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VEGETABLE PLANTS
In season, we will have full supplies of all
varieties of vegetable plants as listed below,
grown from our own selected seeds on our
own seed farm in Chesterfield County, and we
will be in position to fill all orders promptly
w ith well-grown, stocky plants. All orders care-
fully packed and delivered at express office,
our city.
CABBAGE PLANTS. — Early varieties ready
February, March and April. Late varieties
ready June and July. Early varieties for Fall
planting ready October and November. Price,
per 100, 25c. Per 1,000, $1.50. In 5,000 lots,
$1.25 per 1,000.
TOMATO PLANTS. — Ready April, May, June
and July. Transplanted and hardened plants
in individual pots, 30c. per dozen; $2.00 per
100. Transplanted plants in cold frames, 20c.
per dozen; $1.50 per 100. Hotbed plants, 75c.
per 100; $3.50 per 1,000.
CELERY PLANTS. — Ready June to August.
40c. per 100. $3.00 per 1,000.
LETTUCE PLANTS. — Ready February to
April, September to November. 25c. per 100.
$1.50 per 1,000.
EGG PLANTS.— Ready May and June. Hard-
ened and transplanted in individual pots. 40c.
per dozen.
PEPPER PLANTS.— Ready May and June.
Hardened and transplanted in individual pots.
30c. per dozen. Cold frame plants, 20c. per
dozen. $1.25 per 100.
SWEET POTATO PLANTS.— Ready May
and June. 20c. per 100. $1.50 per 1,000.
RHUBARB ROOTS— Strong, healthy roots.
10c. each. $1.00 per dozen.
BULBS FOR SPRING PLANTING
Caladiums, or Elephant’s Ear. — Very effective
for beds or groups, especially in lawns. Grows
from 6 to 8 feet high, bearing immense green
leaves. Price large sized, sound, healthy bulbs,
10c each; $1.00 per dozen by express or parcel^
post prepaid.
Cannas. — Georgeous and effective bedding
plants. Used for round beds or borders, Mixed
or in separate colors. All leading varieties.
Healthy, strong roots 10c each; 4 for 25c; 75c
per dozen, per parcels post prepaid.
Gladiolas. — Very showy and popular summer
flowers. Mixed colors. Per doz., 25c; per 100,
$1.50 per parcels post prepaid.
Dahlia Roots. — We furnish these in mixed col-
ors or separate colors of choice named varieties.
Price: 15c each for large healthy roots; $1.50
per dozen.
Excelsior Pearl Tuberose. — Desirable for their
beauty and delightful fragrance. Price per doz.,
20c; per 100, $1.00 per parcels post prepaid.
WRITE FOR OUR PRICES ON
Virginia Nursery Stock — Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, Evergreen Hedge Plants, Strawberry Plants, etc.
INSECTICIDES
PARIS GREEN. — Very effectual for destroy-
ing potato bugs and other insects. A very strong
poison, and should be used carefully. Mix one
pound Paris Green to 50 pounds, of Plaster, or to
150 gallons of water.
34 lb. pkg 15c y2 lb. pkg. ...25c 1 lb. pkg....50c
POWDERED ARSENATE OF LEAD.— This
is undoubtedly the best insecticide known. Rec-
ommended for spraying potatoes, vegetables, to-
bacco, etc. Does not burn foliage. Especially
recommended to our tobacco growers. Can be
used as a powder or in water. Easily handled
and applied.
y2 lb. pkg.. ..25c 1 lb. pkg 40c 5 lb. pkg.. ..$1.75
10 !b. pkg $3.00
BORDEAUX MIXTURE.— This is a splendid
insecticide as well as a promoter of growth to
plants. Especially recommended for spraying
tomatoes and other delicate plants. Should be
used by all truckers and gardeners. To be di-
luted 10 to 20 times with water, and used as a
spray.
\ lb. jars 25c 2 lb. jars 40c
5 lb pkg 75c 25 lb. keg $2.75
HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT.— A very effec-
tive insecticide and very popular on account of
not being injurious to human beings. Recom-
mended for roses and other flowers.
1 lb. pkg 10c 5 lb. pkg 25c 10 lb. pkg 50c
TOBACCO DUST. — Splendid for dusting of
melons, cukes, squash and other vegetables. De-
stroys insects and acts as a fertilizer.
3 lb. pkg 15c 10 lb. pkg 25c
LIME AND SULPHUR SOLUTION.— For
spraying fruit trees and all nursery stock. De-
stroys San Tose scale, and all diseases peculiar to
trees. Every man with a tree should spray cer-
tainly twice a year with Lime and Sulphur. One
gallon will make 12 gallons of spray.
1 gallon jug 50c 5 gallon jug $2.00
10 gallon jug $3.50 Bbl. of 50 gals $11.00
CONKEY’S FLY KNOCKER.— A splendid
preparation for keeping flies from cattle and
horses.
1 qt. can
75c
,35c Per gallon
.$1.00
r' ' ORDER SHEET FOR W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
W. GROSSMANN N SON
SEEDSMEN
1.3 and 15 Bollingbrook Street !’ PE I ERSBURG, VA.
“The Petersburg Seed House”
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!S“igations.
BEST WISHES FOR 1917
THE EUROPEAN WAR, short crops, increased consumption,
and general prosperity, have resulted in exceptionally high
prices for all products of the farm and garden. Under
existing conditions, it is safe to predict that high prices
will prevail for sometime to come, and this fact should
make the year of 1917 the “Banner Year” for the American
farmer and gardener.
It is up to the farmer, himself, to reap his share of this prosperity;
let him “hit the iron while it is hot,” by planting and sowing liberally,
and to the full extent of his capacity, of all crops suitable to his section.
Let him put forth his best efforts to increase the production per acre,
and to raise the standard of quality of his crops. High and standard
quality always finds a ready market; culls and low grades go begging
in time of plenty.
The increasing interest in animal husbandry in Virginia is a sure
sign that our farmers are awake, and alive to the signs of the times.
Animal husbandry is the fundamental principle of successful farming,
and SILOS, HAY BARNS, CATTLE, DAIRIES and PASTURES are
unimpeachable signs of prosperity. Let Virginia show an increase of
one hundred per cent along these lines for 1917.
Following other farm products, some varieties of seed are scarce
and high in price, but through our untiring efforts, we have stocked
our warehouse and store with complete supplies of the new crops of
seeds to meet the demands, ever increasing, of our customers. All
seed crops, as they arrive at our warehouse, are being carefully tested
for germination and purity, and when they leave our store to supply
the requirements of the farmer and gardener, there will be no question
or doubt as to the HIGH STANDARD of the same.
We have used our best judgment in growing contracts and addi-
tional purchases, and we feel that we are in position to offer to our
trade, the benefit of the lowest prices prevailing, taking into considera-
tion, first of all, QUALITY OF PRODUCT.
We thank you for your patronage in the past, and respectfully
solicit a continuance of same, pledging our prompt and careful attention
to all business entrusted to us.
With best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year, we are.
Very truly yours,
W. GROSSMANN & SON.
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W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
IMPORTANT NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS
HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances should he made either in the form of an Express
Money Order, P. O. Money Order, Bank Draft, or Registered Letter. Postage stamps will be ac-
cepted for small amounts, provided they are carefully wrapped so as to prevent sticking.
Be Sure to Give Full Name and Address with each order. Every season we get a number of
orders without name of sender or Post Office, and the postmark on the envelope is often too
obscure to be made out. There is no way of finding out who the senders are, consequently we are
blamed, whereas the fault is their own entirely. We therefore beg our correspondents to write their
name and full address on each order.
SEEDS BY EXPRESS. By special agreement, the Express Companies will carry Seeds from
Petersburg to all points at an average rate of about 20 per cent, less than the usual merchandise
rate, and a package weighing 5 pounds or less will be delivered to any Express Office in the State
of Virginia, for 25 cents when prepaid. Goods wanted C. O. D. by express must have 25 per cent,
of the amount accompany the order.
ORDERS FROM UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENTS. — Customers who have no regular
accounts with us will kindly remit the amount with their order, or name business reference, as
customary before opening new accounts.
We Make No Charge for Drayage or delivery of goods to any railroad station, steamship line
or express office in Petersburg. Cotton sacks only are charged for at cost. 2 y2 bushel Cotton Sacks
are 20 cents each. All grass seed bags, excepting bags for Timothy, Herds Grass, and Clover are
furnished free.
CLAIMS. All claims for shortage, loss or damage to shipments, must be made promptly upon
receipt of goods, otherwise we cannot allow such claims.
REMEMBER. Our packets of seed are large and well filled, and should not be confused with
the 2x/2 cent and 3 cent size packets sold by some dealers.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Should any of our customers change their Post Office address,
we would be glad if they would advise us. It also sometimes happens that our customers receive
two Catalogues ; should you receive two, we would thank you to hand one to some friend who does
not get one, and notify us, so that we may make the correction in our directories.
PRICES ON FIELD SEEDS, ONION SETS AND POTATOES are constantly fluctuating.
The prices given in this Catalogue are those ruling January 1, 1917. But they may change at any
time. We will cheerfully quote prices at any time on request, and we will always fill orders en-
trusted to us at the lowest prices possible for the best quality seeds.
ABOUT WARRANTING SEEDS. We exercise the greatest possible care in growing or buy-
ing, in examining, in testing, and in every department of the business to guard against mistakes
and insure reliability, yet no Seedsman can, or ever does in good faith assume any responsibility
for crops grown from seeds supplied by them, therefore in common with other responsible Seed
Houses, we sell our goods subject to the following disclaimer, it being that adopted by the Ameri-
can Seed Trade Association, and all orders sent us will be filled under these conditions only. We
give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, purity, productiveness, or any other matter
of any seeds, bulbs, or plants we send out, and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop.
If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned.
We pay postage on all orders for Vegetable Seeds in packages, ounces, and % lb., at Catalogue
prices.
Parcels Post Rates for Seeds
SIMPLE RULES FOR ORDERING BY PARCEL POST.
Parcel Post Rates. All Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, Poultry Supplies, Insecticides, etc., can now be sent through-
out the United States by Parcel Post. On weights of more than half pound, the pound rate shown in Parcel Post
Table will apply. Parcels weighing half pound or less, the rate is lc for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof regard-
less of distance. The points further than the Second Zone on weights of over 10 pounds the charge by freight or
express is usually more economical.
POSTAGE RATE TABLE FOR PARCEL POST PACKAGES.
Ask your Postmaster or Rural Letter Carrier to tell you what zone you are in from Petersburg, Va., then refer
to the table and you will know how much postage to send for mailing.
First Pound Each Additional
or Fraction. Pound or Fraction.
Local Rate 5c lc
First Zone, within SO miles of Petersburg, Va Sc lc
Second Zone, 50 to 150 miles from Petersburg, Va 5c lc
Third Zone, 150 to 300 miles from Petersburg, Va 6c 2c
Fourth Zone, 300 to 600 miles from Petersburg, Va 7c 4c
Fifth Zone, 600 to 1,000 miles from Petersburg, Va 8c 6c
Sixth Zone, 1,000 to 1,400 miles from Petersburg, Va 9c 8c
Seventh Zone, 1,400 to 1,800 miles from Petersburg, Va 11c 10c
Eighth Zone, all over 1,800 miles from Petersburg, Va 12c 12c
W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
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GARDEN AND FARM CALENDAR
JANUARY.
This month is generally a period of rest for the
farmer, but a wideawake man will realize that it is also
the beginning of a busy Spring season, and will make
preparation to push ahead the moment work begins.
He will prepare hotbeds, prune trees and grape vines,
top dress asparagus, haul all the manure he can get,
and plow as much land as possible; get ready for the
coming season and make out a list of seeds wanted for
the Spring.
FEBRUARY.
If weather opens get ready for the early crops. Re-
member that VERY EARLY and VERY LATE crops
bring the most money. Sow cabbage, tomato, lettuce
and beet seed in hotbeds for transplanting, also sow a
few early radish in same.
Toward the end of the month sow out doors early
peas, spinach, and Spring kale; plant onion sets and
lettuce plants. Prepare lawns and sow lawn grass,
sow Winter oats and all grass and clover seeds, also
rye for grazing; sow Canada peas.
MARCH.
Outdoor work begins this month. Select light mellow
soils with Southern exposure for earliest crops; sow
all kinds of garden peas, radish, beets; also parsnips,
carrots, spinach, parsley, asparagus and salsify; trans-
plant cabbage, tomato and lettuce plants; sow in hot-
beds pepper, eggplant and tomato seed. Make water-
melon hills, plant Irish potatoes, asparagus and onion
sets, sow Spring kale, spinach and mustard.
APRIL.
Most all crops can be sown this month; if not already
done, sow peas, onions, radishes, asparagus, beets, car-
rots, parsley, parsnips, salsify. Bear in mind that to
be a successful gardener you must have a supply of fresh
vegetable.) during the whole season, and to accomplish
this seeds should be sown in succession. Sow celery
seed in a finely prepared moist bed.
Sow all kinds of Herbs. Plant Snaps, early Corn,
set out Tomato, Cabbage, Lettuce and Pepper plants.
Plant Irish Potatoes; prepare your land for Potatoes
well, and buy only the choice, selected stock for seed,
as this is a very important crop. We recommend the
use of fertilizer in the place of too much manure for
this crop.
Bed Sweet Potato plantings. Late in the month sow
Mangel Wurzel for stock. Begin planting Corn crop.
Sow extra early Black-Eye Peas for market. Melons,
Squash and Cucmbers can be sown, but with some risk.
MAY.
All tender plants can be sown this month. Plant Pole
Beans, Snaps, Butter Beans, Sugar Corn, Melon, Squash,
Cucumber, Pumpkin, Okra, and Salsify. Set out Tomato,
Pepper, Eggplants and Lettuce Plants. Sow Tomato
and Cabbage seed for late crop.
Set out Sweet Potato Plants, sow Millet and Cowpeas
mixed for feed. This mixture yields large crops of
hay and improves the land. Sow Kaffir Corn, Sugar
Corn, Black-Eye Peas, Soja Beans, Navy Beans and
Buckwheat. Finish planting Corn, also Cotton and Pea-
nuts. Sow Cowpeas for fallowing.
JUNE.
Summer has now opened, and farmers can push ahead
without fear of frost. Continue sowing and planting
all varieties of vegetables to have them come in suc-
cession, always having something for the market and
table. Sow Cabbage and Tomato seed for the late crop.
Plant Sugar Corn for late roasting ears, also Water
and Musk Melons; also Cucumbers for Pickles. Prepare
for late Potatoes. Sow Beets and Pumpkins for stock
food for winter. If stand of Corn crop is poor, replant
with early Yellow Corn, such as Early Learning or
Early Dent. Sow Cowpeas and Millet for hay; also
Kaffir Corn for chicken feed and fodder. Gather Onion
crop if dry enough.
Toward end of month plant late Potatoes when suit-
able season offers. Plant second crop of Snaps, Butter
Beans, etc.
Plant Navy Beans and Black-Eye Peas for Winter
use. Keep Celery bed well weeded, as the plants are
very easily killed by weeds.
Prepare land well for Celery by filling trenches with
well rotted manure, mix thoroughly with soil and form
even beds, selecting a moist bottom with heavy Choco-
late loam.
JULY.
All seeds not already sown should be put in at once
Continue planting early Corn and Snaps of all kinds
for late marketing. German Millet can be sown on good
land. Plant out Celery plants, and if weather gets dry
cover bed with fine manure to retain moisture. Also
plant out late Cabbage and Tomato plants. Sow Ruta-
baga and early varieties of Turnips.
Finish planting late Potatoes and keep a good lookout
for bugs, as they are very hard on late Potatoes. Dust
with Paris Green and Slugshot at first sign of bugo.
Corn can still be drilled to make fodder. Throughout
the entire season your land should be kept well stirrecr
and loosened, by continual cultivating, as the moisture
is better retained. If the weather should continue dry
make frequent use of your roller.
AUGUST.
This is the month for the beginning of sowing of
hall crops. Sow all varieties Turnip seeds, also Spinach
and Kale. Begin sowing German Clover; sow German
Clover and Turnips together, thereby making two crops
on the same land.
Cultivate well your late Potatoes and keep the bugs
down. Throw a furrow or two to the Celery to get
fresh moist soil next to the plants.
