Back Seed Company 
25th Year , . . Established 1916 . . . Phone Prospect 707 
PEDER BACK, Sole Owner and Manager 
5010 Washington Avenue 
RACINE, WISCONSIN 
Growers . . . Dealers . . .'Importers 
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POSTMASTER: Return Postage Guaranteed. 
ASPARAGUS 
Oz. 
%lh. 
Lb. 
Martha Washington Rust Proof. 
.16 
.35 
1.00 
Mary Washington Rust Proof. 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
BEANS—BUSH WAX PODDED 
%lb. 
1 lb. 
6 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 
Giant Stringless .... 
Stringless Green Pod 
Bountiful Stringless 
Ferry’s Plentiful ... 
Tendergrecn. 
Navy Beans . 
BEANS—BUSH LIMA 
Burpee’s Improved Lima . 
.40 
1.50 
Henderson’s Bush Lima . 
.10 
.30 
1.10 
Pordhook Bush Lima . 
.15 
.40 
1.60 
BEANS—POLE LIMA 
King of the Garden . 
.15 
.35 
1.25 
BEANS—POLE 
Kentucky Wonder Green . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. 
.30 
1.00 
Scarlet Runner Red Flowers. 
.15 
.40 
♦ • • 
Dutch Case Knife.15 .50 
BEETS—FOR TABLE 
Oz. 
y^ib. 
Lb. 
Extra Early Egyptian. 
.. .10 
.25 
76 
Crosby’s Egyptian Select . 
.. .15 
.30 
.90 
Detroit Dark Red Special.. 
.35 
1.10 
Detroit Dark Red Select. 
.. .10 
.30 
.90 
Early Wonder Dark Red. 
.30 
.90 
SWISS CHARD 
Lucullus ... 
.30 
1.00 
COW BEETS OR MANGELS 
Mammoth Long Red.. 
.30 
.90 
Golden Tankard . 
.. ,10 
.30 
.90 
Danish Sludstrup Genuine.. 
.40 
1.25 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green Sprouting. 
.. .70 
2.00 
... 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Danish Perfection .. 
1.60 
• • . 
Long Island Improved .. 
1.50 
. • • 
.10 .80 1.00 
.10 .80 1.00 
.10 .80 1.00 
.10 .30 1.00 
.10 .30 1.00 
.10 .25 .90 
cabbage:—TESTED SEED 
The most Reliable, Purest, Tested, Proven and Best 
Strains to be had. Our Cabbage Seeds have been recog¬ 
nised THE BEST for the last twenty-four years. 
1941 Seed Price List 
Oz. 
%lb. 
Lb. 
Golden Acre Genuine, Very Early.... 
.45 
1.36 
4.60 
COPENHAGEN MARKET . 
.40 
1.25 
4.00 
BACK’S COPENHAGEN MARKET— 
Extra Select Early Strain. 
.60 
1.76 
6.00 
BACK’S GLORY—Selected Strain ... 
.36 
1.00 
3.50 
BACK’S HOLLANDER— 
Own Strain, Selected . 
.46 
1.60 
6.00 
FERRY’S HOLLANDER- 
Own Strain, Selected . 
1.25 
4.00 
Penn State Ballhead, Genuine.... 
1.50 
5.00 
Danish Ballhead, Short Stem. 
.40 
1.25 
4.00 
Savoy Cabbage, Perfection .. 
1.00 
3.60 
Chinese or Celery Cabbage. 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Mammoth Rock Red, Select. 
.60 
1.60 
6.00 
Danish Dark Red Stonehead. 
1.60 
5.00 
First Prize Solid Dark Red. 
1.76 
6.00 
Haco, Earliest of alf Reds. 
2.00 
8.00 
Racine, Wis., is known to the world as the home of Yel¬ 
lows Resistant Cabbage—All the varieties are: 
PROVEN YELLOWS RESISTANT 
.Jersey Queen, Pointed Heads . 
Early Detroit, Yellows Resistant. 
Marion’s Market, Early. \ . 
Wisconsin Globe, Round Heads.. 
;60 
/.to 
'.40 
40 
1.60 
1.60 
1.25 
1.25 
.76 
6.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
2.60 
Wisconsin Hollander or Imp. 
