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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT MY SEEDS

have room for but a few only of the many unsolicited testimonials I have received
from my customers. I have on file hundreds of just as good expressions of satisfaction and praise from all over the great state of "Washington.
I

this year

We like your Seeds best. Ed.

Callon, New Kamilche, Mason Co., Wash,

Your Seeds were the best I ever got to grow.John Reynolds. Valalta, Wash.
Your Seeds are highly recommended here.Aug. Palmquist, Ozette, Clallam Co.. Wash.
Your Onion Seed is the best I ever planted. Aug. E. Cribley, North Bend, King Co., Wash.
I like your Cabbage Seed better than any other I can get.J. W. Mahlon, Wayne, Nebraska.
Your Seeds last year were perfection. M. W. Davtes. Marble Mount, Skagit Co., Wash.
Had your Cauliflower Seed last year, and had fine heads. Mary A. Leighton, Meridian
Wash.
I recommend your Seeds to all my neighbors. Mrs. O. C. Pohlson, Lemars, Lincoln Co.,
Wash.
The Plants I bought of you last year gave the best of satisfaction. C. B. Klaus, Snoqualmie. Wash.
I have used your Seeds and like them. I find they are the best. James T. Camp. Clallam
Bay, Wash.
Your Seeds are the best I can get, as they never fail. Wm. McCain, Kingston, Kitsap
County. Wash.
I find

that your Seeds merit you a splendid reputation as a

seedsman. Wm. Murray, Black

Diamond. Wash.

The Turnip Seed you sent me was the

King Co., Wash.

Your Seeds did splendidly.

Hood River, Oregon.
I

grew. Joseph Vaughan, Covington,

finest I ever

Your Cauliflower was extra good. Mrs.

Emma

Parrish,

have tried your Califiower Seed three years, and every one headed. Wm. Trott. Lynden,

Whatcom

Co., Wash.
The Strawberry Plants you sent me
Haynie, Everson, Wash.
I

All the Seeds

are excellent.

have used your Seeds and found them very satisfactory.

have started nicely. J. T.

Every seed grew. A. F.

J.

Spen-

cer. Calispel, Stevens Co., Wash.

Your Seeds are the cleanest and best

Port Ludlow. Jefferson Co.. Wash.

ever saw, and sure to germinate. Frank

Received the Plants in good condition, and

Smith, Bothell, Wash.

am well

pleased with them

Walker,

especiallv the

Toma-

to plants. F.
I

have used your Seeds

for three years,

Co.. Wash.

and

Hartly. Denning, Whatcom

I have received Seed from you the last

chack. Getchell. Snohomish Co., Wash.
1

never had as good a garden as

W. Sefton. Nooksack. Whatcom

find

them

10 years.

It

had last vear, and

Wash.

far superior to eastern

seeds. W. H.

was always first class. G. Tkitsthink

it is all

owing

to

your Seeds.

Co.,

I like your Flower Seeds very much.

They were the finest that were ever seen in this county. A. E. Koehlen, Orondo, Douglas Co., Wash.

We have

Sheldon

C.

bought your Seeds

for five years and have

Co., Wash.

Tracy, Birch Bay. Whatcom

We think your seed excellent. We won't

proved. Geo. P. Brown, Winlock. Lewis

always found them as represented. Mrs.

have any other.

Co.,

Your Squash Seed cannot be im-

Wash.

We have used your Seeds for four years and have never had a dozen seeds to miss coming
when planted. C. Armstrong, East Sound, San Juan Co., Wash.
The Strawberry Plants arrived in first class condition. All your Seeds came up good. I am
perfectly satisfied with your dealings. G. Scheule, Spokane, Wash.
I have used your Seed for eight years, and it always gave good satisfaction.
Have tried Seed
from other houses also, but none proved equal to yours yet. P. Summersett, Alpha, Lewis Co.,

Wash.

I have tried them five years and know they are just what they are represented.
Last year I
was obliged to use store seeds, and had no garden as a consequence. Mrs. Etta Bridges, Ferry,
Lewis Co., Wash.

C^eit&logi^te

Seeds

1894
TILLINGHAST'S
Puget Sound Seed Gardens
A. G.

La Conner, Skagit
To all my Friends and Customers

Wash.,

Co.,

Once more I am permitted to send you my New Year

Again I
Ninth Annual Catalogue and Price List.
for the

Jan.

