COLE'S FARM SEED. 



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RAPE 



DWARF ESSEX 



This plant is extensively grown in Europe and 

 Canada for forage, especially for sheep, and for green 

 manure, for which purpose there is perhaps no plant 

 better adapted where a quick, rank growth is de- 

 sired. Farmers who raise much stock and desire to 

 get young cattle, sheep or lambs into favorable con- 

 dition to be sold advantageously in the fall, can do 

 it most cheaply by growing this rape. Prepare the 

 ground as for turnips, sow in June or July, with a 

 turnip drill, in rows two and one-half feet apart, 

 at the rate of two and one-half pounds of seed per 

 acre, or may be sown broadcast at the rate of five 

 pounds per acre. It is also well adapted for a catch 

 crop, where crops have failed, as it makes most of 

 its growth late in the season. Can be sown on stuble 

 land or in corn at the last plowing. Per % lb. 10 

 cts., lb. 30 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., not prepaid, 5 lbs. 60 

 cts., 10 lbs. 90 cts., 25 lbs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $6.50. 



(REANA LUXURIANS) 



In this latitude, planted July 3d, it produced from 

 one seed, twenty-seven stalks, and attained a height 

 of seven feet by Sept. 10th, making a luxuriant 

 growth of leaves which the horses and cattle ate as 

 freely as young Sugar Corn. In appearance it some- 

 what resembles Indian Corn, but the leaves are much 

 longer and broader and the stalk contains sweeter 

 sap. In its perfection it produces a great number 

 of shoots 12 feet high, yielding such an abundance of 

 forage that one plant is sufficient to feed a pair of 

 cattle for a day. In the South it excels either Com 

 or Sorghum for soiling or fodder; 85 stalks have been 

 grown from one seed. Pkt. 10 cts., Vi lb. 40 cts., lb. 

 $1.25. 



Dwarf Essex Rape 



TREE SEEDS 



AfLANTHUS GLANDULOSUS. (Tree of 



Heaven.) A very ornamental and rapid growing 

 tree. Sow the seed in nursery rows about corn 

 planting time; cover one-half inch deep. Pkt. 5 

 cts., % lb. 20 cts., lb. 75 cts. 

 CATALPA SPECIOSA HARDY OR 

 WESTERN. Catalpa. This tree is 



popular for timber, as the timber is more durable 

 than any other native tree. It grows readily from 

 seed, is easily transplanted, grows in almost any 

 soil. Plant in seed bed, in mellow soil, about the 

 time of corn planting, in rows two or three feet 

 apart, and eight or twelve inches in the row; 

 transplant when one or two years old, four feet 

 apart both ways. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 

 25 cts., lb. 75 cts., by express, 5 lbs. $3.00, 10 

 lbs. $5.00. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY SEED. The tree 



is a rapid grower and perfectly hardy, and proves 

 as lasting for fence posts as Catalpa or Red Cedar 

 Also makes a good hedge and windbreak on the 

 prairies. The seed can be sown late in the fall, or 

 very early in spring. It should be sown in drills 

 18 inch PS apart, and kept well shaded, as the seed 

 is slow to germinate. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 

 % lb. 50 cts., lb. $2.00. 

 HONEY LOCUST OR THREE 

 THORNED. Acacia. The best of all 



hedge plants for northern climate, being entirely 

 hardy. Scald the seed with boiling water; let them 

 stand in the water until they get cool, then pour 

 off the water, mix the seed with sand and keep 

 them in a warm room until they begin to sprout; 

 then sow in drills about an inch deep, and trans- 

 plant the following spring. Set in double rows one 

 foot apart and the plants two feet apart in rows. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., 14 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs. 

 $1.25, by express, 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.50. 



BLACK OR YELLOW LOCUST. A very 



valuable tree for timber, grows very rapidly, while 

 the durability of its timber is well known, fence 

 posts of it having stood for 60 years. Prepare seed 

 and culture the same as above. Per pkt. 5 cts., % 

 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts., 3 lbs. $1.25, by express, 5 

 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.50. 



