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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1921
Page
13
A seed potato catalog urges early purchase to avoid frost damage and lists Extra Early or Six Weeks, Early Irish Cobbler, Extra Early Bovee, New Yorker, and Burbank potatoes. Prices shown per bushel and in quantities with f.o.b. Waterloo terms.
American Purple Top Ruta strain described as purple top yellow variety with a smaller top and neck, large roots of fine quality suitable for table and stock. Large White Sweet Ruta Baga noted for keepability, globe shape, and sweet white flesh with large roots for table and stock feeding. Prices given per packet ounce and pound.
Early hardy spinach listings include Norfork Savoy, Giant Victoria, New Zealand, Prickly Winter, and Philadelphia White Box. Radish varieties feature Scarlet Globe, French Breakfast, Cincinnati Market, Icicle, and Long Weade Lady Finger with prices per packet and per ounce noted.
Listing of winter radish varieties including Scarlet China Chinese radish long black Spanish and Round Black Spanish with details on shape size color and shelf life. Provides pricing per packet ounce and bulk options.
The large white roots grow 10 to 12 inches long and 3 to 4 inches in diameter at the shoulder. Flesh is crisp and pungent. Prices listed include 33SB per packet, 5 cents per ounce, 415 cents per pound, and 14 Th. 45 cents.
A vintage seed listing highlights Crimson Giant Globe Rhubarb noted for large size without pith, deep crimson skin, mild white flesh, and early yield. It also advertises EARLY SCARLET TURNIP RADISHES, SPARKLER WHITE TIPPED, NEW SAXA RADISH, HOLLOW CROWN PARSNIP, MYATT'S VICTORIA RHUBARB, MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND SALSILP, LONG SMOOTH WHITE PARSNIP, SUTTON'S STUDENT, FORDBOOK SQUASH, DELICIOUS SQUASH, and assorted hubbard and squashes with pricing and descriptions.
An old favorite White Bush variant grows larger with clearer white color and scalloped fruit. VEGETABLE MARROW SQUASH is English, 9 inches long, pale yellow shell, 5 cts per packet. YELLOW SUMMER CROOK NECK is orange yellow with dry meat, running vine, various pack sizes and prices.
A catalog listing of tomato varieties including Bonny Best, Sparr Barllana, Chalks Early Jewel, Award Champion, Baer, Matchless, Ponderosa, Royal Purple, Golden Queen, June Pink and Dwarf Stone. Descriptions note color, size, flavor, vigor and best uses for market, home garden and storage with pricing per packet and per ounce.
Catalog page lists small fruited and specialty tomato varieties with descriptions and prices. Includes XKELLOW BUSH TOMATO also called Strawberry and Ground Cherry, Peach Tomato, Red Cherry, Red Pear, Yellow Cherry, Yellow Pear, Yellow Plum, and other named types with notes on flavor, husk, and growth, plus pricing per packet and ounce.
Catalog notes describe several turnip varieties including LARGE WHITE GLOBE, PURPLE TOP STRAP-LEAVED, EARLY WHITE STRAP-LEAVED, PURPLE TO WHITH GLOBE, GOLDEN or ORANGE JELLY, and SNOWBALL OR EARLY SIX WEEKS TURNIP. Details cover fruit size, skin and flesh colors, typical uses for table or stock feeding, and price data per packet or ounce. Numerous size guidance and regional suitability are included.
The ad urges use of K H Special Garden Fertilizer to maintain soil nutrients when barnyard manure is scarce. It warns that poor soil leads to slow growth and tasteless cabbage lettuce spinach and root crops. Price listed 106 pounds 4.60 with full directions on each bag.
A catalog of garden chemicals including Arsenate of Lead powder Paris Green tobacco dust Bordeaux Mixture and Formaldehyde plus sulfur Bordeaux Moss Gardite Pyrox insecticides and fungicides. Describes uses application rates prices and storage notes for each product.
Readable plant list showcases Antirrhinum, Ageratum, Sweet Alyssum, African Daisy, Exhibition Ast ers, Balsam, Bachelor’s Button, Calliopsis, California Poppy, Candytuft, Celosia, Cosmos, Coreopsis, Garnet, Balloon Vine, Canary Bird Vine, Sweet Pea, Climbing Vines, Moonflower. Seeds offered in mixed colors and multiple packets. notes on growth, bloom period and sowing tips.
Catalog notes several pepper types. Chinese Giant peppers yield four to five inch pendent fruits with glossy red skins. Large Bell or Bull Nose offers two inch by three inch scarlets good for pickling. Pimento peppers are thick-fleshed crimson for salads. Ruby King promises early, productive plants with ruby red, thick flesh. Long Red Cayenne features four inch pendants, hot and curved. Prices shown: packets 5 cents, ounces 50 cents.
Describes compact mossy curled parsley varieties with dark green leaves. Mentions Emerald Dwarf Extra Curled Parsley with moss like leaves, bright green color and compact growth. Provides pricing: packets and ounces, per unit details.
RIESTER ALT SEED Co offers pumpkins for planting and stock feeding. Connecticut field pumpkins weigh about 15 inches in diameter with smooth skin and orange flesh. King of the Mammoths pumpkins reach 250 pounds with thick yellow flesh. New England Pie pumpkins are small and round with deep orange flesh suited for pies.
This notice promotes K H Home Plant Food for window boxes baskets and pots. It warns that limited supplies require ongoing nourishment during the growing season and claims well nourished plants yield healthy foliage and brilliant blooms. Full directions and a 1 lb package priced at 25c.
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