SEEDSMEN SINCE 
T. W. WOOD & sons =- 
65 
ty (eS) - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

IRISH COBBLER POTATOES—Maine Grown 
The most outstanding variety for market gardeners. Earliest 
maturing and most dependable for both spring and summer plant- 
ing. Its popularity is due to its extreme earliness, making few, if 
any, very small potatoes, practically all being medium to large 
size. The tubers are round to oval in shape, slightly flattened, and 
have strong well developed eyes. 
Prospects about October 1st are for a good crop of potatoes in 
Maine. The certified seed situation, however, is not so good. Ap- 
proximately 4,000 acres less than last year of certified seed has 
passed the second field readings, and an expected another 10% de- 
crease when digging has been completed. Early purchases of cer- 
tified seed we believe will be advisable. Our pedigree stocks are 
raised from certified seed and grown expressly for seed purposes, 
carefully selected, and can be depended on to give you high yield- 
ing crops. 
WOOD’S PEDIGREE VIRGINIA GROWN 
COBBLERS and RED BLISS POTATOES 
Grown from Certified Seed 
Our stock was grown in the best potato growing section in Vir- 
ginia. We planted certified potatoes that had been grown under the 
rigid rules of the Maine Experiment Station, had been inspected 
when growing and after being harvested, and certified by them as 
true and free from disease. They are smaller than Maine grown, 
cut to better advantage and are more economical to plant. 
_We recommend Virginia Grown Cobblers and Red Bliss in the 
highest terms. Reports from practically all the Atlantic Coastal 
States indicate larger yields are being made from Virginia grown 
potatoes than from seed produced further north. They are slightly 
later in maturity than Maine grown seed. 
Owing to the severe drought last summer and fall, the supply of 
Virginia grown potatoes will be very limited and suggest our cus- 
tomers give us the privilege of substituting Maine grown seed in 
the event supplies are exhausted. 
PLANT POTATOES IN EVERY GARDEN 
A Profitable Crop to Grow for Home Use 
We have received many letters such as the following from Mrs, 
J. Ellis Hall, Campbell County, Virginia: ‘I have not written you 
concerning successes with our garden in 1940, but we still hold the 
honor of having the best garden in our neighborhood. We must 
tell you how splendid the Katahdin Potatoes were last year. They 
grew beautifully and few gardeners can boast of better production. 
We have bought seed potatoes here before and both years had fail- 
ure crops. Your seeds each year have given a high percentage of 
germination.” 
Another from G. W. Owenby, Macon County, N. C., says: “I or- 
dered a bag of Chippewas last year and from my patch harvested a 
total of 86 bushels.” 
SEED SWEET POTATOES 
Available during April and May. We carry complete stocks of 
Nancy Hall and Porto Rico, both Certified and Selected strains. 
Write for prices. 
CHUFA 
With the increasing interest in hog-raising in the South, there 
should be a corresponding increasing interest in hog-feeding 
crops that are about equal 
to corn in feeding value, 
and that can be fed cheap- 
er. Hogs not only fatten 
quickly on them, but the 
meat is sweeter than when 
corn-fed; some claim it is 
equal to that cf peanut- 
fed hogs. 





Earth Almonds 
or Grass Nuts 
Any land suitable for 
corn, cotton or peanuts 
will make a profitable crop 
of chufas, but they do best 
on light sandy soils. Plant 
from April 1st till July 1st 
in 2% to 3-foot rows, drop- 
ping three to five chufas 
together, 15 te 18 inches 
apart in the row, and cover 
2 inches deep. In the fall 
pull a few plants with the 
roots and give your hogs 
and poultry a taste, and 
they will go over the en- 
tire field and will attend to 
the harvesting. 1 to 1% 
pecks plant an acre. By 
mail postpaid, 5 lbs. 90c; 
10 lbs. $1.40; 4% bus. $2.40. 
Not postpaid, 5 lbs. 65c; 
10 lbs. $1.05; % bus. $1.85; 
bus. (40 lbs.) $3.50. 

Chufas or Grass Nuts. 

Note Smooth, Shallow Eye of Chippewa Potatoes. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN—Wood’s Pedigree 
Has the reputation of making big crops everywhere and on prac- 
tically any kind of soil, producing uniformly large, handsome, 
smooth, oval-shaped potatoes with white skin, with very few small 
potatoes. Medium late; not susceptible to disease. 
P OTATO PRICES F:-°-3- Richmona 150-Lb. 
Peck 1% Bus. Bushel Bag 
CHIPPEWA—Pedigree Maine Grown. 70c...$1.15...$1.90...$4.25 
IRISH COBBLER—Pedigree Maine 
Grown ....... - 65a... 1.10... 1.80... 3.90 
Certified Maine 
Grown ..... Foe LOC eer a2 «ute oa oman o 
2nd Crop Pedi- 
gree Virginia 
Grown? 2)..:-% « GOC... 1,005... 1.60.7...) 3.50 
2nd Crop Vir- 
ginia Grown... SOLD OUT 
RED BLISS—Pedigree Maine Grown. 70c... 1.15... 1.90... 4.15 
KATAHDIN—Pedigree Maine Grown. 70c..,. 1.15... 1.90... 4.25 
GREEN MOUNTAIN—Certified Maine 
Grown ..... 75¢ 1.205, 2 92.00084 04.50 
Pedigree Maine 
Grown ..... 70C; <2 1al De sul Oa 4.Lo 
If to be sent parcel post add 45c per peok te above prices. For 
larger quantities express or freight shipment is cheaper. 
Potatoes for June and July Planting 
We carry all varieties in cold storage so as to have them in 
sound, unsprouted condition. 
Write for prices. 


JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES 
Every hog raiser should grow artichcekes, for they come year 
after year; the hogs will harvest them without cost, will fatten 
on them, and they will keep the hogs in fine condition—it is 
claimed that artichokes prevent hog cholera. They are grown 
just like potatoes; cut them two eyes to the piece, and plant 2 
inches deep, 15 to 18 inches apart in 3 to 344-foot rows. In the fall 
when they have matured, turn the hogs among them and they 
will feed on them all winter except when the ground is wet 
or frozen. They 
are more cheap- 
ly grown and 
more productive 
than potatoes, 
averaging 300 to 
400 bushels to the 
acre. 
Although grown]; 
principally for} 
hogs, they are 
fine food for cat- 
tle, sheep and 
horses; for dairy 
cattle it is claim- 
ed they are nearly | 
equal to bran ask 
milk producers, 

Plant during March or April, the earlier the better; they will 
stand considerable drought and extreme cold, and can be planted 
earlier than potatoes, They grow well on any well-drained soil 
without much attention, and one planting does for several years. 
6 to 8 bushels plant an acre. By mail, qt. 30c; 4% peck 70c; peck 
$1.15; 46 bushel $1.90; bushel $3.35. Not postpaid, 14% peck 45c; peck 
70c; % bushel $1.15; bushel $2.00; 5-bushel lots $1.90 per bushel. 
