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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



Selected Farm Seeds 



We make a specialty of the best and new improved varieties of Farm Seeds, and offer a select 

 list of Seed Corn, Potatoes, Grass and Clover Seeds, etc. All our Seeds are selected, recleaned 

 with special care and of the finest quality possible. We only offer the highest grades of Grass Seed 



at reasonable prices. 



PRICES: On account of going to press with our catalogue so early in the season, about 

 December, prices are subject to important market changes and may vary on some items of being 

 higher or lower later in the season. For large quantities we are always ready to quote prices on 

 application. 



SHIPPING: Everything that is quoted by the packet or pound is sent by mail prepaid. Larger 

 quantities are sent by freight or express, charges to be paid by the purchaser. No charge for bags, 

 boxes or delivery to depot. Always state which way you want Seeds shipped, giving name of rail- 

 road or express company. 



Our Choice and Best Grades of Clover, Grass and Farm Seeds, meet fully the requirements of 

 the new Iowa Pure Seed Law, in purity and vitality, and had samples of it analyzed and tested 

 by the U. S. Experiment Station. 



SPELTZ, or EMMER 



A wonderful new grain that is now attracting 

 great attention. It was brought to this country 

 from Eastern Russia several years ago and has 

 been found to be of extraordinary value for 

 growth on poor soil and in drouthy sections. It 

 is a wonderful stooler and robust grower, fre- 

 quently yielding 60 or more bushels per acre. 

 Farmers in Dakota are praising it very highly, as 

 it is unequalled as feed for any kind of stock. 

 The grain is intermediate between wheat and bar- 

 ley, the spikeiets being separated from each other 

 in such manner that the crop is not readily in- 

 jured by the weather. The chaff adheres to the 

 grain when thrashed. We believe it will prove 

 of much value for milling, as well as for feeding. 

 Will grow and produce immense crops on poor 

 soil, and the dry weather appears to have no ef- 

 fect on it. It is sown early in spring like wheat 

 at the rate of 1% bu. per acre. It will pay 

 farmers to test it. ,Per pkt. 10 cts., lb. 20 cts., 

 3 lbs. 50 cts., by mail, postpaid ; by freight, per 

 pk. 35 cts., bu. $1.25. 



BUCKWHEAT 



NEW JAPANESE. The kernel of this new 

 buckwheat is nearly twice as large as the com- 

 mon kind; the straw is stouter and heavier; it 

 branches more and does not need to be sown 

 -as thickly ; the flour made from it is equal to 

 that from any other buckwheat ; it is a very 

 heavy cropper; farmers are enthusiastic in its 

 praises. It is less apt to blight than other vari- 

 eties. We consider the Japanese Buckwheat to 

 be far ahead of all other kinds. So far it out- 

 yields the old Gray or Silver Hull two to one. 

 Per lb. 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts., not prepaid, pk. 

 40 cts., bu. $1.50. 



BROOM CORN SEED 



IMPROVED EVERGREEN. One of the best 

 for general culture, ripens early ; grows 8 to 9 

 feet high, finest brush, never crooked, good 

 length. Plant in hills 18 inches apart in the 

 rows and the rows three feet apart. Requires 

 similar land and later planting than corn. Per 

 lb. 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts.,>pk. 50 cts., bu. $2.00. 



FIELD PEAS 



Every year there is more inquiry by a number 

 of our best farmers for Field Peas. Peas stand in 

 the front rank as a fodder crop, especially for 

 hogs. They can be fed green or dry. As a fer- 

 tilizer they come next to clover, to be plowed 

 under when they commence to blossom ; they will 

 grow on land that will not produce clover. Sow 

 IY2 to 2 bushels to the acre, or, if with oats 

 sow 1 bushel of each. Do not sow on rich 

 ground — will make too much vine. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS WHITE. This is a 

 standard sort; seeds white in color. Per pk. 

 65 cts., bu. $2.50, 5 bu. $12.00. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS GREEN. Like 



above- except that color is green. Per pk. 80 

 cts., bu. $3.25, 5 bu. $15.00. 



COW PEAS 



Cow Peas belong to the bean family. They re- 

 quire a full season to mature a crop. It is highly 

 valued as a fodder crop, but more so for reclaim- 

 ing poor and worn-out soil. Plowed under green 

 it is the greatest fertilizer and soil improver we 

 have. Poor, sandy and worn soil may be brought 

 up to full fertility again by plowing under a few 

 crops of the Cow Peas. 



The seeds must not be sown until the soil has 

 become thoroughly warm. They can be sown 

 broadcast before the last plowing of corn if want- 

 ed for green feed. If wanted to plow under for 

 manure, sow in drills one foot apart. If grown 

 for fodder or for the seed, plant in rows 3% feet 

 apart and cultivate thoroughly. For fodder or 

 seed purposes it takes V2 bushel seed per acre, for 

 manure to plow under 1 V2 bushels per acre must 

 be sown. If sown for fodder broadcast it will take 

 1 bushel per acre. 



WHIP-POOR-WILL. This is a most popular 

 variety and yields a good crop of both fodder 

 and peas. Much used as a fertilizer. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., pf. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., by freight, pk. 



$1.00, bu. $3.50. 



NEW ERA. The earliest variety and the best 

 for growing in the northern states, it has ma- 

 tured in 60 days and has done well as far north 

 as Minnesota. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 

 35 cts.. by freight, pk. $1.00, bu. $3.50, 



