TPft TWO 3gst SUifToWgrs 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN.— Sunflower seed is one of the best egg-producing 

 foods known for poultry, kaeping them in fine condition and largely increasing 

 the snpplv of eggs. It can be sown any time up to the middle of July. It 

 should be' grown by even- poultry breeder who has the opportunity to raise only 

 a few stalks even." It may beset in any soil where other fruits and vegeta- 

 bles cannot be conveniently raised of anywhere where the soil is not 



easily cultivated. The 

 flowers are double the 

 size of the common va- 

 riety, and as a bearer it 

 far excels the latter. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; pt.. 25 cts.; qt., 40 

 cts.: postpaid; by express, 

 SI. 00 per peck. 



BLACK GIANT 



This magnificent Sun- 

 flower produces even 

 larger heads than the 

 Mammoth Russian. 

 Seeds are short, unusual- 

 ly plump, and filled full 

 of meat, while on account 

 of the thinness of the 

 shell it is at once more 

 easily eaten by the fowls 

 than other varieties. 

 Another good quality is 

 that the seeds are held 

 very tightly in the flower, 

 and are "not as ea>ily 

 shelled or as readily eaten 

 by birds as other sorts. 

 There is nothing more 

 healthy for poultry or 

 that will so cheaply in- 

 crease egg production. 

 Packet. 15 cents; pint, 40 

 cents; quart, 75 cents, 

 postpaid. 



JAPANESE BCCKWHEAT.-The best, most productive and profit- 

 able variety in cultivation. From % bushel of seed sown, 40 bushels of good 

 seed have been harvested. In color the kernel is a rich dark brown. Straw is 

 heavier, and branches more than the Silver Hull, while it need not be sown a3 

 thickly as other varieties. Flour made from the Japanese is fully equal if not 

 superior to any other sort. It ripens a week earlier than Silver Hull, and yields 

 two to three times as much. Can be planted as far north as Xew Hampshire. 

 It is also an excellent variety for bees. Pkt, lOcts.; lb.,30cts.; 3 1bs.,75cts. — 

 bv mail, postpaid. Bv express or freight, pk., 60 cts.; bus., S1.75 ; 10 bus., S12.50. 



SILVER HILL BUCKWHEAT — Pkt.,10cts; lb.,30cts.; 31bs,,75ctS.— 

 bvmail, postpaid. Bvexpress or freight, pk.,60cts.; bus., SI. 75; 10 bus.,S12.50. 



THE NEW COOK COTTON I wish to call the attention of all my 



Southern customers to this new variety of Cotton. Wherever grown the last 

 few years it has proved of inestimable value, and if generally cultivated will' 

 be worth millions to the Southern States. I have cause to "believe it is the 

 very longest staple in existence. The Cook Cotton is not a Sea Island 

 Cotton, but belongs to the same class as is grown all over the South, and can 

 be ginned on any ordinary gin. A well known Cotton planter, after testing- 

 most of the new varieties, paid as high as 15.00 a bushel for Cook Cotton seed 

 last spring, and he was so well pleased with his investment that he will plant 

 his whole plantation in this variety next year. Even at this high price he 

 found that the seed paid for itself many times over. The illustration is taken 

 from a lock picked at random. The Cook Cotton in the last three years has 

 always brought the highest prices, selling in Vicksburg, in the fall of 1891, at 

 15 cents a pound, when it was difficult to sell ordinary Cotton at 8 cents a 

 pound. On October 14th, 1892. a sample picked at random in the field, with 

 no special selection and ginned on an ordinary gin, was sent to Chaffee, Powell 

 & West, one of the largest and most reliable Cotton houses in New Orleans, 

 with the request that they would give their opinion of it. After examining 

 it, they wrote :— " The character of the staple is of a superior quality, being 

 strong and silky. This is by far the best staple we have received this season." 



■ A sample was sent at the same time to Richardson &. May, the largest Cotton. 

 i house in America, who called it "a superior staple Cotton." In January, 1890, 



■ a sample of the Cook Cotton was sent to Liverpool and submitted to Lewis 

 Llovd & Company for their opinion. They said : " We have examined the small 

 sample of extra staple Cotton sent by Mr. Cook, and consider it the very best 

 of its kind as regards length of staple that we have seen in an experience 

 extending over forty years in the fine staple trade. The Cotton would fetch 11 >£ 



| pence (23 cents) a pound here at present." 



Surely no Cotton could receive higher indorsements than the above. I 



I would caution all, however, not to plant this Cotton on poor land, for, like all 

 long staples, it requires rich soil. The friend who brought this Cotton to my 

 notice raised fully half a bale to the acre on his rich land in 1892, and this was 



| the worst year for Cotton known in many years. Some persons object, very 



i justly, to paying heavy freight and express charges. On this account I have 

 made arrangements to have the Cook Cotton shipped, at the prices mentioned 

 below, in lots of one bushel or over, either from Philadelphia or from a point 

 a few miles from Vicksburg, Miss. It can be shipped from the latter place 

 either by ordinary freight, United States Express, or by steamboat on the 

 Mississippi river. It is a new departure for me to offer Cotton seed in my 

 catalogue, but in view of the fact that I now have over 50.000 customers south 

 of the Mason & Dixon line, who consider Maule's Seeds the best of all, I do 

 not think I have made a mistake in giving them a chance to secure seed 

 of the finest variety of Cotton I know of at the following reasonable prices. 

 Lb., 50 cents ; 3 lbs., SI. 00— bv mail, postpaid. Bv express or freight, pk., S1.00 ; 

 bus., S2.50 ; 10 bus., S20.00. 



TREE SEEDS 



Apple, oz.. 15 cts., lb., 55 cts. 

 Cherry Mazard, oz., 15c, lb., 45c. 

 , Peach, oz., 10 cts,, lb., 35 cts. 

 Pear, oz., 30 cts., lb., $3.70. 

 Q,atnce, oz., 30 cts., lb., $3.70. 

 Arbor Viiw. American, oz., 1<> 



cts., lb., $3.60. 

 Silver Fir, oz., 15 cts., lb., $1.35. 

 Hemlock, oz , 50 cts., lb., $1.50. 

 Scotch Pine, oz., 30 cts., lb., $1.80. 

 White Pine, oz., 30cts., lb., S3. 70. 

 Norway Spruce, oz., 15 cts., lb., 



$1.35. 

 White Ash, oz., 15 cts., lb n $1.35 



White Birch, oz., 15c, lb., $1 35. 

 Box Elder, oz., 15 cts., lb., $1.35. 

 Hardy Catalpa, oz., 15 cts., lb., 



$1.15. 

 European Larch, oz., 15 cts., lb., 



$1.35. 

 European Linden, oz., 15 cts., 



lb., $1.35. 

 Honey Locust, oz., 10c, lb., 55c. 

 Yellow Locust, oz., 10c, lb., 55c 

 White Mulberry, oz., 35 cts., lb., 



$3.00. 



Russian Mulberry, oz., 60 cts., 

 lb., $5.40. 



OSAGE ORANGE This will produce, with proper cultivation, a good 



hedge in from 3 to 4 years, from the seed, that will turn all kinds of stock. Oz., 

 15 cts.; lb., 65 cts. Bushel, by express or freight, purchaser paying charges. $7.50. 



PEACH PITS. Natural.— By express or freight, $3.00 per bushel. 



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