a. W. BXJCKBEE, BOCKPOBD, ILLINOIS. 



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NEW MALTESE 



German, Pastinake; French, Panais; Spanish, Pastinaca; Swedish, Palsternucka. 

 One ounce of seed for 200 feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds in drills for an acre. 



■pARSNIPS are well known as a delicious table vegetable, but their value for the purpose of feeding cattle and stock is but little appreciated. The 

 * parsnip is rich in saccharine food, which adds greatly to the richness of the milk when fed to cows, while the fresh succulent roots in- 

 crease the flow of milk as greatly as does the use of fresh, green food in the spring. It is especially valuable for the purpose from its extreme hardi- 

 ness, as the roots can be left in the ground all winter and improve in quality by the continued freezing. 



BUCKBEE'S NEW SUGAR 



The best Parsnip on earth. So say thousands of my customers, 

 who made trials of this variety in 1904 and 1905. After repeated trials 

 at Rockford Seed Farms, during the past six years, I have no hesitancy 

 in offering this splendid Parsnip. Roots grow to a fine size, of good 

 diameter, enabling them to be easily gathered; are exceedingly smooth, 

 the flesh fine grained and of the most excellent quality. A magnificent 

 cropper, yielding as high as 750 bushels per acre under good cultivation. 

 You will not be disappointed by planting Buckbee'S New Sugar 

 Parsnip for any purpose for which this desirable vegetable is used. 

 Remember that J control the entire stock of this variety for 1906. Send 

 to Buckbee for the True Sugar. Pkt. 5c. ; OZ. IOC.; 2 OZ. 18c. ; i lb. 

 35c; i lb. 60c; lb. $1.00. 



A greatly improved and wonderfully fine strain. The roots do 

 not grow as long as the Hollow Crown, but are of greater diameter and 

 more easily gathered; very heavy cropper. The roots are very smooth, 

 flesh fine grained and of most excellent quality. A yield of 500 to 600 

 bushels per acre is of common occurrence. Fine for home use, market 

 and shipping, while for stock purposes it is sure to give the best of satis- 

 faction. Pkt. 4c; oz. 6c; 2 oz. 10c; i lb. 15c; i lb. 25c; lb. 40c. 



Improved Hollow Crown, or Long White Sugar 



Roots comparatively short, ending somewhat abruptly with a small 

 tap root; grows mostly below the surface, has a very smooth, clean skin, 

 easily distinguished by the leaves arising from a depression on top or 

 crown of the root. Pkt. 3c; oz. 6c; 2 oz. 9c; i lb. 12c; $ lb. 20c; 

 lb. 35c. 



PIE PUMPKINS 



TWO NEW 

 VARIETIES OF 

 RARE MERIT 



On 



This and Succeeding Pages I Offer the Cream of the Old and New- 

 Pumpkin Productions. 

 BUCKBEE'S NEW SANDWICH ISLAND PUMPKIN 



It afforded me great pleasure to present to you this new Pumpkin Novelty. 

 My customers have found it to have exceptional merit and fully up to their highest 

 expectations. Coming from a remote section of the Sandwich Islands — where by 

 chance my representative found it — it has created a great furore in its new home. 

 Remarkably distinct in every way, of fine size, very prolific bearer, and deliciously 

 thick flesh. An excellent keeper. I have placed the price of seeds within the 

 reach of all. Order early before my supply is exhausted. Choicest seed of my 

 own growth. Pkt. 5o. ; oz. 15c; 2 oz. 25c; i lb. 35c; l lb.; 60c; lb. $1.00. 



NEW JAPANESE PIE PUMPKIN 



The small illustration correctly shows the shape and ex- 

 tremely small seed cavity — all the balance being solid meat 

 throughout, which is of extra fine quality. The seeds are 

 distinct in appearance, being curiously sculptured in the same 



manner as Jap' 



anese letters. It 

 is a very produc- 

 tive variety, the 

 Pumpkins ripen 

 early, of medium 

 size, good keep- 

 ers and weigh 15 

 to 20 pounds 

 each. As to qual- 

 ity, one enthu- 

 siastic grower 

 says: "The flesh 

 is a rich salmon, 

 unusually fine 

 grained , and 

 when cooked or 

 stewed is almost 

 as dry and mealy 

 as a sweet potato. 

 For making pies, 

 custards, etc., 

 they certainly 

 have no equal. 

 Containing but 

 little water, can 

 easily be cut and 

 dried like dried 

 a p«p 1 e s , and 

 make excellent 



NEW JAPANESE PIE p ;£ 3 or sauce for 



winter use. We venture to say that pies made .from the 

 Japanese Pumpkin, without eggs, are fully as goo'd.as pies 

 made from any other variety Wheu eggs are used." 



Pkt. 4c. ; oz. 8c. ; 2 oz. 15c. ; } lb. 25c. ; £ lb. 40c ; lb. 75c. 



OTHER VARIETIES OF PUMPKINS, BOTH FIELD AND PIE, ON NEXT PAGE 