Turn under Cowpeas and sow a fall crop on same
land. Harvest all crops matured and prepare land for
next crop.
SEPTEMBER.
Preparation for Winter crops should begin in earnest
now by all means; sow as much German Clover as pos-
sible, as no other crop is of more benefit to the farmer
it your Corn crop is cultivated level, it can be sown
in the cornfield either for early feed in the Spring or
for fallowing, making a good fertilizer. Gather in all
crops that are ready for harvest. Sow Turnips, Kale and
opinach.
Sow Cabbage seeds for plants for Spring crop about
the 21st of the month. Set out Potato Onion sets; sow
w‘nter Uats> and begln sowing Grass and Clover. Rye
and Wbeiu can also be sown. Hill up the Celery; save
all hay and feed you can, so as not to run short in
Winter.
OCTOBER.
This is about the last month any sowing should be
done. Continue sowing German Clover whenever you
can. A farmer’s first thought should be plenty of feed
for his stock; his second, how to improve his land
German Clover furnishes excellent feed in Spring when
other feeds run low, and also makes a very valuable
fertilizer when turned under. Gather in all crops that
may still be cut. Sow Winter Oats, Wheat, Grass and
Clover and Rye, Plant out Cabbage plants for Spring.
Plant out Trees, Vines and Strawberry plants.
NOVEMBER.
If behind time, still sow Wheat, Rye, Oats, Grass
and Clover. Prepare compost heaps for Sprnig, and
plow up all the land you can, to allow it to freeze out
well during winter. Look to your lawns; sow Lawn
Grass and protect it from the cold.
See that your stock is well and warmly housed, have
plenty bedding, and protect your buildings in general;
gather up all tools and farming implements and shelter
them from the weather.
DECEMBER.
Farm work proper is oyer for the year. You should
continue plowing and adding compost heaps. The main
attention should be given to your stock; see that stables
warm, and attend to the feeding yourself. Repair
buildings, implements and fences. Have everything in
good order, and you will be able to enjoy the joyous
Christmas-tide.
W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
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VIRGINIA-GROWN SEED CORNS
Our stocks of Seed Corn are all Virginia grown, planted and raised especially for seed pur-
poses, carefully selected, nubbed, fanned and graded, and will meet the requirements of the most
fastidious corn grower. We have given our careful, personal attention to the selection of our
SEED CORN, and we request all of our customers who really want good seed corn to call on us
for samples, which we will gladly send free of charge, to compare with the general run of seed corn.
While our prices may be a little higher, comparison will convince you that our stocks are worth
the difference.
BLOUNT’S PROLIFIC.— This is one of the
best prolific varieties grown, yielding from 3 to 4
well filled ears of excellent quality to each stalk.
It is well adapted to our improved highlands,
producing heavy yields of corn, as well as an
abundance of foliage. Especially recommended
for late planting, being quick in growth and early
maturing. Price per qt., 15c; pk., 60c; bu., $2.00.
VIRGINIA WHITE DENT.— This is the old
standard variety grown throughout Virginia.
Makes large ears, deep grain and rather small
cob, with heavy growth of stalk and fodder, mak-
ing it also a very valuable ensilage corn. Our
stock is grown by one of the most careful and
successful James River farmers, and will be
found true to name and of very high germinating
power. Qt. 15c; pk. 60c; bu. $1.75.
COCKE’S PROLIFIC.— Considered one of the
best and heaviest yielding varieties, and on good
fertile soils, especially river low grounds, it will
make enormous yields of both grain and feed,
but we do not recommend it for the general
run of high lands, as it requires a greater amount
of both moisture and fertility than our uplands
afford. Qt. 15c; pk. 75c; bu. $2.00.
EUREKA. — This corn is bred from the Cocke’s
Prolific, has larger and longer ears, but not as
many to the stalk. Is considered one of the best
ensilage corns for good rich bottom lands, where
it will grow from 14 to 16 feet with an abund-
ance of fodder and heavy yield of corn. This
corn is extensively used throughout the North
and West for ensilage. We do not recommend
it for thin land. Price per qt. 15c; pk. 75c;
bu. $2.00.
HICKORY KING.— A good corn well adapted
to our thin uplands, bearing three to four solid
ears to each stalk. The grain is large and broad,
and cob so small that a grain of the corn will
completely cover the end of it. While the ears
are not large enough to place this corn in the
heavy yielding class, it will give better results
on poor lands than any other variety. Qt., 15c;
pk. 75c; bu. $2.00.
VIRGINIA ENSILAGE.
— This corn makes a larger
growth and more fodder than
any other variety grown, and is
largely planted, both North and
South, for ensilage, for which
purpose it is unequalled. Qt. 15c;
pk. 50c; bu. $1.75.
CASEY’S THOROUGH-
BRED.— This splendid corn is
fast becoming a leader in Vir-
ginia. It is a pure white, deep
grain corn, of very attractive ap-
pearance, generally bearing two
well filled ears to the stalk, and
is a sure crop producer. Casej’s Thoroughbred
has been thoroughly tested in this territory, and
we unhesitatingly recommend it to our custom-
ers for general purposes and as a prize winner.
Price per qt. 15c; pk. 75c; bu. $2.25.
BOONE COUNTY WHITE.— This is an early
maturing, large yielding variety, suitable for up-
lands, and is a great favorite in some sections.
It makes a large, well-filled ear with deep ker-
nels, foliage abundant, good, strong growing
stalk. Qt. 15c; pk. 75c; bu. $2.00.
Yellow Varieties
IMPROVED GOLDEN DENT.— This well
known and popular corn yields from two to three
ears of deep golden-yellow grain, does well under
general conditions, and on account of its early
maturity and nutritious quality has become a very
valuable corn throughout the South, especially
for late planting, as it can be put in success-
fully after the season is too far advanced for the
white varieties. Per qt. 15c; pk. 60c; bu. $2.00.
GOLDEN BEAUTY. — This is an improved
strain of the well known Golden Dent Corn,
having been carefully bred and selected by a well
known Virginia corn grower for a number of
years, the result being larger and more uniform
ears, well filled from butt to tip, very vigorous
and heavy growth, and a sure cropper. A great
corn for late planting. Price per qt. 15c; pk. 75c;
bu. $2.25.
W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
MAINE-GROWN SEED POTATOES
Selected Seed Stocks, grown especially for seed purposes, by the best and most careful seed
potato grower in Aroostook County, Maine. Purity and quality considered before prices. Prices
on Potatoes fluctuate, and are subject to market changes.
IRISH COBBLER.— The favorite
above all others as an extra early
market potato. The tubers are large,
smooth and round, meat creamy
white; very few eyes, and of fine
quality; a good yielder and consid-
ered the most profitable potato for
market gardeners. Price per bu.,
$2.50; 10 pk. bag, $6.00.
SECOND CROP IRISH COB-
BLER.— As the name implies, this is
the second crop of same year of the
Maine grown Irish Cobbler, and is
planted extensively by market gar-
deners. Being smaller in size, the
second crop will plant about one-
third more ground than the first crop,
and many truckers claim they get
better results and more potatoes.
Our stock of these potatoes is excep-
tionally fine, but very limited in
quantity. Price per bu. $2.50; per 10
pk. bbl. or bag, $6.00.
RED BLISS, or TRIUMPH. — An extra early
potato, round shape, pink skin, white meat, and
good quality. One of the surest and most pro-
ductive varieties, and highly recommended for
home use, but does not sell as readily on our
local markets on account of its pinkish appear-
ance. Price per bu. $2.50; per 10 pk. bag, $6.00.
EXTRA EARLY SUNLIGHT.— A pure white,
extra early variety of superior quality, oblong in
shape, good yielder and a favorite wherever
grown. Price per bu. $2.50; per 10 pk. bag, $6.00.
PRIDE OF SOUTH, or WHITE BLISS.—
Similar to Red Bliss in every particular except
the skin, which is white with pinkish eye. A
heavy yielder, fine eating quality and a favorite
for market. Price per bu. $2.50; per 10 pk.
bag, $6.00.
Early Ohio.
EARLY OHIO. — Considered by many to be the
finest quality potato in cultivation. Produces
large size tubers, with very few small ones on
vines ; skin has a slightly pink tinge, smooth
surface, oblong in shape, and of fine appearance.
A good yielder and a good keeper. Medium
early. Price per bu., $2.50; per 10 pk. bag, $6.00.
HOULTON EARLY ROSE.— The genuine
Early Rose, and not to be compared with West-
ern stocks, as it is much earlier, more prolific,
and a better potato in every respect. Price per
bu., $2.50; per 10 pk. bag, $6.00.
GREEN MOUNTAIN.— The favorite potato
throughout the South for late planting. Large,
pure white, oval shaped tubers of fine eating qual-
ity; a good yielder and keeper. Price per bu.,
$2.50; per 10 pk. bag, $6.00.
GROSSMANN’S TRUCK GROWER GUANO
Owing to our inability to procure sufficient
Potash last year, we were unable to furnish our
truckers with our Special Potato Guano, and the
numerous expressions of disappointment on the
part of our customers at not being able to get
this guano for their potatoes has led us to double
our efforts in order to be in a position to supply
their needs for this Spring. We finally suc-
ceeded in procuring small quantities of high-
grade fertilizer materials, and have had manu-
factured for us a limited number of tons of
high-grade guano suitable for the growing of
potatoes and other truck crops. We have regis-
tered this brand under the name of “GROSS-
MANN’S TRUCK GROWER,” and as we know
what has gone into the manufacture of this
brand, we unhesitatingly recommend it to our
friends and customers for the successful growing
of potatoes especially, and truck in general. As
the supply is limited, and we cannot get an ad-
ditional supply when this is exhausted, we offer
the same subject to stocks being unsold, and all
orders will be booked in rotation as received.
Guaranteed Analysis of
“GROSSMANN’S TRUCK GROWER”
Available Phosphoric Acid, 8 per cent.
Ammonia, 5 per cent. Potash, 2 per cent.
Price — Per 200 lb. bag, $5.00; per ton, $47.00.
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Irish Cobbler.
Cold Storage Potatoes
IMPROVED WHITE PEACH
BLOW. — For second or late crop,
this potato is without equal; oblong
in shape, pure white meat, pinkish
skin, and good eating quality. It is
the heaviest yielding variety in cul-
tivation, and is the one potato which
never fails to bring results, and
which will keep indefinitely. If
planted in July in this locality it
never fails to produce a good crop
of fine potatoes. The Improved White
Peach Blow is also known as the
McCormick in some localities. We
cannot too strongly advise our far-
mers to plant this potato, if they
want potatoes for winter use. Per
bu., $2.25; per 10 pk. bag, $5.50.
In order to have seed potatoes
in sound, firm and vigorous con-
dition for late planting from June
to August, we carry a stock of
the most desirable varieties in
cold storage, and we shall be glad
to quote our customers at any
time on the variety and quantity
desired, same to be kept in cold
storage until such time as the
customer may order them to be
shipped out.
Improved White Peach Blow.
Seed Sweet Potatoes
NANCY HALL. — A pumpkin yam of finest
quality; early maturing and good yielder.
WHITE YAM. — The standard variety for gen-
eral crop purposes.
YELLOW BARK. — A dry mealy potato of fine
table quality, and much desired by those who
do not like a soft sweet potato.
EARLY REDS. — An extra early variety, gen-
erally planted to catch the earliest market.
Quality not considered as good as the other
varieties.
PORTO RICO. — The finest quality of
sweet potato grown. Extra » early in ma-
turity; a good yielder of good size pota-
toes, with very few small ones in the hill.
Meat of finest quality, and sweet when dug;
a splendid keeper.
Prices on Sweet Potatoes fluctuate. Write for
quotations in season.
High-Grade — True to Name
A specially selected list of varieties proven through practical tests to
give best results for Virginia and the South -
Asparagus
Asparagus succeeds best in a light, warm, rich soil,
with an Eastern or Southern exposure. To grow from
seed, sow in drills two feet apart, covering seed one
to two inches deep, and thin out when up and growing.
Keep the plants free from weeds by thorough cultivation
during the Summer. These plants should then be trans-
planted when one or two days old to the place selected
for your asparagus bed, and can be put out either in
Fall or Spring. One or two-year-old plants can be pur-
chased to avoid delay of raising same.
CULTURE. — Plow trenches 10 to 12 inches deep, five
feet apart; scatter well rotted manure in bottom of fur-
row and mix with soil, cover this with a layer of soil
two inches deep and give an application of pure raw
bone; on this set your plants 15 inches apart in the
row, spreading the roots carefully. Then cover with
soil three to four inches deep. When Winter comes
cover the beds with stable manure, which fork in when
Spring opens and earth up the beds to a further depth
of about 18 inches. After the cutting season, allow the
plants to grow, and during the following Winter the
beds should be turned down with a plow and more
manure and raw bone applied, then earthed up again
to original height. This should be repeated each year
during the life of the beds.
PALMETTO. — Favorite and earliest variety
for Virginia. Oz., 5c; lb., 15c; 1 lb., 40c.
CONOVER’S COLOSSAL. — A standard varie-
ty, large and tender stalks. Oz., 5c; % lb., 15c;
1 lb., 40c.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. — Two years old. 75c
per 100; $4 per 1,000.
Artichoke
JERUSALEM. — Grown from roots or tubers
for stock and hog food. Plant and cultivate like
potatoes; special prices on large lots. Qt., 20c;
pk., 50c; bu., $1.25.
Beans or Snaps
Snaps can be planted from about April 1st to the
middle of August, and should be put in at intervals
of about two weeks if a succession of fresh snaps is
desired.
CULTURE. — Plant in rows 2 to 3 feet apart, with the
beans about 7 inches apart in rows, covering to a depth
of 2 inches; 1 quart will plant 100-foot drill.
Crop very short. Would advise ordering early
before stocks are exhausted.
IMPROVED RED VALENTINE.— This is the
best known and decidedly the most popular bean
grown by market gardeners and for family use.
Pods are round, thick, and fleshy, good quality
and ready to be picked seven weeks after plant-
ing. Pt. 20c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bu. $8.00.
FULL MEASURE. — A new prolific stringless
green podded variety of excellent quality. Pods
are long, round and tender. Very prolific.
Crop Failed.
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BOUNTIFUL BEANS. — New, green podded
Bush Bean, heavy cropper, very early, fine shape,
stringless, good quality, hardy and productive.
One of the very best Bush Beans. Pt., 20c; qt.,
40c; pk. $2.25.
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD.— An
exceptionally fine bean for home or market. Per-
fectly stringless. Longer pod than Burpee’s
Stringless. Good, strong, vigorous grower, and
a continuous bearer for weeks. Pt., 20c; qt., 40c;
pk. $3.00.
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD.—
An absolutely stringless bean of unequalled
quality, extra early in maturity, and one of the
best sort for market gardeners and home use.
Should be in every garden. Pt., 20c; qt., 40c;
pk. $3.00.
BLACK VALENTINE.— This is the hardiest
of the green podded beans ; being able to with-
stand more frost than any other sort of this
kind, it can be planted earlier. The pods are
long, straight, very handsome and produced in
profusion. Especially recommended for market
gardeners. Pt., 20c; qt., 35c; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.50.
EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS.— An extra
early green podded variety. Very hardy. Long,
straight, flat pods of fine quality. Pt. 20c; qt. 35c;
pk. $2.00; bu. $7.50.
Wax-Podded Varieties
PROLIFIC BLACK WAX.— One of the most
popular varieties for home or market. Pods
round, brittle and fine flavor. Crop failed.
IMPROVED DWARF GOLDEN WAX.— One
of the standard wax varieties, early in maturing.
Pods long, fleshy, brittle, and golden yellow in
color. Pt. 25c; qt. 50c; pk. $3.00.
WEBER WAX. — Long fleshy pods, trans-
parent yellow color. A good bearer, 'fine flavor
and an excellent variety for home use or market.
Pt. 25c; qt. 50c; pk. $3.00.
Dwarf Lima Beans
Plant in May after the ground has become warm. For
the pole varieties use 10-foot poles in center of hills,
which should be about 6 feet apart. Bush varieties
should be planted in rows 3 feet apart, with the beans
about 12 inches apart in rows, cover about 2 inches deep.
A second planting of the bush varieties should be made
in June or early part of July to get a seed supply and
dry beans for Winter use, as the early plantings are
likely to become wormy and unfit for seed. This is
also the case with snaps, black-eye peas and beans.
