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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower 
THE GIANT OF ALL SUNFLOWERS 
The best variety for the farmer. Growing to double the 
size of the common, and the yield of seed is twice as great. 
One hundred and twenty-five bushels to the acre have been 
grown at a less expense than corn. It is highly recom¬ 
mended for poultry; the best egg-producing food known; 
the leaves make splendid fodder; much relished by all kinds 
of stock. The seed is good feed for horses, and yields a fine 
quality of oil. The strong thick stalks are used for fuel. 
Ox., 5c.; qt., 15c. (qt., postpaid, 25c.); peek, 50c.; bush., SI 50; 
sack, 2 bush., $2.7o; 5 bush, and over, $1.25 per bush. 
JERUSALEM AKTIOHOKE. 
Jerusalem Artichoke Roots 
This variety is not produced from seed. They are some¬ 
times used as a table vegetable when pickled, but their 
greatest value is for feeding stock. They are the best hog 
food known. They are remarkable for their fattening prop¬ 
erties, great productiveness (over one thousand bushelslmv- 
ing been grown on one acre) and ease with which they can 
lie grown. They need not be dug; the hogs should he 
turned In on them, and will help themselves by rooting. 
One acre will keep from twenty to thirty hogs in line condi¬ 
tion from October until April, except when the ground is 
frozen too hard for them to root. They are also said to he a 
preventive of cholera and other hog diseases, and they are 
also highly recommended for milch cows, increasing the 
yield of milk and at the same time improving their condi¬ 
tion. Three bushels will seed an acre. They should be cut 
the same as potatoes, one eye to a cut being suillcient, 
planted in April or May, in rows three feet npart and two 
feet in the rows, and covered about two inches deep. They 
can bo shipped at anytime during the season, as they are 
not injured by freezing. Lb., 85c.; 8 lbs., $1.00, postpaid ; by 
freight or express, peek, 81.00; bush., $3.00; bid. of 8 bush, 
(enough for one acre), 87.50. 
Chufas, or Earth Almond 
(Cypcrus lZsculcntiiii.) 
A species of “grass nut” used to fatten hogs. They 
should not bo confounded with the cocoa, or nut grass, for 
though it belongs to the same class, the Chufa is eradicated 
with great case, and is never a pest. The nuts grow under 
ground, very near the surface, easily reached by pigs or 
poultry. Plant in April, ton to twelve inchcsapart in three- 
foot rows. Cover lightly. If the seed is very dry, soak well 
before planting, to secure a good stand. They mature early 
in September, and lie in the ground till wanted. One peck 
of seed to thoaere. Pkt., 10c ; pint, 23e.; qt.,10c., postpaid; 
by express, qt., 25c.; peck, 81.25; bush., $-1.00. 
Long White Cow Horn Turnip 
TUB MOST POPULAR AND BEST FOR STOCKMEN 
Has rapidly grown in favor for agricultural purposes. It 
is a fine keeper, heavy cropper ; color pure white, except a 
little shade of green at the top, and is carrot-like in form, 
growing nearly half out of the ground, and generally 
slightly crooked. It is delicate and well flavored, of rapid 
growth and very nutritious. Pkt., 6c.; oz., 10c.; % lb., 20c.; 
lb., 50c., postpaid; 5 lbs. and over, by express, 85c. per lb. 
IIIIUSH of webek’8 improved evergreen BROOM CORN. 
Weber’s Improved Evergreen 
THE BEST BROOM CORN IN CULTIVATION 
The high prices which have prevailed the past three 
years for broom corn brush indicate that the demand has 
overtaken the supply, and farmers, where possible, should 
add it to their crops. The most important question is the 
securing the best variety and good seed. Weber’s Improved 
Evergreen is the best and purest in cultivation, originated 
and selected by Mr. Geo. Weber, one of the largest growers 
of Montgomery County, Pa., who has for many years had 
the reputation of having the best in the State, having made 
his stock famous by selection and improvement for length, 
strength and straightness of brush. It is of a very bright 
green color without the slightest reddish tinge. It makes 
by far the best brooms of any corn grown, and commands 
the very highest prices. Customers who have grown this 
corn report yields of over 1,000 lbs. of brush to the acre. 
Height, 7 to 8 feet. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 75c., postpaid ; qt., 25c.; 
peck, 90c.; bush., 83.00; sack of 2 bush, for $5.50. 
Evergreen Broom Corn 
The old standard variety largely grown in many sections 
of the West, but is not equal to or ns salable as the brush of 
the Weber’s Improved. Qt., 20c.; peck, 75c.; bush , $2.50. 
Wild Rice (Zizania Aquatica) 
A native plant, furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, 
geese, etc., also valuable ns a forage plant for swamps and 
inundated lands, as it grows rapidly, and all stock are fond 
of it when green or cured for fodder. It attracts all wild 
birds from September on, and also purifies the water and 
affords a refuge for the small fry from the large fish. To 
sow :—“ Put the seed in coarse linen or cotton bags, and sink 
in water for 21 hours. Sow in water which is from 6 inches 
to 5 feet deep, in soft mud bottom, and in places where there 
are but few weeds. It is useless sowing this seed except on 
a mud bottom, or on low, marshy places, which nre covered 
with water the year round. In running water sow as much 
out of the current as possible.” Lb., 35c.; 8 lbs., $1.00, post¬ 
paid; by express, lb., 25c.; 10 lbs. and over, 20c. per lb. 
