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Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois. 
Attractive Ornamental TF> r\ O 
and Useful 
Annual vines useful for coveriiif? fences, slopes, or un¬ 
sightly places. Tlie fruits of the smaller varieties, when 
dried, are excellent toys for children, while the large ones 
may be used as bowls, dippers, etc. 
3S9 Nest Egg. White egg shaped fruits. Dried used for 
nest egg and darning ball. 
390 Sugar Trough. Long club-like fruits with tliick last¬ 
ing rind. Used for small buckets. 
386 Dipper. Large fruits with a handle-like neck. May 
be used as dipper. 
387 Dish Cloth or Liiflfa. Fruits used as a sponge. 
388 Finest Mixed. Combination of all the large frtiited 
varieties including the most curious interesting and use¬ 
ful sorts. Prices on all (iourd.s—Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts., 
postpaid. 
545 Japanese Hulless or 
Toni Thumb 
^ Delicious and Profitable Crop 
Condon S New SqUAW Hulless. The most marvelous Pop Corn ever 
introduced. Ears 8 to 9 indies long, 8-row kernels smootli top (making it easy 
to liarvest), double tlie size of any other Pop Corn we have ever seen. Wlien 
popped the kernel is two or three times larger than other varieties and the 
marvelous thing about it is—it is absolutely hulless and the most delicious 
flavor of any and all other varieties—pure white—extra, large—making the 
most wonderful Pop Corn Balls. Packet. 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts.; lb.. 25 cts.j 
lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 70 cts.; 5 lbs.. $1.50, postpaid. 
Japanese Hulless or Tom TTiumb. (ISO days). This variety is also 
called Dwarf Baby Rice. A heavy yielder with handsome ears closely set with 
pure white, rice-like kernels. The ears are nearly as broad as they are long. 
They are free from hulls or shells. Packet, .5 cts,; *4 lb., 10' cts.; lb., 16 ets.; 
lb., 28 ets.; 2 lbs., 50 ets.; 5 lbs., $1.10, postpaid. 
Queen S Golden. tiso days). Handsome, large ears of a beautiful, 
rich golden yellow color, popping into large, fluffy, white balls. Often Ims 2 or 
3 eai'S to a single stalk. Packet, .5 ets,; y^ lb., 10 ets.; y^ lb., 16 cts.; lb., 28 ets.; 
2 lbs., 50 cts.; 5 lb.s., $1.10, postpaid. 
5^*5 Monarch White Rice or Snowball. (140 days). Our strain of white 
Rice is an improvement of the older type with larger ears containing consider¬ 
ably more kernels. Three ears per i)lant is not unusual. The white grains are 
.sharply pointed but pop into fluffy, round, white balls. Packet, 5 ets.; yi lb., 
10 cts,; y, lb., 16 cts.; lb., 28 cts.; 2 lbs., 50c; .5 lbs., $1.10; lO lbs., $2.05, postpaid. 
546^2 South American Mushroom D 3 mamite or T.N.T. (140 day s). 
When popped the kernels are over an inch in diameter—larger than any other 
variety and are of a creamy, white color. We highly lecommend this variety. 
Packet, 10 ets.; ^4 lb., 14 ets.; 14 lb„ 22 ets.; lb., 38 cts.; 2 lbs., 70 ets.; 5 lbs., $1.25, 
postpaid. 
544^/2 New Golden Hulless. a Delicious New Pop Corn that fairly melts 
in your mouth. Ripe ears are 314 to 4 in. long and about 2 in. thick and blocky. 
Kernels are sharp or pointed and of a golden yellow color. Pops pure white 
with a light tinge of cream. Packet, 10 cts.; Vi lb., 15 cts.; Vis lb., 25 cts.; lb., 
40 cts.; 2 lbs., 70 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. _ 
1 oz. 
of seed 
will 
produce 
1.000 
plants. 
A Delicious Vegetable You Should Grow 
Profitable Market Crop 
Featured in Colors on Pa^e 77 
It is of large size and extremely good shape, 
being particularly adapted to slicing, and for 
flavor it cannot be surpassed. It resists 
drouglit, bligiit and bad weatlier to a wonder¬ 
ful degree, on account of its strong, upi-iglit 
growtii. 1'lic deep purple fruit often measures 
18 to 24 indies in circumference ( 6 to 8 inches 
in diameter) and is borne well above tlie 
ground. Packet. 15 ids.; oz., (iTi cts.; Vi ••»., 
$1.75: 1/2 lb., $3.25; lb., .$6.90, postpaid. 
376 Black Beauty. York''improved, ^hut 
about ten day.s earlier. Tlie skin is a rich, 
lustrous purplish black —the satin gloss and 
1 ic)i coloring add greatly to the beauty of 
these “eggs.” The intensely bi'illiant color¬ 
ing is uniform over tlie wiiole fruit. Pkt., 10 
cts.; oz.. 40 cts.; V4 Ibo $1.20; Vi lb., $2.30; lb., .$4..50, 
postpaid. 
378 Large New York Purple. .V'e?” 
spineless strain of the large purple-fruited, which is the well- 
known standard. The plants are equally as productive, fruits 
a.s large and well colored, but stems and calyx are entirely 
free from spine, Pkt., 10 ct.s.; oz., 35 cts.; Vi lb., $1.12; Vi ib., 
$2.18; lb., $4.35, postpaid. 
Condon’s Colossal 
EGG PLANT .X'l, 
548 V 2 Special Offer. 1 large pkt. of above 6 kinds of Pop Corn. Only 35 cts, postpaid. 
