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WM. HENRY MAILE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Highly nutritious as a table 

 vegetable and profitable as 

 food for stock and fowls 



Ruta Bagas or Swede Turnips 



Culture.— Does best on new land, or light and sandv soil. Sow the seed from the. latter part of June until August in drills 15 to 21 inches 

 apart. Cover seed 3^ inch and thin out to 6 to 8 inches in the rows. Cultivate frequently. Can be sown broadcast. Use a packet to about 

 50 feet of drill, an ounce to 250 feet, 1% pounds to the acre in drills or 23^ pounds broadcast. Ready to use in 'JU to 95 days. 



708 Improved Purple Top 



Very richly colored, fine grciined and sweet 



ISlext in yield and value after 

 our Heavy Cropping Swede, we 

 place this old standard variety. 

 It is of fine quality and is 

 widely grown. It keeps per- 

 fectly all winter. It is hardy, 

 productive, sweet, solid and 

 satisfactory. It is globe shaped, 

 purple top, yellow skin and 

 flesh, with smaller top and 

 shorter neck than most sorts. 

 It is justly held in high esteem 

 for both table and stock feeding 

 purposes, as the roots grow 

 fairly smooth, with compara- 

 tivel.v small tap root; uniform 

 In shape, color and quality. 

 Flesh is crisp, fine grained and 

 solid. Matures in 95 days. 



Packet, 5 cents; 



ouuce, 13 ceuts; 



quarter poniid, 3U cents; 



poaud, 85 cents, postpaid. 



7n White French 



Or Sweet Russian 



Grows to a large size, 

 and is most excellent 

 for table use or for live 

 stock. The white flesh 

 is firm, rich and of 

 sweet, nutritious qua- 

 lity, ilatures in 90 days. 

 Packet, 5 ceuts; 

 ounce, 15 cents; 

 1^ poiiud, 30 ceuts; 

 Lb., $1.00, postpaid. 



713 White Rock 



Reliable Keeper 



In all sections it has 

 long had an enviable 

 reputation as an extra 

 good cropper and relia- 

 ble keeper. Roots large 

 nearly globe shape, 

 small neck, skin is 

 greenish white ; flesh 

 white. Matures in 90 

 days. It is equally desi- 

 rable for table purposes 

 or for stock feeding. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 

 quarter pound, 35 cents; pound, Jfl.OO, postpaid. 



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MAULES 



BU1ABAG4 

 707 Maule's Heavy Cropping 



The perfect Ruta Baga, of symmetrical shape, and firm flesh 



Maule's Heavy Cropping is the finest and most profitable of all yellow, 

 purple top Ruta Bagas, being the hardiest, heaviest, best shaped and 

 most productive. The roots are better keepers than most sorts. The 

 flesh is of a beautiful yellow color, of the choicest quality, full of nourish- 

 ment. Excellent for table use and stock feeding. Matures In 95 days. 

 Packet, 10 ceuts; ouuce, 30 cents; 

 quarter pound, 35 ceuts; pound, $1.00 postpaid. 



Culture. — Sow seed in a hot bed in February or March and treat same as Torhatoes. Use wood ashes on seed 

 bed. When plants are large enough and weather settled, transplant in rows 3 or 3? o feet apart each way, and cul- 

 tivate frequently. A packet will produce about 200 plants'; an ounce produces about 5UOO plants; sutfieientforanacre 

 An Americanized 



716 BIG HAVANA. — An Americanized Havana, 

 large, long leaf. It is one of the earliest. Finetexture. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 45 cents; 

 quarter pound, $1.10 ; pound, $4.00, postpaid. 



719 IMPROVED GOLD JLEAF.— For bright 

 wrappers this variety is the best. The leaf is large, of 

 niedinm breadth, and fine grained; cures bright or 

 mahogany. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents; 

 tjiiarter pound, $1.85; pound, $7.00, postpaid. 



720 PENNSYLVANIA SEED LEAP.— Very ex- 

 tensively grown in the Lancaster district of Pennsyl- 

 vania, which is famous for its fine cigar tobaccos. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents; 

 quarter pound, $1.85; pound, $7.00, postpaid. 



724 CONNECTICUT SEED LEAP Grown In 



all sections of the U. S. and extensively in Connecti- 

 cut. Broad leaf of medium length. Suitable for cigar 

 fillers. Packet, 10 ceuts; ounce, 45 cents; 



quarter pound, $1.10; pound, $4.00, postpaid. 



725 SWEET ORONOKO.— A long narrow leaf, 

 curing a rich red, the finest plug fillers. Makes the 

 best natural chewing leaf. 



Packet, 10 ceuts; ouuce, 6.5 cents; 



quarter pound, $1.75; pound, $6.00, postpaid. 



72S THE PRIMUS.— This is the earliest tobacco 



grown. It will ripen even In Canada. Leaves large, 



fibre fine, texture silky, fiavor superior. It makes an 



elegant smoking tobacco, either for cigars or pipe. 



Packet, 10 cents; ouuce, 65 cents; 



quarter ponnd, $1.75; pound, S6.00, postpaid, 



727 IMPROVED WHITE HURLEY Of es- 

 pecial value for cut or plug tobacco; often used for 

 wrappers. Large, broad leaf, curing a very desirable 

 color. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 55 cents; 



quarter pound, $1.35; pound, $5.00, postpaid. 



TOBAGGO GUbTURE 



Book of 50 pages giving full details on the 

 selection and preparation of the seed and 

 soil, harvesting, curing and marketing the 

 crop. Prepared by 14 experienced tobacco 

 growers in different jnarts of the country. 

 Illustrated, Paper CoTcr, 50c postpaid. 



726 THE PRIMUS TOBACCO. 



Tree Seeds 



Culture directions are plainly printed 

 ou eacli package. 



S66 Arbor Vltse, American, ounce 40 cents. 

 867 Apple, ounce, 45 cents; pound, S4.00. 



869 Catalpa Speclosa. Oz., 40c.: lb., S3..50. 



870 Clierry Mazard, ounce, 35 cents; lb., S3.00. 



871 Honey Locust, ounce, 25 cts.; pound, 82.00. 



872 NorAvay Spruce, ounce, tiO cts.; pound, J5.50. 

 874 Pear, Kleffer. ounce, 55 cents; pound, S5.00. 



878 Spruce Douglass, ounce, 75 cents. 



879 AVlilte Pine, ounce, 55 cents; pound, S5.00. 



880 Yelloiv Locust, ounce, 20 cts.; pound, SI. 50. 



881 Yellow Plue, ounce, 60 cents. 



At above prices, all tree seeds are postpaid. 



875 Osa^e Orange 



The Best of all Hedge Plants 

 Easy grown, and a rapid grower, hardy, pro- 

 duces a good hedge in from S to 4 years. " 

 Ounce, 35 cents; quarter pound, 60 cents; 

 pound, $3.00, postpaid. 



