, the heads pyramidal in shape, larger than the Jersey Wakefield, very solid, with few outside leaves. Grows remarkably uniform, heads of even size and shape. Unequaled for market or family garden. Try it this year. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 1/4 lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50.

WHITE PRIZEWINNER ONION. In magificent shape and enormous size, the White Prizewinner is the exact counterpart of the Mammoth Yellow Prizetaker, which has become so popular in the last few years, differing only in its handsome silvery white skin. Hundreds of market gardeners and onion growers have tried it, and say that nothing equal to it in the line of white onions has ever been grown in America. One enthusiastic grower says: "I raised a White Prizewinner measuring 17 inches in circumference, and weighing over four pounds, which astonished my neighbors, and took first prize at county fair." Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, 1/4 lb. $1.25, lb. $4.00.

IMPROVED BISMARCK CUCUMBER. An excellent variety with very long fruit, pointed at both ends, very uniform in shape, size and color, thus making it an excellent sort for marketing. Holds its dark green color well. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

EXTRA EARLY CRIMSON GLOBE BEET. A Novelty of 1900. This magnificant new variety from England is the best novelty in table beets which has been offered since we introduced the Market Gardener's. It is a very early variety, generally of spherical form as shown in our illustration. Skin very smooth, and it is as handsome a beet as you can imagine. It is of a rich deep red color shading to purple. Cooks readily, is very fine grained, and flavor cannot be surpassed. Our illustration shows the beautiful variegation of the cut beet, but when cooked it is of even dark color throughout and is attractive when on the table. It is not only a choice sort for early use, but it is also very desirable for main crop as it keeps well until late spring. They are of such uniform shape and size that they make the most desirable variety for selling in bulk in the fall as well as for bunching. Everyone who has even a small garden should try Crimson Globe this year. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 75c. [Image of the Crimson Globe Beet]

TRIUMPH WATERMELON. Claimed to be the largest and finest watermelon in the world. Our illustration shows the two largest melons which were entered in the prize contest in comparison with an ordinary 15 lb. Kolb Gem. They are truly monsters. It is a hybrid between Kolb's Gem and Duke Jones; fairly early in maturing, of high quality, and its handsome shape and dark green color will make it a seller. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

ALPHA CABBAGE. [Image of the Alpha Cabbage] This variety, now offered for the first time, was produced by C. L. Allen, the noted horticulturist. It is by far the earliest flat headed variety in existence being several days earlier than even the Jersey Wakefield. It is remarkably solid rivaling the Danish Ballhead and is wonderfully free from the loose superfluous leaves. Its compact growth permits setting plants in rows 24 inches apart and 10 to 12 inches in the rows. Although last season was disastrous to the cabbage crop on Long Island where this variety originated still it did not appear to affect the Alpha at all, as the heads were quite uniform. It has a short stalk or stem and the heads are 6 to 8 inches in diameter, just the right size to sell well on the early market. We predict that it will become very popular with market gardeners, and the value of the home garden will also be increased if it contains some of this useful early variety. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb $1.00. [Image of the Alpha cabbage]

IOWA SEED COMPANY, ... 5 ... DES MOINES, IOWA.

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EARLY SUNRISE SWEET CORN. This splendid new variety which we introduced originated with a market gardener in the western part of this state, and for eight years he has been selecting it to an ideal size and shape and also the earliest maturing. In this way he has finally obtained this variety, which is distinct from all others. The ears are about six inches long, well filled out at the end, and husk covering so completely and being so tight as to prevent the work of worms, which are so bad in the Cory. The grains are fairly deep and are set in straight rows on a small white cob. Very uniform and handsome. It is quite productive and of as good flavor as any corn we ever tasted. Don't fail to try it. Market gardeners will find the Early Sunrise a most profitable and satisfactory variety. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c, postpaid. By freight, peck $1.00, bu. $3.50. The Maine State Bulletin No. 27. states that the Early Sunrise was as early as any variety in their long list, much larger and better than Cory; in quality equal to most of the later varieties and the most prolific of all. They say it is worthy of special mention.

