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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



Choice Seed Corn 



The improved varieties of FIELD CORN we offer are the best now in general use. They were grown 

 especially for seed purposes, and are well matured, cured, liand picked and assorted with great care. We 

 are located in the center of the best corn growing country in the world. We test all varieties before send- 

 ing out, so there is no doubt as to vitality, and will grow if properly planted and the conditions of 

 weather are favorable. On arcouiit of the cool, damp weather this season nmrli of (he Seed Corn will be 

 of poor quality and very scarce. 



TO AV^OID DELAY when ordering late in the season, it would be well to mention your second choice, 

 or state whether to send a variety adapted to your locality, provided we are sold out of variety ordered. 



CHOICE SEED CORN is scarce this year and price i? somewhat high. At price quoted will fill or- 

 ders as long as our stock lasts. Bags free at price quoted. 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH. This corn still 



retains its popularity as an exceedingly hardy early 

 and prolific variety, always maturing in ninety 

 days; often shelling 62 pounds of grain from 70 

 pounds of cars. Kernels closely set. large, of deep 

 orange color; cob very small and red. This is, 

 probably, the best Dent corn for general cultiva- 

 tion in the north, and is now largely used in the 

 South and West, as it matures its crop before the 

 hot winds aPPect it. This corn is not fully appre- 

 ciated until ^he large yield and small percentage of 

 cob to corn a'e carefully noted, i^er pkt. 5 cts.. 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts. By freight or express, pk. 

 50 cts., bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more at $1.65 bu. 



IOWA GOLD MINE. This variety has ev- 

 erywhere received the most cardial endorsement 

 as one of the best and most ^irofitable varieties. 

 It is early, ripening in about 100 days, ears of 

 good size, color a bright golden yellow; grain is 

 very deep, cob small, and therefore dries out very 

 quickly as soon as ripe. Seventy pounds of ear 

 corn will make about sixty pounds of shelled corn; 

 and in hauling to market it weighs out consider- 

 erable more to the wagon load than common va- 

 rieties. This variety with good weather, will rip- 

 en in every part of our state; it is intermediate 

 between the early small-eared sorts and the large- 

 eared varieties. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 

 els., by freight or express, pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.C0, 

 2 bu. $3.00. 



EARLY YELLOW ROSE. This corn is a 



bright golden yellow, stalk from 8 to 12 feet high, 

 setting its ears 4 to 5 feet from the ground, usu- 

 ally matures two good ears, 8 to 10 inches long. 

 Will withstand much dry weather and still ma- 

 ture a fair crop of corn. Ripens in about 100 days. 

 A very popular corn in the west. Per pkt. 5 cts.. 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., by freight pk. 50. cts., hu. 

 $1.75, 2 bu. $3.25. 



REID'S YELLOW DENT. This is a pop- 

 ular variety in the central west corn district. It 

 has been grown for the last 50 years in Illinois 

 and has taken many prizes at various corn shows 

 and fairs. It has been bred up to a high type of 

 corn. Ear 9 to 10 inches long, 7 inches around, 

 18 to 24 rows, deep grain with small cob well 

 filled at butt and tip. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., 

 qt. .35 cts., by freight, pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.75, 2 bu. 

 $3.25. 



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MASTODON CORN 



IOWA SILVER MINE. This variety 



comes very highly recommended, as being one of 

 the best varieties of white corn, somewhat similar 

 to the Iowa Gold Mine, but has a larger ear. The 

 ears are very even in size, and well filled out at 

 the tip. It is hardy, a great drouth resister. Would 

 advise our customers to give it a trial. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.75, 

 2 bu. $3.20. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL. Its merits 



Wave won laurels for this corn and is now univcr- 

 !/ sally recognized as the leading standard variety of 

 thoroughbred, pure white dent corn suitable for 

 general crop. Matures in 100 to 110 days; is very 

 prolific; the grain is extra deep and wide, with 

 small cob. The stalk is short and thick and roots 

 very deeply with ears growing low upon it, thus 

 standing out severe storms and drouths well. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts. By freight or 

 express, pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.60, 2 bu. $3.00. 



^ Snow White Dent 



The culmination of 29 years' accumulative com 

 breeding experience, with a constant view to the ulti- 

 mate origination of a superb milling and general 

 crop corn. 



Mr. Suffern writes: "I have bred better than T 

 knew, for besides originating a corn which is by 

 great odds the whitest, purest, densest, largest and 

 most uniform kerneled, surest maturing, and almost 

 free from the curse of dry rot. I have also estab- 

 lished character and great freedom from barrenness 

 and its attendant degeneracy — dry rot, smut, chaflness, 

 low germinating power. The severe 1901 tests through- 

 out the corn states overwhelmingly confirm this." 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. .25 cts., qt. 40 cts., by freight, 

 pk. 60 cts., bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more at $1.60 bu. 



Improved Early 

 V riastodon 



We consider this the finest large- 

 eared YELLOW DENT CORN IN 

 AMERICA. It is undoubtedly the 

 earliest of all large-eared varieties. 

 The Mastodon is a high-bred corn of 

 beautiful color, and one which will 

 please all. It has the largest num- 

 ber of rows on cob and the deepest, 

 longest grain of any yellow com ever 

 originated. It makes the finest appear- 

 ing shelled corn ever seen, being cast 

 of two colors. It fully withstands the 

 rigor of our northern climate, and 

 grows very rapid, strong and rank at 

 a medium height, and will out-yield 

 any com ever grown in this sec- 

 tion. It will mature in about 110 

 days of good corn weather. Per pkt. 

 5 eta., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 

 50 cts., bu. $1.76, 2 bu. |3.20. 



