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TNITRD STATHS OP AMERICA 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BACK SEED COMPANY WGHING ron aDne 
26th Year . . . Established 1916 . . . Phone Prospect 707 
PEDER BACK, Sole Owner and Manager ) ., Fruit ad Vegetable Otis sae di esasca ero 683591 
5010 Washington Avenue | athe Bho NN, 
RACINE, WISCONSIN 
Growers...Dealers...Importers POSTMASTER: Return Postage Guaranteed. 
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ASPARAGUS Oz. %tb. Lb. e ° CELERY 
Martha Washington Rust Proof...... .15 .35 1.00 I 942 Seed P. T1Cé Lis £ Our seeds are grown by America’s foremost Celery 
Mary Washington Rust Proof........ .15  .35 1.00 Breeder and we believe there is none better. 
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BEANS—BUSH WAX PODDED Y%Ib. 1b. 5 Ibs. Golden Yellow Self Blanching Tall... .40 1.25 4,00 



Improved Golden Wax..... Sea RTO) 30 1.10 4 MPORTANT NOTICE ON PRICES Golden Phenomenal .............++. - 60 1.50 5.00 
Pencil Pod Black Wax...... es er eed 0 LO Owing to ese wig? conditions cue fo Golden Plume or Wonderful.......... 60 2.00 7.06 
Unrivlledo Wak Sis <.n.yosv'estosescee 18,80 78240 Na herded eran Shortages ay soe Crisp Heart, New '....+-.+0-cc.sees 0 228 aa 
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Stringless Kidney Wax..........+++- > -10 30 1.10 Gienae @iascut notice gece ie "eis New King Green, Extra ..... eee eeee -10 2.25 8.00 
Masterpiece, New, Early, Golden...... 1.00 38.25 12.00 
BEANS—BUSH GREEN PODDED Salt Lake or Utah. od.cejs se eine anes -70 = 2.25 8.00 
Giant Stringless . 20. .ccccccecccase se 210 30 1.10 Oz. Yb. Lb. Celeriac, Large Smooth Prague....... 225 75 2.50 
Stringless Green Pod.........++2-+2+. -10 .30 1.10 BACK’S GLORY—Selected Strain ... .35 1.00 3.50 
Bountiful Stringless ...........-.--- -10 30 1.10 BACK’S HOLLANDER— CHERVIL 
Ferry’ a Plentilud << Oi oc saeco ss ese LD .35 1.30 Own Strain, Selected ........-.2000- -45 1.60 5.00 Dan.jBextra’ Cirled po secs csisis avie.c os s's.0 Pkt. 10c 
ee waver etn eceCe es cee e enese ‘ = nae FERRY’S HOLLANDER— CHIVES 
Sa eae. ger veer #8 <P $ 3 Own Strain, Selected ..........+-.-- 40 1.25 4.00 Small Onion-like Plant............+6+ Pkt. 10c 
: Penn State Ballhead, Genuine........ .50 1.50 5.00 
BEANS—BUSH LIMA : 
B 5 I ed Li fe 6 Ba Danish Ballhead, Short Stem......... .40 1.25 4.00 CRESS 
ME REe ROP LOU SS Pe emane +> A = 3 : Savoy Cabbage, Perfection .......... .85 1.00 3.50 : 
Hendeteonta: Bash Mima. ence 10 30 1.00 i y Curled or Pepper Grass.............. Pkt. 10¢ 
Chinese or Celery Cabbage......... ip eats 3! pene i) 4.00 Upland Cress Pkt. 10¢ 
Fordhook Bush Lima.............+-- 15 35 1.30 wammoth Rock od. Select’. vc pace: 0-10 PMie a em i ee . 