One quart of the large plants 100 hills; one quart of
the small varieties plants 200 hills.
BURPEE’S LIMA. — This is the largest of the
bush varieties. Plants of upright growth, holding
the beans well off the ground. Tender and of
good flavor. Pt., 20c; qt., 35c; pk., $2.00.
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA— The original
well known small bush lima or butter bean.
Earliest of all in maturing, a heavy yielder and
good flavor. A prolific crop for market garden-
ers, and a very desirable bean for home garden.
Pt. 15c; qt. 25c; pk. $1.75; bu. $6.50.
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA.— Vines strong,
erect and true Bush Lima growth. Foliage heavy
and very dark green in color. The stalks that
produce the blossoms are thrown out from the
lateral and main stalks. The pods resemble
Dreers Bush Lima, but average more than
double the size and contain from 3 to 5 beans
to the pod. Pt., 20c; qt., 40c; pk., $2.25.
SI
Pole Lima Beans
SMALL LIMA, or POLE BUTTER BEAN.—
The standard variety. Earlier and more produc-
tive than the larger limas. Sure crop, fine
quality; and a general favorite throughout the
South. Pt., 15c; qt., 25c; pk., $1.50; bu., $5.50.
IMPROVED POLE LIMA.— A much larger
bean than the small lima, and somewhat earlier
and more prolific than the standard large white
lima. A good bean for general crop purposes.
Pt., 15c; qt., 30c; pk., $1.75; bu., $6.00.
KING OF GARDEN. — Very large beans. Pods
well filled, fine flavored; medium early in matur-
ing, and a great favorite with market and home
gardeners. Pt., 15c; qt., 30c; pk., $1.75; bu., $6.00.
Pole or Cornfield Snap Beans
Plant in May in hills five feet apart, using an 8 to
10-foot pole in each hill. Can also be planted in the
cornfield when the corn is laid by. One pint plants
100 hills.
OLD HOME-
STEAD, or THE
KENTUCKY
WONDER. — The
earliest pole bean.
Enormously pro-
ductive. Long,
crisp, tender pods,
produced in clus-
ters. Considered
the most popular
pole bean grown.
Pt. 20c; qt. 40c;
pk. $2.50.
LAZY WIFE.—
Pods broad, thick,
very fleshy and en-
tirely stringless.
Very prolific, the
pods retaining
their rich, tender
qualities for a
long time. Being
late to mature, this
is a valuable bean
for the fall season.
The dry beans are
also used as shell
beans in the win-
ter. Pt. 25c; qt.
50c; pk. $3.50.
RED
SPECKLED
CUT SHORT.— A
very popular pole
bean extensively
used for planting
among corn. A
sure crop and a
good bean. Pt. 20c;
qt. 40c; pk. $2.50. Old Homestead Beans
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Price — Per 100 lb. bag, $1.75.
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Early Blood Turnip Beet.
Beets
For very early crops, sow in hot beds and transplant
just as soon as the weather begins to warm up. For
outdoor crops, sow in March and April in drills 2 to 2 J4
feet apart, covering the seed about 1 inch, and thin out
if plants are too thick in rows. Mangels or stock
beets should be sown in May. Select a light, loose
and deep soil for beets — one ounce sows 50-foot drills.
Six to eight pounds per acre.
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN.— An extra early va-
riety of good quality. Attractive shape, small
tops. Popular with truckers for extra early mar-
ket. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 70c.
CRIMSON GLOBE. — Early red crimson; per-
fect globe, smooth and clean. Fine quality for
market and table. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c;
1 lb. 70c.
EXTRA EARLY ECLIPSE.— This is the most
popular market beet. Globe shape, dark red, ten-
der. Very early and highly recommended.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 70c.
DETROIT DARK RED. — A fine turnip beet
of dark red color, early maturity. Very attrac-
tive. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 70c.
Mangel or Stock Beet
The great value of the Mangel or Stock Beet
is not generally known or appreciated in the
South. They are easily grown and are unequalled
as a milk producing food for Winter feeding.
Everyone owning a cow should plant at least a
small acreage in Mangels. Cultivate like beets,
but thin out to about eight to ten inches apart.
Six to eight pounds will sow an acre.
MAMMOTH LONG RED. — Grows to an
enormous size. Very easily cultivated, and the
most generally used stock beet in the . South.
Oz. 5c; 14 lb. 10c; 1 lb. 35c; 5 lbs. at 30 per lb.
GOLDEN TANKARD.— The best known and
largely grown mangel. Especially recommended
for dairymen on account of its milk producing
properties. Well adapted to our light soils and
should be grown by every one owning a cow.
Oz., 5c; % lb., 10c; 1 lb., 35c; 5 lbs. at 30c lb.
Send Us Your Order Early For
“GROSSMANN’S
TRUCK GROWER
GUANO”
Before Supply Is Exhausted.
Use it on your Potatoes and Early Truck
Crops.
Results will pay the bill.
IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD
TURNIP. — Dark red, uniform,
smooth growing. A good variety
for home use and for mam crop.
Very best quality, medium early.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 70c.
SWISS CHARD.— This vegetable
belongs to the beet family, but is
grown for its leaves and stems. The
leaves are used as spinach, and the
stems as asparagus. Combining the
two vegetables, Swiss Chard is a
valuable addition to any garden.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 70c.
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logues to hand my friends; we
all like your Seed House.
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Ophelia, Va.
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Extra Early Eclipse.
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W. G. and Son’s Short Stem, Early Flat Dutch.
Cabbage
CULTURE. — For the earliest setting out in the Spring,
it is best to set out in February or March, plants which
have been wintered over either in cold frames or out of
doors. For a succession, sow the early varieties in hot-
bed or cold-frames in January, or early March. Later
sow the early varieties out of doors in March or April.
For winter cabbage sow in April, May or June, trans-
planting in July or August, to head up during the late
fall and winter. Fall sowings, to make plants for set-
ting out in the fall or early Spring, should be made
after September 20th; if sown earlier they will likely
shoot to seed, especially the flathead kinds. Early
varieties should be set 18 inches apart in rows to 3
feet apart; late varieties, being larger, should be set
2 feet apart in rows 3 feet apart. One ounce will pro-
duce about 2,000 plants; six ounces will make enough
to set an acre. Cabbage requires good rich soil, or
plenty of manure and fertilizer, and to be worked fre-
quently and deeply.
GROSSMA NN’S TRUE EARLY JERSEY
WAKEFIELD. — Our strain of this cabbage is
unsurpassed. It has been carefully bred for years
by the most careful cabbage seed grower on Long
Island, strictly true to type, makes a uniform,
solid head, and resists cold and unfavorable con-
ditions. Undoubtedly the best of all extra early
varieties. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 54 lb-, 50c; lb., $1.50.
Early Summer.
EARLY YORK. — A favorite, extra early va-
riety. Pointed head. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 54 lb.,
40c; 1 lb., $1.25.
HENDERSON’S EARLY SUMMER.— A
splendid second early flat headed variety, follow-
ing the Wakefields and Early Flat Dutch. Makes
large, fine, round heads, very solid. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 15c; 54 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50.
GROSSMANN’S IMPROVED CHARLES-
TON WAKEFIELD. — Since the introduction of
the large type Wakefield cabbage, our grower
has been continuously improving our strain of
this variety until he has now reached a point of
perfection, which we feel can hardly be sur-
passed. Although a very few days later in ma-
turing, it is double in size, and makes a much
better, and more solid head than the original
early Wakefield, and its heading qualities are un-
equalled by any other early cabbage, almost
every plant making a good, firm head. We un-
hesitatingly recommend Grossmann’s Improved
Charleston Wakefield to our truckers and gar-
deners as being the best early cabbage in culti-
vation, combining earliness, size, uniformity in
heading, and solidity of head. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
54 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.75.
EUREKA EXTRA EARLY.— Is a very fine
flat headed cabbage; as early as the Wakefield,
heads of good size, and very uniform in growth
and heading qualities. Very popular with our
truckers. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 54 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50.
GROSSMANN’S SHORT STEM EARLY
FLAT DUTCH. — The best early fiat headed va-
riety, maturing a few days later than Charles-
ton Wakefield, making large flat solid heads, a
sure header, and highly recommended to our
truckers. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 54 lb-, 50c; lb., $1.50.
EARLY DRUMHEAD. — An old standard va-
riety, very popular in the South. Medium early,
large, solid heads, good quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c;
54 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50.
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Grossmann’s True Early Jersey Wakefield.
ALL SEASONS. — One of the best all-around
cabbage grown, very large heads, and very solid ;
a good variety for late crop, being a splendid
keeper. Plants are very vigorous and sure head-
ing, and withstand hot and dry weather. Pkt. 5c;
oz., 15c; 14 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50.
HENDERSON’S SUCCESSION. — A good
cabbage for summer or late crop, larger and
somewhat later than Henderson’s Early Summer,
making very solid heads of handsome appear-
ance, keeps well for winter use. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
% lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50.
LARGE LATE DRUMHEAD.— A favorite
winter cabbage recommended for its deep, heavy,
solid and long keeping heads, has few outside
leaves and is a splendid shipping cabbage.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; J4 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50.
DANISH BALL HEAD. — Considered the
heaviest cabbage for its size in existence, very
solid and a sure header and good keeper. A
splendid fall cabbage. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb.,
60c; 1 lb., $2.00.
GROSSMANN’S PREMIUM LATE FLAT
DUTCH. — This fine cabbage is without doubt the
best strain for general crop or for fall cabbage;
it grows to a very large size, makes hard com-
pact heads, with few outside loose leaves, with-
stands hot and dry weather well, and its keep-
ing qualities are unequalled. We can safely say
every plant makes a hard head of cabbage, as
in three separate tests of fifty plants each, “Our
Premium” produced 47, 49 and SO perfect heads,
respectively. We recommend the same to our
market gardeners and truckers as the very best
winter cabbage. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; k lb., 50c;
1 lb., $1.75.
Carrots
Select a light, rich deep soil, sow in drills 15 inches
apart, cover seed one-half inch and thin out to 3 inches
in rows. Sow in early Spring from March to May.
For Winter use put the roots in cellar or in a kiln
out in the field. Carrots make a fine food for stock
and should be planted extensively. One ounce sows
100-foot drill, 3 to 4 lbs. per acre.
Improved Long Orange.
IMPROVED LONG ORANGE.— The standard
variety for main crop. Makes long, smooth, ta-
pering roots, of beautiful orange color, growing
to good size. Fine winter variety for table, mar-
ket and stock, has good keeping qualities.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb- 25c; 1 lb. 80c.
EARLY SCARLET
SHORT H O R N.— The
earliest variety grown,
blunt pointed, about three
inches long and sweet
flavored, trucker’s favorite
for early market. Pkt.,
5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c;
1 lb. 80c.
HALF LONG DAN-
VERS.— Roots of medium
length, smooth and hand-
some in appearance, deep
orange color, crisp and
tender. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c;
H lb. 25c; 1 lb. 80c.
CHANTENAY. — One
of the best carrots for all
purposes. Roots about 6
inches long, blunt pointed,
smooth, fine grained and
sweet ; a heavy yielder.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb.,
25c; 1 lb. 80c.
Eureka Extra Early.
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Celery
CULTURE. — Sow in February, March or beginning of
April, in drills 8 to 10 inches apart, in a bed of line,
rich soil, covering one-fourth of an inch. If the soil is
dry, press the earth with the back of spade or roller
after covering, and keep clear of weeds, or the young
plants will be smothered. Transplant from July to Octo-
ber. August and September settings succeed excellently,
and requires less labor if set out earlier. To pre-
pare a bed, select a rich moist soil, throw out the earth
to a depth of 6 inches, 4 or 5 inches wide, and put in
3 or 4 inches of well-rotted manure, dig in well, and
cover with tine soil. Set the plants 6 to 8 inches
apart, press the soil firmly, and earth up when the
plants are large enough. Earth up two or three times,
but do not let the earth get into the heart of the plant.
When severe weather comes on, cover gradually with
leaves, hay or straw, and place boards on top; water-
proof felt paper is also used. In such a bed the stalks
will blanch perfectly, and may be taken out when
wanted. In field culture, the plants are set out on
the surface, in rows 4 feet apart, and 6 inches in the
row. Celery requires frequent cultivation, and the earth
drawn up to the plants as rapidly as it grows. Celeriac,
or Turnip-Rooted Celery, needs no earthing up, and may
be planted in rows 18 inches apart. Celery seed germi-
nates slowly; cover lightly and keep constantly moist.
WHITE PLUME. — A splendid self-blanching j
variety for early use. Being self-blanching, this ]
variety requires little work, as it naturally j
blanches when reaching maturity. Pkt., 5c; j
oz., 20c; J4 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50.
Early Snowball.
GIANT PASCAL. — This variety
is more generally grown in the
South than any other variety, and is
considered one of the best for fall
and winter. It makes large, very
solid stalks, and is very crisp and
tender ; a good keeping celery. Pkt.,
5c; oz. 20c; 34 lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
WINTER QUEEN.— A very de-
sirable variety for winter, strong
growth, making heavy and solid
stalks, blanches creamy white, crisp
and tender; splendid keeper. Pkt., 5c;
oz. 20c; 34 lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING.
— This variety excels all others in
tenderness and fine flavor ; makes
solid stalks, 15 to 20 inches high, is
self-blanching, and good keeping
quality; very handsome in appear-
ance. Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50.
Cauliflower
Cultivate like cabbage Sow in January
or February for early crop, or May for
late. Transplant to moist soil, manure
heavily and water freely. When heading
begins, fasten leaves over top of head to
whiten.
EARLY SNOWBALL.— The ear-
liest and considered the best for the
South, a sure header, making large,
solid, perfectly white heads of good
quality. Pkt. 25c; oz. $2.00.
AUTUMN GIANT. — Large late
variety, heads large, white, and is a
good keeper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c.
Golden Self-Blanching Celery.
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Golden Bantam
Garden Corns
Plant early corn in rich and well-manured ground
from March to middle of April. Sugar corn in May,
if ground is warm. Cultivate frequently. 1 :tnt a piece
about every two or three weeks to get a succession
of roasting ears. The early varieties can be planted
as late as July for late roasting ears. One quart plants
200 hills; eight quarts per acre.
ADAMS EXTRA EARLY.— The earliest sweet
corn in cultivation, makes a small ear and stalk,
can be planted close together, and is used by our
market gardeners to catch the early market.
3 ears, 10c; 20c per half doz.; 35c per doz.
ADAMS EARLY. — Similar to Adams Extra
Early, but a little later and very much larger
ears, earlier and hardier than sugar corn; a
profitable corn for truckers. 3 ears, 10c; 20c per
half doz.; 35c per doz.
Shelled— Pt. 10c; qt. 20c; pk. $1.00.
ADAMS IMPROVED EARLY.— An improved
strain of the Early Adams, with larger and more
uniform ears and deeper grains ; perhaps a few
days later in maturing than Early Adams.
3 ears, 10c; 20c per half doz.; 35c per doz.
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE.— As name implies,
this is the favorite with all market gardeners
and truckers, following close to Early Adams
in maturity; it is larger in ears, deeper in grain,
and a sure crop ; a sweet and palatable corn.
Truckers Favorite is considered the best early
market corn grown. Shelled — Pt. 10c; qt. 20c;
pk. $1.00; 35c per doz. ears.
SOUTHERN SNOWFLAKE. — A beautiful,
large eared corn with deep, soft, pure white
grains, almost as early as Trucker’s Favorite,
but grains and ears larger ; a very desirable
market corn for main crop. Per ear, 5c; dozen
ears, 50c.
Sugar Corn.
Sweet or Sugar Corn
GOLDEN BANTAM. — An extra early sweet
corn of very sweet and tender qualities ; can be
planted earlier than other sweet corns ; small ear
of golden yellow color ; bears two and three ears
to the stalk. Crop failed.
EARLY WHITE EVERGREEN.— An early
variety of Stowell’s Evergreen type, pure white
kernel, deep grains and delicious in flavor; a very
desirable corn for market gardeners, canners and
home gardeners. Pkt. 5c; pt. 25c; qt. 50c;
pk. $3.25.
