MARKET GARDENERS' CATALOGUE 1922 HELL'S THEY GROW BETTER- THEY YIELD BETTER ABSOLUTELY THE BEST OUR OWN Sir Walter Raleigh Seed Potatoes Specially selected for their extraordinary 1 yielding qualities, pro- ducing 550 bushels per ; acre in our crop in ■ Maine, and holding the ■ highest recorded yield in Dauphin County — 350 bushels per acre. Large, smooth, white Pota- toes of excellent cooking quality. If you want a bum- per crop of finest Potatoes, plant our Sir Walter Raleigh. Price, $8.50 per sack of bushels (4 sacks will plant an acre) For prices on smaller quan- tities and for other varieties, see pages 42, 43. WALTER S. SCHELL Inc. lOth&MarketSts. '^i'ttiV Harrisburo,Penna. SCHELL'S NEW CROP QUALITY SEEDS FOR 1922 You Can Have the Finest Crops Possible to Grow If You Plant Schell's Qual- ity Seeds Again I want to empliasize tlie tact that Si lit-ll-s Seed I louse is your Seed House. We arc your Irieiuk prowiiii; tor you tlie very highest quahty seeds that yeu may yrow tiie ver\- best .inalitv crops. We count you OUR friend and we appreciate the confidence you have in us and thank vmi lor tlie orders you have sent lo us I will he Jookins tor a letter from you soon with your order for this year's supply of seeds. Our crops were exceedinijlv fine anrl ' the cost of it. You may deduct the amount from your order or add other seeds for the amount. Your rural carrier or postmaster will make out the Money Order for you. WRITE PLAINLY YOUR NAME AND FULL ADDRESS, and if in making out the order you put a dif- ferent name on the order sheet than the one we addressed the catalogue to. please advice us of it. For instance if we sent the catalogue lo "J. W. Jones" and you woulil send the order In with the name of "Mrs. Mary R Jones " please advise us on the bottom of the order that this has been done so wc can keep our records correct'. Special Terms for Market-Gardeners. " ^'""'' ''"^ vegetable seeds amounts to anv sum from — — : S50 to lioo, or S.^oo or Siooo. or more, we will gladly give you our sjiecial terms of payment which is July i. That is. we will ship your order as .soon as received and charge it to your account. On July i wc will send you a statement and you pay us then. Many hundreds of gardeners deal with us on these special terms, and wc invite you to do the same. All we ask is that you give us several names of business men in your community as reference when we first open an account with you. FARMERS, I call your attention to Field Seeds on pages 67-72. There are valuable suggestions regarding feed crops and ways to enrich poor land, that may be helpful to vou, and I impress on you the importance of sow- ing the very best quality of pure, plump, well-d<'Veloi)ed field seeds of strong vitality, such as I offer you. Even though this better quality may cost you more, it will pay you in the crops. Be sure to order Schell's Big Yielder Oats and Schell's Big Yellow Dent Corn. \'ou will harvest many more dollars from every acre if you do. THOROUGH VITALITY TESTS ARE MADE of every kind of seeds. -I his means everything to you, for It insures you that the quality is the best and that the seeds will germinate and grow perfectly if soil and weather conditions, over which none of us have control, are not destructive after planting. We cannot, however, be responsible for any crops, for we all know that soil too dry or too wet, insects, and many other conditions over which we have no positive control have much to do with the success or injury of all crops. SchelPs New Wonderful Pea A VARIETY OF GREATEST VALVE TO THOSE GROWING FOR MARKET OR FOR THE HOME-GARDEN Schell's New Wonderful Pea was introduced by us last year and has met the desires and won the approval of the many thousands who grew it, both in large and small quantities. As the name implies, it is wonderful for its unusual vigor and hardiness in its plant-growth; wonderful for its very large pods, each filled from tip to tip with big sweet, richly flavored Peas; wonderful for its yields, the plants being crowded with their big pods from one end of the row to the other. It would be interesting reading to you if we had space to print the many letters of praise we received from those who grew SchcU's New Wonderful last year. Order it for your big crop on my recommendation and you will have one of the best crops of Peas you ever grew. (See prices below.) Mr. Herman H. Brehme. President of the New Jersey Entomological Co.. writes us, July 2, 1921: "It may interest you to know that I have made a severe test of your Schell's New Wonderful Pea, that is, I put the seed in the poorest soil on my farm, and I was more than surprised to see the wonderful results. I assure you that they will be my choice next year as they are Ike most prodtuinn Pea that I ever planted. All the other seeds I got from you turned out excellent and you may expect more orders next season." 5'^ Schell's New Wonderful Pea And indeed it is wonderful the way it yields. Plants average 20 inches, need no support and are literally loaded with big pods crowded from tip to tip with big Peas of delicious fla- vor, nine to ten in a pod. Ready to pick soon after first early varieties if planted at same time. Grow it on my recom- mendation this year and you'll grow it again. Pkt. 10 cts., V2Pt. 25 cts., pt. 45 cts., qt. 85 cts., 2 qts. $1.50, 4 qts. $2.50. pk. $4.75, bus. $18 Mrs, Jay Ri W'uuilcrful IV-as them I hat I am MM!' [ I ll.lV( orderiiiK more. tin)i(i(m Co., inaist-s our New Wonderful Pea; she writes us, June 10, 1021: "Vour Schell's New Kaiiicn are doins fiiir. so thrifty and strong and full of blossoms and pods. 1 am so pleased with J' ■ SchelPs New Yellow-Pod THE BEST OF ALL YELLOW-POD BEANS I want everyone who has a garden, large or small, to grow Yellow Bountiful on my recom- mendation and you will thank me that I urged you to do so. Write me what you think of it. It produces many more Beans to the row than any other. The ; Beans are absolutely stringless at all stages of growth. They are long, thick, meaty, and have a distinctively rich Bean flavor. Even the color of the pods adds to its value, as they are a most attractive, fresh, rich, clean yel- low. The plants of my Yellow Bountiful are remarkably hardy and vigorous, the last to be affected by unfavorable weather conditions, and this accounts for its ability to produce such an unusual quantity of pods. Mar- ket-gardeners who grew other va- / rieties for years have found Yellow Bountiful more y profitable, more salable, more productive, and hardier \ than any other sort and that is why they are growing it exclusively now, and why not, when, by the same amount of work, planting the same quantity of seecl as of other varieties, you get a crop of two to three times as many Beans of a quality unexcelled. _ 1 recommend it to you as positively the grandest of all yellow-pod dwarf or bush Beans. Be sure to mclude it in your order. Pkt. 10 cts., l/zpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 65 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2, pk. $3.75, bus. $14. ■■Wc found your Vellow-I'od Bountiful to be the licaviost yieldc-r we ever gr«v, and they are not so easily affected by bad , weather as most varieties of Wax Beans."-Gno. R. Murdock & Son. Market-Oardeners. "Your New Yellow-Pod Bountiful is the best Bean I ever Brew."— Mrs. Ed. Hughes. •■I have been using your Yellow Bountiful Beans (or three years: there is no better."— Mrs. W. A. Miller, Cumberland County. "Your New Yellow-Pod Bountiful is the best Bean I ever grew. 1 want no other Bush Bean."— Mrs. J. E. Coldren. Mr« CHis SiNCFR Cumberland County, is greatly pleased. She says: "We planted eiEht quarts of your Schcll's Yellow BouS,l Beanf aS||seven q^^^^^ Bountiful, and picked ,oS buskels or .15 baskets. They are the grandest Beans we ever grew." ^ », r» ft 1 If you want the largest crop of the finest quality yellow Beans you ever grew, then plant Yellow Bountiful 2 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER BEANS Dwarf Yellow- or Wax-Podded "I have been getting my seeds from you for a number of years and think there are none better." — Mrs. M. P. KiSTER, Cumberland County, Pa. One quart will plant a row 100 feet long; about IVi bua. to the acre HOW TO GROW DWARF or BUSH BEANS.— Make the rows 18 inches or 2 feet apart, and drop the beans 4 inches apart in the row. If the soil is warm and loose, plant 2 inches deep; if rather cold and wet, plant only 1 inch deep. Beans, especially the yellow-podded varieties, will rot very easily if planted when the soil is wet and the atmosphere is cold. If you do not want to run the risk of replanting them, do not plant your beans until the soil is warm. Cultivate often but never when the plants are wet, as this brings on rust. Pick the beans as fast as they become fit for use; this makes them bear longer. Yellow-Pod Bountiful. The best of all Yellow- Podded Beans. (See opposite page.) . Davis Kidney Wax. White seed. The pods are straight and flat, a rich golden yellow, and have the most de- licious flavor. One of the best for market. It is very tfender if used when young. Not entirely stringless. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts.. qt. .s,S cts., 2 qts. $i, 4 qts. $1.75, Pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Improved Rust-Proof Golden Wax. Splendid for market or home garden. Pods of excellent quality, half-round, averaging 4 to 5 inches long, and are stringless. Matures in 50 days. (See illustration below.) Pkt. ro cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. |i, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Wardwell's Kidney Wax. The pods are long, flat, thick, stringless and brittle; very popular with large gardeners. A heavy yielder. It does not rust so readily as some yellow-pod varieties. Ready to pick so days from planting. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $i.7S, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Saddleback Wax. Beautifully curved, round, yellow pods; tender, stringless and of delicious flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Stringless White Wax. Half-round pods, stringless, very prolific. White seed. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75. pk. $3. bus. $11.25. Brittle Wax. Very similar to Round-Pod Kidney Wax. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Currie's Rust-Proof Golden Wax. Black seed. Straight, flat pods 5 inches long; rich, light golden yellow. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. S5 cts., 2 qts. $1. 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Webber Wax. Stringless, and very prolific. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3. bus. $11.25. Fencil-Fod Black Wax Beans Perfectly round pods, stringless and very tender Pencil-Pod Black Wax. Vines very vigorous and ■ branching; very productive. Pods are bright yellow, stringless, long, straight, round like a pencil, tender, and of most delicious quality. Ready to pick about 52 days from planting. This variety is far superior to the old Prolific Black Wax and should be planted in its stead. Pkt. 10 cts.. pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75. pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Hodson Wax. A late-maturing variety, heavy foliage, practically rust and blight proof. Stringless if used when young. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75. pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. Very early. Stringless and a good yielder. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. Si. 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. Round-Pod Kidney Wax. Long, round, stringless pods. Very heavy bearer, and the quality extra fine. Pods are 6 to 7 inches long. Matures in about 55 days. Do not plant too early, for the seed is very tender and will rot quicker than any other yellow Bean. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $i, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $11.25. These crops, grown from my l^urc lired Seed, are as superior in quality as pure-bred live-stock is to ordinary stock Improved Eust-Proof Golden Wax Beans grown from my High Quality Seed, WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Grow More Beans BEANS, Green-Podded, Dwarf or Bush SEE CULTURAL DIRECTIONS ON PAOE 3 All my Seed Beans are of highest quality, hand-picked, pure stock and the vitality proved. They grow better — they yield better Bountiful. Verv fine quality ; long, flat, stringless pods. An enormous yielder. Extra early: ready tor market six weeks from planting. Plant this for your green- pods and the new Yellow-Pod Bountiful for yellow, and you will have two of the best crops you ever grew. Pkt. locts.. pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. gocts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75. bus. $10.25. Burpee Stringless Green-Pod. Absolutely stringless; round pods; extra fine. Good yielder. ready for picking about 45 days after planting. This is a great favorite of market-gardeners everywhere. Its fine quality keeps it in lasting favor. All should grow it. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts.. qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. Si. .so, pk. $2.75, bus. $10.25. Black Valentine. Long, straight, green, round pods of excellent quality. Is extra early; a heavy yielder fine for either early or late planting. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts.. 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. JI0.2S. Extra-Early Red Valentine. The old favorite Valen- tine Bean. Extra-early; round-podded; good quality, and of fine flavor. Shows a few strings when young. About 50 days from planting to picking. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts.. qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts.. 4 qts. $1.50. pk. $2.75. bus. $10.25. BE SURE TO ORDER YELLOW BOUNTIFUL Stringless Oreen-Pod — round, stringless, tender pods, variety all .sliould grow Giant Stringless Valentine. Matures about a week later than Red Valentine. Pods are round, very long, meaty and entirely stringless when young or old; of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90c., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. I10.25. New Stringless Green Refugee. This New Refugee is entirely stringless and possesses all the good fea- tures of the old Refugee. Try it this year for late crop. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts.. qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. gocts., 4 qts. $1.50. pk. $2.75, bus. $10.25. Estra-Early Refugee. Similar to Refugee or i,ooo-to- 1, with all its superior qualities, but matures fully two weeks earlier. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 eta., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. Si. 50, pk. $2.75, bus. $10.25. Longfellow. Produces very long, round, tender pods averaging 5>2 to 6>i inches in length. Fine quality and a good yielder. It is stringless when young, but shows some strings if not picked early. Ready to pick about 52 days after planting. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. $10.25. Refugee, or 1,000-to-l. One of the most prolific, dwarf, Green-podded Beans. Plants grow about 15 to l8 inches high. Pods are 6 to 7 inches long and round; are very tender and meaty. A great favorite for can- ning purposes. Not entirely stringless. Late grower, requiring about 70 days to mature. An immense yielder. The New Stringless Green Refugee is su- perior to this in quality liccause of Ijeing stringless, and I recommend it in preference to this. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75. bus. $10.25. OUR LABEL "SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS" on the packages of seeds we send out is a seal of real superior quality, and what we mean by superior quality is that they grow better be- cause of their stronger vitality— they yield better because they are bred to increase their yielding qualities. The quality of the crops they pro- duce is superior. PLANT SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS AND HAVE THE BEST CROPS SOUP or SHELL BEAINS White Marrowfat, or Soup Bean. Dwarf. Shelled and dried for winter use. Every farmer should grow a good patch of these for winter marketing. Plant them in the garden or along the outer row of your com or anywhere, for you can sell Soup Beans any time. Everybody uses them. It is a good, profitable crop to grow. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. gocts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. f 10.25. White Navy Bean. Also called Pea Bean or Snow Flake. This is smaller in size than the White Marrow- fat but has an excellent flavor and is being grown in enormous quantities. It should be grown both for market and home consumption. One-half to one bushel per acre is required, depending on whether the rows are 2 or 3 feet apart. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. $10.25. Red Kidney Soup Bean. An old variety; very popu- lar. Seed is red, plant grows dwarf. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75. bus. $10.25. White Kidney. This is another good variety for bak- ing or for soup. The Beans are white and larger than either the navy or White Marrowfat. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. $10.25. 4 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER POLE or CORN BEAINS HOW TO GROW THEM.— One quart will plant 150 hills; about 12 quarts to the acre. Do not think of hurrying your crop by too early planting or you may have a failure— the seed will lot readily if the soil is cold and wet. Wait until the soil is thoroughly wanned. Use 8-foot poles, placing them 4 feet apart in the rows each way. Plant five or six beans around each pole; let three of the best plants stand. They may also be grown in rows and supported by wire or along a wire fence; plant the seed two feet apart for this method. Top-dress with good fertilizer or manure, working it in as you cultivate. Wizard Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure makes all plants hustle. We have it. GREEIN-POD POLE BEAINS Lazy WUe. Broad, thick, fleshy, green pods, entirely stringless. Pods average 6 inches and are borne in great abundance. The white Beans may be used as soup Beans if allowed to dry in the pods. Pkt. lo cts., ^pt. 20 cts.. pt. 35 cts., qt. 6s cts.. 2 qts. $1.25. 4 qts. $2, pk. $3.50, bus. S13. Old Homestead, or Kentucky Wonder. One of the earliest Green-podded Pole Beans, and of the finest quality. Pods are round, stringless, and average 8 to 10 inches in length. A very heavy yielder, and if the pods are gathered as they mature, the vines will continue to bear until the end of the season. Pkt. 10 cts., i^pt. IS cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. S5 cts., 2 qts. $1.10, 4 qts. $1.80, pk. $3.2S, bus. $11.25. Old-fashioned Sickle Pole Bean. One of the best quality; well known to all farmers and gardeners. The seed is gray, with black stripes; the pods long, meaty and stringless. Very heavy yielder. Pkt. 10 cts., Mpt- 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 70 cts., 2 qts. S1.30, 4 qts. $2.2S, pk. $4.25, bus. $16. Horticultural, or Cranberry. Sometimes called Bird's Egg. Long, round, thick pods. Pkt. 10 cts., >2pt. IS cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2, pk. $3.50. bus. $13. White Creaseback. An early Green-podded Pole Bean. The pods grow in clusters and are from 5 to 6 inches in length, perfectly round and stringless. The white seed is excellent for winter use. Pkt. 10 cts.. Mpt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. S5 cts., 2 qts. $1.10. 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3.25. bus. $11.25. White Sickle. Long, curved, fleshy pods of excellent quality, stringless, earlier than most all other pole beans. The seed is white, which makes it also valuable for winter use when dried. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 65 cts., 2 qts. $1.25, 4qts. $2. pk. $3.50, bus. $13. Yard-Long Bean. A variety imported from Japan. It is very interesting to grow as a novelty. The pods are from 3 to 4 feet in length. It is not recommended to grow for profit. Grow it "for fun." Pkt. 10 cts. Jordan's Stringless Self-Drier Pole Bean. Green-podded, entirely ."tringle.ss. very hardy and prolific, small round white seed similar to Lazy Wife, but smaller and more round. The pods may be dried and used in winter as a green Bean. Pkt. 10 cts., yipt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 6s cts.. 2 qts. $1.30, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4. YELLOW-POD POLE BEANS Early Golden Cluster Wax. Large, flat, yellow pods, borne in clusters very profusely; stringless and very tender. Pkt. 10 cts., 'Apt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 70 cts., 2 qts. $1.30, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4.25. bus. $16. Black Wax Pole. Handsome yellow pods, borne profusely ; finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., Hpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts.. qt. 70 cts., 2 qts. $1.30. 4 qts. $2.2S, pk. $4.25, bus. $i6. Yellow-podded Old Homestead. This variety has all the good qualities of the green-podded variety of the same name, yet is a Yellow-pod Bean. The plants are covered with beautiful, long, golden yellow, stringless pods. Pkt. 10 cts., }4pt. 20 cts. pt. 3S cts., qt. 65 cts., 2 qts. $1.25, 4 qts. $2, pk. $3.50, bus. $13. Old Homestead, also called Kentucky Won- der. One of the best string less Green-Pod Pole Beans. ASPARAGUS HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS.— One ounce of seed will produce about 200 plants; 4 to 5 lbs. to the acre. 1 will furnish a special Leaflet with full directions for preparing the bed, how to set the roots, etc., free to all my customers who ask for it. Asparagus is a very profitable crop to grow. Roots should be planted early in the spring. CtorrKnn'^ Tonrlorhonrf A variety of exceptional value. Its size, tender- IKIIUKIIIKUII. i^p^g quality and high flavor make this superior to any other variety. We urge all lovers of this delicious vegetable, as well as those who grow it for market, to order at once. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. SO cts., '^Ib. $1, lb. $3. Concver's Colossal. Pkt. s cts.. oz. 15 cts.. Klb. 35 cts., lb. $1. Barr's Mammoth. Large-stemmed, green variety. Pkt. s cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 35 cts.. lb. $1. Palmetto. Early; prolific; light green; very tender, large, and disease-resisting. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. IS cts., Klb. 35 cts.. lb. $1. Strong two-year-old roots of the above, 40 cts. per doz. (postpaid, 50 cts.), $2 per 100 (postpaid, $2.35), $15 per 1,000. 5 Clemson's Tenderheart Asparagvis WALTER S. SCHELLS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Dwarf or Bush Lima BEAINS My Lima Bean seed is extra fine—far superior to the ordinary stock sold for seed HOW TO GROW THEM.— Make the rows 2 feet apart and give each plant 12 inches of space. If the soil becomes hard or crusted, keep it broken up, or your Limas will never come up. Do not plant Limas until the soil is warm, about May 15 in this latitude. One quart will plant ISO feet of row; 20 to 24 quarts to the acre. Plant with the eye down. Burpee Improved Bush Lima. F"ine-f1avored; big. broad, "meatv" Bean.s. The sturdy bushes grow 20 to 24 inches higli. It is an enormous yielder. bearing in close clusters as many as eleven pods, and the pods containing three, four, and five Beans, more containing five than three. The Beans are very much larger and nearly twice as thick as the old Burpee Bush Lima, and tliey mature a week earlier. Pkt. 10 cts.. Mpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 70 cts., 2 qts. S1.30. 4 qts. $2.25. pk. $4, bus. $15. Burpee Bush Lima. The bushes grow about 20 inches high, are verv prolific and the Beans are as large as the large pole Limas. The new Burpee Improved Bush Lima is, however, a vast improvement over this variety. See the description of it. Pkt. 10 cts.. Hpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 65 cts., 2 qts. $1.25, 4 qts. $2.10, pk. $3.75, bus. $14. Fordhook Bush Lima. The plants stand erect like little trees (never prostrate or run- ning) and the pods, borne in clusters of four to eight, are filled tightly with big, thick, delicious, potato-like Beans of very fine flavor. (See illustration, page7.) Pkt. 10 cts., 'Apt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 70 cts.. 2 qts. Si. 30, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. S4, bus. $15. Dreer's Bush Lima. The Beans are thick, sweet, and verv richly flavored. Pkt. 10 cts., >ipt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 70 cts., 2 qts. $1,30. 4 qts. J2.25, pk. S4, bus. $15. Henderson's Bush Lima. Small Beans, but very tender and of exquisitely rich, buttery, Lima flavor, whether used green or dried for winter. Pkt. 10 cts.. ^^pt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2, pk. S3. 25. POLE LIMA BEAINS HOW TO GROW THEM.— About the first to the middle of May, plant four to six Beans around poles 8 to 10 feet high, setting the poles 4 feet apart each way. Thin to three plants, if soil is rich. They may also be grown on trellis or poultry wire; for this method plant in regular rows, two or three Beans every IS inches. Poles may readily be obtained at anv lumberyard. Cultivate often (not when plants are wet) and top-dress occasiooalljr with Wizard Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure, working it into the soil. Schell's New Wonder Pole Lima Beans The wholp plant is ioadt-d full of big, thick Beans of the richest flavor. Schell's New Wonder Pole J tfnn Wonderfully prolific. The big, broad, thick, meaty Beans, holding their fresh greenish color, even when dried, are crowded tightly in the pods. The vines are so tremendously prolific that the handsome pods seem literally crammed on to every inch of the branches. Plant this vari ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ety on my recominenda- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Burpee tion. Pkt. 10 cts., i/jpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. ^^^^^^^ ^"'''se^ 70 cts., 2 qts. $1.80, 4 qts. Big, broad, thick Beans with delicious $2.25, pk. $4.25, bus. $16. flavor. Grow more Limas; it pays. King Of the Garden Pole Lima. Very prolific and the quality is very fine. The pods usually contain five or six very large Beans. Pkt. 10 cts., Mpt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2, pk. $3.50. bus. $13. Dreer's Improved Pole Lima. (Potato Lima.) The Beans are medium size, very thick and of excellent quality. The vines are very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., >2pt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. ?i.20, 4 qts. I2, pk. $3.. 50, bu.s. $13. Extra-Early Jersey Lima. Quite early. Pods contain three or four large Beans. Pkt. 10 cts., ^-ipt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. %2, pk. $3.50, bus. $13. Large White Lima. Similar to King of the Garden Pole Lima. Pkt. 10 cts., 'Apt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. Si. 20, 4 qts. $2, pk. S3. 50, bus. $13. Trucker's Delight. An extra-early, large, white Lima of excellent quality; very profitable for those who grow for market, becau.se of its earliness. Pkt. 10 cts., >3pt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. f2, pk. $3.50, bus. S13. Early Leviathan. Early and very large. The pods hang thick, five to ten in a cluster, with either four, five, or six large Beans in each pod. Pkt. 10 cts., Vipt. 20 cts., pt. 35 ct.-<., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. Si. 20, 4 qts. S2, pk. S3. 50, bus. $13. 6 FORDHOOK BUSH LIMAS. One of the very best-note how they yicld. The plants stand very erect, never prostrate or running, and are filled with many clusters of pods. The beans are very thick, meaty, and of delicious flavor. It is ready for use a week earlier than other dwarf Linias and bears fully a third more pods. My Fordhook Limas are pure stock excellent quality. Grow more Limas, plant the best, Schell's Quality Seeds, and have a big crop. Last year I was fortunate to have a large crop of these and sold hundreds of bushels of them. The quality, as usual was extra fine and this brought many letters from my customers which 1 do not have space to print' although I would like you to read them. One very large grower of Limas wrote: "The Fordhook Bush Limas you sent me were positively the finest Fordhooks I over received from any grower." Pkt. 10 cts., Vipt. 20 cts pt. 85 cts., qt. 70 cts., 2 qts. $1.30, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $15. (For other Limas see page 6.) Mrs. W. .v. Mn.i,KR, Cumberland County, say.s: "You ha\-e the best Beans that grow." "Never had such a crop of Lima Beans. Your .Fordhook is certainly a great yieldcr." — Joskph Ma.vn, Dauphin County. 7 Positively no other Beet to compare with it. class by itself — all gardeners who grow it say so. This is the Beet I want you to be sure to order. It is the best Beet for all seasons. A mo.st valuable variety to grow for early, second crop, successive plantings, anrl for late planting for winter use. We supply thousands of pounds of seed of my Black Knight Beet to market-gardeners everywhere, and they all claim it is the best of all good Beets. Its color is the Jt'i-prst hlack-red all the way through, as .shown in this color photograph, which is an exact reproduction of the original Beets as grown from my seeds by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Martz. of Dauphin County. They grow and sell Black Knight all season through. The Beets are of very superior ciuality. in addition to their rich black-red color. They are highly flavored, deliciously crisp, tender, and sweet; \-ery smooth, clean, and of uniform sliape and size. When .sown early, or at the same time as the E.