1,

1894.

greeting, with this

sincerely thank you

esteemed favors received, by your continued valued orders, your many

encouraging- words, and kind recommendations to neighbors and friends, resulting in an increased business with each succeeding year. I shall try to merit
your confidence by keeping my seeds fully up to their recognized high standard,
and, if possible, make them better than ever. Knowing that my old friends will
stand by me, and bring a host of new ones with them, I have prepared for the
usual yearly increase in number of orders. I shall continue to present my cus-

"Free for Trial" packages

Vegetable and Flower Seeds, as usual.

tomers with

of

"New and

Desirable"

See page 16 for Special Offer, and Discounts. Don't buy store seeds when
you can so easily get mine. If you have never used my Seeds, please give me a

Trial Order.

How

to

Get

My

Seeds,

I send them Post Paid by Mail, and guarantee safe delivery to you. Look
over this Catalogue carefully, and mark with a pencil all that you want; then
make out on the order sheet a list of all the kinds and quantities that you have
selected.
Write your Name and Address plainly, and send the order to me
with the money enclosed.

How
Send by

Order

on

to

Send Money.

Bank Check, Express Order,

La Conner,

or by

Registered Letter,

by Postoffice Money
my risk and expense,

at

the amount is One Dollar or upwards (deducting the cost of the order, or
the register fee). If less than One Dollar, you may send Postal Note or
Postage Stamps, in a common letter, securely sealed and plainly addressed.
Do not Delay, but make out your order now, while you think of it, and
have the seeds on hand when planting time comes.
Yours very truly,
A. G. TILLINGHAST,

if

La Conner, Skagit

Co.,

Wash.

Descriptive Price List

For 1894

Puget Sound Seed Gardens,

Choice Selection for Washington

S3T*Prices Include

When

Postage^

sent by Freight or Express, or delivered at our Seed Store. 10 cents per

deducted from these prices.

pound may he

ASPARAGUS
Oz. 10 cts;

pkg. 5

cts.

Conover's Colossal The stand-

EJ

Large and good.

ard variety.

ARTICHOKE
Oz. 25 cts;

pkg. 10

Green Globe The

best for eating.

cts.

Asparagus Roots

largest and

See cut above.

Two

year

old.

5 cts each; 50 cts per doz; $4 per 100.

By Freight

or Express, $3 per 100.

BEANS, BUSH
Lb. 25

cts;

J lb 10 cts;

pkg

5 cts.

Challenge Dwarf Black Wax

A new kind just introduced, which

proves to be the earliest of all the wax
beans. It is vigorous and prolific, and
of best quality for snap beans.

Improved Golden

Wax An

improvement of the old Golden Wax

which has been so popular for years
Possesses all the good qualities
past.
and is larger in pod and more prolific.

New Golden Eyed Wax One

of

the best;

its

rust or spot like

Jerusalem Artichoke
Tubers, 25 cts per lb by mail; 15 cts
per lb by express.

pods or leaves never

some others, and

it

is

Entirely stringless, flesh

tender and of excellent quality and.
blight proof.

flavor.

PUGET SOUND SEED GARDENS.

BEANS, POLE
Lb. 30

cts.;

lb.

pkt. 5 cts.

10 cts.;

Dutch Case Knife One

the

of

and most prolific varieties. It

has large, green flat pods, and is good
as "snap" or shelled green.
Old Homestead Early as any,
and enormously productive. The pods
though large cook tender and melting,
and we can recommend it as the best
earliest

green

pole bean.

It is well suited to

this climate.

The Golden Champion The

wax pole bean. Very large
yellow pods, stringless and cook tender.
Every garden should have this and the
best early

"Homestead."
cts.; oz. 10 cts.;

pkt. 5 cts.

Early Egyptian Best

early table

Turnip-shaped and smooth.

beet.

Eclipse Later, but

gets

larger

than the above.

Improved Arlington We
good

it

for

two years.

It is

dark, rich, blood red coldoes not become tough or stringy

when old, as is the case with many
other varieties, but is sweet and tender
It is a grand table beet,
at all times.
and nearly as early as any.
or.

c.

i lb. 20

c.

oz. 10 c.

pkg.

5c.

Golden Yellow Tankard

superior strain of yellow mangel. Very
sweet, firm flesh. Produces enormous
crops, as from its peculiar shape it can
grow closer in the row than the ordinary mangel. Will yield 75 tons to the
acre.

offer

this beautiful beet for the first time,

but have grown

LANE'S SUGAR.

