WM. HENRY MAULE. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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NEW REVENUE COW PEA. 



COW PEAS. 



Cow peas have long been grown in the South as forage crops 

 and soil improvers. The Practical Farmer, of Philadelphia, 

 has constantly urged their importance, the result has been that 

 the attention of the Northern farmers has been attracted to the 

 crop, and the culture has been greatly extended as varieties 

 have been introduced that ripen anywhere in the North. They 

 will thrive where clover will not grow. They must not be sown 

 till the soil is warm. Where wheat follows the oat crop, the peas 

 can be sown after oats are harvested and will make a growth to 

 turn under for wheat that will improve the crop. The early 

 70-day sorts are best for this purpose; the running varieties for 

 earlier sowing for hay. The crop of hay even on laud of only 

 moderate fertility will be more than 2 tons per acre. 



NEW REVENUE.— The originator says : "New Revenue is 

 all I claim it to be. I do not oiler it as a field pea but as a garden 

 pea. The table varieties of the cow pea are almost unknown out 

 of the South, but are a staple article of food there. Such sorts as 

 Black Eye, Lady and Rice are extensively grown for table use. 

 Revenue lays all these sorts in the shade. 1 have had ten years' 

 experience in testing and crossing the different types of cow 

 peas, and I know this to be the most valuable all-round pea ever 

 offered. It is early, productive and an extremely rank grower. 

 The green pods are splendid as snap beans, delicious hulled and 

 used while green as lima beans, and excellent in the dried state, 

 boiled or baked as navy beans, or used in soups. Makes as large 

 a growth of vines as the Wonderful, 8 to 15 feet long, and covered 

 the entire ground to a depth of 2 or 3 feet with a dense growth of 

 vines. It outyields any other pea I am acquainted with. In 

 average seasons Revenue matures in 90 days. The pods are fit 

 for use in 70 to 75 days. It is not quite so early as Black Eye, but 

 is by far the earliest of all the heavy growing sorts. It will yield 

 more peas than any sort I have tested. The peas are large and 

 well crowded in the pods. "So productive is this pea that a small 

 packet, planted two peas in a hill, 3 or 4 feet apart each way, 

 will produce enough peas for an average family." Packet, 

 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.s quart, £0 cts., postpaid. By express 

 or freight, not prepaid, qt., 25 cts.; pit.. $1.30; bu , $5.00. 



PANMUKE EARLY WONDER — This is a valuable early 

 and productive variety, yields enormously of shelled peas, 

 which are excellent for table use during the winter. It makes 

 an ordinary vine not so rank as some other varieteies; the stems 

 that support the pods stand erect 6 to 10 inches above all the 

 vines, having 3 to 6 pods to each stem, and some pods contain as 

 many as 20 peas, making them very easy to gather by hand 

 picking, producing an average yield of 40 bushels shelled peas 

 per acre. A good soil improver and relished by all farm stock. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. 

 By express, not prepaid, qt., 35 cts.; pic, $1.50; bu., $5.00. 



EXTRA EARLY BLACK EYE.— This pea is one of the 

 earliest. It is a strong grower and moderate trailer. It will 

 mature seed in about 60 days. A very valuable hay crop can be 

 made from it in the North, especially on sandy soils. In the 

 South it is grown mainly for table use, and takes the place of 

 the white beans in the North. The peas bring a higher price on 

 the general market in the South than any other variety. As a 

 soup pea it soon becomes popular when tried. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid, quart, 20 cents; peck; $1.00; bushel, $3.50. 



WHIP-POOR-WILL — A small seeded pea of a dark red- 

 dish color dotted over with dark specks. It is a second early 

 variety, and matures in about 70 days. It is not a heavy forage 

 maker, but a very productive variety and largely grown as a 

 soil improver arid for pasturage. Trails very little and usually 

 in bush form only. Probably more largely grown in the upper 

 South and Middle States than any other variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid, quart, 20 cents; peck, $1.00; busbel, $3.00. 



BLACK COW PEA This variety offered is the Black that 



is universally grown in Virginia and North Carolina, and called 

 the Large Seeded Black. It is about a 100-day pea from planting 

 to ripening seed. Trails freely and makes a heavy crop of hay. 

 In fact, one of the best for hay, as it will get into condition for 

 curing early enough for any locality in the Middle States. Has 

 matured to perfect ripeness as far north as Ithaca, New York. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts., postpaid. By express 

 or freight, not prepaid, qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00; bu., $3.00. 



