

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 99 

Turnips and Rutabaga 
CULTURE—One-half ounce for 100 feet of row, one and 
a quarter pounds per acre. If sown broadcast use two pounds 
to the acre. Drill into rows foot apart and thin to 4 inches 
apart in rows. Frequent cultivation hastens the crop to ma- 
turity. For general crop turnips can be sown at any time un- 
til the latter part of August. 
RUTABAGA should be planted 18 inches between the 
rows and thinned out to 6 inches in the row. Requires long- 
er season to mature than is the case with common turnips. 
The most desirable early turnip to grow is SNOWBALL. 
It is large and of the highest quality. The best late Turnip 
is PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. The earliest of all is 
turnip Yori 

TURNIP SNOWBALL or JERSEY LILY 
Extra Early—Extra Good—(40 days) 
The roots are a perfect globe, snow white in and out- 
side, highly attractive when bunched, the flesh solid, sweet, 
tender and perfectly delicious whether eaten raw like an 
apple or cooked. Of much better quality than the Milan 
varieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 70c; 10 lbs. $6.00. 

RUTABAGA SUPERBA (74 days) 
The finest rutabaga that grows. Perfectly round, bright, 
clean, yellow in color, fine grained and sweet. Earlier than 
other varieties and neckless, the same shape is Purple Top 
Globe Turnip. A trial will convince you that it is a iigh class 
variety. Originated by a New England gardener. Superba sells 
on the New York market at 60 to 75 cents per barrel above all 
other stocks. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 80c, prepaid. 
AMERICAN PURPLE TOP (88 days) 
Globe shaped, upper portion of the root rich purple. 
Flesh yellow and sweet. An old and still very popular variety 
with a prominent neck. Ready two weeks later than Superba. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 60c, prepaid. 
SQUASH OR STINK BUGS—These cannot be destroyed with 
insecticides. Strong nicotine solution kills them but it also 
kills the vines. The only way to do if one wants to exter- 
minate them is to lay planks in the squash patch, get up 
early in the morning and kill all the bugs that are gathered 
under the planks. If this is done for a few days there will 
be no bugs. 
STORED SQUASH—To minimize loss it is imperative to 
exercise greatest care in harvesting to avoid bruising or even 
scratching as decay starts from even slight injury. Bven the 
hardest skinned squashes are easily bruised and will sooner 
or later spoil in storage, 


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HARDY OSTRICH FERN 
PALM OF THE NORTH 
THE FINEST OF ALL HARDY FERNS 
Of all tall growing, hardy ferns, Ostrich Fern is the best. 
It is a vigorous, quick growing fern, does well in almost any 
kind of soil, both in shade or fully exposed to the sun. Height 
4 feet. Of unusual beauty, like a palm in appearance. Plant 
a few in full or partial shade somewhere where visitors will 
see them. You will have calls for them and will sell lots 
of them. We can supply dormant roots in any quantity. 
CULTURE—Plant in rich soil, cover the crowns about an 
inch and apply plenty of water. Besides planting hardy 
ferns require no care. Space foot apart. 
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By express, not prepaid: Dozen 100 1000 
MEDIUM LARGE ROOTS.......... $1.00 $7.00 $60.00 
LARGE ROOTS ......... Ege wasted tion peo 8.50 80.00 
EXTRA HEAVY ROOTS.......... sHicto 12.00 110.00 
We sell 25 roots or over at 100 rate, 250 roots or over at 
1000 rate. Prices are F. O. B. Council Bluffs. No charge for 
packing. 
GROWING IMPOMEA PLANTS 
Start in heat in March, place 10 seeds in a 4 inch pot, later pull- 
ing the weaker plants, leaving 4 of the strongest plants. Place the 
pots in a cold frame and water sparingly which will hold the growth 
of your plants down and make it easier for you to handle the plants. 
Avoid “tangling up.” 
To induce extra heavy production of bloom, do not plant 
Ipomeas in excessively rich ground. Do not water heavily, do not 
use fertiizer of any kind. Maximum amount of bloom is produced 
in poor sandy ground and when the plants are kept on the dry side. 
LATE SWEET PEAS UNDER GLASS 
Sown about foot apart at the same time with Barly Winter 
Flowering Peas, after Chrysanthemums, these Late Sweet Peas 
being of less rapid growth will not interfere with the growth of 
the Barly kind, until the Early ones are almost exhausted. Then 
the robust growing Late, will overtake the played out Warlies and 
you will get a heavy crop of high class bloom in May and June. 
LATE SWEET PEAS will produce fine flowers sown late in winter 
with spring not far off. Sown under glass in summer, will make 
lots of vines, but never a flower. 
Early Flowering Sweet Peas, sown after 
In the South danger of heavy frost is past, will pro- 
duce in the open a crop of flowers two weeks ahead of Late Spencers. 
PLANT GROWERS—Do not raise Verbena Royal Boquet Fireball in 
flats for spring sales because this variety start to branch out right 
from its baby stage, which results in a tangled mass of plants. AJ 
other Royal Boquet Verbenss are all right for growing in flats. 
DIVIDE YOUR PERENNIALS 
Dividing keeps perennials in a healthy and vigorous condition. 
In dividing them, use your judgment. You can divide most peren- 
nials during the summer or early fall except those that bloom in the 
fall which are best divided in the early spring. Aggressive plants 
like Anthemis, Physostegia and others should be divided annually. 
Phlox, Iris and plants with their rate of growth, divide every two or 
three years. Do nut divide: Platycodon, Dictamnus, Gypsophyla and 
similar plants with carrot-like roots. 