-ttra-Early Harrisburg Market, it follows it clo.sely. I recommend it higlily. F. M. Best, says: — "They sell tliemselvcs and bring folks back. We always sell all we can haul as rniickly as we can handle them. Black Knight is the Beet for us." Mr. Frank Hokstick is r)U'ase{l. "I had live pounds of your Beet seed and there was not an "off" one in tlic whole patch," Pkt. 5 cts.; ox. 15 cts.; i^Ib. 40 cts.; i^lb. 65 cts.; lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. $5.75; 10 lbs. $10 8 • THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER BEETS Crosby's Improved Egyptian Beets This Beet has been a favorite a long time, and one of the finest extra-early Beets. Crimson Globe. Medium- sized, smootli; rich, dark red; tops small. This Beet has become very popular, and is coming into favor with our market-garden- ers more every year. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., yi\h. 30 cts.. lb. $1. Crosby's Improved Egyp- tian. One of the earliest Beets in cultivation; deep dark red; of excellent quality and extra-fine flavor. Small tops, mak- ing it a good forcer. A profitable market sort. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., 'A\h. 30 cts.. lb. Si. Halt-Long Blood. The root is a rich, dark red, very sweet, crisp and tender; does not Isecome woody. It is very smooth and handsome. A good keeper. A half-long Beet makes a good winter va- riety. It is always salable. Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., K'b- 30 cts., lb. ii. ■ SchelVs Deep Blood Turnip Beet This early, glolie-shaped Beet, of excellent quality, is especially esteemed on account of its dark red color, which extends entirely through the Beet, and without the light-colored rings .seen in some varieties. The medium-size Beets are smooth and handsome, and are now being largely used for canning as well as for the home-garden and market. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., ViXh. 40 cts.. lb. Si. 25. Long Smooth Blood-Red. The best of all long Beets. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., yi\h. 30 cts., lb. $1. Dewing's Blood Turnip. Roots are dark red; good keeper. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., I4\h. 30 cts., lb. $1. Surprise. Shaped like a top. Roots are a good size for bunching; smooth, deep red; very tender and sweet; makes a very desirable second-early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., yi\h. 30 cts., lb. $1. ■My high-quality Beet seed produces a very uniform and perject crop. Remember, the vitality of all my seed is tested; that is one reason why they grow better. HOW TO GROW BEETS.— Sow the seed as soon as the ground can be properly worked. Be sure to work in Wizard Brand Pulver- !?/ , .'i.*'^'' Manure (we have it) or some other good fertilizer. Make the rows 12 inches apart for hand cultivation; cover the seed 1 mch; thin out the plants to stand 3 or 4 inches in the row; culti- vate often; keep clean of weeds. Successive plantings may be made every 3 weeks until August 1. You will then have Beets all suminer, with the last crop for winter use. At this last planting put out all you can to provide for your own use, for canning, and for sellmg all winter. This is one of the important crops so necessary to provide for winter vegetables. One ounce will sow a row of SO feet; 5 or 6 pounds to the acre. Harrisburg Market Extra-Early. The favorite early Beet of the market-gardener. Extra early; dark red; shape medium between a globe and a flat. This is my choice for extra early, or first in the market. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS cts.. Klb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. Early Model. Extremely early, of perfect globe-shape and finest in quality. Smooth and of the deepest blood- red. Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., Xlb. 30 cts., lb. $1. Eclipse. Small but grows remarkably quick. This anA its very fine quality, round shape and deep red color make it a favorite for the market-gardener. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., >ilb. 30 cts., lb. Sr. Edmand's Blood Turnip. One of the best varieties to follow the extra-early va- rieties and for late crop. Should be planted at the same time to mature just after the extra early. The shape is round; color deep red. The Beets mature very uniformly, and are fine- flavored and tender. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. Si. Six dollars will plant an acre of Beets, which will yield a crop of several hundred dollars. Edmand's Blood Turnip Beet An especially good keeper. Many of my market-gardener customers grow Edmand's for their winter crop. Schell's Deep Blood Bed Turnip Beet An excellent second-early sort. Flesh dark red. You'll like it. WALTER S. SCHELLS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS BEETSl continued Detroit Dark Bed Beet Grown from my High Qual- ity Seed. One of the best for market. 1 Detroit Dark Red Beet A variety of exceptional quality and un- usual attractiveness. Its handsome appear- ance makes it a great seller on the market, "ilobe-shaped, tapering slightly; smooth; dark red; very early. A good general-crop Beet. We sell thousands of ^pounds of seed of our fancy ^strain of this popular variety ^to market-gardeners ^everj-where. If Detroit ^is one of your leadersj plant my seed this year and have the best. Pkt. 6 cts., oz. 10 cts., >/4lb. 30 cts., lb. $1. Lutz's Green-Lear Winter Table Beet A very large, dark red, table Beet; tender and sweet; keeps well and is a most desirable variety fall and winter use. For slicing it best variety. Everyone should grow some of these for winter use. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., V4\b. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. im^^ well for is the Lutz's Qreen-Leaf Winter Table Beet An excellent keeper. Very dark red. SWISS CHARD BEET, or SEA KALE LucuUus. Stems are cooked as a salad or pickled. This vegetable is com- ing into great favor, as it is being grown more extensively, and market- gardeners can soon build uo a strong demand for it. Grow it 1 Pkt. s ets., oz. 15 cts., y^Vo. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. IV/I ANir'PI \A/I ID7FI (STOCK BEETS). Six pounds will sow an acre. Dairy farmers should ItIaaI lULIIL' VV \J rvZ.Ll_ grow more of these for their cows. They make the best kind of winter feed, cost little and make more rich milk than almost any other feed. Fattening, breeding, and milk cattle do equally well on them. About one-fourth of the daily rations should be of roots. They are also excellent feed for poultry. Mammoth Long Red. Verj' large; red flesh. Oz, 5 ct.-i., Kllj. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 6 lbs. $2.75. Golden Tankard. Flesh yellow. O2. s cts., Klb 15 cts., lb. so cts.. 6 lbs. S2.75. HOW TO GROW THEM, SUGAR BEETS. Sludstrup. Reddish yellow; very large and of excellent quality for stock-feeding. Oz. 15 cts., K'b. 30 cts., lb. 75 cts., 6 lbs. $4. „ _ -(Same as Mangel-Wurzel.J Sow 6 pounds to the acre in May or June, in rows 3 feet apart, thinning the plants when 3 inches high to 8 to 10 inches ia the rows; cultivate often. Vilmorin's Impioved. Size medium, yielding from 10 to 16 tons to the acre. Oz. s cts., Klb. is cts., lb. so cts. Brussels Sprouts HOW TO GROW THEM. — Sow the seed the same as cabbag©, in coldframes or hotbeds for early, or outside as soon as the ground can be worked. When the plants are 3 or 4 inches 1 high, set them out in rows like cabbage, 1 20 to 24 inches apart in the rows and the rows 20 inches apart for hand cultivation or 3 feet apart for horse cultivation. One ounce of seed will plant a row 200 feet long and make 2,000 to 3,000 plants. New Prolific Exhibition A very superior selection with very fine, even-shaped Sprouts of good size and flavor. Very prolific, as shown in the illustration. Pkt. lOc, oz. 25 cts., 141b. 80 cts., lb. $3. Dwarf French Improved. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet high and produce from the sides of the stalk numerous little Sprouts which re- semble very small cabbages i or 2 inches in diameter. The leaves should be broken down in the fall to give the little heads more room to grow; very hardy. Pkt. S cts., oz. 25 cts., 141b. 75 cts., lb. $2.50. 10 Mamiaoth Golden Tankard Beets When cows are fed on them, their milk looks like all cream. Yellow flesh. An acre of them will help cut down your next winter's feed bill. New BrusBeU Sprouts, Prollflo Exhibition • THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER Kelway Carrots The Kelway Carrot Ozheart Carrots This new Kelway Carrot is the brightest scarlet as to skin, the smoothest-grained texture as to flesh, of all the half-long Carrots. It is of the most perfect form, pointed-rooted, with a broad high shoulder; about 7 inches in length; unequaled for beauty and quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS cts., Vjb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. CARROTS Danvers Balf-Iion; length of Danvers, but thicker; rich dark orange i n color. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., )4^h. 30 cts., lb. $1. Early Soarlet Horn. Excellent for early plant- ing out-of-doors. Tops are small. Roots are top-shaped, tapering abruptly to a small top. Skin is orange-red. Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. $1. White Belgian. The best field Carrot. Oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cti., lb. 8s cts. New Carrot Early Market This is a stump-rooted Carrot. It grows very quickly and gives a heavy crop of sound, smooth, heavy-shouldered roots. It is sure to become a very popular sort for market. The illustration shows the perfect shape of Early Market and you will find it a ready seller on the market be- cause of its very attractive appearance. If you have not already grown this variety, do so this year, for I consider it one of the best and very early. Pkt. 6 cts., oz. 15 cts., VM>. 60 cts., $1.60, HOW TO GROW THEM.— Carrots grow the best in deep, loose, fertile soil, although any good garden soil well worked will produce Carrots. Wizard Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure, which contams much humus, is good to work in the soil (we have it). For the first crop, sow the seed in April as soon as the soil is warm and fit to work, then make successive plantings until August 1 the last for fall or winter use. Make the rows 12 to 15 inches apart; cover the seed Vjinch deep- then thin out the plants so they will stand 3 to 4 inches apart in the rows. One ounce will sow a row 100 feet long; 3 to 4 pounds to the acre. Danvers Half -Long. Slightly longer than Chantenay. Rich orange-red roots; smooth and handsome, tapering to a blunt point. Flesh sweet and crisp; one of the best for market. Pkt. s cts.. oz. 10 cts., %\h. 30 cts., lb. $1. Chantenay. A half-long, stump-rooted Carrot; smooth; rich orange color; best qual" ity. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^41b. 30 cts., lb. $t. Improved Long Orange. point. Good quality and good keeper. Pkt. 5 cts., Oxheart. A short, thick, stump-rooted Carrot of the best quality. Comes early. Will grow well in stony ground where long-rooted varieties would grow into crooked shapes. Oxheart is an elegant market variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Xlb. 30 cts.. lb. $1. Rubicon. A very handsome, stump-rooted Carrot about the Longer than either of the above and tapers to a sharp — J , r.,.. . — _ ^ij^ ^1^^ Early Market Carrots WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS CABBAGE HOW TO GROW CABBAGE.— To get the earliest possible crops, sow the seed of the early varieties under glass (greenhouse or hotbeds) in February in beds or low boxes ("flats" we call them) about 18 inches square and 4 inches deep. Sow the seed in rows about 3 inches apart; when plants are 2 '/2 or 3 inches high, thin them out so they will stand 2 mches apart in the rows. As soon as the ground outside can be worked properly, set out the plants in rows 2 feet apart and the plants about 18 inches apart in the rows. Nitrate of soda is good to give the plants a good start; apply it around but not against the plants. If the season is dry, water the plants freely — Cabbage is about 80 per cent water. For the late Cabbage, sow the seed outside in rows in May; transplant in July. Keep dusting them through the season with "Slug-Shot," which is not harmful to people but kills the Cabbage worms and prevents the eggs from hatching. For Cabbage lice (mostly found on underside of leaf) spray them (the lice) with "Black- Leaf 40." It kills them and is harmless to the Cabbage. (We have it.) One ounce of seed will sow a row of 300 feet and make about 2,500 plants; 4 ounces to the acre. EXTRA-EARLY VARIETIES Schell's New "Harrisburg" Extra- Early Cabbage I want every market-gardener, everj' farmer, every home-gardener, to grow this splendid Cab- bage. It is very early, forming its hard, heavy, round heads in 75 days from sowing the seed. You can grow 150 heads of Harrisburg Cabbage on the same space re- quired for 100 heads of other varieties, because the plants of Harrisburg are very compact with few outside leaves and these keep close to the head so that you can set the plants 12 inches apart instead of 18 inches as required for other sorts. Harrisburg has a distinctively rich Cab- bage taste and its fine texture, together witli its extreme earliness, make it, in my estimation, a very valuable extra-earlv round-head Cabbage. I recommend it highly. Pkt. 10 cts., Vioz. 20 cts., Vioz. 30 cts., 02. 60 cts., y4lb. $1.50, lb. $4.50. Schell's New Extra-Earlu Perfection A very large, early, round-headed Cabbage of the greatest value to those who grow for market. It is with- out question one of the best round, hard-headed, early Cabbages in cultivation. The heads are very solid, weighing 8 to 10 pounds, the stems short and few outside leaves which allows very close planting. Everyone who intends to grow Cabbage should include this splendid variety. It follows 10 days after my new extra-early ■•Harrisburg." Pkt. 10 cts., V40Z. 20 cts., V20Z. 30 cts. OZ. 60 cts., V4lb. $1.50, lb. $4.60. 6£h«U!3 New "Harrisburg" Extra-Early Cabbage Acres and acres of my Extra-Early Perfection Cabbage, every plant a perfect head. You can grow it just as fine by sowing Schell's Quality Seeds. Special Strain Extra-Early Jersey Wakefield. For gardeners wishing to lead the market this is the Cabbage. It is identical with Jersey Wakefield, except a trifle smaller, but is ready to cut fully a week to ten days earlier. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts., ■41b. 85 cts.. lb. S3. Extra-Early Express. Extremely early; small, solid heads. Pkt. s cts., oz. 30 cts., J ceptionally fine, second-early Cabbage. The heads are between a fiat and a round, are solid and come very uniform. A favorite with the market-gardeners here. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts., Klb. 85 cts., lb. S3. , , , , AU Head. Very large, flat, sohd heads; .second-early. Pkt. s ets., oz. 30 cts., J/4lb. $1.15, lb. $4. Sow plenty of seed; you can sell any surplus plants you grow and this profit will often pay the cost of the seed. 13 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET- GARDENERS Improved Long Qreen Cucumber — always a good one. My seed is selected from just such perfect types. CUCUMBERS HOW TO GROW CUCUMBERS.— They want a rich, warm, weU- worked soil. Plant in hills about 4 feet apart each way. Plant 8 to 10 seeds in each hill. When the plants are up strong, thin out, leaving: four of the strongest ones in each hill. For early crop, plant as soon as the weather is settled and soil is warm during May. By starting plants under glass or in pots, they will have a good start and can be set out in May. For pickles, for late use, and for canning, plant in June. Other plantings may be continued until July 15. Keep gathering the Cucumbers; do not allow any to ripen, or it will stop the vines from continuing to bear. Spray the plants from the very beginning with Pyrox; it kills the bugs and prevents blight. One ounce will plant 50 hills; 2 potmds to the acre. Klondyke. One of recent intro- duction and one that is superior as a market variety. Perfect shape, dark green, about the size of White Spine; very vig- orous plants which are wonder- fully prolific; early. I recom- mend it highly. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS ct5.,;ilb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. Improved Long Green. The market-gardener's favorite. A big yielder. (See illustration.) Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS cts., yilb. 40 ct.,.. lb. $1.25. Jersey Pickle. Very productive; the small fruits are used for pickles, larger ones for sweet pickles. Pkt. S cts., oz. IS cts., ^Ih. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. ' £arly Frame, or Short Green. A good pickling va- riety and for medium-sized Cucumbers for slicing. Pkt. S cts., oz. 15 cts., >ilb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. Cool and Crisp. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., !4\h. 40c., lb. $1.25. Davis Perfect Cucumbers. Very dark green; sliape uniform and attractive; few seeds Early Green Prolific, or Boston Pickling. Yields a big crop and is valued for small as well as medium- sized pickles. Pkt. sc., oz. 150., Klb. 40c., lb. $1.25. Everbearing. A heavy yielder and comes very early. If the fruits are kept gathered, the vines will continue bearing throughout the season. Fruits dark green. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS cts., >41b. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. Cumberland. Rich pea-green color. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS cts., Xlb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. Japanese Climbing. Pkt. s cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. sects. Gherkin, or Bur. .\ prickly variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Xlb. 50 cts. Improved White Spine Cucumber Another of the leading market varieties. A specimen of a perlect crop grown from my seed by Mr. C. A. Harmaa THEY GROW BETTER ■ THEY YIELD BETTER CELERY HOW TO GROW CELERY.— To have matured Celery early in the summer, sow seed of the early varieties under glass in February; set the plants out in May. Celery seed is by no means so easy to grow as most other seeds. For fall and winter crops, sow the seed in April or May, depending on the condition of the soil. To get Celery seed to germinate and give you a good stand of strong plants, you must have the soil worked deep, very fine and loose, moist and warm. Sow the seed in rows a foot apart for hand cultivation. Keep moist; prevent soil from becoming dry or "crusted." In June set out the plants 6 inches apart in the rows, having the soil well pre- pared. Make the rows 2 to 3 feet apart, depending on the amount you are growing and whether for hand or horse cultiva- tion. Blanching is done by banking up the earth around the plants gradually until within a few inches of the top. One ounce will produce about 5,000 plants. My Celery seed is of that high standard of quality required for high-cla.ss trade, and means the highest prices and quickest sales to the gardeners who use it. "For two years past I have grown my Celery from Hargest's AUheart and Easy Blanching Seed purchased from you and my Celery has been pronounced the best by a host of friends. — "Mrs. D.\hl Myers, Cumb. Co. Scheirs Yellow Bountiful Beans lead all others as the best quality, heaviest yielding, st inglcss yellow-podded Bean. H. M. Anderson, market-gardener of Mifflin County. Pa., in writing for the Market Growers' Journal, May is, ig2l, says: "My customers make the final payment in my enterprise and should liave the best that money can buy — regardless of cost. I ran find no better Bean, all points considered, than the Round-pod Kidney Wax and Schell's Yellow Boyntiful." Be sure to include it in your order. The Houser Celery A variety that, once grown by market-gardeners or private gardeners, will always be grown. It is simply delicious. "Allheart" Celery grown by Mr. Walter Musser, Market- Gardener, from Schell's Quality Seed. Mr. Musser was credited with having the finest Celery in our city markets last fall and winter. Hargesfs Allheart Celery A Variety of Great Value Allheart is a late Celery, the result of a most exhaust- ive selection of certain type plants which possessed the four essentials necessary for the best Celery, which are, flavor, abundance of hearts, size and attractive appear- ance. There are big bunches of hearts in each stalk; it grows as high as White Plume. Its flavor is like that of Giant Pascal, but it does not resemble it, being more stalky, light green, blanches up easier and to a rich golden yellow. One of the best keepers. I urge all my customers to grow AUheart, knowing that it will please and prove profitable. We. have received many letters from Celery-growers praising the good qualities of Allheart. (See illustration above.) Pkt. 10 Cts., 1/202. 45 cts., oz. S&.cts., Vilb. $2.75, lb. $9. The Houser Celery The Houser is a most valuable green Celerj', blanch» ing easily to a beautiful white, with rich yellow heart. The plants grow about 20 inches high, the stems are clean and smooth, almost round, very brittle, with a distinctly rich, crisp, nutty flavor, the quality which creates a demand for your crop. It is an excellent keeper If 1 had space to print the many testimonials as to its fine quality, written by many of my customers, you would not fail to order it after reading them. Ever> body praises it. This new Houser Celerj' is sure to please every market-gardener who grows it. Pkt. 10 cts., V2OZ. 45 cts., oz. 75 cts., V4lb. $2.50, lb. $8. Golden Self-blanching. (French.) The finest stand- ard strain of Self-blanching Celery. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 75 cts., %\h. $2.50, lb. $8. Columbia. An early-maturing sort, tmsurpassed in shape and quality. The plant is of medium height but very stocky and heavy. The stalks are thick, almost round, resembling in shape those of Giant Pascal; the color haj in it more of the rich yellow tint of Golden Self-blanching, which it resembles very much in appearance when trimmed and bunched for the market. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts., %\h. $1.75, lb. $6 15 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS White Plume Celery This splendid Celery is improving from year to year under high culture and careful selection. It is a truly beautiful type. No other Celery naturally turns white upon reaching maturity — all others require blanching with boards or with earth. The Golden Self-blanching naturally turns yellow, but this one turns white. Not only does the stem whiten, but the leaf itself. White Plume Celery is one of the most showy varieties that can be put upon the market. As to crispness and qual- ity. White Plume is all that can be desired of a white Celery. It is very early, and my stock is extra fine. The crops of my customers show the quality of the seed I sell them. Pkt. 5 ets., Vioz. 16 cts., oz. 25 cts., Vilb. 8S cts., lb. $3. Giant Pascal. Very large, thick, solid and crisp, with a rich, nutty flavor. A good-keeping green Celery. It is one of the leading varieties grown by market- gardeners for winter keeping. When "banked," it blanches very easily and quickly Be sure to grow some of it. Pkt. s cts., oz. 25 cts., M'b. 85 cts., lb. $3. Winter Queen. A very thick, solid stock with a great deal of heart; excellent quality and a good keeper. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., }ilb. 85 cts., lb. 12.75. Winter King. A green Celery with an abundance of golden yellow hearts. One of the best keepers. Large, solid, nut-flavored stems. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., Klb. 85 cts., lb. I2.75. Schell's Yellow as Gold Positively the finest and purest rich golden yellow Celery grown. There are a great many strains of yellow, self-blanching Celery; some are good; some are very undesirable. This Yellow as Gold is a private stock which cannot be surpassed. I urge you to try it out alongside of any strain offered by any seedsman, and let it prove itself. It has that rich, nutty flavor and handsome color which make it a quick seller. Plit. 10 cts., V2OZ. 60 cts., oz. $1, V4lb. $3.50, lb. $12. Snow White. A beautiful snow white type of White Plume. Highly valued by growers because of its clean white appearance. Pkt. 5 cts., yioz. 15 cts., oz. 25 cts., 'Alb. 85 cts., lb. S3. Boston Market. Solid, half-round, green stalks, blanching white; crisp and tender; dwarf and robust. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 'Alh. 65 cts., lb. $2. Dwarf Golden Heart. Large heart; solid, round stalks, blanching golden yellow; crisp and fine; a good keeper. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., A\h. 65 cts., lb. $2. Schumacher. Very solid and crisp and a rich, nutty flavor, hearts are large and firm and yellow as gold. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 'Alh. 65 cts., lb. $2. New Rose. An excellent keeper. The color is a beau- tiful shade of rose and, like all red Celeries, of excep- tionally fine flavor; solid, crisp and stringless. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 60 cts.. lb. Si-'S- Pink Plume. Same as White Plume except stalks are tinged with pink; richly flavored and a good keeper. Pkt. s cts., oz. 20 cts., } cllow color, so desirable and necessary, long before it is ])ossiblc to produce it on the other green Celeries. My seed is a fancy strain produced from perfect specimen plants. It is simply perfect. I urge everyone, whether large or small grower, to be sure to grow my strain of Easy-Blanching. Prices: Lb. $15; Vjlb. $7.50; V4lb. $4; 2 ozs. $2.25; oz. $1.25; Vioz. 75 cts.; Vioz. 40 cts.; pkt. 10 cts. Messrs. Tuomas Benstkad and Sons, Ontario, famous Celerv- Erowers, known throughout North America as among the largest and most expert Celery-growers, having taken more than 200 first prizes on their Celery when in competitive exhibitions in Canada. United States, and England, say: "We grew one of the finest crops of Celery from your seed of Easy-Blanching that we ever grew. ... I like your Houser very much; also your Allheart. Will want more." 17 SCHELL'S NEW SILVER BEAUTY SWEET CORN The Sweetest, Largest, Silvery -White, Extra-Early Sweet Corn Our gardeners about here supplying our city markets receive fancy prices for it. Its flavor is different — so sweet and luscious that it creates a demand for itself. Silver Beauty Sweet Corn is a large-eared, early Corn, coming in almost as early as the small-eared sorts: it is almost twice their size and very superior in quality. When you sell it, tell your customers the name of it. and see Ihem back tlie next market-day asking for "Silver Beauty." Its beautiful, silvery white rows of big. deep grains make it sell on sight. Its earliness and quality bring highest prices, (irow it on my recommendation. It is ready for market in 8 to 9 weeks after planting. By making two or three plantings, ten da> s apart, you will have a continuous supply until Stowell's Evergreen, the big, late Corn comes in. Do not fail to order Silver Beauty. Mr. Ch.\rles Koehler, market-gardener of Ohio, praises Silver Beauty. lie writes .April 4, 192 1 — "Your Silver Beauty Corn is the best I ever grew." Pkt. 10 cts., V2Pt. 15 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 90 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.25, bus. $9. •1 Miss Fannie Aknold, of Adams C oiiiu> , is delighted with the fine crops ourhiKh-quality seeds produce tor her. She writes U8 February 5, 192 1 : "I am very much pleased witli your seeds. I have been having the finest crops of everything since I have been get- ting my seeds from you. Vour Celery surely is fine. In fact all your weds produce the finest crops and turn out to be just wliat you say." 18 THEY GROW BETTER » THEY YIELD BETTER SWEET CORN NOTE.— 1 guarantee my Corn to germinste. After you get It. plant twenty-five seeds in a box or flower-pot, attend to It properly, and prove to your own satisfaction that my seed will serniinate satisfactorily, as I say. I cannot, however , , , o ^ r~ J ■ ,■ , , . , Eiiarantce the crop against weather and soil conditions. These arc beyond my control. Sweet Corn seed is liable to rot if planted in too wet or cold ground. My Sweet Com is all oa™ fuUy selected, gilt-edged stock, tipped, butted and tested. 'jwwi ^orn is au care HOW TO GROW SWEET CORN.— Prepare the soil thoroughly; enrich it by working in manure. Com needs it. Wizard Brand' Pulverized Sheep Manure is fine for Com (we have itj. For horse cultivation, make rows 3 feet apart, for the home-irarden 2 feet fS"^lu"t^^f1* hills from 1 to 2 feet apart in the rows. The early varieties, producing smaller stalks, can be planted closer than the big late Corns. If planted very early, before the soil is warm, of course you take some risk of the seed rotting If it does don t blame the seed; remember that you took a risk against nature. Most gardeners take such a risk in order to get verv earlv crops. Cover seed lightly when planted early— about Viinch and 1 to 1 inches when soil is warm, and deeper in summer when soil is dry. Remember that seed needs moisture and warmth to germinate it. To have Corn all season, plant everv two weeks up to July IS. One quart will plant 200 hills; 10 quarts to an acre. ' ^ ' "eel's Mr. Adam P, Smith, of Lebanon Count>', Pa., like thousands of others, praises Schell's Silver Beautv Sweet Corn Hfr. writes us, September 21, 1921.