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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



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FARM SEEDS FOR SUMMER SOWING 



Prices for larger quantities than one pound are f. o. b. Philadelphia and subject to market changes 

 Write for Samples and Prices on any Field Seed wanted and not offered on this page 



MANGELS and SUGAR BEETS 



By mail By express 

 Oz. ilb. Lb. 10 lbs. 

 Mangel Wurzel — 



Mammoth Long Red $0 10 $0 25 $0 75 S6 00 



Red Globe 



Golden Tankard 



Yellow, or Orange Globe 



Sugar Beets — 



Klein Wanzleben 



Lane's Improved White Sugar 



MILLETS 



Golden Millet (Panicum Germanicum). A valuable annual hay 



and fodder crop. Grows 4 to 5 feet high. Sow 1 bushel to acre. 



Lb., postpaid, 30 cts. Write for price per bushel. 

 Hungarian Millet {Panicum Hungariensis). An annual forage 



plant, early and productive, growing 2 to 3 feet high, with an 



abundance of foliage. Sow 1 bushel to the acre. Lb., postpaid, 



30 cts. Write for price per bushel. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT 



Japanese. Earlier, and yields nearly double the weight per acre 

 of other sorts. The grains are nearly twice as large as those of 

 Silver Hull and of a much better color. This variety is always in 

 demand and is preferred by the millers, who claim that it makes 

 the best grade of flour. Sow about the middle of June, broad- 

 cast, at rate of 1 bushel to the acre or J bushel in drills. Lb., 

 postpaid, 30 cts. By express or freight, 75 cts. per peck; $2.50 

 per bushel of 48 lbs. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



A foliage plant of highest value. For fall crop sow in July, 

 August and September. It is sown broadcast, 10 lbs. to the acre, 

 but is better drilled, in which case 5 lbs. to the acre will suflSce. 

 In few weeks from time of sowing, sheep, hogs or cattle can be 

 turned on it. Per lb., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 

 5 lbs.. SI. 00: lOlbs., S1.50; 50 lbs., S6.00. 



VETCH 



Winter Vetches, or Tares (Vicia Villosa). Also called Sand 

 Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. Recommended for fall sowing with rye, 

 which serves as a support. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of 

 the country, and maturing fully four weeks earlier than Scarlet 

 Clover, it can be harvested or plowed under and the ground 

 used for the usual spring crops. It is the best green-manure crop 

 that can be grown. Lb., 40 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, peck S3. 00; per 60 lbs., 110.00; 100 lbs., S16.00. 



CLOVER SEED 



Red Clover, Medium (Trifolium pratense). Sow spring or faU, 

 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Lb., postpaid, 50 cts. Write for price 

 per bushel. 



Mammoth Red Clover {Trifolium pratense perenne). For 

 plowing under. 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Lb., postpaid, 50 cts. 

 Write for price per bushel. 



Alsike or Swedish Clover (Trifolium hybridum). Sow 8 lbs. to 

 the acre when used alone. Lb., postpaid, 45 cts. Write for price 

 per bushel. 



White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens). Excellent for lawns. 

 Sow 8 lbs. to the acre alone or 4 lbs. when used with other 

 grasses, j lb., 50 cts.; lb., 95 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, at purchaser's expense, lb., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., S4.00; 10 lbs., 

 S7.75; bu. (60 lbs.), $45.00; 100 lbs., $75.00. 



Alfalfa, or Lucerne (Medicaga sati-ca). Produces 3 to 4 heavy 

 crops of nutritious hay in a season. Lb., 50 cts., postpaid. Write 

 for special leaflet and price per bushel. 



Crimson, or Scarlet Clover. Valuable for hay, or for cover 

 crop or green manuring. A wonderfui soil improver. Sow 

 20 lbs. per acre. Lb., postpaid, 30 cts. By express or freight, 

 peck, S2.00; Bus. (60 lbs.), $7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS 



Valuable for Northern climates for cattle-feeding and for green 

 soiling, and is also used in large quantities for feeding pigeons. 

 Sow 2\ to 3 bushels per acre. Lb., postpaid, 25 cts.; SI. 00 per 

 peck; $3.75 per bushel of 60 lbs. 



For Cultures for Inoculating Clovers, Field Peas, etc., see page 56. 



