T.W.WOOD ~@ SONS 
SEEDSMEN SINCE 1879 
-RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

PLANT QUALITY SEEDS FOR A VICTORY GARDEN stores and put them behind from three to four weeks in 






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ORDER SEEDS EARLY 
From information received from the Department 
Agriculture, it is anticipated there will be an increase 1 
Victory Gardens of approximately 10% over the enormou 
number put in last spring. This will again be a heay 
burden on every seedsman. It is suggested that our ¢c 
tomers order early field and garden seeds for both sprin 
and early summer planting. The enormous demand las 
year necessitated seedsmen closing many of their retail 
filling orders. Also deliveries by transportation companies” . 
SHEP RERER ER RAN SSO SOR RR EREeKKeneeams ATC becoming unusually slow. 2: ; 
WOOD’S No. 23 SUDAN GRASS 
We were most fortunate this year in obtaining a carload of this 
exceptionally fine strain of sudan grass grown on one farm from 
certified seed. Wood’s No. 23 Sudan Grass has given remarkable 
results and many of our customers were disappointed in not ob- 
taining supplies last year owing to the exceedingly short crop 
produced. This sudan grass is outstanding as a summer hay and 
pasture crop and will give approximately 20% to 25% greater 
growth than the regular sudan, producing a finer quality hay. 
eee information about our Wood’s No. 23 Sudan is given on 
page 47. 
CERTIFIED HEGARI 
This is very Similar in appearance of seed and growth. to Kaffir 
Corn except that it will produce slightly larger yields, more heads 
per acre, and a semi-sweet stalk. It makes a larger growth than 
Combine Milo, furnishing an excellent heavy yielding ensilage crop. 
Shall I Plant Hybrid or Open Pollinated Corn? 
The hybrid corns we offer are the finest quality, well adapted 
to locations for which recommended. They have proven their 
higher yielding ability and under normal conditions will give an 
increased yield of from 15% to 25%. We highly recommend our 
hybrid corns where the product of the crop can be consumed on 
the farm. The crop, however, must be used for feed or milling 
purposes and not for replanting. New seed of hybrids must be 
bought each year. 
Corn for feed and milling can only be sold at a ceiling price ac- 
cording to government regulations. On the contrary, on open pol- 
linated corn grown for seéd purposes there is no ceiling. Farmers 
growing open pollinated corn the past season have been able to 
obtain decidedly higher prices than the ceiling price set for feed 
corn. There is no ceiling on seed corn at present. 
This fact should be considered when deciding whether to plant 
open pollinated or hybrid corn. Under the present rules and regu- 
lations it may be that the premium at which open pollinated seed 
corn can be sold may justify the continued planting of open pol- 
linated varieties. 
Virginia and the Carolinas have enjoyed a fine reputation in the 
production of ope pollinated seed and ensilage corn, and where 
you have been selling your open pollinated corn at a premium this 
fact should be considered carefully when deciding if to switch 
to hybrids. 
There is an enormously increasing demand throughout the 
country for soybeans to be used for human consumption. In 
offering our Wood’s Improved Yellow Soybeans as an edible 
strain we have selected the very finest quality good bright 
plump beans, carefully graded and cleaned. This variety has 
become more and more popular every year for human consump- 
tion. An increasing demand convinces us that it has an out- 
standing place among the edible strains of soybeans. This fine 
variety iS now obtainable in many grocery stores for home 
consumption. 
It has a mild sweet flavor, far superior to any of the other 
commercial yellow beans. They can be cooked after soaking 
over night in the same manner as other edible beans, or ground 
into flour. Wood’s Yellow, Edible Strain, has a protein content 
of 44%, and is an excellent source of Vitamins B and G. The 
nutritive value is due principally to the high protein percentage 
and high calory value due to richness in oil. 
The following letter from Blanche Tansil, Associate Pro- 
fessor of Home Economics, The Woman’s College of the Uni- 
WOOD'S IMPROVED YELLOW SOY BEANS, A Fine Edible Strain 
. The drought and 
Information About Legumes Me, 2zoueht and 
ing conditions caused a decided reduction in many crops,” 
particularly cowpeas, which includes edible Crowder Peas; 
also a shortage of Virginia and Wilson Soybeans, which are 
our outstanding hay varieties. We estimate the crop of cow- 
peas will not be over 10% to 25% of last year and the above 
hay varieties of soybeans about 50% to 60%. Owing to this 
condition we are unable to offer any cowpeas in this catalog 
except our edible strain. 
With this outlook, every farmer should consider the ad- 
visability of sowing lespedeza on all fall sown grain. Prices 
of lespedeza are somewhat higher than prevailed last year, 
but even at today’s values, it is about as-reasonable a crop 
as can be sown for hay and soil improving. : 
At the time this catalog went to press, in December, an- 
ticipations are that there will be an acute Scarcity of red 
clover, ladino clover, cowpeas and crowder peas with a prob- 
able shortage before the planting season is over of sudan 
grass, pearl millet, sugar drip sorghum, Virginia and Wilson 
Black Soybeans, alfalfa, alyce clover and lespedeza, also 
seed corn. Most all other items of field seeds appear to be in 
ample supply for normal requirements. 
WOOD’S WILT-RESISTANT RAMSHORN 
BLACKEYE PEAS 
We are fortunate in having produced exceptionally fine crops 
of these heavy yielding edible peas, both the Giant and Harly — 
Wilt-Resistant strains. In the past four years and we have received _ 
many letters of praise as to their exceptional yielding ability 
and fine flavor. They are priced very reasonably in comparison 
with other edible varieties which are in very short supply. Full © 
information on page 61. 
COMBINE WHEATLAND MILO 
For grain production throughout the southern states this has 
been outstanding in yields. We introduced this strain last spring 
and it has been grown quite extensively throughout Eastern Virs. = 
ginia and other southern states with most excellent results. Pro- 
duces a crop of uniform height (about 30 inches), which can be 
easily combined, making it economical to harvest. With the in- 
crease in poultry production it should be a most profitable pate 
the coming season. We are discontinuing regular Milo as this new 
strain in our opinion is far superior for grain production, | 3 
versity of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, is a 
fine recommendation for Wood’s Improved Yellow Soybeans: 
“We share the same enthusiasm for Wood’s Yellow Soybeans 
as Lt. Watson. We uSe this variety and serve them in some 
form practically every day. The Wood’s Yellow Soybean is of 
superior flavor. I have cooked and canned over 100 varieties 
of soybeans, both in the green and dry states. As long as we have 
a bean as fine aS the Wood’s Yellow for general purpose use, 
we pase have to bother separating the so-called edible va- 
rieties : 
Full information regarding the value of edible soybeans, 
directions for cooking, etc., can be obtained by writing to men 
Superintendent of Documents, U. S. D. A., Washington, D. C., 7 
enclosing 5c to cover cost of the bulletin. 
This bean requires 150 to 160 days to mature and is only 
recommended for planting in Eastern Virginia, the Carolinas, ee 
and the Gulf states. Be a 
By mail postpaid, 5 lbs. 65c; 10 lbs. $1.15; 25 lbs. $2.30; 50 Ibs. aS 
$4.40. Not postpaid, 5 to 24 lbs. 8¢ per Ib; 25 to 99 lbs. Om ‘per 
Tb.; 100 lbs. and over 6c per Ib. 
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