— "I wa,s very well pleased with your Silver Beauty; surely it is a wonder. Nothing like it." EXTRA-EARLY VARIETIES READY FOR MARKET IN 55 TO 65 DAYS De Lue's Golden Giant. Awarded Fir.'st Prize and Sweepstakes in 1920 and 1921. by Massachusetts De- partment of Agrictilture. Attractive golden yellow color; deliciously sweet; a week earlier than Golden Bantam, its parent and twice as large! I hope nol one of my customers will overlook the importance and value of this new yellow Sweet Corn. It has been tried out in every part of tlie United States and is praised by every one who grew it. Sold for $1 per dozen ears in the city markets last spring. Be a leader in your market by being among the first to offer it. Pkt. 10 cts., .J^pt. 35 cts., pt. 65 cts., qt, li,2.^. 2 qts. $2.50, 4 qts. S4.S0, 8 qts. $&, Kbus. f 15, bus. S25. Premo. The earliest Sweet Corn in cultivation; small ear. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., 2 qts. 80 cts., 4 qts. $i.2,s, pk. $2, bus. $7.50. .^^rosby's Extra-Early Sugar. Medium size and very sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., 2 qts. 70 cts., 4 qts. Si. IS. pk. $1.90, bus. $6.50. Extra-Early Red Cory. A very early variety; very sweet. Pkt. $ cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., 2 qt.s. 70 c ts., 4 qts. Sr. 15, pk. S1.90, bus. S6.50. (iMden Bantam. Extra early; beautiful golden yellow ears; very sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., 2 qts. 80 cts., 4 qts. Si. 25, pk. $2, bus. S7..S0. Adam's Extra-Early Dwarf. Can be planted very early; is not a -Sweet Corn, but is classed with Sweet Corn and sold as such. Ready in fifty-five days from planting. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts.. 2 qts. 65 cts., 4 qts. Si, pk. Si.Tfi. bus. 16.50. Ji»rge Early Adams, or Burlington. The same kind of Corn as the above, but grows taller, ears are a trifle larger, and is not quite so early. Pkt. 5c.. pt. 20c., qt. 3SC., 2 qts. 65c., 4 qts. $1. pk. $1.75, bus. $6. 50. Peep-o'-Day. One of the very earliest; very sweet, delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 cts.. pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., 2 qts. 80 cts., 4 qts. $1.25, pk. $2, bus. $7.50. _JBarly White Cory. Grows about 5 feet high, usually two fine ears to the stalk, ready in about sixty-five days. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts,, 2 qts. 70 cts., 4 qts. Si. 15, pk. S1.90, bus. S6.50. For Field Com, see pages 70 to 72. For Evergreen Broom Corn, see under Field Seeds SECOND-EARLY VARIETIES READY FOR MARKET IN 70 TO 80 DAYS Kendel's Early Giant. The largest-eared second-early Corn; very fine. Pkt. .1; cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., 2 qts. 70 cts., 4 qts. Si. 15. pk. $i.go, bus. S6.50. Early Evergreen. Almost as large as Stowell's Ever- green and ripens ten days earlier. Pkt. 5c., pt. 20c., (II.3.SC..2 qts. 70c., 4qts. Sl.15. pk. Sl.90, bus. S6.,so. Early Minnesota. A very fine, early Corn; a good- .2lb. $20. ScheU's Special-Stock Extra-Early Snowball. My special stock of this popular variety is unequaled. One of the best for forcing under glass or for outside. It follows close, in maturing, my stock of Extra-Early Dwarf Erfurt. Pkt. 20 cts., l4oz. $1. yioz. $1.75, oz. S3, KIb. $10, J^lb. Ji8. ScheU's Large Early SnowbaU. A larger-heading variety of the above; does not mature quite so early. Pkt. 20 cts., %oz. $1, yioz. $1.75, oz. $i. Jio, yilh. J 1 8. Dry Weather. It grows tall and has proved to be able to withstand hot, dry weather, producing large, white heads in spite of the lack of moisture required by other varieties. Pkt. 20 cts., %oz. Ji, yioz. Si. 75, oz. S3, yi\h. $10. y,\h. S18. ScheU's QuaUty. The largest-heading and surest crop of all. In quality it is of the finest. It matures after my Large Early Snowball. Small pkt. 20 cts., ^oz. Si. 25, %oz. $2, oz. $4, J-. then grow Grand Rapids, for while it does not produce a head it' is equal to the 1 lead Lettuce in quality. It is a profitable crop for all who grow it; ideal for home-garden. Be sure to include it in your order. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 2 ozs. 25 cts., Vilb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. 10 lbs. $12.50. "Regarding the seeds purchased from you kist season, I never saw their equal; perfect germination and perfect crops." — Mrs. Charles R. Soder, Juniata Co., Pa. Mrs. A. W. Gamby says: "Your Grand Rapids Lettuce and West's First Early Tomato are the grandest 1 ever raised." Grand Rapids Lettuce. One-half natural size Grown from my high-quality seed by Mr. Edward Grosz, market-gardener and greenhouse vegetable grower. Mr Grosz says- I never grew finer Lettuce. That is what all say of my strain of Grand Rapids. Order it now, enough for all season. ' 23 Schell's Big Boston Lettuce A grand variety for early, midsummer or fall use. Big, compact, cabbage-like heads, as yellow as gold inside and deliciously sweet, tender and crisp. It is more extensively grown than any other Lettuce either for the private garden or for market. It is grown by market-gardeners everywhere in the open ground for summer and fall; in frames for early spring; forced cool in greenhouses for \vinter use, or planted out in fall with protection for early spring use. Our gardeners grow enormous crops of Big Boston on a comparatively small acreage because it can be planted close. The heads are very compact, as shown in this illustration, very few loose outside leaves, almost all head. It keeps its fine quality longer after being cut than most others, thus giving it added value for shipping. Thousands of acres of it are grow^n in the South during the winter for shipping to northern markets. My strain of it is the finest in cultivation. I want every one of mv customers to grow Big Boston. Price: Lb. $1.50, Vilb. 50 cts., oz. 15 cts., 2 ozs. 25 cts., pkt. 5 cts. ORDER NOW. L. E. H.ARTMAN. Market-Gardener. sa\-s — "Last season I sowed your Big Boston Lettuce beside some I purchased elsewhere. The difference was very noticeable. Vour strain is really the best I ever greii. I made $200 above all expenses on one-fifth of an acre of it this sea.son. I have kept an accurate account." — If it pays him it will pay you to sow my special strain of Big Boston. "I have used your Lettuce for seveti years exclusively and think it is the finest obtainable. Always so very tender." — L S. Bh.i.m.^n. "Your Lettuce seed produced the be.st crop of Lettuce I ever grew. I am well pleased \\ \t\\ all the seeds I ever get from you." — Samuel Dittv. Mrs. Monroe Keller writes us, June 29, 1921: "I have grown your Big Boston Lettuce and find it the best I ever grew." Mr. Wm. F. Schaefer, of York Co., Pa., is greatly pleased. He writes us, August 12. 1921: "Your seeds that I received from you last spring liave all done well and tested out fine, and liave all done what was claimed for them." Schell's BIG BOSTON Means Your Best Crop Always plant Schell's Quality Seeds and Always have Quality Crops Schell's Big Boston Lettuce The way It grows when you sow Schell's Quality Seed. My high-quality strain of Big Boston Is used by market-gardeners everywhere. It Is superior, having perfect uniform heads; it is rich golden yellow inside and extremely tender to the last outside leaf 24 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER WATERMELON One ounce will plant 30 hills; 4 to 5 pounds to the acre New Watermelon, Tom Watson. T^e melons are obiong, is to 24 — ^— — — — — — inches long and lo to 14 inches in diameter, averaging forty to sixty pounds eadi. The flesh is a deep red. of the most delicious quality and extends close to the rind. The rind is dark green and very strong. This variety has proved its great value and should be grown by every melon-grower. Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10 ets., '41b. 30 cts., lb. 7S cts. M Grown extensively in every locality. Every grower likes Kleckley Sweets MUSTARD White London. lb. 80 cts. One ounce will sow a row lOp ft. long Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., I4\h. 25 cts. White Velvet, lb. 75 cts. OKRA, or GUMBO Pkt. s Cts., 02. 10 cts., Klb. 2S cts.. HERBS, Have a "Medicine Garden 99 Everybody should have their own "Medicine Garden" — a plot of flower-garden devoted to the growing of the various Herbs so often You may save much in doctor bills and indeed it may mean the saving Medicinal Herbs at hand for immediate use when needed. HOW TO GROW THEM. Sow the seed in the spring after the soil has 12 inches apart, cultivating the plants often, and when the plants have three apart in the rows. Anise $0 10 $0 -{o Balm 10 Basil, Sweet 10 30 Borage 10 35 Caraway lo 35 Catnip 10 Coriander 10 30 DUl Fennel, Sweet Horehound Marjoram, Sweet. Pennyroyal Rosemary 2S Pkt. .$0 10 10 10 ground somewhere within their vegetable- or needed in the home for medicinal purposes, of the lives in your household by having these become warm — usually about May I. Sow in rows or four leaves transplant to stand about 12 inches Pkt. Oz. .$0 10 $0 60 10 10 10 10 Oz. $0 30 25 40 Sage Savory, Summer . Savory, Winter. . . Tansy Thyme Wormwood 10 ID 10 10 40 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET- GARDENERS PUMPKIN Scbell's Beauty Parsley. It surpasses all others because of its extiuisitely curled heavy foliage on long stems. Grown from mv liitih-quality seed. PARSLEY One ounce will sow a row 100 feet long HOW TO GROW PARSLEY.— Impor- tant! It requires 3 to 4 weeks for Parsley seed to germinate. Cover the seed Vainch. The soiimustbe moist. In dry weather it is next to impos- sible to get Parsley seed to germi- nate unless watered properly. Sometimes, soaking the seed several hours in warm water (not hot) then sowing it out immediately, will help. Schell's Beauty. This Parsley is so extremely curled and of such a rich, fresh green color that its beautiful appearance compels those who see it to purchase it. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. IS cts., Klb. 45 cts., lb. $1.50. Moss Curled. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Xlb. 30 cts., lb. $1. Fine Double Curled. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. Si. Plain. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts.. ^Ih. 30 cts., lb. $1. Triple Curled. Handsome, dwarf and compact; very curly and crimped. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^Ib. 30 cts., lb. Si. Rooted, or Hamburg. The roots are shaped like a parsnip and are used for flavoring soups. Pkt. SC., oz. IOC, K'b. 30c., lb. Si. One ounce will plant 25 hills; 3 pounds to the acre The richer the soil and better the cultivation the larger and better will be the Pumpkins. Plant seed in May or June, about 8 feet apart; also in cornfields when you plant corn. Large Cheese. Flat. One of the best varieties for the family garden. Pkt. S cts., oz. 10 cts., > , one of your most profitable Ml crops. ^0°? " nanasome Prizetaker Onions, Rrown from my quality •' V ^ ^^j^^^^y^^^ _ I . . gggjg janjes Lihrandi, market-gardcncr. There is positively no failure when you plant my si:eds. unless weather or soil conditions cause failure; for we know they will grow; we prove it before we give you the seeds. Pert oat BUverekln Ouiona — White Silverskin Pure white, mild-fiavored Onions; splendid for spring-bunching Onions because of their snow- wliitc skin and mild flavor. Also valuable as large <.)nions and medium-sized for pickling. For this purpose they should be left i inch apart in the row when small quantities are grown. When large quantities are grown, sow half as thick as for sets. They keep well, but are not so sure as the yellow varieties. Make your soil very rich, and cultivate often. Always keep in mind the fact that my ()nion seed averages 97 to loo% vitality which is equal to crop insurance where weather condi- tions are favorable. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. ^0 cts.. y4lb. 60 cts., lb. $2. 27 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Perfect Prizetaker. Ohio TeUow Olobe. Silverskin Th^cif™"'!',^'^'- f- '^•^S'; I., Grown by F. W. Best Grown by R. J Walton Ihese show the final results of the crops. Do you want better crops this season? Order Schell's Quality Seeds New Onion, Hero. I recommend this as the finest possible form of a . reliable, heavy-cropping, long-keeping, deep, globe- sliaped Onion. The bulbs are exceedingly handsome and invincible at exhibitions. The color of the skin is a clear tawny yellow. The bulbs attain a very great size and enormous weight. Of course, for any Onion to grow to a large size, the soil miisl be rich. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts., Vilb- $1.50, lb. $5. -*%Uow Globe Danvers. Pkt. sc., oz. isc Klb. 45c., lb. $1.50. Flat YeUow Danvers. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., Klb. 45c., lb. $1.50. ^«ed Wethersfleld. The standard red variety. Thick, flattened Onions. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., }4\h. 45 cts., lb. $1.50. Extra-Early Barletta, or White Queen. Fine for small pickles. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 60 cts., lb. $2. Southport Red Globe. The handsomest and most richly colored of all red Onions. Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c., Xlb. 60c., lb. S2. White Pearl. Extra early; round; white; fine. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., J;" Melon is tlio best. She writes us March 21, 1921: "Last season was the first order I ever sent you. It was for "Dec-licious" Cantaloupes and they arc surely named right. They were simply great! We had bushels of them for market of e.\ccllent quality." If you would ask me which one melon of the entire list that I would recommend, when one variety only is to be grown, I would say grow "Dee-licious," by all means. In appearance it is very attractive, the netting being very uniform over a rich olive-green and the Melons average an exceptional evenness in size. The plants are very robust and surprisingly prolific, an acre of "Dee-licious" producing double the quantity of melons over others in most instances. But the inside, after all, is where the real value of a melon is judged. From the small seed cavity to the rind you have in this variety the most delicious, richly flavored, honey-sweet, juicy flesh. It is no wonder at all that our customers who grow melons for market increase their acreage of "Dee-licious" — it creates a demand for itself. 1 urge you to grow it for market or for your own use. The illustration shows the deep luscious flesh, but it requires the real tasting of the melon to appreciate its real worth, and then you will understand vvhy we call it "Dee-licious," for that will be your first exclamation after the first taste — "Dee- licious!" Kvery home gardener, as well as every farmer and market gardener, should have a melon patch. Pkt 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., y4lb. 65 cts., lb. $2.25 Schell's : New ' > jDee-Jicious Everybody says Vt/'s simply c/oJioiola^ THEY GROW BETTER - THEY YIELD BETTER IV1USKIV1EL0N „„ T° MUSKMELONS, or CANTALOUPES, and WATERMELONS.-Plant them in May They always do best on a light, loose, rich soil D.g deep and work the soil until it is yery fine, mixing several shovels™ Wizard Brand Ih^eo M.mfrJ or some other well-rot ed manure into each hill No plants do well on h4lf-worLd, "lumpy" soirvoid of pb^^^^^^^ Bocky Ford, green-fieshed melon. A very popular variety and my strain of it is unexcelled in quality, yield and type. * ^ ll^' apart each way, and Watermelons 6 to 8 feet apart. Plant 10 to 12 seeds in a hill to insure a i:ood'sl7nd Mts-^krej",?;^^^^ A trial will convince you that my high-quality seed produces a superior crop. Gold-Lined Rocky Ford, a deiiciousiy - — — — — flavored green- fle.shed melon, now very popular. In shape and size it is similar to Rocky Ford but not ribbed like it, and the skin is covered with a thick gray netting on green, making it very attractive. The flesh is thick, rich green to the seed cavity, which is very beautifully gold lined. Everyone should grow this variety. It is worthy of a place in every garden. Pkt. Sc., oz. 15 ets., V41b. 40 cts.. lb. $1.85. Jenny Lind. The earliest green-fleshed melon. The fruits are small, but very sweet and lus- cious. Pkt. s cts., oz. IS cts., Klb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. Rocky Ford. Green flesh; medium in size, very prolific and of the most delicious flavor. Pkt. S cts., oz. 15 cts., l+lb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. Paul Rose. Salmon flesh. Almost round; flesh deep and firm and very sweet and luscious. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., >4'lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. Burrell's Gem. Salmon flesh. Shape oval; skin is a rather dark green; the rind thin; flesh very thick and of the most delicious, juicy flavor. It almost melts in the mouth. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts., 40 cts.. lb. $1.25. Miller's Cream. Salmon flesh; very fine; a great favorite. Fruits are large and round; light green; skin netted. Pkt. 5 cts., 02. 15 cts., Mlb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. pia Tct°"oz° i^^^ct^^ jlfb ''40^ct?°"b''?^^ melons. A big yielder. Fruits are large and of delicious quality. Banana. Salmon flesh. Melons are very large and thin and of delicious quality. Pkt. sc., oz. 15c.. Klb 40c lb $1 25 i.lf.ht^cfn^Htn ^'^f^""!!!}- 2")^^^ the grandest green-fleshed melons. Shape is oval, almost round; skin lb light golden yellow, netted. Flesh light green, melting and delicious. Pkt. sc., oz. 15c., '.^Ib. 40c lb $1 25 Long Island Beauty. Green flesh. Melons are very large, flattened, heavily ribbed. Very handsome and of the finest quality. I recommend it highly. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., %\\,. 40 cts., lb. $1.2?. Honey Dew Melon. It is different from /it . ♦ 3 any muskmelon or cantaloupe, both in appearance and flavor. The melons are large and round ; the outer skin is hard and almost white, turning to a lemon color when ripi-. The thick, deep flesh is light green with a rich delicious honey- sweet flavor and very juicy, unlike ativ other melon. They will keep until late in the fall when no other melons are to be had. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. is cts., Klb. 50 cts., lb. Si.so. Emerald Gem. In my judgment this is one of the best yellow- or salmon-fleshed melons; sweet and delicious. Very pro- lific, and always sells on the market. Has been one of the most popular varie- ties of melons grown. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 40 cts., lb. Ji.25. Large Hackensack. Green-fleshed ; very sweet and luscious, (^rows to a large size; round with flattened ends. The flesh is very deep and rich in appear- ance and the melons weigh from 5 to 10 pounds each, and there are lots of them — for it is a very heavy yielder, therefore desirable to grow for market or in the home-garden. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., "ilb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25, Extra-Early Hackensack. Large melon, but not so large as Large Hackensack and Pkt.'sT or'fsc.,'Krb. "40c'; ir^J^2s; ^^'^ t'™- - -P„°; P|;f-t melons grown from Schell's 31 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Schell's Quality Pepper It continues to hold first place as the most prolific, and earliest to ripen of all Pep- pers. Every mar- ket having a trade on mangoesshould grow it. quick to color. No other variety can claim all these quaiitiea. Picking the Peppers as early and as often as possible will induce a heavier yield. The market-gardeners who grow it are amazed at the remarkable crop it produces for them and the best testimonial is the fact that these same gardeners have continued to order it every year Pkt. 15c., Vioz. 35c., 1/202. 60c., oz. $1, Vilb. $3, lb. $10. '■I planted four rows of your Schell's Quality Pepper across my field, 400 feet long, and picked 12S bushels. It is the most wonderful Pepper to yield I ever saw." — C. E. Sikele. Market -Gardener. Oct. 30. ipip- "Enclosed find $5 for one peck of Yellow Bountiful Beans. Your Peppers and all other seed came up splendidly and are doing well. " — B. SULZER. Ohio. PEPPERS (Mangoes) HOW TO GROW PEPPERS.— Start the seed in hotbeds, greenhouse, or in boxes indoors in March or April. When the plants are about 2 inches high, transplant in other boxes, setting them 2 inches apart. Then, when the weather is settled, the soil warm, and all danger of freezing over, set the plants out, after first preparing the soil well, working in well-rotted manure or some good fertilizer. For the home-garden set plants a foot apart in the rows and have rows a foot apart. For large plantings make rows 2 feet apart. Do not grow sharp and sweet Peppers together; they will mix. One oimce will produce 1,000 plants. Schell's Quality Pepper THE PERFECT PEPPER FOR THE MARKET-GARDENER "Your Pepper surely is good. It will outcrop any one I've ever raised." — L. R. Leick. The Leick Farm, Ohio. A beautiful, attractive shape, which makes it sell on sight, while its superior quality, sweet as an apple, backs up its attractive appearance. It is the most prolific Pepper ever grown in this locality. The photograph shows a specimen plant with 38 perfect fruits on it. They do not all yield this large number, yet this gives you an idea of the tremendous yielding possibilities of this new Quality Pepper. A beautiful scarlet when ripe, it has all the quali- ties required for the most profitable crop, namely, size, yieU, quality, Chinese Giant. Giown irom my seed. High quality seeda produce just such perfect Peppers. 32 Improved Ruby King (see page 33) "I have sold hundreds of dollars' worth of Quality Peppers long before the fruits started to form on other varieties. After we had pulled Peppers three or four times, your Quality Pepper plants still bore 10 to i more fruits tlian any of the other varieties from wliich we had not yet had one picking." — G. P. Blanchard. Chinese Giant. lion, averaging 12 to 15 inches in cir- cumference. It yields abundantly hut it is not so prolific as my new Quality Pepper. The flesh is thick, very tender and sweet and, being so large, makes an excellent Mango for stuffing. The color is a brilliant scar- let when ripe. The photograph sho\ys you what a splendid variety this is. You should grow "Chinese Giant." Pkt. lOc, oz. 75c., Vilb. $2, lb. $7. • THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER ♦ PEPPERS (Mangoes) Gold Mine. The best yellow sweet Pepper. Very pro- lific. very sweet, and when ripe is a most attractive ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ bright yellow. ||k M^^^^^^^^^M' ^^^^K^^^l ^^'^ Peppers are ^^^^KU^^^^^^m J^^^b^^^H the same as Qual- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K ^^^^^^^^^^H are ^^^^^^^^PI^^^^^^P ^»^R^^^^^^H know ^^^^^■^ ^^^^^H ' ^^^H everyone who ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B ^^^K/^^^M more ^^^^^E^^^K J^^HI^^V cts.,Koz. Improved Ruby King. A very popular variety; bright red ; 4 to 6 inches long; mild. Pkt. 10 cts., 02. 60c., 3<4lb. S1.60, lb. 55.50. Ruby Giant. This is a cross between Improved Ruby KingandChine.se Giant, and grows very large. Is shaped like Im- proved Ruby King. Pkt. IOC, oz. 60 cts.. %\h. S1.60. lb. Ss.50. Neapolitan. Without question this is one of the earliest and one of the most productive of all large, mild Peppers. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts., J30Z. 30 cts., oz. 50 cts., Xlb. $1.50, lb. $5- Royal King. A new Pepper of special value. Very uniform in growth; color rich, glossy red ; mild flavor, very fine. Pkt. to cts., Koz. 35c., oz. 60 cts., Klb. $1.60, lb. $5.50. Suby Qiant Grown by Mr. E. C. Hiler, market-gardener. A verj' raild-fiavored Mango Pepper, suitable for stuffing, be- cause of its size. The large one is Schell's Giant Sharp Red Pepper. Natural size. The two small ones are Long Red Cayenne, showing their natural size also. Plmlento Pepper One of the sweetest Peppers grown Schell'S Giant Sharp Red. This Pepper is the largest sharp t- or hot Pepper, averagmg 8 to 10 inches long and i to i '4 inches in diameter. It bears great quantities of these handsome Peppers, and is very popular among all gardeners who ave a market for sharp Peppers. Pkt. 10 cts., V20Z. S5 cts., oz. 60 cts., >/4lb. $1.60, lb. $6.50. Pirnignfo called Sweet Salad, Glory, Sweet Meat. Very sweet. A splendid variety for filhng, for salads, for flavoring. The plants are very prolific, the Peppers medium in size and shaped just like the illustration, but much larger in size. When ripe they are a brilliant, attractive red. Pkt. 10 ots., Vioz. so cts., oz. 50 cts., V^lb. $1.50, lb. $6. 33 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS PEAS SEE SCHELL'S NEW WONDERFUL ON PAGE ONE Perfect Pure-Bred Alaska Peas. As they grow when you plant niy High Quality Seed HOW TO GROW PEAS. — They must have good rich soil worked deep and thoroughly. Wizard Brand Sheep Manure worked in is good (we have it). However, soil too rich will force the plants to an unnatural growth, sometimes twice the height of their natural habit, which prevents the usual productive- ness, and makes "all vine and no Peas." If desired for first in the market, then plant the extra-early smooth-seeded varieties. Pedigree Extra-Early or Alaska. They may be planted as early as you can get in the garden. The wrinkled-seeded varieties are much sweeter and not so hardy. The seed some- times rots if planted very early, although this depends on the weather after they are planted. Make the rows one foot apart for low-growing sorts and for the home-garden, and 3 feet for large plantings for horse cultivation. For tall sorts make rows 2 feet apart in the home-garden and 3 to 4 feet for large plantings. Cover early plantings I to IV2 inches; when soil is Warmer, cover 2 inches. By successive plantings every 2 weeks Peas may be had all season. Caltivate thoroughly all through the growing period. Nott's Excelsior is one of the best-quality dwarf varieties for the home-garden. Gradus and Thomas Laxton are two of the best large-podded early varieties, while Telephone and Stratagem are two of the best late sorts. Tall sorts may be supported by brush, twine, or racks. The only varieties of Peas offered here that need support are Telephone, Everbearing, Alderman, Champion of England, and Mammoth Luscious Sugar. One quart will plant a row 100 feet long; 2 bushels to the acre, "TI/qs/cQ. °^ verj' earliest, sometimes ' called the Earlie.'!t of All. Pods are small, but they are borne in wonderful profusion; first in the market when planted early. \'ines grow 2 to 2'A feet. Pkt. 10 cts., Vzpt.' 15 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., 2 qts. $1, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. $10. ThOS. Laxton. '^'^ry fine. .Matures as — ^— ^— ^ early as Gradus; the pods are not quite so large, but it yields heavier. I recommend it to all who grow for market; it is a money-maker. Vines grow 2)4 feet high, and are covered with pods. Pkt. 10 cts., V2Pt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $14. QraduS. largest-podded extra-early ' Pea in cultivation. The flavor is delicious; vines grow 2 to 3 feet; mostly grown by gardeners and without any support; 55 days from planting to picking. Pkt. 10 cts., Vzpt. 15 cts., pt. 80 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $14. Teleohone immensely productive and of the finest quality. Grows 3 to 4 feet high and ^ requires 71 days. Telephone is one of the old favorites and because of its delicious flavor everybody wants it. If you have Telephone Peas at market, the name alone will sell them. Pkt. 10 cts., i^pt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $14. Premium Gem, or Little Gem. Delicious Peas crowded tight into pods to 3 inches long. Very prolific. Vines grow only 12 to 15 inches high. Pkt. 10 cts., >ipt. IS cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts., S2.25, pk. $4, bus. S14. American Wonder. Extremely dwarf growth, only 8 to 10 inches high. Peas are highly flavored. Pkt. lOc, >apt. 15c., pt. 30c., qt. 60c., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. S2.25, pk. $4, bus. 314. Dwarf Champion. A dwarf-growing strain of the old popular Champion of England. It grows only 2 feet high and has all the good qualities of its parent. Pods are 3 inches long. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. Si. 20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. S14. Dwarf Telephone, or Carter's Daisy. Vines grow I 'y4 feet. Pods are large. Pkt. 10 cts., ^^pt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. Si. 20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. 14. bus. $14. Ameer. Very early and prolific. Vines grow about I'A feet high and are covered with fine pods. Pkt. 10 cts., Mpt. 15 cts., pt; 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.2$, pk. $4, bus. $14. Pedigree Extra-Early, or Market- Gardeners' Extra-Early. A specially selected stock for market-gardeners. Pods filled up tight to the Telephone Peas ends with large, luscious Peas. Grows 2 feet high. Large Peas, larKc pods Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., and lots of them 2 qts. J1.20, 4 qts. J2.25, pk. $4, bus. S14. Notfs Excelsiof. ^'^^ "''^ moat desirable Peas for both the mar- ' ket-gardener and the home-garden, because of its delicious quality, even growth and productiveness. Grows just 12 inches high and is covered with well-filled pods 2>a to 3 inches long. Sixty-three days from planting to first picking. Pkt. 10 cts., V2Pt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, Nott's Excelsior Peas One of the most desirable dwarf or low- growing varieties, IS inches high, covered with pods packed tight with delicious Peas. pk. $4, bus. $14. 