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BARE MAY'S SPRING NURSERY AND SEED NEWS + 21st ANNIVERSARY +» SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
HOME AND DEMOCRACY 
CAN BE STRENGTHENED BY GARDENS, FLOWERS AND FRUITS a 
ALL OF EARL MAY'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS | 
ARE POSTPAID TO YOU AND GUARANTEED TO BE... 
1. Good, Strong, High Germinating Seed. 2. True to Name As Represented. 
3. Satisfactory or Your Money Back. 
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Look at that heavy crop of |g. 
peas on this Little Marvel vine & 
I'm holding. Notice these big § 
baskets full of peas grown on my (i 
own farm right here at Shen- 
andoah. 





SEE WHAT GREW FROM JUST A FEW OF 7 NN a oc y ~<A 
EARL MAY'S 10c GARDEN SEED PACKETS..  _ REAX@EAS mand 
This picture was sent to me by Donald Whitehead, Moravia, Iowa, 18 years | PARY RAY oh mv peAS. 
old. Donald writes, “If tuey don’t believe that you have a large variety in | 
your 10c packages of Mixed Muskmelons, Mixed Squashes, Mixed Pumpkins gone 
and Mixed Gourds, show them this picture. I raised 7 kinds of Squash, 6 kinds 
of Muskmelons, 4 kinds of Pumpkins and 4 kinds of Gourds from four 10c 
mixed packages of seed I purchased from you.” , And there’s the picture 
(above) that Donald sent me and I’m just as proud of it as he is. 
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS — 
Jan. 6, 1941. 
I have bought of Earl May for over 
15 years and find every item just as ad- 
vertised. — Alvia Mooney, Ottumwa, Ia. Mrs. May's 
Dec. 29, 1940. 
I have used your garden seeds Garden Gay Flower Seeds os 
me 
for 10 years and have never failed ers 
g ae a “4 io , 4 a “ ida ats a wads teae! res bs p . 4 Sree Re 
to have a good garden.— ORDER NO. SN91 
Henry Jackley, Panora, Iowa. Pve always liked the annuals but last year the Petunias, Zin; 
nias, Marigolds and Morning Glories were so lovely, so brilliant YOUR GARDEN FRUITS AND FLOWERS 
Dec. 30, 1940. and beautiful that I want to urge my friends to plant annual 7 











LITTLE MARVEL 
PEAS 



I have raised your Rutgers flowers every year. In this offer you get 12 big, full size packets 




tomatoes for 2 years and like for only 50¢ postpaid. They bloomed for me last year clear down 
them better than any other. until a heavy freeze in November. These varieties listed below are IN THIS WAR TORN WORLD 
—J. C. Lethcho, Kirksville, Mrs. May’s choice. They are the very best varieties for cutting 
Missouri. I urge you to order now. 
ZINNIA— Calif, Gt. Mix COSMOS—Sensation Mix A GREAT DEAL OF OUR. NATIONAL STRENGTH DEPENDS ON 
PETUNIA—Balcony Mixed ASTERS—W. R. Mam. Mix THE VEGETABLE GARDENS OF AMERICA. We quote L. C. Grove of 
Help Yourself! SNAPDRAGON—Rust Proof Mix COCKSCOMB—Feather Flame | Towa State College, who said in part in a talk over KMA, “We are faced with 
Help poiresl¥ teak sbarniance NASTURiG eee iat af Seetenan een ae ae the worst scourge that ever has come upon the face of the earth—Totalitarian 
Rance ee ie nea tte War. Men, women and children everywhere are potentially on the battlefield. 
of garden fresh vegetables Py, SWEET PEAS—Spencer Mix TRUMPET FL.—Tall Mixed J Fearlessness under such conditions is half the battle. Let us make gardening 
doubling your garden space this BIG, FULL SIZE fans one means of national defense. Your home is an important unit in national 
ns PACKETS, FOR ONLY defense. Health has been singled out by our government as one of the major 
a. POSTPAID C problems in national defense. Growing children need an abundance of vege- 
(Reg. Cat. Value $1.20) tables and fresh fruits in their diet. They may not get them unless you grow - 
them. 
“The growing of ornamental plants and flowers will better enable you to 
keep in mental health. Physicians have recognized the great value that grow- 
ing flowers has upon mental patients. Let us play our part in national defense 
NEVER TOO EARLY by carrying on a more complete gardening, flower and fruit program here in 
You can plant your the Farm Belt.” LET US BE PREPARED. IT IS LATER THAN YOU 
early peas whenever the THINK. 
ground can be worked. 
EARL MAY'S MAYPARK FLOWER GARDEN 
TOP NOTCH ZINNIA COLLECTION 
ORDER NO. SN48 
Large dahlia-flowered blooms 4% to 5 inches across. One packet 
each of the 4 colors below: 
SWEET 
BERMUDAS 
Pictured at the a 
right is little Phyllis a “3 
Jean Akins, niece of 
Mary M. Bradfield, 
Bolckow, Mo. Phyllis, 
age 7, is pictured here 
with some of the large 
Sweet Bermuda 
onions« raised from 
— 


















? Pkt. Bright Pink 1? Pkt. Fire Flame Z 
plants they purchased an 1 Pkt. Deep Purple 1 Pkt. Golden Orange “mings TFs 
from me. (See Onion ey {Reg. Cat. Value 40c) "33 
Plant Offer on next a 4 C 3 
pes 7 BIG PACKETS, ONLY _ 
POSTPAID 
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Ta AY oa} 
Here | am holding one of those gor- 
fgeous Zinnias, growing right in my own 
Maypark here on the west side of the 
seedhouse. [t's 6'4 inches across and 
that lovely lawn grass is my own May- 
park Mixture. 
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“Dat Am Sure 
Good" 
And it should be. That’s 


LAWN GRASS SEED 

the Hearts of Gold melon that My Maypark Lawn Grass is a blend of the finest. -. ose 
little 4 year old Russell Un- Pictured above is Kenneth adapted lawn grasses, It contains those fine: bladed « eae 
eine en Brown, son of Mrs. A, L. lawn grasses that thrive inthe. Central West, A. 
He’s the grandson of Mrs. Brown, Algona, lowa. He is plentiful supply of* good, heavyweight Kentucky : L 
Myrtle Weaver of Waynes- shown bringing in a head of Blue grass, White Dutch Lawn Clover alongwith, ae 
Hees Sf Cteetoos “just cabbage from his mother's the right propottions of quick growing grasses ‘that #2 . a 
like Russell’s, here are the nice vegetable garden that will give. you-a beautiful lawn_ the first. year. Here 2-3 5 3 
Postpaid prices: 1 oz. 10¢; she raised from my seed. are the postpaid prices ‘on my Maypark Mixtite: vy is 
% Ib. 30c; 14 Ib. 50c. 

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Ib. 39c; 3 Ibs» $1.00; 5 Ibs. $1.49; 10-4tbs. $2.95. 
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