40 Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 


Virginia White Dent Corn 
2026—BROOM CORN 
Good brooms are selling very high and it is an easy matter 
for any farmer to grow his own. The home-made broom is 
much lighter and will last much longer than the ones we buy. 
Broom Corn will make an enormous crop on any good rich soil 
and may be planted in drills like Sorghum or Kaffir Corn at the 
rate of two and one-half pounds per acre. Cultivate like corn. 
The stalks grow very tall and produce large bushy heads, 
possessing a tough fibre. One pound of seed will produce enough 
brooms for the average family for a year. 
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2095- Dwarf Essex Rape 
_ Rape is a cool weather crop, and it should be seeded either 
in the early spring or fall. Cold weather does not affect it 
until hard freezes come. If sowed in the fall and not grazed 
it will come again next spring. When seeded alone sow eight 
pounds per acre, and seeding may be done from February to 
April. Fall seeding should be done at any time from August 
lst to November. Give a light covering with a rake or harrow. 
Rape will grow on almost any soil, but a light rich loam is best 
suited to it. 
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Slate Seed Corn 
SAVE YOUR CORN CROP WITH CRO-TOX 
This non-poisonous material is easily applied to 
the seed corn and does not delay planting. It aids 
germination and is a positive preventative of damage 
from crows and birds of all kinds, rats, squirrels, 
and other rodents, and wire worms and insect pests. 
It will not clog the planter or kill domestic fowls. 
Simple to use. Just pour Cro-tox over the seed corn 
and mix it thoroughly and plant without waiting for 
it to dry. It can be mailed. 
Price—1 bu. size 60c, 2 bu. size $1.00, postpaid. 
2014—EARLY WHITE DENT.—This is an extra early white 
corn, producing a good crop in about 75 to 80 days. The stalks 
grow rather large and about eight feet high, bearing one to 
two good ears that average about seven to eight inches in 
length. Where a white corn is wanted and early maturity is 
essential, this variety has given entire satisfaction. 
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2016—REIDS YELLOW DENT.—This variety has won more 
prizes than any. It makes a beautiful ear well filled at both 
tip and butt with straight rows of deep grains. It is medium 
early, heavy yielding, and makes the best of feed corns. 
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2011—HICKORY KING.—kKnown to many growers as the 
poor man’s friend, since it is thought that it will prvduce a 
better yield on poor land than any other variety. Stalks grow 
tall and produce from one to two unusually long, slender ears. 
The grains are very wide and deep, set into a small white cob. 
One grain will cover the butt of the cob. 
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2018—VIRGINIA WHiTE DENT.—This is an old Southern 
variety of unusually good merits. It has been grown all over 
the South for years, and a better corn is hard to find. It is a 
single ear variety, which grows a large, high stalk, bearing its 
ear about middle way. The ears are long, heavy, hanging down, 
and have a medium size white cob. The grains are of medium 
width, deep and firmly set into the cob. Rather early, and on 
account of its large ears makes a good yield. It is safe and 
reliable. 
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2013—JARVIS PROLIFIC.—This is a medium early variety 
of yellow corn and is noted for its heavy yields. It matures 
some three weeks later than our Improved Golden Dent but will 
make a much heavier yield. The stalks grow medium tall, up- 
right, and bear a number of beautiful long ears. Fills out well, 
has small cob, and makes a good sound corn. We recommend 
it for a big yield of excellent quality. 
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Seed Oats 
FULGRAIN.—An early oat of the rust proof family which 
seems to be equally good for fall and spring sowing. It is an 
ideal variety for sowing with Crimson Clover, Austrian Winter 
peas and other early maturing hay crops. The straw is medium 
tall and bears a very large heavy head. From southern Virginia 
south, it stands the winter and produces about two to three 
weeks ahead of the Virginia Gray Winter. 
GRAY WINTER OR TURF.-—This is a very old variety but 
still one of the most reliable. It is said to stand more cold 
weather than any other oat used in this section. The straw is 
tall and stiff with large open head well filled with grain. We 
especially recommend this as a grazing variety and for hay 
when sowed with the later maturing crops. 
COLUMBIA.—A light gray oat for spring sowing. In recent 
years, it has proven the best of the spring sorts. It is quick ma- 
turing with tail strong straw and a heavy head. When oats are 
seeded in the spring for hay, we always recommend Columbias 
because they make a dense growth of excellent quality hay. They 
also make a good yield of seed when sowed in the spring. 
