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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
Grasses and Clovers 
We 
the 
handle only 
beat grades. 
Prices change from day to day. We will quote 
lowest market prices upon request When 
writing for prices please state quantities 
wanted. 
A|f a l£ a Nebraska Grown. If your ground 
is fairly free from weeds. 15 to 18 
lbs. per acre is ample, but if the ground is 
weedy use 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Lowest 
market price on application. 
Alfalfa Grimm—Claimed to be the hardiest 
and most productive of alfalfa varieties. 
Weight per bu. 60 lbs. 
Alsyke—For wet, cold or stiff soils. Weight 
per bu. 60 lbs. 
Red Clover—Weight per bu. 90 lbs. 
Mammoth Red Clover— Weight per bu. 60 lbs 
White Clover — Extra recleaned seed. 1 lb. 
55c; 10 lbs. $4.50; weight per bu. 60 lbs. 
Sweet Clover 
Our seed is hulled and 
scarified, insuring per¬ 
fect germination and of the highest grade. 
Sow at the rate of ten pounds per acre. We 
can supply both the White Blooming as well 
as the Yellow Blooming variety. Write for 
lowest market price. 
Awnless Birome Grass—(Bromus Inermis). 
A hardy perennial standing extremes of heat 
and drought. Sow 30 lbs. to the acre. 
Timothy—Choice, clean seed. Weight per bu. 
45 lbs. 
Creeping Bent Grass—The ideal grass for 
lawns. 
English or Perennial Rye Grass. 
Italian Rye Grass. 
Kentucky Blue Grass—Extra fancy seed. 1 
lb. 40c; 10 lbs. $3.25. 
Orchard Grass— A most excellent grass for 
either pasture or hay. 
Red or Creeping Fescue—Valuable in lawns. 
Red Top Grass—Fine for either hay or pas¬ 
ture. 
Sweet Vernal True Perennial—The leaves 
when partially dried emit an agreeable odor 
which is imparted to the hay. 
Tall Meadow Fecsue—Excellent grass for per¬ 
manent pastures and for hay. 
New Zealand Fescue—A fine leaved grass that 
thrives in shade. 
Sudan Grass—Our seed is northern grown, 
free of Johnson Grass. When sown in drills 
18 in. apart 10 lbs. sows an acre or 30 lbs. 
per acre when broadcasted. Write for latest 
market price. 
Mivturet Scientifically compos- 
urass mixtures ed with the view to 
give maximum yield. Nothing but the high¬ 
est grade of seed is used. We know how to 
make a good grass mixture and assure you 
that our mixture is vastly superior in re¬ 
turns to what is mostly used now—timothy 
and clover alone. That this is so, you will 
see if you will try our mixture. Lawn Grass 
Mixtures are offered on page 14. 
Permanent Meadow No. 1—For good land, 
neither too dry or wet. Contains the proper 
amount of clover to increase the nutritious 
value of the hay. 
Permanent Meadow No. *—For high and dry 
land. 
Permanent Pasture No. 5—For high and dry 
land. 
Permanent Pasture No. 6—For good land, 
neither too wet or dry. 
Price for the Above Grass Mixtures—10 lbs 
$2.00; 30 lbs. $5.25; 100 lbs. $17.00. Sow at 
the rate of 30 lbs. per acre. 
RUSSIAN 
Produces enormous 
heads, measuring 15 to 
Cl TMCI 20 inches in diameter. 
OUlNrlAJWHK WI ii yield, under fa¬ 
vorable conditions, 40 to 60 bushels to the 
acre. It is highly recommended for poultry, 
and the best egg producing food known. May 
be planted on a waste piece of ground any 
time from early spring until middle of July, 
at the rate of 3 lbs. to the acre. The thick 
stalks may be used for fuel. Price: 1 lb., 
postpaid, 20c; packet 5c. By freight, your 
expense, 10 lb. lots and over, at 8c per lb.; 
100 lbs. $6.75. 
DWARF 
ESSEX RAPE 
Can be sown from April 
to late September. Use 
5 lbs. of seed broad¬ 
cast or 2 lbs. if drilled 
wide apart to allow horse cultivation. 1 lb. 
20c postpaid. Not prepaid. 10 lbs. 90c. Price 
on application for larger quantities. 
Fi^ld Com ° ur 8eed corn iB * r <>wn e§- 
* l “ U N^oni pedaiiy for seed — true to 
name, well cured and better seed you will 
get nowhere. Ours are highly bred strains. 
Twelve pounds plants an acre. 56 lbs. per bu. 
Reid’s Yellow Dent—Iowa type, ears golden 
yellow, from 10 to 13 in. long. 18 to 24 rows 
of kernels on an ear. small cob and shank, 
grains close together, butts and tops well 
covered. Average yield on poor land 40 bu 
per acre, on rich bottom land 80 bu. per 
acre and under high cultivation way over 
100 bu. per acre. Ripens in 100 days. 
Iowa Gold Mine —Yellow ears, very heavy. 
Ripens in 110 days. 
Murdock Yellow Dent—The best yellow dent 
corn for the whole northern zone. Ears av¬ 
eraging eight inches in length, very uniform 
in size and type, kernels very deep and large, 
set in 16 to 20 rows on the cob. The tips 
perfectly filled out with dent, not flinty ker¬ 
nels. Considering its earliness—it ripens in 
85 days—it is a heavy cropper, yielding from 
70 to 90 bu. per acre. 
Iowa Silver Mine—Pure white in color, ears 
heavy, from 10 to 13 inches in length, grains 
densely set on cob in straight rows. Rec¬ 
ommended for light soils. Matures in from 
100 to 110 days. 
