SELECTED, TESTED AND BEST GROWN SEEDS 
Back Seed Company 
24th Year . Established 1916 
PEDER BACK, Sole Owner 
5010 WASHINGTON AVENUE, RACINE, WIS. 
1940 Seed Price List 
ASPARAGUS Oz. lb. Lb. 
Martha Washington Rust Proof.15 .35 1.00 
Mary Washington Rust Proof.15 .36 1.00 
BEANS—BUSH WAX PODDED % lb. 1 lb. 5 lbs. 
Improved Golden Wax .10 .30 1.00 
Pencil Pod Black Wax .10 .30 1.00 
Unrivaled Wax .10 .30 1.00 
Stringless Kidney Wax .10 .30 1.00 
BEANS—BUSH GREEN PODDED ^ lb. 1 lb. 6 lbs. 
Giant Stringless .10 .30 1.00 
Stringless Green Pod .10 .30 1.00 
Bountiful Stringless .10 .30 1.00 
Ferry’s Plentiful .10 .30 1.00 
Tendergreen .10 .30 1.00 
Navy Beans .10 .26 .90 
BEANS—BUSH LIMA 
Burpee’s Improved Lima.16 .40 1.60 
Henderson’s Bush Lima.10 .30 1.10 
Fordhook Bush Lima . ..20 .60 2.00 
BEANS—POLE LIMA 
King of the Garden .15 .35 1.26 
BEANS—POLE 
Kentucky Wonder Green .10 .30 1.00 
Kentucky Wonder Wax .10 .30 1.00 
Scarlet Runner Red Flowers.15 .40 
Dutch Case Knife. il6 .30 
BEETS—FOR TABLE Oz. lb. Ib. 
Extra Early Egyptian .10 .25 .75 
Crosby’s Egyptian Select .15 .30 .90 
Detroit Dark Red Special .15 .36 1.10 
Detroit Dark Red Select.10 .25 .76 
Early Wonder Dark Red.10 .25 .76 
Ideal, New Dark Red .15 .36 1.10 
Swiss Chard Lucullus .10 .25 .75 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green Sprouting .40 1.20 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS Oz. % lb. 
Danish Perfection .25 .90 
Long Island Improved .25 .90 
CABBAGE—TESTED SEED 
The most Reliable, Purest, Tested, Proven and Best Strains to be 
had. Our Cabbage Seeds have been recognized THE BEST for the last 
twenty-three years. 
Oz. 
% lb. 
Lb 
Early Jersey Wakefield . 
.20 
.50 
1.75 
Golden Acre Genuine, Very Early. 
.25 
.80 
2.50 
COPENHAGEN MARKET . 
BACK’S COPENHAGEN MARKET— 
.20 
.60 
2.00 
Extra Select Early Strain . 
.30 
.86 
3.00 
BACK’S GLORY—Selected Strain . 
BACK’S HOLLANDER— 
.25 
.70 
2.60 
Own Strain. Selected . 
FERRY’S HOLLANDER— 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Own Strain, Genuine . 
.90 
3.00 
Danish Ballhead, Short Stem. 
.25 
.76 
2.60 
Savoy Cabbage, Perfection . 
.20 
.60 
1.76 
Chinese or Celery Cabbage . 
.20 
.50 
1.75 
Mammoth Rock Red, Select. 
.26 
.75 
2.60 
Danish Dark Red Stonehead . 
.30 
.80 
2.76 
First Prize, Solid Dark Red . 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Haco, Earliest of all Reds . 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Racine, Wis., is known to the world as the home of Yellows Resistant 
Cabbage — All the varieties are: 
PROVEN YELLOWS RESISTANT 
Oz. 
y* lb. 
Lb. 
Jersey Queen, Pointed Heads . 
.30 
.90 
2.75 
Golden Acre, Yellows Resistant . 
.40 
1.20 
3.60 
Marion Market, Early . 
.35 
1.00 
3.00 
Wisconsin Globe, Round Heads. 
.40 
1.26 
4.00 
Wisconsin All Season . 
.76 
2.60 
Wisconsin Hollander or Imp. No. 8. 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Wisconsin Ball Head. 
1.00 
3.60 
Improved Bugner, Our Own Strain. 
