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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEEDS ^Continued 
Prices of all articles quoted on this page subject to change. 
T* DWARF ESSEX FOR SOWING. This is by far the best variety of Rape for forage. It is very valuable not only 
for green feeding purposes but is of importance to the fruit grower as a cover-crop and it affords excellent 
A pasturage for hogs and sheep late in the season. The plant of Dwarf Essex resembles at first the Ruta Baga but 
the tops become very large and leafy. 
Dwarf Essex thrives best in cool weather. Ground should 
be prepared same 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. It is some¬ 
times sown with spring grain, to provide fall pasture after 
the grain is cut, also sown at the last cultivation of corn. It 
may be sown broadcast, either with other fall forage crops 
or by itself, using from one to five pounds of seed per acre. 
Lb. 30c. postpaid. By freight or express at purchaser’s ex¬ 
pense, 10 Lbs. $1.50; 100 Lbs. $12.00 
R vp Fall nr Winter A hardy, strong growing an- 
Or VY inter nual, cultivated not only for 
its grain and straw but valuable also for soiling and as a cover- 
crop and for use as green-manure. It does better than 
wheat on light sand or soils liable to drought. Sow middle 
of August to the last of September. Prepare the ground as 
for wheat and sow broadcast or with a drill at the rate of one 
to one and one-half bushels per acre. 3 Lbs. 50c. postpaid. 
For larger quantities inquire for prices. 
C_ r Jricx Although this grain is often planted 
LYy e, oprillg especially for paper makers, who prefer 
it to any other, its principal value is as a “’catch” crop to 
sow where winter grain has failed. The straw is shorter and 
stiffer than that <*f the winter variety and is always easily 
secured. The grain, although smaller, is of equal value. 
3 Lbs. 50c. postpaid. For larger quantities inquire for prices. 
Sorghum (Sugar Cane) 
Rape, Dwarf Essex 
Early Orange. 
heavy compact seed h 
A1U i |7 | This is considered the best early variety and the one which we especially recommend as “sugar 
AIDaUgn Harly cane” for the north where the season is short. It is practically as early as the old Early Amber ami 
yields much more per acre either of syrup or seed. The plant is large, of strong, vigorous and erect habit. It maybe plant- 
■ m 1 as late as the 15th *>f June and will be in condition to harvest 
for syrup in September. Cane seed should not be planted before 
the weatner is warm in the spring. Three to four pounds of seed 
are required per acre. Lb. 20c. postpaid. By freight or express, at 
purchaser’s expense, 100 Lbs. $6.00 
This valuable variety is very strong growing 
and erect, with large and abundant leaves and 
r compact seecf heads. It is early and often yields as much as 
two hundred and forty gallons of very beautifully colored and 
highly flavored syrup to the acre. We recommend it highly to all 
desiring a superior cane. Lb. 20c. postpaid. By freight or express 
at purchaser’s expense, 100 Lbs. $6.00 
I *| This variety is particularly valuable for feeding 
Imperial stock. The plants do not usually grow as tall as the 
Early Orange or the Albaugh Early but show a decided tendency to 
stool, or send up shoots. The cane is very leafy and comparatively 
slender and practically the entire plant is suitable for feed. Our seed 
is northern grown and should not be confused with the inferior 
western and southwestern grown cane. Lb. 20c. postpaid. By freight 
or express at purchaser’s expense, 100 Lbs. $6.00 
LARGE RUSSIAN. This lias very large single 
YV v^l heads borne at the top of a single tin branched 
stalk usually, and with much more and larger seed than the common 
sorts. It is used extensively for feeding poultry. The plant often 
grows ten feet high. Sow seed as soon as ground is fit ror planting 
corn, in rows three to four feet apart and about one foot apart in 
row. Cultivate the same as corn. This variety will yield 1.000 pounds 
or more of seed per acre. Some species are planted in the flower 
garden for ornament. (See Sunflower, page 85.) Pkt. 5c; V4 Lb. 10c; 
Lb. 25c. postpaid; for larger quantities inquire for prices. 
( Vida sativa) A perennial pea- 
t grown as an annual in the 
i forage plant and valuable as a cover-crop for 
orchards. Culture same as for field peas. Sow ninety to one 
hundred twenty pounds per acre. Lb. 30c. postpaid; for larger lots 
inquire for prices. 
HAIRY OR SAND (Vida villosa ) This is also called 
V cLUl the Winter Vetch. It is a very hardy forage plant 
growing well on soils so poor and sandy that they will produce but 
little clover. Its nitrogen gathering properties make it particularly 
valuable as a soil renewer and enricher but it is not recommended 
for land which is to be cultivated for grain crops on account of its 
tendency to volunteer and persist. The plants, when mature, are 
about forty inches high and if cut for forage as soon as full grown 
and before setting seed, they will start up again and furnish even 
a larger crop than the first. Seed round, black and should be sown 
thirty to sixty pounds per acre. Lb. 45c. postpaid; for larger lots 
inquire for prices. 
or Tare SPRING (Vic-, 
v eicn or i arc like plant gr< 
north. Desirable as a forage plant and v 
BIRD SEEDS 
Prices by mail or express, prepaid. 
Canary. Lb. 25c; 3 Lbs. 60c. Maw. Lb. 25c; 3 Lbs. 6Gc. 
Hemp. “ 25c; 3 “ 60c. Millet. “ 20c; 3 “ 50c. 
Rape. ” 25c; 3 “ 60c. Lettuce. “ 40c. 
Mixed Bird Seeds, Lb. 25c; 3 Lbs. 60c. 
