C. C. MORSE & CO. — SEEDS — SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 
PLANTING 
FOR MORSE'S 
Variety 
Quantity of Seed 
for 100 ft. of Row 
Quantity of Seed 
Needed for 1 Acre 
Field Culture 
General Time of Sowing 
where Winters are 
Cold 
Time of Sowing about 
San Francisco and 
Central Cal. 
ARTICHOKE 
Plants (Globe) 
" (Jerusalem) . . . 
ASPARAGUS (Seed) 
(Plants) 
BEANS, Bush 
Pole 
BEETS 
BROCCOLI 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS . . . 
CABBAGE 
CARROT 
CAULIFLOWER 
CELERY 
CHERVIL 
CHICORY 
COLLARDS 
CORN SALAD 
CORN 
CUCUMBER 
DANDELION 
EGG PLANT 
ENDIVE 
HORSE RADISH 
KALE 
KOHL RABI 
LEEK 
LETTUCE 
H oz. (3 pkts.) 6 oz. T Early Spring 
17 plants 2904 plants Spring 
3 lbs 5-7 sacks Spring 
1 oz 1 lb. in seed bed. T. .Early Spring 
50 1,800-3,000 Early Spring 
About 1 lb 50 Late Spring 
f 02 25 lbs Late Spring 
2oz 5 lbs Spring 
Moz. lpkt) 2 3oz. T Spring 
M oz. (2 pkts.) 2-3 oz. T Early Spring 
M oz. (2 pkts.) 2-3 oz. T Early Spring 
1 ° z lbs Spring 
<& oz. . . 2 oz. T Early Spring 
M oz. (2 pkts.) 2 oz. T Spring (rather late) 
,3 oz ■ ■ Early Spring 
M oz. 1 pkt.) 4 lbs Early Spring 
» oz. (1 pkt.) 2-3 oz. T Early and Late Spring 
,f,°5 • • Early Spring and Late Summer 
lbs. per 100 hills 15 lbs Late Spring . . 
V2 oz. (2 pkts.) 3 lbs Late Spring 
M oz. (4 pkts.) Spring 
i oz. (1 pkt.) 4 oz. T Early Spring i 
1 oz 4 lbs 
Hot-bed . 
MUSKMELON. . . 
WATERMELON. 
MUSTARD 
OKRA 
ONION 
PARSLEY 
PARSNIP 
PEAS 
PEPPER 
POTATO, Irish. . 
Sweet. 
PUMPKIN 
RADISH 
RHUBARB 
SALSIFY. . 
SPINACH. 
SQUASH. . 
TOMATO. 
TURNIP. . . 
70 roots Spring 
oz. (1 pkt.) 2 lbs Spring 
M oz. (1 pkt.) 4 lbs Early Spring 
Y? oz ' >4 " ■ ,• • \ 4 lbs Early Spring 
H oz-. (3 pkts.) 4 lbs Early and Late Spring 
Yi oz. (3 pkts) 3 lbs Late Spring and Early S 
,3 oz -;---, 2-4 lbs Late Spring 
34 oz. (1 pkt.) 2-3 lbs Spring 
• ; 8 lbs Late Spring 
oz 4 lbs Early Spring 
M oz. (1 pkt.) 3 lbs Spring 
M oz. (2 pkts.) .... 3 lbs Early Spring 
* lbs . 60-12^ lbs Early and Late Spring. 
H ,° z - (1 Dkt -) 3 oz. T Early Spring in Hot-bed . 
5 lbs 5-6 sacks Late Spring 
75 slips 9,680 plants Late Spring 
^2 oz. (2 pkts.) 3 or 4 lbs Late Spring ' 
,3 02 10 lbs Spring. S 
(\ °f • ■ • Hb Spring 
33 plants 2,420 Early Spring 
1 02 8 lbs Early Spring 
i3 02 ■ }A ' -,V \ 8 lb S Ear 'y S P rin g and Fall. . . \ 
Vi oz. (2 pkts.) 2-3 lbs Late Spring 
Y} °l- '% ^ oz T Early Spring in Hot-beds 
V2 oz. (3 pkts.) 3-4 lbs Spring and Summer 
September to January. T. 
January to March 
February to May 
February to April. T. 
December to April 
April to August. S. 
April 15th to August. S. 
All year round. S. 
January to May 
January to March — July to August. T. 
January to April — July to October. T 
All year round. S. 
June to January 
January to June. T. 
February to May 
February to April 
All year round 
March and April— Sept. to Nov. 
April 20th to July 15th 
April 15th to June 15th 
. May and June 
. February to April. T. 
. July to October 
. January to May 
. January to April — July to October 
. January to May — July to October 
. January to March 
. All year round. S. 
. April 20th to June 
. May to June 
. February to May 
. April 15th to June 
. November to March 
. All year round 
. March to June 
. All year round. S. 
. February to March. T. 
. January to May 
. May to June 
. All year round. S. 
. February to May. T. 
. January to April 
. February to May 
. All year round. S. 
. May to June 
. February to May. T. 
. August to April. S. 
GENERAL NOTES 
_ - 7 -~ u^v. j.wvi i-uiiun. i-uiumii siiuuia De usea. 
™iJ ;♦■ P t which to plant seed cannot be given more than approximately because it varies so much with the 
Zt Fivl ftimesX dffmete^ o/^h timC of - year i An seed s must have air, moisturl andSt to^gernS- 
liatc. rive times tne diameter of the sppc\ k annmvimit» „ ^,„t,i r„_ j , ? 
OrtTie^ S fel for bBU(t San Francisco and Central California," means that those 
arlv d Z i rZ ',H V C Plantings are made two weeks apart. Other sorts are often planted 
ii ,7 again late toi ciops at two different seasons. 
^.V^ 0 ^te*° Wi0 « '" b ° m Sa " Fra " C ' SCO ' >»«» "»« those sorts „, a.ways 
T," placed in the column of "Quantity of Sec 
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