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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



ENSILAGE CORN 



Red Cob Ensilage. A pure white Com growing on 

 a red cob. It is sweet, tender, juicy, has short joints 

 and produces an abundance of foliage. Every dairy 

 farmer should grow this sort ; it will produce 25 to 30 

 tons per acre. Sow li to li bushels per acre. 

 Qt. 15 CIS., bu. $1.50. 



Southern Fodder. Another white variety that every 

 Silo owner or dairy farmer should not overlook. It 

 grows 12 to 16 ft. high, has broad foliage and tender 

 stalks. There is no better fodder to keep up the How 

 of milk during hot weather when the grass is burned 

 up. It will yield 30 to 40 tons per acre. Sow U to 

 IJ bushels per acre. Qt. 15 cts., bu. $1.50. 



Blount's Prolific White. (Ensilage Corn.) This 

 variety bears 4 to 6 ears per stalk, grain plump and 

 white"; it is very productive, and is also considered the 

 best varietv formaking ensilage. Qt. 15 cts., bu. $1.50. 



Sweet Fodder Corn. (For Soiling or Ensilage.) 

 Profitable as green fodder, cut when green to feed to 

 cattle. Sow broadcast 2 bushels, and ia drills 3 feet 

 apart 1 bushel per acre. Bu. $2.25. 



KAFFIR CORN. 



One of the best things offered of late j-ears for a forage 

 plant. The heads contain small while seeds which make 

 an excellent flour. They are greedily eaten by horses and 

 cattle, and make excellent food for poultry either fed in 

 the grain or ground and cooked. The foliage and stalks 

 make excellent forage. s 



5 cts. per pkt. ; 40 cts. per lb. ; 10 lbs., .$3.00. 



BRANCHING DHOURA. (Millo Maize.) 



A valuable South American forage plant. It produces 

 i large quantity of foliage, as it branches from the joints 

 md will thrive even when corn is sufifering from drought, 

 [t can be cut several times during the season, as it 

 jprings up again freely from the roots. If left to ripen its 

 leed it will bear at the rate of 50 bushels per acre. Sow in 

 iipril in rows 4 feet apart and drop 4 or 5 seeds in hills 18 

 nches apart in the row. Cultivate same as corn. 

 20 cts. per lb., 28 cts. postpaid, i bu. $1.25, bu. .$4.00. 



SUGAR CANE. 

 Sarly Amber. The earliest and most productive 

 variety. Height 10 to 12 feet. Its saccharine matter 

 is of first quality, fine and rich. One of our best 

 green fodder plants, producing from 2 to 3 cuttings 

 during the summer. Sow 4 qts. in drills and 8 qts. 

 broadcast to the acre. 



Qt. 20 cts., postpaid 35 cts., bu. $3.00. 





BUCKWHEAT. 



Japanese. A new variety of Buckwheat, which pos- 

 sesses qualities that will render it much sought after. 

 It is enormously prolific, jnelding double the weight 

 of other sorts. It makes an excellent flour, equal in 

 quality to the Silver Hull. 

 Lb. 15 cts., postpaid 25 cts., bushel (48 lbs.) $2.50. 



Silver Hull. Kipens 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than the 

 common variety, a heavy yielder, and not easily af- 

 fected by drought. The berry is of a light silvery- 

 gray color, and the flour is whiter and more nutritious 

 than that made from the common sort. 

 Lb. 15 cts., postpaid 25 cts., bu. (48 lbs.) $2.50. 



Common. Lb. 10 cts., postpaid 20 cts., bushel (48 lbs.) 

 $1.50. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Fultz. The leading Red Winter Wheat in this section. 

 Berry full, hard, and considered by millers No. 1. 

 Heavy cropper. Straw stiff", and does not lodge easily. 

 Peck 40 cts., bu. (60 lbs.) .$1.50. 

 Fulcaster. A red berried, high grade wheat. Berry 

 large, hard and of good milling quality. Prolific, 

 straw stiff!. Peck 40 cts., bu. $1.50. 

 Martin's Amber. Heads longaiid heavy ; berry plump, 

 amber-colored and excellent for milling. It yields 

 heavily, and is in every way a desirable sort. 

 Peck 50 cts., bu. $1.75. 

 Hybrid • Mediterranean. An amber-colored berry, 

 largely grown in some sections. 



Peck 40 cts., bu. $1.50. 



RYE. 



White. The best variety ; a heavy cropper, and stands 

 the winter better than almost any other sort. 

 Peck 40 cts., bu. $1.25. 



BARLEY. 

 Common. The variety usuallv sown. Peck 40 cts., 

 bu. $1.25. 



FLAX. 



When grown for seed, sow 1 bushel per acre ; if fibre is 

 wanted, sow at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels. The soil should 

 be well cultivated. Peck 60 cts., bu. $2.25. 



SUNFLOWER. 



Large Common. Large flowers, producing an abun- 

 dance of seed. Qt. 20 cts., postpaid, 28 cts., bu. $2.50. 



Mammoth Russian. Bears extra large flowers, which 

 produce a very heavy crop of seed. 



Qt. 20 cts., postpaid 28 cts., bu. $3.50. 



'arm Seeds are sent by express or freight at purchaser's expense except where noted. Add to the cost of the seed when 

 remitting 22 cts. for each 2 bu. seamless bag required. Add 15 cts. per qt. for postage on Field Corn. 