34 •THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER PEAS, continued Stratoaetn " consider this the finest of all late Peas. It grows only i8 to 24 — 4^ '- inches high, and yields tremendously. Pods are very large and filled to the ends. The quality is extra fine. Eighty days from planting to picking. Pkt. lOc, Yipt. 15c., pt. 30o., qt. 60c., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $14. Alderman. The pods are of the largest size and finest quality. The vines grow 3 to 4 feet high. A valuable variety for main crop. Be sure to include this fine variety in your order. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. IS cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $14. Masterpiece. Just as early as Gradus, and the Peas are just as large, but the pods are smaller, yet better filled and borne in greater profusion. Grows 2^ feet. Pkt. 10 cts., J^pt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $14. Champion of England. A well-known standard late Pea. Grows 4 to 5 feet. The Dwarf Champion described before is a more desirable Pea, an improvement over this one. Pkt. 10 cts.. Mpt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. Si. 20, 4 qts. S2.2S, pk. $4, bus. $14. Sutton's Excelsior. Similar in habit to Nott's Excelsior, being dwarf, about 15 inches high, yet the pods are larger. Peas tender and of fine flavor. It is a good one. Pkt. 10 cts., >ipt. 15 cts., pt.30cts., qt. 60 cts.. 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. S2. 25, pk. $4, bus. $14. Little Marvel. A new, dwarf, extra-early Pea. Plants grow 15 inches high, well filled with rich, dark green pods, containing 5 to 7 large Peas of finest quality. Fine for market- or home-garden. Pkt. 10 cts., >ipt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. J2.2S, pk. $4, bus. $14. La.xtonlan. Grows 15 to 20 inches high and the pods are very large; often 9 big Peas in a pod. It is the largest-podded of all dwarf varieties, and early. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. IS cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $i.20, 4 qts. S2.25, pk. $4, bus. S14. Market Surprise. A new early sort. Vines grow about 2 'A feet high and are literally covered with pods of good .size. Very rich flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., yipt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. S2.2S. pk. $4, bus. $14. Potlatch. Large-podded Pea, of excellent quality; one of the heaviest yielders of the second-early varieties; grows about 2 feet. A valuable market sort. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts.. 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. S2.25, pk. $4. bus. Jr4. Bliss' Everbearing. One of the best main-crop Peas. Pods are 3 to 4 inches long and well filled. Very prolific. Plants grow 2>i feet high. About 80 days from planting to picking. Pkt. 10 cts.. pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 4 qts. S2.25, pk. S4, bus. $14. Dwarf White Marrowfat. Grows 4 to s feet; very prolific. Pkt. 10 cts., }4pt. 1$ cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., 2 qts. Si, 4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3, bus. Sii. SUGAR PEAS Sugar Peas are not shelled as other Peas. The pods are cooked like snap beans Dwarf Gray Sugar Peas. Pkt. 10 cts., >ipt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20, 4 qts. S2.25, pk. $4, bus. $1$. Tall Gray Sugar Peas. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. IS cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.20. 4 qts. $2.25, pk. $4, bus. $is. Mammoth Melting Sugar Peas. White seed, white blossom. Pkt. 10 cts., Kpt. 20 cts., pt. 40 eta., qt. 75 cts., 2 qts. Si.so, 4 qts. $2.75. pk. $4.25, bus. Ji6. Mammoth Luscious Sugar Peas. Without exception the largest, sweetest, purest, most desirable of all Sugar Peas. The pods, w-hen fully grown, will measure 0i-to 7 The largest and best of all inches long and i>i inches broad, and they are delicious. Be sure to grow'them. Sugar or Krtiblc-poclded Pe,is Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 40 cts., qt. 80 cts., 2 qts. $1.60, 4 qts. $2.50, pk. $4.^0. bus. $16. WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS SQUASH HOW TO GROW SQUASH.— Plant 8 or iO seeds in each hiU and have hills of bush varieties 3 to 4 feet apart and vining late sorts 6 to 8 feet apart each way. After danger of bugs is over, thin out all but four of the best plants. Before planting seeds, work manure in each hill. Winter Squash are also grown like Pumpkins in the corn fields at the same time you plant the com, in every fourth hill. Spray Squash vines with pyrox to kill bugs and prevent blight. One ounce will plant 25 hills; 4 pounds to the acre. Golden Custard. Golden yellow flesh, of fine,st qual- ity. This is a mammoth strain of Golden Bush. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts., Klb. 4S cts.. lb. $1.50. Mammoth White Bush, or Pattypan. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts.. yi\b. 35 cts., lb. Si. 25. Yellow Bush. Scalloped "Pattypan," similar to the above except the skin is a deep yellow. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts.. }ilb. 35 cts., lb. Si. 25. Boston Marrow. Pkt. s cts.. oz. 15 cts., 'Alb. 30 cts., lb. Si. Golden Hubbard. Yellow skin. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 45 cts., lb. $1.50. Improved Hubbard. Green skin. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IS cts.. ;4lb. 45 cts., lb. $1.30. Golden Crookneck. Yel- low fruits; a good sum- mer variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 45 cts., lb. $1.50. Delicious. These vary in color and form, but the dark orange flesh is always of the most deli- cious flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., >ilb. 60 cts., lb. $2. Both Squash and Turnip can be grown in the cornfields, thus doubling your crops, and both are profit- able crops. For sev- eral years Turnips have been bringing good prices and they require little work. Mammoth White Bush, or Pattypan Squash, grown from my seed by Mr. Morris King. TURMIP HOW TO GROW THEM. — To have Turnips early, sow seed in early spiing; for win- ter crop, sow in July and Aug- ust. Sow alone or in corn- fields at last cultivation of the com. Do not sow too thick; in small gardens thin plants to 4 inches apart. Do not make soil too rich. Where chicken manure or heavy applications of stable manure have been used, it has caused the growth principally of foli- age with only a small thin root instead of the heavy globe root and medium foliage it naturally should produce. One ounce of seed will sow a row 200 feet long; 2 pounds to the acre. Perfect specimen of Purple-Top White Globe Tumlp, grown from Sc'hell's Quality Seed. Plant more Turnips. They pay big profits. Purple-Top Strap-Leaf Tumlp My Turnip seed is of a quality unexcelled, producing Turnips perfect in shape, tender and sweet. Purple-Top Strap-Leaf Flat. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. Purple-Top White Globe. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., KIb. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. Red-Top White Globe. Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., I4lb. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. Yellow, or Amber Globe. Yellow flesh; very fine. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., >4'lb. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. Early White Flat Dutch. All white, flat. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 ct,s., >ilb. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. Cow Horn. For stock; also used for a turning-under crop. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J^lb. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. White Globe. Altogether white, globe-shaped; Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 'A\b. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. White Egg. White, shaped oval like an egg. Pkt. s cts,, oz. 10 cts., K'b. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. RUTABAGA Purple-Top Yellow Globe. Good for table use or for stock. Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., X'b. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. 36 . THEY GROW BETTER « THEY YIELD BETTER SALSIFY, or VEGETABLE OYSTER HOW TO GROW SALSIFY.— Sow early in the spring in drills 15 inches apart, 1 inch deep; thin to 6 inches in rows. Cultivate the same as carrots or parsnips. It is hardy; can remain in the ground all winter for early spring use, but should be taken up before it starts growing; take up a supply for use during the winter. Succeeds best in a light, well-enriched, mellow soil. Used the same as carrots; or, after having been boiled, it may be made into cakes and fried like oysters, which it resembles in flavor. One ounce for 50 feet of drill. Mammoth Sandwich Island. The best variety. Grows to a large size and is very mild and delicately flavored. Pkt. S cts., oz. 25 cts., K'b- 7.S cts., lb. $2.25. SPINACH High-germinating Seed HOW TO GROW SPINACH. — Good rich soil is important to Spinach, both for its growth and in making the leaves more tender and succulent. Sow the seed in early spring in rows 12 inches apart; cover it an inch deep. Many broadcast the seed, covering with a harrow or rake. Make a sowing every two weeks for continuous crops. Do not sow seed in dry weather; it will never come up. It must have a moist soil. Sow in Sep- tember for fall and early spring crops. Use straw or '*strawy" manure when really cold weather comes. Nitrate of soda is splendid to give rapid growth to Spinach. One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long; 10 pounds to the acre when drilled. Long-Standing. Large, crimped, thick, savoy-leaved. Stands the heat well. Ore of the best for spring sowing. Pkt. s cts., X'b. IS cts., lb. 50 cts., 10 lbs. $4-50- Bloomsdale, or Savoy-leaved. Leaves are curled and wrinkled. Very fine for fall or spring sowing. The favorite of the market-gardener. Pkt. s cts., >ilb. 15 cts., lb. so cts., 10 lbs. $4.50. Thick-Leaf. Large, thick, crumpled leaves of fine quality; verj' slow in running to seed; one of the best for market. Pkt. 5 cts., >ilb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 10 lbs. $4.50. Victoria. Heavy, crimped, dark green leaves; very fine for spring sowing; is very .slow to run to seed. Pkt. 5 cts., X'b. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 10 lbs. $4.50. Long Season, or All Seasons. Grows longer during early summer and stands heat without going to seed much longer than any other. Does not grow so large, but the quality is the finest. Pkt. 5 cts., Klb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 10 lbs. $4.50. Prickly, or Winter. Pkt. 5 cts., Jiuu h « liolcs.iU-. making a net return of S,i7.J0. This seed is certainly fine. They surpass all others on the market."- II. S. Kimiu.l. MarkiM-C.anlener, Mrs. Elias E, Kisser, Lebanon Co.. likes our IVarl Forcing Radish and Hot-Weather I.ettncc. She writes us. AiiRUSt 30; 1921: • The Pearl Forcing Radish is tin- best I ever Kiew, and your Hot-Weather Lettuce is not bitter in dry, hot weatiier. TMs was a test season. I'm glad for men who stand by their word," G, H, Snyder, Cumberland Co,, Pa,, writes, May 13, 192 1: "I knmv your seeds are the best, so I don't want to buy any other." SchelVs Earlif Scarlet Globe Radish A perfect strain of this popular, bright, rich red, breakfast Radish. It wcnild surpri.se vou, perhaps, to .see the many gardeners' orders we fill for 10, 20, 50, 75, and liiiiidieds of pounds of our Scarlet' (ilobe Radish. Why? Becau.se they have been growing it year after >-ear aiul know that our seed produces the finest titialitv, Vou cott'ld order Scarlet Ctlobe Radish from half a dozen different seedhouses and perhaps get as many different strains or types. That is why I refer to my distinct, individual .strain of Scarlet Globe. It is a perfect round globe with tiny- root, preventing any taper to the globe. The color is a most striking rich red, full of life— not that dead, unat- tractive color so often seen in other strains. To be safe and sure of a crop of first ^oz, 35 cts., oz. 60 cts., yi\h. %2, lb. $0.50. "West's First Early" Beats them ;ill into irarket. Ex- ceedingly early and plants loaded with Tomatoes. Stone Tomato. Smooth, rich color and flavor; yields heavily; an elegant mam crup. Ponderosa, or Beefsteak. The largest Tomato in cultivation. Not so smooth as Stone or other smaller- fruited kinds, but very fine quality for slicing. Deep purple-crimson. Fleshy, with small .seed-cells. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., l4Vo. Si. 35. lb. S4.50. John Baer. Claimed by the introducer to he one of the very earliest varieties. Produces perfect, .solid, high- crown, beautiful, brilliant red. shipping Tomatoes in 30 days from strong plants grown in paper pots and transplanted with roots undisturbed. An enormous yielder, producing 50 to 100 fruits to a plant. Those who have grown it think well of it. Pkt. 5 cts., Moz. 25 cts., oz. 40 cts.. }i\h. $1.25. lb. S4. Dwarf Stone. Plants grow somewhat like Dwarf Champion. The fruits are large, bright scarlet and of finest shape. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 30 cts.. J, lb. Si, lb. S3. 50. I. X. L. A very fine extra-early variety. My stock of this was grown from seed purchased from the origi- nator, hence is the genuine I. X. L. It is extremely early and wonderfully prolific. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 35c., Klb. Si. lb. S3. .so. June Pink. Similar in every respect to Earliana, ex- cept in color, it being a flesh-pink. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts.. '41b. Qo cts., lb. S3. Red Pear-shaped. For preserving. Pkt. sc., oz. 350.. Red Plum-shaped. For preserving. Pkt. .s cts., oz. 3.S cts. Yellow Plum. For preserving. Pkt. 5 cts,, 02. 3S cts., Klb. Si. lb. $3.50. Stone. One of the most desirable main-crop varieties. Fruits large, smooth, bright scarlet, and of finest quality. Very productive. Ideal for home use or canning. Pkt. s cts., oz. 35 cts., %\h. 90 cts., lb. $3. "The Quality of your First Uarly Tomato is line; as to shape it could not be better; as to yield it beats anything I ever saw. The vines were covereti with Tomatoes." — J. M. CONN, O. , Market-Gardener. 41 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Thousands and thousands of sacks of our Pure-Bred. High-yielding Seed Potatoes are stored here ready for shipment to .all parts of the countr>' as soon as weather conditions are safe. Have you sent us your order? SCHELL'S QUALITY SEED POTATOES Grown in Maine and brought in sealed cars direct from the farms to my warehouse HOW TO GROW POTATOES. — You can grow Potatoes anywhere in good, rich, loose, well-drained soil if weather conditions are right. It requires 10 to 12 bushels (4 sacks) to plant an acre, which should produce from 200 to 300 bushels. A Potato can he cut in two, three, or four pieces and each piece should contain two or three eyes. Plant these pieces 15 inches apart in the rows. First work the soil thoroughly, make rows 2 to 3 feet apart for hand or horse cultivation; open a furrow 4 inches deep in each row; then put in your fertilizer (mix thoroughly with the soil) and plant the pieces in these furrows. Cultivate often and spray every ten days or two weeks with Pyrox to kill the bugs and prevent blight. To plant a row 100 feet long, 80 pieces are required. Prices, -^"y tJ** following varieties $8.50 per sack (of bu.s. or 165 lbs.) This price is low considering ' the great shortage of the Potato crop and that it is for the highest quality seed stock. PRICES FOR SMALL QUANTITIES, bus. (60 lbs.) $3.50, Vibus. $1.75, pk. $1, Vzpk. 55 cts., Vipk. 35 cts. (These prices are at our store or by express, not prepaid.) POSTPAID PRICES, 4 lbs. 50 cts., 8 lbs. 90 cts., 15 lbs. (pk.) $1.40, 30 lbs. (Vjbus.) $2.35. PLEASE NOTE. — All prices are subject to change with the market. Send your order at once at these prices, and if the price has advanced when your order is received we will advise you before shipping. Better get your order in at these low prices. We will enter all orders received from January i on and hold them until weather conditions are such as to make it safe to ship. Two years ago we booked orders at $8.50 per sack and by time for delivery the price had advanced to $14. We filled all orders booked and saved our customers many thousands of dollars. The potato crop of this country, according to our government report, is about 90 million bushels short, and at any rate you want our Seed Potatoes so as to produce more bushels to every acre. Potatoes are one of the most profitable crops you can grow. What You Get When You Order My Seed Potatoes You get genuine Seed Potatoes, grown expresslv for planting purposes, grown from stock seed of carefully selected mother plants, bred to perfection for yield, purity and size. They are grown in the state of Maine, where the soil and climatic conditions are so naturally favorable that it is acknowledged by all authorities on Potato- growing to surpass any other state in the United States in the production of highest quality and highest yielding Seed Potatoes. You Get Many Extra Bushels to Every Acre Hundreds of my customers have proved tliis fact for themselves by planting an ecjual number of acres or rows with my Maine-grown Seed Potatoes and tlicir own carefully selected stock or that secured from a neighbor, and in every case where the same variety was planted at the same time, in the same field, sprayed and cared for in the same manner, they report that my Maine .Seed Potatoes have yielded double the quantity that the home-grown produced. Where their own produced 125 bushels to the acre, our Maine-grown Seed I'otatoes produced 250 bushels; where their own produced 25 baskets to the row. our Maine-grown Seed produced 50 baskets in thene.xt row. By reason of its northern latitude and the virgin soil in which the Potatoes are grown, they inherit those staple and vigorous qualities which make them grow better and > ield better. By all means, be wi.se cnoiMih to spend a few dollars more per acre and plant my Maine-grown Seeil Potatoes and thus double your yield, which will mean many, many more dollars made in the crop than you would save by planting your own. / Guarantee Mu Seed Potatoes from disease of any kind, true to name, and of the finest quality, and if, alter you reirive and examine the Potatoes, they are not absolutely satisfactory to you, send them back immedialely and 1 will refund the full amount vou paid for them. I cannot, however, be res|)onsible for the crop, for other influences than good seed, such as preparation of the soil, fertilizer, heat, cold, moisture, all weather conditions, insects above and under ground, have much to do with the final results of the crop. 42 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BET T ER Schell's Special Stock of SIR WALTER RALEIGH Sir Walter Raleigh, one of the best general crop varieties, large, smooth, while, excellent quahty. grown from our own si rain. This is sucli a good variety in every way, tllat I urge everyone to grow at least part of their crop of Sir Walter Raleigh. (See illustration on front cover.) LEADING VARIETIES OF SEED POTATOES IRISH COBBLER. A great favorite; early; heavy yielder; good keeper. We sell more Irish Cobblers than any other. EARLY OHIO. One of the best early varieties on the market. BLISS' TRIUMPH. Also called "Stray Beauty" and "Six Weeks." There is, however, another named "Six Weeks," somewhat like Early Ohio. Be careful not to confuse these. Extra-early; round ; red, fine. EARLY ROSE. The genuine Early Rose; a standard variety. GREEN MOUNTAIN. Medium-early Potato; snow-white; gives excellent results on all kinds of soil; very fine. GOLD COIN. Exceptionally heavy yielder; main crop; roundish oblong. RUSSET. Splendid late or main crop; big yielder; very robust plants. RURAL NEW YORKER. Well-known favorite; late variety. CARMAN NO. 3. Large; late; skin and flesh white; finest quality; very prolific. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. A standard late or main crop. Heavy yielder, large and smooth, fine ciuality. AMERICAN GIANT. One of the biggest yielders ever grown. Long, white, smooth Potato. A favorite of market-gardeners. EUREKA. One of the best extra-earlies; finest quality. NOROTON BEAUTY, or Quick Lunch. Very early; globular; pink markings, considered an improvement over Bliss Triumph which it resembles. I wish we could spare the space to print a hundred or more out of thousands of testimonials we receive. They would readily convince every reader of this catalogue that the right place to send for best Sped Potatoes is Schell's. Mr. D. ii. Richter writes, "We are lifting the largest and finest crop of potatoes we ever grew, they are running 350 bushels to the acre. This is the result of planting your seed Potatoes. ' "I have the finest Irish Cobblers and Karly Ohios in America; they averaged 400 bushels per acre." — Mr. Fk.\nk IIokstick. POTATO SEEDS FROM SEED BALLS Potato seeds are curious and wonderful. The product of a packet of seeds will be a vast number of colors, shapes and sizes. There will be white, yellow, pink. red. blue, purple and black Potatoes. Extraordinary freaks sometimes develop — such as a Potato having vines that run on the ground like a cucumber vine, the joints taking root and producing Potatoes at ever>' joint, etc. ^ Potato seeds grow as readily as tomato seeds. Plant them early in the spring; when they are 3 or 4 inches high, transplant 2 feet apart. It is not an uncommon thing for one seed to produce so to 150 small perfect Potatoes the first season. Pkt. 1& cts., 4 pkts. 50c. Every year we bring a whole trainload of our high-yielding Seed Potatoes direct from Maine. I urge you to place your order E^t once to be forwarded as soon as weather conditions make it safe to send them, I will reserve them for you, 43 WALTER S. SCHELLS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Bachelor's Button Candytuft Delphinium Dianthus Petunia Schell's Quality Flower Seeds It is not difficult to grow flowers in abundance when Schell's Quality Seeds are sown. A house with no green grass around it, only cold hard bare earth, tias a very dead, unattractive appearance, but just change the bare earth into a lovely lawn and you have made it beautiful indeed. Now, by having flowers in bloom around the porch, along the fences, in the flower-beds, outside the windows where they can be seen from indoors, along the -garden borders, in fact, anj^vhere that they can be grown, will put a lot of joy in the hearts of all who look on them. A home without flowers blooming around it is not complete, while the one surrounded by an abundance of flowers and a well-kept lawn is the kind of a home where young folks and old folks like to stay. Grow an Abundance of Flowers — for your own pleasure and profit as well. Farmers, there is no more profit- able crop for you to grow and take to market than flowers — they sell quickly and at good prices and they cost very little. My Flower Seeds are the Best that Grow. How to Grow Flowers. Flowers are divided into three classes: Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials, and these three are each divided into two kinds: Hardy and Half-hardy, as follows: Hardy Annual?. Seeds of these may be sown in the open ground or garden early in the spring, last of April or during May, These will bloom abundantly the first year and die in the fall. Hall'hardy Annuals. These should be sown in boxes in- doors or in hotbeds in March or Ap:il. and the plants set out in the place they are to bloom in the garden, in May. They will bloo.r first season, then die. Hardy Biennials. Sow the seed of these outside during the last of April or during May; they will not bloom until the fol- lowing year, after which they die. HaU-hardy Biennials. Sow the seeds in the house in boxes or in hotbeds in March or April, set the plants out where they are to bloom in May. They will bloom thefollowingyear. thendie. Haidy Perennials. When once started these will bloom year after year and will not freeze out or die unless by some influence other than nature. Sow the seeds outdoors last of April or during May and they will begin blooming the next season and continue for years, or by starting indoors or in hotbeds and set- ting plants out in May, some of the hardy perennials will bloom the first year and thereafter each succeeding year. The seed may also be sown during .luly and August outside, and these plants will bloom the next season and thereafter. These are hardy and need no protection over winter, but a covering of straw>' manure or leaves will be very beneficial. Half-hardy Perennials. Sow the seed indoors in boxes or in hotbeds in Marcher April. Some of these are especially suited for pot culture; others may be set out in the garden in May but must be taken up in the fall before frost and grown in pots in the house during the winter. They will bloom during the winter or the next season and each succeeding year. It is Important to Have a Good Seed-Bed where the tiny new-born plants will be properly nursed. It is just as unreasonable to expect to grow successfully, strong, vigorous plants that will bloom abundantly in soil improperly prepared and lackmg plant food and proper moisture, as to expect a new-born babe to grow and develop without proper food and care. Have the soil worked very fine, work in manure — Wizard Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure is the very thing needed — we have it — cover the seeds lightly; after they have sprouted do not let the soil dry out or the tender sprouts will die and that will end it as far as that seed is concerned. When moistening the seed-bed do it with a very fine spray, never with a hose unless it can be made to make a very fine misty spray Sow seed m rows so the plants may be kept weeded and cultivated. Then transplant where you want them to bloom. In liftmg leave as much earth on the roots as possible. Use the hoe, but do not hoe too deep. Keep the surface broken always for plants get more nourishment from the air than they do from the soil. You will note I have marked which class each flower belongs to. AfNTIRRHIINUM (Snapdragon) See illustration on page 45 Hardy Annual These form brilliant garden beds, flowering profusely and continuously the first season from seed. Unusually effective bedding displays are made from these noble plants; they grow about 2 feet high, are healthy and stocky, and completely enveloped with large Snapdragon flowers of splendid texture and substance, rendering them very durable under all condi- tions of weather. Their continuous-blooming quali ies. ease of culture and independence of heat and drought, and pure, bright colors, should entitle them to a permanent place in gar- dens. Although perennials, they do splendidly when grown as annuals; spring-sown seed produces flowering plants by July, which continue to bloom in increasing profusion until frost. TALL VARIETIES Giant Scarlet. Light scarlet, with white throat. In long spikes. Pkt. IS cts.. Koz. ii. Giant Orange. Large flowers. Golden orange, white throat. Pkt. IS cts.. Xoz. $1. Giant White. Large; pure white; fine for cutting. Pkt. is cts., Xoz. Si. Giant Yellow. Pure yellow. Pkt. is cts., Xoz. $i. Giant Pink. One of the best for cuttmg. Pkt. is cts., 'Aoz. li. Giant, Mixed Colors. A. mixture of all the above. Pkt. is cts., Xoz- 3 1. DWARF VARIETIES Dwarf White. Pure white; i foot high. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. so cts. Dwarf Pink. Beautiful rose. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz, so cts. DWARF ANTIRRHINUM, continued Dwarf Yellow. Yellow. Splendid spikes. Pkt. sc., Xoz. so cts. Dwarf Scarlet. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. so cts. Dwarf, Mixed Colors. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. so cts. AGERATUM (Floss Flower). Hardy Annual. Dwarf , compact- growing planis, 6 to 8 inches high, covered with a sheet of bloom throughout the season. Splendid for bedding, edg- ing or pot culture. Blue Perfection. Deep blue. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 40 cts. Snowball. Pure while. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 2S cts. Mixed. Blue and while. Pkt. 5 cts.. Xoz. 2S cts. SWEET ALYSSUM (Madwort). Hardy Annual. One of the easiest flowers to grow and it blooms all the time without attention. By occasional loosening of the soil and regularly trimming off the spent blooms the new blooms will be brighter and the whole plant richer. For plants to present a solid sheet of blooms, and for a border or mixing among other bedding plants or for baskets it is unequalcd. The Carpet of Snow grows but 2 or 3 inches high and makes a veritable carpet of snowy whiteness which is very beautiful. The Little Geni grows from 4 to 6 inches; hence, if wanted for culling, this variety would have longer stems. Carpet of Snow. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. Little Gem. Pkt. s cts., Xoz, 2S cts., oz. 75 cts. AMARANTHUS (Joseph's Coat). Hardy Annual. Very showy plants. 