.60 
1.75 
6.00 
Back’s American Shipper—America’s Best Late 
.40 
1.26 
4.60 
Hollander and Yellows Resistant Cabbage.... 
.40 
1.16 
3.50 
Wisconsin Red Hollander . 
.75 
2.00 
6.00 
COW BEETS OR MANGELS 
Oz, 
% lb. 
Lb. 
Mammoth Long Red . 
. 1 -10 
.15 
.45 
Golden Tankard . 
.10 
.15 
.45 
Danish Sludstrup Genuine . 
.10 
.20 
.50 
CARROTS 
Oz. 
% lb. 
Lb. 
Chantenay Red Cored . 
.16 
.36 
1.10 
Early Chantenay, Select Strain. 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Ox Heart, Short . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Danvers Half Long, Extra. 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Danish Half Long, Extra. 
.15 
.40 
1.30 
Nantes, Improved Half Long. 
.16 
.40 
1.30 
Morse’s Bunching . 
.16 
.35 
1.15 
.15 
.36 
1.15 
Improved Long Orange . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
CUCUMBER 
Oz. 
%lb. 
Ib. 
Chicago Pickling, Select . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
National Pickling . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
Snow’s Fancy Pickling . . . . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
Clark’s Special .. 
.15 
.40 
1.25 
Early White Spine . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
Early Fortune . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
Davis Perfect .. 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Improved Long Green . 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Ferry’s Long Green .. 
.20 
.50 
1.65 
Evergreen White Spine . 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Longfellow, New, one of the best. 
.15 
.36 
1.00 
Straight-8, New . 
.15 
.36 
1.00 
.20 
.40 
1.26 
Small Gherkin . 
.20 
.40 
1.25 
CAULIFLOWER—SUPER STRAIN 
CAULIFLOWER Super Strain. Our seeds come from 
the Champion 
Prize Grower in Denmark. None better. 
Yi oz. 
Oz. 
y4 lb. 
Earliest Snowball . 
. 1.00 
1.76 
6.00 
Danish Giant, or Dry Weather. 
_ 1.00 
1.75 
6.00 
New Super Snowball, best of all. 
. 1.26 
2.25 
8.00 
Dan-American, New . 
2.25 
8.00 
CELERY—Our seeds are grown by America’s 
foremost Celery Breeder 
and we believe there is none better. 
Oz. 
% lb. 
Lb. 
Improvd White Plume . 
.35 
1.00 
3.00 
Golden Yellow Self Blanching Dwarf. 
..40 
1.25 
4.00 
Golden Yellow Self Blanching Tall. 
.40 
1.26 
4.00 
Golden Phenomenal . 
.60 
1.60 
6.00 
Golden Plume or Wonderful . 
2.00 
6.60 
Crisp Heart, New . 
.70 
2.25 
8.00 
New King Green, Extra . 
.70 
2.25 
8.00 
Celeriac, Great Dane . 
.35 
1.00 
3.60 
Celeraic, Large Smooth Prague. 
..25 
.75 
2.60 
CHERVIL—Dan. Ex. Fine Curled . 
.20 
.60 
1.75 
CHIVES—Small onion-like plant . 
.65 
2.00 
CHICORY—Witloof Fr. Endive . 
.25 
.66 
2.00 
Oz. 
% lb. 
Lb. 
COLLARDS—True Georgian . 
.15 
.25 
.60 
CORN SALAD—’Fetticus . 
.15 
.36 
1.35 
CRESS—Curled or Pepper Grass . 
.15 
.25 
.75 
Upland Cress . 
.15 
.40 
1.36 
SWEET CORN 
% lb. 
1 lb. 
5 lbs. 
Back’s Golden Bantam, Superior Strain. 
.10 
.30 
1.10 
Golden Bantam, Regular . 
.10 
.26 
.96 
Golden Cross Bantam. 
.16 
.35 
1.40 
Golden Sunshine, Early . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Golden Standard, Large, Medium Early. 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Bantam Evergreen . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Country Gentleman . 
.15 
.35 
1.30 
Early Evergreen . 
.30 
1.00 
Stowell’s Evergreen . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
POP CORN 
% lb. 
1 lb. 
5 lbs. 
White Rice . 
.25 
.80 
Golden Hulless . 
.10 
.26 
.90 
South American . 
.10 
.26 
.90 
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