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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



Cole's Selected. Farm Seeds, 



We devote careful attention to the selection of the best Farm Seeds, and our list embraces new 

 improved varieties of special merit, and the i nusual care exercised by us to secure the fines 4 

 quality and best varieties must prove of great value to our customers. It is all selected, well 

 cleaned, and of the finest quality possible. 



|3P~ At prices given, we make no charge for bags, and deliver free to Freight Depot or Express 

 Office. All freight charges to be paid by purchaser. Please state whether seeds are desired to be 

 sent by freight or express. Please Order Early. 



CHOICE SEED CORN. 



Our Improved Strains of Seed Corn are all selected with great care, and thoroughly tested. But 

 we would advise buyers to test every lot on arrival, and if it fails to sprout, corn will be replaced, 

 But we cannot be resoonsible for failuro if caused bv soil or climate. 



CLARK'S EARLY MASTODON. We 



consider this the finest and best 

 large-eared Yellow Dent Oorn in 

 America. Early Mastodon will be 

 found to combine large yield, large 

 grains, and earliness for its large 

 size to a remarkable degree, bet- 

 ter than any other variety. It 

 originated with Mr. C. S. Clark, 

 of Wakeman, Ohio, probably the 

 largest grower of field and 

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America. Mr. Clark has grown 

 every variety of corn known to the 

 MMtWnJMS/MMA ill ^ MMi W^SIS/S^i American public, and in Mastodon 



he claims to have the best of all. 

 The Mastodon is a highbred corn 

 of beautiful color, and one which 

 will please all. It has the largest 

 mastodon corn. number of rows on cob, and the 



deepest, longest grain of any yellow corn everoriginated. It makes the finest appearing shelled corn 

 ever seen, being a cast of two colors. It fully withstands the vigor of our Northern climate, and 

 grows very rapid, strong and rank at a medium height, and will out-yield any corn ever grown in 

 this section. Per pkt., 5 cts.; pt.. 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; pk., CO cts.; bush., $1.75; 2 bush., $3.25. 



EARLY BUTLER CORN. This new 

 variety is sent out by the intro- 

 ducer of the Mastodon Corn and 

 says: "For three years I have 

 been testing this corn with all the 

 standard and new sorts and find 

 after a thorough trial, that it is 

 not only the Earliest Dent in cul- 

 tivation but the very best one yet 

 introduced for Northern climates. 

 It is a cross from Pride of the North 

 and will supersede this and other 

 early varieties, as being earlier, 

 ears larger, grains deeper, very 

 small cob. and of a beautiful golden 

 Mwl tt . . early butler CORN. yellow color. Wherever it has been 



tried it has given perfeel satisfaction, and will take the place of all other varieties for the North 

 and .Northwest and for early corn in more central latitudes. Seventy pounds of ears has yielded 

 six y-l luce and a half pounds shelled corn leaving only six and a half pounds cobs. It grows strong 

 and vigorous and can he recommended with confidence. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts.; not 

 prepaid, pk., 60 cts., bush., $2.00. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL. This variety is 

 the handsomest white corn everseen. a beauty 

 to look upon. It is pure white, an extra early 

 variety, maturing in one hundred days ac- 

 cording to the season and fertility of soil. It 

 is exceedingly heavy and compad upon the 

 cob. It is very prolific, and lias Yielded 13S% 

 DUShelS shelled corn per acre. The grain is ex- 

 tra long and wide, the col) is very small for t he 

 size of 1 he corn Ears medium sized, averag- 

 ing from eight to twelve inches in length. 

 Grows low upon the stalk. The stalk is short 

 and thick, and often bears two good cars. Per 

 nkt. 5cts.; pt..20cts.; qt.,35cts.; pk.,00cts.; 

 bush., $J.75; 2 bush., $3.00. 



SWEET CORN FOR FODDER. There is noth- 

 ing better for green feed, or for curing for win- 

 ter, than sweet corn. Cattle highly relish it, 

 and when fed on it keep in fine condition and 

 give an abundance of milk. It has the great 

 merit of being so sweet and palatable that 

 cattle eat every part of the stalks and leaves. 

 Also excellent for soiling. Sow in drills or 

 broadcast. State whether it is summer or 

 winter feeding, when ordering. Per pk., 50 

 cts. : bush.. $1.75; 2 bush., $3.00. 



KAFFIR CORN. A new and valuable crop for 

 both grain and foliage. Its full growth is 

 almost six feet. Its habit is stalky, producing 

 thickly set and wide foliage. Farmers should 

 give this new fodder plant a trial. Per pkt., 

 5 cts. ; M lb., 10 cts. ; lb„ 20 cts. ; 3 lbs., 50 cts. 