NEW ASTRO CUCUMBER. A variety of the highest merit for gardeners, some claiming that they made more money from a crop of these grown early in hotbeds than from any other crop, as they yield a continual daily picking and sell quickly at $1.00 per doz. Fruit large, perfect shape, 8 to 12 inches long, or with outdoor culture 16 to 18 inches long. They are of the very best quality for slicing as the flesh is white and crisp and they have very few seeds. Pkt. 10c, oz. $1.00.

Alaska Heard From. The seeds received from you last spring were all right. Our season was backward, but nevertheless we had a fair crop of peas, radishes, turnips, beets and cabbage. Your Iowa seeds seem to be well suited to this northern climate-O.T. Pingree, Wrangell, Alaska. The seeds which we purchased from you this spring were the best we ever had. I believe every seed grew.-Jamee Hudson, Dorp, Neb.

Try the Collection of VEGETABLE NOVELTIES illustrated on back cover of this Catalogue. THE ENTIRE COLLECTION worth 60 cents for only 25 Cts.

[Middle Column] ROSE-RIBBED SELF BLANCHING CELERY. The illustration gives a fair idea of this beautiful new Celery. It is a sport of the Golden Self-Blanching Celery, and possesses all the good qualities for which that variety has become so famous. It has the same beautiful, rich golden-yellow color, is self-blanching to the same remarkable degree, and differs only in the color of the ribs. These are of a very attractive shade of rose, which deepens as the season advances. This ornamental feature gives the whole plant a most pleasing appearance, that cannot fail to make it of even greater value for market, while no celery could be of finer quality, and we recommend it to all lovers of nice celery. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.

GIANT FRINGED WINTER ENDIVE. Endive is one of our best and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use and some people call it winter lettuce. This fine new variety is the best of all. It is a strong, vigorous grower, making a large, white heart and the leaves are beautifully curled and of the best quality, very crisp and refreshing. Sow seed in April for early use or in June or July for winter. Transplant or thin out to a foot apart when plants are 2 or 3 inches high. When nearly full grown tie leaves together to blanch. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c.

NEW ICICLE RADISH. A magnificent novelty from Germany which receives its name from the almost transparent whiteness of the root which has no comparison among all cultivated radishes. The shape is well shown in our illustration. It is of the best flavor, very crisp and brittle. It vies in earliness with the earliest forcing sorts producing nice roots in 22 days from date of sowing and it continues in prime condition for a longer period than any other variety, so that from one sowing of seed, nice crisp radishes may be had from early in spring until mid-summer. This adds greatly to its value for the family garden. It is one of the best European novelties which has been introduced for several years and should become very popular. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.

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[Image of the Early Sunrise Sweet Corn.] I have used your seeds for several years and find them all right, both garden and flower seeds. - Mrs. Evie Johnson, Walter Hill, Tenn. The seed I purchased from you last year were all you represented them to be. - M.J. Baker, Hillsboro, Ills.

[Image of someone with a knife cutting the Astro Cucumber]

IOWA SEED COMPANY, ... 6 ... DES MOINES, IOWA.

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[Image of a buff man carrying the atlas pumpkin on his shoulders]

Seeds purchased from you last spring were all right. I grew one egg plant from your seed which measured nine inches in length by eighteen and one-half inches in circumferance which is the largest I ever saw here. - F. M. Hopkins, S. St. Joseph, Mo.

EARLY ROUND PURPLE EGG PLANT. The Earliest Variety in Existence.

There are many persons who do not attempt to grow Egg Plants although they are a most desirable vegetable, for the reason that unless season is favorable they sometimes fail to mature the fruits. With this excellent variety, however, there is no such danger, as it is fully a month earlier than any other sort. Fruit is exactly the same shape and color as the Improved New York Purple, but is somewhat smaller. It is fully equal in quality, however, and what it lacks in size is made up in productiveness. Try growing Egg Plants this year. You will like them. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c.

