32 Fr. W. BOLGIANO, 
IMPROVED PURPLE TOP 
' RUTA BAGA. 
Ruta Baga is sown in June and July. Our Ruta 
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 the crops will satisfy and remunerate you. 
It is also used as a table vegetable because of its 
sweetness. Packet, 5c. + Pound, 10c. 1 Pound, 30c. 
Culture of Turnips.—They do best in highly 
enriched, light, sandy or gravelly soils. Commence 
sowing the earliest varieties in April in drills from 
twelve or fifteen inches apart, and thin out early to 
six or nine inches in the rows. For asuccession sow 
at intervals of a fortnight until the iast week in 
July, from which time until the end of August sow- 
ings may be made for the fali and main crop. Tur- 
nips may be preserved until spring- by cutting off the 
tops about one inch from the bulb, storing ina cellar 
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. 
‘The Clover Seed received. They gave satisfaction, as 
everything that I have ever bought from you has given. 
Aug. 19, 1897. JOHN M. LYELL. 
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Write for Special Prices on Clover Seeds in Quantities, 
CRIMSON CLOVER. 
The Best Crop for Hay, Silageand Green Manuring, 
Fail, Winter and Spring Pasturing. 
The great mission of Crimson Clover is to furnish 
an abundance of most nutritive forage at seasons . 
when pastures are dead. It 1s of an unfailing supply 
of manure. In fact, it solves the problem of cheap 
manuring. It is the great nitrogen gatherer and econ- 
omizer in the use of fertilizers. Especially valuable 
for planting in orchards, berry patches; for sowing 
among cultivated crops, such as cabbage, corn, toma- 
toes, tobacco, etc., or in the open ground. Improves 
poor land, and restores to fertility those that have 
been worn down by excessive cropping. Crimson 
Clover grows at all times, except when the ground 
is frozen. May be planted in spring, summer or fall. 
Splendid for re-seeding Red Clover that has been 
. winter killed. 
Lowest market price. 
White Dutch Clover.—The best variety for 
lawns, as it f rms 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, 33c. per pound. 
Alsike or Hybrid Clover.-—Even clover-sick 
jands will produce a good crop of this; perennial 
and very hardy; thrives equally well on wet or on 
dry soil. Its strong, fibrous roots take a firm hold in 
the ground, and thus do not wash out. It is very val- 
uable, both for pasturage and soiling; very product- 
ive, Sweet and fragrant. The flowers are a distinct 
light pink, and much liked by bees. Sow in spring 
or fall, six pounds per acre. Per pound, 1dc. 
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 generally handied 
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, so no grass seed unless you 
cxamine it either with a sharp eye or a magnifying 
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 youa clean farm and more money in your pocket. 
Lowest market price. 5 
Lucerne or Alfalfa.—Early, productive, suc- 
ceeds in nearly any good soil, and lasts for 4 number 
of years. Valuable for the South, as it thrives on 
dry, sandy soil, producing three to four cuttings an- 
nually, and even in seasons of severe drought it is 
always fresh and green, because the roots extend so 
deep into the soil. It grows two to three feet high, 
with purple blossoms. It yields an immense amount 
of green food for cattle, and should be cut when 
first commencing to bloom, and it can be cut and used 
as ordinary clover hay. It increases fertility of the 
soil. Sow eight to ten pounds per acre. 
Per pound, 15ce. 
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