Ruta Bagas or Swede Turnips 



Grow your own tobacco. It is easily grown. The Primus and Big Havana are both early sorts. See below 109 



Highly nutritious as a table 

 vegetable and profitable as 

 food for stock and fowls 



% CULTURB. — Does best on new land, or light and sandy soil. Sow the seed from the latter part of June until August In drills 15 to 24 inches 

 ^part. 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 

 1) feet of drill, an ounce to 250 feet, 1^4 pounds to the acre in drills or pounds broadcast. Ready to use in 80 to 95 days. 



^710 Maule's Golden Heart ^'^ a w^cro^peT"' 



This grand, new Ruta Baga produ- 

 ces handsome globe shape, smooth 

 turnips with green tops, flesh yel- 

 low, flne grained, solid, tender and 

 sweet. A vigorous, rapid grower 

 and a perfect winter keeper. Can 

 be planted as late as August 15, in 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia, pro- 

 ducing a crop when other sorts fail. 

 A sure cropper. Matures in 80 

 days. An excellent home garden 



fL^ytaaar jjf/ ^.:5rjj l|i> i :t_i_^ '^^^'^ij^'^i^^^p^^' or early market sort. 



A' ..-g^^^ ^pg^SSSa^ ^^B^^^^^^^^Bi^ Packet, 10 cts.; ouuce, 20 cts.; 



II ^ ^^^^^^^ffi^^^ ^P j^B^Bl^^^^^^^^ ^ 1^ pound, 60 cts.; potiiid, $».0U; 



' .^^^^ ^^ '-^^^ ^"'^^'^'^^^^ ^^rnKKmSBm^^^^^^^^ ^ pounds, $8.75, postpaid. 



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711 White French ?r±-' 



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 quality. 

 Matures in 90 days. 

 Packet, 8 cts.; ounce, 13 cts.; 

 ^ pound, as cts.; pound, 75 cts.; 

 5 pounds, S3. 50, postpaid. 



713 White Rock Ittt 



In all sections it has long had an 

 enviable reputation as an extra 

 good cropper and reliable keeper. 

 Roots large, nearly globe shape, 

 small neck, skin is greenish while; 

 flesh white. Matures in 90 days. It 

 Is equally desirable for table pur- 

 poses or for stock feeding. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; M pound, 25 cts.; pound, 75 cents; 



7IOIVIAULE'SGOLDEN HEART RUTABAGA. 



5 pounds, $3.50, postpaid. 



708 Improved Purple Top 



\ 707 Maule's Heavy Cropping 



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



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

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

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

 ... sh is of a beautiful yellow color, of the choicest quality, full of nourlsh- 

 If.snt. Excellent for table use and stock feeding. Matures in 95 days. 

 ^ * Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 35 cents; 

 pound, §5 cents; B pounds, $4.00, postpaid. 



Very Richly Colored, 

 Fine Grfiined "and Sweet 



Next 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- 

 tively small tap root; uniform 

 In shape, color and quality. 

 Flesh is crisp, fine grained and 

 solid. Matures in 95 days. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 

 Impound, as cts.; pound, i75 

 cts.; 5 pounds, S3.50, postpaid. 



Culture.— Sow seed in 

 bed. When plants are larg 

 tivate frequently. A packet 

 '16 BIG HAVANA. — An Americanized Havana, 

 •ge, long leaf. It is one of the earliest. Fine texture. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents; 

 iluarter pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00, postpaid. 

 79 IMPROVED GOLD LEAF.— For bright 

 " appers this variety is the best. The leaf is large, ol 

 ' 3dlum breadth, and fine grained; cures bright or 

 llhogany. Packet, 15 cents; ounce, 65 cents; 

 kiarter pound, SI. 75; pound, $6.50, postpaid. 



XZO PEISNSYLVABIIA SEED LEAF Very ex- 



pslvely grown in the Lancaster district of Pennsyl- 

 lia, which is famous for its fine cigar tobaccos. 



Packet, 15 cents; ounce, 60 cents; 

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



24 CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF.— Ijrown In 

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



Broad leaf of medium length. Suitable for cigar 

 |ers. Packet, 10 cents; oviiice, 50 cents; 

 larter pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00, postpaid. 



25 SWEET ORONOKO.-.-A long narrow leaf, 

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

 pt natural chewing leaf. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, ,50 cents; 

 Lnarter pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00, postpaid, 

 fee THE PRIMUS.— This is the earliest tobacco 

 l)wn. It will ripen even in Canada. Leaves large, 

 Bre fine, texture silky, flavor superior. It makes an 

 ^gant smoking tobacco, either for cigars or pipe. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents; 

 (uarter pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00, postpaid. 

 27 IMPROVED WHITE BURLEY.— Of es- 

 3)al value for cut or plug tobacco; often used for 

 appers. Large, broad leaf, curing a very desirable 

 •'or. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 40 cents; 

 [uarter pound, $1.35; pound, $4.00, postpaid. 



a hot bed in February or March and treat same as Tomatoes. Use wood ashes on seed 

 e enough and weather settled, transplant in rows ;■! or 3^ feet apart each way, and cul- 

 wlll produce about 200 plants; an ounce produces about 5000 plants; sufficient for an acre. 



Tree Seeds 



Culture directions are plainly printed 

 on eacli package. . 



866 Arbor Vltse, American, ounce 50 cents. 



867 Apple, ounce, 30 cents; pound, $3.00. 



869 Catalpa Speciosa. Oz., 30c.; lb., $3.00. 



870 Cherry Mazard, ounce, 25 cents; lb., 82.50. 



871 Honey Locust, ounce, 15 cts.; pound, $1.50. 



872 Noi-way Spruce, ounce, 50 cts.; pound, $5.00. 

 874 Pear, Kieffer, ounce, GO cents; pound, $6.00. 



878 Spruce, Douglass, ounce, 75c.; pound, $7.50. 



879 White Pine, oiince, 50 cents; pound, $5.00. 



880 Yellow Locust, ounce, 15 cts.; pound, $1.50. 



881 Yellow Pine, ounce, 90 cents; pound, $9.00. 

 At above prices, all tree seeds are postpaid. 



! 873 0®a^e Orange 



The Best of all Hedge Plants 



\ Easily grown, and a rapid grower, hardy, pro- 

 duces a good hedge in from 8 to 4 years. 

 Ounce, 30 cents; quarter pound, 60 cents; 

 pound, $3.00, postpaid. 



726 THE PRIMUS TOBACCO. 