3 to s feet high, desirable for backgrounds or mass- ings, or interspersed with other bedding plants. The foli- age is variegated; the upright plumes and pendant-like tassels are very interesting. The varieties are known as "Love-Lies-Bleeding." "Joseph's Coat of Many Colors," "Prince's Feather," etc. AU Varieties Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 25 cca. 44 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER Schell's Large-flowering SINAPDRAGOINS Immense Flower-Spikes on Long, Strong Stems The Snapdragon (Antirrhinum) has always been a beautiful and most interesting flower. In the last few years, however, it has grown into universal favor and popularity in the home garden and with the florists who grow them extensively. This new large-flowering strain is a distinct type, producing unusually large spikes and each spike crowded with individual flowers of perfect form, gracefully arranged. The plants attain a height of from 24 to 36 inches depending on soil and growing conditions. The flower-stems are very strong, which makes them of the greatest value as cut-flowers for bouquets. Snapdragons are easy to grow from seed. _^ After carefully preparing the seed-bed sow the seed early in May, in the flower-garden, and with favorable growing weather they will be blooming in July and continue until heavy frosts stop them. Grown in the green- house in winter, they make a most profitable cut-flower. ^ Our mixture contains every shade and color of pink, white, rose, red, yellow, and garnet, and the flowers are unsurpassed in size and length of spike. If you have grown Snap- dragons before, I know you will want to grow this new large- flowering strain; if you never grew them, then I urge you to grow them this year and you will be de- lighted. Schell's Large-flowering Mixture A selection of all the most brilliant colors Pkt. 15 cts., 4 pkts. 50 cts., 1/402. $1 We also have this large-flower- ing strain in separate colors as follows; Pkt. V40Z. Scarlet $0.15 $1.00 White 15 1.00 Orange 15 1.00 Pink 15 1.00 YeUow 15 1.00 SPECIAL COLLECTION of Schell's Large-flowering Snap- dragons, one pkt. of each of the five separate colors, 60 cts. WALTER S. SCHELLS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Pink Enchantress Aster Hardy Annual THE FAVORITE FALL FLOWER EARLY ASTERS SCHELL*S EARLIEST WHITE. The earliest Aster in cultivation. It is earlier than the Extra-Early Queen of the Market, or Queen of the Earlies. Ten to twenty immense double, feathery flowers are produced by the plants on long slender, upright stems. The petals are long and beautifully recurved. The ragged, irregular petals in the center of the flowers add to the beauty and grace of this earliest of all Asters. Planted at the same time, my new Earliest White Aster will bloom a week earlier than Queen of the Market. This makes it valuable in the markets. White. Pkt. lo cts., Xoz. $1.50, yioz. $2.50. oz. $s. QUEEN OF THE MARKET. This variety is extra early, following my Earliest White. The plants are dwarf and branch- ing. The flowers are very double and valuable for cutting. I have it irt the following separate colors: Pure White, Pink, Crimson, Blue, and All Colors Mixed. Each. pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 40 cts., Moz. 70 cts., oz. Si. 25, Xlb. $4- EARLY LAVENDER GEM. When first open, the flower is an exquisite lavender, deepening with age. The flower is always full-double, showing no tendency to produce single or semi-double blooms. The fluffy effect of the Ostrich-feathered type, to which it belongs, is enhanced by the fact that it bears a large proportion of long, partly tubular florets, that are irregularly cut and slashed, so that the flower looks like a ragged chrysanthemum. The plant is erect and of medium height, branching close to the ground. The flowers are borne in profusion on long, slender, wiry stems. In season it comes between Queen of the Earlies and Daybreak, and is therefore classed with the early sorts. To the florist the value of Lavender Gem can scarcely be overestimated. Lavender. Pkt. 10 cts., Xoz. $1.50. Koz. S2.S0. oz. $s. SCHELL^S NOBLE ASTER. In two distinct colors. Noble, because the plants arc so vigorous and stand up so straight that they cannot but be admired for their firm, upright growth. The strong, stiff flower-stems arc long and straight and the flowers are unusually large for so early a variety. The flowers are so very double and the petals so close that they are almost round or globe-shaped. My Noble Asters follow my Earliest White in blooming. They arc early but not so early as the Earliest White. White, Light Pinli, and Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts.. }4oz. $1.25, Koz. 52. oz. $4. MIKADO, or ROCHESTER. The flowers are immense in size, s to 6 inches across, and are borne on long stems. The plants grow 18 to 24 inches and are of branching habit. Indeed a very valuable variety for garden, show, and for cut-flowers. I have it in Pink and in White and these two colors Mixed. Pkt. of either 15 cts., ^^oz. Si. 75. Moz. $3. oz. $6, Xlb. S20. CREGO. These are of the Giant Comet type, very large flowers with curled and ruffled petals as beautiful as chrysan- themums and look much like them. White or Pink or both of these in Mixed, pkt. 15 cts., Xoz. $1.75. Koz. $3, oz. Klb. $20. SECOND EARLY ASTERS NEW PINK ASTER, "PINK ENCHANTRESS." This truly is a magnificent, full-double pink Aster. The flowers grow twice the size of the illustration. It is a soft delicate pink, up- right in habit of growth, with large, broad leaves, stems long, strong and graceful. It blooms between the earliest and the late varieties, being midseason. The general effect of the large, delicately colored flowers is indescribably soft and pleasing. Pkt. 15 ets., 4 pkts. 50 cts., yioz. Si, ^^oz. Si.7Si ViOZ. S3, oz. S6. SCHELL*S GRANDEST ASTER. Without a doubt this is the grandest and most beautiful Aster in cultivation. The im- mense, fluffy flowers, measuring 4 to 6 inches in diameter, are a glorious mass of gracefully rcflcxed petals, crossing, curling over each other in their individual habit, making the finished flowers the grandest of oil Asters. The plants are very vigorous and the flowers are borne on long, stiff stems. This variety follows in bloom the Noble Asters and precedes in bloom the later va- rieties. I have two colors only of this Aster. Lavender -Pink, Pure White, Mixed (Pink and White). Each, pkt. 15 cts.. ^oz. Si. 75. Moz. $3, oz. S6. DAYBREAK. This beautiful Aster is one of those rare gems that have come to stay; no private garden is complete without it and for florists' use it is unsurpassed. The flowers are round as a ball, very large and full, on long stems; the color a lovely sea-shell pink. The plant flowers very early, and is a continu- ous, free bloomer, a compact, strong grower. Pink. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. $1.25, Vioz. S2.2S. oz. S4.50. PURITY. Is a fitting companion to Daybreak, being identi- cal with it in form and habit, but the blooms are pure white. A finer combination of color cannot well be imagined than the massing together of these two beauties, either in bouquet groups or for decorative design. White. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. Si. 25, Vioz. $2.2$, oz. S4-S0. LATE ASTERS SCHELL'S LATE BRANCHING ASTER. This magnifi- cent Aster still reigns supreme. It is as well known among European as American growers, and every up-to-date florist has a fine display in his show windows just before the chrysan- themum comes in — in fact it is often mistaken for the chrysan- themum, which it very much resembles. It begins blooming about August 15 and continues throughout the season. The flowers are of extraordinary size, and are borne on long, grace- ful stems from 15 to 20 inches in length. The plants are extra large and of strong growth. It is unexcelled for cutting, and is by far the most satisfactory late Aster grown. Snowy White, Pink, Crimson, Purple, Lavender, all in separate colors and All Colors Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts. l4oz. 40 cts., K02. 70 cts.. oz. S1.25, Klb. S4. Late Branching Aaters 46 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER AQUILEGIA (Columbine). Hardy Perennial. Usually blooms first year from seed sown in spring and abundantly thereafter. Mixed Colors. Very sraceful plant growing about 2 feet hiKli. Every color, very effective for cut -flowers. Pkt. loc. BALLOON VINE {CartUospermum H alicacabum) . Hardy Annual. A rapid-growing annual vine; does best in a light soil and warm situation; flowers are white; the seed-pods look like miniature balloons and are of great interest to the children. Pkt. 5 cts., yioz. 15 cts., oz. 2$ cts. BALSAM PEAR. Same as the above except the fruits are long pear-shaped. These arc used for medicinal pur- poses. Pkt. 5 cts., Hoz. 25 cts. BALSAM APPLE (Momordica). Hardy Annual. A curious climbing vine; grows 10 feet from seed; the foliage is very ornamental, while the fruits are golden yellow, warted and, wlien ripe, open and show the seed in the brilliant carmine center. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 25 cts. BALSAM, or LADY'S SLIPPER, Camellia -flowered. These arc beautiful flowering Balsams. An old and favorite garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses of beautiful, brilliant- colored, double flowers in great profusion; of easy culture; succeeds in a good, rich soil; tender annuals; 5 feet. Start the seed indoors in April or sow out-of-doors in May. To ■ grow fines^>ccimens they should not be closer than 18 inches. I have the following colors separate and all of them in mi.-^turc: Rose, Dark Blood-Red, Red and White Spotted, White, Bright Scarlet, Mixed. Price of either separate colors or mixed, pkt. 5 cts.. |- rich and attractive display. There are two forms: the feathered, which produces large, feathery plumes, and the comb, which produces mammotli flowers resembling the comb of a chicken, yet verj' much larger, some of them 12 to 1 5 inclics across. Bright Red Combs. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 40 cts. Crimson Plumes. Pkt. 5 cts., Woz. 40 cts. CELOSIA Childsii (Chinese Woolflower). Very interesting plants, growing 2 to ,j feet, eacli branch having a large head of rich crimson flowers that look like silk. Fine for bedding and for cutting. Bloom all sunmier. Pkt. lOc, >80z. 50 cts. CHRYSANTHEMUM coronarlum. Hardy Annual. These are the small. - desirable because when they bloom almost all other outside flowers are over. They are valued highly for cutting. The mammoth-flowering sorts as grown by florists in the greenhouses are the Japanese. Double Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 cts. Double White. Pkt. 5 cts.. Jj'oz. 20 cts. Japanese. Hardy Perennial. Large flowers. Pkt. 30 cts. CINERARIA. My Grandiflora Prize Mixture is positively the finest selection of this favorite pot-plant. The color- ings are magnificent, and the flowers the largest. Start them in shallow boxes and transplant to pots. Pkt. 25 cts. 47 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS COUEUS. Hardy Annual. A most interesting foliage plant to grow from seed. The leaves show every conceivable color, and one imagines, when admiring them, that there are colors never seen before. The blending of colors is beautiful; fine for edgings or for pot-plants. Pkt. lo cts. CONVOLVULUS. See Marning-Glory. COB^:* (Cup-and-Saucer Vine). Hardy Annual. A climber of rapid growth, attaining a height of 30 to 50 feet during the season; valuable for covering trellises, arbors, trunks of trees, etc. ; will cling to any rough surface. In sowing, place seeds edgewise and merely cover with light soil; to get early results start the seed indoors in March or April; can also be sown out-of-doors in May. Scandens. Large, bell-shaped, purple flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.. Koz. 35 cts. Scandens alba. Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts., ySoz. 35 cts. COSMOS. Hardy Annual. One of our favorite autumn flowers. They grow s to 8 feet high, hence should be planted along the fence or in masses by themselves. If the plants are pinched out when but a foot high it will produce a bushv growth, making the plants more effective. Hundreds o'f flowers are borne on long stems; very desirable for bouquets. Giant Wbite, Pink, Red, and Mixed Colors. Each, pkt. S cts.. JVoz. 25 cts.. oz. 75 cts. New Double-fioweiing. The flowers are ei'her full double petals or have a frill or collar su-rounding the double disc; vers' artistic. White, Crimson, Pink, Mixed Colors. Each. pkt. 10 cts. WILD CUCUMBER VINE (Echinocyslh lohala). Hardy An- nual. A very quick-growing annual. The vines grow 20 to 25 feet in a season from seed sown in May in good, rich soil. The vine is covered with the fragrant, white flowers. The foliage is close and thick. Pkt. 5 cts., J^oz. 20 cts. CTCLAMEN. Half-hardy Perennial. Charming plants; rich- colored, fragrant flowers; beautiful foliage. One of the most popular pot-plants. The plants are covered with odd-shaped flowers, resembling, in a measure, butterflies. Sow seed in spring for summer flowers, or in fall for winter flowers. Butterfly Cyclamen, Mixed Colors. Pkt. (10 seeds) 35 cts. CYPRESS VINE (//lomtEaOMamofW). Hardy Annual. One of the most popular vines, with very delicate fern-like foliage, and masses of beautiful, small, star-shaped flowers. Sow in May. first soaking the seeds in warm water for a few hours. Scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts., Jioz. 20 cts. Wllite. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 20 cts. DAHLIA. Half-hardy Perennial. An old, familiar, yet greatly admired flower, grown more extensively now than ever before. If the seed of the double varieties is started before April 1, and the single varieties by the middle of May. both will bloom abundantly the first year. Double Mixed. Pkt. s cts.. Xoz. 60 cts. Single Mlxed^ Pkt. s cts.. Koz. 25 cts. (I have roots of many separate colors at 15 cts. each.) DOUBLE DAISY. Hardy Perennial. This is the dwarf, white Daisy, used so much for borders and for cutting. The plants grow only 4 to 6 inches high and are covered with the double, white flowers. It is a perennial, but should be covered with leaves or litter to stand the winter. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 75 cts. ■ SHASTA DAISY. Very large, pure white, Daisy-like flowers, often measuring 4 inches across, and having three or more rows of petals; borne singly on long stiff stems from July to frost. 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis). Hardy Perennial. The pretty blue Forget-me-nots. Planted as a border or among the plants^ of a bed of pansies they give a dainty, rich effect. Palustris. Blue. Pkt. 10 cts., '/ioz. so cts. FOUR-O'CLOCK (Mar\'el of Peru). Hardy Annual. One of the best blooms of all the favorite summer garden flowers. They grow quickly from seed, and are one gorgeous mass of bloom all summer. 2 feet high. Have the plants 12 to IS inches apart. Pkt. s cts., Koz. is cts. GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower). Hardy Perennial. The plants grow iK feet high and arc covered with brilliant, showy, daisy-like flowers on long stems; a good flower for cutting. Colors arc shades of red and orange. Double, Mixed Colors. Pkt. s cts.. Koz. 25 cts. Single, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 25 cts. GLOBE AMARANTH. See Bachelor's Button. GOURDS. Hardy Annual. Vines that grow 15 to 20 feet and have ornamental foliage and odd-shaped fruits. Mock Orange (Orange-shaped). Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 cts. Dipper, or Calabash. Pkt. s cts.. Koz. 20 cts. Egg-shaped. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 cts. Hercules' Club. 4 feet long. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 cts. Rag, or Dish-Cloth. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 cts. Pear-shaped. Striped; very showy. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 eta. Mixture of Above Varieties. Pkt. 5 cts,, K02. 30 cts. HELICHRTSUM (Straw Flower; Everlasting). Hardy annual. Exceedingly effective double flowers of the richest colors for bedding, or borders. Tliev grotv about 2K feet high and are used extensively, after being dried, in vases and baskets during the winter. When to be used for this purpose, cut long stems, when blooms are a third open, break off the foliage, tic in bunches and hang, head downwards, in a dry, dark place until they are dried. Crimson, White, YeUow, Violet, or Mixed Colors. Each, pkt. 10 cts.; i pkt. each of 4 colors. 30 cts. HELIOTROPE. Half-hardy Perennial. Seed sown in the spring will make fine plants for summer blooming, flower- ing the whole season. Flowers are delightfully perfumed. Pkt. 10 cts. HOLLYHOCKS. Hardy Perennial. One of our most beautiful hardy garden flowers, and a clump or line of them as a background or along a fence gives an effect not attainable with any other plants. The colors are gorgeous; the flower petals are like silk. My mixture is very fine. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. so cts. HUMULUS japonicus variegatus (Japanese Hop Vine). Hardy Annual. A very fast-growing vine, with dense foli- age. The leaves are beautifully marbled and splashed with silvers' white, light and dark green; very effective for screens, arbors, trellises, etc. It is never injured by insects nor affected by the heat, but retains its bright, variegated foliage until frost. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 40 cts. JOB'S TEARS (Coii/.ao-yma-Jof)!). Hardy Annual. The leaves resemble corn leaves. The hard, shiny seeds are interesting to children, who string them as beads. Pkt. sc.. oz. 20 cts. LARKSPUR, Dwarf Rocket. Hardy Annual. The annual Larkspur is one of the brightest and showiest garden flowers. From seed sown in May they produce a continuous mass of bloom until frost. This variety grows about 18 inches high. Flowers double and of the richest colors. Pkt. s cts. Koz. 25 cts. LINARIA, or KENILWORTH IVY. Hardy Perennial. A charming, trailing plant; suitable for baskets, vases, boxes and rockwork. Pkt. 10 cts. LOBELIA, Crystal Palace oompacta. Hardy Annual. Rich, deep blue; dark foliage; fine for bedding. Pkt. 10 cts.. Koz. 50 cts. MARIGOLD. Hardy Annual. Both the single- and double- flowering varieties arc rich bedding plants. The French Marigold is dwarfer and better adapted for borders and for massing among other dwarf annuals. Their bright colors liven up the flower-garden all summer. Easy to grow, sure to bloom. Double African Mixed. Tall. Pkt. s cts., Koz. 30 cts. Double French Mixed. Dwarf. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 30 cts. Single French. Yellow and brown. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 30 cts. Orange King. Perfect double flowers of rich deep golden orange color. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 40 cts. MIGNONETTE. Hardy Annual. A well-known, sweet-scented garden favorite that everybody should grow. By sowing seed in April, and again in July, you can have a succession of bloom until frost. Can be grown in pots for winter flowers. Goliath. Mammoth trusses, surpassing all others in bril- liancy of color. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 40 cts.. oz. ii.so. Odorata. Small spikes, sweetly scented. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 20 cts. MIMOSA pudica, or SENSITIVE PLANT. Half-hardy Per- ennial. Interesting plants, growing about iK feet high, with pinkish white flowers. The leaves close and droop, as if dying suddenly when touched or shaken, then open out again. Very interesting indeed for pot culture. Pkt. 10 cts. MOONFLOWER U fomcea krandiflora alba). Hardy Annual. During cloudy days and at night the plants are covered with almost numberless pure white flowers, very fragrant and of immense size — 5 to 6 inches in diameter. They grow quickly. Sow early. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 25 cts. Bona Nox (Evening-Glory, or Good Night). Blue flowers expanding in the evening. This is also a rapid-growing vine. Pkt. s cts.. Koz. 30 cts. MORNING-GLORY (Comolmlus major). Hardy Annual. Finest Japanese Single Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. Japanese Double Mixed. Beautiful; a large percentage of the flowers are double. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 2S cts., 02. 7s cts. Marigolds 48 Schell's Exquisite Exhibition Giants Positively incomparable. Friends, words cannot describe to you the marvelous beauty of the flowers produced from this mixture. And the size — you will think your eyes are deceiving you, for perhaps you have never seen their equal, as the flowers average four inches in diameter. The most rigid selection of mother plants is made and these seed plants are reset in the fall and undergo the rigors of winter improtected, thus making them extremely hardy and vigorous. The colors include lavender and gold, red with silver rim, red and gold, pure white, red, yellow, rose, bronze, violet, black, lavender, etc., with a dozen or more vari- ations in each of these colors. The flowers are borne on much longer stems than other strains. If you want to see something of unusual beauty, grow these Giants. It costs much to produce a strain of Pansies like these; they are wonderful. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1; oz. $10. Order yours at once. WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Schell's New Double Giant Zinnias The Largest-flowering, Brightest Colored Strain of this Popular Flower Ever Introduced This illustration, for lack of space, shows the flowers in only about one-half their natural size. They are naturally enormous in size and when grown in good soil, with proper cultivation, they will average 5 inches in diameter. These glorious flowers are borne on strong, stiff stems, making them of the greatest value as cut-flowers for vasing, and in the flower-garden they stand perfectly erect, showing them in ^ all their beauty. The flowers are not only of immense size but of extraordinary beauty because of their intensely bright rich colors, in- cluding every shade of pink, crimson, yellow, maroon, etc., with the tips of the petals distinctly marked. They are truly wonderful and must be seen to be appreciated. I urge you, if you love flowers or grow them for profit, to grow Schell's New Double Giant Zinnias and you will see something surprisingly new in size and beauty in this new strain I am oftering you. The Zinnia has always been a great favorite because it is so easy to grow and blooms from midsummer until frost. By starting the seed indoors in boxes, or in hotbeds or greenhouse in March, and trans- planting out carefully in May, without disturbing the roots any more than necessary, they will start blooming in June and continue until killed by November frosts. By sowing the seed out in the garden or seed-bed in last of April or May, when the soil is warm, and transplanting when 3 to 4 inches high to where you want them to bloom, they ^houkl start flowering in July. I know of no Other flower so easy to grow, never failing to give a mass of blooms. The plants, averaging about two and a half feet high, covered with their bril- liant flowers, are very effective when bedded with Others, £ts borders, or planted in clusters. If you want to brighten up around your home, plant these large-flowering, bright-colored Zinnias. By all means include Schell's New Double Giant Zinnias in your order All Colors Mixed Pkt. 16 ots., 4 pkts. for 60 ots., yiwi. $1, yiaz. $1.76, Koz. $3.60, oz. $6 THEY GROW BETTER » THEY YIELD BETTER • Quality Nasturtiums NASTURTIUMS Hardy Annual Tall, Quality Mixture. A mixture made up of every color of tins popular flower. Tlie vines grow from 6 to lo feet and are very effective when grown in sunny positions, as they t>loom all summer. Plct. s cts., 02. 20 cts., Xlb. .'SO cts., lb. Si. so. Dwarf, Quality Mixture. The dwarf varieties grow only a foot high. The plants are covered with the beautiful blooms continuously. This is one of the most satisfactory summer flowers to grow that I know of. As a border or in solid mass they make a most magnificent sight. The more flowers you cut off the more come on, and the stems being long makes them very valuable for bouquets. Pkt. s cts.. oz, 20 cts. Klb. so cts., lb. ii.so. NICOTIANA afflnla. Hardy Annual. Pure white, star-shaped flowers, borne on long stems very sweet-scented. Blooms continually. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet high. Pkt. s cts.. jii'oz 30 cts. PETUNIA Hardy Annual For the flower-garden or for growing in pots Petunias are unptinalcd in pffor- tiveness. They begin blooming early and arc a sheet of bloom the entire summer until killed by frost in ■ he fall. The plants grow about i foot liigh. The pure white is used exten- sively for cemetery beds. Cover the seed very lightly. Hybrida, Single Mixed. The oidi- nary single garden Petunias. Pkt, 5 cts., >4'oz. so cts., oz. $1.75. Giant Prize Fringed, Single Mixed. Fringed and ruffled. large-Howei ing sorts in the greatest variety ol color- ings. Pkt. 20 cts.. 1-32 o/,. $4. Giant Fringed, Double Mixed. It is to be remembered that seed saved from the most carefully hybridized flowers produces only a small per- centage of double flowers, the bal- ance being single; unusually fine. Pkt. 20 cts. Rosy Morn. Beautiful soft carmine-pink with white throat. Very effective as a border; blooms continuously — a mass of daintv pink flowers. Pkt. 15c. 'fioz.y^c. Dwarf Inimitable (Star Petunia). Fiowers are cherry-red with a white center; grows very compact; each plant makes a hand- some appearance. Pkt. 15 cts., Hoz. 50c. Snowball. Flowers are pure silky white; plants grow very compact. Fine as a white-border or solid bed or with other bright-colored flowers. Pkt. 150. . .'soz. 50c. PANmF^ SEE aLUSTRATION IN COLOR I /-\MOII-0 ON BACK COVER Hardy Biennial Who docs not know and love the Pansy blossom? No artist, however great his ability, can blend colors so gorgeously, so inexpressibly beautiful as our Creator has painted these little gems. Do not plan your flower-garden without allowing for a bed of Pansies. I offer only two mixtures and they are abso- lutely the g-andest of all. What is the use of planting anything less than the best? These mixtures include every conceivable color, and the seed is saved from the largest specimen flowers of the most varied colorings. How to Grow Pansies. In sowing the seed, never allow your .seed-beds to become dry. for any dr>'ness after the seeds sprout IS absoljtely fatal. When your seedlings or young plants are ready to set out or transplant to v/here you want them to bloom, dig your plant-bed to a depth of 10 to 12 inches, pulverize thoroughly to a depth of 6 to 8 inches, mix in 2 to 3 inches of well-rottcd manure, or Wizard Brand Sheep Manure. Cultivate often; too little cultivation is the cause of most failures in obtaining first-class results. Good drainage is necessar>'; set your plants deep in rows S inches apart so you can cultivate, and set plants 6 inches apart in the rows. Schell's Exquisite Exhibition Giants Positively incomparable. Friends, words cannot describe to you the marvelous beauty of the unusual color markings and shades of the flowers produced from this mL\ture. And the size — you will think your eyes are deceiving you. for perhaps you have never seen their equal, as the flowers average 4 inches in diameter. The most rigid selection of mother plants is made and these seed plants are reset in the fall and undergo the rigors of winter unprotected, thus making them extremely hardy and vigorous. The colors include lavender and gold, red with silver rim, red and gold, pure white, red, yellow, rose, bronze, violet, black, lavender, etc.. with a dozen or more variations in each of these colors. The flowers are borne on much longer stems than other strains. If you want to see something of unusual beauty, grow these Giants. It costs much to produce a strain of Pansies like these, yet 1 am willing to refund your money .if you are not glad you have them after tliey bloom. Pkt. 250., 5 pkts. $1, oz. Sio. One ounce will make about 6,000 plants Schell's Mammoth Mixture Pansies. The splendid mixture of very large-flowering, beautifully colored Pansies which 1 have been offering for years past. Next to my Exhibition Giants, it is the best mixture possible to produce. Many commercial growers have been getting this mixture from us for years. Small pkt. 10 cts., large pkt. 25 cts., Hoz. 75 cts., Koz. I1.2S. oz. $2.2S, $4- Petunia Hybrida, Single Mixed WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Double Carnation-Flowered Poppies PHLOX Drummondli. Hardy Annual. Sow the seed, as soon as danger of frost is over, where you want them to bloom; have the soil rich. In a few weeks the plants will present a perfect mass of bloom which continues until frost. The plants of the annual varieties grow from 6 to 12 inches high and your flower-garden should have these in it. The colors are bright and showy. Best Mixture. Pkt. 5 cts.. ;' beau- tiful and bloom year after year. Pkt. 10 cts.. Koz. 75 cts. PINKS (Dianthus). Hardy Annual. The old favorite, hardy garden Pink, seen growing in more flower-gardens than any other flower. It is ver>' showy in a mass effect or as a border. Plants grow 12 to 15 inches and the flowers are very desir- able for cutting for bouquets. Primula obconica PINKS, continued— Chinensis, Double Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Koz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. Double Pure White. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 25 cts.. oz. 75 cts. Double Red. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 25 cts., oz. 80 cts.' Single Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 20 cts., oz. 5o cts. POPPIES. Hardy Annual. The double and single annual va- rieties bloom abundantly from seed sown in the spring. The Oriental Poppy is perennial; this also should be sown in the spring; during July and August the plants will dis- appear, growing out again as soon as cool weather sets in. Annual sorts cannot stand transplanting, but the perennial Orientals should be transplanted in the fall to where you want them to stay permanently. The following summer, and thereafter, tliey will produce the most gorgeous, silk- like, mammoth, cup-shaped flowers imaginable; the flowers measure from 4 to 6 inches in diameter on stems 2 to 3 feet long. Single Shirley, Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 20 cts., oz. so cts. Single Scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 20 cts., oz. 50 cts. Double Carnation-flowered, Mixed. Pkt. sc., Xoz. 20c. Oriental, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.. yioz. 50 cts. Flanders Poppy. The beautiful scarlet Poppy of Flanders fields, now so very popular and almost sacred because of its associations with our heroes of the World War. Pkt. 10 cts., fioz. 30 cts., Koz. 50 cts., oz. $1. PERIWINKLE. See Vlnca. Hardy Annual Finks PRIMROSE (Primula). Half-hardy Perennial. These beautiful Primulas are among the most desirable house-plants for winter blooming in pots. The upright stems throw out heads of flowers which, when in full bloom above the rich carpet of foliage, produce a charming effect. While the Primula is grown very extensively by florists, they can be grown just as successfully in your window-garden. Sow the seed in the spring in good, porous loam. Obconica grandiflora. Mixed Hybrids. Pkt. 15 cts., 1-32 oz. $1. Primula chinensis. The Chinese Primrose, one of the most beautiful and popular window plants. Mixed Colors, pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts. PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant). Hardy Annual. Fine for massing in beds, for edgings, baskets or window-boxes, 6 inches high. Single Mixed. Pkt. s cts.. Koz. 40 cts. Double Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 40 cts., Koz. 7S cts. PUERARIA (Kudzu Vine). Hardy Perennial. The fastest- growing hardy vine. From seed sown in the early spring the vines grow about 10 feet; they are then established and thereafter they will grow {torn 25 to 50 feet in a season, depending on conditions of soil and weather. The foliage is large and dense. In August it bears small panicles of rosy purple, pea-shaped blossoms. For permanently covering a porch, dead trees, outbuildings, etc., it is very desirable. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 35 cts. 52 • THEY GROW BETTER ♦ THEY YIELD BETTER • RlCmuS (Castor-Oil Plant). Hardy Annual. Heavy plants, with large leai'es, giving a sort of subtropical effect when grown on lawns or in the center of beds. Planti grow s to 8 feet high. Zanzibarensis. Pkt. s cts.. oz. 25 cts.. J' graceful climber; grown extensively by florists for bouquets. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. STOCK. Hardy Annual. The Stocks, or Cut-and-Come-Again. are among the most satisfactory bedding plants and make very beautiful pot-plants when grown indoors. The flowers are borne on long stems, and are delightfully fragrant, thus making them of great value for cutting. Princess Alice. Pure snow-white. Special florists' strain. Pkt. 10 cts., Hoz. so cts. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts., ;' few plants will make such a gorgeous display during the summer months as the Ver- benas, or furnish more flowers for cutting. Start seed in the house or under glass early in the spring, and transplant after 3 or 4 inches of growth. Good, healthy plants can be produced from seed as readily as almost any tentler annual. They flower in July, and continue strong and healthy until destroyed by frost. Mammoth Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. so cts., 02. Si.so. Largest White. Pkt. 5 cts.. '4oz. so cts.. oz. $1.50. Largest Scarlet. Pkt. s cts.. Xoz. so cts., oz. $1.50. VINCA (Madagascar Periwinkle). Grows 2 feet high. One of the best free-flowering bedding plants we have. Best results are obtained by sowing the seed early indoors or under glass then transplanting out. yet if seed is sown outside in May they bloom abundantly from August until frost and may be potted and kept in bloom all winter. They make fine cut-flowers, every bud opening when placed in water. Alba. White with crimson eve. Pkt. 10 cts.. Xoz. 6^ cts. Alba Pura. Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts., Xoz. 6s cts. Rosea. Rose with dark eye. Pkt. 10 cts.. Xoz. 6s cts. Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 10 cts.. Xoz. so cts. WALLFLOWER. Half-hardy Perennial. Deliciously fragrant. Bloom early m the spring. Start the seed inside and set out in .April or Mav. Single Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 25 cts. Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. ZINNIAS, or YOUTH AND OLD AGE. Hardy Annual. Largest-flowering sorts. The well-known Zinnia has long been a favorite and deserves a place In evere flower-garden. The bright-colored flowers bloom profusely until frosts kill the plants. My mixture contains all colors and varieties. Schell'8 New Double Giants. (See page so.) Golden Pheasant. Deep gold ground with well-defined tips of maroon — beautiful. Pkt. is cts., Moz. 60 cts. Dahlia-flowered Zinnia, Mixed. Very large and so near like dahlias that it is dilificult to distinguish one from the other. Pkt. is cts., }taz. bo cts. TaU Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. Orange Yellow. A gorgeous, double, glowing yellow fiower; fine for cuttmg. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS SCHELL'S QUALITY SWEET PEAS Haxdy Annual There are hundreds of varieties of sweet Peas, many of which arc practically identical, that is, if they were placed together you could see no difference. Then there are many more that vary only in form. We give you here the "cream" of all the Lst, for we know that is what you want. Largest- Flowering Varieties SoheU*s Quality Mixture. This I make up of all the latest varieties which are credited as being the best of their indi- vidual color and class. It is impossible to make a better mix- ture of standard varieties than this is. It is the best. Mix- tures offered at higher prices cannot surpass it in quality. Do not confuse these with the Spencer types, which are the grandest of all Sweet Peas. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts., J' good, well-balanced mixture of standard sorts. It docs not include the latest varieties. The price of the packets is the same as the Quality Mixture, but they contain almost twice the quantity of seed. Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts.. lb. $1. Superb Spencer Varieties in Mixture. Made up entirely of the nev;est Spencer types. The Spencers are the largest and most beautiful of all Sweet Peas, ynder congenial culture the flowers measure up to 2 and ij-j inches across. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., K'lb. 75 cts.. lb. $2.50. LARGEST- FLOWERING SPENCER, SEPARATE COLORS The Very Latest and Grandest Large, beautifully waved and ruflfied edged flowers, usually three to four on each long stem. They are simply magnificent. You should grow them by all means, for your own pleasure or for profit. Afterglow. Bright violet standards shaded rosy amethyst, wings pale blue. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts.. >i'Ib. $1, lb. $3. America. White ground, heavily striped and flaked with crimson-scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts.. Xlb. $1. lb. $3. Apple Blossom Spencer. Charmingly colored rose-pink, veined and shaded carmine-pink; wings paler pink and blush. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., M'lb. Sx. lb. $3. Aurora. White, mottled and flaked with bright orange-pink. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts.. Klb. Si. lb. $3- Beatrice Spencer. A dainty blend of blush, lemon and pink on the standards (upper petals) while the wings {lower petals) are pure pink. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 30 cts., Xlb. $1. lb. $3- Countess Spencer. A gorgeous flower. Bright soft pink shad- ing to a warm rose-pink at the edges. Pkt. lo cts., oz. 30 cts. V;ib. $1. lb. S3. Elfrida Pearson. Large, pale pink; very rich. Pkt. 10 cts. oz. 30 cts., >4'!b. Si, lb. $3. Enchantress. A beautiful, clear, rich pink. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., l.i\h. Si. lb. S3. Fiery Cross. Intense orange-scarlet. Pkt. 20 cts., 02. 30 cts.. }<:\h. Si. lb. $3. Florence Nightingale. A very large, finely waved bluish lav ender. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 30 cts.. Klb. Si. lb. $3. George Herbert. Large, wavy, rich rose-carmine flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 30 cts., Xlb. Si, lb. $3. Helen Lewis. Orange-salmon-pink; blooms large. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 30 cts., Klb. Si, lb. S3. King Edward Spencer. Glowing crimson-scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 30 cts.. Klb. $1. lb. S3. Marie CorelU. A bright, glowing crimson, almost a self color. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts.. Klb. Si, lb. $3. Primrose Spencer. Large, waved flowers of deep cream or primrose-yellow. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., K'b. Si, lb. $3. White Spencer. Very large, open, waved flowers. A most chas e and beautiful variety. Purest white. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts.. i^lb. Si. lb. S3. EARLY SWEET PEAS The great merit of this class is earliness, coming into bloom from two to tlirce weeks earlier than the tall varieties. They grow only 18 to 24 inches high and arc recommended only where very early flowers are wanted, as the flowers are not so large nor the steins so long as the taller sorts. Earliest White. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts., Klb. so cts. Eurliest Sunbeams. Primrose-yellow. Pkt. s cts.. oz. is cts., J^lb. 50 cts. Earliest of All. Pink and white. Pkt. s cts.. oz. 15 cts., ^\b. 50 cts. DWARF BUSH or CUPID SWEET PEAS The plants grow only 6 to 8 inches. For edginiis or pot cul- ture they are very pretty. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts. THE BEST GRANDIFLORA or LARGE- FLOWERING SWEET PEAS Any of the following arCf pkt. 6 cts., oz. 15 cts., V^lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. Agnes Eckford. Pure, bright, soft pink. America. Striped scarlet and white. Black Knight. Deep maroon, veined black. Blanche Ferry. Pink and white. Coccinca. Bright, rich cherry-red. Dainty. White, with pink edge. Dorothy Eckford. Large; pure white. Flora Norton. Light, clear blue; charming. Golden Rose. Primrose-yellow, flushed with pink. Henry Eckford. Intense orange. Hon. Mrs. E Kenyon Fine primrose-yellow. King Edward VII. Crimson-scarlet. Lady Grisel Hamilton. Beautiful silvery lavender. Lord Nelson. Rich indigo-blue. Maid of Honor. White, shaded blue, with edge of deep bli:e Mont Blanc. Early ; white. Mrs. Collier. Primrose. Navy-Blue. Dark violet. Othello. Deep maroon. White Spencer Sweet Peas. About half natural size GRAND OFFER OF BOUQUET GARDEN FLOWERS Twenty Different Kinds I have made a splendid mixture of twenty of the prettiest flowers that grow easily from seed and bloom abundantly all summer. Every color is in this mixture and all are valuable for bouquets as well as for beautifying the yard. I want every lover of flowers to order this mixture for I have made it for you. Large Package (full ounce of seed) only 25 cts. 54 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER SUIVIMER-FLOWERIPSG BULBS Plant them as soon as the soil is in condition to be worked properly — usually from April 15 to May 15, or later. All these Flowering Bulbs and Roots are very satisfactory to grow, producing the most beautiful bedding and bouquet flowers until frost. Take up the bulbs or roots before freezing and store in a cool, dry place until the next spring, then plant out again. GLADIOLI (Sword Lilies) Cowee's Meadowrale Mixture. Mr. Cowce, the expert grower of Gladioli, grows this mixture for me and he says, "This includes the largest number of magnificent varieties of any popular mixture." Every conceivable color. If you ^vant to sec one of the most beautiful sights you ever saw. plant a hun- dred or more of these Gladioli, and they are among the best cut-flowers for vasing. First-size bulbs, 8 cts. each. 75 cts. per doz.. S6 oer 100. Choice Mixture. A very fine mixture of many varie- ties and colors that will please you. It is not. how- ever, nearly so fine a mixture as the above which accounts for this mixture being sold at less than the above. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., $4.50 per 100, $3$ per 1,000. SEPARATE COLORS, the very best of a long list; and our bul'- ais of individual quality not to be com- pared w th those quoted at less price. 25 at the 100 price, 250 at the 1,000 price. SIX BEAUTIES America. Acknowledged to be one of the finest varie- ties both for cutting and bedding. Large flowers of the most beautiful soft flesh-pink. 7 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100, S35 per i.ooo. Mrs. Francis King. Brilliant light scarlet or flame- color; very attractive. 8 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz., $6 per 100, S45 per 1,000. Niagara. A delicate creamy-yellow with small rosy carmine markings in the throat. Beautiful for vasing as well as bedding. I2 cts. each, $1.20 per doz., $8 per 100, S65 per 1,000. Peace. Certainly well named. Pure white, with a little touch of carmine in the lower petals. The large flowers, borne on long graceful stems, make this an exceedingly beautiful variety. 12 cts. each, $1.20 per doz.. $S per too, S65 per 1,000. Panama. Rich rosy pink flowers of largest size. A great favorite. 12 cts. each, $1.20 per doz.. $8.50 per 100, S75 per I.ooo. Princeps. Rich dazzling scarlet, marked with white on the lower petals. This combination is most striking. Flowers are very large and are borne on long stems. 12 cts. each, $1.20 per doz., $8.50 per 100, $75 per 1.000. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS of the above 6 named varieties, 2 of each (1 doz. in all) $1; 6 of each (3 doz. in all) $2.75; 12 of each (6 doz. in all) $5. OTHER NAMED VARIETIES All are choice large-flowering, rich colored sorts. Augusta. Pure white with blue anthers. 7 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., S5.50 per 100, S40 per i.ooo. Halley. Large, open flowers of delicate salmon-pink. 8 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz., $6 per 100, S45 per 1,000. Mrs. Watt. A most distinct and beautiful rich deep cherry-red. 12 cts. each. Si. 20 per doz.. $S per 100, S65 per 1,000. Myrtle. One of the most beautiful clear rose-pinks. 7 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., S5 per 100, $35 per 1,000. Baron Hulot. A rich royal violet-blue. Very effective alone or when grouped or vased with a yellow variety. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., S10.50 per 100' J90 per 1,000. War. Deep blood-ied flowers of largest size, in fact one of the largest flowering varieties. We do not like the name, but all admire this gorgeous flower. 20 cts. each. $2 per doz,, $10.50 per 100. PEOINIES Pink, White, Red. Any color, 75 cts. each, $8.50 per doz. I issue a special catalogue of FALL BULBS. Write for a copy. Ready in August. LARGE-FLOWERING CANNAS For planting in beds, by the porch, along the fence, no other plant is more effective and as easy to grow if the soil is well prepared. The earlier the roots are started, the better. There are hundreds of varieties of Cannas; if I listed them all you would have difficulty in selecting them, so I am offering you here twelve of the best of them — -six tall and six dwarf. I know you will be wonderfully pleased with all of them. To obtain the best effect in bedding, place the tall varieties in the center and the dwarf ones around them, arranging the colors to harmonize best. Prices of large roots of any of the following 12 grand varieties, 25 cts. each, 3 for 60 cts., $2.25 per doz. BEST SIX DWARF CANNAS Grow 3 to 4 feet high City of Portland. 3 feet. This is one of the most beautiful pink Cannas. Fine bedding variety; large flowers. General Merkel. 4 feet. Brilliant scarlet suffused with orange, base of each petal marbled golden yellow. Goldbird. 4 feet. Soft buttercup-yellow; large flowers. Dragon. 4 ft. Wonderful bloomer. Dark ox-blood-red. Dazzler. 3)4 ft. Deep fiery red flowers; extra fine. Uhlberg. 3 feet. Soft rosy carmine with creamy yellow throat and a broad margin of yellow. BEST SIX TALL CANNAS Grow 5 to 6 feet high Wintzer's Colossal. 5 feet. Without doubt the largest flowered Canna to date, as the average flowers more than cover a man's hat. A vivid scarlet that retains its brilliancy. Eureka. 5 feet. Beautiful creamy white flowers; the best white Canna. Yellow King Humbert. 5 feet. Beautiful shade of yellow, lightly spotted red. King Humbert. 5 feet. Bronze foliage; immense flowers, brilliant orange-scailet, with bright red markings. Meteor. 5 feet. Magnificent trusses of deep blood-red flowers. Orange Redder. 5 feet. The grandest bright orange with just enough scarlet to intensify its dazzling mass of color. TUBEROSES, Double Excelsior Pearl. These pure white, sweet-scented flowers are so popular they need only to be mentioned, for they are grown by the thousands every summer. My bulbs are extra large and sure bloomers. 10 cts. each, 3 for 25 cts., 75 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100. CALADITJM. Elephant's Ear. This is the big-leaved foliage plant which attains an enormous size. I have had plants with leaves more than 3 feet long. Fine for center of lawn, corner of yard, center of flower-bed — in fact, looks splendid anj'where. Monster bulbs, 30 cts. each. $3 per doz. ; Large bulbs, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz.; Medium bulbs, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. MADEIRA VINE, (Mignonette Vine). An old- fashioned popular vine, covering a large space in a short time. Fleshy, heart-shaped leaves of a light green, and numerous racemes of feathery white flowers of delicious fragrance. Protect with litter in this latitude. Strong tubers. 15c. each. Si. 50 per doz. WHITE CALLA LILY. The White Calla, or "Lily- of-the-Nile." is one of our old favorites. It does well indoors or in the gardens, and produces its handsome, pure white Lilies continuously. 30c. each, 3 for 75c. CINNAMON VINE. Grows quickly to a height of 25 to 40 feet; is hardy and will last for years. Thick foliage free from insects; white flowers with dalightful cinnamon odor. Thrives in sun or shade. 7 cts. each, 5 for 25 cts., 60 cts. per doz. 55 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET- GARDENERS SELECT LIST OF CHOICEST DAHLIAS These flowers are increasing in popularity with flower-lovers every year, and one does not wonder that this is so when they see the charming new "creations" in color, size, and form of flower which are constantly being produced. One must grow and see the marvelous size and beauty of the newer varieties of Dahlias to appreciate them. Here Are SchelVs "Glorious Six" YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THEM ALL Dahlia SPECIAL OFFER: One of each of these 6 for $4.40 Oregon Beauty. A beautyl Its color an in- tense oriental-red with golden sheen and gar- net suffusion. It is of the Decorative class. The flowers are immense, on long stiff stems. Price, 50 cts. each. $$ per doz. Attraction. Very lively, yet soft silvery mauve- rose color with white suffusion. The large, graceful flowers are 6 inches across and are of the Hybrid Cactus class. Price, $1 each, $10 per doz. King of the Autumn. Its coloring is truly wonderful and most effective; rich salmon- pink, passing to a golden suffused buff near the edges of the petals. The plants are covered with the immense flowers averag- ing 6 inches and over in diameter, of the Decorative class. Price, 75 cts. each. $8.50 per doz. Princess Juliana. One of the finest pure white Decorative Dahlias. Blooms very early and continually. Flowers are large, borne on strong stems, and set well above the foliage. Price, 50 cts. each. $5 per doz. Kalil. A pure dazzling scarlet flower, truly majestic in form and size, measuring over 9 inches in diameter. The plants, growing 4^3 feet high, are covered with these gigantic flowers, borne erect on strong, stiff stems. Kalif is a Cactus variety. Do not fail to grow it. Price, $1 each, $10 per doz. Hortulanus Fiet. Very beautiful Decorative Dahlia. The great flowers, 8 inches in diam- eter, are a very delicate shade of pink, with the tip of each petal tipped with gold. The entire flower has a suffusion of delicate tints of red and yellow which gives a glow yet a softness lof color that is charming. Price, $1 each, $10 per doz. SchelVs Twelve Choice Dahlias FOUR EACH OF DECORATIVE, CACTUS, AND FANCY DAHLIAS. All are of great value as cut-flowers as well as garden decoration CACTUS DAHLIAS, continued Rheinkoenig. One of the best pure white Cactus Dahlias. Flowers 5 inches across on strong stems. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. SPECIAL OFFER! One each of these 4 Cactus varie- ties for $1.50 DECORATIVE DAHLIAS Jack Rose. Brilliant crimson-red; very fine. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. Delice. One of the very best beautiful soft rosy pinks. 35 cts. each. S3 per doz. Miss Minnie McCuUough. A handsome flower; clear soft yellow, overlaid with bronze. 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. Perle de Lyon. One of the very finest large pure white flowers, excellent for cutting. 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. SPECIAL OFFER ! One of each of the above 4 Deco- rative Dahlias for $1 CACTUS DAHLIAS Prinoe ot Yellows. Large flowers of bright canary- yellow, very beautiful. 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. Nancy Mae. Intense scarlet; perfect flowers. 50 ct«. each, $5 per doz. Pink Pearl. Beautiful soft rosy-pink of medium size and perfect form. 35 cts. each, S3 per doz. SPECIAL COLLECTION ol one of each of the above Twelve Dahlias for $8.60 COMBINATION OFFER! Consisting of one of each of our Glorious Six and one each of our twelve Choice Dahlias, EIGHTEEN IN ALL, for $7.60 56 FANCY DAHLIAS White Swan. Fine, pure white; perfect shape. 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. Princess Victoria. Rich primrose-yellow; every flower a perfect one, on long stems, A great bloomer, early and late. 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. Dorothy Peacock. Large, bright shell-pink flowers. An early and continuous bloomer. 35 cts. each, $3 per dor. David Warfleld. Rich cherry-red flowers, large, and of fine form, on long stems. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. SPECIAL OFFER I One each of these 4 Fancy Dahlias for $1.25 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER • Have a Lawn and Have a Good One A Beautiful Velvety Green Lawn adds joy to one's life, gives peace and rest to tired minds and bodies, adds value to property. Sow Schell's Quality Lawn Seed. It is positively the very best, mixed by ourselves, and we use the very fanciest, purest, cleanest grades of grasses. The results it produces prove its superior, lasting quali- ties. We supply hundreds of bushels to the Pennsylvania State Department of Public Grounds and Buildings, to landscape gardeners, public parks, private estates, cemetery associations, colleges and to hundreds of our friends who keep their homes beautiful with green grass growing round about. To Have a Good Lawn. — Prepare the soil well, work it up as fine as possible, then scatter over and rake in your fertilizer. Now sow the seed, beginning at one end and work back, raking the soil fine and even just before sowing the seed. Do not rake after sowing, but press the seed lightly into the soil by rolling or with a board or back of shovel. Sow the seed very evenly; do not drop it in uneven quantities and do not miss sowing seed on every inch of soil, for it is necessary to sow Lawn Seed thick to get a rich velvety green sod. Sow one quart to each lOo square feet, that is lo feet long and to feet wide; more will not hurt — better sow thick than not enough. There are 43,560 square feet in an acre. Sow 200 pounds to the acre to produce a heavy sod at once. Schell's Q uality Lawn Grass Seed. '/^^''-^s^Jf cts., 2 ibs. $1.25, 5 ibs. $2.75 10 ibs. $5, 2 bus. (20 lbs.) $9.75. (Sent by mail, l/zlb. 45 cts., lb. 80 cts., 2 lbs. $1.50, 5 lbs. $3.15, 10 lbs. $5.75, bus. (20 Ibs.) $10.25, postpaid.) Schell's Special Shady Place Lawn Seed. P°Tp?^5'' ?^ ^'^I'^^ grasses which grow freely -I ^ m shaded places and also give that rich, velvety green so desirable. This mixture may be sown under trees also. Sow the same quantity as of the above. Vjlb. 35 cts., lb. 65 cts., 2 lbs. $1.25, 5 lbs. $2.75, 10 lbs. $6, bus. (20 lbs.) $9.75. (Sent by mail, Vjlb. 45 cts., lb. 80 cts., 2 lbs. $1.50, 5 lbs. $3.15, 10 lbs. $5.75, bus. (20 lbs.) $10.25, postpaid.) White Clover. For lawns. Sow lo pounds to the acre or J-4 pound to 100 square feet over established lawn to renew it. Bus. (6o lbs.) $32. (Postpaid, lb 75 cts., S lbs. S3. 50, 10 lbs. S6.50, 20 lbs. Ji2.) "Putting- Green" Mixture, s lbs. $3.25, 10 lbs. $6, bus. (20 lbs.) S12. NOTE. — All grasses were a very short crop last year. "Fair Green" Mixture. %lb. 35 cts., lb. 65 cts., 2 lbs. 51.25, 5 lbs. $2. 75, 10 lbs. $5, bus. (20 lbs.) $9.75. Sent by mail, J^lb. 45 cts., lb. 80 cts., 2 lbs. Si. 50, 5 lbs. $3.15, 10 lbs. 15.75, bus. (20 lbs.) $10.25, ppd. Terrace or Embankment Mixture. Klb. 35 cts., lb. 65 cts., 2 lbs. $1.25, 5 lbs. $2.75, 10 lbs. Is, 20 lbs. $9-7S- Por FeftilizinO Lawns, wizard Brand Pulverized Sheep Manure is the ideal lawn fertilizer. It is far — I superior to stable manure; has every advantage of it without the objectionable weeds and unsightly appearance which always follow its use; is easily applied, being finely pulverized. It makes strong, thrifty turf, beautiful in color, and is largely used in landscape fertilizing by parks, golf and country clubs, private estates, etc. Has been successfully used on our State Capitol lawns, and through its use grass has been grown under the trees, right up to the trunk, for it supplies the grass with the necessary plant food which the trees have taken from the soil. Scatter broadcast, when there is little wind, from 75 to 100 pounds to the thousand feet of surface, or 10 pounds to each 100 square feet (10 feet long by 10 feet wide), and wet down thor- ou ghly, if possible. By express or freight, 5 lbs. 36 cts., 10 lbs. 60 ctf ., 25 lbs. $1, 50 lbs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $S, 600 lbs. $12.50, 1,000 lbs. $21, ton $40. F. O. B. Harrisburg. Lawn SuVOlieS ^ have almost everything you need for your lawn — Electric Hose (the best hose made), '. Lawn Mowers, Lawn Sprinlders, Hedge Shears, Grass Shears, Sickles, Border Knives, Lawn Rahes, Plant-Tubs, Grass Catchers, Weed Eradlcator, etc. Ask for prices. 57 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS GARDEN TOOLS of every description to take every kind of work necessary for the growing of crops. We would have to enlarge our catalogue greatly if we would describe the hundreds of useful gardening tools we have. Ask us about any tools you need. We guarantee every tool to be satisfactory. (NO. 12 PLANET JR. DOUBLE- ANDSIINGLE- WHEEL HOE Price, $12.50 I pay the freight Planting with a No. 2S Seeder Planet Jr. No. 17 Steel frame, 15-inch steel wheel TIic highest type of Single- WTieel Hoc made. Light, but strong, and can be used h\- man. woman, or boy. Will do all the I ultivation in your garden in the easiest, Qiiickest, and best way. (NO. 25 PLAINET JR. COMBINED HILLand DRILL SEEDER, SIINGLE- and DOUBLE-WHEEL HOE Price, $23. I pay the freight Soon pays for itself in the family garden as well as in the larger acreage. Sows all garden seeds (in drills or in hills), plows, opens furrows and covers them, hoes and cultivates quickly and easily. Planet Jr. No. 12 Steel frame, 14-inch steel wheels A Single- and Doubie-Whccl Hoe in one. Straddles crops till 20 inches high, then works between. Has steel frames and 14-inch steel wheels. The greatesth and cultivat- ing tool in the world. No. 306 Iron Age in continuous rows or in hills 4, 6, 8 NO. 306. IRON AGE HILL AND DRILL SEEDER, SINGLE AND DOUBLE WHEEL HOE Sows with won- derful accuracy any small garden or flower seed , either or 24 inches apart. Seed-hopper can be easily removed and any of the accompanying tools attached, making either a Double or Single Wheel Hoe. same as No. 301. Price, complete, $18.75. I pay the freight. IRON AGE WHEEL CULTIVATOR Planet Jr. No Holds 2 1/2 quarts of seed NO. 301. IRON AGE SINGLE AND DOUBLE WHEEL HOE AND PLOW An immensely popular, low-priced tool of great strength. The 24-inch wheel travels over rough ground easily. Price, com- plete, S4.90. I pay the freight. Can be Ircn Age No. 301 Same as No. 306. but without seeder attachment. Works either astride or between rows. " easily and quickly changed from single- to double- wheel style. Price complete, $10.85. I pay the freight. THE COLUMBIA SEEDER Most Accurate Seeding Machine in the World It MUST Sow Seed Just RIGHT It CANNOT Sow Too Thick It CANNOT Sow Too Thin Every market-gardener should include one of these Seeders in his order. Those of my customers who have them say: "It is the finest seeder of them all." Seven cyhnders arc sent with each Columbia hand planter. Those seven cylinders will sow about the entire list of the average market -gardener's planting. These machines are u.sed by govcritment experiment stations in nearly every state in the Union, where the machine is regarded as the most accurate seeding marhinc in the world. They are made especially to meet the demand of market-gardeners. No. le. Without fertilizer attachmsnt $19 00 No. II. With fertilizer attachment 24 00 I pay the freight Sftil Piruen, nil */ .u u Ovilf Cjtlnitu 58 by R^img Dint PUIt Cii k M\/ ^1 irkrklii:kc success with poultry you mu* r OUiiry oUppilCS have the best sanitary equipment The Eureka Colony Brooder The Stove Brooder with the corrugated fire- pot. Gas-Proof. Self- Regulating. Can be op- erated at a cost of 5 cents a day. No attention necessarj' except coaling once in twenty-four to forty-eight hours, according to the weather. Why Pay double this amount when at this ■price you can get a Stove Brooder that is guaran- teed just as efficient and durable as any made? No. 10. soo-chick capacity $21 50 No. 20. i.ooo-chick capacity 26 50 Stovepipe not included. Thousands of them in successful operation — send at once. Conkey's Buttermilk Starting Feed FOR BABY CHICKS We sell carloads of it. Thousands of poultry -keepers attribute much of their suc- cess to this splendid Starting Feed. You can literally "see them grow." Feed it for the first 6 to 8 weeks and you'll have the finest lot of chicks you ever saw. 2K-lb. pkg., 25 cts.; 5 lbs., 40 cts.; 10 lbs., 75 cts.; 25 lbs., $i.lS\ 100 lbs.. S6. (Postpaid, 2^^ lbs.,3Scts.; 5 lbs.. 60 cts.; 10 lbs., $1.10.) Baby Chick Feeder Saves feed; keeps it clean; can also be used for water or milk. Made in two sizes: No. 11, 6 in. in diam,. 