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN.— This is the
universal sugar corn. Makes large, well filled
ears, bears abundantly on good soil ; and the
ears remain in the green state for a long time ;
deep grained and very sweet. Pkt. 5c; pt. 25c;
qt. 50c; pk. $3.25.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.— One of the rich-
est and most popular late sweet corns, has a
good sized ear with small cob, long ' slender
grains, and is especially recommended for home
gardeners. Pkt. 5c; pt. 25c; qt. 50c; pk. $3.25.
Pop Corn
RICE. — The most popular of all popcorns, a
good yielder. Corn pops pure white and of good
quality. Per .2 ears, 5c; 25c per dozen ears.
MAPLEDALE PROLIFIC.— A prolific, large
eared variety, grains pure white and extremely
tender. Per 2 ears, 5c; 25c per doz. ears.
QUEEN’S GOLDEN . — A very handsome yel-
low pop-corn, large grains ; pops perfectly white,
and of good flavor. Generally yields four ears to
the stalk. Per 2 ears, 5c; 25c per doz. ears.
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Cucumbers
CULTURE. — For very early crop, plant in hotbed, in
pots or small paper boxes, or on pieces of sod, grass
side down, so that they can be readily transplanted; or
plant in the open ground as soon as the weather becomes
settled warm, about the end of April or during May,
in hills about 4 feet apart each way. The hills should
be previously prepared by mixing well-rotted manure
with the soil. Put about ten seeds in each hill, and
when all danger of insects is past, thin out to four
plants. The fruit should be gathered when large enough,
whether wanted or not, for if left to ripen on the vine,
it destroys its productiveness. For pickling, plant in
June or July. One ounce will plant 50 hills; two pounds,
one acre.
EARLY FORTUNE. — An extra early variety
of uniform shape, dark green color ; fast be-
coming a favorite with market truckers. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 10c; 54 N>., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
GREEN PROLIFIC. — A heavy bearing variety
making fruit of medium length, and especially
recommended for pickle ; used extensively for
late planting for pickling purposes. Pkt., 5c; |
oz., 10c; 54 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c.
KLONDYKE. — This variety is becoming very
popular as a money maker with our truckers ;
fruit is long and straight, hard and very dark
green color, making it a good shipping variety;
early in maturing and very productive. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 10c; J4 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
Collards
A fine winter vegetable, similar to cabbage, but does
not make >olid heads. Sow and cultivate like late
cabbage.
NORTH CAROLINA SHORT STEM.— A
short stem variety with large spreading leaves ;
very hardy and good flavored. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c;
54 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
TRUE GEORGIA. — The old standard and
most popular collard grown throughout the South,
tall and long stemmed, good flavored and very
hardy. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 54 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c.
Corn Salad, or Fetticus
A very desirable salad ; can be used like lettuce
or cooked like spinach ; to be sown in August
and September for fall or spring use. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 10c; 54 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c.
Cress
WATER CRESS. — To be sown in the spring
along edges of Creek or pond. Only one sowing
is necessary, as it increases and perpetuates it-
self; make a splendid salad and is considered
quite a delicacy by a great many. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 25c; 54 lb.. 75c.
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE.
— An improved strain of the old re-
liable white spine variety; the fruit
is of good uniform shape, straight in
growth, and rich dark green color ;
very popular variety with our truck-
ers. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 54 lb., 20c;
1 lb. 60c.
IMPROVED LONG GREEN.—
This is the best cucumber for all
purposes ; fruit grows ten to twelve
inches long; straight and dark green-
in color ; firm and crisp ; a heavy
bearer and good quality ; the young
fruit being very desirable for pickle.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 54 lb. 20c; lb. 60c.
GHERKIN, or BURR CUCUM-
BER.— Small, round and prickly;
used only for pickling. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 20c; % lb., 50c.
DAVIS PERFECT.— This is an
early variety and makes long sym-
metrical fruit of deep green color,
which it retains for a long time ;
considered one of the best table va-
rieties, and is much thought of by
our truckers; highly recommended.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 54 lb., 20c; lb., oOc.
Frequent, shallow cultivation
of growing crops (is the best
antidote for droughts.
Arlington White Spine.
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Egg Plant
CULTURE.— Egg Plants do best in a deep rich loamy
soil. In February or March sow in hotbeds, and when
two inches high, transplant to good rich soil. After
frost is past, set out three fbet apart each way, and
protect from bugs by dusting lightly with slugshot. One
ounce will produce about 1,000 plants.
BLACK BEAUTY. — Two weeks earlier than
any other variety ; produces large, lustrous, purp-
lish fruit of fine quality; a very desirable market
and shipping variety. Pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 15c; oz.,
25c; % lb., 75c.
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE.— The
best known and popular variety, vigorous and
productive, fruit large sized ; smooth, glossy,
deep purplish skin. Pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 10c; oz., 2C ;
34 lb., 50c.
Endive
CULTURE. — Sow in August in drills 18 inches apart,
and thin out to blanch the heart. In dry seasons give
plenty of water.
A most excellent salad or garnishing for the late sum-,
mer and fall.. Use same as lettuce.
GREEN CURLED. — Best variety; green, crisp
and tender. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb-, 50c.
Gourds
DIPPER. — This gourd is used for making dip-
pers. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.
NEST EGG. — This gourd makes a good nest
egg which lasts for years. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.
DISH CLOTH. — The lining of this gourd is
used for making dish cloths and bath sponges.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.
HORSE RADISH ROOTS. — 20c per dozen;
50 for 50c; 75c per 100.
Kale
CULTURE. — The Siberian and Scotch are the popular
sorts for fall sowing; a limited quantity is also sown
in the spring. Sow from August 15th to October 15th,
either broadcast or in drills 18 inches apart and give
some cultivation, and they will yield greens throughout
the winter. Spring or Smooth Kale may be sown either
in the fall or spring, making greens earlier than the
winter sorts, but not of as fine quality. Spring sowings
should be made in February and March. Sow 8 pounds
per acre broadcast, 4 to 5 pounds in drills.
EARLY CURLED SIBERIAN.— A hardy, vig-
orous, spreading green kale, with leaves beauti-
fully curled around edges. Will stand the win-
ter without protection, and is the most generally
used kale for truckers and home gardeners.
Oz., 5c; 34 lb., 15c; 1 lb., 35c.
GREEN CURLED SCOTCH, or NORFOLK.
— This is a dwarf spreading kale, very largely
grown around Norfolk for shipping purposes.
Leaves of deep green, beautifully curled and
crimped. Hardy and can be grown without pro-
tection for winter. Oz. 10c; 34 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
SPRING KALE. — A quick growing smooth
leaved variety. Very generally sown. Can be
sown in fall or spring, being hardy enough to
withstand the winter. Oz., 5c; 34 lb., 10c;
1 lb., 20c.
Kohl Rahi
Combines the flavor of cabbage and turnips and makes
a splendid dish if used when the bulbs are 2 to 3 inches
thick. Sow early in hotbed and transplant and sow
outside in April in rows 18 inches apart, thinning to 8
inches; for Winter use, sow in June or July. Also
makes fine stock food, yielding 300 to 400 bushels to
the acre.
EARLY WHITE VIENNA.— The best variety
for Virginia and the South ; small top, flesh white,
very tender; early to mature. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
34 lb., 50c.
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Lettuce
Sow the seed at intervals of three weeks during the spring for a succession of lettuce, and transplant 9 inches
apart in beds or rows. Sow in July and August for fall crop, in September for winter and spring crops.
For winter heading transplant September plants in cold-frames. One ounce produces 1,500 plants.
Early White Cabbage Lettuce.
EARLY WHITE CABBAGE.—
This is the best all-around lettuce
in cultivation. Does well for early
spring, summer and fall planting.
Makes fine, large, solid heads with
blanched hearts. Crisp and tender.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; J4 lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
IMPROVED BIG BOSTON.—
This is a great favorite for forcing,
and also does exceptionally well for
outdoor planting for all seasons.
Heads large, of fine appearance ;
crisp and tender, and of fine flavor.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
IMPROVED HANSON.— One of
the best summer lettuce. Has large,
solid, compact heads, tender and
crisp ; blanches well and withstands
hot weather. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; %
lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON.—
Makes a well blanched, curly loose
head ; crisp and tender. Rapid grow-
ing. One of the best curled varieties.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; J4 lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
MAY KING. — Makes large, round, solid heads.
Extra fine) for growing in cold frames. A very
good all round early lettuce. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
14 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
ALL SEASONS. — A splendid lettuce for out-
door planting. Large firm heads, especially
adapted for Summer growing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
14 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.'
WHITE PARIS COS. — The
best of the celery lettuce ; forms
large, light green, well folded
heads of upright growth, and pop-
ular for its crispness and mild
flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb.
American Flag Leek.
Field of Early Curled Simpson.
Leek
Culture. — Leek is generally considered superior to onions for soup-
flavoring, etc. Sow as early as practicable in the Spring in a light, rich,
moist soil in drills half an inch deep. When six or eight inches high,
trim off the tops and roots, and transplant to rows one foot apart and
six inches apart in the row., setting them three or four inches deep
and earthing up as they grow, so that the necks will become well
blanched. May also be sown in cold-grames in September, and the young
plants transplanted in the fall or early spring to where they are to
remain. One ounce will sow about 100 feet of drill.
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. — This is the standard variety gen-
erally used. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; *4 lbb. 40c.
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Knight Melon.
Cantaloupe, or Musk Melon
CULTURE. — Prepare hills 4 to 6 feet apart in a rich,
moderately dry sandy soil, using well-rotted manure.
When danger of frost is gone, plant 10 to 12 seeds one
inch deep in each hill. To promote fruitfulness, . pinch
the vines when blossoming begins, and cultivate till the
vines cover the ground. To combat insect attacks, dust
with ashes, lime or road-dust. Do not grow near cucum-
bers, squashes, etc. One ounce will plant 50 hills; two
pounds, one acre.
KNIGHT. — This is a splendid shipping melon.
Somewhat earlier than Rocky Ford ; medium
sized, uniform in shape. Well netted, thick green
flesh, and good quality. Oz., 10c; % lb., 30c;
1 lb., $1.00.
IMPROVED NETTED GEM.— An improve-
ment on the old favorite. Fruit uniform and
larger than the Rocky Ford and quality unsur-
passed. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
EARLY HACKENSACK.— A large medium
early melon, roughly netted, rather deeply ribbed.
Splendid shipping and market melon. Fine
quality. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
ANNE ARUNDEL. — An old standard variety,
great favorite for shipping; medium to large
sized, well netted and fine quality. Oz., 10c;
J4 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
TRUE ROCKY FORD. — This is the most pop-
ular of all cantaloupes ; small, nearly round, very
thickly netted ; small seed cavity, and delicious
in flavor. A money maker for truckers, and
should be in every garden. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c;
1 lb., 75c.
EXTRA EARLY HANOVER.— This is the
earliest cantaloupe in cultivation, being fully ten
days ahead of the Rocky Ford ; makes a medium
sized melon, round, slightly flattened at ends, and
well netted. Oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; 1 lb. 90c.
BURRELL’S GEM. — Similar in appearance to
the Netted Gem, but Pinkish flesh instead of
green ; well netted thin rind, very solid ; excep-
tionally sweet flavored. A splendid variety for
table use. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
LARGE HACKENSACK.— An extra large
green fleshed variety, deep ribs, and heavily net-
ted. Flesh thick, juicy and sweet; a splendid
table melon. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c,
BALTIMORE OR ACME. — Medium sized
variety, oval shaped, well ribbed, heavily netted,
green flesh of fine quality. Very attractive in ap-
pearance and a splendid all around melon.
Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c.
BANANA. — Grows 18 to 24 inches long. Thick
I flesh and of a most delicious flavor ; very sweet,
j Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c.
BURRELL’S GOLD LINED NETTED
ROCK. — One of the finest strains of the Rocky
Ford variety. Melons of fine green, thick flesh
and very sweet. The seed cavity very small, the
flavor is exquisite. A heavy yielder. One of the
sweetest melons in cultivation. Oz., 15c; % lb.,
40c; lb., $1.25.
BURRELL’S SELECTED ROCKY FORD.—
Grown especially for us by originator. Seed
saved from selected melons only. The very fin-
est strain of Rocky Ford obtainable. Oz., 15c;
% lb., 40c; lb., $1.25.
CHICAGO MARKET. — This we consider the
best nutmeg melon, combining earliness of ma-
turity, large and uniform size, thickly netted
skin, small seed cavity, and deep green flesh.
Melons grow four to five pounds in weight. Fine
quality. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
MONTREAL MARKET.— The largest of all
nutmeg sorts. Fruit round, flattened at end with
very broad ribs. Flesh green and of fin' quality.
Oz., 10c; yA lb., 25c; lb., 75c.
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Watermelon
Cultivate like cantaloupes, but make the hills 12 feet
apart. Do not plant near gourds or pumpkins. One
ounce for 30 hills, 3 lbs. for acre.
HARRIS’ EARLIEST.— The earliest variety
grown, and a good melon for being so early.
Medium large fruit, handsome in appearance, and
first class quality. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
DUKE JONES. — A large round, dark green
melon. Splendid shipper ; flesh dark red ; sweet
and juicy. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
KOLB GEM. — Particularly fine shipping
melon. The rind is exceptionally hard and firm.
Bright red flesh and solid; heavy yielder.
Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
IMPROVED GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE.—
This is an improved strain of the old standard
Rattlesnake melon, and has all the fine qualities
of same, combined with larger growth and un-
surpassed flavor. A splendid melon for shipping
or home use. Oz., 10c; J4 lb-, 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
TOM WATSON. — Decidedly the most popular
melon grown. Large, long and dark green ;
fruit of exceptionally fine shiping quality. Rich
red flesh solid, sweet and luscious. Good ship-
ping, a good market, and a fine table melon.
Oz. 10c; Yu lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
KLECKLEY’S SWEET.— One of
the most popular melons grown ; dark
green skin, thin rind, solid scarlet
heart. Sweet crisp and melting
flavor. One of the best melons
grown. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 60c.
JACKSON. — An exceptionally
sweet melon, and one of the best for
table use. A long melon with mot-
tled skin ; ripens close to the rind.
Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
FLORIDA FAVORITE.— A splen-
did, large, long melon. Ripens early,
thin rind and deliciously sweet. A
good shipper and home melon. Oz.
10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 60c.
JORDON’S GRAY MONARCH.
— One of the largest melons grown,
and a splendid shipper. Long fruit
with mottled gray color, good flavor.
Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
TRIUMPH. — A medium early, extra large mel-
on of splendid quality. Dark green rind, with
indistinct stripes ; fine appearance. Flesh solid
and sweet. Oz., 10c; 14 lb-, 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
BRADFORD. — One of the best melons for
home use or near by market, but not recommend-
ed as a shipping melon. Dark green rind with
darker stripes ; rather long. Remarkably tender
and sweet. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c.
Okra
CULTURE. — When the ground has become warm, sow
thickly in drills 3 feet apart, and when large enough
thin out to 8 inches apart in the rows. To keep for
the winter use, slice the pods when young and tender
into narrow rings; string and hang in shade to dry.
One ounce will sow 30 feet of drill.
WHITE VELVET.— A very prolific variety,
bearing smooth white pods of splendid flavor.
The most popular okra grown. Oz., 10c;
14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c.
TALL GREEN. — Produces in great abundance,
dark green pods, of best quality. Oz., 10c;
14 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c.
Triumph.
SILVER SKIN, or
WHITE PORTUGAL.
— Flesh and skin pure
white ; flavor mild and
sweet. Grows to a good
size and ripens early
and evenly. Makes a
good onion for bunch-
ing; for table use, and
for pickling purposes.
Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; 54 lb.,
75c; 1 lb. $2.50.
LARGE RED
WETHERSFIELD.—
The best known red va-
riety. Grown to a large
size flattened on ends,
but thick. A very hardy,
solid and good keeping
onion. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
54 lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED.— The most
popu’ar curled mustard grown in the South;
forms a great mass of leaves finely curled and
crimped and of good flavor. Oz., 5c; 54 lb-, 15c;
1 lb., 40c.
