DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 
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VARIETY. 
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February. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
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September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
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Tomato — Plants. 
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Turnip Swede or Ruta Baga . 
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Herbs . 
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Agricultural seeds. 
Beet, Sugar. 
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Beet, Mangel Wurzel, for stock . 
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Clover, Scarlet Italian . 
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Clover, Other sorts. 
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Grass, Bermuda. 
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Grass, Other sorts. 
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Millet, German. 
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Sorghum or Sugai Cane. 
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Rules for Seed Sowing and Vegetable Growing. 
1. Choose the location for your garden on a sheltered, sunny slope if possible, and with thorough 
drainage. 
2. Do not attempt too much. Two acres well cultivated will produce more than five under slovenly 
cultivation. 
3. Fertilize liberally before plowing or harrowing. 
4. Cultivate deeply, viz.: from 15 to 20 inches. 
5. Sow in drills, in preference to broadcast. 
6. Plow deeply and repeatedly, and work the soil to as fine a tilth as possible before planting. 
7. Keep weeds down. The old adage, M One year’s seeding makes seven year’s weeding,” is correct. 
8. Cultivate frequently. Good tillage always pays, and prevents the soil from baking. 
9. Attend strictly to rotation of crops. Do not let two tap-rooted crops (as Carrots and Parsnips) 
follow each other, nor two Exhaustive head crops (as Cabbages and Cauliflower.) Let the soil have time 
to recover its fertility. Follow Carrots, for instance, with a surface, shallow feeding crop, as Peas, 
or vine cropsi as Melons and Squashes. 
10. Water in drills, and copiously; slight sprinklings overhead do more harm than good. 
11. Watch closely for insects. Hammond’s w Slug Shot” is very valuable to dust over young plants, 
as it is only destructive to insects, and is innocuous to larger forms of animal life. It does not harm 
poultry, and acts on the plant as a fertilizer. 
12. Buy your seeds only from a reliable seed house, whom you are sure test their seeds before 
sending them out, and supply only varieties true to name. 
