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H. W. BUCKBEE, BOCKPOBD, ILLINOIS. 



POP CORN 



LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



Pop Corn should be found in every garden, especially if there are children 

 to enjoy it during the long Winter evenings which bring young people to- 

 gether for social amusement. It is a fact not generally known that Pop 

 Corn pops best when more than one year old, and that when well popped it 

 becomes twenty times its natural size; thus a quart and a half will make 

 nearly a bushel of popped corn. In the illustration will be seen a conven- 

 ient "popper," which may be bought for a trifle from a hardware store or 

 easily made of wire netting. Did you ever try Pop Corn as a moneymakirg 

 crop? You will be surprised at the result. There is always a good market 

 at a fair price, and if you plant my selected stock seed you will be able to 

 sell your crop to planters in your vicinity at a greatly advanced price. 

 New Striped or Variegated — (1) — A fancy variety, very showy and of the 

 best quality. Rather large ears, filled out with clear, transparent white 

 kernels, beautifully striped with bright crimson. An early and produc- 

 tive varietv, and one of great beauty. A good popper. Pkt. 5c: A Dt. 

 15c. ;pt. 25c; at. 40c. 

 Buckbee's Snowball — (2) — The finest white variety in existence belorp- 

 ing to the rice family. The best yielder, and far in advance of any other 

 variety, ears averaging six inches in length. Beautiful shape; the be=t 

 popper. Plrt. 5c; + pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c. 

 New Bed Beauty — (3) — Fine variety. The stalks grow six feet high, and 

 average three to four ears each from five to six inches long and covered 

 with large rice-shaped kernels of a deep red color. Plrt. 5c; A pt. 16c; 

 pt. 25c; qt. 40c. 



Queen's Golden — One of the very best and most prolific varieties grown. 

 Its quality and handsome appearance when popped are very noticeable. 

 It pops perfectly white, and a single kernel will expand to a diameter of 

 nearly one inch. The stalks grow six feet high, and the large ears are pro- 

 duced in abundance. Mr. Queen, the originator, says: "It is so far ahead 

 of all others that I have seen or tried as to be beyond comparison in every 

 respect, especially in yield, in sturdy growth, in size and in color when 

 popped, being of a delicate golden yellow." Plrt. 5c. ; J pt. 15c. ; pt. 25c ; 

 qt. 40c. 



Mapledale Prolific — This remarkable variety originated with Prof. R. L. 

 Wetherell, of Davenport, Iowa, who states: "I selected on my Mapledale 

 Fruit Farm this year ten stalks with 121 ears, or an average of twelve ears 

 to the stalk, one stalk having nineteen ears." The stalks grow six feet 

 high, and the ears are all large in size, with grains nearly clear white in 

 color. An average ear measured six and a half inches long and contained 

 585 perfect kernels. Pops pure paper white, of fine quality. Be sure to 

 include this remarkable variety in your order for Pop Corn. Pkt. 5c; 

 I pt. 15c ; pt. 25c. ; qt. 40c. 



SPECIAL OFFER No S 52 F0R 0NI,Y 20 CENTS 1 



EACH OF THE ABOVE FIVE POP CORNS. 



COFFEE BERRY 



Many pronounce it as good as the genuine, 

 and it has been superseding in a great measure 

 store coffee as fast as its merits become known. 

 It is certainly the best berry to mix in with 

 other coffee I ever saw. Half and half will pro- 

 duce a drink claimed by many to be equal to a 

 goo' 1 cup of Rio. It is the hardiest, easiest 

 raised and most productive of any plant I ever 

 saw. It matures early as Corn, and does well 

 on every kind of soil. You can raise your own 

 coffee for one cent a pound. Ground and fed 

 to milch cows it makes the richest and yellowest 

 butter ever seen. It is as easily raised as Corn 

 and Beans, and is cultivated in the same way. 

 Full directions on every packet. My Seed is 



genuine. Large pkt. 5c; i lb. 10c; \ lb. 

 17c; lb. 30c 



RARE, 

 USEFUL 

 and ORNA 

 MENTAL 

 GOURDS 



Hercules' Club — Enor- 

 mous, long, club-shape 

 fruit, useful to use in 

 storing various ar- 

 ticles. Lasts for years. 

 Pkt. 4c; oz. 10c 



New Japanese Climb- 

 ing — Beautiful climb- 

 er with handsome fo- 

 liage and of rapid 

 growth. Try it. Pkt. 

 5c. 



Dipper — Useful for 



birds' nests, fancy hanging baskets, etc 

 Pkt. 4c; oz. 12c. 



They hold from a pint to a quart and a half each- 



True Nest Egg 



Resembling in color, shape and size the eggs of hens. Do not crack, last for 

 years, and make the best of nest eggs. Rapid grower and good climber, 

 extremely ornamental, and useful for covering screens, etc. Pkt. 4c; 

 oz. 12c. 



New Japanese Dish Cloth, or Luff a — Ornamental enough for a house vine 

 and fruit is very useful. Fruit enormous, two feet in length, and borne 

 in great profusion. The lining of mature fruit , when washed and bleached, 

 is porous, tough, elastic, sponge-like, making the nicest, cleanest substi- 

 tute for dish cloths and bath sponges imaginable, besides being useful for 

 various articles of fancy work. Pkt. 4c; OZ. 12c 

 Sugar Trough — Enormous, hard-shelled fruit, holding from three to ten gallons each. Are 

 just right to use as receptacles for lard, salt, seed corn, etc. Pkt. 4c; OZ. 10c; } lb. 30c 

 New Serpent — A beautiful climbing variety of easy culture, heavy foliage, and serving as the 



best shade. Pkt. 5C. , 

 Finest Mixed — Combining in the largest mixture the most curious, interesting and useful of 

 the entire Gourd family. Forms may be varied by tying strings around the young fruit or 

 by enclosing the same in a curved mold while growing, thus stamping on its surface any de- 

 sired figures or letters that may be carved on the mold. Pkt. 4c; OZ. 7c; 1 lb. 20C. 



<m c\r\ nn t>t7ttt atjtn I have deposited the sum of One Hundred 

 JplUU.UU iX-Ty W -fi-IVL/ Dollars In the Winnebago National Bank of 

 Rockford, Dlinois, as a Reward to be Paid to Any Person who will prove that 

 any Testimonial contained in my 1906 Seed and Plant Guide is not genuine or 

 that any testimonial has been solicited by me. .,,._..{. . 



I do not have to "Blow My Own Horn" in order to sell my "Full of Life" Seeds 

 and Plants— the best Seeds and Plants that money can buy. Results count! It 

 is not what I say, but what my Seeds and Plants do. H. W. BUCKBEE. 



DIRECT FROM THE GROWER TO THE PLANTER— BUCKBEE'S 



'FULL OF LIFE" SEEDS 



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