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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



A^^^mi\ AUSTRALIA 



New 



J'giant^yellov 



50 Tons an Average 



crop. Largest, tinot 

 field carrot grown. 

 Roots often weigh 1 5 

 lbs. Deep Butter yel- 

 low. Easily har- 

 vested. 



14^ 



TO HAVE YOU TRY THEW we will.for 

 14c{silver or staiupsjsend pictured catalogue 

 and 9 packages of our STEKLINU Seeds, 

 EriiCIANT 50-TON CARROT, largest flel,' 

 iTOm'^''^''"''' eiiormcmsyieldt-r; high golden coloj 

 mjilJdor butter I ; easily harvested. 

 MOLD'S BLACK BEAUTY OAT, wonderful 

 new variety tiom England : superior to white oats; 

 yields eTiormonsly ; very stifT, strong straw. 

 SPELTZ- yields double quantity of oats, wheat or 

 barley, makes better feed; straw fine for fatten 

 ing; ripens early; resists drouth and frost; thrives 

 on any soil. 



Cat-IFORNIA WONDER BEAN, heaviest 

 yielding beau ever known; one bean produced l,.u 

 p ids, 1168 beans by actual count, 



/L^ I NEW TRIUMPH RADJSH, matures 

 i|»l|»i[rtl|ln 20 days, globe sbajie, striped horizui; 

 ^tiimvli''8,lly with bright scarlet on pure white; a 

 unique and striking novelty. 



NK& CO STERLING LETTUCE; beautiful 

 crisp lieading variety; rich golden center; never 

 coarse; finest lettuce grovn. 



N K &. CO MINNESOTA RED C'-OBIT 

 ONIONi earliest, most perlect shape; finest color; 

 no scullions; longest keeper; heaviestyielder. 



N K & COCIANTFANCY PAWSY 



(lowers extraordinarily large, exquisite 



, , „_ colorings; a distinct and remarkable 



st~;rin,'g"atlv admired. 



COLDEN CLEAWI SWEET PEAS, deep prim 



rose yellow ; large flowers, long stems, rare novelty. 



fACU DDI7PQ forlnrgestyieldsof Peepo' Day' 

 (jAOn rniLLO Sweet Corn. Earliest. 



]^ORTHRUP,KING&CC 



■*-^ J-eedsmcn, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



SEEDS 



CHEAP. 





^t.^'S^ Ever Grown. 



Xone better and none so 

 low in price. Ic per pkt. 

 and up, postpaid. Finest 

 ^illustrated cat alogue ever 

 printed sent FREE. Engrav- 

 ings of every variety. A great 

 lot of extra pkcs. of seeds, new 

 t sorts, presented free with every 

 , order. Some sorts onions only 55c 

 ^p^^^ per lb. Other seed equally low. 



Si 40 years a seed .grower and dealer 



'"and all customers satisfied. No old 



seeds. New, fresh an'l reliable every 



year. Writo for bi'? FRER catalogue. 



.H.SHUMWAY.Rockford.lll. 



WST MICniOAN TREES 



re "hred lor bearing," ll.at s wliy we 



cut all hurls from the best fruited, bearinpr 



trees. It also insures stock true to name and 



'.iriety. Over three million trees— 913 acres. 



All new and stanf'ard varieti-?s of Apple, 



Peach , Pear, Plum , Quince, etc. Also orna- 



ental trees and shrubs. >^e sell dinct at 



1)0 rs.ile itriccs. Illustrated catalogue free. 



WEST HTICHIGAN NURSERIES. 



Box 0.3 , BpntOD ll»rl>nrj Jlieb. 



SSGRAPEVINES 



100 Varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, Ac. He^t mot- 

 ed .-tocK. Genuine. che;ip. 2 sample vines mailed for 10c. 

 DescriptiTe price-list tree. Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, N.Y. 



^ALIERS 

 ^ FARM 



SEEDNOVELtlES 



Salzer's National Oats. 



Most prulilic Oats on earth. The 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, says: "Salzer's Oats are the 

 best out of ovfr four hundred sorts 

 tested by us." This grand Oat 

 yielded in Wisconsin 15(5 bu., Ohio 

 Vf-l L)ii., Michi^ian 2;il bu., Missouri 

 25') bu.,an(l North DakotaSluLu. per 

 acre, and will positively do as well by 

 you. Try it, sir, and be convinced. 



A Few Sworn to Yields. 



Sal/cr's Di';ir(lli!ss Barley, 121 bii. per A. 

 Siil/.cr's lloiuebuildiT torn, 304 l)ii. pir A. 

 S.U/.er's Uitf Fiiiir Oiils, 250 bii. per A. 

 S;il/.*'r's IVi'W 9i;UioiialUats,310 bu. peri. 

 Silver's Potatoes. 7:!(> liu. jiir A, 

 Salter's Onions, 1,000 l/U. per A. 

 All of our Farm and Vepetablp .'Jeedsare 

 pedigree slock, bied right up to big yields. 



Salzer's Speltz(Eninier). 



Greatest cereal wonder of the age. It is 

 not corn nor wheat, nor rye, nor bailey, nor 

 cats, hut a golden conibi nation of tlieni all, 

 yielding 8i) Im. of gram and 4 tons of rich 

 straw li.iy per aeri^. ( licitest stock food on 

 eailli. liucs well everywhere. 



Salzer's Million Dollar Grass. 



]\Tosl lalked of grass on earth. Editors and 

 College I'rofessois and An leulttiral Lecturers 

 praise it without stint; yields H tons of rich 

 Lay and lols ot pasture besides, peracie. 



Salzer's Teosinte. 



Salzer's Teosinte produces 113 rich, juicy, 

 sweet, leafy sioi ks from <Jiie kernel of seeil, 14 

 feel high in Siu days; yielding fmly 80 

 tons of green fodder )icr ai-ie, doing .^, 

 well eveiyuhere, Kast, West, South 1^1%, 

 or North. .^^f/ 



Grasses and Clovers. 



Only large growers grasses and 

 clovers for seed ,n .\merica. 

 Operate over 5,lioo acres. Onr 

 seeds are warranted, ^\'p make 

 a great specialty of Grasses and 

 Cloveis, Fodder" Plants, ('orn,l'o-j 

 tatoes. Onions, Cahhage.and all , 

 sorts of Vegetable Seeds. 



For 10c in Stamps 



and the name of this pa per, we 

 \\ill send you a lot of fann 

 seed samples, including some 

 of a'oovi', together with our 

 mammoth 14ii page illus- 

 trated catalogne, for 

 but \vv m poslas; 

 8taiii|is. 



Send for same 

 to-day. 



IfiH ;A.SALZER SEED CO, 



LA CROSSE; WIS. 



TREES THAT GROW 



Harily variefieBth»tjieldbigeropc^ 

 Gmftad Apple 5l.Jc; Budded^ 

 Peach fjc; t'oncerd Grapes 

 3c; Ulack Locust Seed. "* 

 llni:,»t.35 per 1000^ 

 Send for 



illu5trat- 

 - ^^Q ^.- ""ed catalogue, 

 XA^X"^ EocIIbU ot Qer- 

 a, free. 



CARL SONDEREGGIER 

 Boi 100 Beatrice, Kej. 



