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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



SEED POTATOES. 



Of the many new potatoes sent out every year, 

 we select a few of the very best varieties. It is 

 no more labor to raise them than the older, 

 run-out varieties, and they often yield fully 

 double in quantity and far better in quality. 

 We have the potatoes we offer all in store, and 

 at prices below we shall sell as long as our stock 

 lasts. At the pound price we prepay postage. At 

 peck, bushel or barrel rates purchasers have to 

 pay express or freight charges; no charges for 

 bags, barrels or packing. All orders will be 

 booked, and filled in rotation as received. We 

 commence shipping as soon as danger from 

 freezing on the way is over, except at the risk of 

 purchaser. 



BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY POTATO. 



BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY. Thoroughly tested 

 by several thousand growers. It has proved 

 itself one week earlier than the Early Ohio, and 

 nearly twice as productive. The potatoes are 

 uniformly of good size, oblong in shape, very 

 smooth, eyes set well on the surface, skin 

 creamy white, slishtly shaded with pink: the 

 flesh is pure white, remarkably fine grained, 

 and of the vxy beM table quality. The tubers 

 grow very compact in the hill, with strong and 

 vigorous foliage; it is a sure cropper, and will 

 undoubtedly become a standard extra early po- 

 tato. Per lb. 30 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., pk. UO cts., bu. 

 $2.00, 



EARLY OHIO. This standard extra earlyso^^, 

 maturing about ten days before the Early 

 Rose. Is deservingly popular in allpartsof our 

 countrv. Per lb. bO cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., pk. 60 cts., 

 bu. $1.50, bbl. $4.00. 



Have only a few varieties to offer; drouth cut 

 TOP short during past season. 



BARLEY. 



MANSHURY. One of the very best six-rowed 

 Barleys grown, with kerneis plumper and 

 fuller tban the best Scotch Barley, while for 

 malting it is unsurpassed. Is early in ripen- 

 ing and always plump, has strong upright 

 straw and yields from 50 to 75 bushels per acre. 

 The heads are long and contain from 75 to 100 

 great plump heavy kernels. Prof. Henry, of 

 Wisconsin Agricultural College, in his report 

 says: "The Manshury heads the list in pro- 

 ductiveness." Per lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., pk. 

 50 cts., bush. SI. 25, 10 bush. $10.00. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



NEW JAPANESE. The kernels of this new 

 buckwheat are nearly twice as large as the 

 common kind ; the straw is stouter and heavier; 

 it branches more and it does not need to be 

 sown as thickly; the flour made from it is 

 equal to that from any other buckwheat; it is 

 a very heavy cropper : farmers are enthus- 

 iastic in its praises. It is less apt to blight 

 than other varieties. We consider the Japan- 

 ese Buckwheat to be far ahead of all other 

 kinds. So far it outyields the old Gray or 

 the Silver Hull, two to one. Per pkt. 5 cts., lb. 

 20 cts., 3 lbs, 50 cts., not prepaid, pk. 50 cts., 

 bush. $1.50. 



COMMON. At market price, about 81.25 per 

 bushel. 



THE FREEMAN. 



THE FREEMAN. Claimed to be the best since 

 the introduction of the Early Rose. The tuber 



is oval in shape, russet in color; flesh very 

 white when cooked, very fine grained and of 

 the best flavor The greatest merits are its 

 extreme earliness, and long keeping qualities. 

 They grow very quickly and have produced 

 potatoes nt tor eating in ay aays trom planting. 

 It looks as if this variety is the coming early 

 potato, per lb. 30 ccs., 3 lbs. 75 cts., pk. 75 cts. 



RURAL NEW YORKER No. 2. This potato has 

 already created quite a furore among potato 

 growers. As the agricultural papers have 

 contained so many remarkable reports- It 

 is of very distinct and handsome appearance; 

 the tubers are of large size, with remarkable 

 smoothness of skin; the eyes are few, distinct 

 and shallow. It is of extreme whiteness, both 

 of skin and flesh, and unexcelled table quali- 

 ties. It has great vigor in gro wth and solidity 

 of tuber, which enable it to resist disease to a 

 remarkable degree. Thoroughly tested 

 throughout America ana Europe, it has proved 

 to be one of the most valuable varieties. Per 

 lb. 30 cts., 3 lbs., 75 cts., pk. 60 cts., bush. $2.00, 

 bol. $4.50. 



SUGAR CANE SEED. 



EARLY AMBER. This popular variety has 

 very nearly taken the place of all other sorts. 

 It is the earliest and makes the finest quality 

 of amber syrup, and also makes good sugar; 

 succeeds well both non-th and south; culture 

 and time of planting same as corn, and may be 

 planted as late as the 15th of June. Two or 

 three pounds are required per acre. Per lb. 

 25 cts., 3 lbs. 70 cts., by express, 10 lbs., 50 cts., 

 100 lbs., $3.00. 



A book entitled ' Sugar Canes; Their Cul- 

 ture AND Manufacture," prepaid /or 75 ce>2t6-. 



BROOM CORN SEED. 



IMPROVED EVERGREEN. One of the best for 

 general culture, ripens early, grows 8 to 9 feet 

 higli, finest brush, never crooked, good length. 

 Plant in hills 18 inches apart in the row's and 

 the rows three feet apart. Requires similar 

 land and later planting than corn. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., pt. 20 cts.. qt. 35 cts., pk. CO cts., bush. $2.00. 



CALIFORNIA GOLDEN. An excellent standard 

 variety, grows a very tine brush of good 

 length, and is free from the large center stem. 

 Bleaches very easily, even in the sun. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 60 cts., 

 bush. $2.00. 



A treatise entitled ''liROOu Corn and Brooms" 

 and its cultivatioyi, prepaid for 50 cents. 



