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I 1919 Heme Garden Collection
1 FOR $1.00 POSTPAID
A Complete House Garden Assortment 30 Varieties Best Garden Vegetables
To encourage more home garden planting, also to have a larger number of gardeners to know of the high quality of seeds we sell we are offering a remarkably cheap, complete col- lection of the Best Vegetable Seeds. One packet each of the following: Early Trucker Cab-
bage, Early Red Ball Beets, Crosby’s Egyptian Beets, Swiss Chard or Spinach Beets, Danvers Half Long Carrots, Improved Davis Perfect Cucumber, New York Improved Spineless Egg Plant, Early Surprise Corn, Tall Curled Scotch Kale, Southern Giant Curled Mustard, Kleck- ley’s Favorite Okra, White Velvet Okra, May King Head Lettuce, Grand Rapids, Curly Let- tuce, Rocky Ford Cantaloupe, Southport Yellow Globe Onion, Moss Curled Parsley, Sugar or Hollow Grown Parsnip, Gradus or Prosperity Peas, Alaska, Earliest of all Peas, Rapid Red (round) Radish, Rosy Gem Radish, Mammoth White Squash, Extra Early Prolific Tomato, Bonnie Best Tomato, Early White Flat Dutch Turnip, Seven Top Turnips.
NOTICE: This Assortment Can Not Be Changed As They Have Been Put Up Complete.
At Our Regular Catalogue Prices the Above Collection Would Cost About $2.00. It is a Bargain. THE ENTIRE 30 PACKETS SENT POST PAID FOR $1.00.
NAMES PAGE
Amounts of Seed Required 4
Artichoke Seed 5
Artichoke Roots 5
Asparagus Roots 5
Asparagus Seed 5
Beans — Bush, Snap and Lima 6-7
Beets, Garden 9
Beans, Pole 8
Beans, Soy 32
Beans, Velvet 32
Beets, Stock 30
Bird Seeds 33
Broccoli 10
Brussels Sprouts 10
Cabbage 11-12
Cabbage Plants 12
Carrots, Stock 13
Carrots, Table 13
Cauliflower 14
Celery 13
Chervil 10
Chicory 10
Chives 10
Clover 41
Corn, Garden 15
Corn, Field 16
Corn, Pop 15
Corn Salad 10
INDEX
NAMES PAGE
Collards 10
Cress _ — 10
Cucumber 14
Dwarf Essex Rape 32
Egg Plant 17
Empire Milking Machines 48
Endive 14
Fertilizers 42
Flower Seeds 34-37
Gourds 33
Grasses 39-40
Herbs 33
Implements 45
Insecticides 43
Incubators and Brooders
Inside Back Cover
Introductory 1
Kale 17
Kohl Rabi 17
Lawn Grass 38
Leek 17
Lettuce 18
Melon, Water 20
Millets 30
Miscellaneous Forage 31
Monthly Planting Clandar 3
Musk Melon 19
Mushroom Spawn 5
NAMES
Mustard
Oats
Okra or Gumbo
Onion Seed
Onion Sets
Parsley
Parsnip
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Peas, Garden
Peanuts
Pepper . ._
Pepper Plants
Potatoes, Irish
Poultry Supplies
Pumpkins
Radish
Ruta Baga
Salsify
Sorghum Cane
Spinach
Sprayers
Squash
Suggestions
Swiss Chard
Tobacco
Tomatoes
Turnips
Vegetable Plants . White Navy Beans.
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| * Asheville, N. C., Jan. 1st, 1919. |
| TO OUR FRIENDS— OUR CUSTOMERS: |
Another year has passed, a strenuous one for the Seed | | Growers and Dealers. Unseasonable, unfavorable weather |
conditions, labor and war problems produced a perplexing 1 | situation, which we hope and trust will never occur again. |
1 We thank our patrons and assure them that our sole |
1 aim and ambition has been, and will be in the future to fur- |
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I This Catalogue goes to you in anticipation of probable |
| results of crops; therefore we are not bound by these prices |
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| Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting your fu- 1
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| ASHEVILLE SEED COMPANY. 1
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SUGGESTIONS TO CUSTOMERS dt AS TO ORDERING &
DO NOT DELAY ORDERING »until you are ready to use the goods you want. It will prove economical often to anticipate your wants. The loss of time in planting by delays of transportation companies, also advance in prices should show the wise buyer that it is to his interest to order early.
SAVE MONEY — When you make out your general list of seed, to include insecticides and sprayers ; also Fer- tilizers with your order, thereby will be saving extra express or freight charges. Remember, when the bugs or in- sects appear on your crop, you need insecticide ; then delay in getting the remedy and sprayers may cost you ten times the cost of your purchase.
HOW TO SEND AN ORDER — You will find in the front of this book a yellow order sheet, perforated for tear- ing out ; also an addressed envelope to send the order in. When convenient, always use this order sheet. Please do not write anything on the sheet except items wanted and what pertains to the order. Write on separate sheet when asking for prices, or questions to be answered, or information given; this will avoid the possibility of being over- looked ; also insure quick attention to information asked.
Please be careful to sign your name, post office, county and State on each order and letter sent us.
TERMS — All orders to secure prompt shipment should be accompanied with the cash. We can only send to well-rated merchants, or parties well known to us without the cash with order. When remittance falls short of amount of goods ordered, it is our custom to reduce the quantity sent, instead of delaying order by writing.
HOW TO SEND MONEY — By Postoffice or Express Money Order, Bank Check or Draft, cash by registered let- ter. We accept clean postage stamps for small amounts the same as cash.
C. O. D. ORDERS must be accompanied by a remittance equal to one-fourth the amount of the order ; this in- sures the express or freight charges in case the goods are not taken when they arrive at destination.
POSTAGE ON SEEDS — We pay the Postage on packets, ounces, and quarter-pound packages.
IN LARGE QUANTITIES, see Parcel Post Rates in table given on this page.
PARCELS POST RATES ON MERCHANDISE AND SEEDS — Seed rate, 2 ozs. for one cent up to 8 ozs. Above 8 ozs. the local and zone Parcels Post rates are applied.
PRICES OF GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS, SEED GRAIN and other field seeds are constantly fluctuating. The prices given in this Catalogue are those ruling at the time it is issued — about the middle of January. We will take pleas- ure at any time in quoting prices on request ; or will always fill any orders entrusted to us at as low prices as possible for first-class seeds.
ABOUT WARRANTING SEEDS — While we exercise great care, both for our own and our customers’ interests, to supply and furnish the best seeds that can be obtained, there are so many conditions — weather and other causes — af- fecting the growth of seeds and the out-turn of crops, that it must be distinctly understood that all our seeds are sold under the conditions in regard to non warranty of seeds which have been generally adopted by the seed trade, which are as fol- lows :
We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to descrip- tion, quality, productiveness or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants we send out, and will not be in any way re- sponsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned.
Please Address All Orders and Correspondence to this Company to
ASHEVILLE SEED COMPANY
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MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR FARMER AND GARDENER
WHEN AND WHAT TO PLANT FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR
These suggestions apply to sections of the same climate as Western and Northern North Carolina, Northern Tennessee, Middle and Western Virginia. For other sections you should be governed as they are earlier or later.
JANUARY — Vegetable Garden — During this month little can be put in open ground except Asparagus, Rhubarb and Horse Radish Roots. Prepare hot beds and sow early Cabbage, Lettuce, Radish, Beet, Cauliflower and Onion.
Flower Garden — Sow in open ground Sweet Peas (see direc- tions for planting in this Catalogue) ; sow in hot beds, pansy, daisy, verbena, asters, and other flower seeds for later trans- planting.
For the Farm — If weather permits, prepare the soil for crops to be put in in the spring. Top dress fall sown grain, grass and clover fields.
FEBRLTARY — Vegetable Garden — Sow in hot beds early cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, onion, beets, and the middle or last of the month in hot beds, tomatoes, egg plant and pepper. The last of this month sow in open ground early English peas, spring kale, beets, spinach, carrots, radish and parsley. Set out asparagus, horse radish and rhubarb roots, onion sets and hardy lettuce plants ; also early planting of Irish potatoes can be made.
Flower Garden — Sow in open ground sweet peas (see di- rections in this book), in hot beds, boxes or pots inside; flower seed to be transplanted later. Sow the Grove Park Lawn Grass Seed, for making or repairing lawns.
For the Farm — Sow now Canada field peas and seed oats ; also dwarf Essex rape, an excellent quick deep grazing for sheep, hogs, and poultry. From the middle to the last of this month grasses and clovers can safely be sown.
MARCH — Vegetable Garden— This should be an active month with all vegetable growers. Sow in open ground gar- den peas for succession, early cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, kale, mustard, lettuce, beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, early turnips, corn salad, rhubarb roots, asparagus and horse radish roots. Set out cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce and other plants that you have had in hot beds after hardening them by leaving the glass open at night. Pick a warm corner and sow herb seed.
Flower Garden — Sow in open ground sweet peas (see direc- tions for planting). The hardy kind of flower seed, as they will bloom earlier. The last of this month set out tube rose, gladi- olus, cannas and dahlia roots. Sow Grove Park Mixed Lawn Grass Seed.
For the Farm — -Sow clovers and grasses of all kinds, winter and spring oats, dwarf Essex rape, Canada field peas, alone and with oats.
APRIL — Vegetable Garden — Plant early garden corn, Eng- lish peas, snap beans, early Irish potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes and lettuce in open ground for succession. Sow beets, carrots, radish, parsnips, salsify, parsley, celery, early turnips, kohl- rabi, collards, corn salad, mustard and kale. Put out onion sets, asparagus roots, rhubarb roots, bed sweet potatoes. The middle to the last of this month plant cucumbers, squash, water- melons and cantaloupes. As all vine seeds are tender, care should be taken not to plant during cold, wet season.
Flower Garden — Sow hardy flower seed ; after middle of the month the half hardy kinds. Set out lily, dahlia, canna, tube- rose and gladiolus bulbs, coleus, salvia and other bedding plants. Sow Grove Park Lawn Grass Seed.
For the Farm — Sow clover and grass seeds, spring seed oats early in the month. Later in the month sow mangel wurtzel stock beets, field corn, chufas, peanuts, artichokes, cotton, etc.
MAY — Vegetable Garden — Nearly all tender seeds can be sown this month ; also for succession sow carrots, beets, parsley, radish, brussel sprouts, parsnips, salify. Plant pole and bunch snap and lima beans, garden corn, okra, squash, cucumber, can- taloune, watermelon and pumpkins. Sow now late cabbage and cauliflower seed to make plants for fall. Set out tomatoes, pep- per, egg plants and strawberry plants.
Flower Garden — Vine seed for shade,, all floral bedding plants, tuberose, gladiolas, cannas, dahlias and other bulbs can still be planted out successfully. Sow Grove Park Lawn Grass Seed.
For the Farm — All the sorghums, millets, cow peas, soy or soja beans, velvet beans, peanuts, chufas, field corn, mangel wurzel beets for winter feeding, cotton, etc.
JUNE — Vegetable Garden — Plant collards, okra, bunch and late pole snap and lima beans, black eye, white late peas, cu- cumbers, squash, turnips, garden corn ; for succession, late po- tatoes, radish and beets. Set out tomatoes, cabbage, egg plants, pepper, cauliflower, celery, sweet potato plants.
Flower Garden — Nasturtium^ and other flower seed for fall and winter use ; vine seed for shade ; coleus, salvia and other bedding plants.
For the Farm — -Sow German millet, Sudan grass, sorghums, cow peas, soy beans, navy beans, velvet beans. Plant late corn, pumpkins and watermelons.
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These tools should be used in every gar- den every month in the year.
See Page 45
with its long, narrow rows that require thor- ough and constant working, MUST have tools that are easy to adjust and operate: that sow, and cultivate perfectly. Many farmers who have steam heat and a telephone are still using old-fashioned tools. Do YOU use a hand hoe?
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Seed Drills and Wheel Hoes
save halftime, make bigger and better crops. The view shows one of 38 combinations from $2.50 to $12.00 — our No. 6 Combined will sow in continuous jws or in hills, cultivate, weed, hoe, ridge, open rrows, etc. Parts changed quickly. Can pur- chase in simDlest form and add to as needed.
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July — Vegetable Garden — Set out cabbage, collard and celery plants for fall and winter use. Plant snap beans for suc- cession, and sugar corn for late roasting ears. Sow Ruta Bagas and early varieties of turnips, lettuce, mustard, collards, kohl-rabi. Plant cucumbers for pickling and table and late potatoes for winter use.
Flower Garden — Plant nasturtiums for late blooming ; keep all plants well watered ; use our sprinkler on your lawns.
For the Farm — Sow crimson clover at the last working of your corn or. cotton. Buckwheat can be sown for bees forage, an improver of the soil and grain. Sow cow peas, soy beans and velvet beans ; these are improvers of the soil and fine hay crops ; also for early hay or fodder sow German millet, Sudan grass and sorghums.
AUGUST — Vegetable Garden — Sow cabbage and lettuce for fall heading, set out cabbage and celery plants ; continue plant- ing snap beans for succession. Early English peas planted this month will give a good fall yield. Sow winter varieties radish, turnip, ruta bagas, spinach, kale, mustard, endive collards parsley and onion seed.
Flower Garden — Make first planting of pansy and daisy seed. Keep all plants well watered.
For the Farm — -Crimson clover should be sown in every available place. It is a great enricher of the soil, and makes very nutritious feed. Rye and barley should be sown for fall and winter grazing and afterwards will make a crop of grain. Alfalfa can safely be sown. Towards the end of the month sow hairy vetch, dwarf Essex Rape, grasses and clovers.
SEPTEMBER — Vegetable Garden — Sow winter radishes, spinach, turnips, mustard, leek, parsley, kale, extra early pearl and other onion sets.
Flower Garden — Hyacinths, tulips, narcissus and other bulbs can be planted this month ; also pansy seed. Sow Grove Park Mixed Lawn Grass Seed now.
For the Farm — Sow all kinds of grasses and clovers and hairy vetches. Crimson clover should by all means be sown as it makes fine winter grazing and a great soil improver. Con- tinue to sow winter rye and winter barley for early grazing crops as well as for grain ; dwarf Essex rape for sheep and pigs. Winter oats this month gets well rooted before spring.
OCTOBER — Vegetable Garden — Sow early sorts of cab- bage, turnips, spinach, kale, mustard, collards ; set out all vari- eties of onion sets ; strawberry plants.
Flower Garden — Plant hyacinths, narcissus, tulips and other bulbs. Sow pansy seed for early spring plants. Fall seeding of a lawn does better than spring. Sow Grove Park Mixed Lawn Grass Seed, and fertilize with bone meal and sheep manure.
For the Farm — This is the month to sow wheat, winter oats, rye, barley, vetches and rape. The earlier you can get in your clovers and grasses the better.
NOVEMBER — Vegetable Garden — Hot beds or cold frames should be made to sow lettuce and early varieties of cabbage ; set out onion sets, asparagus roots, rhubarb and horse radish roots, strawberry plants.
Flower Garden — Hyacinths, tulips and other flowering bulbs should be planted. The Grove Park Mixed Lawn Grass Seed can be sown successfully ; use bone meal and our pulverized sheep manure as fertilizers for lawns.
For the Farm — Sow rye on all vacant places ; it makes a fine winter cover and grazing crop. Sow wheat, barley vetches, rape and grasses, Canada field peas.
DECEMBER — Vegetable Garden — In hot beds, sow lettuce and cabbage. Beets and radish can be forced in hot beds for winter use as well as lettuce which often proves very profitable. Plant marrow fat peas for market or garden use.
Flower Garden — The early part of this month hyacinths and other bulbs can still be planted.
For the Farm — Canada field peas can be sown, but should be sown deeper now. Wheat can still be sown.
Quantities of Seed Required in Garden and Field Culture
Artichoke, French, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 6 ozs. to an acre.
Asparagus, 214 ozs. to 100 ft. of drill; 2 lbs. will produce enough roots to plant an acre.
Asparagus Roots, 5x2 ft., about 4400 plants to an acre.
Beans, dwarf, 1 qt. to 100 ft. of drill; about 114 bush, to an acre.
Beans, dwarf Lima, 1 qt. to 100 ft. of drill; % bush, to an acre.
Beans, pole, 1 pint for 100 hills.
Beans, pole, in hills, 4x3 ft., 10 qts. to 16 qts. to an acre.
Beans, pole Lima, 20 qts. to an acre.
Beet, Garden, 1 oz. to 50 ft. of drill; 7 lbs. to an acre.
Beet, Mangel, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 5 lbs. to an acre.
Beet, Sugar, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 5 lbs. to an acre.
Brussells Sprouts, 1 oz. to 300 ft. of drill; 2 ozs. to an acre; 1 oz. will provide about 5000 plants.
Cabbage, 1 oz. to 300 ft. of drill; 2 ozs. to an acre; in frames about 6 ozs. to plant an acre; out- doors for transplanting about 10 ozs. to an acre.
Carrot, 1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill; 2% lbs. to an acre.
Cauliflower, 1-3 of an oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 314 ozs. to an acre; 1 oz. will provide about 2500 plants.
Celeriac, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill.
Celery, 1-3 of an oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 2 ozs. to
an acre; 1 oz. will produce from 8,000 to 15,000
plants.
Chicory, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill, or 4 lbs. to an acre.
Collards, 1 oz. to 300 ft. of drill; 1 oz. will provide about 5,000 plants.
Corn, Sweet, from XA to 14 pint to 100 hills; in hills, about 1 peck to an acre.
Corn, Salad, 3 ozs. to 100 ft. of drill.
Cress, Curled, x/2 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; about 12
lbs. to the acre.
Cress, Water, 1 oz. will sow 16 ft. square in drills.
Cucumbers, from 1 to 2 ozs. to 100 hills; 1 to 3 lbs. to an acre.
Dandelion, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill.
Dill, 1-3 oz. to 100 feet of drill; 5 lbs. to an acre.
Egg Plant, 1 oz. will sow 300 ft.; 4 ozs. to an acre.
Endive, XA oz. will sow 100 ft. of drill; 4*4 lbs. to an acre.
Horse Radish Roots, 10,000 to 15,000 to an acre.
Kale, or Borecole, 1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill; 1 oz. will provide about 5,000 plants. If seed is drilled in the field it requires about 2 lbs. per acre.
Kohl Rabi, 1 oz. to 300 ft. of drill; 4 lbs. to an acre.
Leek, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 4 lbs. to. an acre.
Lettuce, XA oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 3 lbs. to an acre.
Martynia, x/2 oz. of seed to 100 hills; 5 lbs. to an acre.
Melons, Musk, 2 ozs. to 100 hills; 4 x 4 ft. apart,
1 to 3 lbs. to an acre.
Melons, Water, 4 ozs. to 100 hills; 8 x 8 ft. apart, 114 to 4 lbs. to an acre.
Mustard, broadcast, 3 to 5 lbs. to an acre.
Nasturtium, 2 ozs. to 100 ft. of drill; 15 lbs. to an acre.
Okra, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 8 lbs. to an acre.
Onion seed, 14 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 4 to 5 lbs. per acre.
Onion seed, for sets, 50 to 80 lbs. to an acre.
Onion sets, small, 1 qt. to 40 ft. of drill; 8 bush, to an acre.
Parsley, 14 oz. to 100 ft.. of drill; 3 lbs. to an acre.
Parsnips, 14 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 3 lbs. to an acre.
Peas, Garden, 1 to 2 pints to 100 ft. of drill; 114 to 2 bush, to an acre.
Pepper, 1 oz. will produce about 1500 plants; 3 ozs. to an acre.
Potatoes, Sweet, 500 plants to 350 to 500 ft. of row.
Potatoes, White, 14 bush, of sets (cut pieces) will plant 300 ft. of row; 8 to 10 bush, of sets in drills will plant an acre.
Pumpkins, 1 lb. to from 200 to 300 hills; 3 to 4 pounds to an acre.
Radish, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 10 to 12 lbs. in drills to an acre.
Rhubarb, 1 oz. of seed to 125 ft. of drill; 314 lbs. to an acre.
Ruta Baga, 2 to 4 lbs. to an acre.
Sage, in drills 4 to 5 lbs. to an acre.
Salsify, 1 oz. of seed to 100 ft. of drill; 8 lbs. to an acre.
Spinach, 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill; 8 lbs. to an acre.
Spinach, broadcast, 30 lbs. to an acre.
Squash, Fall and Winter, 8 ozs. to 100 hills; 3 to 4 lbs. to an acre.
Squash, Summer, 4 ozs. to 100 hills; 3 lbs. to an acre.
Summer Savory, % lb. to an acre.
Tobacco, 1 oz. to 5,000 plants; 2 ozs. to an acre.
Tomato, 1 oz. of seed will produce from 3,000 to 4,500 plants; 2 ozs. to an acre.
Turnip, 1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill; 1 lb. to an acre; broadcast, 2 lbs. to an acre.
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ASPARAGUS SEED
Asparagus does best in heavily manured, light, warm soil.
Culture — Soak seeds in warm water for 24 hours. Sow in March or April in drills two feet apart, two inches deep. When well up, thin plants out one inch apart in the row. On ap- proach of winter cover with manure or straw. One ounce will sow 40 feet of drill.
BARR’S MAMMOTH— A quick growing, large, tender variety ; pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; \ lb., 20c ; lb., 65c.
PALMETTO — Very popular with the home and market gardeners; pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ^ lb., 20c; lb., 60c.
BARRS MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS ROOTS
100 ROOTS WILL PLANT A BED 15x20 FEET
Culture — The soil for this crop can not be made too rich. We would especially recommend the planting of the roots by the home and small market gardener, for you can get a small cutting the first year put out, and a larger the second. Set the roots in rows 2 to 3 feet apart, 1 foot apart in the row, 6 to 8 inches deep.
We can supply in Roots, Barrs Mammoth and Palmetto.
Price — 3 year old roots (gives heaviest yield first year), 50 for 75c ; 100 for $1.00 ; 1,000 for $7.50.
2 year old roots, 50 for 50c ; 100 for 90c ; 500 for $3.00 ; 1,000 for $5.00.
If to be sent by mail, add to prices above 10c for 50, 25c for 100 for postage.
ASPARAGUS KNIVES
Fifteen inches long ; blade 1J inches wide, 50c each. If by mail, postpaid, 60c each.
RAFFIA
Largely used for tying up asparagus, beets, carrots and all garden vegetables, grape-vines, etc. Every gardener should keep a liberal supply on hand, as it comes in very useful in all fruit and vegetable gardens. Lb., 60c ; in 5-lb. lots and over, 55c per lb. ; 10-lb. lots, 50c per lb. If wanted by mail, see par- cel post rates.
If you once purchase vegetable seeds of us you will con- tinue a patron. The quality invites confidence.
ARTICHOKE SEED
Culture— The seed of the Green -Globe Artichoke can be sown in February or March in hot beds, and transplanted when large enough in rows 3 feet apart, 2 feet in the row. Seed can be sown in the open ground in May. A sandy loam with plenty of well-rotted manure is the belt for artichokes. Protect in winter with leaves or manure.*
LARGE GREEN GLOBE — Cultivated for its large fleshy flower-heads which are prepared and cooked like asparagus.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; ounce, 45c ; J lb., $1.50.
ARTICHOKE ROOTS
Most valuable food for hogs that can be grown. Every hog raiser should plant them. Plant 4 to 5 bushels to an acre.
Artichokes need planting but once and little or no culture after the first year. Cut as potatoes, only smaller ; plant in rows three and one-half feet apart. Plow deep, plant shallow, say two inches. The second year, break up thickly all over the surface. Run through each way with a cultivator when a few inches high.
JERUSALEM — Grown from roots or tubers. Their great- est value is for feeding to stock, being particularly desirable for hogs, making an enormous yield of healthy and nutritious feed. These tubers are often used for pickles. They make, also, a large growth of tops, which can be used for feed. Cultivate like potatoes. Qt., 30c (if by mail Qt., 60c) ; pk., 85c ; bu., $2.50.
RHUBARB
RHUBARB ROOTS
Rhubai’b does best in a moist or shady situation.
Set out early in the spring or fall in deep, well-worked soil, 4 feet apart each way. Mix freely with manure or coarse litter.
Price — Of large roots, 15c each ; $1.50 per doz., postpaid; by express not prepaid, 10c each ; $1.00 per doz.
HORSE RADISH
Horse Radish rarely produces seed, but is grown from pieces of the roots. Mark off the rows 2£ feet apart in rich, moist, well-prepared ground, and set the pieces of roots 18 inches apart in the rows vertically, the small end down and the top 1 to 2 inches below the surface. Cultivate thoroughly un- til the tops cover the ground, when their shade will keep down the weeds.
Price — Per doz., 20c ; per 100, $1.25, postpaid.
MUSHROOM SPAWN
Mushrooms are much enjoyed as a table luxury. They may be grown in a variety i of situations — a dark room, cellar, stable, in sheds, under green house benches — where the temper- ature can be maintained at 50 to 65 degrees. Ten pounds of spawn are required for ten feet square.
Cultural directions supplied with each order.
ENGLISH MILLTRACK SPAWN— Stock of recent impor- tation. It comes in bricks weighing twenty ounces. Each brick is sufficient for eight square feet of bed.
Price — Per brick, 25c (by mail, 35c). By express: 5 lbs., $1.00 ; 10 lbs., $1.50. Purchaser pays the transportation charges.
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DWARF OR BUSH (Snap) BEANS
One quart will plant 100 feet of drill; l/2 bushels to an acre in drills.
