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HEMBEIRSOH 



RUTA BAGA 



RUSSIAN OP. 

 SWEDISH TURNIP 

 These grow very rapidly, and yield from twenty-five to 

 thirty-five tons per acre, in good, rich, deep soil, with proper 

 cultivation. The Ruta Bagas proper should be sown in 

 this latitude from May 25th to June 25th; while the smaller- 

 growing Turnips can be sown from July 1st to the middle 

 of August. Sow 2 to 3 lbs. per acre. 



LONG ISLAND IMPROVED PURPLE-TOP. This is 

 undoubtedly the finest variety of purple-top Ruta Baga, 

 and originated with one of our Long Island growers. It 

 is twice the size of ordinary American stocks, and although 

 size is usually got at the expense of quality, the quality 

 is superior to any that we have tested. It is perfectly hardy. 

 In a fair test on several Long Island farms, along-side some 

 of the best European and American varieties, it produced 

 almost twice the weight per acre of any other variety. As 

 a winter food for live stock the Ruta Baga has a wide range 

 of adaptation, and is found at its best where the weather is 

 moist and cool. (See engraving.) Price, S2.50 per lb. 



IMRPOVED AMERICAN (PURPLE-TOP). An old lead- 

 ing variety; very hardy and productive; flesh yellow, solid, 

 sweet and fine-flavored; equally good for stock or table use. 



Price, $2.50 per lb. 



LARGE WHITE FRENCH. Flesh firm, white and solid; 

 attains a large size, and has a very rich and sweet flavor 

 a very popular variety. Price, $2.50 per lb. 



HENDERSON'S SEED POTATOES 



NORTHERN GROWN ESPECIALLY FOR SEEDING 

 Prices of potatoes are subject to change without notice 



(/ peck will plant about 1S6 hills; 10 to 12 bushels per acre, 

 in drills 3 feet apart.) Purchaser pays freight or express charges 

 and assurnes risk from freezing or heating. The sack is 165 lbs. 

 net weight. 



EARLY VARIETIES Government Inspected. 



Henderson's BOVEE POTATO. The popular extra-early. Delici- 

 ous, appetizing new potatoes can be produced earlier with BOVEE 

 than any other. It is not only early, but produces its crop in great 

 abundance, and yields a very large percentage of perfectly formed 

 tubers. The cultivator can be used to better advantage on a crop of 

 Bovee than any other sort, owing to the short and compact growth 

 of the vines, and its habit of setting the entire crop close in the hill. 



Price, $1.60 peck, $5.75 bushel, $11.50 sack. 



Irish Cobbler Potato. A fine, early variety, producing large handsome 

 tubers, uniform in shape and size. The flesh is white, and of excellent 

 quality; the skin very light brown, with whitish netting. It is a heavy 

 cropper. Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 sack. 



Early Ohio. Very early, almost round; flesh solid; cooks dry and 

 mealy. Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 sack. 



Early Norther. A splendid, extra early; earlier than Early Rose, 

 which it resembles, and exceedingly prolific; eyes few and shallow; 

 unexcelled cooking qualities, dry and floury. 



Price, $1.50 peck, $5.00 bushel, $10.00 sack. 



Early Puritan, Henderson's. A valuable early sort, which produces 

 a heavy crop of roundish-oval tubers of good average size. Both flesh 

 and skin are white. The plant is strong and resists disease well. The 

 flesh is of fine texture, and when cooked is dry, floury and full-flavored. 



Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 sack. 



Early Rose. The popular standard early; noted for earliness, pro- 

 ductiveness and fine quality. Price, $1.50 peck, $5.00 bushel, $10.00 

 sack. 



MAIN CROP VARIETIES Government Inspected. 



Late Puritan, Henderson's. A handsome, large, white-skinned 

 Potato, one of the best late varieties grown, heavy yiclder, good keeper; 

 cooking qualities superior. Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 sack. 



Sir Walter Raleigh, Henderson's. A grand, main crop Potato; 

 shape very uniform, large and oval; flesh fine grained, snow-white, 

 cooking dry and floury, splendid keeper. 



Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 sack. 



Uncle Sam Potato. Uncle Sam is a particularly fine Potato with 

 phenomenal cropping qualities. On a loam or sandy soil it is a wonder 

 in yield and quality. Its superb quality when served satisfies the most 

 fastidious and its handsome appearance and perfect form always ensure 

 a fancy price on the market. Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 

 sack. 



