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 tlifL'erent specimens as "Cole," 
"Colewort," or simple "Greens." It is 
extensively u.sed in tlie Soutli. I offer 
tlie true white or green stemmed sort 
so exclusively used in the South. 
Forms a large loose open head, or a 
mass oi leaves on tall .stems. Freez- 
ing does not injure, but ratlier im- 
proves their quality. Sow thicli in 
drills, in rich ground, transplanting 
when 4 inches higli and thin to 2 or 3 
feet apart in the row wlien the proper 
size. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 8 cents; 
54 pound, 25 cents; ^ pound, 45 cents; 
pound, 85 cents. 
CORN SALAD 
FETTICUS OR LAIVIB'S LETTUCE. 
This delightful salad, known as Mai he- 
Steck Salot. is used during the AVin- 
ter and Spring montlis as a substitute 
for lettuce, and is also cooked and 
used like spinach. In warm weather 
the plants will mature in four to six 
weeks. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 7 cents; 
'A 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 l)cst berry to 
mix with otlier coffee I ever saw. Halt 
and half will produce a drink claimed 
by many to be equal to a good cup of 
Hio. It is very hard.v.. easily ' raised 
and most enormously productive. You 
can raise your own coffee for one cent 
a pound. Packet, 4 cents; ^ pound, 8 
cents; 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, liaving fully as fine perfume and 
flavor. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 7 cents; 
'/4 lb., 25 cents; ^2 lb., 45 cents; pound, 
85 cents. 
CRESS 
NEW UPLAND CRESS. Has the 
highly prized llavor of .Water Cress. 
It is so liardy as to be green neai-Iy 
the whole year, and is ready for use 
before any other salad in Spring. Its 
usage sliould 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 much used witli lettuce 
to the flavor of whicli its warm, pung- 
ent taste makes a most agreeable ad- 
dition. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 5 cents; 
'/4 lb., 15 cents;, y2 lb., 28 cents; pound, 
50 cents. 
TRUE WATER CRESS. This is 
quite distinct from the last, and only 
thrives wlien its roots and stems are 
submerged hi wntrr. It is one of the 
most deliiious of small salads, and 
should be planted wherever a suitable 
place can be found. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 25 cents. 
Improved New York Spineless. 
Egg Plant 
Endive, Fine Green Curled 
SELECTED POP CORN 
Pop corn should be found in every 
garden, especially if there are ctiildren 
to enjoy it during the long winter 
evenings, wliicli l>ring young people 
togetiiei" 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; 'A 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; ^ 
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-known standard. The 
plants are equally as productive, 
fruits as large and well colored, but 
stems and clyx are entirely free 
from spine. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 
25 cents; ]4 pound, 70 cents; '/i pound, 
$1.25; pound, $2.35. 
EARLY LONG PURPLE. Hardier 
and mui'Ii eaiiier than tlie large New 
York Pu?-plc, succeeding farther north- 
Thin fruits from six to ten inches long. 
Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 15 cents; '/^ 
lb,, 45 cents; % lb., 80 cents; pound, 
$1.50. 
BLACK BEAUTY. As large as the 
New York Improved, but about ten 
days earlier.. Very rich purplish black. 
Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 20 cents; >/i 
lb., 60 cents; Vi lb., $1.10; pound, $2.00. 
ENDIVE 
This is one of the most refreshing 
nd attractive of all autumn and win- 
ter salads. It is commonly known in 
restaurants as Chicoree, and is most 
appetizing when served mixed with let- 
tuce, with French dressing. Sow seed 
from middle of June to last of AugusL 
GREEN CURLED. Leaves finely 
cut or laciniated. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 10 cents; '/^ lb., 35 cents; 'A lb., 
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; 'A lb., 60 cents; pound, $1.00. 
GIANT FRINGED, or "OYSTER." 
This is the 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; ' 4 lb., 40 cents; 
'A lb., 75 cents; pound, $1.35. 
BATAVIAN. Large heads of broad 
thick Icaxcs, which can bo blanched 
as ,a saiaii or make excellent cooked 
greens. Same price as Giant Fringed. 