Culture — Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet. For the earliest crop, plant just as soon as ( the weather gets warm. In this section about the first of April. To have a succession, plant every two weeks throughout the summer until the middle of August. The largest returns will result from plant- ing in drills from 2 to 3 feet apart, 3 to 5 inches apart in the row, covering about 2 inches deep, up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shallow cultivation-
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BROWN BUNCH
This has proven the most desirable early bean for this part of the country. In every respect it is the most satisfactory Bunch Bean for the ‘first planting that the market gardeners in this section have used. The pods are long, light green and flat. Unlike most early beans, the quality remains good throughout its bearing season. Very early, exceedingly prolific, and fine keepers.
BURPEE’S
STRINGLESS GREENPOD
This famous bean is still unequaled as a first early stringless green pod sort. It combines unusual hardi- ness, extreme earliness and wonderful productivenes.' with handsome appearance and finest quality of pod We would advise it both for home and market gardei use.
GIANT STRINGLESS GREENPOD
A very productive, long round-podded variety, pro- ducing large pods, measuring five to six inches in length ; very tender and absolutely stringless, and of the finest flavor.
BOUNTIFUL
A green pod Bush Bean, which comes into bearing very early and continues throughout the season. Pods beautiful rich green, very thick, broad, long and uni- form ; meaty, tender, fine quality ; absolutely stringless. Good shell Bean for winter use. A splendid market variety.
EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE
Very popular on account of its earliness and uni- form round and nearly stringless green pods.
REFUGEE OR 1000 TO 1— Very prolific green
pod.
STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEANS
LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS
An old popular early string bean, flat pods, of light green color.
TENNESSEE GREEN POD
Very prolific, foliage dark green ; pods long, flat, light green and of fine quality.
BLACK VALENTINE
This is an extra early variety. The hardiest of beans. The handsome pods are long, straight and round. This is an ideal bean for early market. Very prolific yielder.
LONGFELLOW — A remarkably early, round, very prolific bean, bearing pods frequently over 6 inches long, and string- less, except when old. Matures very evenly.
Price of all varieties named on I this page — Pkt., 10c; 1 lb., 40c ; 5 lbs., $1.60 ; 100 lbs., — — .
To pound rate, add for parcel post.
Prices named here subject to change.
FORDHOOK FAVORITE WHITE SEEDED STRING- LESS—One of the best. 50c per pound.
RED VALENTINE — Extra Early Improved — Our strain of this very popular standard bush snap bean is the Earliest Im- proved type. Pods are round, bright green, tender, solid, and of the finest flavor, uniformity of ripening. Its prolific yield- ing quality, together with other fine qualities, makes it a de-® sirable early bean for market gardeners.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; lb., 40c ; 10 lbs., $3.00.
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DWARF OR BUSH WAX PODDED BUSH BEANS
DWARF BLACK WAX (Prolific Wax)— One of the earli- est wax-podded varieties. Pods are 4 to 5 inches long ; round, meaty, brittle and stringless, golden yellow, of excellent flavor ; very prolific yielder.
Price— Pkt., 10c.
DAVIS KIDNEY WAX — A very early and productive variety. Has uniformly large, straight, clear yellow, very at- tractive pods. The dry beans are white and make fine shell beans for winter use.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; lb., 50c ; 100 lbs., $30.00.
DWARF GOLDEN WAX — For a number of years this var- iety has been popular with the home gardeners. The pods are fleshy, golden yellow, semi-round, long, of fine quality. The matured beans are fine for winter shell beans.
PRICE— Pkt., 10c ; lb., 50c ; 100 lbs., $30.00.
DWARF OR BUSH LIMA BEANS
“BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA”— The pods are truly enormous in size, borne abundantly and well filled with handsome beans which are both larger and thicker than those of the popular Burpee’s Bush, and fully eight days earlier.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; lb., 40c ; 100 lbs., $27.50.
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA— An improved dwarf lima of exceptional merit. The plant is vigorous and erect-growing. The pods which are produced in large clusters, are medium green, four to five inches long, each containing 3 to 5 large beans of exceptionally fine quality.
Price— Pkt., 10c; lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 85c; 100 lbs,., $30.00.
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA— Pods short and flat; deli- cious flavor. The earliest of the bush limas ; two weeks earlier than any of the climbing limas. It is small in size, but of high table merit, and in favor with housekeepers on account of its delicious flavor and great productiveness. It bears until frost, and a small patch will supply a family.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; lb., 40c ; 2 lbs., 75c ; 100 lbs., $25.00.
If beans are to be sent by mail, add to pound rate amount for parcel postage. See scale on inside cover page.
SHELL BEANS
These are exclusively grown to be used as shell beans, either green or dried for winter.
IMPROVED WHITE KIDNEY— The large plump beans, excellent cooked with sweet corn, making “succotash.”
RED KIDNEY — A vigorous grower and very productive. The large red kidney shaped beans are extensively used as shell beans and much relished.
IMPROVED NAVY or BOSTON PEA — This is an improve- ment over the old-time Navy Bean. Valuable as a field bean and considered by many best baking variety.
Price of all the above varieties of Shell Beans — Pkt., 10c; 1 lb., 30c ; 2 lbs. for 55c ; 100 lbs. for $25.00.
WHITE NAVY BEANS
These usually make a very profitable crop to grow for shelled white beans for market. Plant from May to July, in rows three feet apart, dropping two to three beans together a foot apart in the rows. Cultivate early, as they grow rapidly, but do not work them while the dew is on the foliage, and care should be used not to cultivate deeply after they are three or four inches high. Do not cultivate after they begin to blossom.
One pack (15 lbs.) will plant an acre.
Price— Per lb., 30c ; 10 lbs. at 28c per lb. ; 60 lbs. at 25c per lb.
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IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE BEANS
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— Semi-pole hard shell Bean, very prolific.
Begin spraying Beans early, before pods form. Look at page 44.
Order your supply early, when planting starts, frequently an or- der is lost, and time wasted tracing it. Be prepared to harvest more.
We have made our prices as low as our high grade seeds can be sold, and we can give no discuonts.
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POLE OR CORNFIELD BEANS and POLE LIMA BEANS
Culture — Pole Beans are not so hardy as bunch beans, and in this latitude plant about the first of May or after the danger from frost is over, in rows 4 feet apart; set poles 6 to 8 feet long, 3 to 4 feet apart in the row; drop 5 to 6 beans 2 inches deep around each pole or hill. These varieties may also be planted in the cornfield to run up the stalk. One quart will plant 100 hills; % bushel to acre.
WHITE CREASEBACK — Extremely early, very productive. Pods are borne in clusters from four to six ; broad, thick, sol- idly fleshy and stringless. Well adapted for shipping to distant markets.
OCTOBER, OR HORTICULTURAL (WREN’S EGG, OR CRANBERRY) — Pods short, broad, pale green, streaked with bright red as they mature. Beans large, oval, flesh-colored, splashed and spotted with wine red and of the highest quality, either green or dry. Many like this variety better than the Limas. Especially adapted for mountainous districts, short sea- sons and cool locations.
POLE LIMA BEANS
Lima Beans will not grow until the weather and ground are warm; if planted earlier, the seeds are apt to rot in the ground. |
WHITE KENTUCKY WONDER (BURGER’S STRING- LESS GREEN POD) — The pods are borne in clusters, are uni- formly straight, meaty, entirely stringless, tender, of mild fla- vor. The pearly white beans make splendid dry beans.
KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD HOMESTEAD— The most popular of the pole green-podded snap beans. The long pods, often nine to ten inches in length, are borne in large clusters ; pods are nearly round, fleshy, stringless and .very showy; an early and most prolific variety.
LAZY WIFE — A superior variety for home gardens. Also as a field bean among corn. Has large, green, very tender pods of delicious flavor. They are broad and thick, and are stringless until quite large. Very desirable for cooking in the pod or as a shell bean. The dried beans are round, pure white.
STRIPED CREASEBACK, POLE OR CORNFIELD— Very early, yet bears for a long season. The rich dark green pods borne in clusters are 6 to 8 inches long, of excellent flavor, tender and stringless. Very popular for growing in corn.
CUT SHORT, OR CORN HILL — An old variety, /very pop- ular for planting among corn, and it will give a good crop without use of poles ; vines medium, pods short, cylindrical and white, covered at one end with reddish brown dots.
EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX— The grandest yellow- podded Pole Bean in cultivation. Pods are produced in clusters of from 4 to 6 the entire lengh of the vines, and are fit for use a long time after reaching maturity.
Price of all above Pole Snap Beans — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 40c ; 2 lbs., 75c ; 100 lbs., $25.00.
KING OF THE GARDEN POLE LIMA— An improved strain of the Large White or more prolific character and with larger pods and beans. Large early crops and bears until frost. Only two plants should be allowed to one hill.
CARPINTERIA LIMA, LARGE GREEN SEEDED— Larg- est size and much thicker than the old type. Extra fine qual- ity. The fine green tint remains with this bean long after becoming dry, which proves that the high quality endures. The vines are strong and vigorous growers. The most prolific lima bean.
FORD’S MAMMOTH LIMA — The pods are unusually large, each containing 5 to 7 beans of the finest flavor. The vines are vigorous setting the pods early ; continue bearing until frost.
CAROLINA SIEVA OR SMALL POLE LIMA— Beans small, good quality. These grow quickly, mature early, are very productive, and continue in bearing throughout the season.
Price of all above Lima Beans — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 40c ; 2 lbs., 75c ; 100 lbs., $28.00.
KENTUCKY WONDER POLE BEAN
SCARLET RUNNER — Useful both as a vegetable and for ornamental purposes. »It bears bright scarlet flowers. The seed are broad and kidney shaped. Very meaty.
Price — Pkt., 10c.
Prices of all beans subject to change.
CARPINTERIA LARGE GREEN SEEDED LIMA
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GARDEN OR TABLE BEETS
Culture — Beets thrive best in rather light, mellow and deep-worked soil, which has been thoroughly enriched with well-rotted manure or fertilizer, which should be well mixed with the soil. Sow in drills 2 feet apart and thin out the plants to 4 inches apart in the drills. For a small garden the drills need not be more than 12 to 15 inches apart.
One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill, 6 to 8 lbs. to the acre.
EARLY RED BALL BEETS — This variety has proven to be the best deep red turnip beet, not only for the market gardeners, but for home use. It is also by far the best for canning, making a strikingly handsome product, much superior to that obtained from any other sort. Root globular and very smooth ; color of skin dark blood red ; flesh deep red, very crisp, tender and sweet, and remaining so for a long time.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
CROSBY’S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN— An improvement on other Egyptian sorts, being as early, and of more desirable shape, color and quality. Is being more largely planted for early market, by truckers and shippers, and has proven very profitable and satisfactory, being very sweet and tender.
Price— Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; £ lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
DETROIT DARK RED TURNIP — A very fine strain of turnip-shaped beet. Top small, upright growing, thus permit- ting close planting. Color of skin dark blood red ; flesh bright red. Quality is of the very best, sweet, tender and lasting.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EDMAND’S BLOOD iTURNIP— This beet is an excellent keeper. They are nearly round and smooth. Skin and flesh deep red ; crisp and sweet. A desirable soft to plant late for winter use.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
CRIMSON GLOBE — The interior is a rich, deep crimson, and fine grained in texture. The foliage is deep blood red. It is nearly round, of medium size, and does not become coarse at maturity.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EXTRA EARLY ECLIPSE — A very early maturing Beet, especially desirable for the home garden. Top of medium size.
Root nearly globular, with a small tap root and small collar.
Flesh bright red, very sweet, crisp and tender.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; £ lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
RED BALL BEETS
EARLY RED BALL BEETS
BASTAIN’S EARLY BLOOD RED TURNIP— One of larg- est beets, yet of quick growth and of high table value. Color bright red. Fine for home garden and market.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD TURNIP— A superior selec- tion of Blood Turnip Beet, dark red, fine flavor. It forms mdium-sized, sound, half-flattened bulbs. Good for late or early planting.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; £ lb., 40c; lb., $1.50.
LONG SMOOTH BLOOD — Tops large, with good-sized long roots, tapering and growing even with the surface ; dark red ; flesh very sweet and tender, remaining so when kept till spring. A popular winter sort.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 30c ; lb., $1.25.
SWISS CHARD, OR SPINACH
The stalks when cooked and served like asparagus make a most delicious salad. The leaves should be prepared like spin- ach, kale or turnip salad. Sown early in the spring, it yields salad all summer. Grow a row and you will not be without it hereafter.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.35.
MANGEL WURTZEL OR STOCK BEETS— Contain a large amount of starch and sugar, grow to a large size, and are valuable as food for all classes of live stock. See page 30 for description and prices of the different varieties.
INSECTICIDES
We carry large stocks of Arsenate of Lead, Bordeaux, Paris Green, Bug Death, Slug Shot, etc., used for destroying potato, melon and other bugs. Also a complete line of Spray Pumps.
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS
This plant grows 2 or 3 feet high and produces from the sides of the stalks numerous little sprouts, 1 or 2 inches in di- ameter, resembling cabbages. The leaves should be broken down in the fall to give the little cabbages room to grow. They are very tender and sweet after early frost. The small heads are boiled and served in the manner of cabbages. Sow in seed- bed in May, transplant and cultivate like cabbage.
One ounce will produce about 2,000 plants.
PERFECTION — An improved strain, producing more per- fect and larger heads.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 30c : 1 lb., 90c ; lb., $3.00.
BROCOLLI
A vegetable similar to Cauliflower, of less delicate flavor, but much hardier. It does better than cauliflower, being har- dier. Cultivate the same as cauliflower.
PURPLE CAPE — The leading sort. Heads are purplish and resemble the Algiers cauliflower in habit of growth.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; J lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.50.
CHERVIL
Used for flavoring or garnishing, and is more beautiful than Parsley. Sow in early spring in rich soil, and when plants are large enough, transplant to a foot apart.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
CHICORY
Chicory is grown principally for the large thick which are dried and roasted ; also the leaves are used as s during the early spring.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c.
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WATER'-CRESS — Is developing into a very profitable in- dustry for shipment to large markets. This variety is sown in the spring in beds in damp places or along the edges of ponds, creeks and running streams.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c ; | lb., $1.00.
UPLAND CRESS — Is shown in the spring, in drills about one foot apart.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 25c ; i lb., 65c.
Cultivated and grown same as cabbage. Collards are pure- ly a Southern vegetable, largely used in place of cabbage. Col- lards are considered in the South the old-time winter greens. They are improved by the touch of frost. Sow one ounce seed to 200 feet row.
N. C. BUNCOMBE SHORT STEM— This variety has short stem, large spreading leaves. Has proven very popular wher- ever grown. A great improvement over other varieties.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
TRUE GEORGIA OR SOUTHERN— A well known and popular sort.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., 90c.
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CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS
CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS
Sown with the approach of cool weather in the fall, it will produce an abundance of leaves which may be used as a salad throughout winter and spring. Quite hardy, but should be protected during severe weather. One ounce will sow 20 square feet. Large seeded.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
We pay postage on packets, ounces and quarter pounds. In larger quan- tities, refer to Parcel Post Rate on first page.
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HIGH QUALITY CABBAGE SEED
ONE OUNCE OF SEED WILL PRODUCE FROM 1500 TO 2000 PLANTS; SIX OR EIGHT OUNCES OUGHT TO PRODUCE ENOUGH PLANTS TO SET AN ACRE
Culture — For a succession sow seed of the early varieties in hot-bed or cold-frame in February and March. Later sow early varieties out of doors in April and May.
For Late Summer and Fall Cabbage, sow in April, May and June, late or winter sorts.
Transplant when 4 to 6 inches high, setting the plants down to the first leaf; early varieties 18 inches apart, in rows 2V2 feet apart. Use good rich soil, plenty of manure and fertilizer, and work frequently and deeply.
The essential requirements are, first, GOOD S! Have for sale only the BEST AMERICAN GROWN
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE
THE BEST SECOND EARLY CABBAGE IN EXIST- ENCE— Remarkable for its uniform type of large, solid, crisp, hard-heading, long-keeping quality. Has few outer or surplus leaves, being compact. Has become the truckers’ favorite for main crop ; very hardy and a vigorous grower. We unhesitat- ingly recommend this cabbage for both home and market garden.
Price— Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c; 1 lb., $2.25; lb., $7.00.
HENDERSON’S EARLY SUMMER— This is an ideal sec- ond early sort. It forms flatfish solid heads averaging about 8 to 10 lbs. Our seed is very carefully selected.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; 1 lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
COPENHAGEN MARKET— As early as the Jersey Wake- field, and yields heavier crop. For a round head variety, this seems to be a strong statement. It is a fact and proven so by gardeners all over America for five years. Some of its chief features, in addition to its earliness, compactness, its light green leaves tightly folded, large size of heads often weighing ten pounds. Leaves being tightly folded allows close planting.
Its even maturing permits the field to be cleared at one time.
It produces a fine grain, tender, white head of excellent quality.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; i lb., $2.65 ; lb., $10.00.
BUNCOMBE, N. C., WINTER CABBAGE
NORTH CAROLINA BUNCOMBE— It has been success- fully raised in North Carolina for over twenty years. Many prefer it to all other winter sorts. The heads are large, firm and solid ; a reliable, sure and uniform header. Keeps well through the winter.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; i lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
£EDS. We have made Cabbage Seed a specialty. SEEDS, especially grown for us.
CHARLESTON OR LARGE WAKEFIELD CABBAGE
CHARLESTON OR LARGE WAKEFIELD— Ripens a few days later than the Jersey, but is much larger and possesses all the blood qualities of the True Wakefield type in an intensified degree.
Price— Pkt., 10c; oz., 65 ; i lb., $2.50; lb., $8.00. _______
HENDERSON’S EARLY SUCCESSION— A wonderful cab- bage for solidity, productiveness and fine large heads. Matures early, has handsome color and fine quality.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; % lb., $2.50 ; lb., $9.00.
ALL HEAD EARLY — For uniformity, reliability of head- ing, size, earliness and quality it is very superior. Its heads grow compact and free from spreading leaves.
Price— Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c ; | lb., $2.25; lb., $7.00.
SELECT EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD— This sharp head variety is very early, compact leaves ; its hardiness en- ables it to resist all sorts of unfavorable Conditions. Has for a long time been the market gardener’s favorite for a first early cabbage.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 65c ; £ lb., $2.50 ; lb., $8.00.
SURE HEAD (Pedigree Stock) — True American grown. Produces large, round, flattened heads that are all head, with fewer outer leaves, very uniform, firm and weighs from 10 to 15 pounds each. Splendid shipper and of an excellent quality.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 70c ; 1 lb., $2.00 ; lb., $6.00.
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AUTUMN KING, OR WORLD BEATER— Large, broad heads are uniform in shape, hard and solid as a rock, fine grained and tender — more so than any other very large cabbage. Forming so few outer leaves, it goes almost all to head. It is a rapid grower, and does not require special culture to bring out its excellencies.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 65c ; \ lb., $2.50 ; lb., $8.00.
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CABBAGE SEED— Continued
EARLY SHORT STEM DRUMHEAD— It is ready for mar- keting 2 or 3 weeks earlier than the late Drumheads, forms large, solid, rounded heads weighing from 15 to 25 pounds.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 25c ; J lb., 90c ; lb., $3.00.
LONG ISLAND EARLY FLAT DUTCH— The heads are large and solid, and mature very early — just after the select Jersey Wakefield, and may be marketed at the same time with the Wakefield. In every respect it is a cabbage worthy of cul- tivation.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 65c ; \ lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
SELECTED LATE FLAT DUTCH— Grown very extensively by market gardeners for late crop. It grows very large, a sure header, uniform in shape, size and color. Large leaved and short stem.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 65c ; £ lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
LARGGE LATE DRUMHEAD— Very hardy and desirable fall and winter cabbage. Head enormous. A good keeper and shipper.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 65c ; £ lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
DANISH BALL HEAD — This sort is also known and sold as Hollander ; the two varieties are identical. One of the hardi- est of all late sorts ; stands cold and drouth ; produces a hard, compact, medium sized, perfectly round head of the finest qual- ity. A splendid keeper and shipper.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 65c ; £ lb., $2.50 ; lb., $9.00.
MAMMOTH RED ROCK — The largest and hardiest heading sort ; large leaves, deep red color ; very fine.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; £ lb., $2.50 ; lb., $9.00.
GREEN GLAZED CABBAGE— A cabbage of similar habits to the collard ; a worm proof and very desirable sort.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 50c ; £ lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
AMERICAN DRUMHEAD SAVOY— The hardiest cabbage in cultivation. Heavy frosts only improve the quality.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; £ lb., $2.25 ; lb., $7.00.
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HOT BEDS AND COLD FRAMES
HOT BEDS AND COLD FRAMES — We are so frequently asked how to make a hot-bed or cold-frame that we decided to give here accurate instructions for both. The object of a hot- bed is to provide a place to start plants in that are to be set out in open ground later when the weather will permit, and also to grow such vegetables for the table as will permit of growing under such conditions, as lettuce, radish, beets, etc.
CONSTRUCTION — A frame should be made of the desired size, using lumber about an inch in thickness. The back should be 12 to 15 inches high and the front 10 to 12, in order to give the proper slope to turn water and catch the rays of the sun. Sash of suitable size should be provided and fitted perfectly, so as to keep out the cold, but they should be so placed as to slide, in order to give proper ventilation when needed. The frame is to be mounted on and firmly anchored around your bed after the bed is prepared.
PREPARING THE BED — This is the most important thing, and requires careful attention. Slight excavation is sometimes made before the manure is put in and the frame placed. To se- cure the bottom heat for the bed take a quantity of fresh horse manure and a liberal quantity of straw bedding, throw to- gether under a shed and allow to heat for several days, then fork over and allow to come to a heat again, then remove to the frame and tramp in thoroughly to the depth of six to ten inches. Cover this with a layer of six to ten inches of good, rich, mel- low soil ; cover and allow to stand a few days, until the heat has subsided, and then you are ready to sow seed or put in plants.
MANAGEMENT OF THE BED— You should watch the bed, and not let it get too hot, but ventilate judiciously when needed. On very cold nights the bed might be covered with old sacks, matting or quilts. The bed must be kept moist by judicious watering which should be done evenings.
COLD FRAME — A cold frame is nothing more than a hot bed with the bottom heat cut out. This is easily done by using old manure instead, of fresh, or if a little heat only is desirable.
PE-TSAI CHINESE,
CHINESE PE TSAI OR “CELERY” CABBAGE— Produces beautiful crisp, celery-like heads that blanch easily and that re- semble a giant Cos lettuce. As a salad it rivals the finest let- tuce, when cooked as cabbage or spinach it makes a delightful green. Its pure white heads make the best cold slaw. It is easily grown, but should be planted early, as it does best during the cool season.
Price — Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c; £ lb., $2.25; lb., $7.50.
a small quantity of fresh manure can be used. Cold frames are generally used for more hardy stuff, and sometimes only; can- vas covering is used where the weather is not severe enough during the day but what the cover can be propped up or taken off. The proper management of both hot beds and cold frames is largely a matter of both practice and common sense.
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
Supplied by us are raised on the coast of South Carolina, in the open ground, are stocky, will stand our climate, and make you early cabbage. They are of a better grade than offered by many others as they are raised from high quality cabbage seed.
Price— $1.25 for 500; $2.00 per 1,000; $1.75 per 1,000 in 5,000 lots and over. Cabbage plants only shipped by express direct from growing station in South Carolina. Send remit- tance with orders. We do not ship plants C. O. D.
CABBAGE PLANTS — From our own grounds here. Early varieties ready after February 15.
Price — 100 by mail postpaid, 50c ; by express, not prepaid, 40c per 100 ; $3.50 per 1,000.
MASTER’S RAPID PLANT SETTER
For setting out all kinds of plants, such as Cabbage, Toma- toes, Tobacco, Sweet Potatoes, Onion Slips, Celery, etc., this Setter is simply perfection itself. Any gardener or farm hand can easily set out 12,000 plants in 10 hours, and after you have become used to it, you will find no difficulty in setting out 15,000 pants per day, and there will be no re-setting plants, as it does absolutely sure work. Should dry weather set in at planting time, this Planter will give each plant a half teacup of water at the root at the moment it is put into the ground, and the Setter automatically throws into the hole on top of the roots and water plenty of earth, so that the plant becomes set, watered and covered at one operation.
Price- — $5.00 each.
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IMPROVED LONG ORANGE— A well known stand- ard sort ; roots long, thickest near the crown, tapering regularly to a point ; color deep orange, suitable for the table and main field crop.
OX HEART OR GUERANDE— A short, thick stump rooted sort ; best for thin soil and heavy land ; fine grained and very sweet.
EARLY SCARLET HORN- — An excellent variety for first planting ; leaves coarse and short ; light green, tap- ering to shaped root ; color, orange red.
Price of all Table Carrots Listed — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 55c ; lb., $2.00.
CARROTS FOR STOCK FEEDING
For feeding horses and milch cows, carrots are un- surpassed. Four pounds of seed are required for an acre.
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CARROTS
One ounce is enough to sow one hundred feet of drill. Four to five pounds is enough to plant an acre Carrots are full of starch and sugar, furnishing very nutritious and wholesome feed; they are grown. In the South their hardiness and the ease of cultivation make them a very profitable crop.
DANVER’S HALF LONG CARROTS
D ANVER’S HALF LONG — This is the most popular sort for all purposes. We illustrate a bunch of this favorite sort, which shows its shape. A great yielder ; short top, coarse leaves ; roots smooth, of fine sweet flavor ; color a rich orange red.
CHANTENEY, OR MODEL — Medium early and of excellent qual- ity. Tops medium sized, necks small. Roots thick, five and one-half to six inches in length, uniformly smooth, deep orange red in color. Flesh very crisp and tender.
IMPROVED WHITE BELGIAN— Grows one-third above ground. Root pure white, green above ground with small top ; flesh rather coarse.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; \ lb., 25c ; lb., 65c ; 5 lbs. for $2.50.
LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN— Makes long yellow roots about one-third to one-half of the roots grow above the surface and are easily harvested.
Price— Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; i lb., 35c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs. for $5.00.
CELERY
CELARIAC OR TURNIP ROOTED CELERY
The roots have the flavor of celery, are excellent for flavoring soups and salads. Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; \ lb., 75c; lb., $2.50.
One ounce sows about 100 feet and produces about 4,000 good plants; 8 ounces to set one acre. Ma- tures from 120 to 160 days.
Culture — Sow seed in February, March or April, in rows of fine rich soil, and if dry enough, press the soil firmly with a roller or the back of a spade. Keep the seed bed well watered, as celery germinates very slowly. When four inches high, cut off tops to make the plants grow stocky. Transplant from June to September in rows three feet apart, six inches apart in roy.
GIANT WHITE — This is the earliest maturing sort, unsurpassed in shape and quality ; most easily blanched, very stocky and heavy ; thick snow white stalks ; tender and crisp.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.50.
GOLDEN SELF BLANCHING, FRENCH GROWN— Of a golden yellow color ; ribs are brittle, and of a delicious flavor. Nearly as early as the above variety. Stalks are heavy, perfectly solid, about 20 inches high ; easily blanched.
Price— Pkt., 15c ; oz., $1.00 ; l lb., $3.85.
IMPROVED WHITE PLUME — A great favorite, crisp and tender. The plants grow rapidly and blanch easily during the summer months.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; | lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.00.
GIANT PASCAL — Splendid variety for fall and winter use. It blanches to a yel- lowish white color, and is solid, crisp, and of fine flavor.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 30c ; l lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.00.
CELERY PLANTS
TRANSPLANTED STOCK — Can supply the four varieties above named from June to September at $1.15 per 100 by mail postpaid. By express not prepaid. $1.00 per 100 ; $8.00 per 1,000.
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DRY WEATHER CAULIFLOWER
CAULIFLOWER
One-fourth ounce produces about 500 plants; 3 ounces make enough to set out an acre. Matures heads in 90 days from planting.
Cauliflower succeeds well in any soil where cabbages grow. It delights in a rich soil and plenty of water. Early planting is essential ; in this section plant in hot-beds in February, March, and early in April ; also rapid and thorough cultiva- tion. Transplanting should be done in moist weather.
EARLY SNOWBALL — This variety is not only the earliest to head but a re- markably sure header, making large, solid, perfecct, pure white heads of the finest quality. Our seed imported direct from the world’s foremost source of supply.
Price — Pkt., 15c ; | oz., 85c ; oz., $2.50 ; \ lb., $9.00.
DRY WEATHER CAULIFLOWER— This new cauliflower is especially adapted for growing in dry locations when other varieties fail. It produces large, solid heads.
Price — Pkt., 15c ; \ oz., 85c ; oz., $3.00 ; | lb., $8.00.
EXTRA EARLY ERFURT — An extra early compact sort, pure white, a reliable header, and suitable for both outdoor and forcing.
See page 33 for prices of Cauliflower plants.
Price — Pkt., 15c ; \ oz., 85c ; oz., $3.00 ; \ lb., $&.00.
CUCUMBERS
One ounce of seed will plant 50 hills, 3 pounds to the acre. Matures from 50 to 65 days.
Culture — The planting of cucumbers should be attended with reasonable caution as to condition of the soil. They do not ger- minate well in cold, damp soil, but should be planted in the open ground as soon as the soil is warm, in hills four feet apart each way. Put about ten seeds to hill, cover not over one inch deep ; thin out to four plants, and give frequent shallow cultivation. Do not allow any fruit to ripen on the vines, as this will cause them to stop bearing.
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE— The
vine is vigorous and prolific, bearing long fruits. Fruits are borne early ; are long and dark running to lighter green ; stripes at the blossom and of the very best quality for every purpose.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; \ lb., 30c ; lb., $1.00.
EARLY CLUSTER— An early pro- lific sort ; green variety, bearing its fruit in clusters. Very desirable for home pickles.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; \ lb., 30c ; lb., $1.00.
EARLY FRAME' — An early vigor- ous growing variety, producing short green fruit of excellent quality ; very desirable for pickling.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; ^ b., 30c ; lb., $1.00.
LONG GREEN— The standard var- iety everywhere for main crop. The variety is very prolific, producing un- usually long, dark green fruit, very firm, few seeds, and of good eating quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER
IMPROVED EARLY WHITE
IMPROVED DAVIS PERFECT — We cannot praise this variety too highly. It has every quality that makes up an ideal cucumber. The vine growth is vigorous, produc- ing unusually long, symmetrical fruits that are almost seedless. The fruits of this sort have been mistaken, even by experts, for hothouse or indoor types. For this reason they always command the very best price in any market.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; | lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
EVERBEARING — This is a very early and an extremely prolific variety.
The young fruit is symmetrical, deep in color and crisp. It is an excellent var- iety to grow for small pickles.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c.
JAPANESE CLIMBING — A running variety, taking readily to a trellis or pole, producing fruit of medium size, dark green color, flesh very thick, few seeds and good quality.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.40.
CHICAGO PICKLE — A small dark green, early, prolific sort, more largely used for pickling purposes than any other sort.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; \ lb., 30c ; lb., 90c.
WEST INDIA GHERKIN — A very small, oval shaped prickly variety ; grown exclusively for pickling. Very prolific. Vines slender, with small leaves, but of strong growth.
Price — Pkt., 5e ; oz., 20c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
SPINE — A standard and very popular sort with truckers who grow for market and shipping ; early and prolific.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., $1.25.
ENDIVE
One ounce will sow 100 feet of row; 3 pounds will plant 1 acre of land in rows 3 feet apart.
Culture — A delightful salad. Sow in April, May, and June, in rows 18 inches apart, thin to one foot in the row ; tie outer leaves up over the center and bleach.
WHITE CURLED — Almost clear white sort ; very fine.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 45c ; lb., $1.25.
MOSS GREEN CURLED — A very hardy, dark leaved sort ; crisp and ten- should be bleached.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 20c ; | lb., $1.50.
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GARDEN CORN AND SWEET OR SUGAR CORN
One quart Seed Corn will plant 200 to 300 hills. One peck for an acre in hills.
Culture — Plant in hills three feet apart each way, six or eight kernels in a hill. Make the ground rich with well-rotted manure. Plant the early varieties the last of March or the first of April. Sweet corns are tender and should not be planted till the ground is warm. Give frequent and thorough, but shallow cultivation.
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE — For a second early corn to follow Adams Early, or for late planting to mature early, this is a good sort. It is a white corn, with good depth of grain, tender and sweet, and makes most desirable size for roasting ears. In addition to being a fine garden corn, it makes an excellent field corn to plant late.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 20c ; 2 lbs., 35c ; 100 lbs., $15.00.
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GOLDEN BANTAM— EXTRA EARLY, SWEET, TENDER AND DELICIOUS, is
becoming each year more popular because of its extreme early character, vigorous growth and delicious flavor. It is pronounced by many of our planters the finest extra- early sweet corn ever grown. The dry grain is entirely free from any flinty glaze, it is exceptionally hard and firm, hence can be planted earlier than any other true sweet corn. The stalks are dwarf and sturdy in habit, growing to a height of four feet and can be planted close together in the row ; they bear two or three good small ears to the stalk. The grains are yellow. Golden Bantam is truly delici ous.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN — Small cob ; long, slender, white grains. This variety has a small, white cob densely covered with irregular rows of very long, slender, white grains of excellent quality, ears seven to nine inches long ; stands from six and one- half to seven feet high. Well adapted for canning as well as the home garden and market and by many regarded as the best of the late varieties.
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN — Now recognized everywhere as the standard variety, both for home and market, and is the general favorite. The ears are of a large size, grains deep, exceptionally tender and sugary, and have the advantage of remaining longer in the green state than any other. Our stock has been carefully grown and se- lected to avoid the tendency to a shorter grain and deterioration in the evergreen char- acter of this best of all sorts.
EARLY MAMMOTH — The ears are of large size, tapering well toward the end. A late ripening second early variety.
LATE MAMMOTH — The mammoth ears are thick through, with many rows of large broad grains of excellent quality.
WHITE EVERGREEN — (75 Days). This produces large handsome ears well filled with deep pure white grains of delicious sweetness.
Price, all Varieties of Sugar Corn — 1 pkt., 10c ; 1 b., 30c ; 10 lbs., $2.75.
EXTRA EARLY ADAMS — A popular variety in the South. It is not a true Sugar Corn, but, planted on very rich soil and given thorough cultivation, produces well-filled ears very early.
Price— Pt., 10c ; lb., 20c ; 2 lbs., 35c ; 100 lbs., $15.00.
IMPROVED EARLY ADAMS — This is a very hardy sort and can therefore be planted very early. The stout stalks grow 6 or 7 feet in height, bearing one or two large or medium-sized ears, which are well filled with fine white grain that is of excel- lent quality if pulled at the proper stage.
Price— Pkt., 10c; lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c; 100 lbs., $15.00.
WHITE RICE — A very handsome and very prolific variety. Ears short ; ker- nels long, pointed and resemble rice ; color white. No variety of Pop Corn is su- perior to this for popping.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; \ lb., 15c ; 1 lb., 35c ; 15 lbs., $3.25 ; 50 lbs., $10.00.
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QUEEN’S GOLDEN — This is a large-eared and handsome Pop Corn. The grains are large, pop perfectly white, and are exceedingly tender. The stalks grow about 6 feet high, and yield three or four ears each.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; £ lb., 15c ; 1 lb., 35c ; 15 lbs., $3.25 ; 50 lbs., $10.00.
RED BEAUTY— This is a very prolific and attractive variety. Price— Pkt., 10c; lb., 35c.
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GOOD SEED CORN IS THE KEY TO THE HARVEST
IMPROVED EARLY GOLDEN DENT CORN
IMPROVED SELECTED SEED CORN
EARLY MATURING VARIETIES
IMPROVED EARLY GOLDEN DENT CORN — This produces mammoth ears, ma- turing in 90 to 110 days. Ears are well filled out with solidly set deep kernels of a beautifql golden yellow color. Produces two to three ears to the stalk. Stalks are robust and grow from 8 to 10 feet high.
Price — Pint, 10c ; qt., 20c ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, $3.75.
IMPROVED LEAMING— THE GOLDEN KING OF CATTLE FEEDER S CORN—
There is none better or yielding more bushels. Being rich in protein and oil, it is ideal from a feeder’s standpoint. Color a beautiful golden yellow. It grows a strong rugged stalk 8 to 12 feet high ; very profuse, broad blades, making it one of the best for en- silage and fodder varieties. Matures in 100 to 110 days ; ears containing 16 to 20 rows on small red cob ; usually two good ears to stalk running from 8 to 12 inches long.
Price— Pint, 10c; quart, 20c; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.75.
EARLY WHITE SNOW FLAKE — This variety is undoubtedly the earliest . large corn in cultivation. The grain is deep white ; cob small, white, sometimes running as much as 90 per cent grain. The average length of ear is eight to eleven inches, and the stalk is low, averaging about seven to eight feet. The ear is usually borne close to the ground. This variety admits of close cultivation, and, in our judgment, is one of the most profitable corns that can be grown for. main crop. It has been known to make a roasting ear in sixty days after germinating. It will always be hard enough to grind in 90 to 120 days. It is largely used throughout the South for planting as I late as July.
Price — Pint, 10c ; quart, 25c ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, $3.75. By mail, postpaid, pint,
20c ; quart, 35c.
CHAMPION EARLY WHITE DENT CORN— Matures in 90 to 100 days. This variety is always ready for fee'ding, husking and marketing earlier than any other of the standard varieties of white corn by fully two weeks. Stalk of medium height, ranging from 7 to 10 feet high (dependent upon the land, hill or bottom ground). The type of this corn is very even and uniform ; large ears run from 9 to 12 inches long ;
16 to 22 rows of pure white kernels ; ears well filled out at butt and tip ends.
Price — Pint, 10c; quart, 20c; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.75.
BOONE COUNTY WHITE CORN — It is a splendid yielder. In many places it is j| a great favorite. Highly recommended for an early maturing, heavy yielding corn for upland or good light loam soils. The ears are from 9 to 12 inches long, to 8£ j inches in circumference, containing 18 to 24 rows. The cob is medium size, and pure i white in color. The ears are quite uniform in size, shape and appearance. The ker- nels are pearl white, quite deep. This variety grows a large stalk from 10 to 12 feet I! high, with an abundance of foliage, and like other white varieties, is the best for old, thin, poor soils. They gather more plant food from the air and less from the soil than does the yellow corn.
Price — Pint, 10c ; quart, 20c ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, $3.75.
LATER, OR MAIN CROP VARIETIES
HICKORY KING CORN — A medium early, prolific variety, with very broad and firm flat grain. The ears average about eight inches long. The cob is exceedingly I small, not much larger than a man’s finger, and has ten or twelve rows ; will make fine roasting ears. For the production of meal it is not excelled by any sort. It is especially recommended for high land.
Price — Pint, 10c; quart, 20c ; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.75.
TENNESSEE RED COB WHITE CORN— An extra large field corn; grain long, broad and evenly lined on large red cob. The ears of this sort will run from nine to twelve inches long, and have from eighteen to twenty-two rows. It is rather a late maturing sort, but for bottom land or a main crop, this corn cannot be excelled. Our seed of this variety is grown in Tennessee, in the Tennessee River Valley, and is un- doubtedly the highest developed type of this class of corn that can be obtained.
Pricet — Pint, 10c; quart, 20c; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.75.
COCKE’S PROLIFIC CORN — This variety can be relied upon to produce from two to five ears to the stalk. It being very prolific makes it a large yielding corn. Ears are of medium size. Grain white, of flinty nature, making fine hominy and ex- cellent . meal. One grower stated that it stands dry weather better than any other variety he had tried.
Price — Pint, 10c; quart, 20c; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.75.
LIPPARD’S PROLIFIC CORN
HICKORY KING CORN
One of the most popular varieties raised in Western North Carolina. It is a medium size ear, averaging about 9 inches in length, having from 14 to 16 rows of pure white corn, which makes beau- tiful meal.
Price — Qt., 20c ; peck, $1.10 ;
KENT’S PROLIFIC — Has
been grown on the Kent Farms, Buncombe county, for 20 years. , It is selected in the field, hand shelled, nubbed both ends, and without doubt one of the best seed corn on the market.
The supply is limited. Price $4.00 per bushel ; $1.25
per peck.
VIRGINIA HORSE TOOTH
ENSILAGE— This 'is a large deep-grained white corn grain resembling a horse’s tooth. It has become one of the most pop- ular and satisfactory corns for ensilage.
Price — Quart, 15c ; peck, 90c ; bushel, $3.50.
PRICES OF SEED CORN SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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KOHLRABI
One ounce to 100 yards of row.
A vegetable intermediate between the cabbage and turnip, which combines the flavor of both. It forms a turnip-shaped bulb aboVe the ground, which is prepared for the table like tur- nips. If used when young and tender, makes a delicate and de- sirable vegetable. Also known as “Turnip-rooted Cabbage.” Sow in rows 18 to 20 inches apart, thinning out to 8 inches.
WHITE VIENNA KOHLRABI
EARLY WHITE VIENNA— A light green type; the most
popular.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz ., 25c ; £ lb., 75c ; lb., $2.50.
LEEK
The Leek belongs to the Onion family. Sow the seed and care for the young plants as for onions, but they need more room in order to develop. When the young plant is about the size of a goose quill, transplant to a prepared bed in rows about 3 or 34 feet apart and 4 or 5 inches in the row. Set the roots deep and draw the earth to them when cultivating, so that they may be well blanched by the time they are fit for use.
LONDON FLAG — This is a variety generally cultivated in this country. It is hardy and of good quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
KALE, OR BORECOLE
One ounce to one hundred and fifty feet of drill, or broad- cast two pounds to acre.
A salad of the cabbage family ; extremely easy and profit- able to grow ; broadcast same as turnips ; very hardy.
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH KALE DWARF CURLED SCOTCH— A very early dwarf, hardy
sort.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
TALL CURLED SCOTCH — A tall, growing sort; very hardy.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
LONG STANDING SIBERIAN— The hardiest of the lot; very popular.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
EGG PLANT
One ounce for 1,000 plants, requires about 4 ounces to plant an acre. Matures in about 120 days from sowing.
Egg plant is one of the most delicious vegetables. They grow and fruit exceptionally well in the South, and are very high in food value. Sow seed early in hot beds and transplant into well fertilized situations, when all danger of frost is past.
NEW YORK IMPROVED SPINELESS— This is an entirely spineless strain of the large purple-fruited, which is the well- known standard. The plants are equally as productive, fruits as large and well colored, but stems and calyx entirely free from spines.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c ; £ lb., $1.25.
BLACK BEAUTY — Ten days or two weeks earlier than the preceding, with fruits just as large, of uniform shape and rich, lustrous black color. Fruits develop very quickly and planters will be pleased with them.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 50c ; £ lb., $1.75.
FLORIDA BIG BUSH — Very vigorous and productive, bearing very profusely its large purple fruits of fine shape and quality. Resist drought and wet weather to great degree, on account of its strong upright growth.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c ; £ lb., $1.25.
EGG PLANTS — Large, socky, transplanted plants. Ready March 1st till July.
Price — 40c per doz., $3.25 per 100 postpaid. By express not prepaid, 30c per doz. ; $3.00 per 100.
MUSTARD
One ounce sows 30 feet, 4 or 5 pounds per acre.
This is grown to quite a large extent in the Southern States. It is used the same as spinach, or boiled with meat as greens. The white or yellow-seeded variety is cultivated chiefly for medicinal purposes or pickling.
Culture — Sow during February, March or April, or in the fall during September or October, either broadcast or in rows 6 inches apart. Cut when about 3 inches high.
SOUTHERN GIANT OR CURLED MUSTARD
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED— It forms a great mass of light green leaves beautifully frilled and finely curled. Sucu- lent, pungent, and of sweet flavor. The most popular with Southern growers.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 30c ; lb., 85c.
OSTRICH PLUME — This variety stands the summer heat finely. Is considered the most beautiful of all mustards. Leaves are long, ruffled and curled as graceful as the ostrich plume.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 30c ; lb., 90c.
CHINESE BROAD LEAF — Ready in six weeks from sow- ing. Leaves are twice the size of the white, and the stems more succulent. Pleasantly sweet and pungent.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 30c ; lb., 90c.
WHITE — Leaves comparatively smooth, dark green. Mild and tender when young.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 20c ; lb., 60c.
BLACK — Stronger and more pungent than the white.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 20c ; lb., 60c.
ADD TO POUND PRICES, EXTRA AMOUNT FOR PAR- CEL POST.
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LETTUCE
One ounce will sow about 150 feet of drill or produce 3,000 plants.
Culture — Sow in hot-beds in February and March, harden off and set out 8 to 12 inches apart in 18 inch rows. For succession, sow every three weeks. Sowing may be made in open ground early 'in the spring and the plants thinned out. Lettuce is easy to grow, but requires rich, moist soil, clean and thor- ough cultivation, and plenty of water to give it that quick growth on which depends its tenderness and flavor. After plants are set out a side-dressing of nitrate of soda will stimulate their growth.
CURLED OR LOOSE HEAD VARIETIES
GRAND RAPIDS — A good lettuce to sow outside early in the spring for family use. Makes large, compact bunches of light, attractively curled and fringed leaves. It grows very rapidly and keeps in good marketable condition for a long time after cutting. Its delicious quality and handsome appearance make it a popular variety.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; l lb., 50c ; lb., $1.65.
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON — One of the best, either for forcing under glass or for open ground culture. It forms large, thin, loose leaves of light green color, very tender, crisp and of fine quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; J lb., 50c ; lb., $1.50.
PRIZEHEAD — Well known, loose-heading lettuce, quite distinct from most other sorts on account of its peculiar color, light green shad- ing to bright reddish brown. The leaves are somewhat crimpled and grow more so at the border. In quality, tender and sweet.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.50.
CABBAGE OR HEADING VARIETIES
WAYAHEAD LETTUCE — The earliest Butterhead Lettuce, not only being “wayahead” in earliness, but the tightly folded heads are gener- ally larger in size. The outer leaves a light green, with the inner head finely blanched to a rich buttery yellow. “Wayahead” stands a longer time before running to seed than any other early-head variety.
Price — Pkt., 10c; % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; | lb., 75c.
IMPROVED HANSON — One of the best for growing during the hot summer months, as it will stand heat and dry weather to perfection. The large, solid heads weigh sometimes 2 or 3 pounds. They are of light green color outside, and white within, tender, crisp and of fine
flavor.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; * lb., 50c ; lb., $1.65.
ICEBERG — A good variety for either the market gardener or for family use. Somewhat similar to Hanson, but smaller and of slightly darker color. It matters not whether grown to head in the early spring or in the hottest days of summer, the leaves are always tender and crisp.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; i lb., 60c ; lb., $1.75.
BIG BOSTON LETTUCE
BIG BOSTON — (Improved Selected). Very distinct variety, grown largely in the South as a winter lettuce. It forms large, solid heads, with broad, comparatively smooth and thin leaves. They are of light green color, and quite tender when well grown. Outside it is a less dis- tinctive leading sort, the plants being vigorous, growing to a good size and forming loose heads.
Price=— -Pkt., 5c ; oz.f 25c i lb., 75c ; lb., _ 50.
GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE
BRITTLE-AS-ICE — Very large, extremely crisp, hard-heading, and extra long standing. Retains its crispness and mild flavor to a greater degree during the hot summer months than any other crisp-headed variety ; also very desirable for spring and fall. The leaves are of a soft, bright green, growing tightly around the head. They blanch to a silvery white, and are nearly as crisp as celery.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c ; i lb., 75c ; lb., $2.75.
WONDERFUL (NEW YORK) — This splendid mammoth heading and • long-keeping variety has been grown to weigh 6 lbs. to the head ; frequently weighs 2 or 3 lbs. Heart is solid, of light green color, very sweet, tender and crisp. Long standing, perfect heads may be cut from the same bed for many weeks.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.50.
CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER OR ROYAL SUMMER CABBAGE — A very reliable heading vari- ety ; leaves glossy, deep green, very solid head.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.50.
PARIS WHITE COS OR CELERY LETTUCE— f
The Cos Lettuces are quite distinct, and they are pop- ular on account of their tender, crisp leaves and de- licious flavor. The leaves are long and narrow, and need to be tied up, when they soon form solid conical heads and bleach snow white.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; J lb., 75c ; lb., $2.00.
MAY KING — Of quick growth and produces large, handsome heads with few outside leaves. Color light green, outer leaves folding closely, producing round, solid heads 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Splendid for market gardeners or private use.
Pricer— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.50.
LETTUCE PLANTS — Big Boston, Grand Rapids, and May King varieties.
Price — 45c per 100 postpaid- By express not pre- paid 35c per 100 ; $2.50 per 1,000.
To pound rate add for parcel postage. Smaller ntities, postpaid, at prices named.
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MUSKMELON OR CANTALOUPE
One ounce will plant 50 to 60 hills ; 2 to 3 pounds to an acre.
Culture — A rich, sandy soil and good seed are absolutely essential for success in raising the best muskmelons. The seed should not be planted until the ground has become dry and warm; plant in hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way; old well-rotted manure should be thoroughly mixed with the soil in each hill and in liberal quantity. Put from 6 to 10 seeds to the hill, and when danger of insects destroying the young plants is past thin out to 3 or 4 plants. Give frequent but shallow cultivation until vines cover the ground.
BURRELL’S GEM — A true salmon fleshed Rocky Ford. Character same as Rocky Ford, except that its flesh is a beau- tiful salmon color. The melon is well ribbed and covered with a fine grayish netting. A splendid shipping variety, each mel- on averages 2\ lbs. Very sweet. Matures in about 75 da3rs.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
TIP TOP — This very productive melon is of medium to large size, nearly round, slightly ribbed and fairly well covered with shallow netting. The flesh is deep yellow in color and of excellent quality.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
NETTED GEM — The fruits are uniformly larger than the Rocky Ford Netted Gem, the flesh is thicker, rich and very sweet. This selected strain is hardy and prolific.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; * lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
LARGE HAGENSACK OR TURK’S CAP— Hardy and pro- ductive. Melons are of extra large size, nearly round, heavily ribbed and netted. Flesh is green, thick and very sweet.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
EXTRA EARLY HAGENSACK — An extra early sort, ma- turing in about 60 days, running from medium to large ; deeply ribbed, tough rind sort. A very valuable shipping variety. Flesh light green to pink at the center.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; 4 ozs., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
FORDHOOK — The rind, though thin, is unusually firm and well netted ; the thick salmon flesh is solid and sweet to the rind. One of the finest for market, also equally as good for the home garden. The introducer pronounced it equal to the Emerald Gem in delicious flavor.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
JENNY LIND — An extra early, small green variety, very prolific. The flesh is a light green and one of the sweetest. It is deeply ribbed and thickly netted.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; | lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
BANANA — The fruit is very long, cucumber -shaped, 18 to 24 inches ; flesh yellow, thick and of most delicious odor and
flavor.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; £ lb., 65c.
EMERALD GEM MUSK MELON
EMERALD GEM — The fruit is of good size, very smooth and of deep emerald green color. The flesh is of a rich salmon color, and ripens thoroughly to the extreme thin rind, and is very sweet and rich of flavor ; very hardy and prolific, and grows to perfection in the South. The melon follows the extra early sorts in ripening and lasts longer than most any variety. This melon very popular for home gardens.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; £ lb., 40c; lb., $1.50.
