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PICKEREL PLANT 
(Pontederia Cordata) 
A good natural wild duck food, also important as 
a cover plant for game fish, very beautiful and most 
hardy, Seeds of the Pickerel Plant which are pro- 
duced quite abundantly are eagerly sought by the 
wild ducks. Pickerel Plant is distinct in its spike 
of bright blue flowers and its lance-shaped or heart- 
shaped leaves with round bases, it resembles both 
the Wampee Duck Corn and Wapato Duck Potato. 
It grows best in mucky soil in shallow ponds, 
streams and marshes of fresh or slightly brackish 
waters. Root stock can 
be planted from March 
through November with 
very good results, 500 
roots will plant one acre. 
Easily planted, just set the 
roots in the soils in shallow 
waters. Southern and 
northern grown varieties. 
Price 100 Pickerel 
Plants, $17.00; 500 Picker- 
el Plants, $68.00. 
(Delivered Price) 
Pickerel Plant 
DUCK WHEAT 
(Tartary Buckwheat) 
Duck Wheat is a very rapid growing plant. It 
produces an abundance of seed which Wild Ducks and 
Geese are fond of. Most favorable results are ob- 
tained when seed is planted in June or July on places 
which go dry or can be drained during summer and 
flooded during the duck season. 
HOW TO PLANT 
Break the soil, with a 
plow, dise or drag, then 
broadcast the seed using 
about 50 pounds to the acre 
and drag or rake the planted 
area to cover seed. 
Price—Delivered 
$24.00 per 100 pounds; 50 
Ibs. @ $13.00; 25 Ibs. @ 
$7.00 or 40c per pound. 
Duck Wheat 
(Fagopyrum Tataricum) 
SATISFACTION IN NEBRASKA 
Minatare, Nebraska 
July 28, 1943 
Mr. Coon, 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Dear Mr. Coon: 
The water seeds and plants which I bought from you in the 
past are now in the stage of real growth. 
I thought that perhaps you would be interested in the results 
that I am getting out here in this part of the country and it 
might help you to determine just what is best for this region, 
providing some one else ever asked you. 
The Wapato Duck Potatoes I planted this spring are now in 
bloom and have a very nice field of them. The white water- 
lilies are beautiful and are an asset to any lake. The bulrushes 
are dandy. Muskgrass and Ducksmeat are far beyond expecta- 
tion. The wild rice is now very nice, but I think that I didn't 
plant enough of it. 
ROBERT BASTRON 
BAA ARIA ROAR RARE EE 
MUSKGRASS 
A few bushels of Muskgrass planted during spring, 
late summer or fall will produce an excellent feeding 
place for the Wild Ducks the following season. They 
feed upon the foliage as well as the many small 
tubers which are produced. Both Marsh Ducks and 
Diving Ducks feed upon Muskgrass. One will also 
increase the sport with rod and reel, for Muskgrass 
is a valuable food and cover plant for fish. 
Broadeast bits of the 
plants containing (oogonia) 
seed spores upon the waters 
anytime from April to De- 
cember. Muskgrass grows 
in fresh or alkaline waters 
from 2 to 12 feet in depth 
on almost any kind of bot- 
tom. One requirement is 
that the waters contain 
some lime which will be in- 
dicated by shells or shell 
bearing creatures such as 
snails or clams in the wat- 
ers. Four Bushels_ will 
plant an Acre. 
Price—Delivered 
Muskegrass Seed Spores 
$8.00 per bushel. 
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WATER CRESS 
The Water Cress is used largely by breeders of 
Wild Ducks, who consider it very valuable as a food 
plant for their Duck Farms. It grows very rapidly. 
WHEN, WHERE AND HOW 
TO PLANT 
Water Cress may be start- 
ed by planting seed during 
spring or fall. It grows in 
cool waters, usually where 
there is a slight current, like 
in springs, brooks, small 
streams or shallow ponds. 
To plant Water Cress 
Seed, simply mix one ounce of 
seed to a quart of rich soil, 
moisten and drop a teaspoon- 
ful here and there along the 
waters’ edge in quiet place 
where it won’t wash away. 
Water Cress Seed $1.60 per 
ounce, postpaid. 
Water Cress 
(Sisymbrium Nasturtium- 
Aquaticum) 
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