Onion
CULTURE— Large Onions from Seed.— For best crop
results, to grow large onions from seed the first year,
sow in January and February in hot-beds, and as soon
as the weather opens and the sets are the size of goose-
quill, transplant to rows 12 inches apart and 4 to 6
inches between the onions. Transplanting is of decided
benefit, increasing the yield considerably, in some in-
stances double the yield being reported. They can also
be sown in the open ground in February or March, and
will make a good crop put in at this time. The Italian,
Spanish and Bermuda varieties can also be sown in
August or September, and transplanted about the end
of October or early in November. Five or six pounds
will sow an acre.
Growing Onion Sets from Seed. — To grow onion sets,
sow in broad, wide rows, in March or early in April,
40 to 50 pounds per acre, and keep clean of weeds. In
late summer, or whenever the tops die, remove the small
bulbs, buttons or sets, to a dry place, spread them out
thinly on trays made of laths, piling the trays one on
top of another, separated by blocks, so that the air can
circulate freely between them. The larger sets should
be sold for pickling, and only the smallest retained
for planting.
PRIZE TAKER. — One of the best of the Span-
ish varieties. Skin is rich, yellow straw color.
Flesh pure white, mild and tender. Pkt., 5c;
Oz., 20c; 54 lb., 60c; l lb., $2.00.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE PEARL. — The
quickest growing of all
white sorts, makes large
pearly onions. Tender,
mild and of excellent
flavor. Seed can be sown
thickly in the spring;
sets raised and planted
out in fall, and large
onions will be ready in
spring, before any other
variety. Pkt., 5c; oz.,
25c; 54 lb. 90c; 1 lb.
$3.00.
Onion Sets
Prices on Onion Sets Fluctuate. Current Prices
on Request.
YELLOW DANVERS.— Qt. 20c; pk. $1.00;
bushel, $3.25.
RED WETHERSFIELD.— Qt. 20c; pk. $1.00;
bushel, $3.25.
SILVER SKIN.— Qt. 25c; pk. $1.25; bu. $4.00.
POTATO or HILL ONION.— Qt., 20c;
pk., $1.15; bu., $4.00.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE PEARL.— For fall
planting only. Prices on application in season.
Parsley
CULTURE. — For spring seeding, sow in February,
March or early in April. Soak a few hours, and then
sow in rows a foot apart, and cover about half an inch.
Parsley is slow to germinate, sometimes two or three
weeks in coming up. One ounce will sow 150 feet of
drill.
CHAMPION MOSS CURLED.— Beautifully
curled and crimped, and the favorite for garnish-
ing and flavoring. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 54 U*-. 25c.
PLAIN or SMOOTH LEAVED.— A very
hardy variety ; somewhat stronger in flavor than
the curled. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10; 54 lb., 25c.
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Mustard
Grown and used like Spinach or Kale. Sow from
February to April, or in September and October, broad-
cast or in drills. One ounce for 100-foot drill, 4 lbs. per
acre broadcast.
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS.— The best
known and most largely grown onion. Grows to
good size, and ripens solid and heavy. Pkt., 5c;
Oz. 15c; 54 lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.50.
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CULTURE.— A rich sandy loam, deeply worked, is the
best for parsnips. Sow in the spring, in drills eighteen
inches apart, and cover lightly. Parsnip seed is very
slow in germinating, especially when the ground is dry.
When two inches high, thin out to 4 or 6 inches apart.
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill; five pounds to
the acre.
IMPROVED SUGAR or HOLLOW CROWN.
— The standard variety ; smooth, tapering roots,
and of good flavor. Fine for both table and
stock. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c.
Garden Peas
CULTURE.— Peas succeed best in light, rich loamy
soil which has been manured the previous season. Plant
the smooth varieties in the spring as soon as the ground
can be worked, in rows 3 to 4 feet apart, 2 inches deep,
giving the taller varieties more room between the rows.
The wrinkled varieties are tender, and should be planted
later than the smooth kinds. For a succession, plant
every two weeks. The dwarf varieties can be planted in
rows 2}4 to 3 feet apart. Peas grown as a market crop
are rarely ever staked, but when the taller varieties
are grown for private use, it is a good plan to sow them
in double rows and stake with brush. They should be
kept clean and the earth worked toward them two or
three times during growth. One and a half bushels are
required to plant one acre, one quart to plant 100 feet
of drill.
TELEPHONE. — One of the most popular of
the wrinkled sorts. Fine sugary flavor ; large
pods, and a good bearer. One of the vest varie-
ties for main crop. Height about 4 ft. Pt., 15c;
qt. 25c; pk. $1.50; bushel, $5.50.
POTLATCH. — An extra large wrinkled variety
of unsurpassed flavor. Pods long and well filled.
Recommended for home use where quality is
first consideration. Medium early in maturity.
Pt., 15c; qt., 30c; pk., $1.75; bu., $6.00.
EXTRA EARLY ALASKA.— This pea is more
generally grown by market gardeners and truck-
ers than any other ; extra early in maturity and
very prolific. Well filled pods of beautiful green
color, which they retain longer than other varie-
ties. Pt. 15c; qt. 25c; pk. $1.50; bushel, $6.00.
GRADUS or PROSPERITY.— The best early
wrinkled. Pods are large and well filled and of
unsurpassed quality. Can be sown earlier than
most wrinkled varieties. Pt. 15c; qt. 30c; peck,
$1.75; bushel, $6.00.
PHILADELPHIA EXTRA EARLY.— The old
standard extra early variety. Very similar to
first and best, and about the same in quality and
height. Pt. 15c; qt. 25c; pk. $1.50; bus., $6.00.
FIRST AND BEST. — A very desirable strain
of extra early peas, and popular with truckers.
Height, 2 to 2]/2 feet. Pt. 15c; qt. 25c; pk. $1.50;
bushel, $6.00.
BLACK EYE MARROWFAT.— Very largely
grown for late crop for market or home use.
Very hardy, vigorous and productive. Grows
from three to five feet high. Pt. 15c; qt. 25c;
peck, $1.50; bushel, $6.00.
CLAUDIT. — In general habit and height of
vine resembling Alaska, ripening almost at the
same time, but with much longer, broader pods.
Pods 3 inches in length, straight, handsomely
shaped, and well filled at the point. Seed round,
light green, dented, height 2l/2 feet. Pt., 20c;
qt. 25c; peck, $1.75; bushel, $6.00.
HORSFORD’S MARKET GARDE N.—
Strongly resembling Premium Gem in habit of
growth, but about one-third taller. Vines grow-
ing 26 to 30 inches high, foliage dark green, pods
light colored, straight, about 2l/2 inches long and
blunt. Fit for picking 68 days from planting.
Seed green, wrinkled, medium in size. A very
popular pea. Pt. 15c; qt. 25c; peck, $1.50;
bushel, $6.00.
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Spinach
Sow early in spring in rich soil in drills 1 inch deep,
two feet between the rows. For winter or spring crop,
sow in September and October. One ounce for 100-foot
drill; 20 lbs. to an acre.
NORFOLK SAVOY OR BLOOMSDALE.—
The best variety for fall or spring seeding.
Quick growth, hardy ; beautifully curled leaves.
Oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
LONG STANDING.— Leaves thick and
fleshy ; not liable to run to seed quickly. A good
variety; can be sown fall or spring. Sold out.
Pepper
CULTURE.— Sow in hotbed in February or March,
and transplant to open ground in May in rows 2 to 3
feet apart, 15 inches between the plants; or when the
ground becomes warm, sow in open ground and set out
as above. When about six inches high, apply liquid
manure or some good fertilizer.
CHINESE GIANT.— An enormous, sweet pep-
per, growing from 12 to 15 inches in circumfer-
ence. Plants grow about 2 ft. high and are very
prolific. Flesh tender, mild and sweet. Used
for slicing like tomatoes or stuffed as mangoes.
Very desirable. Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; 34 lb., $1-00.
RUBY GIANT.— Not quite as large as Chinese
Giant, but very at. active in appearance and very
prolific. Flesh mild and sweet. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c;
34 lb., 75c.
LARGE BELL or BULL NOSE.— An old
standard sweet pepper. Ripens early and uni-
formly. Flesh of excellent quality, and largely
used in salads. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 60c.
SUGAR or PIE. — A small sweet pumpkin used
mainly for making pies. Oz., 10c; 34 lb-, 20c;
1 lb., 50c.
CORNFIELD PUMPKIN.— Used mainly for
stock feeding. Planted in corn fields making
enormous crops with little cultivation. Oz., 5c;
34 lb., 15c; 1 lb., 35c.
RED CHILI. — A splendid hot pepper for
making sauce and pepper vinegar. Pods grow
about an inch long, and when ripe have a bril-
liant scarlet color. Very prolific. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 30c; % lb. $1.00.
Pumpkin
CULTURE. — Plant in May, in hills 8 to 10 feet apart,
mixing well-rotted manure in each hill. Put 8 to 10
seeds in each hill, and cultivate till the vines get
strong, when they should be thinned out, leaving two
or three of the strongest in each hill. When planted
in corn plant at the same time as the corn, in every
fourth row, 10 to 12 feet apart in the rows, letting the
hill of pumpkins take the place of a hill of corn. One
ounce will plant 20 hills; three pounds, one acre.
LARGE CHEESE. — An exceedingly large
pumpkin; for both table and stock. Very thick
flesh ; sweet and of fine quality and a good keep-
er. Oz., 5c; 34 lb., 15c; 1 lb., 40c.
LONG RED CAYENNE. — The standard hot
pepper. Making long, slender, bright red pods
about 3 to 4 inches long. Used in the green and
ripe state for pickling and seasoning. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 15c; 34 lb-, 50c.
VIRGINIA MAMMOTH.— This is undoubted-
ly the finest pumpkin raised ; Growing to an enor-
mous size ; its keeping qualities are unexcelled
and it is adapted to most any climate or soil.
Fruit is oval shaped. Rich golden color; flesh of
fine flavor, and a very desirable pumpkin for table
as well as stock use. Oz., 10c; 34 lb., 20c;
1 lb., 50.
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Radish
To be tender and crisp, Radishes must be grown
quickly, and this requires rich soil and moisture. Begin
as early as possible in spring and sow at intervals of
about 10 days in a light, rich, deeply worked soil. Can
also be forced in hotbeds. For fall and winter sow in
August and September. One ounce sows fifty feet.
EARLY FORCING SCARLET GLOBE.— The
earliest radish and best for forcing. Small top,
bright red color. Beautiful appearance. Oz., 5c;
*4 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
EARLY SCARLET TURNIP.— A quick grow-
ing round red radish with small top. Crisp and
tender. A good variety for outdoor planting.
Oz. 5c; 14 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
GOLDEN GLOBE SUMMER.— The best sum-
mer radish. Round shape, golden yellow in color.
Crisp and tender. Withstands hot weather.
Oz. 5c; Yu lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
Early Forcing Scarlet Globe.
FRENCH BREAKFAST.— A white tipped
olive shaped variety, and one of the best forcing
radish. Oz. 5c; 14 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
EARLY WHITE TIPPED SCARLET.— Very
early, round shape, scarlet roots with white tip;
attractive appearance. Quality crisp, tender and
mild. A favorite with truckers. Oz., 5c; 14 lb.,
15c; 1 lb. 50c.
EARLY WHITE TURNIP.— Pure white tur-
nip shaped radish. Early in maturity and of
good flavor. Oz. 5c; 14 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
CRIMSON GIANT GLOBE.— A large early
variety. Round with deep crimson color. Tender
and crisp. Oz. 5c; 14 lb- 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
LONG SCARLET. — A long, smooth, bright
scarlet radish. Very attractive in appearance;
crisp and tender. Fine for forcing. Oz., 5c;
14 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
ROSE CHINA WINTER.— The best winter
variety. Cylindrical in shape, rose color. Flesh
white. Keeps crisp and tender throughout the
winter. Oz. 5c; 54 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 50c.
WHITE STRASBURG.— Large; long, with
solid meat. Pure white in color. A splendid va-
riety for summer and fall. Oz., 5c; 14 lb., 15c;
1 lb. 50c.
Rhubarb
Set out in the early Spring or Fall in deep
worked soil four feet apart each way. Mulch
freely with manure or coarse litter. After stalks
are well rooted and have grown freely, they may
be used, and with care will last for years.
LINNAEUS. — The best variety grown. Makes
fleshy stalks of best quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
14 lb., 60c.
RHUBARB ROOTS. — 10c each; $1.00 per doz.
Salsify or Oyster Plant
CULTURE.— Sow in March or April in a rich, light,
deeply worked soil, in rows 18 inches apart, and thin
out to 4 to 6 inches. Do not use coarse or fresh manure;
it will make the roots ill-shaped and uneven. Cultivate
often to keep down weeds. It is perfectly hardy, and
may remain out all winter. Can also be sown in May
and June, provided we get seasonable weather or boards
be used to get the seeds up and shade the young sprouts
until they get well established. One ounce will sow 50
feet of drill; eight lbs. to one acre.
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND.— Larg-
est and best variety, vigorous grower, with long,
large white tapering roots. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 35c;
1 lb., $1.25.
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Squash or Cymling
CULTURE.— After danger of frost is past, plant in a
warm well-pulverized, rich soil, mixing well-rotted ma-
nure with the soil in each hill. Plant eight or ten seeds
to the hill; the bush varieties 4 to 6 feet apart, the run-
ning sorts 8 to 10 feet. When well grown, thin out,
leaving three of the strongest plants in each hill. Sum-
mer sorts, one ounce to forty hills, four to six pounds
to an acre; winter sorts, one ounce to ten hills, four to
five pounds to an acre.
EARLY WHITE BUSH. — The standard
White Bush squash or cymbling. Grown exten-
sively by truckers for main crop. Very prolific
and an excellent shipper. Also grown for hog
feed. Oz. 10c; % lb- 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
HUBBARD SQUASH. — One of the best winter
varieties. Heavy fruit of bright orange flesh,
fine grains, sweet and richly flavored, a good
keeper, and unsurpassed for squash pies.
Oz. 10c; lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
Early White Bush.
EARLIEST PROLIFIC WHITE BUSH.—
This is the earliest variety of white bush squash
in cultivation, and is a money maker for truck-
ers. Ten days earlier than Early White Bush;
same growth and same shape fruit. Scallops
not so pronounced ; flesh thick, firm and very
tender. Oz. 10c; *4 lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00.
EVER BEARING. — A large white squash
similar in appearance to White Bush. Not as
early, but more prolific, and will continue to
bear during the whole summer. Also known as
Running Squash. Used extensively for stock
feeding. Oz. 10c; *4 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK.— A beau
ful variety for summer crop, bears early and con-
tinues through the summer. Of true crookneck
type ; rich golden yellow color. Thickly warted
and of excellent table qualities. Oz., 10c;
% lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c.
Giant Summer Crookneck.
Disking Land at Wrong Time Cause of Heavy Loss to Farmers
Do not harrow or disk your land immediately after plowing — let it rest at least 12 to 15 days, according to
the season, to allow the air to penetrate, the weeds to rot, foul seeds to sprout, and the microbes to multiply;
a process of fermentation called ripening, and without which you cannot have your land in proper physical
condition any more than you can have good bread without leaven; you can give yoyr land the proper chemical
condition at any time by simply applying your 2-8-2, 3-8-3, or other commercial fertilizers, but the proper physi-
cal condition cannot be obtained by sheer force, you cannot push it; like dough, it must have the required time
to rise or ripen.
After allowing this process of fermentation to take its course, your land is ready for disk or harrow; these
are two great instruments for the farm, but in the hands of the farmer who does not know when his land is
ripe or does not allow it time to ripen, they can do much harm, and if the farmer neglects to give his land the
above mentioned opportunity of ripening, it should be no surprise to him to find the same sour, constipated and
unclean; onions, cockrel and patridge, peas in his wheat fields, cheat and onions in his oats, plantain and wild
carrots in his clover, and weeds and grass everywhere.
Let your land ripen before disking, and you will have better and cleaner crops, and less work to keep them
clean.
TO INSURE A STAND OF CRIMSON CLOVER
Sow y2 bu. Buckwheat per acre with your early seedings of Crimson Clover. The
Buckwheat affords protection for the clover from the hot sun, and furnishes a good crop
of fine chicken feed, which can be harvested without detriment to the growing clover.
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The Ponderosa.
