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FLANSBURGH & PEIRSON’S CATALOGUE. 
Ears large to very large; cob very 
small; grain, a beautiful golden yel¬ 
low We never shelled any corn that 
would equal it. Stalks quite tall, but 
not coarse for their height and very 
leafy, making good fodder. Throws 
out an immense amount of brace 
roots, which prevent it from blowing 
down and enables it to withstand the 
drouth. All things considered, we be¬ 
lieve it the variety for the enterpris¬ 
ing corn grower, especially to the 
south of us. 
Northern grown seed always ma¬ 
tures earlier, yields better, and is 
more satisfactory in all respects, than 
seed from more southern latitudes. 
Try some Michigan seed corn this 
season. 
By mail postpaid, quart, 35c. 
By freight or express, customer 
paying charges, quart, 20c; 4 quarts, 
40c; peck, 65c; y 2 bushel, $1.00; bush¬ 
el, $1.75; 2 bushels or more, $1.50 per 
bushel. Sacks and bags free. 
Extract from report of a corn trial 
by A. Mosty, of Macon, Mo., in 1901: 
“Planted an acre of each of seven vari¬ 
eties last week in April. As the soil 
was in good condition at the time, all 
came up well and out in tassel the last 
week in June and first week in July. 
Temperature for July ran from 100 deg. 
to 112 deg. in the shade every day. Had 
no dew for many weeks and no rain un¬ 
til the last week in July, when had 
about four inches of it in one week and 
much wind. The Learning and Iowa 
Gold Mine all blew down and made no 
corn. Klondike stood up well, and made 
25 bushels all sound corn. Eclipse made 
many nubbins, no good ears. Reed’s 
Yellow Dent grew very heavy stalks, 
but no corn. Mastodon made no sound 
corn. I grew Livingston potatoes that 
weighed two pounds.” 
We think the only comment neces¬ 
sary is to say that Mr. Mosty secured 
his Klondike corn and potatoes from 
us. 
Michigan Seed Potatoes 
No better list, nor better stock ob¬ 
tainable. You, of course, understand 
that the first essential to successful 
potato growing is good seed. 
It matters not whether you grow 
but half a city lot or a hundred acres, 
you should never plant anything but 
the very best. We can furnish it. 
We grow potatoes especially for seed 
and assure you if you will favor us 
with your orders we will render you 
full value and satisfaction. 
Don’t buy so-called cheap seed po¬ 
tatoes. They are dear at any price. 
We hand sort our stock into two 
grade which we designate as No. 1 
and No. 2. Into our No. 1 stock we 
put only potatoes of good form and 
fair size. Into No. 2, we put such as 
will not grade strictly No. 1, rejecting 
from both all particularly scabby or 
prongey tubers which makes our No. 
1 very fine and as we do not put any¬ 
thing into our No. 2 which is too small 
for good seed it is preferred by many 
as they say it is cheaper, goes farther 
in planting and for one crop produces 
just as well, all of which may be 
true, but the best is none too good for 
us. 
We put up all our stock in secure 
packages and deliver to R. R. Co., 
when our responsibility ceases, but 
if orders do not arrive in ten or fifteen 
days notify us and we will have them 
traced and do all we can to get stock 
to you. Remember the railroads are 
busy and it always takes a little lon¬ 
ger than we think it ought to for or¬ 
ders to arrive. If any errors occur or 
stock received is not satisfactory, do 
not hesitate to write us promptly and 
fully. Such communications will re¬ 
ceive our prompt attention and we will 
do all we can to make all satisfactory. 
Our catalogue is our only salesman 
and we cannot afford to have any dis¬ 
satisfied customers. Potatoes are 
likely to be scarce and high in prices 
next spring and the man who plants 
liberally of good seed of good early 
varieties is the one who is likely to 
make the money out of the 1904 po¬ 
tato crop. So do not overlook our 
Peck’s Early Snowball, Pingree, etc. 
Allow 11s to suggest that it makes no 
difference what varieties you have or 
how far you are away you cannot af¬ 
ford to make your planting without in¬ 
cluding some of our Peck’s Early, as 
we are sure it will make the begin¬ 
ning of your profits in growing early 
potatoes. 
We begin shipping as soon as in our 
opinion potatoes are safe from frost, 
unless otherwise ordered: but orders 
from the far south are often shipped 
in lined barrels before the time of 
general shipments. 
See Description of Peck's Early Potato on page 29. 
