SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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Jerusalem Artichol<e Hoots. 



This variety is not 

 produced from seed. 

 They are sometimes 

 used as a table vegeta- 

 ble when pickled, but 

 their greatest value is 

 for feeding stock. 

 They are the best hog 

 food known. They are 

 remarkable for their 

 fattening prop^ties, 

 1 great productiveness 

 I (over one thousand 

 bushels having been 

 ■grown on one acre) 

 and ease with which 

 they can be grown. 

 They need not be dug; 

 the hogs should be turned in on them, and will help them- 

 selves by rooting. One acre will keep from twenty to thirty 

 hogs in fine condition from October until April, except when 

 the ground is frozen too hard for them to root. They are also 

 said to be a preventive of cholera and other hog diseases, and 

 they are also highly recommendedformilchcows, increasing 

 the yield of milk and at the same time improving their con- 

 dition. Three bushels will seed an acre. They should be cut 

 the same as potatoes, one eye to a cut being sufficient, planted 

 in April or May, in rows three feet apart and two feet in the 

 rows, and covered about two inches deep. They can be 

 shipped at any time during the season, as they are not In- 

 jured by freezing. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 81.00, post-paid. By 

 freight or express, peck, $1.00; bush., $3.00; bbl. of 3 bush, 

 (enough for one acre), $7.50. 



Soja 5<fcin (German Coffee Berry). 



In the past few years the Soja Bean, which we have cata- 

 logued for at least twelve years, has been advertised in a sen- 

 sational way by certain seedsmen as German Coffee Berry. 



The beans, or so-called berries, ripen in about four months 

 from time of planting, and produce a crop of twenty-five to 

 thirty bushels to the acre, being as easily grown as other 

 field beans. When roasted and ground they closely resemble 

 and taife very much like coffee. Some mixhalf and half with 

 coffee when using, and claim it is superior. Its great value, 

 however, lays in the fact that when ground it makes otie of 

 the most valuable crops for feeding stock and adds greatly to the 

 milk production. It is also a valuable forage crop and for fer- 

 tilizing the soil and forpasturing, or feeding the green fodder, 

 of which it yields eight to ten tons per acre. Sow broadcast 

 one-half bushel to the acre, or it may be planted In drills 

 three feet apart and one foot between plants. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 

 25e.; 3 lbs., 60c., post-paid; lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., $1.00; bush., $3.00, 

 by freight or express. 



Cow Peas — The Great Soil Improver. 



Make Poor Land Kich. Make Good Land More Pro- 



ducti-ve. Enricliing the Soil Even When 



the Crop is Cut Off. 



Green crops plowed under are one of the best and cheap- 

 est ways of improving the soil. For this purpose the Cow 

 Pea has no superior, especially for medium orlightsoil. They 

 should be sown in the month of May at the rate of 1% bush- 

 els to the acre, and plowed under as soon as they have at- 

 tained their full growth. While this crop is very largely 

 grown wherever known, with the results attainedfrom it the 

 wonder is that it is not grown ten times as much as at pres- 

 ent. There is no surer or cheaper means of improving poor 

 soil than by sowing Cow Peas. In its capacitj- as a nitrogen 

 gatherer Its growth largely enables the farmer to dispense 

 with the use of nitrogen or ammoniated fertilizers. Nitrogen 

 or ammonia in commercial fertilizers is valued at fifteen 

 cents per pound. The Cow Pea, to a greater extent than any 

 other leguminous crop, has the power to extract this costly 

 nitrogen or ammonia from the atmosphere. The best varie- 

 ties of Cow Peas are the Southern Black Eye and Black 

 Cow Pea, either of which we can furnish at 81.60 per bushel, 

 F. O. B. here, sacks included. Write for special prices on 

 large lots. 



Winter Oats. 



These are quite distinct from Spring Oats, and are now 

 being quite largely grown in southern Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and A^irginia. We are now book- 

 ing orders, for delivery next fall, for Winter Oats, which we 

 grow in New Jersey, and are much hardier than those grown 

 in the Southern States and will stand the winter as far north 

 as New York City. Price on application. 



Our Fall Catalogue 



Is published September 1st, and will be mailed to all who 

 ask for it. It is invaluable to all those who are interested in 

 winter wheat, grass and clover seeds and Dutch bulbs. 



Our grass and clover seeds are extra cleaned and of the 

 highest quality. We take great care to have them absolutely 

 free from all noxious weed seeds. 



POSTAGE ON GRASS SEEDS. 



Remit, in addition to price, 10c. per lb., and 15c. per qt., 

 except on light varieties, which do not weigh over 14 lbs. pet 

 bush., on which remit 5c. per qt. to prepay postage. 



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CRIMSON CLOVER, THB GREAT NITROGEN GATHERER. 



CRLMSON, or SCARLET CLOVER. A more valuable 

 crop than this annual clover does not exist. As an improver 

 of the soil, or for an early summer forage or hay crop, it is 

 unsurpassed. As a green manuring crop for grain, fruit or 

 trucking crops it gives the very best results, while for im- 

 proving poor land it has no equal. It succeeds on nearly 

 every kind of soil, standing Southern suns and Northern 

 winters, and is now grown largely in Delaware, Maryland, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and has succeeded in 

 every State in the Union where tried. Sow ten to fifteen 

 pounds to the acre. Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., $1.00 ; 25 lbs. and over, 

 8c. per lb.; bush, of 60 lbs., 83.75. 



A Circular describing habits, growth and uses of 

 CRLMSON CLOVER will be mailed, free, on application. 



ALSIKE, SWEDISH, or HYBRLD CLOVER. The 

 hardiest of all the clovers, sometimes called Giant White 

 Clover. It is a perennial, therefore adapted for permanent 

 pastures or for hay crop. Itssuperiorpasturageisniuchliked 

 by cattle. Blossom heads round, flesh-colored, sweet and fra- 

 grant, much liked bv bees. Sow six pounds peracre in spring 

 or fall. Lb., 20c.; 10 lbs., $1.75; 25 lbs., $3.50; bush, of 60 lbs., 

 87.00. 



LUCERNE, or ALFALFA CLOVER. A perennial 

 forage plant, and when once properly seeded in suitable soil, 

 will produce fine crops for several years. It has a remaik- 

 ably strong growth, occasioned by its roots penetrating the 

 ground to a great depth — ten to twenty feet — until they are 

 altogether out of reach of drought. Seed can be sown with 

 any grain crop in the spring, or as a separate crop, at the rate 

 of ten to twelve pounds to the acre. Lb., 20c.; 10 lbs., 81.50; 

 25 lbs. and over, 12c. per lb.; bush. (60 lbs.), 86.00. 



BOKHARA CLOVER (Honey Plant). Excellent for 

 bee food , growing well on poor soil. Lb., 30c.; 10 lbs., $2.50. 



WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. The best to sow with 

 lawn grass and valuable in permanent pastures. Oz., 5c.; lb., 

 35c.; 25 lbs. and over, 30c. per lb.; bush. (60 lbs.), 815.00. 



Clover, Common Red. Lowest market prices. 



MAMMOTH PEA VINE, or SAPLING CLOVER. 

 Market variable. Lowest market prices. 



Japan Clover. Valuable for the South. Lb., 35c. 