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[Right column] NEW ATLAS PUMPKIN. What do you think of a pumpkin weighing 300 pounds. It is not an impossibility, as that weight has been exceeded in this variety, which is an improvement on the Mammoth Chili. One specimen shown at the World's Fair is said to have weighed 481 pounds, but such a weight is extraordinary. Our seed is the result of years of selection and was saved only from the largest sized perfect shaped specimens which will be sure to produce enormous fruits if properly grown. It is just the thing for exhibition at fairs, etc., and just think of the enormous weight that can be grow from one seed. Flesh is a rich yellow, very thick and of excellent quality, nutritious and profitable to grow for stock feeding. Keeps well. We have only a small supply of seed this year and can only offer it in packets of ten seeds for ten cents. A PRIZE OF $10.00 will be paid for the largest specimen grown from our seed this year, the report to be sent in by October 15th. Full directions for growing large specimens sent with each packet. I grew one vine from the Atlas Pumpkin seed received from you, which produced four pumpkins. The largest weighed 175 lbs., second 168 lbs., third 138 lbs., fourth 96 lbs., or 577 lbs. in all. - Hardy Hughes, Myrtle Creek, Oregon.

BLUE GEM WATERMELON. This remarkable new melon is one of the finest ever brought out and by some has been called Blue Kolb Gem, but it is of infinitely better quality than the old Kolb Gem. Averages a better size, and with less culls. It is of dark bluish green color, bright red flesh and black seeds. T. H. Johnson, who ships about 250 car loads each season, says he considers it the best shipping melon, as it has a tough rind, keeps longer than any other variety, the quality is superior, and it therefore readily brings $25.00 a carload more than other sorts. It is the coming melon for shipping, and will please all who try it. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb., 45c, lb. $1.25.

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NEW IDEAL MAMMOTH RHUBARB. The rhubarb (or pie plant) is a vegetable which it is difficult to improve and it takes many years to fully establish a new variety. About twenty-five years ago Dr. Kennicott, of Illinois, in growing roots from seed found one which was so far superior to, and different from all others that he saved it carefully, and the root has been divided and propagated from year to year until finally we purchased the stock. Like all other highly improved sorts it seeds sparingly and comes more nearly true to name when grown from seed than most other sorts. The stalks are fully as large, if not larger than the Victoria, and are produced in much greater abundance. Quality is unsurpassed. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c. Fine strong roots, 25c each, or 4 for 60c postpaid.

IDAHO COFFEE PEAS A new substitute for coffee not at all resembling the German Coffee Berry, listed on page 36. It is a native of Idaho and has been grown largely in Colorado and elsewhere, producing immense crops at a low cost, one plant sometimes bearing as many as 1,000 pods. When roasted and ground it has the flavor of coffee. The peas when boiled without roasting are equal to ordinary garden peas and as a fodder plant for feeding live stock it has a high value. Of especial value in the dryer [drier] sections of the country, as it is a great drought resisting plant. Per pkt. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 45c, 3 lbs. $1.10 postpaid.

[Image of the new ideal Mammoth Rhubarb in a basket, hanging from the mouth of a dog.]

IOWA SEED COMPANY, ... 7 ... DES MOINES, IOWA.

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NOVELTY FARM SEEDS. BROMUS INERMIS. Every one now admits that this is the most valuable new grass which has been introduced into this country during the past 25 years, and it has everywhere, from Canada to Texas, given the best of satisfaction. It has been very highly recommended by the U.S. Agricultural Department and by grass specialists in all parts of the country, has been thoroughly tested and found to adapt itself to a great variety of soils and climate, but is of special value for the prairies of the west and cold regions of the north, where it is largely sown with alfalfa. It will produce a wonderful crop of hay on land which is too poor for clover or timothy, and it resists intense cold, and also the most hot, dry weather. Forms a quick and dense sod either on sandy or stiff clay soils and is a permanent grass which does not kill out with any kind of weather. Grows 18 inches to 36 inches in height and can be cut two or three times per year and is equally desirable as a pasture grass. Has given good results as far south as central Texas. It is very nutritious and greatly liked by all kinds of stock both as hay and pasture. Every farmer and stock raiser should give it a trial. Seed should be sown early in spring using 20 to 25 lbs. per acre if sown alone, or if with Alfalfa use 12 lbs. with 8 lbs. Alfalfa. Price for best grade seed, per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight per bu. (14 lbs.) $2.25, 50 lbs. $8.00; 100 lbs. $15.00.

