COLE'S SEED POTATOES 



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GARMEN NO. 3 POTATO 



TREE SEEDS 



CATALPA SPECIOSA HARDY or WES- 

 TERN. 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 in seed beds, in mellow soil, about the time 

 of corn planting, in rows two or three feet apart, 

 and eight or twelve inches in the row; transplant 

 when one or two years old, four feet apart both 

 ways. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. lOcts., ^ lb. 25 cts., 

 lb. 75 cts. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY SEED. The tree 

 is a rapid grower and perfectly hardy, and proves 

 as lasting for fence posts as Catalpa or Red Cedar. 

 Also makes a good hedge and windbreak on the 

 prairies. The seed can be sown late in the fall, or 

 very early in the spring. It should be sown in drills 

 18 inches apart, and kept well shaded, as the seed 

 is slow to germinate. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 

 % lb. 50 cts., lb, $2.00. 

 HONEY LOCUST. The best of all hedge 

 plants for northern climate, being entirely hardy. 

 Scald the seed with boiling water; let them stand 

 in the water until they get cool, then pour off the 

 water, mix the seed with sand and keep them in a 

 warm room until they begin to sprout; then sow. 

 in drills about an inch deep, and transplant the 

 following spring. Set in double rows one foot 

 apart and the plants two feet apart in rows. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., M lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs. $1.25 

 by express, 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.50. 

 BLACK or YELLOW LOCUST. A very 

 valuable tree for timber, grows very rapidly, while 

 the durability of its timber is well known, fence 

 posts of it having stood for 60 years. Prepare seed 

 and cultivate the same as above. Per pkt. 5 cts., % 

 lb. 15 cts., lb. 60 cts., 8 lbs. $1.26, by expresf, f 

 lbs.t $1.60> 10 lbs. $8.S0i 



HUMPHREY'S POTATO 

 KNIFE 



With the Concave Potato Knife, seed potatoes can 

 be cut better, and $2.00 to $3.00 an acre saved in i 

 seed and time by its use. The blade is very thin and ! 

 just the right shape to divide the potatoes into one, \ 

 two or three eye pieces very rapidly without cracking | 

 the tuber or injuring the vitality of the germs as I 

 tne punch cutters will do. We sell the Knife on its i 

 merits, and will refund the money to any one who ' 

 is not satisfied. A circular is put up in each box | 

 with the Knife. Price, 25 cts. each, six, $1.40, by 

 mail. 



COLLECTION OF POTATOES. For the 



accommodation of customers who order three 

 bushel or more at one time they can select two 

 varieties, 1% bushel of each, or three varieties, 1 

 bushel of each, at the game price that we sell 

 three bushel lotf of one variety. 



