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BALDERSON COMPANY, Inc. 
626 Indiana Ave., N. W. 
617 “C” Street, N. W. 
Washington, D. C. 
FIELD, or COW PEAS 
Prices of Cow Peas are frequently chang¬ 
ing. Write us for prices when ready to buy. 
This is one of the best crops that can be grown 
for enriching the soil; even if the entire crop of 
vines are cut off and removed, the roots, by 
their ability to add nutritious qualities to the 
soil, improves the poorest land and enriches 
the best. It is also a splendid forage and field crop, producing a 
heavy growth of excellent feed. All of our Cow Peas are thoroughly 
recleaned and put up in even weight, good sacks. The hulls, sticks, 
cracked and broken peas are taken out, and they should not be com¬ 
pared with peas commonly offered just as they come from the farmer’s 
hands, which are rarely ever recleaned and in very poor sacks. The 
market prices are unsettled at the time this Catalogue goes to press. 
Write for quotations. 
TAYLOR, or LARGE GREY WHIPPOORWILL.— A large 
speckled pea with long pods, and makes a heavy yield of shelled peas. 
It matures early, and grows upright; also makes large vine growth. 
Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
BLACK. —This is the popular variety foi forage and for turning 
under. Very prolific, quick grower, rich and nutritious. On account 
of its nutrition and yield of peas, is probably the best variety to sow 
for hogs. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
BRABHAM. —This pea resembles the well known brown Whippoor¬ 
will, but is smaller; upright growth, holds its foliage well, making it a 
valuable pea for hay. Is very hardy and prolific in both peas and forage. 
Is rapidly becoming one of the most popular peas in the South. Prices 
fluctuate; quotations on request. 
IRON —This is a good variety to plant for a hay crop or forage. It 
also yields abundantly of peas. In some sections of the South it is sown 
almost exclusively. The seed of this variety is small, consequently 
it does not take as many seed to an acre. Prices fluctuate; quotations 
on request. 
NEW ERA —An extra early cow pea. Makes a very heavy growth 
of vine and is prolific of peas, which are speckled and very small, and 
on this account it does nor require near as much seed to an acre. One 
bushel or even less is sufficient. Holds its leaves well. Prices fluctuate; 
quotations on request. 
GROIT —This variety is a cross between the New Era and Whip¬ 
poorwill and is becoming more popular each year. It probably yields 
more peas per acre than any other variety known in this section. Prices 
fluctuate; quotations on request. 
BROWN WHIPPOORWILL —Early, brown speckled peas; one of 
the most popular varieties; does not have long trailing vines and is 
therefore easier to harvest for hay. Holds its leaves well. Prices fluc¬ 
tuate; quotations on request. 
CLAY —This is a la*e running variety. Makes a heavy growth of 
vine and is therefore more generally used and recommended for plow 
ing under. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
MIXED COW PEAS —We offer a choice mixture of the principal 
varieties, which produces a thicker and better crop than any single 
variety. The bush varieties help to hold the running varieties off the 
ground. For this reason there are many more mixed peas used than 
any one variety. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
Brabham Cow Peas. 
BLACK EYE FIELD PEAS 
For Table Use, Forage and Soil Improving, These Are Profitable 
to Sell Green or Dry for Winter Use. 
EARLY RAM’S HORN BLACK EYE.— A large second early 
Black Eye Pea, ripening just after the extra early; used as a table pea 
both green and dry. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
SMALL BLACK EYE —A bunch variety, very productive; makes 
excellent quality of dry peas for winter use. Prices fluctuate; quota¬ 
tions on request. 
Soja or Soy Beans. 
SOJA, or SOY BEANS 
Soja or Soy Beans make a splendid forage crop; they are very nutri¬ 
tious and make a heavy growth of vine. They improve the soil, make a 
good ensilage and withstand drought better than any other forage crop. 
They make excellent hog feed and a splendid yield of Beans, which 
ripen at the same time. Thev are adapted to growing on almost all 
kinds of soils and are being more generally sown each year, as their 
value becomes known. 
There are a numbei of varieties, but we only catalogue a few of the 
best which have proven valuable and suitable for growing in this section. 
EARLY VIRGINIA —While this variety is particularly adapted to 
the South, on account of its earliness it is also a favorite variety for 
growing in the North and West where the growing seasons are much 
shorter. It makes an excellent yield of hay as well as yielding a large 
crop of Beans, and its profuse leafage and fine stems and stalks make a 
hay considered by many as good as Alfalfa, all of which is consumed 
by the stock. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
WILSON EARLY BLACK— A very popular early variety growing 
about 3 feet in height. These are used extensively in the Northern 
States, where the growing season is not long enough lor the Mammoth 
Yellow to mature. It makes a finer Hay than the Mammoth Yellow, 
as it has smaller stems. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
MAMMOTH YELLOW —Decidedly the largest growing Beans 
and the most popular variety to grow where the seasons are long enough 
for them to mature. They will make more tons of hay per acre than any 
other variety, also yields heavily of beans. Perhaps the best variety 
to produce oil and meal. Prices fluctuate; quotations on request. 
Canada Field Peas 
This varietj is of ihe English pea family. Has small seed and pods, 
grows 4 to 5 feet high, and makes excellent early hay, also makes splendid 
hog feed and early fallow. For best results we recommend sowing 
Appier or Fulghum Oats with these in February or March at the rate 
of one bushel peas and one bushel oats to the acre, which combination 
makes a splendid hay crop. They also do well when sown in November 
with either wheat, rye, oats, or barley. We recommend the American 
grown peas as being far more preferable than the cheaper imported 
peas. Our stock is the best American Grown Seed. Prices fluctuate; 
quotations on request. 
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