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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1929
Page
1
To Our Customers and Friends announce plan for the greatest seed year in history. We offer carefully selected stock for Garden and Flower Seeds and field seeds suited to local soils and climate. Seeds sold at very low prices, many per package. Prices postpaid on all plants and seeds, with quotes available for larger quantities.
A catalog like list of vegetable seeds with prices per packet ounce and pound. entries include asparagus Giant white Mammoth and Jonvali, wax beans rust proof wax and round pod kidney, red kidney beans, bush lima and Fordhook varieties, pole beans, King of the Garden Lima, Kentucky Wonder, wax beets carrots lettuce and melons with multiple brand names and small price points. The list reads as a seed supplier catalog with assorted seed types and costs.
A dense seed catalog page lists numerous flower varieties with per packet prices and sizes. It includes Adonis, Ageratum, Snapdragons, Alyssum, Asters, Calendula, Chrysanthemum, Celosia, Coleus, Canna, Cress, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Melons, Corn, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Onions, Pansies, Petunias, Phlox, Salvia, Primrose, Dahlia, Zinnia, Sunflowers, Verbena, Lobelia, Nasturtium, Morning Glory, Sweet Peas and many more with assorted color mixes and pricing. It references dozens of cultivars and hybrids suitable for planting in gardens.
Strong transplanted plants BARLINA WINES early BURBANK Fine Medium Early STONE Fine Late for canning PONDEROSA One of the largest Tomato and cabbage varieties offered at 20c a dozen 2 dozen 85c postpaid $1.00 per 100 Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield Copenhagen Market Red Drumhead Cauliflower per dozen 26c Egg Plant Black Beauty 2.65 per dozen postpaid Pepper Plants Sweet Mango Pimento Celery Gold en White Plume Asparagus Conover s Colossal 2 year roots 60 roots 1.25 100 roots 2.00 postpaid Sweet Potato Yellow Jersey 75c per hundred 6.00 thousand postpaid.
A fragmented seed list highlights numerous varieties including onions, cayenne peppers, peas, turnips, spinach, radishes, squash, peppers, dill, lavender, and herbs. Entries mention per packet prices, weights, and origins with several brand-like names and catalog references.
Seed catalog fragment lists Arabis Alpina at per packet 6 cents Aquilegia mixed finest per packet 6 cents Canterbury Bells mixed double and single per packet 5 cents
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