Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 

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White Kidney Bean 
Soup Beans 
2052—W HITE NAVY.—lLhese beans are generally 
grown for using during the winter as a dry bean and 
they should not be planted until the middle or latter 
part of the summer. In this way, damage from weevil 
is reduced. Can be planted in the missing hills of the 
cotton, corn, or tobacco fields and allowed to remain 
on the vines until dry. The White Navy is one of 
the best of dry beans. The beans are small, almost 
round, and pure white. 
See Price List. 
Blackeyed Peas 
2050—CALIFORNIA LARGE WILT RESIST- 
ANT NO. 5.—tThe size and good quality of this 
strain have made it the most popular pea that we 
sell. Owing to its wilt resistance, it will outyield 
most varieties because most of our Southern soils 
have some wilt in them. The vines have a vigorous 
growth and bear a profusion of large long pods filled 
with giant white peas with a large black eye. 
See Price List. 
2051—VIRGINIA BLACKEYE.— Many southern 
farmers claim that pea seed produced in the South 
will produce better than those grown in other sec- 
tions. We are generally able to obtain a limited 
quantity of Virginia grown stock. In case we have 
sold out of these, we will substitute the California 
Wilt Resistant unless instructed to the contrary. 
See Price List. 
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. 
See Price List. 
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. 
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. 
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. 

Virginia Peanuts 
