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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



CHOICE SEED CORN. 



Tbe 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 

 will 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 properly 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. 



KING OF THE EARLIES. The very earliest yel- 

 low Dent Corn in cultivation. It ripens with 

 the Flint sorts, and can be successfully grown 

 farther north than any othsr dent. Matures 

 perfectly in 80 to 90 days, is very hardy and 

 prolific; ears uniform, of good size, cobs small, 

 kernels closely set on the cob, and are long 

 and compact. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 

 cts. By freight or express, pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.50, 2 

 t)u. (with sample ear) $2.50. 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH. This corn still retains 

 its popularity as an exceedingly early and pro- 

 lific 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 corn for gen- 

 eral cultivation in the north, and is now 

 largely used in the south and west, as it ma- 

 tures its crop before the hot winds affect it. 

 This corn is not fully appreciated until the 

 large yield and small percentage of cob lo 

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

 30 cts., qt. 'io cts. By freight or express, pk. 50 

 cts., bu. S1.50, 2 bu. (with sample ear) $2.50. 



IOWA GOLD MINE. This variety has every- 

 where received the most cordial endorsement 

 as one of the best and most profitable varie- 

 ties ever grown. It is early, ripening in about 

 100 days, ears are of good size and symmet" 

 rical; color a bright golden 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 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 witli good weather, will 

 ripen in every part of our State; it is interme- 

 diate between the early small-eared sorts and 

 the large-eared varieties like Mastodon. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., (it. 35 cts., pk. 50 cts. bu. 

 $1.50, 2 bu. with sample ear) $2.50. 



SWEET CORN FOR FODDER. There is nothing 

 better for green feed, or for curing for winter 

 than sweet corn. Cattle highly relish it, and 

 wlien fed on it keep in fine oondition and give 

 an abundance of milk. It has the great merit 

 of being so sweet and palatable that cattle 

 eat every part of the stalks and leaves. Also 

 excellent for soiling. Sow in drills or broad- 

 cast. State whether it is for summer or winter 

 feeding, when ordering. Per pk. 50 cts., bu. 

 S1.50, 2 bu. $2.75. 



KAFFIR CORN. A new and valuable crop for 

 both grain and foliase. Its full growth is 

 almost six feet; Its habit Is stalky, producing 

 thickly set and wide foliage. Farmers should 

 give this new fodder plant a trial. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., J4 lb. 10 cts., lb. 20 cts , 3 lbs. 50 cts. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL. True merit hafr 

 won laurels for this corn and is now univers- 

 ally recognized as the leading standard variety 

 of thoroughbred, pure white dent corn suita- 

 ble for general crop. Matures in 100 to 110 days p 

 is very prolific: the grain is extra deep and 

 wide, with 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. 50 cts., bu. $1.50^ 

 2 bu. (with sample ear) $2.50. 



CHAMPION YELLOW DENT. The originator 

 says: "Much encouraged by the great success^ 

 the famous Champion White Pearl Corn has- 

 achieved throughout the land, I have, during- 

 the past ten years, been breeding up towards a 

 high ideal, a main crop superior yellow dent 

 corn, suitable for general and extensive cult- 

 ure in the corn states. I have never seen a 

 variety that combines so many desirable qual- 

 ities, "in fact it is what they call an "all- 

 roundei." Good in every point. It stands- 

 alone in my estimation, as the best general 

 crop yellow dent corn for all localities south 

 of the latitude of the northern boundary of 

 Illinois. It is not a wonderful magical yielder, 

 but a uniformly large yielder, 8u to 100 bus. 

 per acre over large fields being common occur- 

 rences. When planted early, matures in 100' 

 days. The grain, owing to an unusually large 

 solid, oily germ, has peculiarly high germin- 

 ating powers, seldom germinating less than 

 100 per cent. Truly a most valuable feature.. 

 It makes a rapid, strong, healthy spring: 

 growth. A short, thick, strong jointed stalk, 

 with a profuse growth of air roots which hold 

 it firm against storms. It has very long tap' 

 roots, which reach deep down after moisture 

 during dry weather. A Aery profuse growth 

 of pollen and silk, producing very long, heavy, 

 well-filled ears, which grow upon very short 

 small shanks, close to and low upon the stalk., 

 and contains sixteen very straight compact 

 rows of ricli golden colored, starchy, oily grain 

 of a uniformly high grade, and which makes a 

 No. 1 feeding and milling corn. It has a very- 

 small red cob. Get a stock of it now. It will 

 make extra dollars for you in future years. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., not prepaid.. 

 pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.50, 2 bu. $2.75. 



CLARK'S EARLY MASTODON- We consider 

 this tlie finest large-eared Yellow I>ent" 

 Corn in America. It is uncoubtedly the 

 earliest of all large-eared varieties. The Mas- 

 todon is a high-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 ots., qt. 35 cts., pk. 50 cts., 

 bu, S1.50, 2 bu. (with sample ear) 12.50. 