30c.; No. 12, 8 in. in dtam., 50c. Dry Mash Hopper For laying hens. No. 35- 8M in. wide.Si.go, (postpaid, S2. is). No. 36. 12 in. wide, $2.50, (postpaid, $2.80.) Norwich Apaco Automatic Grain Feeder Keep your hens busy working for their grain feed and they will lay more eggs. Try one of these and you will find the waste it saves pays its cost many times over. You set it to feed a certain amount of grain per day — no more — and they work all day to get it. All up-to-date egg-farms are i.sing them. Hopper holds 8 quarts. $2. (Post- paid, $2.25.) CANARY BIRDS Guaranteed Singers. $6, $8, $10 each. Cages and all bird supplies. Egg-Testers Fit on any standard Lamp burner. J« «U. (postpaid, 6o cts.) 60 Galvanized 3- Compartment Hop- pers for grit, shells, etc., $i.so. (Postpaid, $1.75.) BABY CHICKS In season Irom March 20th to June 1st. Write for prices. Star Fountain INo. 32 One-piece, non-rusting metal- Fits nint. auart. or half-gallon Masonjar. Oneof tlie best foun- tanis for little chicks. 25 cts. each. $2-50 per doz. (without jar). INo. 21 Sanitary Feeding Trough Twelve inches long; remov- able top. 75 cts. Lice -Killing Nest Eggs Look like real eggs. 8 cts. each, 35 cts. for 5, 60 cts. per doz. "Egg-O-Latum" Keeps fresh eggs fresh and good from spring and summer through the following winter. Eggs nine months old cannot be known by the average person from fresh eggs one week old, when Egg-O-Latum is used. And it is so inexpensive and simple to use. A 50 cent jar treats 50 dozen eggs; a Ji jar, 200 dozen. Eggs are kept in ordinary box or egg crate in the cellar. Quickly applied — a dozen a minute — just rub it on the shell with the hands. Full di'ections with each jar. 50 cts. ancl Si. (Postpaid, 60 cts. and $1.20.) Hub Fountain. 4-qt. size, $1.25 each, (postpaid Ji.SO.) 8-qt. size, fi.6a eactt (post- paid $1.90.) THEY GROW BETTER THEY YIELD BE Hovers (BuUt in two styles) The reliable Universal, and AH Steel Portable. Shipped complete with lampcase» one-piece steel lamp. No. 2 burner, metal chimney and thermometer. Strong, round, high and dark. Every inch of hover-space available for chicks. Capacity 100 chicks. Ventilation forced and free, pure warm air always passing over backs of chicks as in nature's method. Best constructed Hovers on the market, and most accurate in prin- ciple. Unlveisal Hover, with lamp-case, for outdoor brooding and regulator Jio 50 Universal Hover, without lamp-case, for indoor brooding, with regulator 9 so Regulator lor Universal Hover 2 00 Portable Hover, Junior, with regulator 12 00 A good dependable Hover, made to follow Nature's way of brooding chicks, is an absolute necessity to the raising of chicks. Don't try to get along with a box. or any other substitute for a Hover, for you will lose out if you do. Order your Brooder or Hover ten days or two weeks before your liatch comes off so you will be all ready at the important time. (Ask for prices on Prairie State Incubators.) ]T Telescopes Portable Hover, Jr. Pick it up and set it down anywhere ready for use. Complete, with regulator, $12. Prioe, one coop complete, $s (postpaid Ss-So), 2 for $9.70, 3 for ^14.25, by express or freight Cleanliness is important in every stage of poultry culture; but it is upon thousands die annually because of unsanitarj' conditions, chiefly other fatal diseases. The Norwicli Feeder overcomes this. Chicks cannot get on it or in it nor throw any feed out. Made with cover and without, length 20 inches. The cover is desirable where feeding is done outside, keeping feed perfectly dry when it rains. It is fine, too, where chicks and older birds run together, preventing the older birds getting the chicks' feed. Can be used for mash, chick feed, sour milk or water. Made strong; will last a lifetime. Prices, with Rain Top, Si each (postpaid Si. is). Jii.So per doz. (you pay express). Without Rain Top, 75 cts. each (postpaid 90 cts.), S8.50 per doz. (you pay express). Lawn Park Brood Coops Just what you've been wanting. No loss of chicks from rats, dogs, cats. etc. Dr>'. ventilated coop in bad weather. Solid bottom to coop while yard allows them to pick in the grass or dirt when you want them to. Pick it up — coop, chicks, and all — from one place, set it down at another. The yard section slides back in the coop, closing it entirely at night. Double door allowing chicks only to run out or hen and chicks both if desired. The Wonderful Norwich Chick Feeder Indorsed and recommended by Prof. T. E. Quiscn- berrj'. American Poultry School; U. R. Fishel, world- renowned poultryman, and many others, absolutely necessary in raising baby chicks. Thousands due to pollution in the feed, leading to white diarrhea and High-Grade Feeds (For Laying Hens) These feeds wilL^um your hens into real "Egg ma- chines." You'll be amazed at the way they lay — try them. ScheU*s Egg-Laying Mash, $2.75 per roo lbs. Schell^s Quality Scratch Feed. S2.45 per 100 lbs. I Scheil^s Choice Scratch Feed. 52.25. per 100 lbs. j Schell's Cockeysville Grit. They tnttst have grit. I Fine, Medium or Coarse $1.25 per 100 lbs. I (Give freight station and P. O. when ordering). j All other feeds and supplies. Fifty-one Chicks feeding from two Norwich Chicle Feeders Celluloid Spiral Leg Bands Easily put on or off, yet cannot work off; birds do not mind them. COLORS. Dark Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, WUte, Light Blue, Pink, Amber, Purple, Black, Rose, Garnet and Ruby. kV : . . IVOS^ fj^^^SS^^^^^^^^ We sell so many of tliese tliat we sometimes run low on some colors, so if in a hurry state if some other color will do if we should he just out of the color you order. Mark left leg for age, using a different color every year. Wonderful Norwich Chick Feeder showing it with Rain Cover Mark right leg for pen, using a different color for every pen and without "° mark each hen ni the pen separately, use a diilerent colored Spiralet for every hen in the pen, putting it above the pen ring on the right leg. If any bird gets out of the pen tlie color of the ring tells where it belongs, which saves much time referring to records. Line breeding is practised by many breeders, with only Spiralets used for marking the birds. The object of Spiralets is to know your hens on sight by the color of their ring. .Spiralets are made of a special high class celluloid of brilliant colors; they are fadeless, weatherproof, and waterproof. When ordering please state size numbers and colors you want. Size For hens For cocks 12 25 so 100 250 soo i.ooo No. 4. Baby chicks 4 $0.10 $0.20 $0.35 $0.60 $i.3S $2.40 $4.00 No. 5. Pigeons S .10 .20 .35 .60 1.35 2.40 4.00 No. 6. Growing chicks 6 .10 .25 ,40 .75 1.75 3.00 s.oo No. 7. Bantams 7 .15 .30 .50 .90 3. IS 4-00 7.oo No. 8. American Leghorns and Anconas 8 11 .20 .35 .55 l.oo 3.2s 4-2S 7.50 No. 9. English Leghorns 9 11 .ao .35 .60 i.io 2.50 4.50 8.50 No. II. Plymouth Rocks, Orpingtons. R. I. Reds and Wyandottes 11 11 .i* .40 .70 1.20 2.75 S-oo 9.00 61 WALTER S. SCHELUS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS SPRAYERS r^^p^spti-z^^t^^^^^^ -iioS^^5S;oo"o^ « let them get your crops. Spray I I guarantee every Sprayer we sell to be satlslaotory. The New "Key Duster Gun" Just what has been needed for the user of dry powder insecticides. No mixing, no filling of tank — just put a "cartridge" (pasteboard bo.N of the spray) into the "Gun." It automatically opens the box and applies the materials to the foliage. Price of "Gun" $$; (postpaid. $5.25). Price of Cartridges is cts. each (by express, prepaid, when sent with Gun. 20 cts.). Order one of these on mv recommcndation — they are great. Dry Powder Sprayer No. 131 Price, $l; (postpaid. Si. 15). Sprays drj' arsenate of lead, slug shot, lice pow- der, etc. Hurst Four-Row Wheel-Barrow Sprayer .-V most valuable low priced four row traction Sprayer. The revolving wheel works the pump and supplies four nozzles with 125 pound pressure. By taking out the bolt connecting the pump to the wheel, you then have a hand pump for spraying fruit trees. The two long bars fold straight up. It is then just as wide as the handles. We sell large numbers of these every year. Price, 20 gallon Sprayer, $40; 10 gallon, $36. No. 7. Kant-Klog Sprayer We sell hundreds of them. Every Sprayer guaranteed. Holds 4 gal- lons. Brass, S9; Galvanized, $7. Brown's Auto-Sprayer One of the best Compressed Air Sprayers. Tank holds 4 gallons Hang it on shoulder by strap and press on shutoflf and it sprays con tinuaily. Brass. Sg; galvanized, $7 " ' Government last year.) (We sold 3.000 of these to the No, 10. Continuous Sprayer This Sprayer has 2 nozzles — one sprays up under leaves. Tin, $1 Galvanized. Si. 25; Brass. St. 50. (postpaid, Si. 15. Si-40, Si. 65). Lowell Compressed-Afr Sprayer Holds 4 gallons, trees. Brass. $9; 2-foot sections of 90 cts. each. For garden or Galvanized, S7; extension pipes, Brown's Auto-Sprayer Lowell Compressed- Air Sprayer Horizontal Barrel Sprayer A most practical barrel Sprayer Kant-Klog Sprayer, No. 7 with pump and working parts on the outside. Maintains 12s pounds pressure. Complete with IS feet hose and nozzle. Single action. No. 190, S43; Double action. No. iqoD, S6i.(>5; 8-foot Bamboo Extension Rod, $5.25; 4- row Potato Sprayer Attachment, ^18.75. No. 197. 20-Gailon Barrel Sprayer A splendid one-man outfit compK-tc You can pump with one hand, keeping 100 pounds pressure, and spray with the other. Pump is easily removed through quick detachable plate. Complete outfit, sprayer, cart, barrel, hose, nozzle, rod. agitator, ready to use. as shown. S35. 55- You will like it. I recommend it highly. In addition to the sprayers listed here we have many other good and desirable sprayers. Bucket and Barrel Sprayers, Power Potato Sprayers, Power Orchard Sprayers, etc. Ask us for prices on any make of Sprayer you prefer. 20-Gallon Barrel Sprayer 62 Horizontal Barrel Sprayer THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER • Kill the Bugs! Save the Crops! Be sure to spray with the right insecticide, for different insects require different sprays to kill them. As a guide we give here some suggestions as to what is most effective. Full directions for using with each package. Those marked "postpaid" may be sent by mail. (Large fruit-growers using quantities of loo to i.ooo pounds, please write for quantity prices, stating how much you need.) FOR CABBAGE WORMS, dust Slug Shot on the plants at intervals as often as found necessary to kill the worms. Slug Shot will also kill potato bugs, melon, cucumber and squash buys, and eating insects that attack flower plants. Price of Slug Shot, lb. box 20 cts., s lbs. 60 cts., 25 lbs. $2.50 (post- paid, lb. 30 cts.. 5 lbs. 80 cts.). FOR CABBAGE MAGGOTS at the roots of cabbage, cauli- flower, radishes, onions, beets, beans, etc. I am glad indeed to announce to you that there has at last been discovered a sure, effective remedy for this trouble — it is Carco. Mr. Page, of Eagle Gorge, says, "For five years we have been unable to grow a radish on account of tiie maggots. Last year we used your Carco for the first time and not one plant was eaten by a maggot." Full directions for using N.'ith each package. Price of Carco, pt. 60 cts., qt. 85 cts., ^gal. $1.50, gal. 22.50. (Postpaid, pt. 75 cts., qt. Si. 10.) FOR CURRANT WORMS, use HeUebore. Dusting this on the plants thoroughly will be found very effective. Price ol Helleboretj >jlb. 35 cts., lb. 70 cts., s lbs. $3-25. 10 lbs. $6. FOR LICE ON PLANTS. These destructive insects get on every kind of plant, on cabbage, potatoes, beets, radish, turnips, lettuce, peas. They are often found in great numbers on the under side of the leaves and along the stems and some- times on the tops of the leaves. These lice are green and red. You should watch for them and spray when you see tlie first one, for that is a sure sign there are more, and they multiply by the thousands, destroying a crop in a few days if not con- trolled. They do not eat but suck the sap from the plant, causing it to curl, wither, and die, so they arc not killed by eating poisons but by a contact poison. Black-Leat 40 is the one most effective spray — it kills these lice as soon as it touches them and does not harm vegetable or flower plants when used as directed. Price of Black-Leaf 40, small bottle (makes 6 gals.) 35c., M-lb. can (makes 50 gals.) $1.25, 2-lb. can (makes 200 gals.) $3.75, lo-lb. can (makes 1,000 gals.) $15.50. FOR POTATO BUGS. There are a number of effective poi- sons which will kill the potato bug. Pyrox is used more than any othi>r. for it is more economical in that it both kills the bugs and prevents blight. In other words, it is a non-burning combination of bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead, giv- ing you tlic benefit of two sprays in one, sticking to the leaves, like paint, and does not wash off as others do. We sell thou- sands of pounds of it annually. Pyrox is good to spray on all kinds of vegetable plants to kill all bugs or worms that eat the foliage or the vegetable, and it is good also for spraying fruit blossoms and fruit. (Ask us for booklet on this subject.) Price of Pyrox, lb. 40 cts., 5 lbs. $1.50. 10 lbs. S2.50, 25 lbs. $5.75. 50 lbs. $10, 100 lbs. $18, 300 lbs. $51. (One pound makes s gallons.) Paris Green, dusted on, will kill potato bugs, and also when sprayed on, in liquid form, using i to iM pounds to 50 gallons of water, depending on the age of the bugs and the tenderness of the plants. Making it too strong on young plants or on very hot days may burn the plants. Price of Paris Green, ^Ib. 20 cts., yAh. 35 cts., lb. 60 cts., 2 lbs. $1.10, 5 lbs. $2.50. 10 lbs. S4.50, 14-lb. keg $6, 100 lbs. $35. Arsenate of Lead, in dry, powdered form, is just as effective in killing potato bugs and all other eating in- sects. Used also for spraying fruit, both by dusting and in liquid form. Prices of Arsenate of Lead Pf^Tder. >jlb. 30 cts., lb. 50 cts., s lbs. $2, 10 lbs. $3-20, 25 lbs, $7. SO lbs. $12.50, 100 lbs. $24, 200 lbs. $44. FOR CUCUMBER AND MELON BUGS. Use same as recommended for potato bugs. PARA-DICHLOROBENZENE. Recommended by the state Department of Agriculture for destruction of the peach borers. ino-Ib. drums $27, 50 lbs. $16.50, 25 lbs. $8.25, 10 lbs. $3-50, 5 lbs. Si.7S> i lb. 40 cts. FOR ASPARAGUS BEETLE. Use Dry Arsenate of Lead. (See price above.) FOR KILLING SAN JOSE SCALE on fruit trees use either Scalecide or Lime-Sulphur Solution — both are good. SCALECIDE. It kills the San Jos6 and other scales affecting trees. Safe to use and on rough barked trees it spreads better than any other. Thousands of fruit-growers everywhere have been using Scalecide and thus kept their orchards perfectly clean and healthy. Special booklet, giving full information about it. sent on request. Qt. 65 cts.. gal. $1.75, 5 gals. $6.45. 10 gals. $IT, bbl. (30 gala.) $27, 50 gals. $3g.50. LIQUID LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION. Effective in killing San Jos6 scale. All ready to use when you get it by adding 9 to 10 gallons of water to each gallon of material; stir thoroughly. Qt. 40 cts., gal. $1.25, 5 gals. $3.50, 10 gals. $7. bbl. (50 gals.) $11.50, f. o. b. factory, or $13.50, f. o. b. Harrisburg. SOLUBLE SULPHUR COMPOUND IN POWDERED FORM. For use as a fungicide, insecticide and preventive of aphis. Reduce the cost of spraying by fighting three different classes of pests and diseases with the same weapon at the same time. For Winter Spraying, when trees are dormant, use 10 pounds of the material to 50 gallons of water, for the control of San Jos6 scale, oyster-shell bark- louse, pear psylla and other sucking insects; for leaf-blister mite, peach leat-curl, apple scab and other fungous diseases. For Summer Spraying, wher. trees are in foliage, for the control of apple scab and larva? of sucking insects, use only lyi to 2 pounds of the material to 50 gallons of water. For peach and plum foliage, use 2|; to pounds of the material to 200 gallons of water. To -kill scale, trees should be sprayed any time after Februar>' i, as long as the trees are not in leaf or bud, but only when weather is warm enough to prevent freezing of the liquid on the trees. Lb. 40 cts., 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. §2. 25. 25 lbs. $4. 50 lbs. $7. 100 lbs. $12. LEMON OIL. Kpt. 35 cts., pt. 60 cts., qt. $1, gal. $3. FORMALDEHYDE. Used to prevent grain smut, oat an- thracnose, potato scab, black leg. lettuce rosette and rot, cabbage, brown or black rot. club root, onion smut, and rot. i-lb. bottle 80 cts. Ask for instructions for using it. FISH-OIL SOAP. Lb. 35 cts.. 5 lbs. $1.60, 25 lbs. $6. (Post- paid, lb. 45 cts., 5 lbs. $1.80.) KEROSENE EMULSION. Pt. 40 cts., qt. 65 cts., gal. $1.75. BORDEAUX MIXTURE, DRY. Lb. 40 cts., 5 lbs. $2, 10 lbs. $3.75. 25 lbs. $7. 50 lbs. $13, 100 lbs. $24. (Post- paid, lb. 50 cts , 5 lbs. $2. 25.) BORDO-LEAD PASTE. Lb. 40 cts., 5 lbs. $1.75. 10 lbs. S3, 25 lbs. S6.25, 50 lbs. $9.50, 100 lbs. $18. SULPHUR (Flour). Lb. 10 cts.. 5 lbs. 35 cts.. 25 lbs. $1.25. 50 lbs. $2.25, 100 lbs. $3.25. STERLINGWORTH ANT DRIVER. 25 cts. (Postpaid, 35 cts.) RED WING INSECT POWDER. Postpaid, 3 sizes, 25 cts., so cts., $1. GRAFTING WAX. Best quality. >^lb. 15 cts.. ^Ib. 25 cts., lb. 45 cts. APHINE. Pt. 6s cts., qt. $1, gal. $3. TOBACCO DUST. Lb. 10 cts., 5 lbs. 40 cts., 10 lbs. 60 cts. (\Vc have many other standard Insecticides — ask us for what you want.) HYDRATED LIME. (In 50 lb. bags.) 75 cts. per bag. Pexto Pruning Shears Order a good pair of Pruning Shears and keep your young trees, grape - vines, berry bushes, etc., in proper condition to bear the most and better fruit. No. Price 14. . $1 65 Re5. . 2 00 R170. 2 35 R275. 2 50 R70. . 1 85 90. . 2 50 50.. . 1 10 165.. . 2 10 R85.. . 2 75 R165. . 2 25 65. . . 1 85 R50.. 25 60.. '. 1 35 63 WALTER S, SCHELL S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDEN ERS SPECIAL GARDEN TOOLS The American Gardener The American Gardener, No. G2, is the most talked of and best general purpose Cultivator on the market. It plows, cultivates or hoes by simply turning the hand wheel — three implements in one. Weight 20 pounds. The Midget Seeder or large Turning Plow, sold as extras, may be easily attached in place of Drill Plow. Price $7. IVlakes Home Gardening a Delight The No. "G 5 Fairy" costs but a trifle more than a hoe and will do ten times the work. To cultivate often means a better garden. The Fairy will do this easily. It weeds, cultivates and keeps you smiling. It cultivates rows from ) to 12 inches apart — just the ma- chine for your home gar- den. Weight 12 pounds. Price $3. One-Piece Steel Mattock Just the tool for licavy soil. Has two oil-tempered blades. Strong and HkIU. 4J-^- foot ash handle. No. DE3H Mattock $1.25 (postpaid $1.50). Midget Seeder may be easily attached. Popular High Wheel Cultivator The Standard No. 20 is the most efficient High-Wheel Cultiva- tor made. By means of a patented frame, adjustment is made instantly with one wing nut. Attacli- in c n t s are forged from tool steel, hardened and polished. They will scour and work perfectly in any soil. We i g Ii t 18 pounds. The Price J4.50. IVIost Popular Seeder IVIade The Midget Seeder will pay for itself in a short time, because it saves seed by sowing accurately. It drills almost any kind of garden seed, including peas and beans. The Midget opens the furrow, sows the seed and covers up, all in one ^operation. Sold with handle or may be easily attached to almost any wheel cultivator. Weight 6 pounds. No. 1, with- out handle $4.80 (post- paid, $6); No. IH, with handle $6.40. English Digging Fork The strongest and best Spading Fork made. Unbreakable Forged from one piece of tool steel. Square tines. Oil-tempered, No. ED4 $2.60 (postnaid. S3^. MAGIC WEEDER HOES. Of Great Value to Both Market-Gardeners and Home-Gardeners 'A- style "A" in. long, 2 in. wide. 15 cts. each, $i.6o perdoz.; postpaid, 20 cts. each, $i.8o per doz. Style "C" 10 in. long, 3 in. wide. 3S cts. each, $3.75 per doz.; post- paid, 40 cts. each., $4 per doz. Style "D" ii'yi in. long, 3 in. . wide. 45c. each, $4.80 per doz.; postpaid, 55 cts. each, $s-io per doz. llK in. long, 3 in. wide. 45 cts. each, $4.80 per doz,; postpaid, ss cts. each, Js.io per doz. AUaUa Photographed on same scale. Plant on left not inoculated — Plant on right inoculated with Mulford Culture for Alfalfa. .All other condi- tions identical. The Contrast Speaks for Itself. Increase Your Crops and Improve Your Soil By Using MULFORD CULTURES on AU Legumes. We have special Cultures to inoculate the following seeds: Alfalfa, Red Clover, Sweet Clover, Crimson Clover, Alsihe, Mam- moth Soy Beans, Vetch, Cowpeas, Garden Peas, Garden Beans, Lima Beans, Sweet Peas and Canada Field Peas. MULFORD CULTURES will make your clover, alfalfa, soy beans, peas, etc., bigger crops, stronger, healthier. They keep your soil from wearing out, for they are busy all the time gathering free nitrogen from the air and storing it in your soil to feed the following crops. MULFORD CULTURES are sold at a small cost, are easy to use and bring large returns. Many of my customers have been using these Cultures for years and attribute their excellent crops to having inoculated the seed with Mulford's high quality bacteria. BE SURE TO SAY what crop you want it for as each crop requires its own special Culture. 1-acre size, $1.50; 5-acre size, $5; '/4-acre size, 75 cts. Small Garden size (made only in four varieties) for Garden Peas, Garden Beans, Lima Beans and Sweet Peas, 35 cts, 64 THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER MAKE YOUR GARDEN PAY IT COSTS NO MORE— takes no more work— to get maximum results out of your lawn- and garden- making than is expended on half-way satisfactory and unprofitable planting. The time you lose — the seed you waste — your failures and disappointments — will more than pay for feeding your soil all that it needs to make the flowers bloom luxuriantly, grow vegetables of unusual size and flavor, and to have fruits that will delight your table. You can have all of ^ these by using — ■ WIZARD BRAND SHEEP MANURE Pulverized — convenient — every weed seed destroyed — a I For planting in pots or window boxes, use one pound of natural fertilizer that supplies both the plant food and humus | Wizard thoroughly mixed with each CLbic^foot of carth-;-or your soil needs in the ideal form for Nature to work with. Every experienced gardener uses all the manure he can get because nothing else puts so much life and fertility into his soil. Sheep Manure is the richest and best of all animal manures and Wizard gives you the equivalent of a whole wagon load of stable manure in a bag. Wizard Sheep Manure comes from the great Western sheep feeding stations and is prepared through an extensive process of drying, sterilizing and grinding into a convenient natural fertilizer. Every weed seed is destroyed by the intense heat of the driers and this makes Wizard safe for the finest landscape work. Use Wizard Brand just once and know the convenience of it and the success it will bring to your gardening and you will never plant again without it. Feed your soil liberally. For Lawn IMaking Wizard Sheep Manure is the most effective and satisfactory of all lawn fertilizers. It promotes a strong, healthy turf, of beautiful color — is easily applied by anyone, and brings no weed seeds. Use lo pounds for each loo square feet, scattered one-half before spading and the remainder immediately after. Rake down to a smooth iinely pulverized surface. Then sow one-half your seed from north to south, remainder from east to west to obtain uniform distribution, roll or press down firmly with back of a spade, water thoroughly and results will sur- prise you. An old lawn should have a dressing of 6 to 8 pounds of Wizard to each lOO square feet, applied broadcast in the early spring and fall because the turf absorbs all its nourishment out of the shallow top soil very rapidly. This treatment, with an occa- sional addition of some new seed, will insure an attractive lawn year after year and avoid the unsightly appearance of the old time manure-littered grounds. Flower-Gardens The best manure you can use. Nothing will make such colors and foliage. It's just what Nature needs to make big. strong, healthy plants. Dig it deeply into garden soil and then mix a small handful with the soil in planting each bulb, and more, depending upon size in setting shrubs, vines and trees. Rake in into top soil before planting seed in rows or hills. Ten pounds for each too square feet is all you require. CAUTION! Remember that every good genuine article in great demand is followed by substitutes offered as "just as good," This is true of Sheep Manure — some of it that is offered is not even Sheep Manure, and the lower prices catch some folks who do not know this. You are absolutely sure of 100 per cent pure sterilized Sheep Manure if you buy "WIZARD" BRAND — be sure the words "Wizard Brand" are on every bag. SEND YOUR ORDER TO US AT ONCE OTHER FERTILIZERS —We have a complete stock of all kinds of Fertilizers— Nitrate of Soda, Bone Meal, Dried Blood, Potato Fertilizer, Acid Phosphate, Lime, etc. Ask for prices and state quantity you want or space to cover. a pouiia m 5 ganons or wacer set uvcr iiiK'ii- "Ji "uuiu uh:»miib. Wizard is far better than a chemical stimulant because it is a natural plant food. Vegetables and Fruits and Farm Crops Used on everything in the vegetable garden. Wizard forces quick, rapid growth, improves the color and size, makes crisp, juicy fruits and increases production wonderfully. Wizard Sheep Manure is Nature's fertilizer and it does make Nature hustle. A light side dressing during the growing season can be worked in along the row or around the hills while cultivating. Small fruits, berries, etc., and the larger vegetable plants respond wonderfully for this extra feeding. Farm crops, corn, oats, wheat, grains and grasses of all kinds, flourish best where it is applied. Conveniently Packed Wizard is put up in all sizes for all needs. Easy and clean to handle. Use it for all purposes from a potted plant to a field of any acreage. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED Postpaid 2K-lb. pkg $0 25 $0 40 loo-lb. bag $3 00 S-lb. pkg 35 55 500 lbs 12 so lo-lb. pkg 60 85 1. 