14 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 

POP CORNS 
White Rice or Snowball 
A splendid variety for popping purposes; 
grains sharply pointed. 2 oz. pkt. 10c, 
lf, lb. 25c, 1 Ib. 40c, 2 Ibs. 75c, 5 Ibs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Golden yellow 
9 
Queen s Golden kernels which 
pop into large, pure, white, fluffy flakes. 
2 oz. pkt. 10c,, % Ib. 25c, Ib. 40c, 2 Ibs. 
75c, 5 lbs. $1.75, prepaid. 
South American 
Or Dynamite. Usually 2 ears 
to a_ stalk. Large yellow 
kernels, 12 to 14 row ear, 
6 to 7 inches long, having ex- 
cellent popping qualities. 
Pops to enormous size. 
Popped kernel has no hard 
center. 2 oz. pkt. 10c, % Ib. 
25c, 1 lb. 40c, 2 Ibs. 75c, 5 Ibs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Australian Hulless Popcorn 
This variety grows very dwarf, and the ears 
are short and stubby, with long narrow pointed 
kernels. It is ready for popping soon after it 
is husked. It is almost hulless and when popped 
there is no hard center, making it the finest 
eating of all varieties. It is a favorite in all 
markets. Large 2 oz. pkt. 10c, ¥Y% lb. 25c, 
lb. 40c, 2 Ibs. 75c, 5 Ibs. $1.75, prepaid. 
CUCUMBER 
CULTURE: As soon as the weather becomes warm and settled, plant one inch deep in well prepared soil in hills 
4 or 5 feet apart each way with 8 to 10 seeds to a hill. Thin to 4 or 5 plants to the hill. Thorough but shallow culti- 
vation is essential. One ounce of seed will plant about 80 hills. 

Early Fortune 
This new extra long White 
Fordhook Famous Spine cucumber produces per- 
féctly smooth, very dark green, handsome, straight fruit, 
measuring 12 to 17 inches long. They are always solid, 
flesh being a greenish white, firm, crisp and of most 
delicious flavor. It is a great cropper and fruit is full of 
flesh with but few seeds. Fruit a beautiful green, long 
and symmetrical. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, % Ib. 65c, Y% Ib. 
$1.20, lb. $2.25. 
Improved Long Green 
This fine cucumber grows from 12 to 16 inches or more 
in length and is of superior quality. Vines are strong 
growers and the fruit is always produced in great abun- 
dance, making one of the most productive varieties in 
cultivation. Exceedingly crisp and tender. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
20c, Ys Ib. 65c, Ye Ib. $1.20, lb. $2.25. 
Improved Early White Spine 4 favorite 
market va- 
riety much used for forcing by market gardeners. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 20c, 1% Ib. 60c, Y% Ib. $1.00, Ib. $1.90. 
Rotenone Garden Guard Pump Gun 
A garden insecticide and fungicide for use as a dust. 
No water, no mixing, no muss. For use on cabbage, 
cauliflowers, tomato plants, melon vines, and other 
vegetables, flowers and shrubs. 1 lb. 69c. Postpaid. 


New “A & C” or Colorado W- fe aa 
long, slender cucumber of excellent shape and intense 
dark green color. The fruits are 8-9 inches long and 
average 2 inches in diameter; they hold their color long- 
er than any other type. Seeds form late in the season 
and are few. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 1 Ib. 65c, % Ib. $1.20, 
Ib. $2.25. 
; £ We are pleased to offer the new Straight- 
Straight 8 8 Cucumber, an outstanding breeding 
accomplishment. Straight-8 produces symmetrical, al- 
most cylindrical fruits, well rounded at both ends. This 
.white spine variety “typifies its name, running quite 
straight, regularly eight inches in length and from 1% 
to 2 inches in diameter. The color is deep green and 
free from objectionable pale striping or tipping. The 
vines are vigorous and remarkably productive. Its many 
fine qualities make .it an ideal slicing ‘variety for the 
home garden and local market. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 1/, Ib. 
65c, VY Ib. $1.20, Ib. $2.25. 
-Arsenate of Lead (Dry.) For dusting and spray- 
ing. Solves.the problem of con- 
trolling practically all leafeating insects. 1 Ib. 45c; 
4 Ibs. $1.10. Postpaid. : 
Bordeux Mixture (Dry.) The best fungicide for 
curing and preventing mildew, 
blight, leaf curl or other fungoid disease on fruits 
and plants. 1 lb. will make 5 gallons liquid. 1 Ib. 45c; 
4 Ibs. $1.10. Postpaid. 
Davis’-Perfect gnapeiy. white epine Cucumber, 10°iny long and 244 in. thick in the middle, glichtly, taper: 
ing at both ends. The skin is a rich deep green and the flesh is pure white, solid, brittle, and tasty. Its eating 
qualities are excellent, due to its thickness and the lack of seeds. Retains its color for a long time after being 
picked; this makes it valuable for market and shipping as well as for home use. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 Ib. 60c, % 
Ib. $1.10, Ib. $2.00. . 











Early Fortune 
Early Fortune is now he- 
ing largely grown by 
market gardeners and 
shippers both north and 
south. In color it is an 
attractive deep green, 
which it retains much 
longer than most other 
sorts. Being fine grained, 
its white flesh is exceed- 
ingly crisp and brittle, 
making it an _ excellent 
slicing sort. Early For- 
tune is one of the earliest, 
dark green white spine 
cucumbers for shipping as 
well as for the table or 
market stall. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
20c, At lb. 60c, i, lb. 
$1.10, lb. $2.00. 
Straight-8 © 
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