UPLAND RICE. It is a well known fact that rice forms the principal food of one-half the population of the earth and it is far more of a staple the world over than wheat, rye or corn. While it has been grown to a limited extent in South Carolina for a number of years, still in 1898 there was imported into the U.S. 190,285,315 pounds to supply the demand, and that is about the usual import. During the past few years the people of the U.S. have awakened to the immense possibilities of this crop, and some Des Moines men who have started rice plantations in the south have minted money with wonderful rapidity. One man after paying all the expenses incident on starting a new place, cleared $1,500.00 on 16 acres, the first year. The main expense in growing rice has been the necessity of irrigating or flooding the land. This cools the land, retards the growth and makes it impossible to grow rice in the northern states. We now offer our customers an early variety which can be grown on any ordinary land, although it prefers a moist situation, and has matured in Illinois. In an ordinarily favorable season it will yield 20 to 40 bushels per acre, or fully as much as wheat, and it has yielded 80 bushels per acre. Its growth is similar to wheat. Ordinary rice is sown broadcast, 1 to 8 bushels per acre, but the Upland Rice requires only one peck per acre. Sow early in spring in drills 2 feet apart and drop the seeds one inch apart in drills, covering about 1 1/2 inches. It stools out very heavily. In China, Japan, Ceylon, India and other densely populated countries, it is found to be a very much cheaper food than wheat or any other grain, but in this country it has always brought a high price. If this variety proves to be as generally successful as we now believe, it will revolutionize the market, and thousands of acres will be devoted to the crop. We have only a limited supply of seed this year, but we want every farmer to try it, and have therefore decided to not sell more than one peck to any person. Select a good place to sow it and prepare to supply your neighbors with seed next year at a good profit. Price per packet 10c, 1/2 lb. 35c; lb. 66c; 3 lbs. $1.50 postpaid. By express or freight 1/2 peck $1.50; peck (11 pounds) $2.50. Order Early.

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SPILTZ OR SPELT. A most wonderful new grain which was introduced by us and we are sure will prove of great value. For centuries past it has been grown in a limited way in eastern Russia near the Caspian Sea, its value not being known to the civilized world. Nine years ago an emigrant from there brought some to this country, and it yielded more than either barley or oats. It is of high value for feeding and will make a fair grade of flour somewhat similar to rye. Will grow well and produce immense crops on poor soil and dry weather appears to have no effect on it. Botanically it is known as Triticum Spelta and is supposed to be the grain grown in Egypt in the time of Moses. It is mentioned several times in the Bible. It has given splendid satisfaction to our customers and every farmer should try it. Per large pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, by mail, postpaid. By freight, per pk. 65c, bu., $2.00; 2 bu. or more @ $1.75. Sept. 12 - I am well pleased with the Spiltz purchased from you and all my neighbors want seed of it. - C. A. Pownder, Havelock, Ont.

ZEA. A Japanese variety of corn with striped leaves. It produces a wonderful crop of fodder. Seed very scarce this year. Per pkt. 10c.

JAPANESE MILLET. A distinct new variety, which is very highly recommended by the experiment stations for green fodder and the silo. It grows 6 to 8 feet high and produces an immense crop, especially on moist rich soils. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. $1.00, bu. (48 lbs.) $3.50.

GIANT SPURRY. Spurry is an annual plant, extensively cultivated in Europe as a winter pasture for cattle and sheep. It grows so well on poor, dry, sandy soil that it has been called "the clover of sandy land." It is of very rapid growth and is sown the later part of March and in April or May at the rate of 10 pounds per acre, if wanted for hay. The seed is sown broadcast, and covered lightly by harrowing. It germinates quickly, and in 6 to 8 weeks is ready to cut. It is usually cut for hay the first time, and pastured afterwards for the rest of the summer. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c. By freight 10 lbs. (will sow one acre) $1.50, 25 lbs. $3.00, 100 lbs. $10.75.