.90 
3.00 
Wisconsin Ball Head. 
.40 
1.25 
4.00 
Improved Bugner, Our Own Strain.. 
1.00 
3.00 
10.00 
Back’s American Shipper — America's 
Best Late Hollander and Yellows 
Resistant Cabbage . 
Wisconsin Red Hollander (Crop Failed 
.40 
1.25 
4.60 
CARROTS 
Chantenay Red Cored, Select. 
.20 
.60 
2.00 
Early Chantenay, Select Strain. 
.20 
.56 
1.80 
Ox Heart, Short . 
.20 
.60 
2.00 
Danvers Half Long, Extra . 
.16 
.60 
1.60 
Danish Half Long, Extra. 
.20 
.70 
2.50 
Nantes, Improved Half Long, Select.. 
.20 
.66 
2.25 
Morse’s Bunching, Select . 
.20 
.65 
2.25 
Imperator, Select . 
.20 
.65 
2.25 
Supreme Half Lons* New, Select. 
.20 
.66 
2.25 
Improved Long Orange . 
.20 
.66 
1.80 
CAULIFLOWER—SUPER STRAIN 
CAULIFLOWER Super Strain. Our seeds come from 
the Champion Prize Grower in Denmark. None better. 
% oz. 
Oz, 
% Ib. 
Earliest Snowball, Select. 
2.26 
4.00 
15.00 
Danish Giant, or Dry Weather, Select. 
2.25 
4.00 
16.00 
New Super Snowball, Original Strain. 
3.00 
6.60 
21.00 
Dan-American, New Original Strain.. 
3.25 
6.00 
23.00 
CELERY 
Our seeds are grown by America’s foremost Celery 
Breeder and we believe there is none better. 
Oz. % lb. Lb. 
Improved White Plume . 
.35 
1.00 
3.00 
Golden Yellow Self Blanching Dwarf. 
.40 
1.26 
4.00 
Golden Yellow Self Blanching Tall... 
.40 
1.25 
4.00 
Golden Phenomenal . 
.50 
1.60 
5.00 
Golden Plume or Wonderful. 
.60 
2.00 
6.50 
Crisp Heart, New . 
.70 
2.25 
8.00 
New King Green, Extra. 
.70 
2.25 
8.00 
Celeriac, Great Dane, Extra. 
.50 
1.60 
6.00 
Celeraic, Large Smooth Prague. 
.25 
.76 
2.60 
CHERVIL 
Dan., Extra Curled . 
.30 
1.00 
CHIVES 
Small Onion-like Plant . 
.65 
2.00 
... 
CHICORY 
Witloof Fr. Endive. 
.25 
.65 
2.00 
CRESS 
Curled or Pepper Grass . 
.30 
45 
2.75 
Upland Cress . 
.16 
.40 
1.35 
CUCUMBER 
Chicago Pickling, Select .. 
.10-^ 
.30 
1.00 
National Pickling . 
.10 ' 
.30 
1.00 
Snow’s Fancy Pickling. 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Clark’s Special . 
,15 
.45 
1.40 
Early White Spine . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Early Fortune, Select . 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
Improved Long Green. 
.16 
.40 
1.26 
Ferry’s Special Long Green. 
.20 
.60 
1.75 
Evergreen White Spine . 
.16 
.40 
1.26 
Longfellow, one of the best. 
.20 
.60 
1.65 
Straight-8, Select Strain . 
.16 
.40 
1.40 
Lemon . 
.25 
.76 
• . . 
Small Gerkin . 
.30 
.80 
• • . 
IMPORTANT: 
MAIL ORDERS PILLED JUST AS CAREFULLY AS 
IF YOU CAME HERE YOURSELF. We pay postage. 
Let me quote you prices on large quantities of seeds. 
We can sell you as cheaply as anybody selling pure 
and reliable seeds. 
Dear Customers and Friends: 
I wish to thank our many customers and friends 
for their patronage. I appreciate your business and 
promise you the best seeds obtainable at lowest 
prices. 
I realize the great importance of good, reliable 
and honest seeds, having been a gardener for thirty 
years, and I wish to sell you such seeds as I would 
like to grow myself. 
Sincerely yours, 
PEDER BACK. 
SELECTED, TESTED NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS 
