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MATS CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
ifdl+tifA lt can be sown in 
V/UUUre. drills far enough 
apart to cultivate, or broadcast. 
If sown in drills, but 7 lbs. per 
acre is necessary. The best way- 
is to sow it broadcast on very 
clean soil, or to sow it with your 
spring- grain at the rate of 15 lbs. 
per acre. After the grais> is re- 
moved it will grow rapidly and 
form excellent pasturage- If 
sown without cover of grain it 
matures more quickly and fur- 
nishes pasture sooner. In sowing 
cover it but one. inch deep, j It is 
a great soil enricher, and as it is 
cheap it would not be amiss to 
sow in all fields where you intend 
to plow under in the fall; as rape 
plowed under enriches the soil 
quickly. 
uwari Ksscx Kape. 
Dwarf Essex; 
(See cut.) The best forage plant for 
the sheep growers of America. It is 
hlg-hly recommended by Professor Shaw, of the Minnesota Ex- 
perimental Station, and many other leading authorities on 
stock feeding. It has yielded ten tons of green forage per 
acre, and has twice the feeding value of green clover. Sheep, 
swine, cattle and poultry eat it readily, but it is particularly 
desirable for sheep on account of its fattening qualities. Rape 
will do well on almost any soil, but gives best results on corn 
land. Professor Shaw says: "On 54 acres of rape, after winter 
rye had been removed, 537 sheep and lambs were fattened 
thereon, and 18 steers fed for: 59 days. The lowest average 
gain on lambs fed on rape alone was 7 to 8 pounds per month. 
Sow it like corn, or broadcast." Price, lb. 25c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 
75c, 50 lbs. $3.00, 100 lbs. $5.00. 
Ratlfi 21S a Pfld"1ir*»> Rape is unequalled as a pasture 
f V **l /W ** a ** *»*H»rC, for sheep in the autumn; as a 
fattening food in the field it is without a rival in point of 
cheapness or effectiveness. The sheep that pasture upon it do 
the harvesting in the most effective manner and with but little 
cost to the owner. When rape is established as a pasture the 
necessity for sending sheep and lambs to the market in a lean 
condition will be removed. Cattle may also be pastured upon 
rape, but through treading they destroy and waste it in a con- 
inPORTANT. 
OUR STOCK IS THE TRUE 
DWARF ES.SEX RAPE, IM- 
PORTED DIRECT BY US 
PROM ENGLAND. DO NOT 
CONFOUND THIS WITH THE 
FRENCH OR GERMAN SORTS 
WHICH CAN BE SOLD' AT 
LESS THAN HALF THE 
PRICE, BUT WHICH GOES* TO 
SEED QUICKLY AND IS 
WORTHLESS FOR FORAGE 
PURPOSES. 
siderable degree. Because of this it is better to remove them to 
an adjoining pasture when they have satisfied their wants. 
The results are usually very satisfactory when they are pas- 
tured upon it in the day only, and fed in the stable or shed in 
the morning before going to the rape pasture. This is an 
excellent way of making Christmas beef. Rape will keep a 
long time in early winter in heaps like shocks of hay. When 
cut and thus put up at the approach of winter, it may be 
drawn and fed as desired. 
Danp 96 A CatrV* Cff\n Ra P e is Particularly adapted 
KapC it l/altn Wrup. for being grown as a catch 
crop, as, like the turnip, it grows better late rather than earl- 
ier in the season. When a grain crop, therefore, has failed from 
any cause whatsoever, there is ample time to plow the land to 
sow rape upon it. It may also be sown among corn, just before 
the last cultivation which is to be given to the corn. 
rVwarf Vir+Ofltl A standard sort of German ori-* 
U Weill VILlUIia. g iU) sold by seedsmen in this* 
country, and highly recommended by agriculturists both ih 1 
Europe and America. In our tests we find that Dwarf Essex 
will surpass it in its vigor of growth and hardiness* We will 
furnish Dwarf Victoria Rape at the following prices: Per lb„ 
25c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 90c, 100 lbs. $6.00. 
THOUSAND HEADED KALE. 
A native of Europe, producing a tremendous mass of beautiful cut and curled leaves, which are long, large and rich, of 
a beautiful green color, and are eagerly sought and eaten by sheep, horses and cattle. The -seed can be sown early in April 
or any time thereafter until midsummer. The best way is to plant with a garden drill, dropping the seeds about eight inches 
apart m the row, and the rows twelve inches apart each way. One pound in this way will be sufficient for an acre, but if 
you wish to sow it broadcast use three pounds per acre. ' 
One Thousand Headed Kale is hardier than Rape, and therefore becomes a magnificent plant to sow in conjunction with 
Rape, so that you can^figure to pasture sheep, cattle, hogs and poultry a month to eight weeks longer by having a few acres 
of Thousand Headed Kale than you can on Rape alone. It grows to a height of three to four feet, the roots penetrating to a. 
% ZttLt?! 'L 1 ^ h rf- s " bso i 1 ' s ° that the plant is not affected by drought. It grows with great rapidity after being fed off and 
flourishes m all kinds of soils. Lb. 25o, 10 lbs. $2.00, 100 lbs. $17.50. ;, 
1000 headed Kale. 
