H. V/. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



German, PASXmAKE; 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 appre- 

 ciated. 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 

 increase the flow of milk as greatly as does the use of fresh, green food in the Spring. It is espeeiall.v valuable for the purpose from its extreme 

 hardiness, as the roots can be left in the ground all winter and improve in quahty 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 1907 and 190S. 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 diame- 

 ter, enabling them to be easily gathered: are exceedingly smooth, the flesh fine grained and of the most excellent quality. A magnificent crop- 

 per, 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 I control the entire stock of this variety for 1909. Send to Buckbee 

 for the True Sugar. 



Pkt. 6c.; oz. lOc; 2 oz. 18c.; Ji lb. 35c.; lb. 60c.; lb. $1.00. 



NEW MALTESE 



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. Tlie 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 satisfaction. 



Pkt. 4c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c. ; }4 lb. 15c.; lb. 26c.; 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 skm, easily distinguished by the leaves arising from'a depres- 

 sion on top or crown of tlie root. 



Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 9c.; '4 lb. 12c.; W lb. 20c.; lb. 36c. 



PEANUTS 



NEW MAMMOTH VrRGINIA 



.A new, very earlv, desirable and a most valuable variety to grow. 

 It is of upright growth and has the largest pods and kernels of any va- 

 riety; always yields fewer imperfect pods: the vines make valuable 

 forage for stock. Plant in .\pril and thev will ripen before Septem- 

 ber, even as far North as Canada. Hundreds of my young friends 

 have written me that they had a wonderful crop the past season. It will pay everyone to try them. Plant 2 

 inches deep, 8 inches apart in the row, and keep the ground free from weeds. " When ripe, piill or dig up and 

 drv 



Pkt. Sc.; M lb. lOc; lA lb. 15c.; lb. 25c.; 5 lbs. $1.00. 



POMEGEANATE. 



POMEGRANATE 

 THE QUEEN ANNE POCKET MELON 



This delicately perfumed and beautiful novelty was grown by nearly all our grandmothers, and, 

 though neglected for a time, again promises to come into wide favor. And it deserves to win back its 

 old popularitj-. It vines beautifully, and the fruit, which is round, uith yellow ground-work striped 

 in an irregular way with orange, red or mahogany, gives out a perfume as sweet and delicate as any 

 stored by Nature — the greatest of all chenusts. A sittgle melon will perfume one room sweetly for many 

 days. Nothing is more deliciously fragrant. The vine is easy to grow and makes a splendid ornament, 

 whether for garden trellis, arbor or porch 



YOr WILL BE PLE.ASED IF XOV GROW THE QUEEN ANNE POCKET MELON. 

 Pkt. 5c.; oz. lOc; 2 oz. 15c.; '4 lb. 25c.; lb. 40c.; lb. 60c. 



C. E. KEENAN. Grannis, Ark. 



Received all my Seeds in fine shape and am glad to have a Seedsman whom I can depend upon. 



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