BEANS —EOLE 1M ee aa ee a 
King of the Garden .........++e0--- 210 .80 ~=—-1.00 nla eeers a ae 3 ; Chicago Pickling, Select ......,...,. Abe 45 t 5B 
Racine, Wis., is known to the world as the home of Yel- National Pickling ...... SEN cane ans eee 15 45 1.50 
BEANS—POLE lows Resistant Cabbage—All the varieties are: New Double Yield Pickle............ 20 .50 1.70 
Kentucky Wonder Green .....-..+++. 10 .80 1.00 Clark’s Special ........., alayevesuatneianers 3 15 45 1.50 
Kentucky Wonder Wax .....:-sss++++ «10 30 1.00 PROVEN YELLOWS RESISTANT Early White Spine ............. SNe ee 3) 45 1.50 
Scarlet Runner Red Flowers......... 15 40 ++. Jersey Queen, Pointed Heads......... -35 1.00 3.50 Early Hortune,, Select i. 5 .sssh wae es « 15 45 1.50 
Dutch Case Knifes. .cvececaceccsesscs 10 685 1.30 Early Detroit, Yellows Resistant..... .50 1.50 5.00 Davis Perfect ....... as didletabni‘g*eia%: 6 etal ate 15 45 1.50 
Marion’s Market, Early ............. 40 1.25 4.00 Improved Long Green .............. 15 45 1.50 
BEETS—FOR TABLE Oz. % 1b. Lb. Wisconsin Globe, Round Heads....... 40 1.25 4.00 _Ferry’s Special Long Green.......... .20 501.75 | 
Extra Early Egyptian..<.......++-++> 25 BB 1.75 Wisconsin, All Season............... 35. 1.00 3.00 “vergreen White Spine -..7.....ss 3. es ~45 + spares 
Crosby’s Egyptian Select............- -25 55 1.75 | Wisconsin Hollander or Imp. No. 8... .30 .90 3.00 Longfellow, one of the best.......... 15 45 1.50 
Detroit Dark Red Special......... «wine 80 65 2.10 “Wisconsin Ball Head ...............- 40 1.25 4.00 Straight-8, Select Strain .......,.... 20 50 1.70 
Detroit Dark Red Select...........-+. 30 -60 2.00 Improved Bugner, Our Own Strain.... .55 1.75 6.00 Lemon ... Sai FC GO IEA CEES OIE -25 +75 
Early Wonder Dark Red..... seceesss 220 1.50 1.65. Back’s American Shipper — America’s Small Gerkin ............ seus Meaty 30 = .80 
Best Late Hollander and Yellows DILL 
SWISS CHARD Resistant Oabbage ........,+-.+6++ 40°. 1.25 4.00 Mammoth ia me ya 
TsriCUlss eiereeisievsl olecacs oie, o'sais vie ete bow 9-8. -20 -60 1.50 Wisconsin Red Hollander...........> .70 ~=—-2.00 OY a Rae ee OM eee ee ‘ * i. 
COW BEETS OR MANGELS CARROTS 
Mammoth Long Red....... sHaVnies. > 25  .55 1.90 Chantenay Red Cored, Select......... 130 1.00 3.50 IMPORTANT: 
Golden Tankard ....... elepeiererneu © tec ° ae a ee ‘Early Chantenay, Select Strain....... 30 §=1.00 3.50 RAT ORDENG PILED Ute AS Gtaie re 
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Danish Sludstrup Genuine Ox Heart, Short...........s00ese000: 320.90 3.00 IF YOU CAME HERE YOURSELE. Wemey povace 
ROCCOLI Danvers Half Long, Extra........... .30 .90 3.00 Let weleunt 1 : eR : - 
Nantes, Improved Half Long, Select.. .35 1.10 3.75 We can sell € you prices on large quantities of seeds. 
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Italian Green Sprouting ...........-- -70 2.00 ea Morse’s Bunching, Select............. 85 1.10 3.75 and reliable seeds. ep SA anybody selling: pure 
Imperator, Select: .........ccc,sencee Bhs) a ee) 3.75 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS Supreme Half Long, New, Select..... 40 1.25 4.00 : 
Danish Perfection ....... i iieieasis ac ea. 2lOm 20 ate Improved Long Orange ......,..++++ «20 Bb 1.80 Dear Customers and Friends: 
Long Island Improved....... priereniers sp, 0! 2.00: Baa 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 
CAULIFLOWER—SUPER STRAIN 
CAULIFLOWER Super Strain. Our seeds come from 
the Champion Prize Grower in Denmark. None better. 
CABBAGE—TESTED SEED 
The most Reliable, Purest, Tested, Proven and Best 
Strains to be had. Our Cabbage Seeds have been recog- 
: 2 cei oz, Oz. % Ib. years, and I wish to sell you such seeds as I would 
Be ee ee ee ee Earliest Snowball, Select...........+. 2.00 3.50 18.00 like to grow myself, 
Golden Acre Genuine, Very Early.... 45 135 4.50  snowdrift or White Mountain........ 2.00 3.50 13.00 Sincerely yours, 
COPENHAGEN MARKET .......... .40 1.25 4.00 Danish Giant, or Dry Weather, Select. 2.00 3.50 13.00 PEDER BACK 
BACK’S COPENHAGEN MARKET— New Super Snowball, Original Strain. 2.50 4.50 15.00 J ° 

Extra Select Early Strain............ 50 1.50 5.00 Dan-American, New Original Strain.. 2.75 5.00 16.00 
SELECTED, TESTED NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS 
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