MANGEL WURZEL BEETS

Lb. 50

BEETS
Lb. 75

GOLDEN TANKARD.

size, of

Lane's Imperial Sugar Hardand contains more sugar than the

other kinds. It is a white sugar beet
selected for feeding stock.

ier

It

''^mimljlJIK

Norbitan's Giant Largest

red;

easiest to pull; excellent for stock.

Edmund's Blood Turnip Is

handsomely shaped, not too large or
coarse, but of good marketable size.

Long Smooth BloodThe

late winter sort.

best

Yellow Globe Better than other

kinds for sandy or shallow soil. Globular in shape, productive and keeps well.

TILLIXGHAST'S SEED CATALOGUE.

A. G.

BORECOLE,

or

Green Curled

Red DrumheadA

KALE

Oz. 25 cts.: pkg. 5

solid, late

cts.

Bright

green,

spreading and beautifully curled.

Oz. 90

cts.

pkg. 5

cts.

CapeEarly, com-

pact heads of good flavor.

Autumn White Cape Later,

large white heads; splendid

fall

variety.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Oz. 25 cts.; pkg. 5

Tall

Flat Dutch Best for

winter use: round or slightly flattened
Stands freezing well; a good
head.
keeper and of excellent quality.

Mammoth Marblehead The

largest and latest of all the cabbages.

Grows to enormous size, but requires
rich soil, good culture and the whole
season to head solid.

Lb. $1; i

compact

sprouts of good quality.

lb.

30 cts.:

for table use.

oz.

Early Horn Best

10 cts.; pkg. 5c.

for early mark-

et or table use.

CARROTS

CABBAGE
Lb. $2; i lb. 50 cts. oz. 20 cts. pkg. 5 cts.
JS^T make a specialty of cabbage seed, and
;

in
a favorite

ladies.

CARROTS

cts.

French Produce

very

Premium

BROCCOLI
Early Purple

large,

much used

Good keeper and

pickling.

with the

red cabbage,

Lb. 75

cts.: J lb=

for field

25c;

oz.

and

stock.

10c; pkg.

5c.

greatest care is taken to keep it pure and true

te name. I use only lars-e solid beads to grow
seed. There is no better cabbage seed to be
found anywhere in tbe world, if you want to
grow large solid sure-heading cabbage, use my
seed.

Early Jersey Wakefield This

the very best for early use, or for
early market. Solid pointed heads.

is

Henderson's Early Summer

A little later and larger than the Wakefield.

Heads flat and stand longer with-

out bursting.

Early Winnigstadt A very solid

pointed head, medium in size and earliness.
If planted late, makes a good
winter cabbage. Heads well on land
too poor to head other kinds.

Fottler's

Brunswick

head.
Excellent
planted late.

4?

very

drumwinter cabbage if

large, sure-heading second early

Short
Oxhert, or Guerande
and thick, intermediate between the
half -long and the early horn varieties,
three or four inches in diameter at the
neck. Of most beautiful color and shape.

Danvers Half-Long

Shorter

to pull. Great favorite. Very

productive and of extra fine quality.

and easier

PUGET SOUND SEED GARDENS.

Henderson's Early Snowball

One of the best and choicest. My seed
is grown directly from Henderson's
stock and will be found to be even better than Henderson's sealed packages.

Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt

very choice early, small-leaved, large
sure-heading variety. Planted late, it
is the best kind for autumn use.

Veitch's

Autumn Giant Large

late white.
Compact heads well protected by foliage. Oz. 50c; pkg, 10c.

CELERY
Oz. 30

cts.;

pkg. 5

cts.

Crawford's Half Dwarf Vigorous of growth, solid, good flavor.

Kalamazoo The

most

solid, crisp

eating and delicately flavored variety.

Very large, short and stocky, and of
quick growth. Keeps well. Good for
family use or for market.

Long Orange Best

and

stock.

Large

CAULIFLOWER
oz. $1.50;

pkg. 15

popular new variety.

very

Beautiful showy

and keeps

sort; solid, excellent flavor

well during the winter.

and most productive stock carrot.

Lb. $20;

Dwarf Golden Heart A

late for field

Yields well, keeps well.

White Belgian Largest

cts.

cauliflower seeds are grown on Puget

Sound, Wash., from selected beads of the choicest strains, and proves to he much better than
seed from any other source. Don't waste time
and money on inferior cauliflower seed when
you can get this which is sure to make nice
large heads, if you give it proper care.

j^=My

White Plume A new variety with

white stalks and leaves. Very ornamental.
Does not require so much
banking up for bleaching as the other
kinds.

