H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



Buckbee's "Full of Life" Field Corn 



SELECTED :— : GRADED : TESTED :— : PEDIGREED :— : THOROUGHBRED 



Buckbee's Varieties Bred for High Yield, High Oil, High Protein, High Prepotency. 

 The varieties offered on this page are standard. They have stood the most severe tests and can be relied upon. 



Buckbee's 

 Improved Pride of the North. 



A wonderful improvement over the 

 old reliable standby — Pride of the North. 

 This splendid pedigreed variety is un- 

 questiorublj- one of the very best 90-day 

 Field Corns for Xorthera latitudes. It 

 will ripen in Northern localities hitherto 

 able to grow only the Flint varieties, 

 hence is of the greatest value. On ordi- 

 narily fair to good ground it will yield 

 from 50 to above 100 bushels per acre. 

 Small cob. wliicli dries quickly, and 

 leaves the corn sound and sweet. Ears 

 of excellent size; ai abundance of the fin- 

 est fodder; stands drought better than 

 any other variety : huslrs and shells eas- 

 ily; is the earliest Corn to market. 



Ear: By express or freight at buyer's 

 expense, 1 bu. S2.75; 2 bu. S5.35; 5 to 10 

 bu. lots or more, S2.40 per bu. 



Same Shelled: Postpaid, J lb. 15c.; lb. 

 25c. By express or freight at buyer's ex- 

 pense, i bu. 35c.; -J- bu. 55c.; I bu. 90c.; 

 bu. SI. 75; 2 bu. $3.40; 10 bu. lots or more, 

 $1.65 per bu. 



BUCKBEE'S IMPROVE J) FJtlBE OF THE NOBTH. 



BOOKW COUNTY 

 SPECIAL. 



CALICO — A hybrid corn all colors, from dapple yellow to red. A magnificent vielder of high feeding qualities. Ma- 

 turing in 125 to 12S days. Large amount of foliage with broad leaves. Ears 8 to 12 inches long, 7 to S inches 

 in circumference. Kernels deep and broad. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL — Pure white corn; grains deep and thick; well filled cut over butt and tip; good yielder. 



IOWA GOLD MINE — It is early, ripening only a few days lati^r than Pride of the North: ears of good size and a bright 

 golden yellow. 



IOWA SILVER MINE — Stalk grows to a height of about seven or eight feet and sets the ears about three and one-half 

 to four feet from the ground Ears measuring from ten to twelve inches in length and weighing one and one- 

 half pounds are not uncomm_ i 



RILEY'S FAVORITE — In selecti 's. the seed each yaar I have avoided extremes either way, but have selected as my 

 standard ear, one of mtc'ium size and from a stalk of medium height, making the special point of selecting as 

 small a cob as possible. 



SILVER KING — A pure white Corn \\^th Thite coo. Kernel especially broad and deep, with well developed, vigorous 

 germ. Ears 8 to 11 inches long, wit ' well filled butts and tips, and small shank. " Stalks from S to 11 feet. Ears 

 have from 18 to 20 rows. 



THOROUGHBRED LEAMING — Deep g. .den color; striking uniformity. The ears range from 9 to 12 inches long.' 

 Kernels broad, thick, deep, rather rough, rounding wedge shaped. Red cob, medium in size with mediuoi large 

 shank. The stalks are from 9 to 12 feet high. Matures in about 115 days. 



Prices on above seven varieties: Choicest stock seed on the Ear: By express or freight, at buyer's expense, 1 bu. 

 $2.50; 2 bu. S4.75; 5 to 10 bu. lots or more, $2.25 per bu. 



Same Shelled: Postpaid, i lb. 16c.; lb. 25c. By express or freight at buyer's expense, i bu. 30c.; \ bu. 60c.; 

 i bu. 80c.; bu. SI. 50; 2 bu. $2.90; 10 bu. lots or more, $1.40 per bu. 



BOONE COUNTY SPECIAL — Requires 125 to 128 days for full development. The ears are from 9 to 12 inches long. 

 Tips and butts are especially well filled. Kernels are creamy white, moderately rough, very deep, with fine large 

 germ. 



Choicest stock seed on Ear: By express or freight at buyer's expense, 1 bu. S2.75; 2 bu. S6.36; 6 to 10 bu. 

 lots or more, $2.40 per bu. 



Same Shelled: Postpaid, 1 lb. 15c.; lb. 25c. By express or freight, at buyer's expense, J bu. 36c.;'i bu. 56c.; 

 i bu. 90c.; bu. $1.75; 2 bu. $3.40; 10 bu. lots or more, $1.65 per bu. 



BUCKBEE'S EARLY GOLD MINE — This great variety will usually produce a crop in ninety days or less. It can safely 

 be planted up to the luiddle of June and still be depended upon to ripen by the middle of September. It produces 

 a magnificent yield, there generally being two good-sized ears to the stalk, with immense, long oily kernels, closely 

 set and the cob well filled to the end The corn is of rich golden color. 



Choice stock seed on Ear: By express or freight, at buyer's expense, 1 bu. $3.00; 2 bu. $5.75; 6 to 10 bu. 

 lots or more, $2.50 per bu. 



Same Shelled: Postpaid, lb. 15c.: lb. 25c. By express or freight, at buyer's expense, i bu. 36c.; i bu. BOc; 

 4 bu. $1.10 bu. $2.00; 2 bu. $3.90; 10 bu. lots or more, $1.90 per bu. 



A Sample Ear of Buckbee's Early Gold Mine, Reduced from Photograph 



WHEN I QUOTE YOU SPECIAL QUANTITY PRICES THEY ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES. 



