Russell-Heckle’s CLOVER SEED 
Red Clover 
Red Clover 
(Biennial) 
As a soil builder, Red Clover is equal to any; in feeding 
value, it ranks next to Alfalfa. Should be on every Southern 
farm that will grow it. Requires a sweet soil, well drained 
—medium fertile to rich. Plant alone for hay or with Tim¬ 
othy. Fine in pastures, and a splendid soil builder. Sow in 
March, April, September, October. Be sure to inoculate with 
Nitragin, if you want best results. Prepare seed bed thorough¬ 
ly, discing and harrowing, sow seed and roll in with roller or 
cultipacker; have ground free of weeds. 
Alsike Clover 
(Biennial) 
Somewhat smaller seed than Red Clover, 6 to 8 pounds per 
acre enough, about equal to Red Clover hay in feed value, 
hay a little finer and preferred by stock. Rarely winter kills. 
Will thrive on poorer soil, and does fine on damp moist soils. 
Does not require lime, or at least very little. Grown and 
handled throughout same as Red Clover. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover 
(Biennial Melilotus Alba) 
Good for forage pasture and soil improvement—will grow on almost any Southern soil (even very 
sandy soils) that contain lime, thriving on land too poor to grow Red Clover or Alfalfa. Resembles 
Alfalfa when young but grows much larger, almost same rank in feeding value; both as hay and green 
foliage. Stock seldom relish it at first, but when forced to eat it, soon develop a decided preference 
for it. Cut it before it reaches the blossom stage—too woody after that. Has a deep-spreading, heavy 
root system making it a big Nitrogen gatherer and soil improver, provided it is inoculated. Pasture 
from time plants are 6 inches high—the more stock you turn on it the better, for close grazing en¬ 
courages its growth, and when tall becomes coarse and unplatable. Being a biennial, will disappear 
unless allowed to make seed second fall. Inoculate seed with Nitragin. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover 
(Melilotus Officinalis) 
The Yellow Blossom type is very similar to that of the White Blossom. For those who wish to use 
Sweet Clover for pasture, hay and bee purposes, we would advise the use of the Yellow Blossom type. 
White Dutch Clover 
(Perennial) 
Creeping in type, not adapted for hay but excellent in lawns and should be in all pastures. Much 
relished by stock, and high in protein. Does not cause bloating, comes out very early in spring without 
interfering with other grasses, thrives under trampling. Sow 1 or 2 lbs. per acre in . your pasture 
mixture. 
Mammoth or Sapling Clover 
Sweet Clover 
Very much like the common Red Clover but larger, heavier and later. Recommended for thin soils. 
Sow 10 to 12 pounds to the acre. 
Crimson Clover 
(Annual) 
Sow 12 to 15 pounds in August and September in South, cut for hay in early bloom stage next 
spring, which is best time to turn under for soiling crop. 
Also furnishes large amount of Nitrogen in soil if proper¬ 
ly inoculated. Use Nitragin. 
Hop Clover, or Yellow Hop 
(Annual) 
This clover will be found growing wild over a good portion of the South, and is very 
valuable in all pastures. Hop comes out very early in the spring and lasts until mid-summer, 
when Bermuda Grass and Lespedeza take up the job of furnishing pasturage. Grows about 
6 to 8 inches high, is very similar to lespedeza but a little more upright and has a yellow 
blossom instead of lespedeza’s purple bloom. It is the earliest and fastest growing clover 
adapted to the South. Clays and loams that are not constantly wet satisfy it best. Sow 
1 to 3 pounds per acre in your pasture mixure. 
Black Medic 
Grows all during the winter and is just the thing to build up run-down soil and will 
improve the yield of crops that are planted on the land the following spring. Sow in 
March, 18 to 20 lbs. per acre. 
New Early Giant 1 Burr Clover 
Exceeds all other varieties as it attains a height of 4 to 5 feet while Common Burr grows 
only 1 to 1% feet and besides it is 3 to 4 weeks earlier in growth, blooming and maturing 
of seed. It succeeds on any loamy sandy soil. As a cover crop for turning under, you can’t 
beat this new Giant type of Southern Burr Clover. 
Sown in July, August and September. Makes superior pasturge, fair hay, and grows on any 
thin land, and if turned under the following spring, acts as a splendid fertilizer. Sow 40 
pounds of burrs to the acre. In cotton middles for cover crop or pasture, sow 30 lbs. to the 
acre and you can harvest 3 to 4 hundred bushels of seed to the acre. 
All prices on Clover seeds are given on our Green 
Ink List. Write for a copy. 
Clover Seed Prices. 
Alsike Clover 
Seeds of all legumes—clover seed, and related crops. They will yield 
far better if inoculated with Nitragin, and in addition leave in the 
soil a heavy deposit of nitrogen which benefits all succeeding crops. Farmers and gardeners 
who have used it would not be without it. 
Green Ink List Enclosed 
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