HAYNES' PEDIGREE WHEAT. We cannot too highly recommend this grand new variety as being the best kind of spring wheat in existence and are sure it will please everyone who tries it. It was originated by Mr. L. H. Haynes, who has spent eight years in selecting and improving it in his garden, each year choosing all the largest and best heads and discarding all the balance. This continued selection has had the effect of improving it in vigor, size of head and quality. For the past few years he has been growing it as a farm crop, taking the greatest pains each season to keep it strictly pure and by going through the fields and removing everything that was not of ideal quality, he now had a variety which is sure to please all wheat growers. The heads are very large and well filled out, the kernel is hard, the plant stools greatly, and, under ordinarily favorable conditions, will yield 40 to 50 bushels per acre. It is an improvement on Blue Stem wheat, but fully five days earlier in maturing. We most highly recommend this variety to customers everywhere in the wheat growing belt, and are sure that it will greatly please them in every respect. Per pk. 65c, bushel $2.00, 2 bushels or more at $1.85. I was much pleased with Haynes' Pedigree Blue Stem Wheat last year. The weather was very unfavorable for small grain, but it yielded nearly double the crop that my other wheat did and of much better quality. - George Rubes, Dickinson county, Iowa.

[Right Column] TRY SPILTZ. Emil Shuman, of Sherman Co., Neb., says: "I tested your new grain called Spiltz this year, and though we had a very dry summer, it did well. It stooled out heavily; each kernel produced 28 to 45 sprouts and every sprout had a nice head averaging three inches in length. The straw was very stiff, and I do not think it will lodge even on rich soil and is a heavy yielder."

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FIVE CORN WONDERS FOR 1901.

[Left Column] [Image of a corn cob half shucked] NEW CENTURY WONDER CORN A most wonderful variety from South America, different in many respects from other sorts. Instead of growing like ordinary corn, one stalk to each kernel planted, it stools like winter wheat, producing 10 to 20 stalks from each seed. There are frequently 3 to 7 ears to the stalk, being 8 to 10 inches long, and of the most clear snowy white color. It is of excellent quality when used on the table like sweet corn, yielding, of course, a much larger crop and when dry and ground makes the clearest, finest, whitest meal you ever saw. It will rise like wheat flour and can be used in bread, biscuits, pies and cakes, and is therefore sometimes called Flour Corn. Yields 100 to 160 bushels per acre. The IOWA STATE REGISTER in its Farm Department says: "This wonderful corn which was grown about four miles northwest of Des Moines, grows 10 to 12 feet high, produces 3 to 7 ears on a stalk and 10 to 20 stalks to the hill from one grain of seed planted. The ears are about 9 inches long and it yielded 75 bushels on half an acre. It makes the finest of stock food when cut for fodder and produces many times as much as ordinary corn." We believe this corn will prove of great value everywhere for use as sweet corn, to grind into meal, to feed hogs, cattle and horses and as a fodder plant. Plant early as it requires the whole season to mature in this latitude. [Image of the Iowa Seed Co.'s Profit Corn that reads: Sure road to wealth and the most profitable corn for farmers to grow.] A COMPARISON. - A crop of wheat is considered a fair yield if it produces ten-fold or ten bushels to each bushel grown. The New Century Wonder is not satisfied with ten-fold, a hundred-fold, a thousand-fold or ten thousand-fold, but it is claimed that in a field you can find hills grown from one kernel which bear 20,000 to 40,000 kernels. Of course the entire crop will not average that, but it is wonderful, just think of it, 40,000 to 1. If we had wheat that was that productive you could afford to pay $1,000.00 per bushel for the seed and make money from the investment the first year. Seed has been sold here at $1.00 per pint and is cheap at that when you consider its wonderful character, but we want everyone to try it and have made a low price. Don't fail to plant at least a small patch, and thus obtain plenty of seed of your own growing for another year. Per pkt. 10c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c, 3 lbs. (will plant one acre), $1.00 postpaid. By freight 1/2 pk. 75c, pk. $1.25.

WONDERFUL PRE-HISTORIC CORN. Several years ago we were offered this variety by a corn grower who claimed that it was "grown from some kernels of corn which were discovered buried in sealed vessels far under ground where it had lain 3,000 years." We did not believe it, therefore did not "bite" and it was sold to an eastern seed dealer who has advertised it largely. The corn is mainly of most peculiar dark brown color and looks "mummy-like" which probaby gave the introducer the clue to the fairy tale which he has woven to fit it. Although it will never become a profitable market variety, still it has some very good points which will induce stock farmers to plant it. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid.

