Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



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Carman No. 3 Potato 



CARMAN NO. 3 POTATO 



Grand Main Crop Potatoes 



The fame of this Potato is abroad in the 

 land wherever Editor Carman of the Rural 

 X< w Yorker is known. Without any approach 

 to an exception it is the greatest yielder ever 

 introduced. It may fairly be claimed that 

 it does not yield any small tubers at all. 

 It bears its tubers very close to the plant, a 

 single turn of the fork turning out every 

 potato. It is of the largest size and of the 

 shapeliest form, as will be seen from our il- 

 lustration. It is a perfect keeper, that is, it 

 will not sprout up to planting time, unless 

 kept in a warm place. Both skin and flesh 

 are of extreme whiteness. Eyes few and 

 shallow. Late in ripening. The introducer 

 says our claims for "Carman No. 3" are: 1st. 

 It is the handsomest large potato ever pro- 

 duced. 2d. It will out-yield any other potato 

 whatever. 3d. Practically every potato is a 

 marketable size. 4th. Its table qualities are 

 fully up to the highest standard, it has no 

 hollow hearts and no dark parts. We are 

 confident that it will soon be the most pop- 

 ular variety for field culture, on account of 

 its enormous productiveness and great beau- 

 ty. Per pk. 75 cts., bu. $2.50, 2 bu. $7.00. 



SEED SWEET POTATOES 



These we can supply in any quantity to 

 those that want planting stock for sprouting 

 plants. They are generally put in the hot 

 bed from the 10th to 20th of April. 



Prices per barrel on application. 



TREE SEED 



CATALPA SPECIOSA HARDY, or WEST- 

 ERN. 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 seed in beds, in 

 mellow soil, about the time of corn plant- 

 ing, in rows two or three feet apart, and 

 eight or twelve inches in the row; trans- 

 plant when one or two years old, four feet 

 apart both ways. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 

 cts., % lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



SPANISH PEANUTS 



A very desirable variety because it is early 

 and a good bearer; the peas hang to the root 

 and can be rapidly gathered. The pea is 

 smaller than the Virginia Peanut, but fills 

 out well. This variety can be grown IN THE 

 NORTH and has yielded abundantly. Plant 

 as soon as the ground becomes warm, from 

 two to three feet apart each way, four to five 

 to the hill, covering two or three inches. The 

 soil should be deep and mellow, and well 

 broken up so as to be ready for planting soon 

 after frost is over. April is a suitable time. 

 They produce 25 to 70 bushels per acre, and 

 are as easily cultivated as corn. Per pkt. 10 

 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



SUNFLOWER SEED 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Sunflower seed is 

 the best egg-producing food known for 

 poultry; they eat it greedily, keeping them 

 in fine condition, and fatten well on it. It 

 is also being planted in low ground and 

 around drains as a preventive of malarial 

 fevers. It can be planted on any waste 

 piece of ground from first of May to first 

 of July. Plant in hills 3 feet apart. It 

 takes 4 lbs. of seed to plant one acre. Oz. 

 5 cts., Vi lb. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., by express, 

 10 lbs. $1.25. 



