ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



COW PEAS. 



NOTE —Cow peas are held in very high esteem for 

 forage purposes, especially on sandy soils. It has been 

 said that the cow pea has almost as much agricultural im- 

 portance in the .South as red clover in the North or alfalfa 

 in the far West. Greater changes are now in progress, 

 however, in farming methods, and there is today a wide- 

 spread disposition to plant cow peas farther north than 

 formerly, on account of their quick growing habit, their 

 drought resisting ability, and their great value for silage 

 and soil improvement purposes. They will thrive wher- 

 ever the conditions favor corn. The yield of gTeen fodder 

 per acre often reaches five tons, and is sometimes as much 

 as eight or nine tons. Some growers turn the mature vines 

 under with the plow. Some harvest the hay and plow down 

 the stubble. Others ripen and pick the seed, and then plow 

 the vines under. Some cow peas are trailers, with very long- 

 vines: others assume the bush form. Sow seed at the rate 

 of 1 to IH bushels per acre. The cow pea is a nitrogen 

 gatherer, and hence improves the soil A- a hay crop it is 

 unexcelled. I have been feeding 30 horses and mules and a 

 score of cows on pea hay for several winters and they al- 

 ways stay in fine condition 



WHIP-POOR-WILL PEA. A very early maturing va 

 riety of upright or bushy growth. The seeds may be 

 gathered and the plants harvested much more readily than 

 Avith the running or vine type of growth. Ripening early, 

 the crop may be harvested 'in time to plant winter grain in 

 the fall, providing the seed can be planted in the middle ot 

 May. .^t the Delaware State Experiment Station this va- 

 riety yielded thirteen tons of ensilage from one acre of 

 land. The seed is light brown, speckled darker brown, of 

 the same size and coloring as the egg of the WHIP-POOR- 

 WILL Price qt. 20 cents: peck 70 cents: X bu. $1.25; per bu. 

 |g 25. 



CLAY PEA. This variety is of extra strong growth and 

 most productive of dry seed, being especially adapted for 

 sowing in the No rthern States. As the plants are quite sus- 

 ceptible to frost, seed should not be plant 1 - d until the trees 

 a re well out in leaf. For drills three feet apart use one 

 half bushel per acre, or one bushel broadcast, when planted 

 in hills four by four feet, with corn one quarter bushel is 

 sufficient . The seed is about the size of small peas, and ot 

 a light brown or clay color, being- produced freely in clus- 

 ters of long slender pods, each of which is closely filled 

 with the small beans. The earlier they can be sown in the 

 spring the larger the crop of dry seeds can be produced, as 

 the vines make a continuous growth until cut ofl by frust. 

 Price qt 20 cents: peck 75 cents: ; : bu $1.40: per bu. >. 



WONDERFUL. Sometimes called Unknown. A trailer 

 requiring a longer season to mature than any of the above. 

 It is named Wonderful for its trreat production <>f both 

 hay maker, a- a soil renovator, or for ensilage. Price qt. 

 5; per bu $2 23 



Order your peas early as th e crop is short. Prices quoted will be maintained if possible 

 but are subject to market changes and they may go higher in the season If small quanti- 

 ties are wanted by mail add 15 cents a quart for postage. 



SOJA OR SOY BEAN. Also known as Gei man Ccffee Berry. Tourby yearlhcld this 

 leguminous plant in higher agricultuial taluea,ncl importance. It is <*£ upright 1 ufh form 

 attaining a height of two to fou r feet, srd of great \igor It is more sturdy than the cow 

 pea. and has even greater drought resisting qualities. It is very rich in those elements 

 (protein, etc., which give the clovers their high feeding value It was f«>r a time, and is still, 

 sol i under the name of German Coffee tvriy. but its true sphere i< that «»f the forage olant 

 and soil enricher. It is one of the most promising new crops now \ ef< re the American d i 



vines and pods Admirable as a 

 20 cents: peck 70 cants; l A. bu. $1. 