Lb. 25

CORN
cts.;

pkg. 5

J lb. 10 cts.;

cts.

The Cory This is a selected strain

the old and well known Early Marblehead, and is a standard among Market Gardeners for first early market.
Early Minnesota The standard
Early Sweet Corn ripens a little earlier
Eight rowed ears of
than Crosby's.
good size, sweet and well-flavored.
Stalks grow about five feet high.
of

Stowell's EvergreenThis

va-

riety is more largely planted than any

other, being the general favorite with
canners and market gardeners, for late
use.

CUCUMBERS
Oz. 10 cts.; pkg. 5

Early Pad ilia A new kind

that

originated with us. It is earlier, larger and better than Henderson's Snowball, which it resembles, and is an improvement on that well known kind.

2^ All

cts.

Early Russian Very

early and

prolific.

Early White Spine Medium

earliness.

Long Green Late. The

best for

pickles.

Seeds carefully tested, so

in

Fine for table use.

weQknow they

will grow,

A
A. G.

TILLINGHAST'S SEED CATALOGUE.

WATER MELON

ENDIVE
Lb. $1.50;

oz.

15c; pkg.

Oz. 10c; pkg. 5c.

5c.

Green Curled Not

used as a Salad, but
tal

from

only much
highly ornamen-

and colored

delicately cut

its

Much

leaves.

is

The Boss Handsomest

Christmas

Johnson's
solid

used for garnishing.

and best

for shipping or eating.

and

of delicious flavor.

Very

Excellent

keeper.

KOHL RABI
Oz. 15c; pkg. 5

Phinney's Early Very early and

productive; good and easy to grow.

cts.

Large Early Purple Fine

and

tender.

Large Early White Same

above except

as

color.

YELLOW DANVERS.

RED WETHERSFIELD

ONION
Lb. $1.50; Jib. 50c; oz. 15c; pkg. 5c
{^"Those who tried my onion seed last year
found that it came up good; all grew, and made
nice large onions. The same will be found this
and onion growers can place the utmost
confidence in this seed. For many years only
the best shaped, solid, soundest onions have
been used for seed: thus by long selection they
have become the best keepers in this climate of
any kir.d. No better onion seed is to be found
year,

LETTUCE
Oz. 15c;

pkg.

5c.

Black Seeded Simpson Large

early.
to

Very nice and

desirable; slow

run to seed; tender a long time.

anywhere.

Oregon Yellow Danvers

great favorite. Large, round, yields
heavy. Early to ripen up, and a good
keeper. Best for Puget Sound. All
the old onion growers use it.
Large Red Wethersf ield A
pleasant flavor; grows large; keeps

well.

Hanson

One

of

Large heads, sweet and

the very bestcrisp.

MUSK MELON
Oz. 10c; pkg. 5c.

Montreal
Largest

of

all

Quality good.

EARLY RED.

SILVER SKIN.

White Portugal, or American

Silverskin A large, white, flat on-

Market Nutmeg-

ion of mild flavor.

the nutmeg melons.

Valuable for market or

and

for use.

Jenny Lind The

Small but delicious.

earliest netted.

Fine for early use

as well as any
onions. By OUNCE and

for pickling.

of the white
PACKET only.
Extra Early

onion.

Keeps

Red A light colored

Good keeper.

Earliest of

all.

PUGET SOUND SEED GARDENS.

Veitch's Perfection The

best

late pea for family use.

Very productive, large, sweet and good.
It is indeed perfection, so far as QUALriYis

concerned.

Dwarf ChampionThe
known Champion
to a

dwarf so

of

it will

old, well

England, changed
not need bushing.

First class quality.

Price, $2 per bushel;

PEAS
Lb. 25c;

FIELD PEAS

AMERICAN WONDER

FIRST OF ALL

lb.

10c; pkg. 5c

First Of A!! Best of the hard,

smooth round peas, which can be
planted very early as they are not so
liable to rot in the ground as the
wrinkled peas. They are very prolific
and do not need bushing.

American Wonder Earliest

of

the wrinkled peas.

Dwarf, does not

need bushing-. Large peas and pods
and prolific
Quality extra good. Do
not plant it while the ground is cold
and wet. It is indeed a wonder.

$3 per 100 lbs.

Blue China and Black-Eyed

Marrowfat Two good field peas,
much used in field cultivation to sow
broadcast for hogs,
grow them.

