NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



FOR 1915 



As is customary with most seedsmen to list the Novelties and Varieties of special 

 merit in a separate department, we devote a few pages to the new things in Vegetable 

 and Flower Seeds. 



This department is usually the most interesting to customers, as a good gardener 

 likes to test and carefully note the development of a new variety, that may prove distinct 

 and better than the old favorites amongst the standard varieties. 



Not many new varieties of real merit have been offered lately. This list contains 

 special selected strains of the later introductions. 



Most varieties have been carefully tested in our trials, or obtained from such re- 

 liable sources that we can recommend them as worthy of a trial by our patrons and we 

 feel sure that they will give satisfaction. 



One pit. each of the 28 varieties of New Vegetables listed on the pink novelty sheet, for $1.40 net, 

 retail price $1.80. 



Sudan Grass 



A New Forage Crop of Immense Value to the Middle West 



SUDAN GRASS was introduced into the United States in 1909 from Africa. After 

 thorough tests in all parts of the United States the Department of Agriculture reports that 

 Sudan Grass will be of the greatest value in the Central States, especially in those portions 

 that are deficient in rainfall during summer. These dry regions have no other satisfactory 

 hay crop and Sudan Grass will be of immense value there. 



Sudan Grass is an annual and dies each year like Millet, so there is no danger of 

 spreading over your land like Johnson Grass will do. It grows tall, reaching a height 

 of about seven feet; the stems are very small and rarely thicker than a lead pencil. The 

 plants stools wonderfully and produces under favorable conditions as many as 100 stalks 

 from a single root. 



Sudan Grass yields a good crop of first-class hay, all stock relish the hay and thrive on 

 it, the quality of the hay is superior to millet. Yields of from two to four tons per acre 

 are common and under favorable conditions, six to eight tons per acre have been grown. 



Sudan Grass should not be planted until soil has become warm. It can be sown any 

 lime during the summer as a catch crop. 



It can be sown in rows 18 to 36 inches apart and cultivated, or can be drilled with a 

 grain drill or sown broadcast by hand. 



Seeded in rows, it takes from 3 to 6 lbs. per acre, depeneding on the width of row; 

 drilled or broadcast, from 12 to 15 lbs. is used. 



Sudan Grass is easy to cut with a mower and cures readily like millet. For hay it is 

 best to cut just after full bloom and will give it more time for a second growth, and in 40 

 to 50 days another cutting is ready. Ordinarily two to three cuttings may be expected 

 when season is long enough. Every farmer in the middle west should experiment with an 

 acre or so to give it a thorough trial the coming season. 



Price per pkt., 10 cts. ; Y 4 lb., 30 cts. ; lb., $1.00; 3 lbs., $2.50, by mail. Larger quan- 

 tities, price on application. 



