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SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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Jerusalem Artichoke Jioots 



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. Tliey 

 are remarkable for 

 their fattening proper- 

 ties, great productive- 

 ness (over one thou- 

 s.ind bushels having 

 been grown on one 

 acre) and ease with 

 which they can b e 

 grown. They need 

 not be dug; the hogs should be turned in on them, and will 

 help tliemselves 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 cliolera and other 

 hog diseases, and they are also highly recommended for 

 milch cows, increasing the yield of milk and at the same time 

 improving their condition. 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 injured by freezing. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., $1.00, 

 post-paid. By freight or express, peek, $1.00; bush., $3.00; 

 bbl. of 3 bush, (enough for one acre), $7.50. 



Chufas, or jEarth ^Imond 



Cyperus esculentus. A species of *' grass nut " used to fat- 

 ten hogs. They should not be confounded with the cocoa, or 

 nut grass, for though it belongs to the same class, the Chufa 

 is eradicated with great ease, and is never a pest. The nuts 

 grow underground, very near the surface, easily reached by 

 pigs or poultry. Easily and cheaply grown and very abund- 

 ant in yield, eaten greedily by hogs, which take on fat very 

 rapidly from them. Plant in April, ten to twelve inches 

 apart, in three-foot rows. Cover lightly. If the seed is very 

 dry, soak well before planting, to secure a good stand. They 

 m»ture early in September, and lie in the ground till wanted. 

 One peck of seed to the acre. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., 40c., 

 post-paid. By express, qt., 25c.; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 



Cow peas — (The Great Soil Improver) 



Make Poor Land Rich. Make Good Land More Pro- 

 ductive. Enriching the Soil Even Wlien 

 tlie Crop is Cut Oft". 



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 or light soil. They 

 should be sown in the month of May at the rate of 1 }/i bushels 

 to the acre, and plowed under as soon as they have attained 

 their full growth. While this crop is very larjicly grown 

 wherever known, with the results attained from it the won- 

 der is that it is not grown ten times as much as at present. 

 There is no surer or cheaper means of improving poor soil 

 than by sowing Cow Peas. In its capacity 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 agreater extent than any 

 other leguminous crop, has the power to extract this costly 

 nitrogen or ammonia from the atmosphere. The best vnrie- 

 ties are the Southern Black Eye and Black Covf Pea, 

 either of which we can furnish at $1.50 per bushel, F. O. B. 

 here, sacks included. Write for special prices on large 

 lots. 



Soja ^ean — (German Coffee Berry) 



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

 logued for at least twelve years as valuable for forage, has 

 been advertised in a sensational way by certain seedsmen 

 as German Coffee Berry. 



Tlie dry beans, roasted and ground, closely resemble and 

 taste very much like coffee. Its great value, however, is as a 

 forage crop and for fertilizing the soil and for pasturing, 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 

 maybe planted in drills three feet apart and one foot between 

 plants. Pkt., lOc; lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., post-paid; qt., 20c.; 

 peck, 75c.; bush., $2.50, by freight or express. 



Fruit Tree Seeds 



Remit postage 8c. per pound, 15c. per quart, if by mail. 



Peach Pits. Pure Southern, natural, qt., 1.5c.; bush., 

 $1.25. Apple Seed, lb , 25c.; bush., $4.50. Apricot Pits, 

 oz., lOc; lb., 40c. Plum Pits, oz., lOc; lb., 40c. Pear Seeds, 

 French imported, oz.,20c.; lb.,$1..50. Quince Seed, oz.,20c.; 

 lb., $1.,50. Mulberry Seed, oz., 20c.; lb., $2,U0. 



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Gt^ass Seeds 



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. 



fl®=- 'Write for prices on Grass and Clover Seeds, 

 stating kinds and quantities vranted. Prices vary 

 with the market, and we can frequently supply lower 

 than Catalogue rates. 



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. per 

 bush., on which remit 5c. per qt. to pre-pay postage, when 

 ordered to be sent bv mail. 



CRIMSON, 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 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 

 where tried. Sow ten to fifteen pounds to the acre. Lb., 

 loc; 10 lbs., $1.00; 251bs.,6o. per lb; bush, of 60 lbs ,$3.00. 



/Kg^Circular describing habits, growth and uses of 

 CRIMSON CLOVER mailed, free, on application. 



ALSIKE, SWTEDISH, or HYBRID CLOVER. The 

 hardiest of all; sometimes called Giant White Clover. It is a 

 perennial, therefore adapted for permanent pastures or for 

 hay crop. Its superior pasturage is much liked by cattle. 

 Blossom heads round, flesh-colored, sweet and fragrant, 

 much liked by bees. Sow six pounds per acre in spring or 

 fall. Lb., 2nc.: 10 lbs., $1.75; 2-1 lbs., $3.50; bush., 60 lbs., $6.25. 



LUCERNE, or ALFALFA CLOVER. A perennial 

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

 will produce fine crops for several years. It ha.s a remark- 

 ably strong growth, occasioned by its roots penetrating the 

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

 altogetherout 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., $1.50 ; 

 25 lbs. and over, 12c. per lb.; bush. (60 lbs.), S6.00. 



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., 

 '25c.; 25 lbs. and over, 17e. per lb.; bush. ((!0 Ibs.l, $10.00. 



Clover, Common Red. Lowest market prices. 



MAMMOTH PEA VINE, or SAPLING CLOVER, 

 Market variable. Lo^'est market prices. 



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



SAINFOIN, or ESPARSETTE. (Holy Hay.) A land- 

 enri'liing, luxuriant, heat-resisting Perennial Clover. Lb., 

 15c.; (lb., post-paid, 25c.;) 10 lbs , $1.00; bush, of 25 lbs., $2.00. 



HEADS OF SOtTTHKRN GROWN GERMAN MILLET. 



GERMAN, or GOLDEN MILLET. (Southern-grown 

 seed.) Southern-grown German Millet Seed is far superior, 

 both in quality and yield of product, to Western or Northern- 

 grown seed. When properly grown and handled, makes an 

 enormous yield of most nutritious feed, succeeding in almost 

 any .soil or climate, and without impoverishing the soil to 

 any great extent. Sow in May or June one bushel to the 

 acre. Qt., lOc; bush., 50 lbs., about $1.25. 



HUNGARIAN. (Panicum Germanicum.) A species of 

 annual millet, growing less rank, with smaller stalks, yield- 

 ing two or three tons of hay per acre. Sow V/2 bushels to the 

 acre in May or June. Qt., lOc; bush., 48 lbs., about 81.25. 



Common Millet. Qt, lOc; bush., 50 lbs., about $1.25. 



East India, or Pearl Millet. Lb,, 25c.; ID lbs, $2.00. 



