Title: Spring 1897
Identifier: CAT31282709 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: John A. Salzer Seed Co.
Subjects: Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: La Crosse, Wis. : John A. Salzer Seed Co.

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SALZER SEED CO.'S CATALOGUE OF PLANTS AND SEEDS. LA CROSSE, WIS.
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44 We can furnish the following at Sc. per pkg.; oz. Salzer's Ever-Blooming Sweet Peas. Our Ever-Blooming is something especially rare, of unusually large blossoms, brilliantly shaded, de- liciously fragrant, that bear continually until destroyed by severe frosts. This strain is par excellence. It is impossible to describe the rare beauty of the brilliant tints. For personal wear diiring the summer and autumn it is the most fashionable flower grown, as this strain retains its freshness for hours. VV^e con- trol the entire stock of Ever-Blooming Sweet Peas In America. Don't be misled by some seedsmen offering you a substitute for sanie, or "just as good." Pkg., 10c.; 3 pkgs., 20c.; oz., 30c.; lb., 60c.; lb.,«l 50. Copopoco. This strain is remarkable for largeness and clear- ness of blossoms, rich, varied and marked colors, and great freedom of bloom and delicious fragrance. Pkg., 10c.; oz., 20c.; lb., 50c. Cupid—The Dwarf Sweet Pea. The famed dwarf Sweet Pea. Our stock is grown from the original. Pkg., lOc; 2 pkgs., 15c,; oz., 50c. any variety, 20c.; lb., 40c., postpaid; lb , 90c.$ Apple Blossom.—Pink and white. Bmnche Burpee.—Pure white Blanche Ferry.—Pink and white. Blushing Beauty.—Best pink. Boreatton —Velvety maroon. Bronze King.—Bronze standard, white wings. Butterfly.-^Blue and white. Captain of the Blues.—Best blue. Cardinal.—Old red. Countess of Radnor.—Light lavender. Cupid.—White. Duchess of York.—Nearly pure white. Duke of Clarence.—Clover purple. Duke of York.—Pink and white. Eliza Eckford.—White with blue edge. Emily Henderson.—White. Firefly —Finest scarlet. Gaiety.—Red and white striped. Her Majesty.—Large: rose color. Ignea. One of the best reds. Lady Penzance.—Delicate laced salmon. Lemon Queen. Blush pink and lemon- Lottie Eckford.—Large white, blue edge. Meteor.—Best salmon. Mrs. Jos. Chamberlin.—Red and white flaked. I Mrs. Eckford.—Light lemon. P Mrs. Gladstone.—Large pink. Mrs. Sankey.—White. Novelty.—Very dark rose. Orange Prince.—Beautiful shade of oran;:e. Ovid.—Rosy pink. Peach Blossom.—'Pink. Primrose.—Straw color. Princess Beatrice.—Lighter shade pink than Gladstone. Royal Robe.— Beautiful dark pink. Stanley-—Best maroon. Venus.—Salmon buff. Wahlenbergia< Seeds sown in the house or early in the ground will, by June 1st, form a plant 12 inches high, very bushy and compact, deep green leaves, beautifully edged, and be literally — ered with deep porcelain blue four-pointed, saucer- shaped, exquisitely and charmingly colored blos- soms. Pkg., 15c. Wall Flower—P. A very fragrant and de- sirable class of winter bloomers. Sow seeds in hot-bed, and while plants are small place in pots. In fall remove to the house. Dark Brown. —Extra rose-formed; grand. Pkg., 25c. Golden Yellow.—Splen- did. Pkg , 25c. Choice Imported Mix- ture.—Pkg.. 10c. Xeranthemum—E Annuals, dwarf, compact r " "*' and free-flowering. The * S^PyRipLiTPn \ft88 flowers are blue, white and w^l tU ^OO" purple. Pkg., 5c. I Waverly.—Rosy, claret color. Sweet Peas—Special Mixtures in Separate Shades. White Sorts, mixed Pkg.. 5c. j Pink Sorts, mixed Pkg., 5c. ; Blush Sorts, mixed Pkg., 5c. Striped Sorts, mixed Pkg., 5c. Blue Sorts, mixed Pkg,, 5c. ; Carmine Sorts, mixed ....Pkg., 5c. Black Sorts, mixed Pkg., 5c. 1 f»' These Special Sorts, by weight: Oz,, 15c.; lb., 25c.; lb., 75c.-«;l Fine Mixed. This mixture, for the price, challenges an equal. It is composed of many sorts and colors, and will surely please. Pkg., 5c.; oz., 10c.; M lb., 35c.; % lb., 45c.; lb., 60c.; 2 lbs., 81.10, postpaid. Perennial Sweet Peas.—Resemble Sweet Peas. Perfectly hardy; climber. Pkg., 5c. Choice Verbenas. Golden Leaved.—Golden-yellow foliaget which forms a striking contrast with its dazzling scarlet blossoms. Pkg., 25c. Mammoth Verbena.—On perfect flowers, they reach the size of a silver quartc of a dollar. Pkg., 25c.

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