ROCKY FORD OR NETTED GEM MUSK MELON
ROCKY FORD NETTED GEM (SELECTED STRAIN)—
The most popular melon in cultivation. It is without doubt the most uniformly good sort. Very popular as a shipper, fruits stand handling with little or no damage. Early and very prolific ; flesh is light green with salmon flesh near the seed. We offer seed of the very finest strain, grown for us by special- ists in this line, and subjected to the greatest care in selecting and curing.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; J lb., 40c; lb., $1.50.
DELICIOUS GOLD LINED ROCKY FORD— It is medium in size, of round, oval form. Meat of a beautiful golden color, deliciously sweet, very prolific and hardy.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 20c ; J lb., 60c ; lb., $1.75.
MARKET GARDENERS, or other large planters, requiring larger quantities of seeds than are here offered, are invited to write us for Special Prices, and must be sure to name VARIE- TIES and QUANTITIES they will want.
To pound rate add for parcel postage. Smaller quantities, postpaid, at prices named.
NOTICE — Our musk melon seed are raised for us, under con- tract by one of the largest and most reliable growers of musk melon seeds, who carefully se- lects this stock. They can be de- pended upon to produce the best results.
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SELECTED SOUTHERN GROWN WATERMELON SEED
One ounce will plant 30 hills; 3 lbs. for one acre.
The watermelon seed we offer is Southern Grown and far superior (contrary to the general rule in seed), to those grown in the North. Watermelon seed produced North or West and grown in the South produces melons with a hard core and are not used by the large melon growers in the South, although frequently can be obtained at much less price.
Culture — Prepare the soil by thoroughly working in well rotted manure, pulverized sheep manure or poultry droppings; rich soil gives the plants a good start before insects attack them. Make hills 8 feet apart each way, plant 6 to 8 seeds to a hill, covering one inch deep; when well up thin out, leaving 3 strong plants to a hill.
NOTE — Do not neglect to spray your melon vines with Bordo Mixture, it will help to increase the yield and prevent diseases that often destroy the melon crop in the South. See page 43 for description and price of Bordo Mixture.
To prevent and destroy Bugs, dust the vines with Bug-Death or Slugshot. See Insecticides, page 43, for price on Bug-Death or Slugshot. v.- ... • . ^ *
TOM WATSON
No watermelon ever introduced has sprung into popular favor so quickly as ths Tom Wat- son ; the Illustration will show the purchaser the true type. The melons are large, long and dark green like the Kleckly Sweets, but larger, and has a tougher rind, consequently is an ex- cellent shipper for long distances. The deep flesh or meat, is a beautiful rich red, solid and lusciously sweet and ripens close up to the vine.
The vines are vigorous and very productive, al- though a shipping melon, its extra fine quality commends it to the private gardener. The heart is large with no sign of core. The seeds are brown tipped with white. Our seeds are Southern grown, which are the best.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; 5 lb., 40c ; lb.,
$1.'25.
AUGUSTA RATTLESNAKE— Seed Georgia grown. This is a very superior and early type of Rattlesnake melon ; large and very uniform, no misshapen melon in the type. Flesh deep red and crisp ; no strings. Seed of this type are quite distinct, having a black ring around the edge, terminating in two black eyes at the point of the seed. Our seed are true and very best quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb.,
$1.25.
KLECKLEY’S SWEET — This is the famous “Sweetest of All.” Without doubt one of the finest melons grown. Long thin rind. Not a shipper, but one of the finest for home use.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; ^ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
FLORIDA FAVORITE — A large, smooth, beautifully shaped melon of dark green color, irregularly striped with light green, very early and exceedingly prolific. The rind is of medium thickness, very hard and tough, making an excellent sort for shipping. The flesh is of right red color, sweet and juicy.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
HARRIS’ EARLIEST WATERMELON
HARRIS’ EARLIEST WATERMELON— Sweqtest, largest early melon. Melon is oval to oblong ; beautifully striped with green and grey ; bright red flesh which is sweet, tender and de- licioss. It is the melon for everybody to grow who wants to be first in the market with fine large melons weighing 20 to 30 lbs.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; | lb., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
GENUINE TOM WATSON WATERMELON
HALBERT’S HONEY — One of the newer varieties of splen- did quality and especially desirable for home use or nearby markets. They are much like Kleckley’s Sweet, or Monte Cristo, but longer in shape ; have a dark green thin rind ; ex- ceedingly bright scarlet meat, so crisp and tender that a well ripe melon splits ahead of the knife when cutting. Melons are long, blunt at both ends, and the vines are very productive.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE — One of the largest, oldest and most popular sorts, especially in the South. Fruits very long, of light green color, distinctly striped and blotched with a darker shade. Flesh bright scarlet, very sweet and tender.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; j lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
ICE CREAM OR PEERLESS — A popular melon for home and market. Oblong, with dark green, finely grained skin. Flesh sweet, deep pink ; solid to the center.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
ALABAMA SWEET— Shape long to oblong; dark large ■? green slightly striped with lighter shade. The flesh is exceed- ingly tender and sweet ; rind medium thin but tough.
Price — Pkt., 5s ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
CAROLINA BRADFORD — Color dark green, striped with darker shade ; rind thin ; flesh red and of fine flavor ; seed \ small, white, flecked with brownish spots, excellent for home use.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; 4 oz., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
KOLB GEM — Large, heavy shipper ; round, dark green striped with lighter shade ; rind thick, flesh bright x-ed, seed ' dark gray.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; 4 oz., 35c ; lb., $1.00.
COLORADO CITRON or PRESSING MELON— Also called
apple pie.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; \ lb., 60c.
To poynd prices, add for parcel postage.
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OUR SUPERIOR ONION SEED
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 5 pounds is required to make plants enough to set an acre.
Culture — Large Onions From Seed — To grow large onions from seed the first year, sow in January, February or early in March in hot beds, or in the open ground later, and when the weather opens and the plants are the size of a goose quill, transplant 4 or 5 inches apart in 12 to 18 inch rows. Transplanting always increases the yield, sometimes doubles it.
The onion is best grown in a rich, sandy loam. Continued cultivation upon the same plot of ground, contrary to the general rule, rather improves the crop than otherwise.
PRIZE TAKER OR SPANISH KING ONION
ONION SETS
PRIZE TAKER, OR SPANISH KING— It is one of the largest, handsomest and most profitable varieties grown. By sowing early and transplanting it can be grown to an extra- ordinary size. The Prize Taker Onion is globe-shaped ; of a clean, bright yellow or straw color. Has a small neck and ripens up hard. Keeps well until about midwinter. Flesh thick, white, mild and agreeable in flavor. It is easily grown, medium early in maturing.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c ; J lb., $1.50 ; lb., $5.50.
ONE TRUCK GROWER in Buncombe County planted 50c worth of SOUTH PORT YELLOW GLOBE ONION SEED that he bought of us as late as the 10th of June, and by the first part of October had sold $40.00 worth of onions. If he had planted the seed at the right time, March or April, in the open, his onions would have been double the size and brought him twice the revenue.
LARGE RED WEATHERFIELD — The most widely culti- vated red variety, the standard winter Onion ; a sure and heavy yielder ; the best keeper ; grows to an immense size, solid, oval- shaped, flattened on top ; skin pui-plish red, smooth and glossy ; flesh white. This variety does best on rich, moderately dry soil, but on low muck land it is more apt to form large necks than the Danvers. There is no better sort for poor and dry soils.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 85c ; £ lb., $1.25 ; lb., $3.75.
LARGE YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS— This improved variety is largest in size and uniformly globe shhped, has small necks and ripens evenly. A fine keeper and matures early.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c ; \ lb., $1.25 ; lb., $3.75.
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE— A handsome white globe Onion. Very mild.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c ; J lb., $1.50 ; lb., $5.00.
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE— Fine shape; rich yellow color and a good keeper.
Price— Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; £ lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00.
If by mail add 10c per qt. extra for postage. Write for bushel prices on onions.
We pay postage on packets, ounces and quarter pounds. In larger quantities, refer to parcel post rates on Page One.
One quart will plant 50 feet of row; 4 to 6 bushels will plant an acre.
SILVER SKIN — Best white Onions for growing from sets. Mild flavor and good keepers.
Price — Qt., 25c ; £ pk., 85c ; pk., $1.50.
YELLOW DANVERS— One of thf best keepers and the most popular variety to plant in the spring from sets.
Price — Qt., 20c ; \ pk., 75c ; pk., $1.25.
LARGE RED WEATHERSFIELD — A favorite market var- iety and large cropper.
Price — Qt., 20c; £ pk., 75c; pk., $1.25.
WHITE MULTIPLIER — Or Nest Onions, very productive, of finest flavor ; better keepers than the Yellow Multiplier, and does not make as large onions as they do.
Price — Qt., 25c ; (by mail postpaid, qt. 35c) ; by express £ pk., 85c; pk., $1.50.
YELLOW POTATO, MULTIPLIER— These make large reddish-brown Onions of a mild flavor ; excellent cooking quali- ties.
Price— Qt., 25c ; £ pk., 85c ; pk., $1.50.
BERMUDA ONIONS— Qt., 25c ; £ pk., 85c ; pk., $1.50.
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE — Large, beautiful globe-shaped red Onion, very mild and splendid keeper.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c ; £ lb., $1.50 ; lb., $5.00.
SILVER SKIN OR WHITE PORTUGAL (See Cut)— The bulbs are flat. It is of a mild, pleasant flavor and is a splen- did variety, both for home use and the market gardener. It is extensively used for growing sets, for which it is well adapted on account of the shape of the bulb and its excellent keeping qualities. It is also used largely for pickling.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c ; i lb., $1.25 ; lb., $4.50.
SILVER SKIN OR WHITE PORTUGAL ONION
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PARSLEY
One ounce sows one hundred and fifty feet of row.
Culture — Sow in February, March or early in April, half an inch deep, in rows a foot apart, pressing the soil after sowing. Parsley is slow to germinate, sometimes two or three weeks in coming up. Germination may be hastened by soaking the seeds several hours before sowing, or by covering the rows with boards to retain the moisture.
Fall sowings should be made in August or September in hot beds or cold frames. Top dress with well rotted manure or a good ammoniated fertilizer.
CHAMPION MOSS CURLED PARSLEY
CHAMPION MOSS CURLED— The best and most improved strain. It is beautifully curled and crimped, and is the best for garnishing and flavoring. If cut when about 3 inches high, it starts a new growth that will be better curled and a brighter color. It makes an ornamental plant for edging walks.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
PLAIN OR SINGLE — Very hardy, and stronger in flavor than the curled.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; 5 lb., 30c ; lb., $1.00.
TURNIP-ROOTED, OR HAMBURG PARSLEY — The
fleshy root resembles a parsnip, and is used for flavoring soups, stews, etc.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
PARSNIPS
One ounce sows about one hundred and fifty feet; five to six pounds to the acre.
They require a deeply prepared loam for their fullest de- velopment. The seed are very slow to germinate, and should be sown early in the spring in rows eighteen inches apart for hand cultivation, or thirty inches for horse cultivation. Thin out to six inches to the row. Cultivate often.
PARSNIP
SUGAR OR HOLLOW CROWN — The very best sort in existence. A large yielder of the finest quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
PEPPER PLANTS
Transplanted and potted, stocky plants of Ruby King, Chi- nese Giant, Bell or Bullnose, and Long Red Cayenne, ready from April to June.
Transplanted Plants, Price — Doz., 35c ; 100 for $1.50 post- paid ; by express not prepaid, doz., 30c ; per 100, $1.35.
PEPPER
One ounce will produce one thousand to fifteen hundred plants.
Peppers are very popular in all sections of the South. They are largely used in salads, etc., also the thick fleshed sorts are very fine sliced. The hot sorts add greatly to meats, etc., and are also very valuable for seasoning other dishes. Peppers should be sown early in boxes or hot-beds and transplanted into a loamy, well fertilized situation in rows about two feet apart and eighteen inches to two feet in the row. Cultivate often and thoroughly, continuing until frost, and you will be rewarded with a continuous crop as long as cultivation is kept up. The seed we offer is the very best strain, carefully tested.
The crop of Peppers was very short, forcing the prices much higher and making the stock on the market limited.
CHINESE GIANT PEPPER
CHINESE GIANT — Absolutely the largest sort that grows ; enormous, sweet flavored pods ; thick, crisp flesh of delightful mild flavor. Plants bushy, coming to bear early and growing a large crop of its large four-lobed pods. Very few seed. An ideal salad and stuffing sort.
Price — Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c; £ lb., $2.00.
RUBY KING — This is a fine variety, growing from four and a half to six inches long and three to four inches thick. The flesh is very thick, tender, mild and pleasant to the taste. It is a fine sort for stuffing or for pepper hash, and also makes an excellent dish for salad. The growth of its foliage is very distinct, being large leaved and vigorous.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c ; £ lb., $1.35.
MAMMOTH BELL, OR BULL NOSE— This is the most popular of all sweet varieties ; is very mild in flavor and flesh very thick. It is a very fine variety for pickling.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c ; £ lb., $1.35.
SWEET MOUNTAIN— Similar to Bell; very popular for stuffed pickles. Sweet and mild flavored. It is . very large, smooth and handsome.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 60c ; £ lb., $1.75.
EARLY NEAPOLITAN— The earliest large pepper. Plants are strong, vigorous and very prolific. The skin and flesh are bright red ; they are thick-meated, sweet and mild.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.00.
GOLDEN DAWN — Color bright golden yellow, very bril- liant and handsome.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 75c ; £ lb., $2.25.
LONG RED CAYENNE — This is a fine, long, slender var- iety, very hot, bright red, and of exceedingly delicate flavor as a seasoner. It is a geed keeper. When fully ripe can be gath- ered, dried and strung for winter use.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.50.
RED CHERRY — A small vigorous growing sort, will com- mence bearing when plants are six inches high. The pods are small, round and very hot.
Price— Pkt., 5c; oz., 50c; £ lb., $1.50; lb., $5.50.
CELESTIAL — Conical fruits, creamy tinted, turning to scarlet when ripe.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 55c ; £ b., $2.00.
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GARDEN OR ENGLISH PEAS
One and one-half pounds will plant 100 feet row; 90 to 120 lbs. to an acre.
Culture — Plant the smooth varieties as early as the ground can be worked, in rows 3 to 4 feet apart, 2 inches deep, giving the later sorts more room between the rows. The wrinkled peas are not as hardy as the smooth sorts, and should be planted later; they are sweeter and better flavored. Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil; for general crop a moderately heavy soil is best.
EXTRA EARLY BUNCH VARIETIES
EXTRA EARLY FIRST AND BEST — We can strongly recommend this pea for early use. It is hardiest, the most prolific and profitable of all early sorts. The well-filled pods containing usu- ally 6 to 8 peas, retaining their beautiful green color long enough after being picked. Grows 2 to feet high.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. and over at 28c per lb. ; 100 lbs. and over at 25c.
ALASKA LARGE-PODDED — EARLIEST OF ALL — Matures in pods in about 35 days, which are filled with medium sized, bright green peas of good flavor. The vines grow from 2£ to 3 feet high. Uniform maturity and other disinct valuable qualities have made it popular with the gar- deners and canners.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 35c ; 15 lbs. and over at 28c per lb. ; 100 lbs. and over at 25c per lb.
AMEER — An extra large-podded pea of excellent'quality. Vines grow about three feet in height, producing large, finely-shaped pods. The peas ripen uniformly and are round, slightly dented, of bright green color. A prolific bearer, making it a valuable market gardener’s sort. If you desire a fine large-podded pea that will mature early, one that fills the hamper quickly, plant Our Ameer, or Large-Podded Alaska.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. and over at 28c per lb. ; 60 lbs. at 25c per lb.
NEW EARLY GRADUS OR PROSPERITY — Extremely early ; large deep green pods ; exquis- ite flavor. This remarkable pea is not only large and of the best quality, but is within two or three days as early as the small, round, extra early sorts. Gradus is a wrinkled pea, growing about 30 inches high ; the pods are of a bright green color, measuring 4 inches or more in length, as large as Telephone, well filled with luscious peas, 8 to 10 or more in a pod. The peas are of the highest table quality and retain in a remarkable manner their color and attractive ap- pearance after cooking.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; lb., 35c ; 15 lbs. at 30c per lb. ; 100 lbs. at 25c.
NOTT’S EXCELSIOR — Early dwarf wrinkled; tender and of fine fla- vor. Vines average about twelve inches high ; pods medium sized, about two and three-fourths inches long. The peas, in sweetness and quality, are unsurpassed. Seed medium sized, wrinkled, green and somewhat flat- tened. A most desirable sort for the market gardener and unsurpassed for the home garden.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. at 28c ; 100 lbs. at 25c.
McLEAN’S IMPROVED LITTLE GEM— Dwarf and prolific, long well filled pods. This has been for many years the standard dwarf wrinkled pea for the family garden, and are also popular with market gardeners.
Strong and vigorous in growth, producing vines from 18 to 24 inches in height ; dark foliage. Pods are almost straight, 2^ to 2| inches long.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. at 25c per lb. ; 100 lbs. at 20c per lb.
LATER VARIETIES— POLE
TALL TELEPHONE — Large pods ; prolific ; does well everywhere. Im- mensely productive ; finest quality ; excellent flavor ; vines very strong, growing about 4 feet high and should be given support ; produces an abun- dance of painted pods of largest size, often four and one-half to five inches long, attractive bright green, filled with very large peas which are tender, sweet and of excellent flavor.
Price — Lb., 35c ; 15 lbs. at 28c ; 60 lbs. at 25c.
LARGE PODDED ALASKA PEAS
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND— Prolific and hardy; small pod but well filled. An old standard wrinkled variety, growing 4 to 5 feet high. The pods are large and the peas tender and sweet. The bearing period is pro- longed, it being a hardy grower. Very productive and universally admitted to be one of the richest and best flavored peas ; seed light green and much shriveled.
Price — Lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. at 28c ; 60 lbs. at 25c per lb.
BLACK-EYED MARROWFAT — Very hardy and productive ; main crop. Largest of the marrowfats, with a distinct black eye. An excellent variety, growing about five feet high. It is a very prolific bearer of large pods. Seed large, smooth, round, light yellow with black eye.
Price — pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. at 28c ; 60 lbs. at 25c.
LARGE WHITE MARROWFAT — Good market variety ; tall ; splendid flavor. Cultivated extensively for the summer crop. About 5 feet high, of strong growth. The pods are large, cylindrical, rough, light colored and well filled ; seed large, smooth, round and light yellow.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 15 lbs. at 28c ; 60 lbs. at 25c.
MAMMOTH MELTING SUGAR — The edible podded variety ; tall. Used in the same way as snap or string beans. The best of these edible podded sorts is the Melting Sugar, of which we offer a very fine strain. The pods are very large, four to four and one-half inches long, broad, often curved or twisted and when young, stringless, very tender and finely flavored. The variety is rather late maturing, very prolific, strong growing, about four to five feet high with large light colored foliage. Seeds medium to large, smooth, round light yellowish white color.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 35c ; 15 lbs. at 30c ; 60 lbs. at 28c per lb.
The prices named here on Peas are subject to change, and are all f. o. b. Asheville. If to be sent by mail, add to price named amount for parcel postage. See inside front page for parcel post table.
INSECTICIDES — We carry large stocks of Arsenate of Lead, Bordeaux, Paris Green, BUG DEATH, etc., used for destroying potato, melon and other bugs. Also a complete line of Spray Pumps. See pages 43 and 44 for description and prices.
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GENUINE MAINE GROWN SEED IRISH POTATOES
Our Seed Potatoes are shipped to us direct from one of the most reliable growers in Maine, and each sack will have the Government Inspector’s tag showing that they have been inspected and are free from scab. Being raised in Maine, they will produce earlier and larger yields for this section.
From six to ten bushels will plant an acre, depending upon size and variety.
IRISH COBBLER — This famous early white potato has now become a favorite all over the South. Not only being as early as the Red Triumph, it is a heavy yielder, and freeness from scab make it a desirable sort..
Price — Pk., 90c ; bu., about $3.25. Write for prices in sack
lots.
TRIUMPH OR RED BLISS (MAINE GROWN)— An ex- tremely hardy red skinned variety, nearly round, eyes set deep.
This variety is more largely used in the South than any other sort. Maine grown stock is of course the spring or first crop and are large, fine potatoes.
Price — Pk., 90c ; bu., about $3.25. Write for prices in sack
lots.
EARLY ROSE — This is an old standard variety, very pro- ductive, of most excellent eating qualities. Our stock being Maine grown insures earliest, and will be found a very satis- factory potato.
Price— Pk., 90c ; bu., about $3.25. Write for prices in sack
lots.
GREEN MOUNTAIN — A medium late, oval white potato, shallow eyed, well flavored. One of the finest eating potatoes.
Not susceptible to disease. A very prolific yielder.
Price— Pk., 90c ; bu., about $3.25. Write for prices in sack
lots.
PEERLESS — Being especially adapted to light and medium soils. Medium early. Large white, prolific and a good keeper. IRISH COBBLER POTATOES
Price — Pk., 90c ; bu., about $3.25. Write for prices in sack lots. PRICES ON POTATOES FLUCTUATE.
IT PAYS TO BE PREPARED — When ordering your potatoes, order some Bug Killer. Dust or spray the plants as soon as they are about 4 inches high. Bug-Death being used, acts as a Fertilizer as well as a valuable Insecticide. It helps to nourish the plant as well as prevent the bugs from destroying them.
We also sell Arsenate of Lead and Paris Green. All of these will be found on page 43.
PUMPKINS
One ounce will plant 25 hills; 2 to 3 lbs. to the acre.
Pumpkins are rapidly growing in favor throughout the South. The larger and coarser sorts make excellent stock food, while the majority of the sorts make excellent pies and are also used in a number of other ways.
Pumpkins may be planted most any time during spring and early autumn in hills 10 to 12 ft. apart in corn rows, or in the open. They produce the best crops in deep loam, but are not particular about the soil, if the same has been well fertil- ized. Potash in some form is essential to their fullest develop- ment.
KING OF MAMMOTH — This is the largest pumpkin in the world, and has been known to reach 250 pounds in weight. It is of grayish yellow color, and is only grown for stock feeding or as a curiosity.
Price — Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; | lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
GREEN STRIPED CUSHAW— This is one of the finest pumpkins in existence, a long, crooked neck, terminating in a round or oblong end, enclosing a very small seed cavity ; flesh surrounding seed cavity very thick. The neck is _ absolutely solid, rivaling the finest sweet potatoes for baking, or as a pie sort it has no equal. A splendid keeper.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 40c ; lb., $1.40.
GOLDEN YELLOW OR YELLOW CUSHAW— Similar in every way almost to the Green Striped Cushaw, except in color, being a dark golden yellow. Very sweet.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25.
LARGE CHEESE PUMPKIN— This is one of the best late varieties. The skin is of a bright orange, and the flesh yellow and sweet. It is also a good keeper, and very fine for winter- ing stock.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; gr lb., 30c ; lb., $1.00.
KENTUCKY FIELD — A very popular Southern sort; large and flattened. A wonderful keeper ; a good stock variety ; also a valuable eating and pie sort.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ^ lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
SUGAR OR PIE — It is deeply ribbed. The outer color of the skin is dark green — almost black. The flesh is one of the best keepers, and is highly prized as a pie pumpkin.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; \ lb., 30c ; lb., $1.00.
Early Potatoes can be planted the last week in February.
Late crops of Green Mountain and Irish Cobblers can be planted as late as August, producing a hardy potato.
We carry them in cold storage until planting time, thus assuring a sure crop.
Some of our customers will not plant any other kind than Maine grown potatoes, selling their surplus. They have tried to save some home grown seed, expecting as good a crop, but being progressive planters dis- carded that method finding it is cheap- er and surer to plant Maine seeds.
Vitality
is imparted to your whole flock by the wholesome, invigorating effects of
prgtts.
Poultry
Regulator
Its use makes more eggs, a greater per cent fertile, bigger hatches, stronger
chicks. Guaranteed or Money Back.
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RADISH
One ounce sows 100 feet of drill; 9 to 10 lbs. to an acre.
Culture— For an early supply sow in a hot-bed in February, care being taken to give abundant ven- tilation to prevent running to leaves. For open-air culture and succession, sow from middle of March until September at intervals of ten days. Radish do best in a rich loamy soil and must be cultivated often and thoroughly, as it is very important to mature the crop quickly, to retain their crisp, tender
quality.
RAPID RED RADISH
GLOBE AND TURNIP-SHAPED VARIETIES
RAPID RED — The quickest growing round red radish ! some ot our customers report the remarkable fact that they grew some of these radish large enough to eat in twelve ^ fifteen days while the average time of maturing is nom eighteen to twenty days from planting. The radishes are per- fectly round ; three-quarters of an inch m diameter, with thin bright red skin, firm white flesh, crisp and mildly pungent, leaves short and small.
Price Pkt., 10c ; oz., 20c ; i lb., 60c ; lb., $2.00.
SCARLET TURNIP, WHITE TIPPED— A beautiful var- iety deep scarlet, white tipped. Recommended to gardeners as an^exeellent early and also a splendid variety to sow late in the summer for fall use. It is very attractive looking and always a good seller on the market.
Price — pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EARLY SCARLET TURNIP— An old, well-known variety; bright scarlet, solid white flesh, excellent eating.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
MIXED ROUND RADISHES— Just the thing for the home gardener. All varieties of Round or Turnip Radishes mixed.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
ROSY GEM — This radish is not only very showy, but of the finest quality, and is sure to become popular, not only with the home gardener, but with the market gardener as well. It P of the same type as the Scarlet Turnip White Tip, but larger and showing more white, practically the whole lower portion being white and the upper part deep scarlet.
