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ALLEN’S NURSERIES, GENEVA, OHIO 
Canada Field Peas should be sown in April, weather permitting. They make large yields 
of most nutritious hay, cut either green or cured for hay. They should be sown 1 to 1% 
bushels per acre, with 1 bushel spring oats. 
Canada Field Peas 
SWEDISH SELECT OATS 
New Crop—High Test 
Weights around 38 pounds to measured bushel. After years of trials we have again come 
back to this variety as the leader, grains pure white, plump, heads upright, large and bushy, 
thin hull, stiff straw stands thoughout bad weather, as near smut-proof as they make 
these Oats. Are Certified and the very best obtainable, grown for seed. An early order 
will make you sure of getting good Northern seed. 1 bushel, 90c; 10 bushels or more, 75c 
per bushel. 
Grasses 
Allen’s Pasture Grass. Price on application. 
Allen’s Meadow Mixture. Price on application. 
Kentucky Blue Grass. Also known as June Grass, a valuable variety for lawns when 
mixed with other grasses, and especially valuable as a pasture grass. About 3 bushels 
to the acre for pasture. (14 lbs. to the bushel). 
Red Top Grass. Grows well in all soils, especially so on moist land. 
Orchard Grass. A valuable grass for pasture, for sowing in orchards or shady places. 
It grows rapidly and does not suffer from close feeding. When sown alone, 3 bushels 
should be sown to the acre; 14 lbs. to the bushel. 
Timothy 
Ohio High Test 
Prices very reasonable this season warrants your making a big planting of Timothy 
seed; in fact, prices are most reasonable of any time in the past 10 years. Our supply is 
best we ever have owned. Write when you get this catalog and get prices for advances. 
Lespedeza 
A new plant in the North and so far its cultivation is mostly in the experimental stage. 
It is a legume that thrives on poor acil soil without lime. The plants are bushy and spread¬ 
ing, growing close to the ground. The leaves resemble clover but are much smaller. 
Timothy 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
This is a great crop for hogs and sheep. In from 8 
to 10 weeks from sowing it is ready to turn them on 
for daily mowing, producing 20 to 30 tons of green 
feed per acre. Covers the ground and chokes out the 
weeds. _ Sow latter part of June, 6 lbs. to the acre. 
By mail, postpaid: 1 lb., 15c. By express: 10 lbs., 
$1.25; 50 lbs., $5.00. 
Millet 
Prices subject to change. 
German Millet. The most popular of all the millets. 
Of late years often called Golden. So called Western 
Golden, however, is not true German. German is a 
tall growing variety with large stout stems, leaves 
broad and stiff. The seed heads are usually about 
an inch in diameter, of good length and well filled 
out with seed. For seed sow 12 to 15 pounds and for 
hay about 30 to 40 pounds per acre. 
Golden or Liberty Millet. Is decidedly one of the 
best varieties to grow for a hay crop ; produces large 
crop of fine grass ranging in height from 4% to 6 ft., 
according to strength of soil. Can be cut green or 
made into hay, and is readily eaten by stock. It 
requires 1 bushel to sow an acre broadcast. 
Red Top Japanese Millet. This grows 6 to 8 ft. high, stands 
1 remarkably well, and yields from 10 to 12 tons green 
fodder per acre. It nfhy be sown from the middle of May to the first of July, broadcast 
at the rate of 15 pounds per acre. 
Millet 
On account of their extreme hardiness they can be sown earlier than any other legume 
crop, furnishing an excellent crop of hay or serving the purpose of a green fertilizer. 
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