935 B Srreet N. W., WasHineton D. C. 31 
IMPROVED PURPLE TOP 
Ruta Baga is sown in June and July. Our rvuta- 
baga is very select, and yields enormous crops of 
handsome, large, solid yellow-flesh turnips. It is 
grown very largely for cattle food, and keeps over 
winter till spring in good condition. Get our splendid 
stock, and thecrops will satisfy and remunerate you. 
It is also used as a table vegetable because of its 
sweetness—Packet, 5c. + Pound, 10c. Pound, 25c. 
Culture of Turnips.—They do best in highly 
enriched, light, sandy or gravelly soils. Commence 
sowing the earliest varieties in Aprilin drills from 
twelve or fifteen inches apart, and thin out early to 
$ix or nine inches in the rows. Forasuccession sow 
at intervals of a fortnight until the last week in 
July, from which time until the end of August sow- 
ings may be made for the fall and main crop. Tur- 
nips may be preserved until spring by cutting off the 
tops about one inch from the buib, storing inacellar 
or cool shed during winter, covering the roots with 
dry sand. They should be harvested before severe 
frosts set in, for though comparatively hardy, few of 
the varieties will survive winters of the Northern 
States in the open ground. 
White Dutch Clover.—The best variety for 
lawns, as it forms a close herbage, and remains green 
throughout the season; it also affords excellent food 
for bees. We offer highest grades of seed only— 
Per pound, 25c. By mail, 38c. per pound. 
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Write for Special Prices on 
CLOVER ano GRASS SEEDS 
IN QUANTITIES. 
Bolgiano’s Re-cleaned Red Clover Seed. 
—We call special attention to the superior quality of 
Bolgiano’s Re-cleaned Red Clover Seed, which will 
be found superior to the samples generaily handled 
by the trade. Special prices on application. There is 
not sufficient care exercised by the planter or farmer 
in the selection of this, the most valuable of all grass 
seeds. Many sow it without even examining whether 
or not it contains more seeds of weeds than of 
clover, and such may frequently wonder where all 
the daisies, docks, thistles and other weeds that infest 
their farms spring from. Weeds will always make 
their appearance fast enough without sowing them, 
and to guard against this, sow no grass seed unless you 
examine it either with a sharp eye or a magnifying 
glass. No farmer should ever allow a weed to run 
to seed on his farm. Cut them down or pull them 
out; weeds cannot stand such harsh treatment long, 
and a season or two of this kind of warfare will give 
you a clean farm and more money in your pocket. 
Lowest market price. 
Timothy.—This grass is most commonly culti- 
vated for hay, and for that purpose probably sur- 
passes all other grassesin cultivation. It makes the 
best hay for horses and market on the entire list ,and, 
being early grass, is well adapted for spring grazing. 
It is a perennial and if the meadow is kept in good 
fertility by surface dressing it will bear crops in- 
definitely. 
Orchard Grass.—This is a well known and 
valuable grass, either for hay or pasture. It succeeds 
well on most soils, but does best on loamy or mod- 
erately stiff soils, but not very wet. It comes early 
in the spring, and continues well into winter. It is 
of quick growth, and relished by stock, especially 
when young, and bears close grazing. It makes ex- 
cellent hay, and does well mixed and grown with 
red clover, which ripens at the sametime. It should 
be cut when in blossom, as the hay is injured if the 
seed ripens. It can be sown in the spring or fall, 
either with grain or alone. Sow two bushels per 
acre if by itself; or one bushel orchard grass and 
ten pounds of clover make a fine mixture—Per 
pound, 15c. a 
Fancy Cleaned Kentucky Blue Grass 
Seed —Suits almost any soil. It makes a compact 
turf, retains its verdure during the hottest summers 
and makes its most luxuriant growth in spring and 
autumn, and is indispensable as a pasture grass. At 
first it is a little tardy about starting, but is alwaysa 
reliable and satisfactory grass. Fancy Kentucky 
Blue Grass Seed is clean of weeds and chaff and 
should have first preference. When the Fancy Ken- 
tucky Blue Grass Seed is used by itself sow twenty 
pounds to the acre; when sown with timothy use 
twelve pound Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass and ten 
pounds timothy—Pound, 15c. Bushel, 14 lbs., $1.50. 
Red Top, or Herd’s Grass.—An excellent grass, indige- 
nous to most soils, and does well on either uplands or 
lowlands. It is hardy and yields about a ton and a half per 
acre of fine hay of excellent quality. The stalks are weak 
and leaves fine. It starts to grow rather late and is suitable 
to grow with timothy, as it flowers at the same time, and is 
adapted to the same kind of soil, though it will thrive in 
wetter land than timothy. It is a good grazing grass and 
can be pastured during most of the year. After being cut 
it yields good grazing and when it gets established will ex- 
terminate most other grasses. Sow twelve pounds per acre 
of the fancy clean seed. The fancy clean seed is much the 
best and most satisfactory to sow. When sown with tim- 
othy, sow six pounds of the fancy clean seed and eight 
pounds timothy peracre. Sowinthespring or fall—Price, 
fancy clean seed, 20c. per pound. 10 pounds, $1.50. e 