[Image of the Giant Cuzco crop] GIANT CUZCO CORN. A most strange and curious corn from Peru, with kernels of truly mammoth size, as shown in our illustration, each one being as large as 4 to 10 kernels of ordinary field corn. It will cause wonder and astonishment of every one who sees it. It is quite late in maturing and therefore should be started early in pots in the house. In transplanting be careful not to disturb the roots. Our cut shows an ordinary kernel of corn besides the Giant Cuzco. It is a great novelty. Sold only in packets of 10 seeds for 10 cents. Your Early Longfellow Dent Corn has done first rate with me and is a perfectly safe corn to plant in this latitude. - J. D. Wheaton, Lyon Co., Ia. I will plant most of my crop next year with your Longfellow Dent Corn as it proved so satisfactory this season. - A. A. Wagner, O'Brien Co., Iowa. I was much pleased with your Profit Corn this season as it gave an exceedingly large yield. - J. H. Ludington, Ashtabula county, Ohio. Your Farmers' Reliance proved to be a very fine corn and I was much pleased with it. - W. A. Whitmer, Clinton county, Iowa.

[Right Column] PROFIT CORN. The most profitable corn for any farmer who has live stock to feed. We introduced this grand new variety and it gave excellent satisfaction everywhere. It originated from a carefully prepared cross of two well known sorts on the farm of a seed grower in Madison county, Iowa, which is the county that produced our now world famous Iowa Gold Mine. For nearly 20 years this corn has been bred up until now it is claimed to be The Heaviest, most solid ear of any variety in existence, and of good size. It ain't a Handsome Corn, but it's Got Money in it. The color of the surface of ear is variegated from light sulphur to bright orange, being agreeably diversified, making it particularly striking in appearance. With some this might be an objection if they desire to sell it in the ear, but when shelled it looks quite uniform in color as the variation is simply in color of the cap or top of grain. The purpose of the originator was to fix a type of field corn for profit, superior to any in cultivation, and profit in corn growing, as we understand it, means the largest crop of SHELLED CORN (not cobs) maturing in a reasonably short time, and of the best quality. Ears of large size, grain is very deep, cob small and dried out rapidly thus making it a sure cropper. The corn is so solid on cob that the kernels appear as if driven in and it shells out immensely. Will produce a larger crop on poor soil than any variety we know of and with good culture will astonish everybody. It is the corn to plant and we want all our customers to try it. You cannot get it elsewhere as we are not wholesaling it this season. Order early as our stock is limited. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, 7 lbs. (sufficient for one acre,) $1.00, by mail or express prepaid. By freight, per 1/2 pk. 40c, pk. 75c, bu. $2.25, 2 bu. or more @ $2.00. Your profit corn proved to be a great drouth resister. Every stalk had a good ear, while other varieties of corn yielded but very little. If I had planted my fifty acres with Profit even at your high price as I thought for seed, I would be many dollars ahead on my crop. - G. C. Bothell, Webster county, Neb.

PRIMITIVE or HUSK CORN. It is from this wild variety that all of our cultivated sorts have sprung. The ears are of fair size and each individual kernel or grain is covered with a husk and all enclosed in an outer husk like common corn. In some of the wild and uncultivated parts of Mexico the Primitive or natural corn can still be found growing wild. It is quite curious and valuable for exhibition purposes, and attracts great attention wherever seen. Some stalks bear as many as 20 ears. You will be interested in it. Large pkt. 10c.

FILL YOUR CORN CRIBS WITH PROFIT CORN And your pocket book with money. Make Your Live Stock Happy By feeding first class corn. Be the First In your locality to plant PROFIT CORN and supply your neighbors with seed next year. There's Money it it.

[Image of Primitive or Husk Corn] The New Century Wonder Corn made a prodigious growth this season and a few bushels of very nice ears, though the crop was greatly damaged by high water. I was also very much pleased with your Farmers' Reliance Corn. - Wm. Hester, Dallas county, Iowa.