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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 7.

[image] HENDERSON'S EARLY SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER.

CAULIFLOWER.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
One of the most delicious of vegetables. Any soil that will grow cabbage will grow cauliflower, as their requirements are quite similar. Culture same as cabbage, except that they need a cool and moist atmosphere and should be watered during dry weather. As the flower heads appear, the large leaves should be broken down over them to shield them from the sun and rain.
DANISH GIANT.--A grand new variety; described with novelties. Pkt. 15c, oz. $3.00.
HENDERSON'S EARLY SNOWBALL.--Throughout the country this is considered not only the earliest of all cauliflowers, but it is more certain to make a head than any other sort. Its dwarf habit and short outer leaves allow it to be planted as close as eighteen to twenty inches apart each way, thus making it especially valuable to market gardeners. Our stock is extra choice and cannot be excelled. It is grown in the locality where this variety originated, by a grower whom we believe to be the best in the world. Per pkt. 15c, ¼ oz. 75c, oz. $2.50.
EXTRA EARLY DWARF ERFURT.--Valuable for forcing. A very popular variety in Europe and with eastern gardeners. First quality. Pkt. 10c, ¼ oz. 60c, oz. $2.00.
EARLY PARIS.--Well known small variety which usually proves quite satisfactory. Have made price low this year so that all can try this excellent vegetable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 50c.
LENORMAND'S.--A late variety of large size and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 60c.
CAULIFLOWER PLANTS.--See list of vegetable plants.

COLLARDS.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
Collards are largely used as "greens" in some parts of the country, especially South. They are a form of the cabbage, bearing new leaves as the old ones are pulled off.
GEORGIA.--The most satisfactory for general use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

CRESS, or Pepper Grass.
One ounce will sow about 16 square feet.
EARLY CURLED.--A well-known salad. Sow early and at intervals during the season. Cover seeds lightly. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c.
TRUE WATER.--Sow the seeds along the border of running water and cover lightly. Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c.

DANDELION.
IMPROVED THICK LEAVED.--A greatly improved sort bearing large leaves very early, which make excellent greens. Sow early in the spring in drills 18 inches apart; thin to 5 inches in the rows and cultivate well; they will be fit for cutting the next spring. The seed we offer is from carefully selected stocks. Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c.

[image] DANVERS HALF LONG

CARROTS.
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 3 or 4 pounds for one acre.
This is an indispensable root for the farm and is deserving of more general cultivation. Well managed, there is no crop pays better, and most farmers would find an acre or so desirable. Carrots form a nutritious, succulent food in the winter for cattle, horses, sheep and pigs. For early crop, sow in spring as soon as the ground can be worked, in drills fifteen inches apart, covering one-half inch; thin plants to three or four inches apart in the row. For field culture rows should be of sufficient distance to admit of use of a horse cultivator; sow seed from the middle of April to the first of June. A light sandy loam, deeply tilled, is best, but as carrot seed is slow to germinate, extra precautions should be used to firm the soil after sowing. An average yield is 800 to 1,000 bushels per acre.
EARLY SCARLET HORN.--The favorite extra early variety. Very early. Color orange-scarlet, fine grained and agreeable flavor. Tops small, has a short, stump-shaped root; grows well in shallow soil. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

[image] OXHEART CARROT.

OXHEART, or Guerande.--We do not hesitate to call this the most valuable variety in existence. It is intermediate between the Half-Long and the Horn varieties, attaining a diameter of 3 to 4 inches at the neck, of beautiful shape and rich orange color. Where other varieties require digging it is easily pulled. It will produce roots as early as any variety and continues of the best quality all season. Fine for hogs and other stock and has yielded 1,200 bu. per acre. Cut tops with scythe and pull roots with potato hooks. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.
DANVERS.--Is in form about midway between the Long Orange and Shorthorn class, growing generally with a stump root. It is of a rich, dark orange color, grows to a large size, is smooth, and the flesh very close in texture, with little core. It is a first-class carrot for all soils, and it is claimed that under good cultivation it will yield the greatest weight per acre with the smallest length of root of any grown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c, lb. 65c.
IMPROVED LONG ORANGE.--Desirable for garden or field. Grows to large size, averaging 12 in. in length, and 3 in. in diameter at the top. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c, lb. 65c. By express, 5 lbs. or more, at 45c.
LARGE WHITE VOSGES, or IMPROVED SHORT WHITE.--A stock variety which is enormously productive and easy to harvest. Color light green above ground, white below; flesh rich, white, solid and crisp; heavy yielding. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c, lb. 60c; by express, 5 lbs. or more, 45c per lb.
VICTORIA.--Largest carrot grown, heaviest cropping and most nutritious variety in cultivation; roots remarkably fine, of light orange color, symmetrical, excellent quality, possessing high feeding properties; good keeping qualities; heavy cropper on all soils, especially adapted for rich land, grows half as much weight again per acre as ordinary varieties; grows well out of ground and is easily harvested. All who have cattle should raise a quantity of these carrots for feeding milch cows during winter. It increases the flow of milk and imparts to the butter a delicious flavor and a rich golden color. Breeders of fine horses feed carrots to help keep them in perfect health and condition at all times. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c. By express 5 lbs. or more, 50c per pound.

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VICTORIA
THE HEAVIEST CROPPING VARIETY IN CULTIVATION

IF YOU KEEP A COW DON'T FAIL TO GROW CARROTS, MANGELS AND RUTA BAGAS.