ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 7 
SWISS CHARD 
Mangels and Sugar Beets 
Six to eight pounds of seed will plant an acre. 
A very valuable and economical food for cattle and sheep. Sow the 
seed in May in rows 2% ft. apart. Mangels are easily harvested, and 
can be stored in a cold cellar or pit where they will keep all winter. 
Mammoth Long Red. Very large; red flesh. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
10c, % Ib. 30c, Y% Ib. 50c, Ib. 90c. 
Golden Tankard Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy cropper. 
Ib. 30c, Yo Ib. 50c, Ib. 90c. 
Roots large. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % 
Giant Half- oe 
f Sugar with little care. Valuable for its rich 
Sugar content. This is white with rose at the shoulder. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 10c, 4% Ib. 30c, Ye Ib. 50c, Ib. 90c. 
Klein Wanzleben Sugar Is fast becoming the leading 
sugar beet, as it contains a larger 
per cent of sugar than other sorts. Pkt. 5c, - 10c, % Ib. 3 
VY Ib. 50c, lb. 90c. Se ha fe oe 
White Sugar 
A hardy variety producing large crops 
Attains a large size; is very sweet. 
oz. 10c, Y% lb. 30c, 1% lb. 50c, Ib. 90c. 
Borecole or Kale 
Pkt. 5c, 
Sow in beds from middle 
of April to May; transplant 
and treat the same as cab- 
bage. 
Green Curled Scotch 
Hardy, very finely fringed. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 40c, 
Ye Ib. 75c, Ib. $1.25, 
Dwarf Curled Green 
Dwarf, very finely fringed. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 14 lb. 40c, 
Yq lb. 75c, lb. $1.25. 
Collards 
Georgia or Creole This is the 
one so ex- 
tensively used in the South. Forms 
a large, open head, or a mass of 
leaves on a tall stem. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
10c, Y% lb. 30c, Ib. 90c. 
Chicory 
The leaves are used as salads with 
oil and vinegar, either in their natural 
state or blanched. Roots are also 
rae ee used to mix with or to be substituted 
: ‘ies clini apts for coffee. Large Rooted Magde- 
TRUE GEORGIA COLLARDS burgh. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, %4 Ib. 90c. 
ALNEER’S PAY THE POSTAGE 
The 
Peanut 
The peanut is ££ : 
easily grown : =e Rati 
in every state. 
It requires bull E,W V IRGINIA 
little care beyond that of thorough cultivation. A light soil is 
preferable. Plant about the same time as corn. Rootlets shoot 
into the ground from the vine, and peanuts are formed at the end .- 
under the surface. By mail, 1, lb. 12c, Yq Ib. 18c, 1 lb. 32c, 2 lbs. 
55c, 5 Ibs. $1.20. 
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Fisher, W. Va. 
I have used your seeds for several years and have 
never found any to equal them in quality or price. They 
are just right. 
Mrs. John A. Kessel. 
CRESS or 
Peppergrass 
Extra Curled 
Very fine. Pkt. 7c, oz. 
15c, % Ib. 40c, Y% Ib. 
70c, lb. $1.25. 
Water Cress 
and pe- 75c. 

Se ied The pleasant 
Wate - culiar flavor of the Water 
Cress causes it to be highly esteemed for table use. Its 
culture can be carried on anywhere there is sufficient supply 
of fresh, pure water. It can also be grown out of water form a 
in tubs of good soil kept in a very shady place, if watered 
oceasionally. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Sometimes called Fetticus. 

Swiss Chard, Giant 
One of the larg- 
Lucullus est and best va- 
riety of Swiss Chard. Seed 
sown early in the Spring will 
produce plants quickly from 
which the thick light-colored 
midribs of the leaves may be 
cut down to the ground. New 
growth will quickly succeed 
it which may in turn be gath- 
ered. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % Ib. 
35c, Yo lb. 65c, Ib. $1.25. 
Swiss Chard or Silver 
Beet Sometimes called Sea 
Kale Beets. Excellent 
for greens. This does not make 
edible roots like the regular 
garden beets, but is grown for 
the broad white leaf-stalks, 
which are bunched and cooked 
in the same manner as aspara- 
A : gus, and make a delicious sum- 
mer vegetable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
10c, 4% Ib. 35c, Y% Ib. 65c, Ib. 
SWISS CHARD $1.25. 
CORN SALAD 

Used as a salad like lettuce or cooked like 
spinach. Treat like lettuce except that it may be planted closer, as it is 
smaller. It is hardy. 
Large Round Leaved. 
Ib. $3.25. 
Chinese Cabbage 
We advise that the seed be sown in July or August (not 
earlier) because Chinese Cabbage has a tendency to bolt to 
seed in warm weather. 
main in rows 2% feet apart, 18 inches apart in the row. 
It is very easily grown and takes very little space. The 
crop matures in from 8 to 10 weeks. 
Chihili 
inches in diameter, with straight and narrow crown. In- 
terior 
a good keeper and shipper. 
10c, oz. 25c, 4 lb. 6Oc, 2 Ib. $1.10, Ib. $2.00. 
Dandelion as a money crop is fast becoming the favorite 
spring green in the market. 
Thick Leaved 4" 
A tender plant. 
transplant in as warm a place in the garden as you have, 
after settled warm weather. 
New York Improved Spineless 
variety. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, %4 Ib. $1.10. 
Black Beauty Large, handsome fruit, jet black. Pkt. 
One of the best salads for fall and winter 
use. 
Very hardy, leaves 
Green Curled Bees 
oz. 12c, 14 lb. 25c, Ib. 75c. 
French Moss Curled 
curled. Pkt. 5c, oz. 12c, % Ib. 25c, lb. 
Broad Leaved Batavian 
The broad, thick, slightly wrinkled leaves 
large head which is 
for stews and soups. 
Y/, Ib. 25c, Ib. 75c. 
Price, pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 
Y, Ib. 90c, Ye Ib. $1.75, 
One ounce of seed will sow 400 feet of row. 
4 ounces per acre. 
Sow where the plants are to re- 
This is the new grand strain of Chinese Cab- 
bage. Grows 18 to 24 inches tall and 5 to 7 
bleaches creamy white, crisp and delicious. It is 
We have proven seed. Pkt. 
DANDELION 
improvement on the common 
sort, the leaves being double the 
size. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
EGG PLANT 
Sow in hotbed or small box in the house, 
The lead- 
ing market 

10c, oz. 30c, % Ib. $1.10. 
dark green. 
Most beau- 
$i fa ly 
preferred 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 12c, 