Improved Green Mountain Potato. A reliable medium late Potato 

 which is rapidly increasing in popularity — in fact, in some sections 

 it has superseded all other main crop varieties. It seems to thrive 

 in all soils and in all localities, making heavy, healthy vines, and yielding 

 big crops of large, smooth, white skinned tubers of handsome flatfish 

 oval form. It cooks white, dry and mealy, and has a desirable flavor 

 exclusively its own. It keeps well, and is not liable to scab or decay. 



Price, $1.50 peck, $5.25 bushel, $10.50 sack. 



MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



ARTICHOKES, JERUSALEM. Strong tubers. A hardy perennial, form- 

 ing roots like a Potato, making excellent feed for stock, especially for hogs. , 

 25c. quart, $1.50 peck, $5.00 bushel. 



AUSTRIAN SALT BUSH. (Alriplex semibaccal urn .) A valuable forage 

 plant highly recommended for growing on alkali soils and in sections subject, to 

 protracted droughts. Experiments have proven that it will grow on soils 

 where nothing else will grow. It. is nutritious and readily eaten by all kinds of 

 live stock. One pound of seed is sufficient for an acre. The best plan is to sow 

 the seed in well-prepared garden soil and plant out the seedlings when two or 

 three inches high, six or eight feet apart. 15c oz. $1.25 lb., 10-lb. lots, $1.15 lb. 



WHITE MARROW or NAVY BEAN. The variety so extensively grown for 

 sale in the dry state. Price on application. 



BOSTON SMALL PEA BEAN. A desirable variety to grow, being early, 

 hardy and prolific. Price on application. 



BEGGAR WEED. (Desmodium tortuosum.) A leguminous annual plant grow- 

 ing according to soils and conditions, 3 to 7 feet high. It is esteemed in our Southern 

 states as a forage and soil renovating crop, particularly on light, sandy land. 

 Where sown early it yields two crops of hay in a season, and often in land too 

 poor to grow any other crop it has produced 3 to 5 tons of oured hay per acre. 

 It is relished by stock, and is highly nutritious, comparing favorably with that 

 of Red Clover and Cow Peas. If cut when 2 feet high, the plants again stool 

 out producing successive crops. It is an excellent crop to turn under as green 

 manure. Sow broadcast 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. Price, 20c. l /i lb.; 75c. lb. 



FLAX SEED. Price variable. 



SPRING VETCHES, or'TARES. (Vicia sativa.) A species of the Pea, grown 

 for stock, and often mixed with Oats for soiling. Sown broadcast at the rate 

 of two to three bushels per acre. 15c. lb., $8.00 bushel of 60 lbs., 10-bushel 

 lots, $7.90 bushel. For Sand or Winter Vetch see page 14- 



SAINFOIN (Onobrychis sativa.) An excellent fodder plant, particularly 

 for light, dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone or chalky soils. Price on application. 



FIELD LUPINS. May be sown from April to July, and succeed well on the 

 poorest soil; are particularly valuable for plowing under on poor, sandy soils. 

 Price on application. 



SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Highly valued aa an excellent 



and cheap food for fowl. It is the best Egg-Producing Food known. It can be 



raised cheaper than Corn. Four quarts of seed will plant one acre. 20c. lb., 

 $18.00 per 100 lbs. 



WILD RICE (Zizania aquatica.) An attraction for wild fowl, and as seed ia 

 not successful we recommend that plants be set out in spring in shallow water 

 having a mud bottom. Seedling plants mailed in May at $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 

 per 100. 



TOBACCO 



Primus. The earliest of all; succeeds well even as far north as Canada. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 lb., 80c 



Zimmer's Spanish. The earliest and best American-Spanish, and a 

 favorite cigar varietv, increasing in demand and culture every year. Pkt., 

 10c; oz. 30c; H lb., $1.00. 



Havana, Imported Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; U lb., $2.00. 



Havana, Domestic Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; }4 lb., $1.00. 



Sumatra, Domestic Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; H lb., $2.00. 



Connecticut Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c ; \i lb., 80c. 



Kentucky Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c ; ^ lb., 80c. 



Virginia Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c. ; M lb., 80c. 



