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P. MANN & CO., Washington, D. C. 



207 Seventh St., N. W., 

 Opposite Centre Market 



Field Grass and Clover Seeds 



MEDIUM RED CLOVER (Trifolium Pratense). 

 This is regarded as the most valuable of the Clover 

 family. It makes two crops each year. The first 

 is usually cut when it is in blossom for hay; the 

 last crop may be harvested for seed, cut for hay, 

 or plowed under to add fertility to the soil. It may 

 be sown either in the spring or fall, and if no other 

 grasses are used, at the rate of from 10 to 15 lbs. 

 to the acre, according to quality of seed used and 

 condition of the soil. 



MAMMOTH, or SAPLING (Trifolium Pratense 

 Perenne). Similar to Red Qover in appearance of 

 seeds and habits of growth, the difference being 

 larger growth and later maturing. It is often used 

 for hog pastures. As a soil improver to plow un- 

 der it is considered superior on account of its extra 

 growth. It is a good variety for thin soils or to 

 seed with Timothy, Meadow Fescue, Herd's Grass 

 or Red Top, as it matures about the same :time as 

 these grasses. Sow 10 to 12 lbs. to the acre when 

 sown alone. When sown with Timothy use 6 lbs. 

 Sapling Clover and 8 lbs. Timothy to the acre. 



CRIMSON, or ANNUAL CLOVER. Makes ex- 

 cellent green foliage, or if cut when in bloom will 

 make good hay. Especially valuable for improving 

 the soil, making a quick, heavy and very valuable 

 crop for plowing under. May be sown to advan- 

 tage among corn, cotton and tobacco at the last 

 cultivation, and will afford a dense mat for turning 

 under in spring. Sow 25 to 30 lbs. to the acre from 

 July to November. 



ALSIKE, or HYBRID. Alsike Qover grows 

 thicker and is finer in growth than Red Qover, 

 making better hay and probably more and better 

 grazing. It is also hardier, resisting extremes of 

 heat and drought and also severely cold weather 

 to a remarkable extent. It is perennial and does 

 not Winter kill. It succeeds on a variety of soils, 

 light upland loamy lands as well as stiff bottom 

 lands. It will do better on moist land than any 

 other Clover 



ALFALFA, or LUCERNE, Best American Grown. 

 Makes the most valuable and largest yielding hay 

 crop known. Can get 4 to 5 cuttings a year from 

 sowing. Can be sown in the spring, in March and 

 April, and a satisfactory stand will make 1 or 2 

 cuttings the same year and full cuttings the follow- 

 ing j'ear. It should always be cut before coming 

 into full bloom and handled as little as possible 

 thereafter. 20 to 30 lbs. to acre, generally broad- 

 cast. A slight top dressing of well-rotted stable 

 manure is advisable. 



TIMOTHY (Phleum Pratense). This makes one 

 of the most popular, nutritious and salable of hay 

 grasses. 



ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis Glomerata). One 

 of the very best pasture grasses, as it is exceeding- 

 ly palatable to stock, and will endure a good deal 

 of cropping. One and a half to two bushels per 

 acre. Bushel, 14 pounds. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. Is the most nutri- 

 tious, hardy and valuable of all northern grasses. 

 For meadow or pasture, sow about 28 pounds per 

 acre. Sow early in the spring or in October or 

 November. Bushel, 14 pounds. 



RED TOP, or HERD'S GRASS (Agrosis Vul- 

 garis). This grass makes excellent pasturage and 

 good crop of fine quality hay, and succeeds on a 

 greater variety of soils than any other grass in gen- 

 eral use, giving very good results on light soils and 



the very best results on heavier, moist or low 

 ground soils. It is rather late in starting in the 

 spring and matures its crop at the same time as 

 Timothy. Is excellently adapted for seeding with 

 Timothy for hay, and furnishes excellent pasturage 

 afterwards. When it gets well established it will 

 gradually supplant other grasses. 



WHITE BOKHARA or SWEET CLOVER. Can 



be sowp either in the spring or fall. Should be 

 sown at the rate of 15 lbs. to the acre. It furnishes 

 good inoculation as a crop to precede alfalfa, and 

 is also adapted for sowing on hillsides that are 

 liable to wash or gully; but it will not succeed 

 well on lands that do not contain some lime content. 



Dwarf Essex Rape 



This crop is very highly recommended for pas- 

 turage for sheep and cattle, furnishing most rich 

 and nutritious pasturage within six to eight weeks 

 from the time of sowing. The fattening properties 

 of Rape are said to be very much better than those 

 of clover. Sow 3 to 5 lbs. per acre in drills ; 6 to 8 

 lbs. per acre broadcast. 



Wheat 



LEAP'S PROLIFIC. A splendid new variety, 

 originating in the Shenandoah Valley. It is re- 

 markable for its productiveness and fine quality of 

 grain. The grain is flintier and of better milling 

 qualities than the ordinary varieties. It is very 

 uniform in its growth, stiff-strawed, healthy, strong 

 grower and early to ripen. One thing particularly 

 noticeable about this variety is its stooling qualities, 

 it being particularly superior in this respect, pro- 

 ducing more stalks to plant than ordinary wheat. 



PURPLE STRAW or BLUE STEM. A fine pro- 

 ductive Wheat, in high favor in the South. Makes 

 very best quality flour. We are very careful in se- 

 curing this seed which we offer to get them from 

 the best and largest-yielding crops grown through- 

 out this section, and we have received the most 

 flattering reports from our customers as to the 

 large and satisfactory yields obtained from our seed. 



White Spring Oats 



For a spring oat for seeding in March and April, 

 the White Spring Oats are unquestionably the best 

 and surest yielding of spring oats, the advantages 

 claimed for it being that it is earlier to mature, 

 free from rust, healthy, clean and vigorous growth 

 of straw and makes a remarkable good yield of 

 clean, bright, heavy grain. On account of its earli- 

 ness to mature, it is one of the surest cropping va- 

 rieties for the South. 



GOLDEN, or LIBERTY MILLET. Makes a 

 large yielding and most nutritious hay crop, quick- 

 growing and easily cured. It requires, however, 

 to be seeded thickly— not less than one bushel per 

 acre — and the crop should always be cut while in 

 bloom, before the seed hardens in the head. If the 

 seed is allowed to form, the stalks get hard, and 

 it does not make nearly as good quality hay. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT (Agrostis Canina). A 

 fine and very permanent grass, chiefly used for pas- 

 tures or lawns, for which it is one of the best 

 Bushel equals 14 lbs. 



PRICES ON ALL GRASS AND CLOVER SEED ON APPLICATION 