It

etc.

pays to

PARSNIP
Lb. 75c.

I lb. 25c.

Long

White

oz. 10c.

Large,

pkg.

5c.

smooth,

sweet.
The standard kind. Grown
from specially selected smooth roots.
JggHParsnip seed one year old will not grow.
Don't be fooled on old parsnip seed. There
should be parsnips in every garden to use at
any time through ~the winter. They also make
excellent hog feed.
Swine are very fond of
them and fatten rapidly on them.

PARSLEY
Oz. 15c; pkg. 5c.

Fern Leaved A
sort.

beautiful mossy

Useful for garnishing or flavoring.

PEPPERS
Oz. 30c; pkg. 5c.

Golden

Dawn Large, sweet, yel-

low, productive. Has no fiery flavor,

and is excellent for mangoes.

Large Sweet MountainRed,

mild,

much used

for

mangoes.

Red Cayenne Small,

Dwarf Pea The dwarfest

of all.

prolific,

hot, used in pickling.

PUMPKIN

Early, hard, smooth, round.

Oz. 10c;

pkg.

5c.

Sweet or Sugar Fine

grained;

excellent for pies.

SALSIFY
Oz. 15c;

The Heroine A

new kind just

odds the best market late pea. But 2i feet high, it is
loaded with ENORMOUS pods, tilled with
8 to 10 large peas of most excellent
quality. Every gardener should have
introduced.

this pea.

By

all

To see

it is

to

want

it.

pkg.

5c.

shaped root that

makes delicious soup resembling oysters in flavor. Easy to grow. Good all
winter and late in spring. Can be left
in the ground all winter.
white, carrot

SPINACH
Lb. 50c;

oz.

10c; pkg.

Large Viroflay A new

5c.

variety
superior to the old round leaf kinds.

A. G.

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TILLINGHAST'S SEED CATALOGUE.

SQUASH
Lb.

SI; oz.

Yellow Plum Small, plumshaped

10c; pkt.

and

oc.

Early White Bush The

summer squash. Very pretty

Nice for preserves.

early.

earliest
scallop-

ed and very productive.

Hubbard The standard

winter
squash, old and reliable.
MarbleheadValuable; like the
Hubbard, except it is of a pale green
color.

Large Summer Crookneck

An excellent new kind for family use
or for market.
Prolific

Fine buttery
and large.

flavor.

Long Island White Bush An

improvement over the old White Bush
Squash, being smoother, thicker flesh

and

of

much

We have

better quality.

found by trial in our garden that this

is the best Summer Squash we ever
grew. Price 10c. per pkt. 20c per oz.

SUNFLOWER
;

RADISH

Oz. 10c; pkg. oc.

Mammoth

Russian

Flowers

and seeds very large. Seeds rich with

oil, and valuable to feed poultry.

Lb. $1;

oz.

10c;

pkg.

oc.

French Breakfast Small,

oval
form, quick growing, mild and tender.
Color, scarlet, tipped with white.
Beautiful long scarlet
Chartier

white

tip, crisp

and sweet.

See

cut.

China Rose Winter Best

winter use.

for

Long, solid and tender.

RHUBARB
Lb. $1.75;

oz.

Victoria Is
kind.

Roots

per doz.; $5 per

TOMATOES
r

Oz. 30c; pkg.

Ruby

Beauty

oc.

100.

TURNIPS
Lb. 50c;

oc.

The earliest large ToThe

mato. Grows with less vine and leaves
so the sun can get at the fruit better
than other kinds. After further trial
this new tomato proves to be the best
Our vines were
kind to grow here.
loaded with ripe fruit this year. All
who have trouble in ripening tomatoes
See
should try this excellent kind.
cut above.

Livingston's

20c; pkg

very large, standard

year old, 10c. each; $1

Jib. 20c;

oz.

White Egg Large,

10c;

good, smooth, egg-shaped.

Hand-

somest, solid early.

Livingston's

Perfection

large, early, smooth, prolific, good.

pkg. 5c

early, sweet,

Is

EXTE A E AK L Y^MIL AN.

PUGET SOUND SEED GARDENS.

11

RUTABAGA
Lb. 60c.

1 lb. 20c.

oz. 10c.

White French

pkg\

5c.

large white

market variety, sweet, smooth

Good winter keeper.

and

solid.

American Yellow A
low sweet Swede.

large yelExcellent for table

or for stock.

