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BEYER'S SEED CATALOGUE 
until January and with pood care till February. 
A final test was made on December 26th, called the “Huckleberry Festival" 
an account of which will be found later. This success was even greater than the 
former ones. 
The plants are propagated from seeds which should be started in the house 
like tomatoes, and handled like them. Set plants in rows two by three feet 
apart. The yield is enormous, being from 60 to 80 bushels per acre. How they 
will do for early use. 1 cannot tell, hut the skilful cook will find the way: use 
sugar to suit the taste. 
The fear that it might become a troublesome weed is groundless, it cannot 
spread any farther than the ground where the plants stand. 
Packets put up contain 150 seeds, price 10 cents. 
Huckleberry Festival. 
For critical examination into the merits of my new Garden Huckleberry, a 
number of ladies of Des Moines county and this neighborhood (all expert cooks) 
were invited, and kindly responded to the call. Dec. 26, 1905. 
The fruit used was in pies, and was clipped from the bushes before frost. 
It retained its freshness and solidity to a remarkable degree. Ample justice was 
done them, and they were unanimously pronounced fine — better than any or all 
of the berries used for that purpose and more so by the absence of the objection- 
al seeds, considered so unhealthy, and by possessing such rare and superior keep- 
ing qualities by which it can be used throughout the largest part of the winter: 
a decided acquisition. 
This investigation was enjoyed by all. This plant being an annual, ma- 
tures its crop the first season for the seed, being enormously productive, yieldin 
from 60 to 80 bushels per acre, free of insect molestation, berries never droppin 
from the bushes, without thorns, easier to gather than any other fruit. 
Cost of production, one cent per quart. Cannot fail to become the most 
popular pie fruit of the future. HUGO BEYER. 
New Globe 
Tomato 
This is strictly of globe shape 
which permits a greater number 
of, slices being taken than- with fiat 
fruited sort. Among, the very 
first to ripen, although of large 
sixe, very smooth, firm fleshed:, 
color beautiful glossy rose, tinged 
purple: flavor very delicate and 
agreeable, holds its large size well 
throughout the season, 
NEW GLOBE TOMATO 
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