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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



CHOICE 5EED 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, hand picked and assorted with great care. 

 We are-' located in the center of the best com growing country in the world. We test all varieties be- 

 fore sending out, so there is no doubt as to vitality, and will grow if properly planted and the condi- 

 tions of weather are favorable. 



TO AVOID 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 localit}', provided we are sold out of variety 

 ordered. 



At price quoted will fill orders as long as our stock lasts. Bags free at price quoted. 



Pride of the North 



ThjLs corn still retains its popularity as an exceed- 

 ingly^- hardy early and prolific variety, always ma 

 turin^ in ninety days; often shelling 62 pounds of 

 grain hoxn 70 pounds of ears. Kernels closely set, 

 large, ofSieep, orange color; cob very small and red. 

 This is, prb%bly, the best Dent corn for general 

 cultivation in the north, and is now largely used in 

 the South and West, as it matures its crop before 

 the hot winds affect it. This: corn is not fully ap- 

 preciated until the large yield and small percentage 

 of cob to corn are carefully noted. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

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

 40 cts,, bu. $1.35, 2 bu. $2.50. 



Iowa Gold Mine 



This vai'iety has everywhere received the most cor- 

 dial endorsement as one of the best and most profita- 

 ble 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 poimds of shelled 

 corn; and in hauling to market it weighs out con- 

 siderable 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 

 cts., by freight or express, pk. 40 cts., bu , $1.35, 

 2 bu, $2.50. 



Iowa Silver Mine 



This variety comes very highly recommended, as 

 being one of the best varieties of white corn, some- 

 what 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. 85 cts., pk, 

 40 cts., bu. $1.35, 2 bu. $2.50. 



Champion White 

 Pearl 



Its merits have won laurels for this corn and is 

 now universally recognized as the leading standard 

 variety of thoroughbred, pure white dent corn suita- 

 ble 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 our severe storms and drouths well 

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

 express, pk. 40 cts., bu. $1.35, 2 bu. $2.50. 



Snow White Dent 



The culmination of 29 years' accumulative corn 

 breeding experience, with a constant view to the 

 ultimate origination of a superb milling and gen- 

 eral crop corn. 



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

 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 dry rot. I have also established character 

 and great freedom from barrenness, smut, chafiness, 

 low germinating power. The severe 1901 tests 

 throughout the corn states overwhelmingly confirm 

 this." Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., by 

 freight, pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.40, 2 bu. or more at $2.60. 



Improved Early Mastodon 



MASTODON CORN 



We consider this the finest large- 

 eared YELLOW DENT CORN IN 

 AMERICA, It is undoubtedly tht 

 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 corn 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 

 g^ows very rapid, strong and rank at 

 a medium height, and will out-yield 

 any corn ever grown in this section. 

 It will mature in about 110 days of 

 good com weather. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 40 cts., 

 bu. $1.36, 2 bu. $2.50. 