Skirving's Purple-Top

Best

and cattle feeditg, and

market.

for field culture

good

for

TOBACCO
Oz. 30c; pkg. 5c.

Connecticut Seed Leaf Hardy; the best for this latitude.

Excel-

lent kind for smoking.

HERB SEED

Purple-Top Strap-Leaf The

5c.

old standard flat fall turnip.

Extra Eariy Milan Earliest

turnips.

Quite

small tap-root,
in diameter, of

above ground
making- it very

of

small leaves and

with bulb 3 or 4 inches
bright red and purple
and clean white below,
attractive in market.
flat,

per pkg.

Dill

Lavender
Marjoram (sweet)
Sage
Summer Savory

Horehound
Rosemary

Thyme
Wormwood

Anise

Caraway
Coriander

Popular Flower Seeds

Prices

Pkg.

jC.

six for 2$c.

collection

Accrociinium The
everlastings.

most beautiful of tbe

Red and white mixed.

AmmobiumPure

white. Fine for bougathered before fully bloomed.

Asters The finest varieties mixed. You

quets

if

will find

them

fragrant white

In bloom a long time.

Balsam Camelia

for 4Jc.

the whole

Marguerite Beautiful daisy-like flowers,

very showy and fashionable.
Petunia Mixed colors, profuse blooming,
hardy.
Pansies Choicest mixed, large -flowering,

flowered:

double mixed

Chrysanthemum - Fine

showy

Popples Pasony

flowered,

mixed

colors,

double mixed

Portulaca

Double

and single mixed.

Creeper, with bright colored flowers.

Carnation Finest mixed.

cent of the pinks.
Dahlia All colors mixed.
house.

Helichrysum Very

Most magnifi-

Rodanthe Delicate,
ers.

Sow

early in

strong, large,

Easily grown.

The most

silky, pendant flowdelicate of all the everlastings.

Stocks New

German. Mixed
Very pretty.
Peas Mixed colors.

colors.

Long

time in bloom.
rich-

Ever-

Sweet

ionable, brilliant, fragrant flowers.

Twenty new

lasting.

M arigold African,

Drummondi A beautiful

All colors mixed.

large, brilliant.

colors.

colored double flowers.

Phlox
annual.

colors.

showy; easily grown.

fifteen

beautiful.

choice.

Alyssum Sweet Very

flowers.

of 20 kinds, joc.

double, mixed, very

kinds.

Be sure and

Verbena Choicest mixed.

Fine for bedding.

Very fashExtra fine.

try them.

Blooms

freely.

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TILLINGHAST'S SEED CATALOGUE.

A. G.

Nursery Stock
A supply of

Fruit Trees and Small Fruits of

adapted to this climate,

all kinds,

constantly

Descriptive List Sent Free on application.

TERMS Cash with order. We make no extra charge for

onhand.

steamers at above prices, the buyers to pay freight, and

Apple Trees, 2 to 3
Crab Apple
do
Pear
do
Plum and Prune do
do
Cherry

packing, but deliver to

Trees and Plants sent at their risk.
Each.
Per

all

years old
do

do
do
do

all

100

15c

$12 00

15c
25c
25c
25c

20 00
20 00

12 00

20 00

Small Fruits
Currants
10c.

each.

75c.

per doz.

$5

per

100.

White Dutch Large, strong- grower.

La Varsailles Red, very large bunch, long, productive.
Cherry The largest current known. Red, very popular.
Black Naples Very large, excellent for jellies and wine.

Gooseberries
10c.

each.

75c.

Oregon Champion Large,

per dozen.

light green,

$5

per

100.

immense

bearer, the best of all

Gooseberries.

Blackberries
5c.

each.

50c.

per doz.

$4 per 100.

Kittatiny Large, sweet, very hardy.

Lawton Very large; sweet when fully ripe; good bearer.
Early Harvest The best early blackberry.
Evergreen Vines grow enormously large and long; great producer, and
berries last into November. Price 10c. each; $1 per doz.

Raspberries
5c.

each.

50c.

per doz.

$4 per 100.

Cuthbert One of the best for general planting; profitable.

"
Turner Upright, almost thornless, great bearer.
BLACK Mammoth ClusterFine for table, very productive.
"
Gregg Very hardy; best of the black caps for market; very

RED

productive.

Japanese Wineberry A new,

troduced from Japan.

beautiful wine-colored Raspberry, just in$1.50 per doz.

Price 15c. each;

Grape Vines
25c. each.

