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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



CHOICE 5EED CORN 



The improved varieties of SEED CORN we offer below are the best now in general use They were 

 grown especially for seed purposes. We test many new varieties every year, and offer only such as wiU 

 do best in this and other states in the west. The Mammoth Southern varieties seldom do well in this 

 climate. We test all varieties before sending out, and all will grow if property planted and weather is 

 favorable. 



TO AVOID DELAY, when ordering late in season, it would be well to mention your second choice, 

 provided we should be sold out of variety ordered. 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH. This corn 



still retains its popularity as an exceedingly early 

 an prolific variety, always maturing in ninety days; 

 often shelling 62 pounds of grain from 70 pounds 

 of ears. Kernels closely set, large, of deep orange 

 color; cob very small and red. This is, probably, 

 the best Dent com for general cultivation in the 

 north, and is now largely used in the south and 

 west, as it matures its crop before the hot winds 

 affect it. This com is not fully appreciated until 

 the large yield and small percentage of cob to com 

 are carefully noted. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., 

 qt. 35 cts. By freight or express, pk. 40 cts., bu. 

 $1.25, 2 bu. $2.25. 



IOWA GOLD MINE. This variety has 



everywhere received the most cordial endorsement 

 as one of the best and most profitable varieties ever 

 grown. It is early, ripening in about 100 days, ears 

 of good size and symmetrical; color a bright gold- 

 en yellow; grain is very deep, cob small, and 

 therefore dries out very quicKly as soon as ripe. 

 Seventy pounds of ear corn will make about sixty 

 pounds of shelled com; 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 com, and 

 will please every one who tries it. This variety 

 with good weather, will ripen in every part of our 

 state; it is intermediate between the early small- 

 eared sorts and the large-eared varieties like Mas- 

 todon. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., by 

 freight or express, pk. 35 cts., bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.25. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL. The merit 

 has won laurels for this com and is now univer- 

 sally recognized as the leading standard variety of 

 thoroughbred, pure white dent com suitable for 

 general crop. Matures in 100 to HO days; is very 

 prolific; the grain is extra deep and wide, vrith 

 small cob. The stalk is short and thick and roots 

 very deeply with ear growing low upon it, thus 

 standing our severe storms and drouths well. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts. By freight or 

 express pk. 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.25. 



CLARK'S EARLY MASTODON. We 

 consider this the finest large-eared YELLOW DENT 

 CORN IN AMERICA. It is undoubtedly the ear- 

 liest of all large-eared varieties. The Mastodon 

 is a high-bred corn of beautiful color, and one 

 which will please all. It has the largest number 

 of rows on cob, and the deepest, longest grain 

 of any yellow com ever originated. It makes the 

 finest appearing shelled com ever seen, being a 

 cast of two colors. It fully withstands the vigor 

 of our northern climate, and gn^ows very rapid, 

 strong and rank at a medium height, and will out- 

 yleld any com ever grown in this section. It will 

 mature in about 110 days of good com weather. 

 Per pkt. 6 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 36 cts., pk. 50 cts., 

 bu. 91.26, 2 bu. $2.25. 



IOWA SILVER MINE. This new variety 



comes very highly recommenaed, as being one of 

 the best varieties of white corn, somewhat similar 

 to the Iowa Gold Mine, but has a larger ear. The 

 ears are very even in size, and well filled out at 

 the tip. It is hardy, a great drouth resister. Would 

 advise our customers to give it a trial. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 

 2 bu. $2.25. 



WHITE CAP YELLOW DENT. This 



corn combines more solid merit than any other 

 corn, being suitable for all climates and soils, and 

 yet grows large ears and matures early. The ear 

 grows as large as the Leaming corn and is from 

 seven to ten days earlier, and on poor, thin soil. It 

 will out-jield and out-shell the Leaming. This 

 corn will be appreciated by those living in drouth 

 sections and by those farmers who have poor, thin 

 soil, while on strong, rich soil it has no superior. 

 The tip end of the grains are white, the inside yel- 

 low, making it a beautiful color. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., by freight or express, pk. 

 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.25. 



PROFIT CORN 



This new variety was introduced in 1899 by pne of 

 our Iowa seedmen, and they say: 



For several years we have been watching this 

 most excellent variety, which originated from a care- 

 fully prepared cross of two well known sorts on the 

 farm of a seed grower in Madison county, Iowa. For 

 nearly 20 years this com has been bred up until now 

 it is claimed to be the heaviest, most solid ear of 

 any variety in existence. Ears are of good average 

 size. It ain't a handsome com, but it's got money 

 in it! 



The color of the surface of ear is variegated from 

 light sulphur to bright orange, being agreeably di- 

 versified, making it particularly striking in appear- 

 ance. The purpose of the originator was to fix a 

 type of field com for profit, superior to any in culti- 

 vation, and profit in com growing, as we understand 

 it, means the largest crop of shelled com (not cobs) 

 maturing in reasonably short time and of the best 

 quality. Ears of large size (not mammoth), grain is 

 very deep, cob small and dries out rapidly, thus mak- 

 ing it a sure cropper. The com is so solid on cob 

 that it shells out immensely. Will produce a larger 

 crop on poor soil than any variety we know of, and 

 with good culture will astonish everybody. It is the 

 corn to plant and we want all our customers to try 

 it. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts,, qt. 36 cts., pk. 60 

 cts., bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.26. 



