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A FIELD OP DWARF ESSEX BAPE AS GROWN FROM OUR SEED ON THE EXPERIMENT STATION FARM AT MADISON, WIS. — CROP 19% TONS TO THE ACRE. 



RAPE— ENGLISH. 



True Dwarf Essex — The most valuable plant for sheep raisers 

 that has been introduced into the United States in the last de- 

 cade. The cultivation of Rape is very simple, and is usually sown as a 

 catch crop after Oats, Rye or Early Potatoes, in drills at the rate of 3 lb?, 

 per acre and cultivated the same as Turnips, or broadcast at the rate 

 of 8 to 10 lbs. per acre. It is a remarkably fast grower and under the 

 most ordinary circumstances will be ready to eat off in six weeks from 

 the time of sowing. Its feeding qualities are superior to clover, and 

 sheep pastured on it gain rapidly in weight. An acre will carry from 10 

 to 15 sheep for two months in grand condition. Prof. W. A. Henry, Di- 

 rector of the Wisconsin Agricultural station, says: "We had a half 

 acre of Rape this year (1894), which gave an actual yield by weighing of 

 9% tons, or at the rate of 19'/2 tons per acre, and this, too, in spite of the 

 great drought." This was grown from 1V4 lbs. of seed furnished by us. 

 — See Wisconsin Agricultural Station Report. The seed we offer is the 

 genuine Dwarf Essex Rape, the only variety that has proved of any 

 value in this country, and we warn those planting it for the first time to 

 carefully avoid all other sorts, and more especially the Annual Rape, 

 which is worthless as a fodder plant. Per lb., 15 cts.: 25 lb lots, $2.50; 

 501b. lots, $4 00; 100 lb. lots $7 50 



BEANS— Field Varieties. 



Prolific Tree Bean— A most prolific variety for field culture, producing un- 

 der ordinary culture from 60 to 80 bushels to the acre. Pint, 15 cts.; 

 quart, 30 cts.; by mail, peck, $1.00; bushel 3 50 



White flarrowfat— Not especially good as a string Bean, but very popular 

 shelled, green or dry. Pint, 15 cts.; quart, 30 cts.; by mail, peck, $1.15; 

 bushel 4 00 



Large White Kidney — Largely used as a shell Bean, and equally good as a 

 snap Bean. Pint, 15 cts.; quart, 30 cts ; by mail, peck, $1.15; bushel. .. 4 00 



Burlingame fledium— Early, hardy, and very productive. Pint, 15 cts.; 

 quart, 30 cts; by mail, peck, 81.00; bushel 3 50 



Boston Small Pea Bean— This variety is very early, hardy, and very pro- 

 lific. The vine is a rank grower, with a profuse foliage, and the pods 

 grow mainly in clusters of four. One plant of this variety (not espe- 

 cially selected) produced 123 pods, the pods averaging 6 Beans each. 

 Pint, 15 cts.; quart, 30 cts.; by mail, peck, $1.15; bushel 4 00 



Soja Bean— Thrives well in hot, dry weather. The pods are produced in 

 clusters, each containing four smooth, oval, nankeen colored seeds. Per 



lb., 25 cts.; by mail, 100 lbs 10 00 



Beans subject to market fluctuations. 

 (See Garden Beans, pages 4 and 5.) 



PEAS— Field Varieties. 



Very valuable crops for plowing under, or sown in combination with Oats 

 and cut while the Oats and Peas are in the milk ; they make excellent feed for 

 milch cows. 



Canldlan BlIH-B^rtrf 1 } 1 1 Subject to market fluctuations. 



_ LATHYRUS SYIiVESTBIS-(Flat Pea.) 



A perennial plant that withstands severe frosts and roots so deeply that it is 

 not injured by severe drought. The seed should be sowed on well pre- 

 pared ground early in spring, in drills about 2 feet apart, and 4 to 6 

 inches apart in the rows, 2 to 3 inches deep. Cultivate thoroughly the 

 first season and, transplant either in fall or spring to any kind of soil ' 

 except wet land. On very poor, unimproved sandy soil it makes a top 

 growth of 6 to 8 inches and a root growth of 12 to 15 inches the first sea- 

 son, and on sandy soil that has been cultivated it does much better. It 

 grows slowly at first, but will yield four tons of green fodder to the acre 

 the second year. When once established Lathyrus will stand on the 

 same ground 50 years without re-seeding. The roots penetrate Into the 

 ground 30 feet, and are covered with an abundance of tubercles, giving 

 it valuable fertilizing qualities as well as enabling it to endure extreme 

 drought. It is particularly well adapted for the Western prairies and 

 sandy sections of the lake regions. By mail, postpaid: Pkt., 10 cts.: 

 oz., 25 cts ; H lb., 75 cts.; 1 lb $2 50 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Silver Hull— This vari- 

 ety, sown at the same 

 time as the common 

 Buckwheat, c o n t i n- 

 ues in bloom longer, 

 matures a few days 

 sooner, and yields 

 nearly donble under 

 the same conditions. 

 The flour is whiter 

 and more nutritious. 

 Lb., 5 cts.; 100 lbs... $2 CO 



Japanese — An early 

 and very prolific vari- 

 ety with kernels 

 about double the size 

 of ordinary sorts. It 

 ripens a week earlier 

 than the Silver Hull 

 and yields at leaet 

 twice as much. Lb., 

 5cts.; 100 lbs 2 00 



Common — Lb., 5 cts ; 

 100 lbs 1 75 





