COLE'S SEED POTATOES 



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TREE SEEDS 



CATALPA SPECIOSA HARDY or WES- 

 TERN. Catalpa. This tree Is popular 

 for timber, as the timber is more durable than 

 any other native tree. It grows readily from seed, 

 Is easily transplanted, grows in almost any soil. 

 Plant in seed beds, in mellow soil, about the time 

 of corn planting, in rows two or three feet apart, 

 and eight or twelve inches in the row; transplant 

 when one or two years old, four feet apart both 

 ways. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. lOcts., ^4 lb. 25 cts., 

 lb. 75 cts. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY SEED. The tree 

 is a rapid grower and. perfectly hardy, and proves 

 as lasting for fence posts as Catalpa or Red Cedar. 

 Also makes a good hedge and windbreak on the 

 prairies. The seed can be sown late in the fall, or 

 very early in the spring. It should be sown in drills 

 18 inches apart, and kept well shaded, as the seed 

 is slow to germinate. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 eta., 

 14 lb. 50 cts., lb. $2.00. 



HONEY LOCUST. The best of all hedge 

 plants for northern climate, being entirely hardy. 

 Scald the seed with boiling water; let them stand 

 in the water until they get cool, then pour off the 

 water, mix the seed with sand and keep them in a 

 warm room until they begin to sprout; then sow 

 in drills about an inch deep, and transplant the 

 following sprii.g. Set in double rows one foot 

 apart and the plants two feet apart in rows. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., % lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs. $1.25 

 by express, 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.50. 



BLACK or YELLOW LOCUST. A very 



valuable tree for timber, gjows very rapidly, while 

 the durability of its timber is well known, fence 

 posts of it having stood for 60 years. Prepare seed 

 and cultivate the same as above. Per pkt. 5 cts., ^ 

 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs. $1.26, by exprest, 8 

 lbs., $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.60. 



HUMPHREY'S POTATO 

 KNIFE 



With the Concave Potato Knife, seed potatoes can 

 lie cut better, and $2.00 to $3.00 an acre saved in 

 seed and time by its use. The blade is very tliin and 

 just the right shape to divide the potatoes into one, 

 two or three eye pieces very rapidly without cracking 

 the tubec or injuring the vitality of the germs as 

 tne punch cutters will do. We sell the Knife on its 

 merits, and will refund the money to any one who 

 is not satisfied. A circular is put up in each box 

 with the Knife. Price, 25 cts. each, six, $1.40, by 

 mail. 



COLLECTION OF POTATOES. For the 



accommodation of customers who order three | 

 bushel or more at one time they can select two 

 varieties, 1% bushel of each, or three varieties, 1 

 bushel of each, at the same rate that we sell three 

 bushel lots of each respective variety. 



