, Good Seeds Cheap—Good as Can Be Grown—None Better at Any Price 
CELER Y—1 ounce of seed will produce 4,000 plants 
Shumway’s Superior Varieties for Home or Market 
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Celeriac—Plant Some 
331 Celeriac, Turnip Rooted Celery, Large 
Smooth Prague. A root vegetable ob- 
tained from celery by selective breeding. 
The root, which is the edible part, is 
turnip-shaped. Large Smooth Prague is 
the best improved strain with large well 
formed roots; smooth and with few root- 
lets. Imparts an excellent celery flavor 
to stew or soup. Delicious when boiled 
and sliced cold for salad. Keeps well for 
winter, ‘esneciallvy if packed in damp 
sand or placed in pits like turnips or 
carrots. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; 14 Ib., 
$1.75; 4% 1lb., $3.25; lb., $6.00, postpaid. 
328 White Plume 
Tall Golden Self Blanching 
329 Celery, Superior Golden Self 
Blanching Tall. The best tall growing 
variety in our trials. The distinctive 
feature of this wonderful variety is 
that it is literally self blanching. It is 
a favorite with both market gardeners 
and the home planters. The plants 
grow 20 to 22 in. tall. They are re- 
markably solid and ready for the table 
in about 110 days. Though it is essen- 
tially an early variety it will store 
328 Pure white—delicious flavor—crisp 
and succulent. This magnificent celery is 
improying from year to year under high 
327 Giant Pascal 
327 Known as Winter King. 135 days. 
Considered by many the standard winter 
celery, Plants are large, upright and vety 
heavy. Stalks are tall and thick, solid, 
stringless, and of a rich, nutty flavor; 
broad, distinctly ribbed, tender, crisp, and 
very tasty. After blanching they are an 
attractive light yellow. Inasmuch as the 
culture and eareful selection. It is a 
truly beautiful type. The entire plant 
368 Special Offer on 
Midget Sweet Corn 
blanches perfectly white. This makes the 
White Plume of the most 
showy ornaments that can be put upon 
celery one 
Christmas dinner 
quite well until about Christmas or 
New Year’s Day. The foliage of the 
growing plants is a greenish yellow, 
but when blanched it is an appealing 
waxen yellow color. The thick solid 
stalks blanch to a beautiful golden 
yellow. They are extremely solid, free 
from strings, and have a remarkably 
rich nutty flavor. Pkt., 20 cts.; 0z., 
90 cts.; %4 Ib., $2.25; % lhb., $4.00; 1b., 
$7.50, postpaid.. 
285 MANGEL, 
stalks are green, soil should be used for 
blanching. If properly stored, it will keep 
in perfect condition throughout the win- 
ter months. Whether grown for home or 
market use, Giant Pascal has always given 
entire satisfaction. Pkt., 20 cts.; oz., 
90 cts.; 1% Ib., $2.25; 1% Ib., $4.00; Ihb., 
$7.50, postpaid. 
COLOSSAL LONG RED 
the Thanksgiving or 
table. Ag to succulence, crispness and 
quality, White Plume is all that can be 
desired. Fit to eat in 110 days. Very 
valuable for early fall and winter use. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; % lb., $1.75; 
VY, Ib., $3.25; Ib., $6.00, postpaid. 
One Packet Golden Midget 
One Packet White Midget 
One Packet Each—Regular 
Value 70 Cts. for Only 50 Cts., 
Postpaid—(Supply Limited). 
MIDGET SWEET CORN 
Tiny 4-Inch Ears on Dwarf 
30-Inch Plants in Less Than 60 Days 
The Largest Yielding Variety I Have Ever Seen 
With the high prices of grain, farmers should grow Long 
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Red Mangels. Root erops for cattle feeding are equal to grain and 354 ° 
Yields tot are produced at half the cost. For milk cows they increase the flow Golden Midget Sweet Corn 
35 Tons ee of milk and are relished by all animals. The roots are of enormous You have never tasted Sweet Corn like this! No 
Per Acre Per Acre size, very uniform in shape, smooth and clean, Skin is bright, rich earden is too small for a few rows of this novel min- 
red; flesh is white, tinted with rose. Easily harvested as roots 
grow two-thirds out of the ground and 2 feet in length. O2z., 18 cts.; 
Y, Ib., 50 cts.; % Ib., 90 cts.; Ib., $1.50; 5 lbs., $6.25, postpaid. 
iature table delicacy. Midget Sweet Corn is the 
sweetest, tenderest, most flavorful ever grown. The 
stalks grow about 3 feet high, and planted 6 to 8 
inches apart, each plant producing 3 to 5 ears of 4- 
inch size of delicious Sweet Corn. Very early ma- 
turing and ean be planted in succession throughout 
A N the entire sea- 
257 Mangel, Golden Tankard 
A Mangel, high in saccharine content and in milk producing quali- 
ties. Yields immense crops and is easily harvested. Roots are 
heavy and solid, of a thick and typical tankard shape, tapering 
quickly at the bottom, The flesh is firm, rich deep yellow color. 
Oz., 15 cts.; Y4 Ib., 45 cts.; Y Ib, 75 cts.; lb., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $5.00, 
postpaid. 
a 
263 Sugar Beet—Improved White Sugar 
One of the best for stock feeding purposes. Of easy and cheap 
production, with rich sugary quality. The erop has reached 30 tons 
per acre, and single specimens have weighed 30 pounds and over. 
Oz., 15 cts.; Y% Ib., 45 cts.; Yo Ib., 75 cts.; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.00, 
postpaid. : 
ee 
258 Giant Half Sugar Rose Top 
A Cross Between Mangel and Sugar Beet 
This Sugar Beet gives as large a yield of easily grown roots ag a 
of these ears is 
just right for 
packing in the 
freezer cartons. 
Nothing finer 
fresh or frozen. 
Pkt., 35 cts.; 
Ib. $1:25* “Ip., 
, 92.00, postpaid. 
(Seeds aresmall 
and go farther.) 
son. The length 
255 Mangel 
Colossal 
Long Red 
crop of Mangels, supplying a food of higher nutritive value. For 360 ite 
feeding purposes, the roots are more valuable than Sugar Beets and Wh 
double the yield. Roots are of oval shape, green above the ground Midget 
and white below; flesh white and sweet. O2., 15 cts.; 1%, lb., 45 cts.; 
Y lb., 75 cts.; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.00, postpaid. 
an ae PO Se 
260 Corn, Calico Indian or Squaw 
Same type 
and size as Gold- 
en Midget only 
white, sweet, 
This Decorative Corn is popular with housewives and show window ‘anda vicbeee 
decorators. The kernels are of various bright eolors. Makes execel- rae es Ari +) 
ium 1 02 le centerpieces for any table or fireplaces especially used with ie vo “31 2 
Premi Ss ent centerpieces an i " i : “heh 
mlants seourds. Attractive in decorating play rooms or dens, Pkt., 35 cts.; Ibs $1 55 lb., 
Pageig 100 Ft. Row =; $2.00, postpaid. 
14, 1b., 75 cts.; 2 Ib., $1.25; Ib., $2.00, postpaid. 