Price Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; i lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
CRIMSON GIANT — This new variety, introduced some time ago, differs radically from all other existing sorts. Its roots attain more than double the size of those of other globe varie- t.es, without becoming pithy or hollow. The new Giant develops 6 or 7 inches around, weighing over an ounce, their pure white flesh remaining firm, crisp and of mildest flavor. The roots are almost perfect globes, of a deep crimson color.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EARLY SCARLET GLOBE — This variety is one of the finest for forcing and market gardening purposes. Shape roundish oval ; large, brilliant red ; flesh white, solid, crisp and very mild ; tops small.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
ROUND BLACK SPANISH WINTER— This is a large, black-skinned Radish. Flesh white and firm.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; % lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EARLY WHITE SUMMER TURNIP— A medium-sized, round variety, grown very largely for summer use. Has a small top and pure white skin. The flesh is waxy, mild and crisp.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; J lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
HALF LONG AND LONG VARIETIES
FRENCH BREAKFAST — A medium size radish, half long stump rooted, small top, quick growth and tender. Excellent variety for the table.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; | lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
HALF LONG DEEP SCARLET — The roots of this desirable variety are of a deep, rich red color and are olive-shaped or half-long with a somewhat tapering point. The tops are com- paratively small. The flesh is very white, crisp and tender, and does not become pithy as soon as other early sorts. The roots when mature, are about 24 to 3 inches long.
WHITE STRASBURG— Also called St. Louis White Sum- mer. A fine summer radish, remaining for a long time in an edible condition ; grows quickly and withstands severe heat without injury. The roots are smooth, handsome, oblong, taper- ing shape, pure white skin and flesh which is firm, brittle and tender, and retains its crispness even when the roots are large.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
MIXED LONG RADISHES— All varieties of Long Radishes mixed.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
EARLY LONG SCARLET SHORT TOP— The standard long variety. Early and of excellent quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
LONG WHITE ICICLE, OR LADY FINGER— Also called White Vienna. A beautiful transparent white variety, about 3 inches long, and f inch in diameter, with small tops ; very crisp and brittle, and remains in good condition a long time ; does not get pithy. Suitable for forcing. The best white radish.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; J lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
GLASS, OR CINCINNATI MARKET— It is very early and is splendid for forcing or open ground. Tops small ; they grow straight and smooth from 4 to 7 inches long. Skin is scarlet colored, very thin, and flesh crisp, brittle and of delightful flavor.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; J lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
CHINESE ROSE WINTER— (Scarlet Chinese). One of the very best for fall and winter use, and popular with market gar- deners. Bright rose color ; flesh white and firm, of superior quality.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
LONG BLACK SPANISH WINTER— Like Round Black Spanish in Winter, but the roots are longer and perhaps slight- ly milder in flavor.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
ADD TO POUND PRICES EXTRA FOR PARCEL POSTAGE
SPECIAL PRICES TO MARKET GARDENERS ON RADISHES IN QUANTITY WRITE FOR PRICES STATE QUANTITY WANTED
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SALSIFY
OR
OYSTER PLANT
One ounce sows fifty foot row ; three to four pounds to acre.
Culture — This plant succeeds best in a light, well enriched soil, which, previous to sowing, has been stirred to a depth of 12 to 14 inches. Make drills about 3 inches deep and from 18 to 24 inches apart ; sow seed in drill about 1 to 2 inches. When plants are 3 inches high, thin to 3 inches apart.
MAMMOTH SALSIFY — (See Cut) — This is a great improvement in the salsify plant. The roots are much larger, less stringy and more delicately flavored. The most popu- lar market sort.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; l lb., 60c; lb., $2.00.
We pay postage on packets, ounces and quarter pounds. In lar- ger quantities, refer to Parcel Post Rate.
SQUASH
One ounce plants 25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds to an acre.
Culture — Plant in hills sifter danger of frost is past in a warm, well-pulverized, rich soil. Hills for bush varieties 4 feet apart, running sorts 8 feet apart.
EARLY SUMMER VARIETIES
MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH— The fruit is a beautiful clear wax white, , instead of a yellowish white, so often seen in the old stock, and is much larger.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; l lb., 35c ; lb., 90c.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE BUSH OR PATTY PAN— Of a light green color. Early, very prolific, a nice size ; very popu- lar for shipping, for nearby markets and home use.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; J lb., 35c ; lb., 90c.
SPINACH
tuuui one nunarea leet ot drill; ten to fif- teen pounds to acre in drills.
Culture— -For early summer use sow in very rich soil in spring, in drills 1 inch deep, 1* to 2 feet between the rows.
NORFOLK SAVOY OR BLOOMSDALE SPINACH
mvui UK rsijLKJivloUALE — This is by far the most popular variety with the gardener. It is the earliest and hardiest sort. Its beautiful crimpled leaves are dark, crisp and
tender. For fall planting it is the very best. Price Pkt 5c •
oz., 15c ; | lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75. '*
VICTORIA— Remarkably fine texture and of the deepest green color heavily crimped, thick, fleshy leaves, deep red stem
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; \ lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
BROAD LEAVED FLANDERS SPINACH— A compact, broad-leaved sort ; leaves are round, very thick, and of the very best quality. Not so early as Bloomsdale Savoy, but a desirable 90? flbr/r$l175Cr°P* Pric^~Pkt-’ 5c’ oz" 15c; i lb., 50c; * lb..
EARLIEST PROLIFIC BUSH SQUASH— Ten days earlier than the White Bush, is of same bush growth, and fruit shapes about same, except that scallops are not so pronounced, being better filled out and contain more flesh.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 40c ; lb., $1.50.
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK— It’s the best summer squash, and is as large as the ordinary Summer Crook Neck, far more warty and several days earlier. This combination of earliness, large size and wartiness, which adds so much to its attractiveness, makes it altogether the most desirable squash for the market and private garden. Color, a rich golden yellow.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; J lb., 35c ; lb., $1.10.
WINTER VARIETIES
CHICAGO WARTED HUBBARD — This seems to be, by all odds, the best strain of Hub- bard Squash we have ever known. Some of its good points are large size, dark green, almost black color, all looking alike, and withal distin- guished by a dense covering of knots (“warts”) ; thick fleshed, of first-class quality ; a good keeper.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
FORDHOOK — This squash can be either used as a summer or winter variety. Color bright yel- low, meat thick and good quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
DELICIOUS — Very similar to the Hubbard, but of much superior flavor and a more reliable cropper. We can recommend this variety to make the most desirable fall and winter squashes.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
BOSTON MARROW— Early fall sort; rich orange color, excellent flavor.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
MAMMOTH CHILI — Favorite variety for ex- hibition purposes. Attains an immense size. Ex- cellent for stock. Can also be used for the table, as the flesh is fine-grained and of good flavor.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
— v, tmck-ieaved sort that re-
mains m condition longer than any other sort. Rarely runs to Pe^ves smooth, dark sreen. A good sort for spring plant- ing. Price Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; i lb., 50c ; \ lb., 90c ; lb., $1.75. wmFW ZEALAND— Thrives during the hottest summer weather and in any soil rich or poor. After cutting, the plant puts out new growth and continues till frost. Soak for twenty- four hours and plant four seeds in hills two feet apart each way. Pry;e — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
BUG DEATH, Dusted on your Squash plants will save them from squash bugs. See Insecti- cide page.
MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH SCALLOP and GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK
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TOMATOES
EXTRA EARLY PROLIFIC TOMATO
One ounce of seed will produce about 2,000 plants.
Culture — For early use, sow in February or March, in a hot-bed or in boxes, which should be placed near a window. When the seedling: are about 2 inches high, transplant in 2- or 3-inch pots, or in rows 4 to 5 inches apart, keeping the temperature at about 60 degrees. Subsequent transplanting will make the plants stocky and strong. Do not set them in the open ground until all danger from frost is past. Then plant into a warm, sunny location, 3 feet apart each way, and water freely until they are well estab- lished.
No vegetable occupies the prominence and infinite care, selection, etc., in the seedman’s time and business as the tomato. The strains and selections of the country in which the seed crops are grown have so much to do with the general quality of the crop that the growing of tomato seed must be done with the greatest care. With this in view, we spare no expense in having our seed produced under the supervision and care of experts in this line. You cannot buy a better seed at any price.
EXTRA EARLY PROLIFIC TOMATO— This variety has proven to be earliest and heaviest yielding variety now on the market. Its beautiful large fruit of a brick red are borne in clusters. We have seen as many as seventeen tomatoes to a cluster. The vine begins to bloom and put on fruit when ten to twelve inches high, is a strong, vigorous grower. Where they are pruned and tied up to a stake, they of course will not bear as many tomatoes, but will ripen earlier, producing larger and better fruit. The fruit has thick, tough skin, few seeds and is one of the best shippers.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c ; £ lb., $1.75 ; lb., $4.50..
RED ROCK — (Bright red). A wonderful main crop var- iety, producing large, solid, bright red tomatoes, free from an excess of water, as smooth as an apple, of superior texture and flavor, an enormous cropper and an excellent shipper. The vine is a vigorous grower which protects the fruit from sunscald. Very good for home or market use, and for canning it is un- excelled.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.75.
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL — Unsurpassed for the home garden. The plants are of strong, robust growth, with ample foliage to protect the fruits from sun, and not liable to blight. The bright scarlet fruits are smoothly round, very deep, and solidly meaty. It is a heavy cropper, with tomatoes of large size and sweet flavor.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; £ lb., $1.00; lb., $3.75.
SPARK’S EARLIANA — Very early fruit ; borne in clusters. A particularly profitable tomato for market gardeners. Vine small but vigorous and productive. Fruits deep scarlet, large, nearly round and exceptionally smooth for so early a variety. The fruit is borne in clusters near the base of the plant and the bulk of the crop ripens very early. Valuable for early market ; medium size, color a glossy red with purplish tinge.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 30c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.75.
JUNE PINK — Extra early ; good shipper. An extra early, purplish-pink tomato, similar to the popular scarlet fruited Earliana in growth of vine, shape and size of fruits and time of maturing. This is a variety of exceptional value to market gardeners.
Price — Pkt.,
oz., 30c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb.,
.50.
STONE TOMATO
STONE — One of the most valuable all-rounA sorts on our entire list. The fruit is large, of dark brick red color, fleshy and is not subject to rot like some varieties ; nor does it ever have a green core. We can especially recommend it for a late crop, and very desirable for canning.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 30c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.75.
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TOMATOES —Continued
BONNIE BEST TOMATO
BRIMMER — Pkt., 15c; J oz., 35c; Aoz., 60c; 1 oz., $1.00.
BONNIE BEST — An elegant sort for home market or ship- ping on account of its even size, and fine keeping qualities. Large smooth fruit of a rich scarlet red, which is the color demanded by many markets. Fruit smooth, uniform, thick with small core, an excellent tomato for any purpose. Slices ex- ceptionally well. Fruit borne in clusters of 5 or 6, all ripening evenly together.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c ; £ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.75.
LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY — The best all-round tomato ; ex- ceedingly early, large, smooth and remarkably prolific. Is grown more largely by truckers and market gardeners than any other sort. The variety is of glossy, crimson color, with slight tinge of purple ; skin tough ; good keeper and shipper.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 30c ; \ lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.75.
DWARF CHAMPION OR TREE — Second early ; medium size ; upright grower. A second early, purple-pink variety, es- pecially desirable where garden space is limited. Vine about two feet high, vigorous, upright, and compact growing. Fruits medium sized, exceptionally smooth and of very good quality.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz,, 35c ; i lb., $1.10 ; lb.,
$4.00.
GOLDEN YUEEN OR YELLOW TROPHY
A bright orange yellow sort ; makes large, hand- some smooth tomatoes of fine quality ; medium late.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; \ lb., 75c; lb., $2.50.
YELLOW PEAR SHAPED— A small Italian variety, producing its fruit in great clusters, shaped like a pear. Des rable for pickling and preserves.
Price— Pkt.,, 5c ; oz., 35c ; J lb., 90c ; lb., $3.00.
FONDEROSA
Unquestionably one of the largest tomatoes grown. The vines are vigorous, producing a very large stalk and an unusually thick stem, which is accounted for in the great size and weight of the fruit. It is one of the best flavored sorts grown, almost solid, and contains scarcely any seed. The fruit, when ripe, is cardinal red, and on account of its compact structure will keep longer than any other sort.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 45c ; -] lb., $1.50 ; lb.,
$5.00.
Write for prices on POTTED PLANTS.
EARLY ACME — Early and prolific. The fruits are of good size, almost round, and of a beautiful purplish pink color. This sort is always smooth, ripening all over at the same time, juicy and excellent in flavor. A popular one with truckers and mar- ket gardeners.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; J lb., 75c; lb., $2.50.
YELLOW HUSK OR GROUND CHERRY — Extensively used for preserves. The fruit has a pleasant strawberry-like flavor, and is much relished raw, but generally used for pre- serves, for which it is excellent. The small yellow fruits are enclosed in a husk or covering, and when ripe are half an inch in diameter.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c.
TOMATO PLANTS — Can supply the standard varieties of Tomato Plants from April 1st to June 15th.
TRANSPLANTED PLANTS— 30c per doz. ; $1.35 per 100, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 25c per doz. ; $1.25 per 100. Write for prices in larger quantities.
PONDEROSA TOMATO
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SELECT TURNIPS AND RUTABAGAS
One ounce for 50 ft. row. Two pounds per acre in rows.
Culture— Most varieties can be planted in April or May when wanted for early summer use, though for main crop, seed should not be sown until July or August Plant in rows 12 to 15 inches apart, cover- ing y2 inch deep. When well started, thin out to about 4 of the best plants to a foot of row Cultivate thoroughly and often. Successive plantings may be made to have fresh turnips throughout the summer.
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE
Of a perfect globe shape about 6 inches in diameter, with smooth, white skin ; flesh pure white, firm and crisp, and of quick growth. A good keeper and is fine for the market.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz ., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EARLY WHITE EGG — A very excellent quality. Nearly oval or egg-shaped. Flesh firm and fine-grained, and of snowy whiteness. Its flavor is of the very best. Particularly desirable for table. Can be sown as late as the middle of August.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; 1 lb., 65c ; lb., $2.00.
LARGE WHITE GLOBE — Very productive ; in good soil roots frequently grow from 10 to 12 pounds. Good for table or stock-feeding.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
AMBER GLOBE — The flesh is beautiful yellow, very fine grained and very sweet. It w:ll grow to very large size in the South ; is one of the very best keepers for winter use.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
LARGE YELLOW GLOBE — This is somewhat the same variety as the Amber Globe, differing a little in shape.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; £ lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
PURPLE TOP YELLOW ABERDEEN— The sweetest of all ■'■ellow-fleshed turnips. This famous foreign variety, resembling in shone a finely formed rutabaga, is splendid for stock feeding as well as table use.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
RED OR PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAVED
Early; heavy cropper; good keeper. Fine grained and never stringy or tough ; leaves are few and upright in growth.
I Roots flat, medium size, wh’te below ground and purple or dark red above. Flesh wh:te. Roots are in best condition for the table when ?£ to 3 inches in diameter. When grown much larger they should be fed to stock.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c; lb., $1.75.
LONG AND WHITE COW HORN— This is a very fine win- ter variety, penetrating deep into the ground and standing the entire winter. Its growth in shape is similar to a cow’s horn.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; £ lb., 60c ; lb., $2.00.
EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH STRAP LEAVED— Ma- tures only a week after the earliest Milan, but keeps much longer in fine condition. The skin is pure white, the flesh is mild, juicy, and of best table qualities.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
EXTRA EARLY PURPLE-TOP MILAN— A white variety,
purple top and strap leaf. This, with the White Milan, is the earliest of all Turnips. Remains in good condition a long time.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c ; £ lb., 75c ; lb., $2.50.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN— The earliest Turnip.
Tops very small, distinctly strap-leaved and growing very erect
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE TURNIP
and compact. Bulbs form earliest of any sort. The clean white roots are smooth, flat, cylindrical and handsome in appearance. The flesh is white, tender and sweet.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c ; £ lb., 75c ; lb., $2.50.
SEVEN TOP — Does not produce a good root, but is exten- sively grown in the South for the tops, which are used as greens. Very hardy and will grow all winter.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
DIXIE LAND OR SOUTHERN PRIZE— The finest winter turnip grown ; identical with the Seven Top, except it makes a very fine, large white turnip.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 35c ; lb., $1.25.
RUTABAGAS
IMPROVED PURPLE TOP YELLOW— This is the standard all-purpose sort ; very hardy, producing well- formed, solid sweet flavored roots. Leaves quite small ; very small neck.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c ; £ lb., 60c ; lb., $2.00.
Rutabagas, Swedish or Russian Turnips, are exten- sively" grown for a farm crop. The roots are close-grained, hard, and will endure a considerable degree of cold with- out injury if preserved in a pit or cellar during the win- ter. Rutabagas are superior to any other vegetable root grown for cattle, horses and sheep. The animals thrive and fatten on rutabagas, carrots, and mangels fed in com- bination with hay.
WHITE SWEDE OR RUSSIAN — A large, white shaped Rutabaga. Flesh fine quality, sweet and tender. Excellent for the table. Can be grown to a large size if wanted for stock feed.
WHITE FLAT DUTCH and RED or PURPLE TOP FLAT TURNIPS
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; £ lb., 50c ; lb., $1.75.
Prices on Packet, Ounce and £ lb. postpaid.
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MILLETS
TENNESSEE GROWN MILLET
OUR SOUTHERN GROWN MILLET— Makes much bet- ter growth than the Western grown seed. This true Tennes- see grown, a type that produces better quality, grows taller and gives a larger yield of very nutritious hay, is a quick grower. It should be cut for hay when it begins to show the heads. Plant 14 to 2 bushels to an acre broadcast. Plant from April to August.
The sowing of Southern Millet with cow peas for a hay crop is increasing in favor each year. When this is done, use an early variety, such as Whippoorwill or New Era, sowing about J to a bushel of millet with one bushel of peas to an acre.
Write for prices.
PEARL OR CAT-TAIL MILLET (PENCILLARIA) — One
of the best and most nutritious of continuous cutting forage plants. Will afford a continuous cutting forage crop, as it grows rapidly, and may be cut repeatedly and almost an in- definite number of times. Is best sown in drills at the rate of five pounds to an acre.
Price of Seed — Pkt., 5c ; lb., 20c ; 5 lbs. for 80c ; 10 lbs., 16c per lb.
MANGEL - WURTZEL OR STOCK BEETS
One ounce for 50 feet of drill; 5 lbs. for an acre.
MAMMOTH LONG RED — On good soil sometimes grows eighteen inches long. Dark leaves ; skin bright dark red ; flesh white with veined rings of rose-pink. An excellent keeper ; nutritious and milk-producing.
Price for Above Varieties — Oz., 10c ; i lb., 25c ; lb., 90c ; 5 lbs., $3.75. If by mail, add for parcel postage.
CHAMPION GLOBE — The best round Mangel. It is val- uable for shallow soils, a better keeper than Long Red.
GOLDEN TANKARD — A yellow-fleshed variety highly prized by dairymen for milk-producing qualities.
PEANUTS
Culture — Shell the nuts and plant in April or May in drills 2| to 3 feet apart, dropping them 12 to 15 inches apart in the drill. Work occasionally, culivating flat and keeping the land clean of weeds.
SPANISH — An early small-sized variety which is enor- mously prolific, and the kernels are very rich and fine flav- ored. It is also very largely grown for stock -feeding, the vines and roots pulled up and cured making excellent, nutri- tious hay or very fattening hog food.
Price — Qt., 15c; pk., 90c; bu. (30 pounds), $2.75. Write for prices in quantity.
IMPROVED LARGE VIRGINIA— A very profitable vari- ety to grow, and is easily cultivated ; very erect ; largest pods and kernels with fewer imperfect pods than any other variety. The vines make valuable forage for stock.
Price— Qt., 15c; pk., 70c; bu. (of 22 lbs.), $2.00.
PLANT CARROTS FOR STOCK
There is not enough attention paid to root crops by live stock raisers. A crop of great value for cattle, horses, sheep and pigs.
SOUTHERN GROWN TENNESSEE MILLET
OKRA OR GUMBO
Cultivated for its green seed-pods, which are used in soups or stewed and served like asparagus. Highly esteemed in the South for making gumbo soup. Can be cured like dried apples and then used for soup at any time.
Culture— When the soil has become warm, sow thickly in rows 3 feet apart, and large enough ; thin out to a foot apart in the rows.
One ounce will sow 30 feet row.
KLECKLEY’S FAVORITE — A most productive variety. Produces thick fleshy pods of exceptional tenderness and flavor. Has become very popular.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ^ lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
WHITE VELVET OKRA— This is a distinct and beautiful Okra. The pods are much longer than any other variety, per- fectly smooth, and covered with a fibre resembling velvet. Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; i lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
PERKINS MAMMOTH LONG POD— An early, and very prolific, long green-podded variety ; height 4 to 4 \ feet, and quality of the best.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 25c ; lb., 75c.
All prices in this Catalogue are subject to change. Those wishing Seeds in quantity are requested to write us for special prices. Mention quantity wanted.
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SEED OATS
BEST FOR SPRING PLANTING
Spring-seeded oats should be put in at the rate of two to three bushels to an acre ; some even sow thicker than this, claiming that they secure a much larger yield.
EXTRA EARLY BURT, OR NINETY-DAY OATS
The quickest growing, and most prolific yielding Spring Oats. The Extra Early Burt Oats handled by us is the genuine Tennessee grown stock. Is a sure header, coming to maturity ten days to two weeks earlier than the rust-proof or other vari- eties. Burt Oats are the best poor land oats known, also the safest and earliest to plant in the winter and spring. Thor- ough preparation of the soil should be made before sowing oats.
No less than two bushels of Burt Oats should be sown to the acre, and where they are to be cut for hay three bushels will be found profitable.
Price — Peck, 40c ; bushel, $1.40 ; in 10 bushel lots and over, at $1.30 per bushel.
TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS
The strain of this popular old favorite that we have is di- rect from the best growers in Texas, which is considered the most reliable for Southern planters. The grain is heavy, bright, and of fine quality.
Price — Bushel, $1.40 ; in 10 bushel lots at $1.30 per bushel.
WHITE SPRING OATS
A variety much preferred by some in this section, on ac- count of its hardiness, growing taller than other Spring Oats on some grades of soil.
Price — Bushel, $1.40. Write for prices in quantity.
MISCELLANEOUS FORAGE CROPS
BUCKWHEAT
This is a crop that is easily grown, and for late summer Buckwheat will be found a very profitable and desirable crop, especially in mountainous sections. Makes a large yield of ] grain, which usually can be sold for a good price. The flower furnishes fine food for bees.
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JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT — The earliest and best variety for the South.
Price — Peck, 75c ; bushel, about $2.50.
SILVER HULL — A very prolific yielder making a fine - quality of flour.
Price — Peck, 75c ; bushel, about $2.50.
BEARDLESS SPRING BARLEY
This variety sown in the spring will mature as quickly as winter barley sown in the fall. Furnishes fine green forage, especially fine for cows and poultry. Also makes good hay. Price — Peck, 75c; bushel (48 lbs.), about $2.40.
BROOM CORN IMPROVED EVERGREEN
This is the best variety for the South. Plant 10 to 15 lbs. to an acre in rows 3 feet apart, eighteen inches in the row. The plant should be cultivated early and often. Harvesting should be done when the seed are in a soft milky condition. Price — 1 lb., 20c; 1 bushel (46 lbs.), $5.00.
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Natural Size
JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT
SORGHUM CANE
EARLY AMBER SORGHUM — This variety is mainly used for sowing broadcast for hay, has small stalk and very early in maturing.
Price — Lb., 10c ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, about $3.75.
EARLY ORANGE CANE — Is used largely for production of forage and hay and syrup, is medium late and has large stalks.
Price — Lb., 10c ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, about $3.75.
THE SAVING OF MAN POWER AND ITS SOLUTION ON THE FARM
Empire Milking Machine, feet. Write for Catalog.
Simple, per-
EARLY RED TOP SORGHUM — A variety later than the above varieties. Has larger stalk and makes more syrup, is largely planted for cutting green and fed to hogs and other stock.
Price — Lb., 10c ; peck, $1.25 ; bushel, about $4.00.
JAPANESE SEEDED RIBBON CANE— Is very prolific in juice, which runs higher in sugar than other varieties. The product is bright and of the same flavor as the ribbon cane. We consider it superior to all other sorts.
Price — Lb., 10c ; peck, $1.25 ; bushel, $4.50.
Prices on Sorghums and other seeds fluctuate.
ORDER OF U. S. GOVERNMENT
We can quote by the quart or bushel, but must buy and sell by weight.
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SOY OR SOJA BEANS, COW PEAS, VELVET BEANS
SOY OR SOJA BEANS A VALUABLE LEGUMINOUS PLANT AND SUMMER FORAGE CROP
The cultivation of this crop is increasing rapidly, as its value and importance for a forage crop and soil improver. Soy Beans are also valuable to the Southern farmer as they resist the drought and hot weather to a great extent. Soy Beans are practically the only crop that furnishes a balanced ration feed in one crop. Both the forage and bean crop are very nutri- tious ; can be sown in drills 3^ feet apart at the rate of 1 bushel to 3 pecks to an acre or broadcast one and a half bush- els to an acre. Thick sowing prevents stalks from growing too coarse. Often successfully sown with cow peas, mixing one-half a bushel of Soy Beans to one bushel of cow peas to an acre. We list below the most popular varieties.
MAMMOTH YELLOW SOY (SOJA) — This variety we con- sider especially valuable for this section and farther south. It makes the largest yield of forage and beans of any of the varieties known.
Price' — Qt., 20c ; pk., $1.25 ; bu.', about $4.00. prices on quantity wanted.
