Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 
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White Kidney Bean 
Soup Beans 
These beans are generally grown for using dry dur¬ 
ing the winter months and they will not make a snap 
on account of their tough fibrous hulls. As a winter 
bean, however, they are invaluable. Can be planted in 
missing bills of corn, cotton or tobacco fields and 
allowed to remain on the vine until all pods are dry. 
Then the vines may be pulled up, allowed to dry, and 
the beans either beaten from them or shelled. It is 
best not to plant these beans until late in the season, 
because early plantings are almost always attacked 
by rust and do not yield very much. Plant from 
June 15 to July 15. If planted alone drop seed every 
six inches in rows three feet apart and give frequent 
shallow cultivation. 
2052— WHITE NAVY. —One of the best known 
and most popular sorts. The beans are small and pure 
white. Makes a delicious dish. 
See Price List, page 46. 
2050— WHITE KIDNEY. —A most appetizing bean 
and a heavy yielder. The seeds are pure white and 
kidney shaped and very large. 
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2051— RED KIDNEY. —Similar in size and pro¬ 
ductiveness to the White Kidney. About the only 
difference is the color of the seed. 
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2102 - Sunflower 
A valuable crop for poultry and good for furnish¬ 
ing support for running beans or vines of all kinds. 
Ornamental, and can be used for a high hedge to hide 
unsightly spots. Will produce an enormous crop of 
seed and grows on almost any kind of soil. Drop 
several seed in a hill at the desired distance and cover 
about one inch deep. For a hedge, plant thick, but for 
seed allow about two feet apart. Sow after danger of 
frost is past. 
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Peanuts 
Peanuts will improve the soil like cow peas, fatten 
hogs like corn, and make hay almost as good as 
alfalfa. They are legumes and store nitrogen in the 
soil, thus improving it. For hog pasturage they have 
no equal. An acre in peanuts will fatten your hogs 
just as well as corn and you do not have to go to the 
trouble of harvesting them. The vines when cut yield 
a good crop of hay that is almost as good as alfalfa 
hay. Shell the nuts and plant after the ground has 
become warm in the early summer or late spring. 
Drop two or three nuts to a hill, having hills ten 
inches apart. Rows should be three feet apart. Give 
frequent shallow cultivation, working the soil up 
around the plants, until the nuts begin to form. A 
light sandy soil produces the best peanuts. 
2080— SPANISH. —This makes one of the most 
desirable varieties for hog pasturage. It outyields all 
others and the hogs will do the harvesting for you. 
The nuts are small but well filled. When grown for 
eating, it is a most desirable sort, since the kernels 
possess a better flavor than those of the Virginia. 
See Price List, page 46. 
2082— TENNESSEE RED. —Is also known as the 
improved Spanish. It has all of the good qualities of 
the Spanish and is larger. Is good for either hog 
pasture or for growing the nuts for market. Makes 
long pods which often contain from three to five 
kernels. Has the good flavor of the Spanish and are 
comparatively easy to harvest. 
See Price List, page 46. 
2081— VIRGINIA. —This is a bunch variety and 
therefore can be grown closer together than the other 
sorts. Nuts grow very large and contain two kernels 
to the shell. One of the easiest of all to harvest, and 
a desirable variety for any purpose. 
See Price List, page 46. 
Virginia Peanuts 
