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12 CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS, ETC.

[image] IOWA GOLD MINE.

IOWA GOLD MINE CORN.
Best Variety of Yellow Corn in the World.
Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic in the praise of this splendid new variety which we introduced in 1892. It has received the most cordial endorsement as the best and most profitable variety ever grown. It is early ripening, only a few days later than Pride of the North. 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 62 to 63 pounds of shelled corn and in hauling to market it weighs out five bushels more to the wagon than common varieties in the same size wagon. We have shelled selected ears of this variety which produced 64 pounds of shelled corn and only 6 pounds of cobs to the bushel. It matures perfectly, even in southern Minnesota. We can most confidently recommend it as the acme of perfection, and stake our reputation on its pleasing everyone who tries it. One carload lot of 400 bushels of Iowa Gold Mine corn was carefully weighed, and after shelling it was reweighed and there was just 456 bushels. Just think of it - a gain of 14 bushels to the 100. Remember, if you want pure Iowa Gold Mine Corn you must purchase it direct from us. If you purchase from your local dealer, insist on seeing that our label is in every bag, plainly marked IOWA SEED CO. lt will pay you to change your seed, and don't fail to at least
see a sample of Iowa Gold Mine before buying elsewhere. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, pk. 60c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.75, [1?] bu. or more @ $1.50.
"I received your sample package of Iowa Gold Mine Corn. I just had 24 stalks and there were 64 ears on them."-Oscar A. Adams, Fannin Co., Tex.
"I sent to you last year for four bushels of Iowa Gold Mine Corn. It was first-class. My corn made a big crop."-A. D. Mann, Kankakee Co., Ill.
"The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I got of you has done fine. Has been in ear two weeks ahead of other field corn."-H. G. Blackhall, Rice Co, Kan.

REID'S YELLOW DENT.
Ear is of excellent shape, nearly cylindrical, tapering slowly to tip; length about 10 inches. Kernels firm on cob, 18 to 24 rows with narrow space between rows. Color medium yellow with red cob. Ear is quite solid and rather smooth. Matures in about 110 days and yields well although not equal in this respect to some other sorts. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, pk. 65c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.85, 5 bu. or more @ $1.75.

CHAMPION WHITE PEARL.
This was undoubtedly the best variety of white corn before the introduction of the Iowa Silver Mine. It is recognized and catalogued as a leading standard variety of medium sized early white dent corn, suitable for general crop. Matures in 115 days. It is prolific, and the grain is deep and wide with small cob. The stalk is short and thick and roots very deeply, with ear growing very low upon it, thus standing our severe storms and drouth well. Desirable for milling and very largely grown for that purpose throughout the south. If you want some good palatable corn meal, grow a little of the Champion White Pearl and have it ground. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 8 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, pk. [?0]c, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @ $1.65, 5 bu. or more @ $1.60.
Results at the Iowa Experiment Station in 1900 show that the Champion White Pearl was planted May 12th, matured September 14th, and yielded 91 bushels per acre.

LEGAL TENDER.
This is now one of the most prominent late varieties of yellow dent corn in the country. It 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 productive, and 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, grown from the originator's stock seed, but improved in earliness by being grown in a more northern latitude. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, pk. 60c, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @ $1.65, 5 bu. or more @ $1.60.
"Your Legal Tender Corn took first premium for the best yellow corn at the Cass county fair. It was very fine." -F. B. Van Ornam, Cass Co., Iowa.

The ten bushels of Iowa Gold Mine Corn purchased from you made a good stand and vigorous growth and has matured two weeks ahead of any other. We are now husking it and it far exceeds our expectation, the yield being decidedly larger than any other corn, and it is the brightest yellow color I ever saw.-O. E. Shonneman, Montgomery Co., Iowa.
The Iowa Gold Mine has done splendidly here in northwestern Iowa, and is now (Sept. 1) out of danger of frost. It is a yellow dent variety with large well formed ears, much larger and finer than our native corn in this part of the state.-P. R. Bailey, O'Brien county, Iowa.

[image] LENOCHER'S HOMESTEAD.

LENOCHER'S HOMESTEAD.
Well known in Iowa for having won the Iowa Homestead prize of $100.00, yielding [34?] bushels on three acres with ordinary culture. It was also awarded a diploma at the World's Fair. This variety originated with Mr. G. F. Lenocher, one of the most practical corn growers and stock feeders in the state, and was named and introduced by the Iowa Seed Co. Color varies from dark reddish yellow to almost black, but most of the ears are dark red with light colored cap, grain deep and hackled. We believe it to be a safe corn to plant, makes an excellent corn for feeding, although its color is sometimes objectionable for marketing. Our stock has been carefully selected for seed purposes. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. postpaid; by freight, pk. 60c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.75, 10 bu or more @ $1.50.
"Your Lenocher's Homestead Corn is out of sight. My neighbors bought all I could spare for seed purposes, and I had hard work to keep seed enough for my own use."
-Frank Degnan, Seneca Co., Ill.
"I was well pleased with your Lenocher's Homestead Corn purchased from you last spring and shall put in a larger acreage of it next year than any corn that I am raising."-E. T. Warne, DuPage Co. Ill.
"Lenocher's Homestead Corn is the best hog corn I ever fed. It is the earliest corn in this part of the country."-John Aberle, Doniphan Co., Kan.

[image] LEGAL TENDER.

IT COSTS ONLY 20 TO 30 CENTS PER ACRE TO PLANT OUR SEED CORN.