Write us for
WILSON EARLY BLACK SOY — A very early variety, also a very prolific. Has fine stems wh;ch enable it to cure for hay quicker than other varieties.
Price — Qt., 20c ; pk., $1.75 ; bu., about $5.50.
Prices of Soy Beans fluctuate.
FIELD OR COW PEAS
AND FORAGE CROPS
THE SOUTH’S GREAT SOIL IMPROVER HAY
COW PEAS are too well known to give space to the value as a hay ensilage crop, their, high feeding qualities and their great power of enriching the soil. We list the popular vari- eties below.
LARGE BLACK EYE WHITE PEAS— This variety is not only valuable as forage and soil-improving crop, but the dried peas are readily salable as table peas during the winter. The Large Blackeye Peas are more prolific, better flavored, and bring^a higher price than the ordinary Blackeye, and farmers will find it more profitable to plant these than the ordinary Blackeye.
Price — Pkt. 10c ; quart, 45c, postpaid. By express or
freight, not prepaid, quart, 25c; peck (15 lbs.), $2.25; 1 bushel (60 lbs.), $7.50.
DWARF ESSEX RAPE
DWARF ESSEX RAPE
(ENGLISH GROWN)
Rape is one of the quickest and cheapest pasture crops for sheep, young cattle, poultry and hogs. Is sown in the same manner as turnips, in drills or broadcast. When sown in drills, five pounds to an acre is used ; if sown broadcast, it requires ten pounds to an acre.
Price — Pound, 15c (postpaid, lb., 25c) ; 10 lb. lots and over, 12c per lb. ; in 50 lb. lots and over, 10c lb.
MAMMOTH YELLOW SOY OR SOJA BEANS
CLAY — Very similar to the Unknown, but earlier ; vigor- ous growth, very popular.
Price — Qt., 20c ; pk., $1.00 ; bu., about $3.50.
WHIPPOORWILL — An upright growing variety. Early. Has brown speckled seed, which are easily gathered. Produces good vine growth.
Price — Qt., 20c ; pk., $1.00 ; bu., about $3.50.
IRON COW PEAS — A very early, small clay colored hard pea, of vigorous growth and disease-resistant qualities ; very prolific bearer.
Price— Pk., $1.00 ; bu., about $3.50.
BRABHAM — This variety is better adapted for light soils than heavy soils. It has proven in number of tests to give larger yield of forage and peas than any variety on the market. Price — Qt., 25c ; pk., $1.25 ; bu., about $4.00.
TAYLOR OR EARLY CROWDER— A large speckled pea, making a large growth of vines. Upright in growth, early to mature.
Price — Qt., 25c ; pk., $1.00 ; bu., about $3.50.
UNKNOWN OR WONDERFUL— A late variety running in habit, but has enormous and wonderful m growth of vines.
Price — Qt., 25c ; pk., $1.00 ; bu., about $3.50.
MIXED COW PEAS — Preferred by many farmers where the crop is intended for soil-improving ; they will grow thicker than separate varieties, producing better crop of vines and forage.
Price — Pk., 85c ; bu., about $3.25.
VELVET BEANS
THE GREATEST SOIL ENRICHING CROP
100 DAY VELVET BEANS— This new variety is the quickest growing, earliest maturing of the Velvet Beans, making it possible to grow with success in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, Velvet Beans, thus giving the benefit to the soil that no other crop can give, far surpassing the Cow Peas for this. In addition to being a soil-improving crop, the 100-Day Velvet Beans make one of the best grazing crops for cattle. Velvet Beans are best planted in rows about four to five feet apart, at the rate of about a half bushel to an acre. Price — Qt., 10c ; pk., $1.00 ; bu., about $3.00.
WE ALSO SUPPLY THE BLACK, RED RIP- PER, AND MIXED COW PEAS WITH SOY BEANS.
PRICES ON ALL COW PEAS FLUCTUATE. WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN QUOTING PRICES AT ANY TIME ON REQUEST
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HERBS
HERBS — AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL
Most every family grows around the yard or garden oneor more herbs of some variety. They are a class of plants deserv- ing of larger cultivation. Some of them are annuals, mature and seed every season and must be planted every year . while others are perennial in character, do not have to be planted every year, but make new growth from the old roots.
ANISE — A hardy annual, largely used as a medicinal heib. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
BALM — A perennial herb, easily propagated from the root or seed. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 25c.
SWEET BASIL — A hardy annual ; easily grown ; seed and stems have a pungent flavor like cloves. Price Pkt., 5c , oz., 15c.
CARAWAY— This plant is largely cultivated for its aro- matic seed, which are used to a great extent in bread and other pastry. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
BORAGE — A hardy annual ; leaves agreeable odor and flavor. Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c.
CATNIP — A hardy perennial ; easily propagated from roots or seed. It is a valuable medicinal plant. Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c. .
CORIANDER— An annual, easily grown from seed. It is cultivated for its aromatic seed. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
DILL — An annual, largely cultivated for its aromatic seed, which are used for flavoring pickles, etc. Used as a medicine for colic in children. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c.
SWEET FENNEL — A perennial, grown for its leaves, which are used for flavoring soups, etc. Price — Pkt., €c ;
oz., 10c. .
HOREHOUND — A valuable perennial herb, largely used in cough medicines. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
LAVENDER — A hardy perennial, grown mostly for its perfume. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
SWEET MARJORAM — A tender perennial, used for its delicate flavor. Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c.
ROSEMARY— A hardy perennial, grown for its fragrant odor and aromatic, bitter taste. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c.
SAGE — A hardy perennial, widely grown from seed. It is grown for flavoring meats, sausages, etc. Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c ; l lb., 50c ; lb., $1.50.
SUMMER SAVOY — An annual grown largely for flavoring soups, etc. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c.
TANSY — A hardy perennial, grown for its medicinal uses. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 25c.
THYME— A perennial, grown both for its medicinal virtues and its flavoring qualities. Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 25c.
TOBACCO SEED
One ounce will sow a bed of fifty yards.
The seed should be sown as early as possible after danger of frost is over. When the plants are about six inches high, transplant into rows four or five feet apart each way.
Most of the tobacco used is grown in the South. North Carolina and Virginia soils produce tobacco easily and profit- ably. From a packet to an ounce will supply most any one. Then why not save money and raise your own tobacco?
WHITE BURLEY — The best filler tobacco known, on ac- count of its absorbing qualities. Has a long, wide leaf, very porous, makes bright reds ; fine for plug fillers and wrappers. Best adapted to limestone soils.
price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; i lb., 85c ; lb., $3.00.
CHOICE HAVANA — An Americanized Havana, used for cigar purposes, although sometimes used as a manufacturing sort. Has a very large, long, fine quality leaf; very early, making two crops a season in some sections. Best adapted to chocolate or rich gray soils.
Price — pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 1 lb., 85c; lb., $3.00.
SWEET OR LITTLE ORONOKO — Makes the finest fillers and the best natural chewing leaf. Cures a rich red ; long and narrow leaf ; tough and waxy. Best adapted to rich red and gray soils.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 30c ; l lb., $3.00.
VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS
ASPARAGUS ROOTS (See page 4 for description and prices).
CABBAGE PLANTS (See page 12 for description)— 100, 35c; 1,000, $2.25.
CAULIFLOWER PLANTS— Ready in March and April. Doz., 15c; 100, $1.25.
CELERY PLANTS — Ready from June to September (all leading sorts). 100, $1.25; 1,000, $7.50.
EGG PLANTS — Ready in May. Best pot-grown plants, 50c per doz. ; transplanted from flats, 30c per doz.
PEPPER PLANTS — Ready in April and May. Large pot- grown plants, 50c per doz. ; transplanted from flats, 30c per doz. (See page 20).
SWEET POTATO PLANTS— (In season, all the leading varieties)— Per 100, 40c ; 1,000, $2.50. Write for prices in large quantities.
RHUBARB ROOTS, MAMMOTH— Doz., $1.00.
HORSERADISH ROOTS— Doz., 20c ; 100, $1.00.
TOMATO PLANTS — We make*a specialty of these large pot-grown plants. Doz., 50c. Transplanted, per 100, $1.25.
TARRED FELT DISKS for Tomato Plants, keep cut worms off. 1 doz. @ 10c; 100, 50c.
BAMBOO CANE STAKES
6 feet 4c each
6/9 feet. 5c each
9/12 feet . 10c each
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PLANT STAKES AND LABELS
4|, 5, 8, 10, 12 inches, for shrubs and young trees, 3^ inches wired.
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GOURDS
TENDER ANNUAL CLIMBERS— Plant in hills after the danger of frost is past and cultivate as you would cucumbers or squash, leaving 2 or 3 plants to a hill. They may be trained over lattice work, fences, to poles, etc. The dried shells of these fruits are quite useful for household purposes.
DIPPER GOURD— Makes a light convenient dipper. When grown on the ground, the stems will be curved, while if raised as a climbing vine the weight of the blossom end will cause the blossom end to grow straight.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 25c.
SUGAR TROUGH GOURD— Grows very large. The shell, when dried, is thick and hard, extremely light, but very dur- able. Used for buckets, large dishes and many other household purposes.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c.
JAPANESE NEST EGG GOURDS— Grows almost uniform- ly to the size, color and shape of a hen’s egg. The shells are hard and make the very best of nest eggs. They are also useful for stocking darners.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c.
DISHCLOTH OR LUFFA — Has a peculiar lining which is sponge-like, porous, tough, elastic and desirable, making a na- tural dish cloth or sponge.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 35c.
BIRD SEED
BIRD TONIC— 25c.
CHOICE MIXED CANARY BIRD SEED— The choicest re- cleaned and most healthful mixture of seeds in the right pro- portion for canaries.
Price — Pkg. (14 ozs.), 25c; if by mail, 31c.
HEMP SEED — For parrots, pigeons, and occasionally to ’ canaries.
Price — 20c per lb. If by mail, 27c.
SUNFLOWER SEED— Pound, 15c ; 5 lbs. at 12c per lb. If by mail, 22c per lb.
BIRD MANNA — Keeps your canary in constant song and health. Improves their plumage and prevents disease.
Price— Pkg., 15c. If by mail, 22c.
All prices in this Catalogue are subject to change.
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SELECTED FLOWER SEED
Our flower seeds are^,of the best to be obtained and that money can buy. All flower seed are delivered free to any Postoffice in the United States or Canada.
General Cultural Directions For Flower Seeds — Most flower seeds germinate well in a rather light sandy loam, exposed to the sun, while a few are benefited by partial shade, and some do best with an element of clay finely mixed with the soil. Nearly all hardy seeds vegetate better when planted in early spring as soon as the soil can be worke,d fairly easily and has become warm, i
A general rule for the seed-bed is to have the soil rich, level and worked finely. Sow the seed evenly in the rows, cover with the finest of soil, about three times the diameter of the seed, and press the soil firmly over the seed. The soil should never become dry after the seeds have swelled, for if it does, they will be pretty sure to fail.
After the seeds are up, care must be taken to give them plenty of air and moisture, and yet not too much water, or they will j “damp-off” (rot at the top of the ground). As soon as the second leaves are well out, the seedlings should be put into pots or j new boxes. When finaly transplanted to the bed or border, water frequently until established.
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ABRONIA — Sand Verbena. (Umbellata). — A trailing plant which thrives in poor soil. Its fragrant pink flowers are borne in clusters all summer.
Price — Pkt., 5c.
ABUTILON — Flowering Mape. (Mixed) — Shrubby plants, suitable for house, greenhouse, or garden. 4 ft. Drooping, bell- shaped flowers of various colors.
Price— Pkt., 10c.
ACHILLEA— Milfoil or Yarrow. (“The Pearl”)— 1J ft.
Double white daisy-like flowers in summer and fall.
Price— Pkt., 10c.
ACONITUM— Monk’s Hood. (Napellus)— 4 ft. Does well in shade. Helmet-shaped, blue flowers.
Price — Pkt., 5c.
ADONIS — Flos Flower. (^stivalis)— 1 ft. Dark green
foliage ; scarlet flowers in summer.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c.
ADLUMIA — Allegheny Vine. (Cirrhosa) — Climber; 15 ft. Feathery foliage ; pink flowers in mid-summer. Desirable for covering trellises, tree stumps, etc.
Price— Pkt., 10c.
AGERATUM — Half hardy annual. Grows well and blooms continually until destroyed by frost. Valuable for cut flowers. Tall sorts are effective grown with Alyssum, Candytuft, etc. Dwarf varieties are suitable for edgings.
Imperial Dwarf- — Blue, 9 in. Price — Pkt., 5c ; 1 oz., 10c. Fine Mixed— 18 in. Price — Pkt., 5c ; J oz., 10c.
ALYSSUM — Hardy annual of dwarf habit, blooming until killed by frost. Fine for beds, borders, and vases. The snow- white flowers are fragrant and lasting. For edging to beds or borders, sow thickly to form masses. Cut flowers freely and others will take their places.
Martinum — (Sweet Alyssum) — 1 ft. Price — Pkt., 5c; 1 oz.,
25c.
Little Gem — Erect, distinct; 6 in. Price — J oz., 25c ; pkt., 5c.
AMARANTHUS — Caudatus. (Love-Lies-Bleeding) — 3 ft.
Brilliant foliage ; dark red, drooping spikes. Price — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 10c..
Tri-Color. (Joseph’s Coat) — Foliage crimson yellow and bronze. Price — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 10c.
Fine Mixed — Above and others. Price — Pkt., 5c ; \ oz., 10c.
AMPELOPSIS — Boston Ivy. (Vechti) — Rapid- growing hardy vine. It adheres firmly to stone, brick, or wood. Foliage turns to scarlet in autumn. Price — Pkt., 5c ; J oz., 15c.
ANTIRRHINUM — Snapdragon. 1$ to 3 ft. Dark, glossy leaves, and curiously shaped, showy colored flowers with spot- ted throats. Snapdragons blossom the first year, if seed is sown early. Slightly covered with leaves, they survive our winters. Succeed best in rather light soil.
Tall Sorts — Mixed. Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c.
Dwarf Sorts— Mixed. Pkt., 5c ; J oz., 16c.
ARISTOLOCHIA— Dutchman’s Pipe. (Sipho)— H. P. A
splendid climbing plant to train against a house or trellis. Heart-shaped leaves.
Price — Pkt., 10c.
ASCLEPIAS — Milkweed. A fine, hardy border perennial ; 2 ft. In bloom from July to frost.
Tuberosa — Bright orange. Price — Pkt., 10c.
AQUILEGIA — Columbine. 2 to 3 ft. Well-known and favorite plants for the garden border ; especially suitable for shady places. Are easily grown, soon form large clumps, and bloom from May until August.
Canadensis — Scarlet and yellow ; native. Price — Pkt., 5c.
Chrysantha — Long-spurred, yellow, single. Price — Pkt., 5c.
Caerulea — (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Sepals deep blue, petals white. Price — Pkt., 10c.
Double Mixed — Price — Pkt. 5c ; £ oz., 15c.
Vulgaris — Single, mixed. Price — Pkt., 5c; i oz., 10c.
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We sell Bird Cages and other Bird Supplies.
Male and Female Canaries are sold by us in season. Write for prices.
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ASTERS
ASTERS
It is unnecessary to dwell on the great beauty of these pop- ular favorites, as they are appreciated by everyone. Asters are annuals, and they are sufficiently hardy to endure a little frost without injury.
We recommend sowing seed of a number of varieties, as by this method of culture the blooming season can be made to ex- tend from June until late in the autumn.
ASTERS, TALL MIXED— Pkt., 5c ; i oz., 25c.
ASTERS, DWARF MIXED— Pkt., 5c ; i oz., 25c.
GIANT COMET ASTERS, MIXED— Pkt., 10c.
PEONY-FLOWERED ASTERS, MIXED— Pkt., 10c.
SEMPLES BRANCHING ASTERS :
White — Pkt., 5c ; \ oz., 25c.
Light Pink — Pkt., 5c ; \ oz., 25c.
Rose — Pkt., 5c ; \ oz., 25c.
Lavender — Pkt., 5c ; | oz., 25c.
Purple— Pkt., 5c ; i oz., 25c.
BACHELOR’S BUTTON— See Centaurea Cyanus.
BALLOON VINE — 10 ft. A rapid-growing annual climber, with white flowers and inflated seed pods which look like small balloons. Succeeds best in warm soil. Sow where to bloom. Pkt., 5c ; 1 oz., 30c.
BALSAM APPLE AND PEAR — Ornamental climbers, with pretty foliage and flowers, followed by handsome fruit, which, when ripe, bursts open, exposing the bright-red seeds within.
BALSAMINA — (Balsam Apple). — Pkt., 5c; \ oz., 25c.
CHARANTIA — (Balsam Pear). — Pkt., 5c; \ oz., 25c.
BALSAM — Lady Slipper. Balsams love rich soil, and plenty of water. Sow the seed in window boxes or hot-beds early, or in the open air in May, and transplant when two or three inches in height. Stimulate by weekly applications of liquid manure. Camelia-flowered.
DOUBLE BALSAM MIXED— Pkt., 10c ; \ oz., 40c.
RUNNER BEAN — Butterfly Bean. Will grow in any soil. In bloom from July to September. The flowers are distin- guished by pure white wings and scarlet standard.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; \ lb., 15c.
SCARLET RUNNER — An exceedingly rapid grower. Its strong vines are always clothed with deep scarlet flowers from early summer until fall.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; i lb., 15c; \ lb., 25c.
BELLIS — English Daisy. Perennials which will stand the winter if given the protection of a few leaves or litter ; in bloom from early spring until well on in the summer. Easily raised from seed.
Longfellow — Double pink, pkt., 10c.
Snowball — Double white, pkt., 10c.
Double Mixed — All colors, pkt., 5c.
CALENDULA— (Pot Marigold). 2 ft. Calendulas bloom all summer and thrive anywhere, especially in city gardens. The graceful star-shaped flowers exhibit every shade of yellow
«from ivory to deep orange. Well adapted for cutting, being borne upon long stems.
MIXED — All the double sorts. Price — Pkt., 5c ; i oz., 10c.
CALLIOPSIS — Showy, beautiful, free-blooming plants, pro- ducing large, bright flowers of rich and charming colors throughout the entire summer.
CALLIOPSIS — Best mixed. Pkt-., 5c ; i oz., 10c.
COREOPSIS — (Lanceolata) . Blooms June to autumn. Rich golden yellow ; fine for cutting ; pkt., 5c.
CANARY BIRD VINE — Grows to a height of 15 feet. Has beautiful foliage and yellow flowers. Pkt., 5c ; oz., 30c.
CANDYTUFT
A dwarf annual of easiest culture ; free-blooming, showy, and useful for beds, borders and edgings. Sow seeds where plants are to bloom, in rows 6 or 8 inches apart, thinning out to afford plenty of room, as they branch quite freely. Height, 1 foot.
CRIMSON — Rich, dark crimson ; pkt., 5c.
WHITE ROCKET — Long white flower spikes ; pkt., 5c.
EMPRESS — White, large flower ; pkt., 5c.
WHITE TOM THUMB — Grows 6 inches high ; pkt., 5c.
ANNUAL SORTS— Pkt., 5c.
SEMPER VIRENS — Survives winter out-of-doors. Its fine flowers are produced early in spring. H. P. ; pkt., 10c.
CANNAS
INDIAN SHOT — These very attractive summer bedding plants can be grown readily from seed. The seed is extremely hard and should be soaked in warm water until swollen. Sow singly in small pots of sandy soil and set in a warm place, preferably a hot-bed or sunny window. Set out in June where they are to flower.
CROZY — Dwarf mixed ; pkt., 5c.
CANNAS— Mixed ; pkt., 5c.
CARNATIONS
These very popular favorites are valuable for culture in the open ground in summer and for pot culture in winter. Seeds of the Margaret and Chabaud types sown in the spring, will, by August, produce plants that will be full of bloom until frost takes them ; or they may be cut back, potted, and carried over winter in a cool room. The Grenadine and Double Mixed bloom the second season after sowing.
MARGARET — Mixed ; pkt., 5c ; Scarlet, pkt., 5c.
MARGARET — Pink ; pkt., 5c.
MARGARET — White ; fine double flowers ; pkt., 10c.
GIANT MARGARET — Immense double flowers ; pkt., 10c.
FINE DOUBLE MIXED— Many colors ; pkt., 10c.
DAHLIA
Well-known fall blooming plants. They grow very readily from seed which, if sown early, will bloom the same year. Al- most any soil suits them, a moist one being preferable. H. H. P. 3 to 5 feet.
CACTUS FLOWERED— Double. Pkt., 10c.
DOUBLE, LARGE-FLOWERED— Pkt., 10c.
SINGLE, MIXED — From fine varieties. Pkt., 5c.
DIANTHUS, OR GARDEN PINKS
Annuals and perennials, embracing some of the most popu- lar flowers in cultivation, producing a great variety of brilliant colors, and profusion of bloom. The Chinese and Japanese vari- eties bloom the first season, the same as hardy annuals ; height, 1 foot. The hardy perennial varieties are very fragrant and of easy culture for the garden or greenhouse.
DOUBLE CHINA PINK— Finest colors mixed. Pkt., 5c; £ oz., 15c.
DOUBLE JAPAN PINK — Flowers large, brightest colors mixed. Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c.
SINGLE ANNUAL MIXED— Pkt., 5c; i oz., 15c.
DIGITALIS
FOXGLOVE — Handsome, stately plants, with ornamental green leaves and pendulous flowers, white, pink, blue, purple, etc., beautifully spotted. H. P. Height 2 feet. Mixed colors.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; f oz., 15c.
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COSMOS
CASTOR OIL PLANT — (See Ricinus).
CELOSIA— (See Coxcomb).
CORNFLOWER
CENTAUREA— The Dusty Mil- ler, sometimes called “Bachelor’s Button,” and “Ragged Robin.” One of the most popular of our garden annuals, bloming continually all summer. All colors mixed.
Price — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c.
CENTAUREA— The Dusty Mil- ler. The white-leaved, fine for bor- ders, bedding and hanging baskets.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 30c.
CENTAUR E A<— Moschata (Sweet Sultan). Handsome, fra- grant, purple and white flowers.
Price — Pkt., 5c.
CHRYSANTHEMUM — Peren- nial; all colors, double mixed.
Price— Pkt., 10c.
ANNUAL— Single and double, mixed colors.
PVrf Fie. ! oz.. 25c.
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CLEMATIS — Japan’s Virgin Bower. Climbing vines of rapid growth.
Price — Pkt., 10c.
COBAEA SCANDENS— One of the most rapid growing of the annual climbers. Climbs thirty feet in a season. The flow- ers are bell-shaped. Plant the seed edgewise and cover lightly.
Price— Pkt., 5c; £ oz., 20c.
COCKSCOMB CELOSIA— Easily grown annuals, fine for summer flower beds, pot plants and for drying for winter bou- quets. Sow in light soil, not too rich. Celosia or Plumed Vari- eties, mixed colors.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 25c.
COMB VARIETIES, Tall Mixed Colors— Pkt,, 5c; oz., 25c.
Dwarf Mixed Colors— Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 40c.
COSMOS
A hardy annual having strong stems from four to jux feet high with delicate, feathery foliage and pretty flowers of shades of rose red, pink, yellow, and also pure white. One of the most popular fall flowers ; excellent for cutting. Cosmos is most ef- fective when planted in broad masses or along background borders against fences or evergreens. Cosmos may be had bloom from August until frost.
Topping the plants when 1 foot high will induce early blooms.
EARLY FLOWERING COSMOS— Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c ; £ oz., 25c.
LADY LENOX GIANT COSMOS— Flowers 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Color, a beautiful shell pink.
Price— Pkt., 10c ; £ oz., 25c.
GIANT FLOWERED, SUPERB MIXED COSMOS Pkt., 10c ; £ oz., 30c.
WILD CUCUMBER VINE— Rapid climbers, growing 30 feet a season. Fragrant, pretty white flowers, followed by or- namental, prickly seed-pods.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c.
CYPRESS VINE — A splendid climber, with delicate dark green, feathery foliage and an abundance of bright star-shaped white and scarlet blossoms. Sow thickly after the middle of April. Height 15 feet.
White — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c ; oz., 25c.
Scarlet— Pkt., 5c; £ oz., 15c; oz., 25c.
Mixed Colors— Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.
DOLICHOS (Hyacinth Bean)— Rapid climbers, bearing large clusters of purple and white flowers followed by orna- mental plants.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c.
ESCHOLTZIA (California Poppy)— All colors mixed. Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c.
FEVERFEW — Double pure white flowers. Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 20c ; oz., 35c.
GLOBE AMARANTH — Red clover-shaped flowers. Cut when in bloom and dried, they retain their colors.
Mixed Colors — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 25c.
GODETIA — Satin Flower. Mixed colors — Pkt., 5c ; £
oz., 10c.
GOURDS — Ornamental. Quick growing vines ; excellent for covering arbors, walls and waste places.
Dipper — Always useful. Pkt., 10c.
Dish Cloth — Like a sponge. Pkt., 10c.
Nest Egg — May be used as such. Pkt., 10c.
Sugar Trough — For buckets. Pkt., 10c.
Calabash or Pipe Gourd — Pkt., 10c.
Mixed Gourds — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c.
GYPSOPHILA — Baby’s Breath. Pure white, tiny flowers. Pkt., 5c.
HELIOTROPE — -Fine mixed colors. Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 35c.
HOLLYHOCK— Double, All Colors Mixed. Pkt., 5c; £
oz., 25c.
KENILWORTH IVY — Tender perennial, of trailing habit, bearing small violet flowers. Fine for boxes, rockeries, and hanging baskets. Pkt., 5c.
