D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Is a simple construction 

 of boards for wintering 

 Cabbage, Lettuce, Cauli- 

 flower, Brocoli, etc., for 

 planting out early in the 

 spring. 



Select a dry, southern exposure ; form a frame from four 

 to six feet wide and as long as required. The back should 

 be fourteen and the front six inches high, with a cross tie 

 every three feet. Seeds of the above named vegetables, 

 sown in open border early in September, will be ready to 

 plant in cold frames about the last of October. The soil 

 should be well prepared and smoothly raked before planting. 

 Admit air freely on pleasant days, but keep close in severe 

 weather. 



These frames are particularly useful in the South, and may 

 be covered more cheaply with cloth shades than by sash. 

 The shades are made as follows: Make light but strong 

 wooden frames to fit over the bed, and of a width to receive 

 some common brand of cotton cloth. The cloth may be 

 unbleached, and should be stretched over and securely tacked 

 to the frames. Coating the cloth with oil, as is sometimes 

 recommended, we find is of no advantage, but we have found 

 that Plant Bed Cloth is superior to ordinary cloth for this 

 purpose. See page 81 of this catalogue. 



In the South it is fre- 

 quently desirable to shade 

 beds of seedlings. This can 

 best be done by shades 

 made as follows: Make light frames the length of the width 

 of your bed and four feet wide; to these tack common lath 

 so as to leave from one to three inches between them. Sup- 



TRANSPLANTING 



port them about eight inches above the plants by tacking 

 the frames to short stakes or securing them by easily 

 removed pins. They are more effective if the beds are so 

 placed that the lath will run north and south. 



In transplanting, the main 

 points to be regarded are: 

 care in taking up the plants 

 so as to avoid injury to the 

 roots, planting firmly so as to enable the plant to take a 

 secure hold of the soil, reducing the top to prevent evapora- 

 tion, and shading to prevent the hot sun from withering and 

 blighting the leaves. In transplanting from a hot-bed, hard- 

 en the plants by letting them get quite dry a day or two 

 before, but give an abundance of water a. few hours before 

 they are taken out. It is most apt to be successful if done 

 just at evening, or immediately before or during the first part 

 of a rain, about the worst time being just after a rain, when 

 the ground being wet it is impossible to sufficiently press 

 it about the plant without its baking hard. If water is used 

 at all, it should be used freely and the wet surface immedi- 

 ately covered with dry soil. 



The best time to water 

 plants is at sunrise or just 

 at evening. Water may be 

 given to the roots at any 

 time, but should never be sprinkled over the leaves in the hot 

 sun, for it will make them blister and cover them with brown 

 spots wherever it touches. If watering a plant has been com- 

 menced, keep on until the necessity ceases, or more injury than 

 good will result from it; one copious watering is better than a 

 little and often. The use of the hoe should always follow the 

 watering pot as soon as the ground becomes sufficiently dry. 



VALUABLE TABLES. 



Weight of Various Articles. 



Per bush. 



Apples 48 lbs. 



dried 22 " 



Barley... 48 " 



Beans 60 " 



Buckwheat 48 " 



Broom Corn 46 " 



Blue Grass, Kentucky 14 " 



English... 24 " 



Bran 20 " 



Canary Seed 60 " 



Clover Seed 60 " 



Corn, shelled 56 " 



on ear 70 " 



Corn Meal 50 " 



Charcoal 22 " 



Cranberries 40 " 



Dried Peaches 28 " 



Flax Seed 56 " 



Fowl Meadow .. . 12 " 



Hemp Seed 44 " 



^Hungarian 50 " 



Millet 50 " 



Oats 32 " 



Osage Orange 33 ■' 



Orchard Grass 14 " 



Onions 54 " 



Peach Pits. 48 " 



Peas, smooth 60 " 



" wrinkled 56 " 



Perennial Rye 20 " 



Potatoes, heaping 



measure 60 " 



Rape 50 " 



Rye 56 " 



Red Top 14 " 



Salt, coarse ...50 " 



*' Mchigan 56 " 



Sweet Potatoes 56 " 



Timothy Seed 45 " 



Turnips 58 " 



Wheat 60 " 



Flour, per bbl., net .196 " 



Salt, per bbl 280 " 



PER CUBIC FOOT. 



Hay, well settled 4^" 



Corn, on cob, in bin. . .22 " 

 " shelled, " ...45 " 

 Wheat, ♦' ...48 " 



Oats, " ...25J^" 



Potatoes, " ...385^" 



*In Chicago and all the 

 other large seed markets of 

 the country Hungarian is 

 sold at k8 lbs. per bushel, so 

 we a re compelled to conform, 

 and we buy and sell k8 lbs. 

 per bushel. 



No. of Plants or T/ees to the Acre at given Distances. 



Dis. apart. 

 12 X lln.. 



12 X 3 " . 



12x12 " . 



16 X 1 " . 



18 X 1 " . 



18 X 3 " . 



18 X 12 " . 



18 X 18 " . 



20 X 1 " . 



20x20 " . 



24x 1 " . 



24 X 18 " . 



24x24 " . 



30x 1 " , 



30 X 6 " . 



30 X 12 " . 



30 X 16 " . 



No. plants. 

 .... 522,720 



174,.240 



43,560 



392,040 



. ...348,480 



116,160 



29,040 



19,360 



313,635 



15,681 



261,360 



15,520 



10,890 



Dis. apart. No. plants. 

