COLE'S FARM SEEDS. 



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SELECTED FARM SEEDS. 



devote careful attention to the selection of the best Farm Seeds, and our list embraces new 

 improved varieties of special merit, and the unusual care exercised by us to secure the finest quality 

 and best varieties must prove of great value to our customers. It is selected, well cleaned, and of 

 the finest quality possible. 



l^~At prices given we make no charge for bags, and deliver free to Freight Depot or Express 

 OflBce. All freight charges to be paid by purchaser on peck and bushel lots. Please state whether 

 seeds are to be sent by freight or express. Please Order Early. 



CHOICE SEED CORN. 



Our Improved Strains of Seed Corn are all carefully selected. We test many new varieties every 

 year, and only offer such as will do best in this and other States of the same latitude. The Mammoth 

 Southern varieties seldom do well in this climate. 



All seed corn is carefully tested, and none shipped out that will not grow under proper c<»nditions. 

 We do not warrant it, or guarantee a good crop, as this is dependent upon natural causes of soil or 

 climate, which are beyond our control. 



EARLY BUTLER. This variety is an improvement on Pride of the North, and will likely supercede 

 this and other similar varieties, as being earlier, ears larger, seven to nine inches long 16 to 20 

 rows, kerueis deeper and very small cob, grain of a golden yellow color. Wherever it has been 

 tried it has given perfect satisfaction. Seventy pounds of ears has yielded sixty-three and a half 

 pounds shelled corn. It can be recommended with confidence. It will mature la about ninety 

 days of good corn weather. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. kO cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 50 cts., bu. $L50, 2 bu. (with 

 sample ear), $2.75. 



IOWA GOLD 

 MINE. This 

 variety intro- 

 duced two 

 years ago, 

 has every- 

 where receiv- 

 ed the most 

 cordial en- 

 dorsement as 

 one of the 

 best and most 

 profitable va- 

 rieties ever 

 grown. It is 

 early, ripen- 

 ing in about 

 100 days, ears 

 are of good 

 size and sym- 

 metrical; 

 color a bright 

 golden y e 1- 

 low; grain is 

 very deep; 

 cob small, 

 and therefore 

 dries out very 

 quickly as 

 soon as ripe. 

 Seventy lbs. 

 of ear corn 



will make about sixty pounds of shelled corn; and in hauling to market it weighs out considerable 

 more to the wagon load than common varieties. It can be most confidently recommended as the 

 acme of a high bred corn, and will please every one who tries it. This variety, with good 

 weather, will ripen in every part of ourState; it is intermediate between the early small-earea 

 sorts and the large-eared varieties like Mastodon. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 2a cts., qt. 40 cts., pfc. oOcts., 

 bu. $1.50, 2 bu. $2.75. 



CLARK'S EARLY MASTODON. We consider 

 this the finest large-eared tellow Dent 

 Corn in Amei'ica. It is undoubtedly the 

 earliest of all large-eared varieties. The Mas- 

 todon is a hi h-bred corn of beautiful color, 

 and one which will please all. It has the larg- 

 est number of rows on cob, and the deepest, 

 longest grain of any yellow corn ever origin- 

 ated. It makes the finest appearing shelled 

 corn ever seen, being a cast of two colors. It 

 fully withstands the vigor of our northern 

 climate, and grows very rapid, strong and 

 rank at a medium height, and will out-yield 

 any corn ever grown in this section. It will 

 mature in about 110 days of good corn weather. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. B5 cts., pk. 50 cts., 

 bu. $1.50, 2 bu. (with sample ear;, $2.75. 



lO^fA GOLD MINB. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL. This variety is 

 the handsomest white corn ever seen. It is 

 pure white, an early variety, maturing in lOO 

 to 110 days of good corn weather. It is exceed- 

 ingly heavy and compact upon the cob. It is 

 very prolific, and has yielded 132K bushels 

 shelled corn per acre. The grain is extra long 

 and wide, the cob is very small for the size of 

 the corn. Ears medium sized, averaging from 

 eight to twelve inches in length. Grows low 

 upon the stalks. The stalk is short and thick, 

 and often bears two good ears. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.50, 2 bu. 

 $2.75. 



