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exception to this rule is where by reason of 
a worn or imperfect type a letter may not 
print plainly in a word. In this case if the 
sense shows the letter is required and the 
spacing shows that it is there hut simply 
fails to show plainly, you should supply it 
and count the word, for it is probable that 
in the other copies it may show plainly. 
7. Competition will be free to all whose 
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Seed-Time and Harvest on March 1st. 
If you have not subscribed in any way for 
1883, 21 cents in silver or postage stamps 
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8. Competition closes March 1st, and 
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9. If any “blind” points come up and 
puzzle you, remember it is not our inten¬ 
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We mean this for a fair competition. There¬ 
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act meaning of these rulings. 
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Mixed Vegetable Seeds. 
As an experiment of our own we offered 
in our seed catalogue last season, mixed va¬ 
rieties of Vegetable seeds, and we are pleas¬ 
ed to announce that the plan has been re¬ 
ceived with such favor, and given such gen¬ 
eral satisfaction to our patrons that we 
shall continue it. The idea is this. There 
are few private, gardens extensive enough 
to afford room \ a quarter of the different 
varieties offered of each species of vegeta¬ 
bles. Consequently the planter is at a loss 
to decide which kinds to select and which 
to omit from his order to give him a succes¬ 
sion of good vegetables. Take the item of 
cabbages for example. There are in our list 
no less than seventeen varieties, and every 
one of them has some distinctive feature 
rendering it useful and valuable. Now who 
would not, for family use, prefer to plant a 
package or ounce composed of a mixture of 
all these varieties rather than to keep any 
one or more separate. It is to be under¬ 
stood that these seeds are not mixed and de¬ 
generated in growing, but are pure fresh 
seeds of the different varieties finely mixed 
before being put up for sale. A ten cent pa¬ 
per of these mixed cabbage seeds will pro¬ 
duce plants enough to keep an average siz¬ 
ed family well supplied with cabbage from 
ear ! y in July when the earliest will begin to 
mature unlil win.er and longer if the latest 
kinds are properly taken care of before the 
frost injures them. And so with bee s, cau¬ 
liflower, cucumbers, melons, and various 
other kinds. 
Of course market gardeners and planters 
who put out large quantities will want va¬ 
rieties unmixed as they will sell to better 
advantage and it is desirable to have the crop 
all mature as nearly at the same time as pos¬ 
sible. In order that our friends may give 
the mixed seeds a trial in their family gar¬ 
dens we have put a special collection of 
them at a reduced price which will be found 
elsewhere. 
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