COLE'S FARM SEEDS 



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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 stubble 

 land or in corn at the last plowing. Per i/4 lb. 10 

 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., not prepaid, 5 lbs. 40 

 cts., 10 lbs. 75 cts., 25 lbs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $6.00. 



TEOSINTE 



REANA LUXURIANS 



In this latitude, planted July 3d, it produced f^om 

 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 

 somewhat resembles Indian Com, but the leaves arv 

 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 abun> 

 dance of foragt that one plant is sufficient to feed a 

 pair of cattle for a day. In the South it excels either 

 Corn or Sorghum for soiling or fodder 85 stalks have 

 been grown from one seed. Pkt. 10 cts., ^4 lb. 35 

 cts., lb. $1.00. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



TREE SEEDS 



AILANTHUS 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. b 

 cts., 14 lb. 20 cts., lb. 75 cts. 

 CATALPA SPECIOSA HARDY or WES- 

 TERN. 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 beds, 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. 



RUSSIAN MULBiERRY SEED. The tree 



is a rapid grower and perfectly hardy, and proves 

 as lasting for fence posts as Catapla 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 the spring. It should be sown in drills 

 18 inches apart, and kept well shaded, as the seed 

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

 14 lb. 50 cts., lb. $2.00. 



HONEY LOCUST. 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 transplant 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 

 pxDress. 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. 