Tomato
CULTURE. — Sow in hotbeds or shallow boxes in the
house early in the spring, transplanting in the beds to
promote root growth, and when danger of frost is over,
set 3 to 4 feet apart outside. Expose to the air as
much as possible to harden them, and water freely
when transplanting, shading them in a few days from
the sun until thoroughly established. Earliness may be
promoted by growing in pots, shifting to larger size
as they become filled with roots. Earlier fruits may
also be had by allowing only the original stem to bear.
If the plants are staked, they may be grown closer to-
gether and produce more perfect fruits.
JUNE PINK. — Considered an improvement on
Earliana. Extra early with beautiful pink color.
Medium size, smooth and prolific. Pkt., 5c;
oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
EARLY ACME. — Medium early and will
continue to bear until frost. One of the oldest
varieties in cultivation, but one of the best.
Purple in color ; almost round. Smooth, solid
and of good flavor. Never failing favorite.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
Early Acme Tomato.
MATCHLESS. — One of the best main crop
tomatoes. Very solid; few seed; large smooth
fruit. As a main crop, it is unsurpassed. Pkt. 5c;
oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
EARLIANA. — A standard extra early variety.
Largely grown by market gardeners. Bright red,
smooth and attractive in appearance. Pkt., 5c;
oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
BONNIE BEST. — A large, early, smooth,
bright red tomato. Medium in size. Uniform
and attractive. Growing in favor for market and
home use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; *4 lb. 60c; lb. $2.00.
NEW STONE. — Considered the best tomato
for main and late crop. Large, solid, bright scar-
let. Very firm, uniform and hardy. Pkt., 5c;
oz. 15c; J4 lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75.
PONDEROSA. — An extra large and very
handsome, bright red tomato. Flesh thick, solid
and of fine quality. Especially recommended for
home gardeners. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; *4 lb. 75c;
1 lb. $2.75.
YELLOW PEAR. — Small pear shaped variety,
used for preserving. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c.
Bright Tobacco Seed
WARNE. — A splendid variety for bright yel-
low wrappers. Grown to a large size, of medium
breadth, and very fine grained. Thick and silky ;
makes the finest quality leaf. Oz., 25c.
IMPROVED YELLOW ORONOKO.— Devel-
oped from the old standard yellow Oronoko, and
more extensively planted than any other variety
of the yellow type. Of large, erect growth, broad
leaves and fine texture. Oz., 25c.
SLATE’S IMPROVED GOLD LEAF.— This
is conceded to be the best bright tobacco on the
market, and is fast replacing all other varieties.
It can be topped higher than other varieties, and
will still retain its size and weight of leaf. The
leaf is long, broad, and very similar in shape to
that of the Warne, but less inclined to have green
shoulders. Oz., 50c.
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Turnip and Ruta Baga
CULTURE.— Spring sowing should be put in early so
that they will attain a good size before hot weather,
otherwise they will become tough and bitter. For spring
sowing the Milans or other early varieties are best.
For the regular crop, sow the early sorts in July or
August, the later sorts during August, and the salad
varieties during August and September. Sow either
broadcast or in drills 2 feet apart, thinning out to 6
inches, and roll the ground after sowing. Rutabagas
should be sown in July and early in August, and earthed
up as they grow. Sow V/2 pounds to the acre in drills,
2 lbs. broadcast; salad turnips 3 lbs. to the acre.
EARLY FLAT DUTCH. — An extra early pure
white flat growing variety. Recommended for
early market. Oz., 5c; yA lb-> 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
EARLY PURPLE TOP STRAPLEAF.— Flat,
white with purple top. Fine grained and tender.
Used for early market and table. Oz., 5c; J4
10c; 1 lb., 30c.
IMPROVED AMERICAN PURPLE TOP
WHITE GLOBE. — The most popular turnip for
market and table use. Makes large, globe shaped
roots, pure white, with purple top. A heavy
yielder and unsurpassed in quality. Oz., 5c;
yA lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
LARGE WHITE NORFOLK GLOBE.— Makes
large, round, handsome, white roots, excellent
for table and stock. Oz., 5c; l/A lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
WHITE EGG. — A quick growing, egg shaped,
pure white variety. Very sweet, firm, and mild.
Oz., 5c; yA lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
LONG WHITE COW HORN.— A very attrac-
tive quick growing turnip. Used especially for
stock feeding. Oz., 5c; yA lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
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LARGE YELLOW, or AMBER GLOBE.— Of
large size, globe shaped, solid yellow flesh, green
top. Fine for table and stock. Keeps firm and
sweet throughout the winter. Oz., 5c; l/A lb., 10c-
1 lb., 30c.
YELLOW ABERDEEN, PURPLE TOP.— A
splendid keeping variety with firm, solid, yellow
meat. Keeps throughout the winter, and espe-
cially recommended for stock feeding. Oz., 5c;
yA lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
IMPROVED AMERICAN PURPLE TOP
RUTABAGA. — An improved strain of the finest
yellow fleshed rutabaga grown. Flardy, sweet
and a good keeper. Oz., 5c; yA lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c
Salad Varieties
SOUTHERN PRIZE, or DIXIE. — Considered
the best salad variety known. Very hardy, with-
stands cold, and makes beautiful luxuriant salad.
Oz., 5c; l/A lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
SEVEN TOP. — The old standard popular salad
variety, grown exclusively for this purpose.
Oz., 5c; l/A lb., 10c; 1 lb., 30c.
Herbs
LAVENDER— Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c.
SWEET MARJORAM— Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c.
SAGE — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c.
THYME — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c.
SAVORY — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c.
DILL — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c.
CARAWAY — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c.
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Lawn Grasses and Requisites
PREPARATION AND CARE OF LAWNS.
— In order to secure a satisfactory lawn thor-
ough preparation of the soil is absolutely neces-
sary. The ground should be deeply plowed or
spaded, thoroughly pulverized and raked, remov-
ing all roots, sticks and stones. After getting
the ground perfectly in A1 condition, the seed
should be sown at the rate of one pound to 300
sq. ft. From 60 to 70 lbs. to the acre. After the
seed is sown, the lawn should be gone over with
a heavy roller, or if the ground is too wet, the
seed should be raked in lightly with a small hand
rake. It is best not to use stable manure unless
thoroughly rotted, as the same contains numerous
seeds which prove a menace to lawns. The best
months for seeding are February, March, April,
September, October and November. To renew
old lawns, rake over the bare and thin spots with
a sharp rake, and sow fresh seed, covering the
same by reraking, and applying roller.
GROSSMANN’S PERMANENT LAWN
MIXTURE. — This mixture of grasses is recom-
mended for country lawns, large areas, and in
instances where the facilities for watering and
taking care of the same are not as perfect as
the city. The mixture consists of hardy grasses
combined so as to make a permanent, smooth,
green sod, withstanding heat and droughts of
summer, as well as cold of winter. Price per lb.,
25c; 6 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $15.00.
PURE RAW BONE MEAL.— The best and
most permanent fertilizer for lawns. Should be
used freely in the preparation of new lawns, and
should be applied at regular intervals to old and
established lawns. 8 lb. pkg. 25c; 50 lb. bag,
$1.50; 200 lb. bag, $4.50.
SHADY LAWN GRASS.— This is a special
mixture of grasses peculiarly adapted to shady
lawns, and will do well under trees and shrubs.
Price per lb., 25c; 5 lbs. for $1.00; 100 lbs., $15.00.
PURE LAND PLASTER.— Very beneficial
to lawns if applied as a top dressing during the
summer whenever the lawns have been cut, re-
taining and holding the moisture in the land.
Price: 200 lb. bag, $1.00.
GROSSMANN’S EVERGREEN LAWN
MIXTURE. — This special mixture is composed
of the very highest grades and most suitable
grasses in proper proportion to insure a perma-
nent, smooth and velvety lawn. It is well adapt-
ed to various soils, and will last forever with
proper care and attention. We recommend this
lawn grass to all who are in position to give
their lawns proper attention, and who desire the
finest texture, color and permanency of lawn.
Price per lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00; bu. (20 lb.), $3.50.
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GRAINS and GRASSES
THE SEEDING OF GRASS AND CLOVERS
To begin with, let us bear in mind that land
requires as much careful preparation and atten-
tion for the seeding of these field crops, as it
does for the smallest vegetable seeds, and that
we cannot expect to harvest two to three tons
of hay per acre on land that has not had the
proper treatment and nourishment. We should
get out of the old habit of making up our mind
at the last moment to put this or that piece of
land in grass or clover, because, as a rule, this
or that land is not in proper condition for seed-
ing; we should try to look and plan ahead from
year to year, so our land may be ready and in
such physical condition as to insure good returns
for what we have done for it.
PREPARATION OF LAND
Begin the preparation of land by feeding it,
viz. : Adding humus through green fallow crops,
such as cowpeas, crimson clover, vetch, etc. ; any
of these crops wil more than pay for themselves
in either cured or green feed, and the stubble
turned under will enrich the soil in nitrogen and
humus, as these plants obtain their supply of
nitrogen from the air and give it to the soil.
Should the land be thin, an application of three
to four hundred pounds of acid phosphate per
acre will help to give these crops sufficient
growth for the purposes desired.
Having supplied the land with food in the
form of humus, we should give it a sweetener—
Lime — an application of 1,000 to 2,000 pounds
per acre, according to the character of the soil,
will aid the land to digest the food given it, and
will render available for the use of the grass
and clover plants, the various plant foods con-
tained in the soil. This application of lime
should be turned under with the green fallow,
or when land is disked preparatory for seeding.
A further application of 400 to 500 pounds of Pure
Raw Bone Meal per acre at seeding time will
increase the yield of hay and give longer life
to the plants.
PLOWING, DISKING AND SEEDING
In the seeding of grass and clovers, a firm,
well-prepared seed bed is a most important fac-
tor, and to obtain this the land should be deeply
fallowed and allowed to remain so for at least
two weeks before touching further. This allows
the ground to settle, weed seeds to sprout (which
are afterwards killed by disking), and the air
to penetrate the soil thoroughly; after this has
been accomplished, disk theland thoroughly until
the surface is in first-class condition ; then sow
the seed carefully, preferably with a Cahoon
Seeder, and cover lightly to a depth of about one-
half inch ; then run the roller over the whole,
unless the land is too wet or inclined to bake.
TIME OF SEEDING.
Grass and clovers can be seeded in Spring, in
February, March and April, or in Fall, during
the months of September and October. In Fall
seeding it is customary to sow either oats, wheat
or rye with it, which method affords two crops
on same land, the grain crop being harvested in
early summer, and a cutting of hay being made
later in the season. However, it is our belief
that better results are obtained by seeding with-
out grain, as generally the grain crop is removed
from land during a hot dry spell, and the grass
plants, tender from being shaded by the grain,
are more or less damaged and killed by the
hot sun, the result often being a poor stand, and
consequently a short hay crop. A point in favor
of the grain addition, however, is the protection
the same affords the young grass during the
winter.
Grass and Clover Mixtures
We very strongly advise mixtures of Grasses
and Clovers in place of only one variety, as be-
ing productive of better quality and heavier
yields of hay, and better and more permanent
pasture, but care should be taken to use such
varieties together as will suit the same soil and
mature at about the same time, in order to se-
cure the full benefit of growth and feeding value
of each variety. Grossmann’s Special Clover and
Grass Mixtures are not put up by guesswork or
by inexperienced novices in the seed business,
but are the results of actual and practical ex-
periences and careful tests for thirty years, and
the various grasses and clovers are used in such
combinations and proportions as have been
proven to give the best results for the purposes
intended. The following four mixtures are espe-
cially recommended for the purposes as desig-
nated, as. they have been thoroughly tested for
years with never failing results. Thousands of
pounds of these mixtures are sown by our farm-
ers each year, and we are constantly receiving
unsolicited praise and words of satisfaction from
those who are using them.
TRY THIS AS A HAY CROP
Sow in September, per acre: 2 bus. Rust Pr oof or Appier Oats with 10 lbs. Hairy Vetch,
disk in, then drag, and sow 10 lbs. White Bloom Crimson Clover and brush in; the fol-
lowing June you can cut \y2 to 2 tons of the very best quality hay without robbing the
land, as the leguminous properties of the Vetch and Clover leave the soil in fine con-
dition for the following crop. Can be followed with Corn, Cowpeas or late Irish Potatoes.
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W. Grossmann & Son’s Special
Clover and Grass Mixtures
Our Upland Pasture Mixture
Recommended for permanent pasture on light,
loamy uplands, but will also make a good crop
if desired to cut. Composed of the following
clovers and grasses :
Meadow Fescue
Canada Blue Grass
Kentucky Blue Grass
Red Top Grass
Sow 30 lbs. per acre,
lbs., $16.00.
Perennial Rye Grass
Orchard Grass
Red Clover
Alsyke Clover
Price per lb., 17c; per 100
Our Lowland Pasture Mixture
Recommended for permanent pasture for stiff,
heavy, or low lands, but will also make good hay
crops. Composed of the following grasses and
clovers :
Timothy Tall Meadow Oat Grass
Red Top Grass Red Clover
Meadow Fescue Grass Alsyke Clover
Kentucky Blue Grass
Sow 25 to 30 lbs. per acre. Price per lb., 17c;
per 100 lbs., $16.00.
Our Upland Hay Mixture
This mixture is especially recommended for
hay crops on light or loamy uplands, where it
will always yield abundantly. Can also be used
for permanent pasture. Consists of the follow-
ing grasses and clovers :
Orchard Grass Red Top Grass
Tall Meadow Oat Grass Perennial Rye Grass
Meadow Fescue Grass Red Clover
Alsyke Clover
Sow 30 to 35 lbs. per acre. Price per lb., 17c;
per 100 lbs., $16.00.
Our Lowland Hay Mixture
This mixture is especially proportioned for
hay crop on stiff, heavy, or low lands, but will
also make good pasture, or can be turned into
pasture after cutting off hay crop. Composed
of the following grasses and clovers :
Red Top Grass Tall Meadow Oat Grass
Timothy Sapling Clover
Meadow Fescue Alsyke Clover
Sow 30 lbs. per acre. Price per lb., 17c; per 100
lbs., $16.00.
Grasses
Prices on all Field Seeds are constantly fluc-
tuating, and are subject to change without notice.
We will gladly quote lowest current prices at
any time on application. Prices in this catalogue
are prevailing January 1, 1917, and are based on
seeds of highest quality in germination and
purity.
Timothy.
ORCHARD GRASS. — This is one of the most
reliable grasses for hay or pasture, making a
quick and vigorous growth, yielding large crops
of excellent and nutritious hay, and lasting for
years with increasing value if properly taken
care of. Maturing early, it generally yields two
crops of hay each season. Orchard grass suc-
ceeds well on most all soils, but does best on
loamy uplands or moderately stiff soil. It gives
best results when sown with Tall Meadow Oat
Grass and Red Clover. If sown alone for hay,
use two bushels per acre ; as a mixture, use one
bushel Orchard Grass, one bushel Tall Meadow
Oat Grass, and eight pounds of Red Clover per
acre. If sown for pasturage, use one bushel
Orchard Grass, one-half bushel Meadow Fescue,
four pounds recleancd Herds Grass, three pounds
Alsike Clover per acre.
Price, per bushel Orchard Grass, $2.85.
Price, per acre Orchard Grass Hay Mixture,
$6.20.
Price, per acre Orchard Grass Pasture Mix-
ture, $5.00.
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Red Top, or Herds Grass.
TIMOTHY. — This is considered the most nu-
tritious and salable of all hay grasses. Best
adapted to clay or heavy loam, rich low lands
or bottoms, as well as mountainous districts.
Timothy does not root as deeply as other grasses,
and should not be sown on lands deficient in
humus, nor on light and sandy soils. In this sec-
tion Timothy is 'largely sown with Sapling
Clover, Herds Grass asd Meadow Fescue, which
combination on suitable soil will make a large
yield of excellent hay and afford good pasturage.
Sow this mixture at the rate of eight pounds
Timothy, five pounds Clover, five pounds Herds
Grass, one-half bushel Meadow Fescue Grass
per acre.
If sown alone, use twelve to fifteen pounds
Timothy per acre.
Timothy, alone or in a mixture, can be sown
in Fall or Spring.
Pnice, per bushel Timothy, $3.00.
Price, per acre Timothy Hay and Pasture Mix-
ture, $3.25.
TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS.— This is a
very valuable and popular grass for the South,
as it withstands heat and drought well, and suc-
ceeds better than any other grass on light,
medium and sandy soils.