THE CLAY COW PEA This is so-called from the color of 



the seed, which are the color of reddish yellow clay. The plant 

 is of the same season and habit of growth as the Black, and 

 like the Black has ripened at Ithaca, New York. Many growers 

 in the South prefer it to the large Black because of the fineness 

 o-f the growth, which makes it easier to cure. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 pint, 20 cts.; quart, 35 cts., postpaid. By ex. or freight, 

 not prepaid, quart, 20 cents; peck, $1.00; busbel, $3.00. 



THE WONDERFUL.— This is a pea of a light yellowish dun 

 color. It was formerly known in the South by the names Quad- 

 roon and the Unknown, but the wonderful growth and profusion 

 of fruiting has gotten it the present name. Its first growth is 

 very erect, but later in the season it runs rampantly, making 

 vines fully 15 feet long over the top of the erect growth; and 

 though making so tangled a growth is rather easy to save 

 because of the erect lower growth. It is the latest of all the cow 

 peas and seldom matures seed north of Central Virginia or Dela- 

 ware. But as a soil improver, to be plowed under in the late 

 fall, there is no plant that will equal it. For silage making it 

 will be found verv good. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; 

 quart, 35 cents, postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 

 paid, quart, 20 cents; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.00. 



The usual quantity of any the above peas sown per acre, is one 

 bushel, but on strong soil will result in a stout growth of stem, to 

 produce a finer growth for hay, 1% bushels should be sown. 



fAISS-lA FIFI II PFA The foliage and habit of growth quite similar to garden peas. The 

 WHltMUK rlbUU rtHi Canada Field Pea is one of the very best soiling crops at the North, 

 and is largely used for that purpose and for green manuring. It is sometimes grown alone, but 

 the most satisfactory dairy results come from sowing it with oats, rye or barley. It makes good 

 ensilage, ana is an admirable food either green or dry for cattle, being highly nutritious and rich 

 in milk-producing elements. It is quite hardy and may be sown early in the spring, and will be 

 ready to cut in May or June. The seed should be sown at the rate of 1 to 1% bushels per acre. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. By express or freight, not 

 prepaid, quart, 20 cents; peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2.25. 



NOTE. — Bear in mind that customers can order half peck at peck rates; half bushel at bushel rates. 



Hairy or Sand Vetch. 



This useful plant (vicia villosa) is noted for 

 its extreme hardiness, and promises to be high- 

 ly valuable at the North as a winter cover crop, 

 to prevent leaching, as well as for forage and 

 fertilizing purposes. It m V'*i£>. 



will live over winter in 

 well drained soils. It is 

 a perennial, but drops 

 its seeds freely, and will 

 come up year af- 

 ter year on f 

 same ground, 

 sown in Septe 

 ber it will 

 make excel- 

 lent forage 

 the follow- 

 ing spring. 

 The top is sm 

 and inconspi 

 ous at the sta: 

 but the root 

 system is ex- 

 tensive from 

 the beginning. 

 The plant is a 

 valuable nitro- 

 gen gatherer. 

 At Philadel- 

 phia, it blos- 

 soms in May, 

 from au- 

 tumn sown 

 seed. The 

 beautiful 

 purple blos- 

 soms and 

 graceful fo- 

 liage make 

 the Hairy 

 Vetch 

 worthy of a 

 place in the 

 flower gar- hairy OR SAND VETCH, 



den. Forage yield, 1% to 4 tons per acre.. Ex- 

 cellent for dairy stock and for poultry pastur- 

 age. Use 1)4 bushels of seed per acre, or 1 

 bushel of vetch and 3-2 bushel of rye. Packet, 

 10 cts.; pound, 40 cts.; 3 pounds, $1.00, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 

 paid, peck, $1.50; bushel (60 lbs.), $5.75. 



SOJA OR SOY BEAN. 



Soja or Soy Bean. 



MEDIUM EARLY YELLOW. — The best 

 for Northern planting. An erect growing plant 

 and far more easy to harvest and cure than 

 the cow pea, and the earlier varieties succeed 

 all over the North, while the later ones are of 

 great value in the South. A larger crop can be 

 had by planting somewhat like corn and culti- 

 vating. The crop can then be harvested with 

 the corn binder and set in shocks for curing. 

 But to make a finer hay they may be sown 

 broadcast and mown with the hay mower and 

 cured in cocks. For this purpose sow one and 

 a half bushels per acre. They are also used 

 with great success by sowing with cow peas, 

 using half a bushel of each per acre well 

 mixed. The erect habit of the Soy bean a\ ill 

 sustain the running peas. This is the most 

 promising legume now before the farmers of 

 the country. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; 

 quart, 35 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, not prepaid, quart, 20 cents: 

 peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.00. 



