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PERIODS FOR SOWING SEKDS. 
Grass, Orchard 25 pounds. 
Red Top, or Herds . .• ' 20 
" Blue . 28 " 
" Rye 20 " 
" Millet 32 quarts. 
Hemp, Broadcast ■ bushels. 
Kale, German Greens 3 pounds. 
Lettuce, in rows @ feet 3 " 
lycek, " " 3 " 
lyawn Grass 35 " 
Melons, Water, in hills 8x8 feet . , 3 
Citron " 4x4 feet 2 " 
Oats 2 bushels„ 
Okra, in drills, 2>^x^ feet 20 pounds. 
Onion, in beds for sets 60 " 
" in rows to make large bulbs 5 " 
Parsnip, in drills @ 2% feet . 5 " 
Pepper, plants 2)^^x1 feet i7i500 
Pumpkin, in hills, 8x8 feet 2 quarts. 
Parsley, in drills, @, 2 feet 4 pounds,. 
Peas, in drills, short varieties 2 bushels.. 
tall " itoij^ 
" " broadcast 3 " 
Potatoes 8 
Radish, in drills @ 2 feet 8 pounds. 
Rye, broadcast 2 bushels.. 
drilled 1% 
Salsify, in drills @ 2% feet 10 pounds.. 
Spinach, broadcast 30 " 
Squash, Bush, in hills, 4x4 feet 3 " 
" running, " 8x8 feet 2 " 
Sorghum . 4 quarts. 
Turnips, in drills, @ 2 feet 2 pounds.. 
" broadcast 
Tomatoes, in frame 3 ounces. 
" seed in hills 3x3 feet 8 " 
" plants . . . [ 3800 
Wheat, in drills ; ii/ bushels. 
" broadcast 2 " 
PERIODS FOR SOWING SEEDS 
As Indicated by the Blooming of Trees. 
ist Period The blooming of the Peach Peas. 
2d Period The blooming of the Cherry ... . . .' . . Peas." 
Do do. do. Spinach, 
JDo do. do. . . Lettuce. 
Do do. do. Corn Salad. 
Do do. do. , . Onion Sets. 
, Do-. , ■ . ^ "^o- Asparagus roots. 
3d Period The blooming of the Pear ... All the above, with addition of 
Do do. do Radish, 
Do do. do. Celery, 
Do do. do Carrot, 
Do do. do. Beet, 
Do . do. do Mustard, 
Do do. do. . Onion Seed, 
Do do. do Parsley, 
Do do. do Tomato Seed, 
Do do. do Cabbage, 
Do. do. do Parsnip. 
4th Period The blooming of the Apple . All the preceding with addition of 
Do .• • • • do- do. Salsify, 
Do do. do Beans, 
Do do. do Corn, 
Do do. do. .......... Cucumber, 
Dp- do, do Melon,; 
Do do. do Pumpkin, 
Do do. do Okra. 
TESTIMONIAL, 
I send you by this mail one (i) onion raised from your ' EJxtra :^arly Bloomsdale Pearl ' seed 
in Webb County, Texas, some twenty-five miles above Laredo, on the banks of the Rio Grande 
River. Of these I have some ten thousand raised from one pound of seed. I have written to 
the Ranch and in a couple of days will send you a memorandum of the time the seeds were 
planted, the time the bulbs were gathered, as well as the time the bulbs were planted. 
All of these onions do not grow as large as this one, this weighs two pounds two ounces 
and a half, they will average, however, three-fourths of a pound each, or say eight thousand 
pounds total. 
We think from one pound of seed that this is a very extraordinary yield. Will you please 
acknowledge receipt of this and give me your opinion as to how you regard Texas as an 
onion producing country. 
W. H. MOWRY, 
Texas. 