 30 X 20 In 10,454 



.34,848 

 .17,424 

 . 13,068 



30x24 

 30x30 

 36 x 3 

 36x12 

 36x18 

 36x24 

 36x30 

 36x36 

 42x 12 

 42x24 

 42x36 

 42x42 

 48x12 

 48x18 

 48x24 

 48x30 



. 8,712 



. 6,970 



,58,080 



, 14,520 



9,680 



. 7.260 



, 5,808 



. 4,840 



. 12,446 



. 6.223 



, 4,148 



. 3,556 



. 10.890 



7,790 



5,445 



4,356 



Dis. apart. 

 48x;36In.. 

 48x48 •' . 

 60x36 " . 

 60x48 " . 

 60x60 " . 



No. plants. 



8x 1 

 8x 3 

 8x 8 

 10 X 1 

 10 X 6 

 10x10 

 12 X 1 

 12 X 5 

 12x12 

 ]6x 1 

 16x16 



•' 2,723 



" 2,901 



" 2,178 



" 1,743 



Ft 5,445 



" 1,815 



4,356 

 726 



3,630 

 736 



2,722 

 170 



Quantity of Seed requisite to produce a 



Quantity per acr-^ 



Artichoke, 1 oz. to 500 plants 6 oz, 



Asparagus, 1 oz. to 800 plants 1 lb 



Asparagus Roots 7250 



Barley 2i^ bu 



Beans, dwarf, \^ pts. to 100ft. of drill 1 



Beans, pole, \% pints to 100 hills ]' 



Beet, garden, 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill. 7 

 Beet, Mangel, 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill. 5 



Brocoli, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants 2 



Broom Corn 10 



Brussels Sprouts, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants. 2 



Buckwheat }/i bu. 



Cabbage, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants 2 oz. 



Carrot, ^Z oz. to 100 feet of drill 2\^ lbs. 



Cauliflower, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants 2}/^ oz. 



Celery, 1 oz. to 15,000 plants 2 



Chicory 4 



Clover, Alsike and White Dutch 6 



" Lucerne, Large Red and Crim- 

 son Trefoil 8 



" Medium 10 



CoUards, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants 2 



Corn, rice, (shelled') 2 



Corn, sweet, M pint to 100 hills 5 



Cress, 1/2 oz. to 100 feet of drill 12 



Cucumber, 1 oz. to 100 hills 1 to 2 



Egg Plant, 1 oz. to 2,000 plants 4 oz, 



Endive, U oz. to 100 feet of drill 4]^ lbs, 



Flax, broadcast 3^ bu, 



Garlic, bulbs, 1 lb. to 10 feet of drill. . 



Gourd, 2 oz. to 100 hills 



Grass, Blue, Kentucky 2 bu. 



Blue, English 1 



" Hungarian and Millet i^ " 



Mixed Lawn 3 to 5 " 



" Orchard, Perennial Rye, Red 

 Top, Fowl Meadow and 

 Wood Meadow 2 " 



lbs. 



oz. 

 lbs. 

 oz. 



lbs. 



oz 

 qts. 



lbs. 



given number of plants and sow an acre. 



Quantity per acre. 



Grass, Red Top, Fancy Clean 8 to 10 lbs. 



" Timothy 14 bu. 



Hemp 1^ " 



Horse Radish Roots 15000. to 2000O 



Kale, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants 2 oz. 



Kohl Rabi, % oz. to 100 feet of drill. . . 4 lbs. 



Leek, % oz. to 100 feet of drill 4 



Lettuce, % oz. to 100 feet of drill 3 



Martynia, 1^ oz. to 100 feet of drill. ... 5 " 



Melon, Musk, 1 oz. to 100 hills 1 to 2 " 



Water, 4 oz. to 100 hills. . . 1^ to 2 

 Nasturtium, 2 oz. to 100 feet of drill. .15 " 



Oats 2 bu. 



Okra, V/2 oz. to 100 feet of drill 8 lbs. 



Onion Seed, }4 oz. to 100 ft. of drill 4 to 5 



•' for Sets 40 to 80 



Onion Sets, 1 quart to 40 feet of drill. 8 bu. 



Parsnip, ^ oz. to 100 feet of drill 3 lbs. 



Parsley, % oz. to 100 feet of drill 3 



Peas, garden, 1 pint to 100 ft. of drill. . 2 bu. 



" field 2 



Pepper, 1 oz. to 1,500 plants 3 oz. 



Potatoes 8 bu. 



Pumpkin, y^ quart to 100 hills. . 3 to 4 lbs. 

 Radish, % oz. to 100 ft. of drilL. . 10 to 12 lbs. 



Rye ly, bu. 



Salsify, ^ oz. to 100 feet of drill 8 lbs. 



Spinage, % oz. to 100 feet of drill 8 " 



Spurry 15 " 



Summer Savory % " 



Sunflower 8 " 



Squash, Summer, 4 oz. to 100 hills 2 " 



Winter, 8 oz. to 100 hills 2 



Tomato, 1 oz. to 4,500 plants 1 oz. 



Tobacco, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants 2 " 



Turnip, 1 oz. to 250 feet of drill 1% lbs. 



Vetches 2 bu. 



Wheat Iji " 



