FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
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Specialties For the Garden That All Should Plant 
COLLARDS 
GEORGIA, SOUTHERN, OR 
CREOLE. A variety of cabbage known 
in different specimens as "Cole," 
"Colewort," or simple "Greens." It is 
extensively used in the South. I offer 
the true white or green stemmed sort 
so exclusively used in the Soutli. 
Forms a large loose open head, or a 
mass of leaves on tall stems. Freez- 
ing does not Injure, but rather im- 
proves their quality. Sow thiclt ill 
drills, in rich ground, transplanting 
when 4 inches high and thin to 2 or 3 
feet apart in the row when the proper 
size. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 8 cents; 
% pound, 25 cents; pound, 45 cents; 
pound, 85 cents. 
CORN SALAD 
FETTICUS OR LAMB'S LETTUCE. 
This delightful salad, known as Mache- 
Steck Salot, is used during the Win- 
ter and Spring months as a substitute 
for lettuce, and Is also cooked and 
used like spinach. In warm weather 
the plants will mature in four to si.K 
weeks. Packet. 3 cents; ounce, 7 cents; 
% pound, 22 cents; '/^ pound, 40 cents; 
pound, 75 cents. 
THE WONDERFUL 
COFFEE BERRY 
THE GREAT HEALTH DRINK 
Once Tried Always Used 
All pronounce it better than the gen- 
uine. It is certainly the best berry to 
mix with other coffee I ever saw. HalJ 
and half will produce a drink claimed 
by many to be equal to a good cup of 
Hio. It is very liardy. easily raised 
and most enormously productive. You 
can raise your own coffee for one cent 
a pound. Packet, 4 cents; H pound, 8 
cents; 'A pound, 15 cents; pound, 25 
cents. 
CHERVIL 
Hardy annual, worthy of more gen- 
eral use for flavoring and garnishing. 
Curled variety more beautiful than 
parsley. 
CURLED. Greatly superior to the 
old, plain variety; earlier, more hand- 
some, having fully as fine perfume and 
flavor. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 7 cents; 
1/4 lb., 25 cents; % lb., 45 cents; pound, 
85 cents. 
CRESS 
NEW UPLAND CRESS. Has the 
highly prized flavor of Water Cress. 
It is so liardy as to be green nearly 
the whole year, and is ready for use 
before any other salad in Spring. Its 
usage should be more general, as it is 
of as easy culture as spinach. It is a 
perennial plant, and can be grown for 
several years without renewal. Packet, 
4 cents; ounce, 25 cents, 
CURLED. OR PEPPER GRASS. This 
small salad is muc li used with lettuce 
to the flavor of which its warm, pung- 
ent taste makes a most agreeable ad- 
dition. Packet. 3 cents; ounce, 5 cents; 
i/'4 lb., 15 cents; ^ lb., 28 cents; pound, 
50 cents. 
TRUE WATER CRESS. This is 
quite distinct from the last, .ind only 
thrives when its roots and stems are 
submerged in water. It is one of the 
most delicious of small salads, and 
should be planted wherever a suitable 
place can be found. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 25 cents. 
Improved New York Spinele 
Egg Plant 
Endive. Fine Green Curled 
SELECTED POP CORN 
Pop corn should be found in every 
garden, especially it there are children 
to enjoy it during the long winter 
evenings, which bring young people 
together for social amusement. 
MONARCH WHITE RICE. My strain 
Is an improvement, with larger ears. 
Six ears on a stalk is not a rare oc- 
currence. The grains are sharply 
pointed, and the ear is a handsome one. 
Packet, 5 cents; yi pt., 12 cents; pt., 
20 cents; qt., 35 cents. 
QUEEN'S GOLDEN. This is per- 
haps the handsomest of all the pop 
corns when on the ear. surpassing all 
others in size and color. It pops per- 
fectly white. Produces four to six 
ears on a stalk. Packet, 5 cents; 54 
pt., 12 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35. 
cents. 
EGG PLANT 
NEW YORK IMPROVED SPINE- 
LESS. This is an entirely spineless 
strain of the large purple-fruited, 
which is the well-lvnown standard. The 
plants are equally as productive, 
fruits as large and w^eli colored, but 
stems and clyx are entirely free 
from spine. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 
25 cents; !4 pound, 70 cents; }^ pound, 
$1.25; pound, $2.35. 
EARLY LONG PURPLE. Hardier 
and much earlier tlian the large New 
York Purple, succeeding fartlier north. 
Thin fruits from six to ten inches long. 
Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 15 cents; I/4 
lb., 4b cents; % lb., 80 cents; pound, 
$1.50. 
BLACK BEAUTY. As large as the 
New York Improved, but about ten 
(\a.ys earlier. Very rich purplish black. 
Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 1/4 
lb., 60 cents; H lb., $1.10; pound, $2.00. 
ENDIVE 
This is one of the most refreshing 
and attractive of all autumn and win- 
ter salads. It is commonly known in 
restaurants as Chlcoree, and is most 
appetizing when served mixed witli let- 
tuce, with French dressing. Sow seed 
from middle of June to last of August. 
GREEN CURLED. Leaves finely 
cut or laciniated. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 10 cents; 1,4 lb., 35 cents; H 'b., 
60 cents; pound, $1.00. 
WHITE CURLED. Does not need 
blanching, the midribs being naturally 
of a pale golden yellow, and the finely 
cut and curled leaves almost white. 
Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 10 cents; I/4 lb., 
35 cents; H lb., 60 cents; pound, $1.00. 
GIANT FRINGED, or "OYSTER." 
This is tlie beautifully fringed sort 
displayed upon blocks of ice on piles 
of oysters before so many restaurants. 
Of strong growth, it has a large white 
heart and broad stems. Packet, 5 
cents; ounce. 12 cents; I.4 lb., 40 cents; 
Yi lb., 75 cents; pound, $1.35. 
BATAVIAN. Large heads of broad 
thicl< leaves, which can be blanched 
as a salad or make excellent cooked 
greens. Same price as Giant Fringed. 
