Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



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PUMPKIN 



Ger. Curbis. Fr. Course. 

 One ounce will plant about 15 hills. 



Principally used for agricultural purposes, but 

 there has been a great improvement in the varieties 

 during the past few years and many sorts are 

 fine table varieties. They are easily grown and 

 are profitable for stock feeding. At time of corn 

 planting scatter a few seeds in every fourth or 

 fifth hill, or for a large crop plant in May, in 

 good warm soil in hills eight to ten feet apart each 

 way, four plants to the hill. Avoid planting near 

 other vines as they will hybridize. 



LIVINGSTON'S PIE. This variety is sold and 

 listed as a Squash, but it really belongs to the 

 Pumpkin family. Flesh yellow and very thick, 

 quite early, surprisingly productive and a rapid 

 and hardy grower. The finest for pies, making 

 good ones even when eggs are not used. It is a 

 ready seller. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., X A lb. 

 40 cts. 



QUAKER FIE. This variety is of a creamy 

 color both inside and out. The vines are very 

 hard and prolific, always yielding a certain crop. 

 It is early and keeps late. Its chief value is 

 for "Pumpkin Pies," being fine grained and 

 rich flavored. It has none of the coarse and 

 stringy character so common to other varieties. 

 One of the very best keepers. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., Vi lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO. Grows to 

 medium size, flesh thick, fine grained, dry and 

 brittle, and of most excellent flavor. Hardy, 

 very productive, and keeps perfectly sound until 

 late in the spring. Has no equal for making 

 pies and custards. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



WINTER LUXURY. This pumpkin is pro- 

 nounced by hundreds the very best pumpkin for 

 pies they have ever known. It grows uniform- 

 ly to a diameter of ten to twelve inches, and is 

 enormously productive. In color it is a beauti- 

 ful golden yellow, very finely and closely netted. 

 As a winter keeper and cooking variety it stands 

 alone. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb., 20 

 cts., lb. 75c. 



IMPROVED CUSHAW. This is the Cushaw of 

 "ye olden times," and is a great favorite for its 

 many good qualities. Of large size, often weigh- 

 ing 70 pounds. Flesh salmon colored, thick and 

 of fine quality. Per pkt. 4 cts., oz. 8 cts., V*. 

 lb. 15 cts.. lb. 60 cts. 



Japanese Pie Pumpkin 



JAPANESE PIE. The illustration correctly 

 shows the shape and extremely small seed cav- 

 ity — all the balance being solid meat throughout, 

 which is of extra fine quality. It is a very pro- 

 ductive variety, the pumpkins ripen early, of 

 medium size, good keepers, and weigh 15 to 20 

 pounds each. The flesh is a rich salmon color, 

 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. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts.," V± lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



LARGE CHEESE or SWEET. Cheese 



shaped, in flavor like the Crockneck Squash ; 

 yellow fleshed, fine grained and very productive ; 

 superior to most field varieties. Per pkt. 4 

 cts., oz. 7 cts., % lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., by 

 express, 5 lbs. $1.75, 10 lbs. $3.00. 



MAMMOTH POTIRON or KING OP THE 

 MAMMOTHS. It grows to an enormous size, 

 three feet or more in diameter, and one to two 

 hundred pounds or more in weight. It has a 

 salmon-colored skin ; flesh bright yellow, fine 

 grained and of good quality. It has attracted 

 a great deal of attention, and is a fine variety 

 to exhibit at county fairs, etc. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., % lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



CONNECTICUT, or LARGE COMMON 

 YELLOW-PIELD. A very productive large 

 yellow variety, and grown principally for feed- 

 ing stock. Per oz. 5 cts., Yi lb. 10 cts., lb. 

 35 cts., pk. $1.50, bu. $5.00. 