It ripens at the same time as Orchard Grass,
and the best results are obtained by sowing with
Orchard Grass and Red Clover at the rate of
one bushel Tall Meadow Oat Grass, one bushel
Orchard Grass, eight pounds Red Clover. If it is
desired to make a pasture after first cutting,
add to the above mixture five pounds recleaned
Herds Grass Seed. If sown alone, use from two
to three bushels Tall Meadow Oat Grass per acre.
Price, per bushel Tall Meadow Oat Grass, $2.00.
Price, per acre T. M. O. Hay Mixture, $6.35.
Price, per acre T. M. O. Hay and Pasture Mix-
ture, $7.00.
MEADOW FESCUE.— This splendid grass is
gaming in popularity throughout Virginia and
the South, succeeding well in nearly all sections.
It is a splendid Spring and Summer grass, and
very useful for Fall and Winter pasturage, re-
maining green throughout the Winter. It is
especially recommended in mixtures in the fol-
lowing proportions : For Hay — one bushel Mea-
dow Fescue, five pounds Herds Grass, six pounds
Timothy per acre. For Permanent Pasture — one
bushel Meadow Fescue, four pounds Herds Grass,
five pounds Timothy, one-half bushel Orchard
Grass, one-half bushel Tall Meadow Oat Grass,
three pounds Alsike Clover per acre. If sown
alone, use two bushel per acre. Sow in Spring
or Fall.
Price, per bushel Meadow Fescue, $2.00.
Price, per acre Meadow Fescue Hay Mixture,
$3.25.
Price, per acre Meadow Fescue Permanent Pas-
ture Mixture, $5.75.
RED TOP, or HERDS GRASS.— This is un-
doubtedly one of the most satisfactory grasses
throughout the South. It is adapted to ail soils,
succeeding well on light, sandy soils, as well as
stiff uplands and low grounds, on dry hillsides
as well as wet bottoms. Being once established,
it thickens and improves each year, making it
exceptionally valuable as a permanent pasture.
As a hay crop, it should be sown with Timothy
and Sapling Clover at the rate of five pounds
Herds Grass, eight pounds Timothy, four pounds
Sapling Clover per acre. As a permanent pas-
ture, it should be sown in a mixture of six
pounds Herds Grass, eight pounds Timothy, four
pounds Alsike Clover, one-half bushel Orchard
Grass per acre. This mixture can also be cut
for Hay, and then be turned into pasture. If
sown alone, Herds Grass should be sown at the
rate of eight to ten pounds per acre. Can be
sown either in Fall or Spring.
Price, Fancy recleaned Herds Grass, per lb.
14c; per 100 lbs. $12.50.
Price, per acre Herds Grass Hay Mixture, $2.25.
Price, per acre Herds Grass Hay and Pasture
Mixture, $3.75.
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. — This is the
richest aild most nutritious of all pasturage
grasses, and should be largely used in pasture
mixtures except on light and sandy soils. Blue
Grass is best adapted to soil with limestone foun-
dation, but can be made to grow if proper ferti-
lizing and liming is given. A mixture of two
bushels Blue Grass and eight pounds Recleaned
Herds Grass per acre on fertile soil, with red
clay subsoil will give an excellent pasture. Can
be sown in the Fall or Spring.
Price, per pound, 20c; per bushel, $2.00.
PERENNIAL RYE GRASS.— A quick grow-
ing, early maturing grass, furnishing good graz-
ing early in the season. Can also be used for
hay, in a mixture of one bushel Orchard Grass,
one bushel Tall Meadow Oat Grass, and one
bushel Perennial Rye Grass. Can be sown in
Fall or Spring.
Price, per pound, Perennial Rye Grass, 12c;
per bushel, $1.50.
Price, per acre, Perennial Rye Grass Hay Mix-
ture, $6.00.
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Clovers
RED CLOVER. — This is the old standby of all
clovers, and is more largcdy used than any other,
for hay, pasturage, and improvement of the soil.
Sow either in Fall or Spring, alone or in mix-
tures, and yields from one to three cuttings per
year. In this section, it is largely sown in Feb-
ruary and March on Fall sown grains, by run-
ning a harrow over the grains, sowing the clover
and following with a pea weeder or harrow cross-
wise. This not only puts the seed in properly,
but gives the grain a much needed cultivation.
Red Clover gives best results as a hay crop
when used in the following mixture : Eight
pounds clover, one bushel Orchard Grass, one
bushel Tall Meadow Oat Grass per acre. If it is
desired to turn the field into pasturage after cut-
ting, add to the above mixture six pounds of
Herds Grass Seed. If sown alone, use 10 to 12
pounds of Red Clover Seed per acre.
Price, per pound, 20c; per bushel, $11.50.
Price, per acre, Red Clover Hay Mixture, $7.50.
Price, per acre, Red Clover Hay and Pasture
Mixture, $8.00.
MAMMOTH, or SAPLING CLOVER.— This
clover is identical in habits and characteristics
with the Red Clover, with the exception that
it usually grows larger and matures two to
three weeks later. As a soil improver it is
preferred to the Red Clover on account of the
extra growth. Maturing at the same time as
Timothy, it is at its best as a hay crop if sown
at the rate of seven pounds clover and ten pounds
of Timothy per acre. As a pasture mixture, add
six pounds Herds Grass per acre to the above
mixture. Can be sown like Red Clover, in Fall
or Spring.
Price, per pound, Sapling Clover, 22c; per
bushel, $12.00.
Price, per acre, Sapling Clover and Timothy
mixed, $2.25.
ITALIAN RYE GRASS. — Recommended prin-
cipally for Fall seeding. Will yield two to three
cuttings of nutritious hay per year, and par-
ticularly adapted for rich, loamy soils and low
grounds.
Price, per pound, 12c; per bushel, $1.50.
SUDAN GRASS. — A sweet, heavy yielding an-
nual grass, yielding from three to four cuttings
of good hay. Very quick growing and with-
stands drought exceptionally well. Recommended
for a quick Summer hay crop, or green food dur-
ing the Summer months. Should be sown when
the ground and weather becomes warm in the
Spring, either in drills two feet apart at the
rate of about ten pounds per acre, or broad-
casted at the rate of 25 to 30 pounds per acre.
On account of its rapid and luxuriant growth,
Sudan Grass is trying on the soil, and should not
be sown on thin land. The crop of Sudan Grass
is a very short one this year, and there will
hardly be enough seed to supply the demand.
Price, per pound of certified Sudan Grass Seed,
free of Johnson Grass, 50c; in lots of 20 to 50
lbs , 40c per !b.
Kentucky Blue Grass.
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JAPAN CLOVER. — This has proven to be a
very valuable crop for the South. Both as an
excellent pasturage and as a soil improving crop.
It will grow on most any soil, and is especially
recommended for the redemption of hillsides and
barren and waste lands. Should be seeded in
March or April at the rate of 10 to 15 pounds per
acre. It can also be sown in connection with
Herds Grass for pasturage at the rate of ten
pounds Japan Clover and eight pounds Herds
Grass per acre.
Price, per pound, 25c.
CRIMSON CLOVER.— This is our great soil
improver and redeemer of worn out lands. A
crop of crimson clover plowed under is equal to
a heavy application of stable manure, and is
the cheapest and most effective improver of soils
in the agricultural world. It is an annual plant,
and is sown in July, August, September and Octo-
ber at the rate of 15 to 20 lbs. per acre. It has
been very generally sown in corn at the last
working in July and August, but we are rather
inclined to advise the discontinuance of this
method, as our experience has taught and shown
us that these early seedings are very uncertain,
and have cost our farmers hundreds of thousands
of dollars’ loss in seed. We would rather recom-
mend September and October seedings. Crimson
Clover offers a cover crop for winter, early
pasturage, and green feed for spring, and nutri-
tious hay crop and increased fertility of the soil.
Every available foot of land on the farm should
be sown in Crimson Clover.
Price, per pound, 14c; per bushel, $7.50.
Alfalfa.
Crimson Clover.
ALSIKE CLOVER. — This clover grows thicker
than Red Clover, though not quite so tall. It is
found to be hardier, resisting heat, drought, and
cold weather better than other clovers. In this
section, the Alsike Clover has proven to give bet-
ter stands, better crops and better grazing than
the Red Clover, and it is fast growing in pop-
ularity. We strongly recommend Alsike Clover
in mixtures, especially for pasturage. Sown
alone, 6 to 8 pounds is required per acre. As a
lowland pasture mixture, use six pounds Herds
Grass, four pounds A'lsike, six pounds Timothy
per acre. Can be sown in Spring or Fall.
Price, per pound, Alsike Clover, 20c; per
bushel, $11.50.
Price, per acre, Alsike Clover Pasture Mix-
ture, $2.00.
WHITE BOKHARA, or SWEET CLOVER.
— This is a very valuable clover for Virginia,
and should be used very largely for the redemp-
tion of worn out soils, and on hillsides subject
to wash, as it will make a good growth on the
thinnest of soils, adding humus and body to the
land and inoculating the same for other clovers
and alfalfa. It makes a nutritious hay if cut
young, and affords splendid pasturage. The life
of this clover is two years, but will reseed itself
if allowed to go to seed the second year. Can
be sown in Fall or Spring at the rate of 15 to
20 pounds per acre.
Price, per pound, hulled and scarified seed, 20c.
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WHITE BLOOMING CRIMSON CLOVER.
— Same as the red crimson clover, but has white
bloom, and is later in maturity. The white bloom
is more desirable for hay and forage, and when
sown with rust-proof oats makes the most desira-
ble hay. We also recommend very highly from
personal experience, the seeding of rust-proof
oats, white bloom crimson clover and hairy
vetch, which combination yields exceedingly
heavy crops of most nutritious hay. This com-
bination should be sown at the rate of V/2 bus.
rust proof oats, 10 lbs. white bloom clover, 10 lbs.
hairy vetch per acre.
Price, per pound, 15c; per bushel, $8.00.
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER.— Largely used in
lawn and pasture mixtures, and is well adapted
to our soils. It is voluntary in growth and will
cover the ground well and makes a good pas-
turage. Generally sown in a mixture with other
grasses ; not suitable for hay. Price per lb., 50c.
TO INSURE A STAND OF CRIMSON
CLOVER
Sow bushel Buckwheat per acre with
your early seedings of Crimson Clover.
The Buckwheat affords protection for the
clover from the hot sun, and furnishes a
good crop of fine chicken feed, which can
be harvested without detriment to the
growing clover.
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Alfalfa
Alfalfa is acknowledged the king of all hay
crops. It will yield more cuttings and make
larger yields of most nutritious hay than any
other crop. Once established, it will last for
years, giving 4 to 5 cuttings each season.
PREPARATION OF SOIL AND METHODS
OF SEEDING.
Alfalfa should be sown on improved soils, care
being taken that the same is absolutely perfect
in drainage, with a clay subsoil. It will not thrive
on land that is inclined to be wet or where roots
will reach water near surface. The land should
be sown in cowpeas or crimson clover, one or
two years previous to the seeding of the crop.
It should then be limed at the rate of one to
two tons per acre, and should be thoroughly and
well prepared with a firm seed bed before seed-
ing. The seed should besown in September at
the rate of 25 to 30 lbs. per acre, lightly covered
and rolled. An application of 400 to 600 lbs. of
pure bone meal per acre at the time of seeding
will prove a paying investment. Alfalfa should
be cut before it reaches full bloom, which causes
it to stool out better, and thicken root growth.
Alfalfa should always be sown alone, without
other grasses or clovers. If the land requires
inoculation, we recommend soil inoculation at
the rate of 500 to 600 lbs. of soil derived from
well established alfalfa fields. This inoculation
proves much more satisfactory than the so-called
artificial inoculation or cultures. In seeding
grass and clovers, we recommend a mixture of
3 to 4 lbs. alfalfa seed per acre on all lands
adapted to alfalfa. This gives the necessary in-
oculation in case the farmer determines to sow
alfalfa in the future.
We have an exceptionally fine stock of high-
grade, American Grown Alfalfa Seed to offer
this year, testing over 99]/2 per cent purity, with
a germination test of from 92 to 95 per cent.
Price, per pound, 20c; per bushel, $10.50.
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Seed Oats
Our Seed Oats are all selected stocks, re-
cleaned and sacked in even weight five-bushel
bags. Tested, and guaranteed of a high quality
in purity and germination. Prices fluctuate, and
are subject to change.
BURT, or NINE-
TY DAY OATS.—
This is undoubtedly
the best spring oat.
It is very early in
maturity, free from
rust, hardy, and a
vigorous grower,
making a large
yield of good, hard
grain. Resembles
the red rust proof,
but the grain is not
as large or as
heavy ; growth i s
bushel, 90c.
somewhat taller. Price,
VIRGINIA GRAY WINTER, or TURF
OATS. — This is the old standard and favorite
winter oat for Virginia, and is more generally
sown than any other oat. Is very hardy, and a
sure cropper. While generally sown in the fall,
it can also be sown in the spring up to about
March 10th to 15th. Price, per bushel, 95c.
TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS.— A very
popular and desirable oat throughout the South.
Especially adapted for heavy soils of good fer-
tility, where it yields abundant crops of large,
heavy grain. This variety does not grow as tall
as the Virginia Gray, and requires rather better
land than the same. It is largely used for sow-
ing with vetch and white bloom crimson clover
as a hay crop. Can be sown either fall or spring.
Price, per bushel, 80c.
BANCROFT OATS. — Experiments made with
this strain of oat proves it to be one of the
largest yielding and surest-cropping of all oats.
It is a rust proof variety, maturing in about 95
days from seeding, making heavy yields of grain
seeded spring oat, making a good crop of grain ;
and abundance of straw. Price, per bushel, $1.00.
BLACK SPRING OATS. — A heavy black
seeded spring oat, making a good crop of grain ;
quick growing and an old favorite. Price, per
bushel, 75c.
APPLER OATS. — Improved variety of the
Rust Proof type. Makes a strong, quick growing
oat ; large bunchy heads, with heavy grain. One
of the best and most reliable rust proof oats for
the South. Price, per bushel, 95c.
WHITE SPRING OAT.— A large, heavy white
oat for spring seeding only ; makes a splendid
yield on good land. Price, per bushel, 75c.
Soja Beans
The use of Soja Beans is increasing rapidly
everywhere, as farmers are beginning to realize
what a valuable and important forage crop they
are. Sown broadcast at the rate of one and
a half bushels per acre, they make practically
a balanced ration when cut for hay; sown with
cow peas at the rate of one-half bushel of beans
and one bushel cow peas, they Increase the value
of the hay by 50 per cent. They are also unsur-
passed as a hog pasture.
MAMMOTH YELLOW. — The largest growing
and most popular of Soja Beans, requiring a full
season for maturity. Surpasses all other varie-
ties in yield of both forage and seed. Per bushel,
about $2.50.
TAR-HEEL BLACKS. — Slightly earlier in
maturity than Mammoth Yellow. Heavy growth
of vines, upright in habit, and growing in pop-
ularity wherever used. Per bushel, about $2.50.
HOLLYBROOK EARLY. — Matures two to
three weeks earlier than the Mammoth Yellow.
Makes a good yield of forage and peas, and is
very desirable on account of its earliness. Per
bushel, about $3.00.
Ninety-Day Velvet Beans
This new Velvet Bean is a great acquisition
for Virginia farmers. It is the quickest growing,
earliest maturing of the Velvet Beans, and un-
like the other varieties, it will mature in Vir-
ginia. It is a wonderful soil improver and for-
age crop and the best of grazing for cattle and
hogs. For the redemption of worn out soils, this
bean is unequalled. Per bushel, $2.25.
Soja Beans.
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fieLd or
Cowpeas are one of the most important, most
advantageous, and best paying crops for the
farmers throughout the South. They produce
hay, they produce ensilage, they produce excel-
lent grazing for hogs and cattle, and they furnish
the farmer with the best and cheapest fertilizer
on the market. They can be sown from the first
of May to the middle of August, and every farmer
can find time during that period to put in a
field of Cowpeas.
AS A HAY. They produce from one and a
half to two and a half tons of the best nutritious
hay, relished by horses and all stock, leaving the
land in a much better condition. They should
be sown broadcast or in drills, at the rate of one
and a half to two bushels per acre ; the thicker
the stand, the better quality of hay.
