Conover's Colossal and Palmetto Asparagus Seed Mix
Listed seed varieties include Conover's Colossal Asparagus, Palmetto Asparagus, Pencil Pod Black Wax Beans, Davis White Kidney Wax, Detroit Golden Wax Beans, Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Burpee's New Kidney Wax Bean, Round Pod Kidney wax, Fordhook Favorite Bean, Long Yellow Six Weeks Bean, Extra Early Red Valentine, Rentucky Wonder Bean, Golden Cluster Wax Bean, Kentucky Wonder Wax, and Lazy Wife Bean. Descriptions cover pod length, color, yield, and readiness for market, with prices per packet and per pound.
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DAVIS
Detroit
Wardwell
Wardweil
Fordhook
Kentucky
Boston
White Globe
Burpee Bush Lima Beans and Other Garden Varieties Catalog
Readable seed catalog entry listing Burpee Bush Lima improved beans with larger pods and thicker beans, Henderson Bush Lima and Dreer Bush Lima, Fordhook Bush Lima, King of the Garden climbing Lima, large white pole Lima, Stringless Green Pod Bean, White Navy, and Danish Summer Ballhead Cabbage, Plus various beet, chard, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage varieties with prices and planting notes. Includes German and Dutch origin references and growing tips.
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Henderson
Lima
Umerle
Burpee
Ifordhook
Dreer's Bush
K H
Boston
Tennessee
Carrot Varieties and Danish Ballhead Cabbage Catalogue
Readable crop note lists carrot types Danvers half long Scarlet Horn Chantenay Danvers Long Orange Scarlet Nantes and Early Scarlet Short Horn with descriptions of color shape and yield. Also notes Danish Ballhead or Hollander cabbage heads eight to ten inches diameter, solid long-keeping quality and market demand.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Chantenay
Danvers
Paris Golden Celery Becomes Standout Early Variety
Celery plants show yellowish green young stalks that mature to golden yellow, improving blanching ease and garden value. Paris Golden rises as a leading favorite for early variety lovers, with crisp tender stalks and nutty flavor. White Plume Delpry is an early hardy choice with white stalks and earthing up for perfect blanching, praised for table quality and succulence. Everything for the garden.
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FSB
Arly
Paris
West
Four Garden Does for You Seeds Bulletin Urges 1921 Planting
A 1921 garden bulletin emphasizes thrift and soil as the basis of prosperity. It urges families to grow vegetables, notes gardens build character, health, and ownership, and offers high quality, tested seeds at low prices to start the season in Waterloo Iowa.
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United States
Waterloo
Iowa
Ien Denisl Webster
New England
White Creek
Wis
Floyd Gibbens
Wahkon
Minn
R. 1
D. Llgyd
Positive Seed Quality Echoed In Reader Letters
A collection of customer letters from Kiester-Hall Seed Company praises seed quality. Testimonials span Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Connecticut from 1920 1926 praising beans tomatoes oats rye rape seed and bulbs with notes of high germination yields and satisfaction. The bulletin urges keeping the catalog for future orders and offers special prices to large growers.
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John W. Keller
Odebolt
Town
WM. Simons
Wateriog
Iowa
Kiester-Hall Seed Company
Schumacher
Rosen
Sycamore Street
Waterloo
Beets Crimson Globe Beet and Red Turnip Variety Ad
A vintage seed advert highlights Crimson Globe beet with smooth globeshaped roots and dark leaves. Describes flesh color deep crimson and tender texture. Prices: 50B per packet 5 cts per ounce 10 cts per ounce 34 cts per pound. Also promotes Red Turnip a medium to late planting variety with dark blood red skin and sweet flavor. Prices listed for packets and ounces.
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Detroit
Collection seed and flower seed bundles offered for delivery
The Hiester Hall Seed Co bulletin lists American Vegetable Seed Collection and garden seed sets with postpaid prices, explains order methods, guarantees quality, and offers garden advice and pest control. It emphasizes fresh seeds, postpaid packs, and clear remittance options.
Free 300 Seeds With Each Garden Seed Order
An advertisement offers 300 free seeds with every order of garden seed totaling $1.00 or more. The free seeds are Giant Flowering Mixed Sweet Peas and do not apply to purchases of the American collection priced at $2.00 or the Fairy land collection at $1.00.
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Zinnia
Display Case Seeds Fall Short in Germination Says Study
Unreliable seeds from display cases are common and offer limited remedies for buyers. A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin cites low average germination across many packets, with some firms ranging from 37 to 44 percent and many lots failing to germinate. A seed house promises new stock, high germination, and personal garden guidance.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sens
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Kiester-Hall Seed Bulletin
Para
West Park Avenue
Bluff Streets
West Park Ave
Post Office
Union Depot
Pure Bred
Conover
Aspar
Early
Jersey
Wakefield Cabbagh
Charleston
Wakefield
K-H
Retal
Towa
Green Mountain
J.P, Zine
Peosia
Laurence Reilly
Knoxville
L. M. Applegate
Danielson
Conn
CT. Schwencke
Alburnett
M. Allen
Dysart
Henry G. Tille
Green Lake
G. A. Wiedman
Hiester-Hall- Seed Company
Uncle Sam
Evening Courier
Watertie
Oma
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