Improved Learning—Golden grainB on a red 
cob. A favorite variety for ensilage. Ripens 
in 100 days. 
Boone County White—Resembles Silver Mine, 
ripens 10 days later and is heavily productive. 
Minnesota King—Half flint, half dent The 
ears are fairly large, eight rowed, kernels 
broad, bright yellow in color, cobs very small. 
Will stand more unfavorable weather than 
any other corn and ripens in 80 days or less. 
Seed Corn Prices—1 lb. 20c. postpaid. V 4 bu. 
50c; % bu. 95c; 1 bu. $1.50; 2 bu. or more 
at $1.40 per bu., not prepaid. 
CANNAS 
TOBACCO 
CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF—Forms a stock 
plant with leaves not very long, but of good 
width; suitable for cigar fillers. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 25c. 
GENERAL GRANT—Leaves 44 Inches long, 
matures crop early, Ideal for cigars. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 30c. 
LATAKI TURKISH TOBACCO—This is a fine 
Turkish variety producing leaves of deli¬ 
cious texture and first clasB for cigarettes. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
True to name not a mixture can be had 
from us at as low prices as quoted anywhere. 
See our offer. Write for special prices if in 
the market for large quantities. Our bulbs 
are grown here in Iowa by ourselves. They 
are full of life, the divisions VERY liberal. 
We sell half pounds at pound rate, 5 
lbs. or over at 10 lbs. rate, 25 lbs. or over 
at 100 lbs. rate. 
RADISH IN SUMMER 
If you have a piece of exceptionally rich, heavy ground 
including gumbo soil, that will hold moisture during summer 
or that you can flood, it will pay you to grow White Strass- 
burg radish on an extensive scale. Radishes grown in heavy 
soil are a job to clean, but you will get paid for that extra 
trouble. You will have sweet, tender radishes that custom¬ 
ers will be glad to pay a good price for. 
You should also grow Extra Early Icicle, a white radish 
that you can place on the market three days before regular 
white tip radish is ready. 
PUMPKIN—A vegetable of the highest value. Nourish¬ 
ing, tasty, inexpensively raised, easily stored. 
FLORISTS—GARDENERS 
We are careful seedmen knowing that good seeds benefit and 
bad seeds harm the grower. To do well we MUST do the growers 
good. We strive hard to do this and take no chances. We make 
SURE that the seed we sell is what it ought to be. Every year we 
spend quite a sum of money buying seeds for trial from seed 
growers located in all parts ©f the world. The seed grower that 
claims superior qualities for his seeds gets our money, we get his 
seed, we watch it grow, add it to our offers if found superior and 
praise it as it deserves. 
In the majority of cases, the trials we undertake show, that the 
seed so highly recommended is no better than what we had our¬ 
selves already. 
Your position is different from ours. You cannot experiment, 
you have no time for that. We take the time in order to protect 
your interest and to maintain our reputation as seedmen. 
oCCSA A WESTCOAST. Use Raffia for ty- 
® m **** m ** ing vegetables. You will save money 
as Raffia is light but very stout tying material and your 
bunched vegetables will look classy. 
String shows dirt, Raffia does not, it stays neat and clean. 
Bale 225 lbs. 15c per lb.; 100 lbs. 19c per lb.; 10 lbs. 24c 
per lb; 5 lbs. 23c per lb., not prepaid. Prepaid. 1 lb. 35c; 
sample (2 ozs.) 10c. 
SEEIl GERMINATES SLOWLY 
Whenever this mention is made, it means that you need not look 
for a stand before 6 to 12 months. Sow all such seeds in a flat, after 
sowing, fill up with spaghnum moss, place the flat in a shady spot, 
keep moderately moist. If you find that the seed is sprouted late in 
the fall, with freezing weather on the way, move the flat to a frost 
proof place. Sprouted seed or very young and tender seedlings even 
of the hardiest perennials cannot go through freezing weather un¬ 
harmed. Because it takes so long for the seed to “come up” is NOT 
a reason to abandon the idea of growing the plants. On the con¬ 
trary it is a reason TO GROW such perennials because MANY will 
not bother with slowly germinating seed, there will be no overproduc¬ 
tion and when the plants are finally finished you’ll find it a paying 
proposition. It will pay you to wait for the results and whatever 
PAYS is worth doing. 
PLANTS IN FLATS 
To get healthy, strong and deep green looking vegetable plants 
In flats for spring sales, lay on the bottom of each flat about an inch 
of rotted manure and soil on top. That will make your plants of 
even height, stocky, in a word, superior and better prices and more 
sales will be your reward. 
What is a Rock Garden 
To add “finishing touches^’ to large grounds, parks, drives, etc., 
rock gardens are laid out by placing rocks of irregular outline fairly 
close together, the spaces between filled with dirt, where rock 
plants are sowed or planted. On level ground place a boulder in 
the middle amd group smaller rocks around it, on sloping ground 
arrange rocks so that the soil between will not get washed out in 
heavy rains. No “style” to be followed, the arrangement of the 
whole thing is a matter of individual taste. 
WHAT IS A FLAT—When the word “flat” is mentioned 
in this catalog it means a shallow box, 18 inches long, 12 
inches wide and 3 inches deep. 
THE BEST SOIL for growing seedling plants is soil con¬ 
taining a good portion of sand or leaf mould. You can lift 
the seedlings from such soil without the loss of roots and 
your seedlings will grow after transplanting, without check. 
We sell half ounces at ounce rate, quarter and half 
pounds at pound rate. 
