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Title: Good seeds at fair prices : 1899
Identifier: CAT31283868 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Northrup King & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Minnesota Minneapolis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Northrup King & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Northrup, King cc Co., Seed Growers, Minneapolis, Minn. 31 Your Mastodon Car- rot gave good results and I shall plant more of it next sea- son. The American Wonder Peas and Washington W a k e - field Cabbage were excellent and yielded aood crops. A. L. ANDERSON, Hallock, Minn.
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I can with pleasure recommend any one to buy their garden seeds from your firm. The seeds sent me were fine. The Wash- ington Wakefield Cabbage cannot be beat for size and quality. Never had finer Tomatoes, Peas and Melons. Will oertainly patro- nize you in the fu- ture. Hbbman Bastian. .Reynolds, Neb, Your seeds are first-class. The Imperial Sweet Peas, fine. Hol- land Cabbage good. Palmeb Bros., Morriston.Minn Having raised your " Summit" Peas for seven successive years, five in Iowa, and two on Eastern Long Island, I find them almost if not quite the earliest and al- together the most u n ifo r m, persistent and productive bear- ers cultivated in either of these localities. W. F. Howell, Southampton, N. Y. (fS/dllS. iS/S/SJS/SJcB/S/S. (SfSfcEfHJSISfSIS fSISJSlSISISISIS rsrsj^jsisrs. ! I riAIN CROP PEAS. Shropshire Hero. Height, 3Vi ft. Seeds green, wrinkled. Very productive; quality fine; both pods and peas are very large. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 35c; bush., $3.00; 10 bush., $2.75. Champion of England. Height, 4 ft. Seeds green, wrinkled. Worthy of continued use not only on account of its fine qual- ity, but from the fact that from it has sprung the whole race of green wrinkled peas. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 35c; bush., $2.50; 10 bush.,$2.25. White Marrowfat. Height, 4 ft. Seeds white. Productive, but in quality rather inferior. Large pkt., 5c: qt.. 30c: bush., $2.00; 10 bush., $1.60. Prince of Wales. Height, 3 ft. Seeds large, yellow, wrinkled. A bushel of pods will give about twice the quantity of shelled peas of any other sort. Quality unsurpassed. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 40c; bush., $4.00 ; 10 bush., $3.50. Black Eye Marrowfat. Height, 4 ft. Seeds white, with a black eye. Very hardy, but of indifferent quality. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 30c; bush., $2.00; 10 bush., $1.60. Sugar Peas.—Edible Puds. Giant White. The best of the edible podded varieties. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 40c; bush , $4.00. Admiral. Height, 3 ft. Seeds white, small. Pods abundant. Good flavor. Excellent for canning. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 40c; bush., $3.00; 10bush., $2.50. Yorkshire Hero, vBig Gem) Height. Vfe ft. Seeds large, vellowish, trreen, wrinkled. Quality fine. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 40; bush., $3.i>0;r0bush.c $3.25. Everbearing. Height, 3% ft. Seeds large, green, wrinkled. Continues long in bearing. Excellent for family use. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 35c; bush., $3.00 ; 10 bush.,$2.50. Stanley. Height, 15 inches. Seeds green, large. Quality delicious. Cross between \ American Wonder and Telephone. Pods large. Lar«e pkt., 5c; qt., 45c; bush., $4.50 ;1C bush., $4 00. Heroine. Height, 3 feet. Seeds large, gn_ en, wrinkled; enormously productive; splendid quality; pods large. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 45c; bush., $4.50 ; 10 bush , $4.00. Telegraph. (Long Island Mammoth.) Height, 3V& ft. Seeds quite pmooth; pods large; quality excellent. Large pkt., 5c; qt.. 45c; bush,, $4.50; 10 bush., $4.00. Duke of Albany. (American Champion.) Height,3^ ft. New, large, green, wrinkled, very productive and of finest quality. Large pkt.. 5c; qt., 45c; bush.. $4.50; 10 bush., $4.00. Telephone. Height, 3% ft. Seeds green, wrinkled; im rnense pods. Peas large, of delicious flavor. Large pkt., 5c; qt.,45c; bush.,$4.5O;10bush.,$4.00. Stratagem. Height, 1% ft. Seeds green, wrinkled. Very large pods; our stock is very fine; peas of first-< lass quality. Large pkt., 5c; qt.,40c; bush., $4.00; 10 bush.,® $3.50. Queen. Height, 3% ft. Seeds large, green, wrinkled; pods immense size, slightly curved; quality unsurpassed. Large pkt., 5c; qt. 45c; bush., $4.50; 10 bush., $4.00. Sugar Marrow. Height, 3V2 ft. Seeds white; pods very large: enormously productive. Large pkt., 5c; qt., 40c; bush., $3.50 ; 10 bush., $3.00. French tanner. Height, 3Y2 ft. Seeds white. This is the variety used so largely in France for canning. Very pro- ductive. Pods are long and slender. Large pkt., 5c; bush., $3.00 ; 10 bush., $2.25. To Our Customers. WE WANT SOnETHING BESIDES YOUR HONEY. We ask your co-operation in our efl:rts to supply first=class seeds at the lowest possible prices. You can aid us and aid others in three ways: 1st. By reporting to us the results of seeds you buy from us, whether satisfactory or not, stating particulars as far as possible. 2d. If our seeds please you, by informing your friends. We shall be glad to send our catalogue to any whose names you may find it convenient to send us. Many Seedsmen expend from Ten to Twenty Thousand Dollars yearly in adver= tising their catalogue. We believe that the best advertisement is a satisfied customer. 3d. By criticising our catalogue and telling us how, in your judgment, it can be made more effective. We shall greatly appreciate your friendly criticisms. -J

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