KOCHIA, or Burning Bush; Summer Cypress, or Mexican Firebush — 2 to 3 feet. Makes a pyramidal-shaped cypress-like bush with feathery, light green foliage, deepening until it be- comes a lovely crimson. Pkt., 10c ; £ oz., 20c.
LARKSPUR — Very popular annual plants of the easiest culture. Beautiful, graceful flowers of many colors are borne of long spikes ; fine for cutting ; height, 1 foot.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c.
MARVEL OF PERU (Four O’clock) — Blooms first season. Height, 2 feet. Flowers showy, open only in the afternoon.
Price— Pkt., 5c ; oz., 20c.
NIGELLA (Love in a Mist, or Devil in a Bush) — Bright, showy flowers, requiring but little care. Height, 1 foot.
Mixed colors, pkt., 5c.
MOONFLOWER (Evening Glory Ipomoea) — Hardy annual, one of the most rapid climbers, grows 50 to 75 feet. Vines ro- bust and covered with large white flowers, opening in the evening, and remaining open until about noon of the next day.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 50c.
LOBELIA — Easy to grow, one of the best plants for rock- eries, pots and bedding ; a mass of blooms for a long season.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 25c.
MIGNONETTE (Sweet) — Very fragrant. Bears large spikes of flowers.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c.
PORTULACA
(Moss Flower) — Will succeed in any sunny location, pro- ducing great profusion of flowers of almost every color.
SINGLE MIXED COLORS— Pkt., 5c; £ oz., 25c.
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis).
Alpestris. Dark blue ; in bloom all summer. Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 25c.
Mixed Colors — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 20c.
GAILLARDIA— Blanket Flower. Mixed colors. Pkt., 5c;
J oz., 20c.
DOUBLE MIXED COLORS— Pkt., 10c; £ oz., 40c.
RICINUS (Castor Bean) — These are fine for backgrounds or centre of beds. Tall plants with palm-like leaves.
All the best varieties of colored leaves. Pklt., 5c ; oz., 10c ; £ lb., 25c.
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SELECT MIXED NASTURTIUM
SELECT NASTURTIUMS
We are importers of the choicest strains of both the Dwarf or “Tom Thumb” and Tall or Running varieties of Nasturtiums.
NASTURTIUMS are one of the hardiest and most attractive summer blooming plants ; will begin blooming early in the spring and continue until killed by frost. They bloom best in thin, well-drained soil. No other an- nual will produce blooms in such profusion ; they are un- excelled for their brilliancy and variety of colors.
DWARF NASTURTIUMS
VARIEGATED LEAVES— Very beautiful, even when not in bloom ; flowers of many colors, show to great ad- vantage among the variegated foliage.
QUEEN OF TOM THUMBS— Pkt., 10c ; oz. 25c.
IVY LEAVED — Both the flowers and leaves are dif- ferent from all other sorts. The leaves are a rich deep green, veined with silvery white. Flowers are star- shaped rich in colors.
Price— Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c.
DWARF VARIETIES MIXED— Pkt., 5c ; oz. 15c ; i lb., 40c; lb., $1.50; (by mail, postpaid, lb., $1.60).
TALL OR RUNNING NASTURTIUMS
VARIEGATED LEAVED— Similar to Dwarf varieties, except in habit of growth, being tall.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 50c.
IVY LEAVED — Similar to Dwarf varieties, except in habit of growth, being tall. t1
Price — pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; i lb., 40c; lb., $1.»0 , (by mail postpaid, lb., $1.60).
JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES
These beautifully marked and most daintily tinted flowers are one of the grandest climbers. Grows 30 to 50 feet. Flow- ers measuring 4 to 6 inches across, foliage very ornamental. Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz. 35c.
FANCY FRINGED — A new imported variety from Japan. Flowers very large, ruffled from stem to margin like crumpled velvet.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; oz., 40c.
SINGLE MORNING GLORY— The old original variety. One of the best known and rapid climbers.
TALL VARIETIES MIXED— Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c ; ? lb., 40c; lb., $1.50; (by mail, postpaid, lb., $l.o0).
POPPIES
POPPIES — These most beautiful hardy annuals and per- ennials are of easy and quick growth. Their gorgeous flowers are borne throughout the summer.
ORIENTAL — Perennial; bears huge flowers of the most delicate and dazzling colors and they increase in size and beauty each season.
Price — Pkt., 10c; i oz., 25c.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; \ lb., 35c.
GIANT PANSIES
ICELAND — Perennial; blooms continuously from' June to October. They resemble crushed satin.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; i oz., 15c.
Pansy Seed should be sown in well pulverized soil, and covered not more than a quarter of an inch, sowing in Febru- ary or March, should be made in boxes covered with glass. Transplant to a partial shady place in a rich, moist soil.
GIANT FLOWERED PANSY MIXTURE— This is a mix- ture of the finest strains of Giant Pansies, seeds coming from the world’s famous pansy growers, whose flowers are of the richest colors and largest size. Each flower is a gem of velvet and gold, blotched and mottled of many tints.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; 3 pkts. for 25c ; i oz., $1.00.
CHOICE MIXED PANSIES — A choice mixture of all col- ors, shades and markings.
Price — Pkt., 5c; 6 pkts. for 25c; i oz., 50c.
PETUNIA
The ease of culture, and duration of bloom, will make Petunias always very popular. The large flowers borne pro- fusely.
FRINGED PETUNIAS — This strain is without an eaual for its beautifully fringed or ruffled flowers at their edge often measuring 4 to 6 inches across.
Price — Pkt., 25c.
DOUBLE MIXED PETUNIAS— These beautifull marked Petunias produce a large percentage of double flowers of the largest and brightest colored fringed varieties.
Price — Pkt., 25c.
SINGLE MIXED PETUNIAS— A fine mixture of all colors.
Price — Pkt., 5c ; £ oz., 15c.
PHLOX
Few flowers can equal these beautiful annuals in their magnificent display of their many and brilliantly colored flowers.
PHLOX DRUMMONDI — This superb strain is noted for larger flowers and rich colors.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; £ oz., 25c.
STAR AND FRINGED — Very beautiful, and of the most varied colors. These star-shaped varieties are bordered with white. Pkt., 10c.
* FINE MIXED — A mixture of all the choicest colors. Pkt., 5c; \ oz., 25c.
SHIRLEY — Annuals. Brilliant and free flowering. Pkt., 5c ; ^ oz., 15c.
DOUBLE PEONY FLOWERED ANNUALS— Large flow- ers resembling Peonies. Mixed colors. Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c.
SINGLE MIXED — Annuals. Contains the best strains of single poppies, mixed colors. Pkt., 5c ; ^ oz., 20c.
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MARIGOLD — Extremely effective annuals, easily grown and free flowering, bearing early many brilliant flowers, con- tinuing till killed by frost.
Double French Mixed — Pkt., 5c ; oz., 75c.
African — Double Mixed. Pkt., 5c ; oz. 75c.
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CHOICE LAWN GRASS SEED MIXTURES
OUR GROVE PARK EVERGREEN LAWN GRASS SEED
MAKES SOFT, BEAUTIFUL GREEN LAWNS
PREPARATION AND FERTILIZING OF THE SOIL, AND SOWING THE SEED
FOR LAWNS
PREPARATION AND FERTILIZING OF THE SOIL — This is the most important work in connection with the making of a lawn. It is necessary that the soil be thoroughly broken and made as smooth as possible by repeated raking and harrowing. It is necessary to fertilize, and the class of fertilizer used will have a considerable bearing on the finished job. To avoid numer- ous noxious weeds that always come by using fresh manure, we advise fertilizing your lawn with Pulverized Sheep Manure, a natural fertilizer, free from weed seeds. Also Ground Bone Meal will be found very valuable as a lawn fertilizer and top dressing.
FOR MAKING NEW LAWNS, either of the fertilizers mentioned or half of each should be applied before seeding at the rate of 25 lbs. for 1200 square feet or 800 to 1,000 lbs. to an acre. As a top dressing for old lawns use from 400 to 500 lbs. to an acre or for a small lawn use 5 lbs. for 300 square feet.
We sell the Best Grade of Bone Meal and Pulverized Sheep Manure. See Page 42 for prices.
SOWING THE SEEDS — For spring sowing. Lawn Grass Seed should be sown as early as possible, from February to May, or if in the fall, from September to the last of November. Thick seeding always gives best results. Lawn Grass Seed should be sown after the soil has been fertilized and raked fine at the rate of one pound of seed to 300 square feet, or 75 to 90 pounds to an acre. The seed should be carefully and evenly sown, and lightly raked in, and afterwards, provided the soil is not wet, rolled or made firm by patting down with the back of a spade, the object being to bring the seed in close contact with the soil to prevent drying out, will also then give a quicker and more even germination.
GROVE PARK EVERGREEN MIXED LAWN GRASS
In the South we often have trouble in getting good lawns because it has been found that no one grass will give satisfactory results at all seasons, and on all soils. By careful experiments we have succeeded in getting a combination of grasses that will produce an evergreen lawn, giving permanency and beauty of sward. By the use of this Grove Park Evergreen Mixed Lawn Grass Seed a rich velvety lawn can be made and maintained. One pound will sow a space 10 by 30 feet (or 300 square feet), 75 to 90 lbs. to an acre.
Price of Seed — Lb., 30c; 10 lbs. and over at 28c per lb.; 25 to 50 lbs. at 25c per lb. (By mail postpaid, lb., 40c).
SHADY PARK MIXED LAWN GRASS SEED
This is a mixture, of grasses, especially adapted for growing in shady places.
Price of Seed — Lb., 35c; 10 lbs. and over at 30c per lb. (By mail postpaid, lb., 45c).
WE SELL THE CORRECT LAWN RAKES AND LAWN ROLLERS. See page 45 for description and prices.
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OUR HIGH QUALITY GRASS SEED
Our High Quality Grass Seeds have been carefully selected as to their purity, type and highest ger- mination. It pays to plant the Best, which you will secure by buying Our Cherokee Brand,’ which means the Highest Quality.
Prices on Grass Seeds Fluctuate. We will be pleased to quote prices at any time, or will fill all or- ders entrusted to us at ruling prices at the time order is received. Prices named in this Catalogue are those ruling at the time this Catalogue goes to the printer.
ORCHARD GRASS
ORCHARD GRASS — Will make a valuable grass sown alone or in mixtures for permanent pasture or hay. It is one of our most reliable grasses. While succeeding well on almost all reasonably fertile soils, it is best on loamy and moderately stiff uplands. It is a quick grower, and may be mowed from two to four times a year. No other grass so easily adapts itself to widely different soils and climates, and farmers in all countries hold it in high esteem for both hay and pasture. When sown alone, sow at the rate of 2 bushels to an acre, maturing early, is well adapted to be sown in mix- ture with Tall Meadow Oat Grass and Red Clover, as suggested in Tall Meadow Oat Grass description. Al- so if sown with Red Clover alone, use 1J bushels Orchard Grass with 8 lbs. Red Clover to an acre.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Seed— Lb., 30c; bushel (14 lbs.), about $4.00. Choice grade of Seed,
Write for prices in quantity, as price fluctuates.
TIMOTHY
TIMOTHY is probably unsur- passed by any other grass for its nutritious and salable hay. It is greatly relished by all kinds of stock, especially horses. Being an early grass, it is well adapted to hill and mountain districts, where there is clay or heavy loams, or in low- lands. It will do well on any good stiff, loamy soil provided moisture is abundant. Red Top or Herds Grass and Meadow Fescue mature at the same time as Timothy and do well in a mixture with Timothy, and will increase the yield of hay and pasturage. Timothy, when sown alone, should be sown 11 lbs. to an acre. If sown with the above grasses and Sapling Clover, use 8 lbs.
Timothy, 6 lbs. Clover, 6 lbs. Fancy Red Top and £ bushel Meadow Fes- cue to an acre.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Seed — Lb., 13c; bushel (45 lbs.), about $5.55. Write for prices, as price fluctuates.
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS— One of the most valuable pasture grasses we have ; sown alone or in mixtures with other grasses and clov- ers. It is one of the richest and most nutritious of all grasses for pas- ture, and should be largely used in all mixtures of grasses for pasture except on very light or sandy soils. It is largely used on lawns and in mixtures for lawns. When sown alone, sow about 40 lbs. to an acre.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Seed — Lb., 30c; bushel (14 lbs.), about $3.50. Write for prices in quantity. TIMOTHY
RED TOP OR HERDS GRASS
A grass particularly adapted to low land or damp situations. It will grow successfully on any soil that will grow other grasses or grain. Will make a valuable pasture crop ; is also used in mixtures or other grasses for hay. After once being established, it thickens and improves year by year, taking possession of the land and increasing in yield and quantity each successive year. Red Top is also one of the best Grasses for land that washes, and hillsides.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Seed — Lb., 20c ; 10 lbs. and over at 17c.
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ORCHARD GRASS
RED TOP OR HERDS GRASS
“IRON AGE” GARDEN AND FARM TOOLS ARE SOLD BY US. BY THEIR USE, TIME AND LABOR CAN BE SAVED AND MORE THOROUGH CULTIVATION MADE. »
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SUDAN GRASS — THE IDEAL HAY CROP
THIS NEW REMARKABLE HAY AND FORAGE CROP has created a sensation among the planters wherever shown on account of the universal success attained with it. Its adaptability to various kinds of soils and climates ; its wonderful heavy yielding qualities of abundance of good nutritious feed.
SUDAN GRASS AT A GLANCE — From Farmers Bulletin 605 Dept, of Agriculture : “Su-
dan Grass is related to the cultivated sorghums and is thought by some to be the progenitor of this group. It was obtained from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1909. In appearance it is similar to Johnson Grass, but it is somewhat more erect, taller, and has a broader leaf. It lacks entirely the underground root stocks which make Johnson Grass a pest. Two or three cuttings can be obtained from it under favorable conditions. The yields vary from 1 to 8 tons of cured hay per acre. It promises to fill a long-felt want for a hay grass in the South, and will likely replace milets as a catch crop in the Central and Eastern States.”
SOWING THE SEED — The seed should not be sown in this section until the weather be- comes warm, about the first of May. Can be sown in drills or broadcast. When in drills about two feet apart, it requires about 10 lbs. of seed to an acre. If broadcast or drilled thickly, 25 to 30 lbs. to an acre is required.
Price — Pkt., 10c ; lb., 30c ; 10 lb. lots and over, 25c ; 100 lb. lots and over at 22|c per lb. If by mail, see parcel post rates on first page.
TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS
, TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS — A tall growing perennial grass, with flat leaves and long narrow panicles. Valuable for hay and pasture. Starts early in spring and lasts until fall, standing the midsummer heat and drought. Is a heavy yielder of very nutritious hay, which can be cut twice in a season.
When sown alone, sow three bushels to an acre ; or can be sown with Orchard Grass, which matures at same time, together with Red Clover, using 11 lbs. Tall Meadow Oat Grass, one bushel (14 lbs.) Orchard Grass and 6 lbs. Red Clover to an acre.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand — Lb., 30c; bu. (11 lbs.), about $2.75.
BERMUDA GRASS
This is the South’s most valuable grass for pasturage, hay, and also largely used on lawns. Bermuda Grass is very largely used for sowing on hillsides, railway embankments, etc. Stands hot, dry weather remarkably well, making a most valuable summer pasturage grass. The seed should be sown broadcast 6 to 8 lbs. to acre from end of March to July. Do not sow toe early, as the seed will not germinate in cool weather. Cover seed lightly, not more than half an inch.
Price — Lb., 50c ; 10 lb. lots and over, 40c per lb. Write for quantity prices
MEADOW FESCUE OR RANDALL GRASS (Festuca Pratensis)
(Erroneously called English Blue Grass). Highly valuable for permanent grass land. Does not, however, attain its full productive power till the second or third year. Relished by live stock, both in hay and pasture, and is one of the most desirable permanent grasses for general culture ; 40 lbs. to the acre (24 lbs. per bu.)
Price — Lb., 30c ; in 10 lb. lots and over, 25c ; 100 lb. lots, per lb.
RHODE ISLAND BENT GRASS
The Rhode Island Bent Grass has creeping roots,., and spreads and holds the soil together, although, if desired, is easily eradicated. It is especially recommended for lawns, pasturage and golf courses.
Price — Lb., 50c ; 10 lbs. and over at 45c.
PERENNIAL OR ENGLISH RYE GRASS
An early maturing, quick growing grass, making fine grazing and hay. Excellent mixed with other grasses, furnishing valuable permanent pasture and hay. It is also being largely sown in lawns. When sown alone, sow 30 pounds to an acre.
Price of Seed — Lb., 15c ; 5 to 10 lbs. at 12c per lb. ; 30 lbs. at 11c per lb.
ITALIAN RYE GRASS
This grass resembles English Rye Grass considerably. It is very valuable, vigorous growing grass, suitable for furnishing in very short time a splendid green pasture. Also fine on lawns. It forms a good turf, and stands the dry weather remarkably well. This grass can be sown with success either in the fall of the year or very early spring. On rich land it will grow from 2 to 3 feet high. From 30 to 40 pounds of seed should be used in seeding an acre.
Price of Seed — Lb., 15c ; 10 lbs. at 12c per lb. ; 30 lbs. at 11c per lb.
SUDAN GRASS
PACEY’S PERENNIAL RYE GRASS — A selection of quick-growth Perennial Grass, finely adapted for pasturage and lawn purposes.
Price — lb., 15c ; 10 lbs. and over at 12c per lb. ; 100 lbs. and over at 10c per lb.
CAHOON BROADCAST SEED SOWER For Sowing Grass Seed, Grain, Clover Seed
The best seeder manufactured and sows all kinds of grain, clover seed, etc., rapidly and evenly. A person entirely unused to seeding can, by following the simple direc- tions sent with machine, sow from four to six acres an hour at a common walking gait. It sows uniformly and saves four-fifths in labor by its use. Every farmer should have one of these sowers. Circulars giving full information and directions for use, mailed on application. Price — $4.50.
Hay and Pasture Mixtures on next page.
CYCLONE SEED SOWER
This sower is guaran- teed to distribute seed perfectly and evenly, will not throw seed in an upward direction or against the opera- tor, but direct and evenly to the land ; sows clover, timothy, red top or herds grass, oats, millets, sorghum cane, rye, wheat, buck- wheat. turnip and oth- er seeds' that are sown broadcast. Time and money can be saved by the use of this sower. Price — $2.00 each.
SOWER THAT SCATTERS EVENIA
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HIGH GRADE CLOVER AND ALFALFA SEED
CLOVERS AND ALFALFA can be depended upon, as they are of the Highest Grade, and recleaned. Our Seeds are not only of a high germinating test, but they are of a high purity test, giving assurance to the planter that he will receive the best seeds obtainable. The Cherokee Brand means the Highest
Quality, the most profitable and cheapest for the planter.
Prices named on clovers are subject to change. Write for prices. .Mention quantity wanted, or we will fill orders sent us at our lowest prevailing price day order is received.
RED CLOVER
This valuable crop is not only one of the most excellent Hay and Forage Crops, but it is a great soil improver. Red Clover can be cut for two or three years from one seeding, and on good land will yield two cuttings per year. Red Clover has been found particularly adapted to the northern part of the Cotton Belt ; when sown alone in this section, 10 to 12 lbs. to an acre. Excellent results are received by sowing for hay, a mixture of one bushel of Orchard Grass, one bushel Tall Meadow Oat Grass with eight pounds of Red Clover to an acre. If to be used also for pasture, an addition of 6 pounds Red Top or Herds Grass to the above mixture will increase the pastur- age.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Recleaned Seed — Lb., 50c ; 10 to 20 lbs. at 471c; 1 bushel (of 60 lbs.), about $27.50. Prices
fluctuate.
MAMMOTH, OR SAPLING CLOVER
1 This is similar to Red Clover, both in appearance of the seed and its habits of growth, the difference being that it usually grows larger and is later in maturing. It is considered superior as an improver on account of the extra growth. It is a good variety for thin soils, or to seed with Timothy, Meadow Fescue or Herd’s Grass, or Red Top, as it matures about the same time as these grasses. Sow ten to twelve pounds per acre by itself or with Timothy. Six pounds of Clover and eight pounds of Timothy will give a liberal seeding.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Recleaned Seed — Pound, 60c ; 10 to 30 lbs. at 47ic per lb. 1 bushel (60 lbs.), $27.50. Prices fluctuate. Will quote prices upon request or fill orders at market prices day order is received.
ALSIKE CLOVER
Sixty pounds to the bushel. A valuable perennial clover, growth of fine texture, more spreading and recumbent than red clover, matures later, has pinkish blossoms and does not make such large roots, nor do they penetrate so deep into the soil. Notwithstanding, it seems to be hardier than red clover, standing as much heat and decidedly more cold. Alsike Clover should be sown in the South from August to March, the sooner the better. It seems to be well adapted to creek and river bottoms. From 8 to 10 lbs. should give a good stand.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand — 10 to 30 lbs., 40c ; bushel (of 60 bs.), $21.00. Price fluctuates.
SWEET CLOVER OR MELILOTUS For Forage and Soil Improvement
SWEET CLOVER — Is also known as Bokhara Clover. There are two varieties. The White Blooming or Melilotus Alba and th6 Yellow Blooming or Melilotus Officianalis. One of thq great uses Melilotus has been put to is to inoculate the soil where alfalfa is intended to be grown, as it contains the same class of bacteria that infest the roots of alfalfa for it will grow where alfalfa will not the first year. It enriches poor, thin land ; prevents land from washing, stands heat and drought remarkably well ; is very fattening for all live stock ; valuable for bee pasture. It is sown at the rate of 20 to 30 bs. to an acre.
THE WHITE BLOOMING OR MELILOTUS ALBA is the most largely used ; it produces a larger growth, is a little later in maturing, and is of superior quality to the yellow, which is
very coarse.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand of Seed (Unhulled) — lb., 25c; 10-lb. lots and over, at 21c per lb.
BUR CLOVER
Can only be sown in the summer and fall. For the South it is a most valuable winter grazing crop, growing luxuriantly all through the winter and until the summer comes fully on. It is admirably adapted for use with Bermuda Grass ; the com- bination of the two makes a splendid all-the-year round pas- turage.
Price, Seed in the Bur — lb., 15c; 10 lbs. and over at 124c
per lb.
RED CLOVER
CRIMSON CLOVER
(American Grown Seed)
Best only for late summer and fall sowing— This variety should be more largely used by every Southern farmer. On account of the value that crimson clover has proven to the Southern farmer, the scarcity of it this year, as little or none can be imported, we would suggest to every farmer that he anticipate his needs and place his orders with us early. Pro- duces an excellent hay and fine winter pasturage. Crimson Clover is one of the finest of all soil-improving crops. Sow at the rate of 15 lbs. to an acre broadcast from July to October.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand Seed — lb., 30c; bushel of 60 lbs., about $14.00.
WHITE CLOVER
WHITE CLOVER — Does well in nearly all parts of the South. In this section it is indigenous to all kinds of soils. Is f?P|^llyj valuable and largely used in LAWN and PASTURE MlArURES. It makes a small, close, compact growth. If sown alone, sow 6 to 8 lbs. an acre ; more largely sown with other grasses, in this case use half the amount.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand of Seed— 75c per lb. • 5 to 10 lbs. at 70c per lb.
ALFALFA OR LUCERNE The Profitable and Nutritious Hay Crop
_ ALFALFA OR LUCERNE — In the South will produce from o to t tons of hay an acre each year. It enriches the soil. Its very 4arge, branching roots penetrate far down, loosening the s°“» getting Plant food where other crops would be a failure Alfalfa is a perennial, and lasts for eight to ten vears Sow seeds in thoroughly prepared soil at the rate of 20* lbs to the ?,cre- Eefo,fe sowinS the seed it will be best to inoculate them, it ait a If a has never been grown on the soil you are to sow. We can supply you with the Bacteria for inoculating alfalfa and clover at 50c per acre.
Price of Our Cherokee Brand of Seed — lb., 30c ; 10 lbs. and over, 25c per lb. ; $14.50 per bushel of 60 lbs. Price fluctuates.
LESPEDEZA or JAPAN CLOVER— per lb., 45c. Write for prices on round lots on all Clovers.
Bags charged extra on Clovers.
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HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS
PURE RAW GROUND BONE MEAL
Bone Meal sold by us is from pure, raw bones, not from steamed bones. Using raw bones we save for you a larger amount of plant food in the proper form. We guarantee our bone meal to run 24 per cent, total Phosphoric Acid, and not less than 4-1 per cent, of Ammonia. Bone Meal is a fine fertilizer for all kinds of Fruit Trees, Rose Bushes, Grape Vines, Bulbs, Geraniums, Ferns, Palms and other pot plants ; with Grass Crops, whether for pasture, hay or lawn. Bone Meal will be found a valuable fertilizer, for it is giving plant food all during the growing season, as the bone is steadily dissolved.
Price— 5-lb. bag for 25c ; 10-lb. bag, 45c ; 25-lb. bag, $1.00 ; 50-lb. bag, $1.90 ; 100-lb. bag, $3.50 ; 200-lb. sack, $6.75 ; 1,000 lbs. for $32.50 : per ton, $60.00 f. o. b. Asheville.
PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE
Sheep Manure is a pure, natural manure. It is clean and easily handled, besides giving immediate results. Furnishes nat- ural humus to the soil ; gives quick and lasting results. For the lawn, pot plants, or as general garden fertilizer, nothing sur- passes it. Use this for a fertilizer for bulbs.
Price — 2-lb. package, 15c ; 5 lbs., 25c ; 10 lbs., 45c ; 25 lbs., $1.00 ; 50 lbs., $1.75 ; 100 lbs., $3.00 ; 500 lbs, $13.75 ; 1,000 lbs., $25.00 ; ton, $45.00, f. o. b. Asheville.
HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE
It has been proven that nearly all our Southern soils are deficient in available phosphoric acid, a valuable plant food. It is especially recommended for all Grass and Grain crops. Use at the rate of 200 to 400 lbs. to an acre in drills or broadcast, well incorporated in the soil ; when used for clover, grass or grain crops, applying it two to three weeks before seeding will be found best.
Analysis: Available Phosphoric 16 per cent.
Price — Of 200-pound sack, $3.00. Wyite for ton prices.
HIGH GRADE POTATO FERTILIZER
This perhaps will be found the highest grade complete fertilizer this year, which, containing 2 per cent potash in addition to 3 to 4 per cent ammonia and 8 per cent available phosphoric acid, makes it very desirable for Irish and sweet potatoes. Also all other root crops for which it will prove a valuable fertilizer.
Price — Of 200-pound sack, $7.50.
HIGH GRADE VEGETABLE FERTILIZER
This high grade complete fertilizer is especially prepared for beans, English peas, cabbage, tomatoes, melons and other vege- table crops. It will also be found as a valuable tobacco fertilizer. Will be found a good substitute for manure or fine to mix with it ; will very materially benefit any vegetable crop.
Analysis : Available Phosphoric Acid, 8 per cent ; Ammonia, 3 to 4 per cent ; Potash, 1 per cent.
Price — Of 200-pound sack, $7.00.
HIGH GRADE GRASS, OATS AND CORN FERTILIZER
It is important that these crops receive this year the necessary plant foods in a complete fertilizer to assist in increasing their yield, that we would advise using this Special Mixture for these crops. When used in the drill, use 400 lbs. to an acre; when broadcast, from 500 to 600 lbs. to an acre.
The increased yield will pay you.
Analysis : Available Phosphoric Acid, 8 per cent ; Ammonia, 2 per cent ; Potash, 2 per cent.
Price — Of 200 pound sack, $5.50.
WRITE FOR TON AND CAR LOAD PRICES OF ANY FERTILIZER NEEDED.
TOBACCO DUST
An insecticide and Fertilizer combined.
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INSECTICIDES and FUNGICIDES
Bug Poisons Cannot be Sent by Mail
HAMMOND SLUG SHOT — Used for 25 years and as re- liable as Grandfather’s Clock. Kills leaf-eating insects — no poison.
Price— 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 50c; 10 lbs., 95c.
BUG DEATH
BUG DEATH kills the bugs with- out injuring the foliage of any plant, tree or vine ; does away with the “be- ware— poison’’ sign, because it con- tains no Paris green or otfier arsen- ical poisons. Bug Death is especially valuable for putting on cabbage, beans, egg plant, squash, cucumbers, cauliflower, as well as it is largely and successfully used on Irish Pota- toes ; also will be found one of the best to use on flower plants. By the use of Bug Death the yield and qual- ity of your plants will be increased. It is very fine, tenacious powder that sticks.
Price — 1 lb., sprinkle top box, 25c ; 3-lb. package, 50c ; 5-lb. package, 70c, by express not prepaid. If by mail add to amount for parcel postage.
BOWKER’S PYROX — A combined insecticide and fungi- cide. Pyrox kills leaf-eating insects. It prevents rots, blights, rusts and fungus. Its use means a larger and better crop of apples, pears, grapes, small fruits, potatoes, tomatoes and other crops. It is in a paste and is used in a spray.
Price — 1-lb. jar, 35c; 5-lb. drums, $1.25; 10-lb. drums,
$2.00.
“BLACK LEAF 40” — Destroys such insects as Aphis (Plant Lice), Thrips, Leaf Hoppers. Contains 40 per cent of nicotine. One ounce bottle makes about six gallons ; |-lb. tin makes from 40 to 150 gallons spray.
In order to assist the “Black Leaf 40” to penetrate to and thoroughly wet the insect, it is advisable when spraying with “Black Leaf 40” alone to add 3 or 4 pounds of dissolved soap to every 100 gallons of spray. When using “Black Leaf 40” in combination with other sprays, do not use soap.
Price — 1 oz. bottle, 25c; \ lb. tin, 75c. This being a poison can not go through the mail.
PARIS GREEN — Is very poisonous. It is known to be the most reliable destroyer of all leaf -eating insects, but is almost worthless for destroying what is known as sucking insects. If thought desirable to use in solution, which is really the most economical way, from one-quarter to one pound will be suffi- cient to add to fifty gallons of water, or one pound to 50 lbs. of land plaster, the quantity depending upon the tenderness of the foliage it is to be applied to.
Price of Paris Green — J lb., 25c ; f lb., 45c ; lb., 75c ; 5 to 10 lb. lots, 70c.
INSECTO POWDERED BORDO— Endorsed by leading en- tomologists. Will prevent blight, scab, rust, mildew, black-rot, and other fungus diseases of plants and fruits ; also will im- prove the quality and increase the yield. It should be used on grapes, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, etc. Potatoes respond generously to thorough spraying. To make a combined Fungi- cide and Insecticide, add one pound of Paris Green or two pounds of Arsenate of Lead to 150 gallons of the diluted miy- ture. 8 pounds of Dry Insecto Bordo makes 50 gallons of spray mixture.
Price— 1 lb. can, 50c; 5 lbs., $2.25; 10 lbs., for $4.00.
FISH OIL SOAP AND TOBACCO— (Usually called Whale Oil Soap). An excellent' preparation for plants infected by vermin. Also used against fungus diseases and will keep trunks of trees free from borers and other bark destroyers. Destroys the mealy-bug and nearly all lice on indoor plants and scale on palms.
Price — By express, lb., 25c.
PHY-CRESOL — A cold water dip, insecticide, disinfect- ant, deodorizer, antiseptic and detergent. Rapidly fatal to all insect pests which infest domestic animals, but positively harmless to the skin. Heals eruptions and cuts, and pro- motes new growth of fine hair and wool. A perfect sheep dip and splendid disinfectant. Invaluable for dog kennels, poultry houses, etc. Small bottles, 35c postpaid ; by express, 30c.
ARSENATE OF LEAD
DRY POWDERED — The advantages of the use of a dry powdered form of Arsenate of Lead over the bulky paste material are many. It is an exceedingly finely divided, fluffy powder, which is a greater bulk per given weight than any other powdered Arsenate of Lead manu- factured. For this reason it goes into suspension in the spray tank much more readily than the paste lead or any other form of dry Arsenate of Lead. It con- tains 30 to 33 per cent of Arsenate of Oxide. It is very adhesive and sticks to the leaves and fruit for the longest pos- sible time. This insures the greatest ef- fectiveness at the lowest cost. These ad- vantages make it much preferable to Paris green for destroying leaf-eating insects. Use 1 to 2 lbs. to 50 gallons water for general spraying.
Price — ^ lb. package, 30c ; 1-lb. package, 55c ; 5-lb. pack- age, $2.50 ; 25 lbs. at 45c per lb. ; 50 lbs. at 43c per lb. ; 100 lbs. and over at 40c per lb.
HELLEBORE— For worms, caterpillars, etc. Less poi- sonous than Paris green and Arsenate of Lead, and safer to use when vegetables and fruits are nearly ripe. Dissolve 1 oz. to 2 gallons of water. Lb., 70c.
SULPHUR — For making Lime-Sulphur Spray, for mildew and plant mites. By mail postpaid, lb., 18c; 10 lbs., $1.00. By express, lb., 10c ; 10 lbs., 75c ; 25 lbs., $1.65.
DRY LIME SULPHUR — For Dusting — Write for prices. State quantity wanted.
TOBACCO DUST — This, containing potash is a good fer- ilizer as well as an insecticide, excellent for dusting melon and cucumber vines, also to put in the soil around the plants to destroy and help prevent the grub or bugs in the soil.
Price — 1 lb., 10c ; 5 to 10 lbs. at 8c per lb. ; 25 to 50 lbs. at 7c per lb.
SULPHO TOBACCO SOAP — For a cheap, effective, clean and harmless insecticide for amateur and professional growers this is unexcelled. Quickly exterminates all insect life on plants and flowers in and out of doors. Unsurpassed for rose bushes. For domestic purposes it rids the house of cockroaches, and is a superior wash for dogs and all animals. Prevents poultry lice. A trial will give highly gratifying results.
Price — Three-ounce cake, sufficient for 1£ gallons prepared solution for 10c ; by mail, postpaid, 13c. Eight-ounce cake, sufficient for 4 gallons prepared solution for 20c ; by mail, postpaid, 28c.
PHENOLENE — A powerful disinfectant for general house- hold and disinfedting uses. An excellent deodorizer. Full directions for using on each package.
Price — | pint bottles, 25c ; 1 pint bottles, 35c.
KEROSENE EMULSION— For Sucking Insects. A safe and sure remedy for squash-bugs, plant and bark-lice, San Jose Scale, caterpillars, rose-bugs, green-fly, melon and pea louse, and all sucking insects. Ours is a perfect emulsion and will not separate. It is in concentrated form— add 25 to 50 gallons of water to one gallon of emulsion and it is ready for use. Spray before the blossom buds open and again after the blossoms fall. The second spraying should have Paris green mixed with it to kill leafe-lice, aphides and insects. Qt., 40c; 2 qts., 65c; gallon,. $1.00; 5 gallons, $4.50.
For Sprayers See Page 44
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SPRAYERS
SPRAYING IS A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
AUTO SPRAY NO. 5
Can be used for spraying Fruit and Shade Trees, Garden Truck, Potatoes, Vines, etc. Can be attached to Galvanized Iron Reservoir as shown in cut, and makes the best Knap-Sack Sprayer.
Price, No. 5 Sprayer alone, for Bucket Outfit, as above, without tank, $5.00. Knapsack Outfit, complete, tank, pump, SV2 feet of hose, extension pipe and strainer, $8.60.
AUTO SPRAY NO. 40
Correctly designed on mechanical principles with every unnecessary part eliminated. For han- dling whitewash, cold water paint, insecticides, fungicides and all solutions. It is a .wheelbarrow Spray Pump. A correct outfit for a large garden or small orchard.
PRICES
Auto Spray No. 40-D, galv. tank, capacity 12 gals., with truck, 20-inch wheel, $20.00.
Auto Spray No. 40- A, brass tank, capacity 8 gals., no truck, $18.00.
Auto Spray No. 40-B, galv. tank, capacity 8 gals., no truck, $16.00.
Send us your order.
Write for confplete catalogue on Sprayers and extra parts.
HAND SPRAYERS
AUTO SPRAY NO. 22-A
For spraying plants, poultry houses, etc. Ca- pacity about 1 quart. Single acting Hand Atomiz- ers, made from good heavy material and in several styles.
Price— No. 22-A — One jet, tin, 50c; No. 25-B tm pump, galv. tank, $1.00; No. 25-C, tin pump, brass tank, $1.25.
DICKEY BUG DEATH DUSTERS
By the use of this duster you save amount of powder used. The long tube permits you to reach the plants conveniently.
Price — 50c each.
VERTICAL BARREL PUMPS
This pump, No. 191, can be attached to any bar- rel; has an agitator to keep your spraying material in solution. It is the pump for those having or- chards or large truck farms.
Price— $18.00.
THE NIAGARA HAND DUST GUN
Made to use Dry Lime Sulphur and other pow- ders for dusting trees and vines.
Price — $2.50.
WHEN YOU USE
WYANDOTTE DETERGENT
on your floors, marbles, tiling, mosaics, rubber mats or enameled surfaces, they are clean. And, too, they are much more sanitary, retaining their new- ness for a much longer time than when ordinary cleaning compounds are used.
_ That slipperiness, that dull, dusty, streaked ef- fect disappears. Instead you have the pure, clean, natural surface, and at a less cost.
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GARDEN AND FARM IMPLEMENTS
GARDEN WORK CAN BE MADE MORE PROFITABLE, AS WELL AS A PLEASURE, BY* THE USE OF THE MODERN IRON AGE TOOLS
NO. 19-C, IRON AGE WHEEL PLOW AND CULTIVATOR
COMPLETE (See Cut) — The above plow has a set of Cultivator Teeth on Bracket in addition to those shown in the cut. Without the rake,
price, $6.00. *
GEM SINGLE WHEEL GARDEN HOE AND CULTIVATOR — P'rice, complete with 9 attach- ments, $8.00.
NO. 12, SINGLE WHEEL PLOW AND CUL- TIVATOR— With 4 working tools. Price — $5.75.
STEEL LAWN RAKES
By using these Lawn Rakes you clean the lawn without injuring the little roots of the grass. Price — 14-tooth, 75c; 12-tooth, 50c.
BOSS HAND ROLLER
The benefit derived from the use of a roller on the lawn, especially in the spring, is not fully un- derstood. The action of freezing and thawing causes the ground to heave, and if the sod is not firmly pressed back with a roller before the hot weather begins, the grass is apt to be killed or in- jured, leaving the lawn full of bare spots. The “Boss” Roller does not leave streaks in the lawn. Will be found fine to keep walks and driveways in condition. Call at our store and let us show you these rollers.
The “Boss” is the highest grade roller on the market. Face perfectly smooth. Made in all sizes for hand and horse.
Prices of Boss Lawn Rollers
No. Diameter Weight Price
1 15 in 2 sections 150 lbs $10.00
2 20 in 3 sections 250 lbs 18.00
6 20 in 3 sections 300 lbs 19.00
8 20 in 3 sections 350 lbs ,22.00
NO. 313, IRON AGE DOUBLE WHEEL HOE (See Cut) Price $9.50
No. 301-R — Double and single Wheel Hoe, com- plete with rakes and plows.
Price — $12.00.
COMBINED DOUBLE AND SINGLE WHEEL HOE AND DRILL SEEDER, NO. 304, Price— $18.00.
IRON AGE ADVANCE FERTILIZER AND SEED DRILL, Price— $11.00.
EXCELSIOR WEEDER
Price 20c each. If by mail, 25c.
WEEDING FORK
TROWELS
No. B-3 — Iron Scoop, 15c. If by mail, 20c.
No. E.T. — Transplanting heavy steel, 40c. If by mail, 45c.
Iren Age Implements are the best on the mar- ket for Gardeners and Truck Farmers. Send us your orders.
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POULTRY SUPPLIES
GALVANIZED GRIT AND SHELL BOXES
MANN’S BONE CUTTER NO. 7
GALVANIZED GRIT SHELL BOXES (See Cut). —$1.00.
AND
Price
MANN’S BONE CUTTERS are handled and recommended by us, because we have found them the strongest and most practical machine on the market ; also a special feature is its automatic feed attachment. We carry in stock the following sizes: No. 7 (like cut), $12.50; No. 5 B M, $11.00; No. 5 C,
$6.50 ; No. 71, Hand and Power, $17.00. Write for bone mill catalogue, also prices on power machines.
FEED
$3.00.
HOPPERS — 75c to
STONE DRINKING FOUNTS
— 2 pieces, sanitary, 3 sizes— 25c, 50c, 75c.
GRIT AND SHELL BOX
GALVANIZED DRINKING
FOUNTS — Top cone shape with saucer. 5 sizes— 25c to $1.00.
DROP BOTTOM GALVAN- IZED WALL FOUNTS- — 4 qt. size, $1.00 ; 8 qt. size, $1.25.
LITTLE CHICK FOUNTS
CHICK FOUNT
Fine for brooders. Price — 20c each.
EMPIRE
Cream Separators
Absolutely satisfy the men and women who are looking for quality and who judge construction and fine work- manship by the “ sound ” and the “feel” of the machine when running., EMPIRES are remarkable for smooth, quiet running.
Write us the number of cows you have and we will be pleased to quote you on the size of Separator you need. We have these Separa- tors on hand and can make prompt delivery.
MANN’S BONE CUTTER NO. 7
FUMIGATING CANDLE
PURE SULPHUR FUMIGATING CANDLES— Easy to light, easy to extin- guish, safe to use, and produce a vapor so deadly to all infectious diseases, dis- ease germs and insect life. Complete with water pan, 10c each ; by mail, 20c.
CHAMPION LEG BAND
LEG BANDS — Champion Aluminum, 1 doz., 15c ; 50 for 50c ; 100 for $1.00.
NEST EGGS
PORCELAIN — These eggs are made of first-class glass. They do not break easily and will last a lifetime ; 3c each ; 6 for 15c ; 25c per doz.
OVINAPTHOL NEST EGGS — By the use of these nest eggs, hens’ nests are freed from lice, mites and all other similar vermin. 10c each ; 6 for 50c ; 90c per doz.
POULTRY MARKERS
THE RELIABLE POULTRY PUNCH— For marking the web between the toes. The very best and handiest marker. By mail, 35c,
PARCELS POST EGG BOXES
NON-BUSTO ELASTIC EGG CARRIER
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GLOBE SCRATCH FEED — An evenly balanced grain feed mixture, containing the most wholesome grains mixed in the correct proportions to give the best results. Contains no grit or shell.
GLOBE EGG MASH FOOD — rA well balanced ration mash food, con- taining all the elements necessary for a perfect egg producing feed which has become very popular on account of the success poultry raisers are having by feeding it.
CHICK FOOD — A Fine Grain For Little Chicks — It has all the
fine waste screened out of it, and is all feed ; contains no grit and shell to cheapen it. Little chicks fed on this feed keep healthy and grow fast.
Write for prices on all Feeds needed for Poultry.
GREEN CUT OR ALFALFA MEAL — For green during the winter Alfalfa Meal is invaluable. It is high in protein, a great egg producer, and aids in keeping all fowls in fine healthy condition.
KING PIGEON FEED — A scientifically made feed, containing prin- cipally red wheat, Kaffir corn, Canada field peas, hemp seed, and other grains best for pigeons, mixed in right proportons to give a balanced feed.
DARLING’S MEAT SCRAPS — 55 per cent, protein — Practical poul- try raisers have long recognized the necessity for supplying growing birds and layers with meat in some form, and meat scraps are found the best form.
GLUTEN MEAL — Excellent to mix in mash feeds to increase the protein and egg production.
We shall be pleased to quote prices on all Feeds on request.
CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS — This should be used freely, and fed alone. Excellent for poultry, to help the formation of egg-shells, and to keep them healthy. We carry the medium, coarse, and fine ground for little chicks and pigeons.
Price — 2Jc per lb.; 100 lbs., $1.75.
LIME GRIT — Necessary to all fowls. We carry in two sizes.
Price — 2ijc per lb. ; 100 lbs., $1.75.
CHARCOAL — Every poultry raiser should keep charcoal before his poultry, especially where table scraps are fed. It aids digestion, purifies the blood, and promotes good health with your birds.
Price — 6c per lb.; 10 lbs. at 5ic per lb.; 50 lb. bag for $2.50.
POULTRY MUSTARD — This is not an ordinary table mustard, but is especially prepared for poultry. Improves the digestion, increases the fertility and egg production.
Price — H lb. pkg., 40c ; 3 lb. pkg., 70c ; 5 lb. pkg., $1.10 ; 10 lb. pkg., $2.00.
CONKEY’S BUTTERMILK STARTING FOOD
A scientific mixture of soft feed. The best for the BABY CHICKS from the time they receive their first feed (24 hours after hatched), until three weeks old. Conkey’s Buttermilk Starting Food fed to all your chicks will give you active, vigorous, healthy chicks that will outstrip their fellows from the start. Put up in 30c, 60c and $1.00 packages. Ask for prices in larger quantities.
Hog Tone $1.00
Horse Tone 1.00
Heave Compound 1.00
Distemper and Cold Com- pound 1.00
We guarantee these prepar- ations, or money refunded. Write for further information.
Our Special Pasture Mix- tures Nos. 1 and 3 are prepared for mountain lands. Mixtures 2 and 4 for lower lands.
CONKEY’S POULTRY REMEDIES
CONKEY’S LAYING TONIC— 30c, 60c, $1.20 pkgs CONKEY’S ROUP REMEDY— 30c, 60c, $1.20 pkis CONKEY’S WHITE DIARRHOEA REMEDY— 30c 60c
pkgs.
CONKEY’S BRONCHITIS REMEDY— 60c pkg.
CONKEY’S SCALEY LEG REMEDY— 60c pkg. CONKEY’S GAPE REMEDY— 60c pkg.
CONKEY’S CHOLERA REMEDY— 30c, 60c pkg. CONKEY’S POULTRY LAXATIVE— 60c pkg.
CONKEY’S LICE POWDER — 15c, 30c, 60c pkgs CONKEY’S POULTRY LAXATIVE— 60c pkg.
CONKEY’S SORE HEAD AND CHICKEN POX REM- EDY— 30c and 60c boxes.
CONKEY’S LICE LIQUID — For lice and mites ; 1 qt., 50c ; 2 qts.. 75c ; 1 gal.. $1.25.
CONKEY’S HEAD LICE OINTMENT— For baby chicks; oz. tube, 15c; 3 oz. tube, 30c.
CONKEY’S NOX I CIDE — A strong disinfectant. Pt., 40c ; qt., 70c ; 2 qts., $1.00; gal., $1.75.
CONKEY’S STOCK REMEDIES
CONKEY’S FLY’ KNOCKER— Chases the Fly— Your horses will save en- ergy when relieved of the necessity of fighting flies. Will permit the cows to feed unmolested, will give more milk and you avoid having spilled milk.
Price — 1 qt. can, ; 2 qt. can, ; 1 gal. can,
CONKEY’S STOCK TONIC — Does not contain a grain of fillei-. It is a perfect stock medicine. Will build up Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs.
Put up in 30c, 60c, $1.20 packages.
DR. BLACKMAN’S MEDICATED SALT BRICK
Is a Worm Medicine, Blood Purifier, Kidney Regulator, Tonic and Appe- tizer for all classes of live stock. No dosing, no drenching. Stock lick it. Stock like it. Price — Brick, 25c ; case of 30 bricks, $6.50.
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SIMPLICITY is the keynote of Efficiency. The simplest way of doing anything is the most ef- ficient. The more things we do efficiently (without waste of time or effort), the more time we have to other things. That is why YOUR dairy needs an EMPIRE Milker: Because the
Empire way is the most efficient way of milking six or more cows; because the Empire Milking Machine will give you or your hired men more time in the fields, more leisure; because it will elimi- nate the waste of hand milking and make your dairy more profitable; because it will milk your cows in the natural, soothing way — it will calm and quiet them. And satisfied cows, as you know, are the best milk producers.
EMPIRE MILKERS Are Simplest
Empire Milking Machines are Supremely Simple, both in construction and in operation.
They use only One Pump, One Tank, and One Pipe Line. They use no compressed air, or other unnatural pressure on the cow's teats. They milk as the calf milks — first a gentle suck and then a gentle squeeze on the teat, from tip to udder.
What the EMPIRE Will Do For You
An Empire Milker will solve your hired help problem — you won't have to hire men who are “good milkers," for any intelligent man or boy can operate the Empire with perfect satisfaction. Hired men do not hate Empire Milking as they hate hand milking.
Empire Milking is a pleasant chore — not drud- gery.
It will cut your milking time in half with fewer men to do the milking.
An Empire outfit will save its own cost twice over within a year, in wages and time saved alone. And in ad- dition to that it will produce cleaner milk, lengthen the cow’s periods of lactation and usually increase, the daily milk yield.
Send us a postal for the Empire Milker Catalog — it explains fully the and superiority of MILKING MACHINES.
Get This Book
An Empire Double -Unit Milker
WHEN power is needed on the farm it is needed quick. Any delay in starting the Engine, or in stop- ping for adjustments or repairs after it is started means a waste of valuable time. So there's
nothing much more important than a dependable engine — one that will go when it’s time to go and not stop till its work is done.
Empire Engines are notor- ious for their refusal to get “out of whack."
They “stand up” under the most trying overloads because they are built strong where strength is needed. They are heavier per horsepower than any other standard engines, and, consequently, sturdier.
They are remarkably free from complications. This is due, in a large measure, to the very small number of moving parts in Empire Engines as compared with other standard Engines.
If you are a power user or a prospective power user who insists on dependability before every other consideration, write us for the Empire Engine Catalog. It contains a lot of information you ought to have.
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Buckeye Incubators and Brooders
A BUCKEYE INCUBATOR WILL NOT ONLY HATCH EVERY HATCH- ABLE EGG, but it will produce a uniformly larger and stronger chick than can be hatched by any other method, including the old hen herself.
STANDARD
INCUBATORS
No. 60 60 Egg Capacity_$19.50 No. 1 110 Egg Capacity- 27.50 No. 2 175 Egg Capacity. 32.50 No. 3 250 Egg Capacity- 42.50 No. 4 350 Egg Capacity- 52.50
STYLE E INCUBATORS
No. 14 60 Egg Capacity_$12.50 No. 16 110 Egg Capacity- 20.50 No. 17 200 Egg Capacity. 27.50
FULL DIRECTIONS IN EACH MACHINE FOR SETTING UP AND OPERATING
STYLE NO. 14 Capacity 60 Eggs, Price $12.00
INCUBATORS, BROODERS, THERMOMETERS, Burners, Lamps, Chimneys, Wicks and other Incubator and Brooder Supplies ARE SOLD BY US. WRITE FOR PRICES.
BROODERS The Standard No. 18 Colony Brooders
The most Remark- able Coal Burning Brooder Ever Invented Self-Feeding, Self- IP ; ulating. Simple, Safe, Everlasting. Broods 100 to 1000 Chicks.
Price $19.00
We carry a Complete Stock of Buckeye Incu- bators and Brooders on hand here in Ashe- ville. This saves to you time and expense in se- curing your machine.
ORDER EARLY
SECURITY PORTABLE BROODER
The Oil Burner That Broods Like a Coal Burner. Capacity 100 to 150 Chicks. Price, $15.00
| WRITE FOR THE STANDARD BUCKEYE CATALOGUE. IT IS SENT FREE.
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