Concord Black, hardy,

$2

per doz.

bears and ripens early.

Strawberries
25c.

per doz.

50c.

per

100.

$5 per 1001.

Sharpless Very large, bright red, strong grower, great bearer.

Wilson's Albany This berry has never been surpassed; succeeds

well

everywhere; the best of all for market; high colored and fine quality; long season; have had it in bearing six weeks in one season.
j^~Any of the above small fruits can be sent by mail if one-half the price is
added for postage.

PUGET SOUND SEED GARDENS.

13

Vegetable Plants,

etc.

We

shall keep on hand for sale, in their season, Early and Late Vegetable
Plants grown from our own choice Seeds. Can be sent safely by Freight, Express or Mail, to any part of the Sound country.
If to be sent by Mail, add 10c. per doz. or 25c. per 100 for postage on plants.

Tomato Plants
First quality, transplanted, 40c. per doz.; $2.50 per 100.
Smaller plants from seed bed, 15c. per doz.; $1 per 100.
Varieties The

New

Ruby.

Celery Plants
Early from hot beds, 15c. per doz.; $1 per 100.
Later plants after June loth, 10c. per doz.; 25c per 100.
Varieties White Plume, Dwarf Golden Heart and Kalamazoo.

Cauliflower Plants
Early from hot beds, 25c. per doz.; 50c. per 100.
Later plants after June 15th, 15c. per doz.; 25c. per 100.
Varieties Early Padilla, H. E. Snowball and Veitch's A Giant.

Cabbage Plants
Early Jersey Wakefield,

25c.

per doz.;

Late plants after June 15th, 10c. per doz.;

Varieties Late Flat Dutch and Winnigstadt.

50c.

25c.

per 100.
per 100; $2 per 1000.

Strawberry Plants
25c. per doz.; 50c. per 100; $5 per 1000.
Varieties Sharpless and Wilson's Albany.

Roots,
Rhubarb Victoria,

year old roots,

etc.
10c.

each;

$1

per doz.;

$5 per 100.

Asparagus Collossal, 2 year old roots, 5c. each; 50c per doz.; $4 per 100.
Horse Radish Root cuttings, 3c. each; 25c. per doz.; $2 per 100.
Artichoke Jerusalem, tubers, by mail, 25c. per lb by express, 15c. per lb.
Onion Sets Yellow Bottom, mail. 35c. per lb.; express, 25c. per lb.
;

Swinomish Oats
Seed Oats, from same seed and same field that took the World's Prize at
the World's Fair, for greatest yield of Oats, being- 141 bushels per acre
3 lbs. for
by weight. $2 per 100 lbs. by freight; by mail, post paid, 5c. per oz
50c; 10 lbs. for $1.25.
;

The climate and soil of this locality is perfect for the development of Oats,
and seed oats grown here, will produce more vigorous growth and yield in almost
any locality than the oats that have been grown in unfavorable conditions.
Start your seed now from these oats and your yields will be increased for years.

A. &. TILLING- it AST'S

SEED CATALOGUE.

Grass Seeds
All kinds at lowest Market Rates. Prices in quantity given on application.
Present Prices subject to change. If by Mail, add 10 cts. per lb. for Postage.
Red Clover, 20c. per lb.
Red Top Grass, 10c. per lb.
White Clover, 25c. per lb.
Timothy Grass, 7c. per lb.
Alsike Clover, 30c. per lb.
Kentucky Blue Grass, 25c. per lb.

Lawn Grass Mixture

A mixture of Choice Grasses suitable for beautiful lawns. It makes a thick
velvety turf by forming a compact growth of short varieties. Price of Lawn
Grass 30c. per lb.; by Mail, 40c. per lb.

Japanese Buckwheat
This new Buckwheat has a larger kernel, will yield double as much, and it
ripens earlier, stands up better and makes better flour than any other kind.
Price 10c. per oz.; 25c. per lb., by Mail.

Millet

German

Golden,

or

20c per

by Mail; by Express or Freight,

lb.

$-4

per

bushel, or $6 per 100.

Peas

Field

Black Eyed Marrowfat and Blue China;

per

price, $2 per bushel;

$3

100.

Good Books
By

Mail, post paid, at prices named.

HOW TO GROW CELERY. By G. Bochove. Its cultivation and secret of success; 50 cents.
HOW TO GROW AND COOK CAULIFLOWERS. By Francis Brill.
cents.
HOW TO GROW CABBAGE. By Gregory. Full details for growing, keeping

20

and

30 cents.

selling;

CARROTS, MANGEL WURZEL, ETC.

keep and feed;

ONIONS. How

to

Onions for

to read

New

How

to grow, harvest,

17

growers of experience.