000 lbs 21 00 25-lb. bag I 00 2.000 lbs 40 00 SO-lb. bag I 75 Carload (15 tons) .. -sSS 00 65 WALTER S. SCHELLS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Clean, Healthy, Pure-Bred Seed Oats, such as I supply to thousands of my customers every year, have made for them thousands of dollars of extra profits because of the many more bushels produced on every acre, and the better quality. Why don't you sow it? Send for it now. SEED OATS Be careful. Pay the price and be sure of good seed. The Oats crop in general throughout the entire United States was the smallest and in many cases the poorest quality in many, many years. Good seed is very scarce. Fortunately ours is extra fine and germinates 100 per cent (our test made in December). There are many varieties of Oats — among the long list of varieties there must be several better in every way than the others. You want the best, therefore having proved that Schell's Big Yielder is the best "tree" or spreading Oats and Storm King the best "side" Oats, we ofifer them and urge you to grow either or both on our recommendation. Sow Schell's "Big Yielder" Seed Oats this year and you will get the biggest and best crop of Oats you ever grew "Big Yielder" Oats has been making 70 to 80 bushels to the acre for our customers on the same soil and under the same conditions that they got 40 bushels from the old varieties they had been sowing before. "Big Yielder" Oats has outyielded every other variety tested with it. With the yield you get quality; it is an unusually heavy - bodied Oats, big, plump, meaty grains, with very little chaff. It is a spreading or tree Oats; the straw is very strong, practically lodge-proof and averages 4 to 5 feet in height. A measured bushel will weigh from 42 to 45 pounds. Sow 2J4 bushels to the acre. If you have never grown "Big Yielder" do so this year A 20-acre field may give you $200 more than ordinary oats by increasing your yield 20 bushels per acre — you may get 40 bushels more per acre. Order now. Bus. $1.25; 10 bus., $1.20 per bus. ; 25 to 50 bus., $1.15 per bus. Add 35 cts. (or each seamless sack which holds 3 bus. or 96 lbs. (Legal bus. 32 lbs.) "I put out 13 acres of your "Big Yielder" Oats and got 819 bushels It averaged 63 bushels to the acre, the best crop I ever grew and the quality of the Oats was fine." — I. W. Strohm, Dauphin County. Storm King Oats A side Oats that has been grown successfully for some years. It derives its name — Storm King — from the strength of the straw, which often measures from 4K to 5K feet in height. It will stand the most severe winds without lodging. The heads are very long, containing an unusually large number of grains, its average yield running from 70 bushels to 100 bushels to the acre. The seed I ofifer is grown from the originator's stock of this valuable Oats, and is therefore pure-bred, true to name. It costs more, it's worth more. There is no other side Oats equal to Storm King. Bus. (32 lbs.) $1.25; 10 bus., $1.20 per bus.; 25 to 50 bus., $1.15 per bus. (Seamless Bags, 35 cts. each, will hold 3 bus.) Send your order at once. 66 King Oats. Mammoth heads. >.t .suit: Uats in cultivation. Sweepstakes Prize for the Grand Champion Ear. First Prize for the ten best ears (1921). The above are tlie ears that took the prize. (Every customer who wins a prize on rhis Corn at any county, community, state or local Corn Show or Fair will receive a special prize from me when you tell me about it.) Schell's Big Yellow Dent Seed Corn Continues to capture first prizes wherever exliibited. It leads all others as the largest-eared, longest-grained, best quality, second-early Corn. Ahvaj's sure of your crop, for it matures in loo to no days or between the Ninety-Day Corn and the late varieties. Remember that the success of each year's farming is measured by the size of the crops your farm produces and that those larger crops are produced only by planting Pure Bred High Yielding Seed, such as we offer you. IMarvelous Corn with IMammoth Ears and Great Long Grains The ears are immense. 12 to 14 inches long, with 20 to 24 rows of long, large grains. It is without tiuestion one of the most valuable Yellow Dent Corns ever produced because of its immense yield — at least 25 per cent and often 50 per cent greater number of bushels to the acre than any of the average j ields of other varieties. The stalks grow from 12 to 1$ feet high, giving an immense quantity of fodder heavily covered with big. broad leaves. If you want the biggest and best crop in the neighborhood, then grow Schell's Big Yellow Dent. Plant it in May and it will mature in September. Remember it takes no more seed, no more work in preparing the land, planting and cultivating to grow a big crop of Schcir<: Big Yellow Z)eK( than it does to grow an ordinar>' crop of common Corn. The surest way to make farming pay you profits is to plant seed that will produce larger crops. It costs S.? per bu.shel, which ely valuable Ninety-Day Corn. The tremendous quantity of shelled Corn this variety produces to the acre surprises everyone who grows it. Generally two good ears to a stalk. The grain is very long, longer than any other, and the cob very thin. It has a rich, deep yellow grain, making it much desired by millers. The fodder grows from 8 to 10 feet high. Order this Corn upon my recommendation; if not satisfied when you get it, return it at once — I'll gladly pay freight both ways and refund the amount paid. Vou are always sure of a magnificent crop in the shortest season. Think of it ! A bushel of 70 pounds of ears of Schell's Ninety-Day Corn will make 63 pounds of shelled Corn! Do you want it? Certainly you do. Order it now. Bus. $3, Vibus. $1.50, pk.'$l (pk. $1.30, post- paid). (Small quantities, pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 30 cts., 2 qts. 50 cts., 4 qts. 75 cts., postpaid.) Funk's Yellow Dent Cotn. ^ pedigreed com, bred from thoroughbred parentage for years and is ' positively one of the biggest yielders in cultivation; for almost every stock has two perfect, beautiful golden ears loaded with their wealth of rich grains, having from 20 to 24 rows of grains, producing three to four times as much Corn to the acre as that worn-out stuff still bearing the name of Corn ■ which so many folks continue to plant, not because they want another crop of half "nubbins," but because they think it is "pretty good." Pay more attention to the seed you plant. Of course good seed will cost you more, but what is the cost of a peck of good Corn for an acre when it will give you 50 bushels more to that acre with the same amount of work on it? Funk's Yellow Dent matures in 100 days, ears very uniform, average 9 inches, stalks aver- age 10 feet. It is the best hundred-day. Bus. $3, Vjbus. $1.50, V4hus. $1 (Vibus. $1.30, Vabus. $2, postpaid). (Small quantities, pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 30 cts., 2 qts. 50 cts., 4 qts. 75 cts., postpaid.) LonCQStef CoUntU Sute CfOP. variety has been grown by Lancaster County farmers for years. : — The ear is long, rather narrow, with medium-sized grains. A very hardy grower; medium early; stalks average 9 feet. While the County Farm Agent has been recommending this variety, we think that now he will urge every farmer to plant Schell's Big Yellow Dent, for the test he made of 5-acre plots of different varieties resulted in our Schell's Big Yellow Dent taking First and Second Prizes for the largest yield — the record for Dauphin County la.st year. Read the. account of it at the top of this page. Price of Lancaster County Sure Crop, bus. $2.50, ■^bus. $1.25, pk. 75 cts. (Postpaid, pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 30 cts., 2 qts. 50 cts., 4 qts. 75c., pk. $1.30.) Clark's EaflU Smoky Dent. ^ extra-early Field Corn offered for the first time. It is not an ordinary white or yellow Corn, but has a distinctive color all its own; very beautiful when shelled. Its great value is in its extreme earliness, maturing ready for harvesting in seventy- five days, about three weeks before the Ninety-Day varieties. Is not this remarkable? Being so very early makes it a most valuable Corn for a quick crop, or for replanting other crops when necessary, or to allow two crops, or for clearing the ground for fall seeding. The stalks grow 7 feet high and the ears are 9 inches long with 12 to 16 rows of kernels. For farms in high altitudes and in very northern locations, this will be found a very desirable variety. It will mature in Canada, New York State, Vermont, or Maine and is ten days earlier than Early Canada Flint Corn. Trv it out this year and I am sure next year vou will want more of it. Bus. $3, Vjbus. $1.50, pk. $1. (Postpaid, pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 30 cts., 2 qts. 50 cts., 4 qts. 75 cts., pk. $1.30.) Eureka EnSilaae Com. * Great Favorite for Filling Silos. Has a record of 70 tons of Ensilage grown on one acre. Eureka is a smooth white Dent Corn with large kernels while its fodder grows from 12 to 18 feet high. It grows taller, has more leaf, and will produce more tons of good material for the silo than any other kind. The proper time to cut ensilage is when it is in blossom — watch the tassel. It is better to cut early than too late. Bus. $3, i^bus. $1.50, pk. $1 (pk. $1.30, postpaid). (Small quantities, pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 30 cts., 2 qts. 50 cts., 4 qts. 75 cts., postpaid.) 69 WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS A lo-acre field of Sudan Grass grown from our seed by Mr. C. M. Garvcr. Cumberland County, Pa. Mr. Garvcr, Jr.. is shown cutting through the center with his Moline Tractor and 8-foot Moline Tractor Mower. My, how it laid it over! He sowed 35 pounds to the acre (a little too heavy) and in eight weeks with no rain, cut Iwenly tons of feed from these lo acres. It gives two to three such crops a season. Mr. Garver does not shop around for cheap seed; he knows we have absolutely the best and he knows we sell it at the lowest possible price. It will pay you to always sow ScheU's Quality Seeds. SCHELL'S QUALITY FARM SEEDS The Great Importance of Sowing Good Seed I cannot emphasize this too strongly. We could sell you seeds of any kind at just as low price as you may be quoted elsevi'here if we were willing to give you that grade of seed (which you will recall you always expect to be the best), but we are not willing, and would rather lose your order than to supply you with any but the best. That is why we offer only one grade of all seeds, and that is our own Fancy Quality Grade, the purest and best in the land. Surely you see the wisdom of depending upon us for your seeds, for your profit is in the size and quality of your crops which depend on the quality of the seed you sow. The best of everything, seeds included, always costs a little more. PRICES. The prices of Clovers, Grasses, and all field seeds change with the market, up and down. From present indications there will not be much change this season, so we are quoting prices ruling January i. We suggest that you send your orders at these prices and if there should be any reduction we will refund the difference, sending you our check, and if the price should advance we will write you before filling your order. POSTPAID PRICES means the seed delivered to your door, if on a delivery route, all charges paid by us. Strong, Seamless Bags for shipping are charged for at cost, 35 cts. each, and are not returnable— every farmer has need for grain bags. CLOVERS RED. Sow 4 to 6 quarts to the acre, (i qt. equals 2 lbs.) Well known as the common Red or June clover. Sow in early spring in the wheat, or in fall. A clover sod , turned under is a real soil builder. Red Clover is very valuable for dairy cows because of its high per- centage of nitrogenous elements. My seed is extra fancy, highest quality. Price, bus. (6o lbs.) $!$■ (Post- paid, lb. so cts., 5 lbs. $2.25, lolbs. $4, 20 lbs. $6.50.) MAMMOTH or Pea-Vine. (Also called Sapling Clover). Sow 4 to 6 quarts to the acre. Attains a length of 5 feet. Variety of Red Clover but of greater size and strength and lasts longer. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $16.50. (Postpaid, lb. 50 cts., 5 lbs. $2.25, 10 lbs. $4, 20 lbs. $6.75.) ALSIKE or Swedish. Sow 4 to 6 quarts to the acre. Alsike is hardy and will grow on land where Red Clover fails. It likes plenty of moisture, and it will thrive on low, wet soils if they are rich enough to grow an average grain crop. And pown alone for pasturage is very valuable and lasts for years. It will pay you well to sow my High- Quality Seed. Price, bus. (60 lbs.), $14.50. (Postpaid, lb. 50 cts., S lbs. $2.25, 10 lbs. $3.75. 20 lbs. $6.) CRIMSON or Scarlet. Sow 15 pounds to the acre. A most valuable winter cover crop and soil enricher. Seed should be sown in August or September; many sow it in cornfields at last working. Valuable also for pasture or hay. I have only the very best quality seed. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $8. 50. (Postpaid, lb. 30 cts., S lbs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2.25, 20 lbs. $4.25.) "You may enter my order for 30 bushels of your Gold Brand Alfalfa seed and 75 bushels of your Fancy Timothy. We always have the very best results from your seed." — Mr. Hiram Billet, Bonnymead Farms. "The Alfalfa seed I ordered on the isth arrived on the i8th. I am very much pleased. The seed is nice, plump and dean, just like the sample you sent me." — Mr. L. D. Stull, Cambria County, Pa. 70 WHITE. Sow 3 pounds to the acre, with other grasses, or 6 pounds alone. It should be used in all grass mixtures for meadows, pasture, and especially for lawns. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $32. (Postpaid, lb. 75 cts., S lbs. $3.50, 10 lbs. $6.50, 20 lbs. $12.) HUBAM. The great honey-bearing Clover. The an- nual white sweet clover. It blooms in three to four months and continues blooming longer than any other honey-bearing plant. Sow 15 pounds to the acre. Postpaid, lb. $1.50, 5 lbs. $7, 10 lbs. $13. SWEET CLOVER, WHITE BLOSSOM or Bokhara. Biennial. Sow 15 pounds to the acre. Sweet Clover will grow on land too poor to raise Alfalfa or Red Clover, providing there is a good supply of lime in the soil. It will often grow and thrive on poor, clay, or sandy land where most crops would fail. For quick results in improving poor soil nothing sur- passes it. Poor sandy or heavy clay soil can be made rich by growing Sweet Clover for a few years; espe- cially when the whole crop is plowed under occa- sionally. It is a shrub-like plant, growing to a height of 4 to 6 feet. It produces a fair quality of hay and makes a good pasture for cattle, sheep, horses, and hogs, rarely causing bloating. Never sow any except the best seed; it is unwise and against your own interests. 1 can supply you with the best. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $8.50. (Postpaid, lb. 30 cts.. s lbs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2.25, 20 lbs. $4.25.) ALFALFA. (See page 71-) View showing the tremendous yield of Alfalfa. Three and four such harvests are made in a season when our "Oold Brand" Highest Quality Seed is sown Alfalfo, This valuable crop is now so generally raised and every farmer is so thoroughly acquainted with its ' value, both for feed and soil improvement, that we feel it unnecessary to describe it in detail. However, we do feel the necessity of emphasizing to you the very great importance of sowing seed that is positively of highest possible purity and vitality — you take no chance if you order your Alfalfa Seed from us. We have been special- izing in the highest quality seed for years and supply thousands of the best farms in the East with their seed. We would like to supply you also. Our Golc' Brand Quality Alfalfa Seed cannot be obtained except direct from us. Sow 20 pounds to the acre. Price, $14 per bus. of 60 lbs. f. o. b. here. (Postpaid, lb. 40 cts., 6 lbs. $1.90, 10 lbs. $3.75, 20 lbs. $7.) GE:NUINX: GRIMM'S hardy alfalfa. This Alfalfa is very well known and widely sown because of its hardiness. Our seed comes direct from the original introducer, certified as to its genuineness. The seed is scarified, will average a purity test of 99 per cent and over, and a germination average of 90 per cent — you cannot get its equal any^vhere. Price, bus. $35, f. o. b. bere. (Postpaid, lb. 75 ots., 5 lbs. $3.75, 10 lbs. $7, 20 lbs. $13.75.) Inoculating the Seed with Bacteria will help and greatly increase the plants' growth, see page 64. GRASSES TIMOTHY. Sow 4 to 6 quarts to the acre when sown in grain or 10 quarts (15 pounds) when sown alone for meadow use. Timothy is the most important hay crop in this country. My high-qu'.lity seed averages 99 7-10 per cent pure, which is the highest quality possible to have. Why consider any other? Price, bus. (45 lbs.) $5.50. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., s lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. $2, 20 lbs. $3.75.) KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. (Very short crop.) This, the best of all native American grasses, is best suited for pasture. It succeeds everywhere and lasts for years. All stock like it, and after it is once well established, after the second year, its sod is heavy and it will stand close grazing, but it should not be grazed too closely the first two years. Twenty pounds of Kentucky Blue Grass, mixed with 8 pounds of Fancy Red Top (per acre) will make for you a splen- did pasture. Kentucky Blue Grass seed is valuable for sowing on lawns to renew them. When sown alone for pasture use 28 pounds to the acre in spring or fall. A legal bushel weighs 14 pounds (it takes from 19 to 21 pounds of the best seed to make a measured bushel). Price, bus. (14 lbs.) $8.75. (Postpaid, lb. 80 cts., 5 lbs. $4, 10 lbs. 47.50.) FANCY RED-TOP. No other grass will grow under a greater variety of conditions than Red-Top. It is the best of all wet-land grasses and will grow success- fully on soils so deficient in lime that most other grasses would fail. On wet heavy bottom soil it grows to perfection and is especially valuable for land liable to overflow. It is also a valuable grass for binding soils on land that slopes. Sow 15 pounds of Fancy seed per acre for meadows. There is such a vast difference in the qualities of the different grades of the seed of Red-Top that the weight per bushel varies from 14 to 32 pounds, so it will be readily seen that you should sow no other seed than Schell's Fancy Red-Top, 32 pounds to the bushel which is the highest-quality. Prepare your seed-bed with care, have it fine and mellow and do not cover too deep. Sow seed in spring or fall. Price, bus. (32 lbs.) I9. (Postpaid, lb. 60 cts., 5 lbs. $2.50, lo lbs. S4.50.) ORCHARD GRASS. Very valuable for both pasture and hay grass and all stock like it. It stands close grazing and will stand dry weather better than almost any other gra.ss. It starts its growth very early in the spring and is one of the last grasses to be affected by frost in the fall. It is the best grass for growing in orchards and for sowing in wooded land used for Casture. Sow 2 bushels (28 pounds) to the acre. Price, us. (14 lbs.) J4.25. (Postpaid, lb. 60 cts., s lbs. $2.2S, 10 lbs. i3.75-) PERMANENT PASTURE MIXTURE lor Uplands and for Lowlands. I have a well-balanced pasture- producing mixture made up of grasses specially suited for uplands and also one for lowlands. If you have a piece of ground you wish to put into permanent pasture use either one of these high-quality mixtures. Sow 45 pounds (3 bushels) to the acre. One seeding lasts for many years and may be renewed by sowing Kentucky Blue Grass or Fancy Red-Top, or both, over the pasture field in spring or early fall, at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. I sell great quantities of my Permanent Pasture Mixture. Price, bus. (15 lbs.) $5. (Postpaid, lb. 60 cts., 5 lbs. $2, 10 lbs. $4.) WOOD MEADOW GRASS. Is excellent in wooded or shaded meadows or lawns. Sow 30 pounds to the acre. Price, postpaid, lb. $1.10, 5 lbs. $4.50, 10 lbs. $8, 20 lbs. $15.60. CANADIAN BLUE GRASS. Thrives well on clay soils. Price, bus. (14 lbs.) S7.75. (Postpaid, lb. 80 cts., 5 lbs. $3.75, 10 lbs. $6.75.) FORAGE AND SILO CROPS MILLET, Golden. Sow 3 pecks (36 pounds) to the acre, either by using grain drill or broadcast it. If less than this quantity of seed is sown, the hay is coarse. This is the most popular variety and I sell great quantities of it.. It is sown from May until as late as the early part of July and produces an immense crop of hay in 60 days from the time the seed is sown. Millet is chiefly used as a catch-crop for hay, as it can be sown late enough to take the place of clover, corn or any other early spring-seeded crops in case they fail. The hay should be cut just as it begins to head, before blooming, and makes good feed for both cattle and horses, especially the former. Price, bus. (48 lbs.) $3.25. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. $1. 10 lbs. $1.75, 20 lbs. $2.75.) MILLET, Hungarian. Sow 3 pecks (36 pounds) to the acre. Does especially well on rich soils and makes a finer quality of hay than Golden Millet. It also makes a second growth from roots, therefore can be pastured. Will give 2 to 3 tons of hay to the acre. Price, bus. (48 lbs.) $3.25. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. $1, 10 lbs. $1.75, 20 lbs. $2.75.) PEARL MILLET, or Pencillaria. It is known also as the "Wonder Plant," and "Cat-tail Millet." The plant grows 10 to 12 feet high. If cut when 3 to 4 feet high it will stool out wonderfully and may be cut two or three times again the same season. All stock relish it. Sow the seed in May or June when the soil is warm. Sow 10 pounds of seed per acre in rows 3 feet apart. Price, bus. (48 lbs.) $3.25. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. $1, 10 lbs. ji.75, 20 lbs. $2.75.) 71 WALTER S. SCHELLS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS Forage Crops, continued BUCKWHEAT. Sow M bushel with drill or i bushel broadcast. Japanese is considered the best variety and the flour of it is superior to any other. It ripens early. Sow the seed May or June. It is ready to harvest Aug. or Sept. Price, bus. (48 lbs.) $2.75. (Post- paid, lb. 20 cts., 5 lbs. 75 cts., 10 lbs. $1.25, 20 lbs. »2.2S.) CANADA FIELD PEAS. Sow I M bushels to the acre. It is best to grow it alone, but the most satisfactory dairy results come from sowing them with oats, rye, or barley. It makes good ensilage and is a valuable food, green or dry, for cattle, being very rich in milk-producing elements. It is quite hardy. Maybe sown early in spring and will be ready to cut in May or June. It also makes a valuable hog pasture when sown with oats and rape. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $5.75. (Postpaid, lb. 30 cts., 5 lbs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2.25, 20 lbs. J4.)' DWARF ESSEX RAPE. Sow 3 pounds to the acre if drilled in, or 5 pounds if sown broadcast. If drilled make the rows 30 inches apart. It may be sown with com at last cultivation. One acre of Rape will pasture fifteen or twenty hogs or sheep for two months. It may be lightly grazed by pigs three or four weeks after seeding. When properly seeded, an acre of Rape on good land will produce as much pork when used as a hog pasture as the same area of land cultivated in corn. For pasturage an acre will supply many tons of the most nutritious feed. Al- ways allow the Rape to grow 10 to 12 inches before turning hogs in the field. It is positively the best green feed for hogs and for fattening lambs. Thin land should first be manured before sowing Rape. I urge you to sow Dwarf Esse.x Rape, for the cost is very little and the profit large. One of the large hog-raisers in America, with the largest pure- bred Chester White herd, sows 500 acres of Rape every year. It pays him big profits — why not you? Sow, also, with oats, or Canada field peas (i bushel of either with 4 pounds of Rape). Take no chances on unknown seed — make sure of your crop by always sowing Schell's Quality Dwarf Essex Rape seed. Can be sown from March 15 to the end of August. Price, bus. (50 lbs.) S5.50. (Postpaid, lb. 30 cts., 5 lbs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2.25, 20 lbs. 13.75.) HAIRY VETCH. Sow 40 pounds of seed to the acre when sown alone or 20 pounds per acre when seeded with rye. Hairy Vetch is a winter-grown forage crop and is usually sown with rye or other fall grain. The hay it produces compares in quality with alfalfa and it makes a good late fall or early spring pasture crop for horses, cattle, and hogs, and poultry also like it. It is a very hardy perennial, drops its seeds freely, and will come up year after year on the same ground. Hairy Vetch will improve soil wonderfully when plowed under. Be very sure to sow good seed of strong vitality, such as I will supply you with. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $8.6o. (Postpaid, lb. 30 cts., S lbs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2.25, 20 lbs. I4.) SPRING VETCH. For soiling or green manuring. Sow 2 bushels broadcast or one bushel in drills. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $5. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts,, 5 lbs. $1, 10 lbs. $1.75, 20 lbs. $3.25.) ROSEN RYE. Sow i K bushels per acre. Price, bus. (56 lbs.) $3.25. (Postpaid, lb. 20 cts., 5 lbs. 75 cts., 10 lbs. $1.35, 20 lbs. $2.50.) SPRING RYE. Sow i>i bushels per acre. Price, bus. (56 lbs.) $3.25. (Postpaid, lb. 20 cts., 5 lbs. 75 cts., 10 lbs. $1.35, 20 lbs. $2.50.) FLAX SEED. Price, bus. (56 lbs.) $6.50. (Postpaid, lb. 30 cts., 5 lbs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2, 20 lbs. $3.50.) SPELTZ, or Emmer. Excellent for fattening all kinds of stock, and as pasture. Sow 70 to 80 pounds per acre. Price, bus. (40 lbs.) $3.25. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. 90 cts., 10 lbs. $i.6s, 20 lbs. $2.75.) SUNFLOWER SEED. Excellent to mix in grain feed for poultry. Sow 5 pounds to the acre. Price, post- paid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. 8s cts., 10 lbs. $1.50.) PEANUTS, MAMMOTH BUSH. Very large; easy to grow, producing a fine crop in 100 days. They like a sandy soil. Postpaid, large pkt. 15 ct.s., lb. 80 cts. SUDAN GRASS. Sow 20 pounds per acre broadcast or drill it in. Sowing this quantity makes the best quality hay, which is relished by all stock because of its sweet flavor. It is very easy to grow and is one of the few crops that will grow during dry weather. Sow the seed only after all danger of frost is past and when the ground is thoroughly warm. As a crop to plant late, it may take the place of millet and it is likely to give you a much heavier crop of hay. The hay should be cut when it is in full bloom. Two or three crops may sometimes be cut the same season. Sudan Grass makes an excellent silage when mixed with other legumes. Make sure that you sow Schell's Quality seed. Reliable seed is of the utmost impor- tance. The plants grow 6 to 7 feet high and mature a crop in 65 days. Prices, postpaid, lb. 20 eta., s lbs. 75 cts., 10 lbs. $1.35. 20 lbs. $2.40. BEARDLESS SPRING BARLEY. Sow 2 bushels to the acre. It grows 2yi feet high and grows fast and this makes an excellent and nutritious green feed, early in the spring. It also makes a profitable grain crop. To cure for hay, cut it while the grain is in the milk state. Sow any time in spring when soil is warm and can be put in good seeding condition. FALL BARLEY. Either variety. Price, bus. (48 lbs.) $3. (Postpaid, lb. 20 cts., 5 lbs. 85 cts., 10 lbs. $i.6o.) SORGHUM, or Sugar-Cane, Early Amber variety. Grows 10 feet high and will stand two or three cut- tings a year, stooling out thicker each time it is cut. The plant is filled with rich, sugary sap and when fed alone or mixed with other feeds it makes a most nutritious feed and is liked by all stock. Very valuable for green feed, for the silo or when cured. Sow I bushel to the acre broadcast; ]/i bushel when drilled in, making rows about 3 feet apart; sow % bushel, also when sown with cowpeas. My Sorghum seed is kept pure and clean. It is all Amber Sorghum. Price, bus. (50 lbs.) $3.50. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts.. 5 lbs. 90 cts., 10 lbs. $1.50, 20 lbs. $2.50.) BROOM CORN, EVERGREEN. The best variety for brooms. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 80 cts., pk. $1.50, bus. $4. COWPEAS Sow I bushel to the acre broadcast or Kbushel drilled in rows about 30 inches apart; sow in May or June depending on whether the soil is warm enough to plant them; they may also be sown up to the end of July. The following are the best for Pennsylvania. WHIP-POOR-WILL. Very early, maturing seed in about 70 days. Makes a very heavy growth but does not trail like the Wonderful. Best for pasture. EXTRA-EARLY BLACK-EYE. Extra-early, ma- turing in about 60 days. Makes a good growth and besides making a valuable hay crop, it is used extensively as a soup pea for table use. THE WONDERFUL. This makes the greatest growth of all. The plants first make an upright growth then spread and their vines grow 10 to 12 feet long. Makes a mammoth hay crop and matures in about 90 days. Prices of any of above Cowpeas, bus. ((0 lbs.) $5.50. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. 85 ate.. 1« lbs. $1.60, 20 lbs. $2.75.) SOY BEANS (Soja Beans) These are grown for a hay crop, for soil improvement for pasturage. When planted alone make rows wide enough to cultivate and u.se 40 pounds of seed per acre; if sown broadcast, 60 pounds per acre; when sown in corn 30 pounds per acre. They do well on light and heavy soils and when plowed under will wonderfully enrich any soil. The following are the best for this latitude. OHIO No. 9035. Medium early, always maturing the beans when wanted as well as producing a wonderful crop of green feed or hay. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $6.50. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. $1, 10 lbs. $1.85. MAMMOTH YELLOW. Makes a larger growth than most other varieties and takes longer to mature. Price, bus. (60 lbs.) $5.50. (Postpaid, lb. 25 cts., 5 lbs. 85 cts., 10 lbs. $1.60, 20 lbs. $2.75.) J. Horace McFarland Company, Horticultural Printers, Harrisburg, Pa. Our "Cream" Collection ^i^^-^iiiU^l^r TWENTY OF THE BEST VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES lUustrated in Natural Colors on the Back Cover of this Catalogue n.un^t| ..ange^ounty orl^.^rT ^J^^.l^,^^^^^^^^ at any J.„- gard^,^;^On^:T,o '^1^ ^^^Z'f^^^^l^ '"^ll'a,"eVote'^f ^"^"'fe^ ^^'^J^'" th.e various-sized actual value and also notrtliert at the special Dricc it wh?^^^^ what they amount to at their 33 ' 3 pet- cent less than the regular price Wranti?inate tha^^hfs snt.nH H"''if ^'l*^" one-thlrd or Quality vegetables, offered at sucl^a very sped J price w^^^ °f ""^ "-^am of prepared to send out promptly one hundred E^houlnrcollections^ avalanche of orders on us, so we have ^ ^ ^ SCHELt.S SPECIAL STRAIN^S^"* ^"'"■-^^710^ 1. Fordhook Bush Lima. . , „^ , No. 2 No. 3 2. Green-Pod Bountiful Bean.'. } '2 "l^' J Pf- J9 1 P*- 40 cts 3. Schell's Yellow-Pod Bountiful Bean i in ! } P'' <=*^- ^ 1*- « cts 4. SchelPs New Wonderful Peas. [Ikt 0 rll' "I" !i ^ cts, ^ S. 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