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COW PEAS 
Va W YT * 1 bushel = 60 lb*. 
THE ECONOMICAL SOIL IMPROVING AND HAY CROP 
Brabham 
This wilt-resist¬ 
ant variety is 
making cow peas profitable 
where the land has become 
so badly diseased that other 
varieties are no longer profit¬ 
able. It usually yields con¬ 
siderably more hay than other 
varieties and of superior 
quality. The seeds are simi¬ 
lar to Whippoorwill, but 
smaller and do not require to 
be seeded as thickly as other 
kinds. It is disease-resistant, 
vigorous in growth, holds its 
foliage well, and is particu¬ 
larly valuable for hay. One of 
the best varieties for very 
poor land. As early as Whip¬ 
poorwill and as disease-resist¬ 
ant as Iron. 
Whippoorwill 
Sometimes called Shinney or 
Speckled Peas. More largely 
grown than any other cow 
pea, probably because of its 
long vine, usually six feet 
long, and its large yield of 
both hay and peas. Makes an 
upright growth, making it 
easy to cut. Recommended 
where a variety of unusual 
growth is wanted. 
Tl’fm A vigorous grower, the 
iiUll vines growing 4 to 5 
feet long, with large dark 
green leaves that it holds for 
a long season. A prolific bearer; never affected by rust, and 
makes a particularly fine hay. This pea seems to be im¬ 
mune to many diseases that attack some other varieties. 
Dl a /,jr On sandy soil it makes a fine growth and plenty of 
.oictAiv peas, but it does well under widely different conditions 
and soils. Usually early though the making of pods is delayed 
in a wet season. On clay land it makes a heavy growth of 
vine; fine for pasturing hogs. 
Grow thicker, producing a better crop 
of vines and forage than sowing sin¬ 
gle varieties. For soil-improving it is really an advantage to 
sow mixed peas. 
Mixed Cow Peas 
Mixed Cow Peas and Soy Beans 0 f ea £pri|hf 
growth, support long pea vines, and not only make the har¬ 
vesting easier, but the combination of cow peas and soy beans 
makes a better hay than either when grown alone, and they 
are easier to cure. 
Pvnit A cross between Whippoorwill and New Bra. Makes 
VXIUIL more vine than the New Era, and just a little later. 
When grown without soy beans or other support, the mass of 
growth generally averages two feet or more over the field. 
It is rust-resistant. 
EDIBLE PEAS 
They should be in every garden 
1 peck = 15 lb*. 
V 2 bushel = 30 lbs, 
1 bushel = 60 lbs. 
EDIBLE PEAS are of importance to every gardener, and all 
should grow them. They not only make a delicious dish when 
green, but furnish dry peas for winter when vegetables are scarce 
and high in price; also a profitable crop for market. Dried peas 
usually bring good prices and are in constant demand. 
Viro-inii* "Rlarli-pvp For the main cr °P this has always 
' guild DldUiCJC been the most extensively grown of 
all blackeye peas in Virginia. One of the latest maturing- 
varieties, making green peas in 75 to 80 days and dried peas 
in 95 to 100 days. Has proven so thoroughly dependable that 
they are generally grown to produce dry peas for winter use 
The pods are long and well filled and produced in great 
abundance. 
Ii' 1 q 'i’l xr I-?! o /iIt-axta The earliest of all blackeye 
JhXLld XUdliy JJldUiYt y e peas. Will produce green peas 
for market in sixty days from early planting, and 50 to 55 
days late planting. Will mature dry peas in 70 days. It is a 
prolific bearer of well-filled pods similar in appearance to Vir¬ 
ginia Black Eye, but distinctly earlier. The home gardener 
should grow them for an extra early supply of sweet, tender 
peas; the market gardener to get the benefit of the uniformly 
high price paid for the first blackeye peas on the market. 
Gray Crowder or Blue Goose I'; e 
lor tr Gray Goose. A very prolific yielder and fine flavored 
table pea, producing green peas in 70 days and matured dry 
peas in 80 to 85 days. A large speckled pea with long pods 
and largest yielder of all the Crowder types. 
Brown Sugar or Cream Crowder 
Produce green peas in 85 to 90 days and dried peas in 100 to 
110 days. One of our best flavored table peas, o flarge size 
and becoming exceedingly popular throughout the South. Very 
prolific, yielding from 10 to 12 bushels of dried peas per acre. 
PfkQe We believe you will agree with us that they 
A CttB are tj le best flavored of all edible peas. Up¬ 
right vines of about 2 feet high, and bear a generous crop of 
well-filled pods, 8 to 9 inches long. 
Early Ram’s Horn Blackeye pi?„ t , i „ s ada i > f t fe d r iil'y 
15th and until July 15th and August 1st. Froduces green 
peas in 65 days to 70 days and dried peas 75 to 8 Odays. It 
makes a large leafy growth and is prolific, with well fiTied 
pods. Its popularity is largely due to the attractive appear¬ 
ance of the matured peas and its extra good yielding quality. 
VELVET BEANS 
The South’s Wonderful Forage and 
Soil Improving Crop 
Velvet beans make an enormous growth, 
larger than any other known forage plant. 
As a soil-improver they are considered su¬ 
perior to cowpeas, making much larger 
growth and foliage. 
100-DAY OR SPECKLED VELVET 
BEANS —Although it will not mature 
the pods in 100 days, this is one of the 
earliest varieties and can be grown 
farther north than the common velvet 
beans. South of Virginia they will ma¬ 
ture in a season of average length. In 
more northerly sections, where the 
seeds will not mature, it will make a 
wonderful growth of vines for pastur¬ 
ing and finishing cattle, and a fine soil 
improver. 
OSCEOLA VELVET BEANS —The Osceola 
has given excellent results as a forage 
crop in Virginia, where we have found 
it to make fully as much growth of 
vine as the Early Speckled or 100-day, 
with pods larger and farther advanced 
in the same length of time. It also has 
the advantage of being free from the 
‘tching furze. 
Velvet Beans 
NAVY BEANS 
The snowy whiteness and uniform size 
of a good true stock gives them prefer¬ 
ence over ordinary stock and puts the 
grower in a position to command a better 
price. Well selected stock also gives a 
better yield than the common run of Navy 
Beans. The last of June or in July plant 
in rows 3 feet apart, dropping 2 or 3 
beans a foot apart in the rows. Cultivate 
early, but not while the dew is on the 
foliage, nor after they begin to blossom, 
and do not cultivate deeply after they are 
three or four inches high. 15 lbs. will 
plant an acre. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Quick deep pasturage for Poultry and 
All Livestock. Ready in 6 weeks. Fur¬ 
nishes grazing throughout the year. Aver¬ 
ages 10 tons of green forage per acre of 
highest feeding value for feeding or 
supplying vitamins to growing stock. One 
acre will pasture 20 hogs for two months. 
A State experiment station reports gains 
of 7 to 8 pounds by lambs fed rape alone. 
SOW 6 to 8 pounds per acre broadcast, 
or 3 to 4 pounds in drills 18 to 24 inches 
apart and cultivate occasionally. In 8 to 
10 weeks the leaves will cover the inter¬ 
vening space and choke out weeds. 