The best book on

ever published; 20 cents.

No market

it.

By

grow them properly.

its size

GARDENING FOR PROFIT.

written.

By Gregory.

30 cents.

By Henderson.

The best book on Gardening ever

it, and it will pay every farmer

gardener should try to do without

edition; cloth, 12

SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.

mo;

By

$2.

Best work on Small Fruits. New ediThis book covers the whole ground of propagating, cultivating, marketing, varieties, etc., and is the standard authority on the subject.
Cloth, 12 mo; $1.50.

Fuller.

tion.

PROFITS

IN

POULTRY.

Contains everything pertaining to the successful raising of

Cloth, illustrated, 256 pages; $1.

poultry, either for eggs, or chickens.

J^Any

other books not found on above

Address

all

orders

to,

list will

be supplied on receipt of publisher's price.

A. G. TI LLI N G H AST,

La Conner, Wash.

All Seeds carefully tested, so

we know then will grow,

Puget sound Seedling

Early Potato

Gage's Extra Early

After a careful

Rose and other

new Potato by

trial of this

potatoes,

earl}"

the side of the Early

feel confident in

recommending

the very earliest and best early potato in cultivation.

before the Early Rose

is

predict that as soon as

its

This

has been offered for

is

the

small, so

first

time

it

we can only

some

to plant for

Be

prices.

Price

25

and

it

it

much
will

sale,

lb.

is

as

dead ripe

better quality.

be in great demand.

and our stock

is

quite

by the pound.

a small quantity this season,

first in

per

of

is

market next year, and

the

cts.

to dig,

merits are known,

offer

Those purchasing
enough

fit

It

it

will

be sure to realize hand-

your neighborhood to get

post paid by Mail

can easily grow

it.

15 cts. per lb.

by Freight

or Express.

Beautiful Sweet Peas

We
Peas.
the

have some

The

of the finest

and most beautiful Sweet Flowering

best to be obtained anywhere.

premium

at the

World's Fair.

Twenty

From

the strain that took

(20) varieties mixed.

liberally and have a profusion of these brilliant, fragrant flowers.

Price

5 cts.

per pkg.

10 cts per ounce.

ALLMOSD'S 'AMERICAN" PRINT. ANACORTES

Plant

Sjoec^ieil

Offer

OUR FAMILY GARDEN COLLECTION

E

have made the following selection of the Best Varieties of

Family Garden.
One full package of each
kind, which we offer at reduced rates, saving our customers
Vegetables for a

making out

the trouble of

list.

Thirty (jo) Packages for $i.oo, post paid.

1
1

1
1

1
1
1
1
]
1

1
1

1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

pkg. Beans Bush Improved Golden Wax.

"
"
Pole Old Homestead.
" Beets Early Improved Arlington.
"
"
Late Long Smooth Blood.
" Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield.
"
"
"
Winnigstadt.
"
"
Late Premium Flat Dutch.
" Carrot Early Scarlet Horn.
kl
u
"
Ox Heart or Guerande.
"
"
Danvers Half Long.
" Califlower -Veitcbis Autumn Giant.
" Celery Dwarf Golden Heart.
"
"
White Plume.
" Corn Early Minnesota.
" Cucumber Early White Spine.
u
"
Late Long Green.
" Lettuce Hanson.
" Onion Yellow Globe Danvers.
"
"
Large Red Wethersfield.
" Parsnip Long White Smooth.
" Peas Early American Wonder.
"
"
Late, The New Heroine.
" Radish Early French Breakfast.
"
"
Late Chartier.
" Ruta Baga American Yellow.
" Squash Large Summer Crookneck.
"
Winter Hubbard.
" Tomato Earlv Rub v.
" Turnip Early White Egg.
"
"
Purple Top Strap Leaf.
*

''

Total, 30 Packages.

PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS ON SEEDS.

Any

12 Five-cent packages of Vegetable Seeds for 50 cents.

"
"
" 25
"
$1.00.
For Special Prices on large orders for Peas, Onions, Beets, Manwrite
stating
what
etc.,
please
you want.
gels, Carrots, Turnips,
Also, good terms given to all who wish to get up Club Orders for Seeds.

address, A. G.

TILLINGH AST,
LA CONNER, WASH.