AS AN ENSILAGE. They are unsurpassed,
being more nutritious than green corn.
AS A FERTILIZER. Gathering the nitrogen
and ammonia from the air, and storing the same
in their vines and rqots, they enrich the soil
faster, and more lastingly than any method of
fertilization known to the farmer, without extra
cost. On good land, it is not necessary to
fallow the entire crop — the vines can be cut for
hay, and the stubble and roots will furnish the
fertilizer for the following crop. Where it is
desired to improve thin and worn-out lands with
cowpeas, this can be done by applying two to
four hundred pounds of High Grade Acid Phos-
phate or 8-2-2 Guano per acre at time of seeding.
In these cases, it is best to give the land the
benefit of the entire crop, by fallowing the same.
SEEDING IN CORN. Farmers in this section
are sowing thousands' of bushels of cowpeas in
their corn at the last working. These peas can
be fallowed after the corn is taken off, or they
may be allowed to stay on the land, affording a
splendid mulch and Winter covering.
AS A HOG PASTURE. A mixture of Cow-
peas, Soja Beans, with Kaffir Corn, or common
White Field Corn, will afford a most luxuriant
grazing for hogs, and will minimize the cost of
producing the meat for market.
COW PEAS
Prices on Cowpeas fluctuate, and are subject
to change.
BLACK PEAS. — This is the standard variety,
and very largely grown in Virginia. It is very
prolific, making a fine growth of vine and leaves,
and a good yield of peas. Rather inclined to
shed its leaves, and is not considered the best
variety for hay on that account. Makes a fine
hog pasture. Per bushel, $3.00.
NEW ERA. — An extra early maturing variety
of upright growth. Not as heavy in forage as
others, but very prolific in peas. Per buhsel, $3.00.
WONDERFUL, or UNKNOWN.— This va-
riety makes an enormous and remarkable growth
of vines, requiring full growing season. The
vines are of the running habit, on account of
which the hay is rather hard to cut and cure.
One of the best varieties as a soil improver.
Per bushel, $3.00.
WHIPPOORWILL. — An upright, early ma-
. turing variety of great popularity. Makes a good
growth of vine, easily cut and cured. One of
the best peas in cultivation. Per bushel, $3.00.
CLAY. — A vigorous grower, and a heavy
yielder of hay, maturing a little later than the
Black Pea. Per bushel, $3.00.
IRON. — A variety of Cowpeas remarkable for
its vigorous growth, and its disease resisting
qualities. Retains its leaves and foliage longer
than other varieties, and is on this account one
of the very best for hay. It is also a very pro-
lific bearer of peas. Per bushel, $3.00.
TAYLOR. — A large speckled pea, making an
abundant growth of vine, of upright habit. Heavy
yielder of peas, and a good variety for a hay
crop. Per bushel, $3.00.
MIXED COWPEAS. — A general mixture of
the principal varieties grown. A great many
farmers prefer sowing mixed peas for hay, as
experience has shown that they get better and
more hay than by seeding one variety. Per
bushel, $2.75.
MIXED COWPEAS with SOJA BEANS —
For those of our customers who desire a mixture
of cowpeas and soja beans, we are prepared to
give them a splendid mixture in proper pro-
portions. It is very desirable to sow soja beans
with cowpeas, as the beans are upright in growth,
and help to hold up the peas, besides adding
considerable to the nutritive value of the pea.
Per bushel, $2.60.
EDIBLE VARIETIES
EARLY RAMSHORN BLACKEYE.— A large
second early black eye pea of splendid quality.
A great favorite with truckers and market gar-
deners as a green pea. Price per qt., 20c;
peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.00.
EXTRA EARLY BLACK EYE.— An extra
early strain of the well known black eye pea.
Of upright growth, bushy, very prolific in pods ;
of good flavor, and especially used for early mar-
keting of green shelled peas. Price per qt. 25c;
peck, $1.50; bushel, $4.50.
LARGE BLACK EYE. — A well known large
type of the original black eye pea. Later in ma-
turity than Ramshorn and Extra Early, but more
prolific and a sure cropper. Price per qt., 20c;
peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.00.
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Winter Rye
Largely cultivated for pasturage in winter, foi
early green food , as a cover crop, and for fal-
lowing purposes in spring. Price on application
in season.
Winter Barley
Sown in the fall for winter and spring pastur-
age. Price on application in season.
Seed Wheat
We carry a full stock of all the leading varie-
ties during seeding season. Price on application.
Canada Field Peas
Canada Field Peas with oats make a very de-
sirable hay. They should be sown in January
or early in February to get best results. Sow
at the rate of \y2 bushels of Oats, and 1 bushel
of Canada Field Peas per acre. Price per pk.,
90c; bushel, $3.50.
White Navy Beans
Grown for the dried bean only. Should be
planted in June or July in 3 ft. rows. Price per
qt., 25c; peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50.
Kaffir Com
This is a very popular forage crop. Makes a
heavy growth and is very nutritious. When al-
lowed to mature the grain makes a valuable feed
for stock or poultry. Kaffir corn is also sown
with cow peas to enable the cow peas to grow
up on the corn and make harvesting easier.
Price per lb., 5c; bushel, $2.25.
Sorghum
EARLY AMBER SORGHUM.— This fur-
nishes a large yield of very nutritious forage,
and is used in the green state or cured. On
good land it will yield 2 to 3 cuttings a year.
It is highly recommended when quick growing,
green food is desired. Price per lb., 5c; peck, 60c;
bushel, $2.25.
EARLY ORANGE SORGHUM. — Similar in
growth and character to the Early Amber, but
considered a heavier yielder. Price per oz., 5c;
peck, 60c; bushel, $2.25.
If your Grain crops are of a sickly appear-
ance and are not showing any signs of im-
provement by March or April, run a sharp
tooth harrow over the same, and sow broad-
cast about seventy-five pounds Nitrate of
Soda per acre, then follow with pea weeder
crosswise. Results will surprise you.
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German Millet.
Tennessee German Millet
German Millet makes a large yield and most
nutritious hay crop. Quick growing and most
easily cured. Should be sown on good land only,
at the rate of J4 to % bushel per acre, and should
be cut while in bloom before seed hardens. Sow
from the middle of May to the end of July.
Price per bushel, $2.25.
PEARL, or CAT-TAIL MILLET.— This is a
continuous forage plant. Grows from 3 to 4 ft.
high. It can be cut and will stool out enormous-
ly with rapid growth, and can be continuously
cut this way 3 to 4times each season. Price
per lb., 10c.
Shallu
This great forage plant makes a tremendous
yield of excellent fodder. Will grow 10 to 12 ft.
high, and if allowed to ripen, the grain will
make splendid chicken food, or can be used for
pancake flour. If cut off will stool out from the
roots, making 3 to 6 stalks from each plant.
Price per lb., 10c; 10 lbs., 60c; 100 lbs., $5.00.
Milo Maize
This makes a very succulent growth of forage,
very nutritious, and of splendid milk producing
qualities. Can be cut several times when de-
sired to be used as green forage. Can also be
cured. Price per lb.. 10c; peck, 75c; bu., $2.50.
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Vetches
HAIRY, or SAND VETCH.— This great for-
age crop is rapidly becoming a favorite through-
out the South. Generally sown with oats, in
which combination it yields heavy crops of the
very best kind of hay. Sow in September at the
rate of 20 lbs. of Vetch and 1*4 bushels of oats
per acre. It has been customary to sow from 30
to 35 lbs. per acre, but our experience has taught
us that by seeding 15 to 20 lbs. with oats, we
get much better hay, and have much less trouble
in cutting and curing the same. A mixture which
has proven very successful in this section is 1*4
bushels of rust proof oats, 15 lbs. Hairy Vetch,
and 10 lbs. of white bloom crimson clover per
acre. We recommend this mixture, and know it
will please. Hairy Vetch is a great improver
of soil, and wherever it is used, the land is left
in much better shape. Price on application.
Buckwheat
A very desirable crop for late summer. Easily
grown and affords splendid poultry food. Is also
considered an improver of soil. We recommend
the seeding of buckwheat and crimson clover to-
gether at the rate of 15 to 20 lbs. of crimson
clover and *4 bu. of buckwheat per acre. The
buckwheat will grow rapidly and shade the crim-
son clover from the hot sun, insuring a stand
of clover at all times. When buckwheat is ripe,
it can be harvested and stored away for chicken
feed. In this way, you can make two crops from
one seeding, and are always assured a good stand
of crimson clover which is generally very hard
to get in the early seeding.
JAPANESE. — This variety ripens a week
earlier than Silver Hull, and kernels are larger,
and makes a heavier yield. Price per peck, 60c;
bushel, $2.00.
SILVER HULL. — A favorite sort recommend-
ed for the fine quality of flour. Price per peck,
60c; bushel, $2.00.
SPRING, or OREGON VETCH.— Adapted for
spring sowing, and usually sown with some va-
riety of spring oats. Has the same characteris-
tics as hairy vetch. Per lb., 8c; 100 lbs., $6.50.
Dwarf Essex Rape
Excellent for grazing for sheep, hogs or any
kind of stock; furnishing rich and nutritious
pasturage 6 to 8 weeks from time of sowing. Is
largely used for green feed for poultry. Can be
sown most any month in the year, at the rate of
5 to 8 lbs. per acre. Price per lb., 10c; 50 lbs.,
$3.50; 100 lbs., $7.00.
Teosinte
This is a valuable fodder plant, resembles corn
in growth, but with larger leaves and sweeter
stalks, which yield enormous crops; if planted
on rich soil, can be cut 5 to 6 times a year. Will
grow to a height of from 10 to 14 ft. Drill in
May or June at the rate of 2 lbs. per acre. Rows
4 ft. apart. Price per lb., 50c.
Spanish Seed Peanuts
We make a specialty of Hand Picked and Hand
Shelled Spanish Peanuts for seed purposes. Our
stocks are carefully selected, screened to a uni-
form size, and carefully handled throughout, in-
suring a seed of highest germinating qualities,
and free from imperfect and split peas. Our
peanut planters realize the superiority of our
Hand Shelled stock over the general run of seed
out loss, on the exact quantity required per acre
to get a full and uniform stand. Price fluctuates.
Current price on application. Price per lb., 11c;
per bu. of 60 lbs., $6.00.
Teosinte.
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CYPHERS INCUBATORS
Cyphers Standard Incubators are acknowledged
the world over as the best, safest, and surest
incubating machines manufactured. Tens upon
tens of thousands of them have been sold, and
are in successful use in every civilized country
on the globe. They are the last word to date in
incubator building; not a penny being spared
anywhere in their construction to make sure of
their doing satisfactory work in all climates un-
der widely different conditions in the hands of
all sorts of people. They are fire-proof, insura-
ble, and sold under an absolute guarantee, and if
properly taken care of, will last and do good
work for a life time. As Cyphers authorized
agents, we are in position to offer their Standard
INCUBATORS and BROODERS to our trade
at strictly factory prices, f. o. b. Petersburg, Va.,
thereby saving our customers freight and delay
in getting their orders filled.
Factory prices on Cyphers Incubators: No. 0,
70 egg size, $16.00; No. 1, 144 egg size, $25.00;
No. 2, 244 egg size, $37.00; No. 3, 390 egg size,
$44.00.
CYPHERS BROODERS
Cyphers Brooders are built with a view to dura-
bility, efficiency, and accuracy, and are consid-
ered the most perfect brooding devices on the
market.
Factory prices on Cyphers Brooders : Style
“a,” Outdoor, $15.50; Style “b,” Outdoor, $19.50;
Style “c,” Outdoor, $21.00; Style “d,” Indoor,
$14.50.
We will gladly mail free of charge Cyphers
complete catalogue and book of information to
any of our customers on application.
SUPERIOR HOT WATER INCUBATORS
This machine is built by the Cyphers Incu-
bator Co., to meet the requirements of poultry
raisers who prefer
hot water to hot air
incubators. As the
name implies, it is a
superior machine in
every detail, heated
by hot water. The
water boiler and tank
are of heavy weight
copper. Lamp has
seamless bowl, and
burner is best on the
market. Incubator
case is of wood, at-
tractively finished in
golden brown with
brass trimmings, and
space insulation. Equipped with Cyphers zinc
and steel thermostat and knife-edge regulator.
Forced water circulation and automatic ventila-
tion. Roomy chick nurseries. The Superior is
built in two sizes : 60 to 65 egg capacity, price
complete, $13.00; 120 to 130 egg capacity, price
complete, $18.00.
Each machine fully guaranteed.
COLUMBIA HOT AIR INCUBATORS
A popular priced, popular sized, and guaran-
teed hot-air hatcher. Wooden case, attractively
furnished in dark green, with brass trimmings
and double walls. Seamless bottom lamp bowls,
best quality brass burners, zinc and steel Stand-
ard Cyphers toggle-joint thermostat and same
regulating equipment as used on highest priced
machines. Fume-
proof, forced draft
heater, asbestos
covered and metal
banded. Automatic
in ventilation and
embodies diffusive
principle. Roomy
chick nursery un-
der the egg trays.
Made in two sizes :
130 egg size, price
complete, $18.00;
240-250 egg size,
price complete,
$25.00.
has double walls with air
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CYPHERS ADAPTABLE HOVER
This self-regulat-
ing heating device
can be used satis-
factorily anywhere
that chicks can be
safely housed, and
is especially recom-
mended for continu-
ous brooding houses
containing chicken pens side by side. It is made
of non-combustible material throughout, and can
be used anywhere without danger of fire.
Price $10.00
INTERNATION A.L SANITARY HOVER
Can be used anywhere. Can be picked up and
carried around with ease, and is ready for use
anywhere it may be dropped. This hover is so
constructed as to provide a higher temperature
at the outer edge, and prevents chicks from
crowding. Lamp can be removed without dis-
turbing chicks. The International Sanitary
Hover has met with marked approval with the
leading and best known poultry raisers through-
out the country. Price complete $9.00
CYPHERS PORTABLE HOVER
This is a self-regulating, and self-ventilating
portable hover manufactured by the Cyphers In-
cubator Co., and tested by them with success on
their poultry farms. Can be used most anywhere.
Constructed throughout of medal with exception
of brooding curtain, and with reasonable care
will last a life time. Price complete $10.00
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CYPHERS COAL BURNING COLONY
HOVER
The most practical and most economical
method of taking care of chicks is with this
Coal Burning Colony Hover : simple in construc-
tion, convenient, substantial and durable. Prac-
tical in every sense of the word, and raises
chicks without loss. Will easily take care of
any number of chicks up to six hundred. Price,
No. 2 Outfit complete, $25.00.
Poultry Appliances
STANDARD WALL FOUNTAINS.— Made of
best galvanized iron, and will last many years
with proper care. Can be hung on wall or
against upright post or placed on the ground.
1 gal. size 60c 2 gal. size $1.00
CYPHERS
DRINKING
FOUNTAIN
Made of galvan-
ized iron, light of
weight, and easi-
ly cleaned. Made
in 3 sizes :
Small size 20c Medium size 25c
Large size 35c
PEERLESS FOUNTAINS— A
very serviceable and practical
poultry fountain, with detachable
bottom, making it easy to clean
and keep clean. Can be hung on
the wall or placed on level ground.
1 qt. size for chicks 35c
5 qt. size 60c
10 qt. size $1.00
FELKER’S DUPLEX WALL FOUNTAIN.—
Similar to Cyphers Wall Fountain, but reservoir
can be removed, and cleaned. Bias hood over
water trough to keep water clean. Capacity 1 gal.
Price, each 75c
NO SLOP FOUNTAINS.— This
is one of the best, cheapest appli-
ance used as a feeder or foun-
tain. They are durable tin pans,
constructed to fit any mason fruit
jar, and are used for water or
food. Very convenient and prac-
tical.
15c each; 2 for 25c; $1.25 doz.
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CYPHERS FOOD HOPPERS.— Made of
heavy galvanized iron with two compartments.
Each 75c
1-2-3 FEEDER.
Made of galvan-
ized iron, and so ar-
ranged as to have
one, two, or three
compartments. A
very popular and
practical feeder.
Each 85c
1-2-3 GRIT AND SHELL
BOX. — The same as the
1-2-3 feeder; but smaller
in size, and especially
adapted for feeding beef
scrap, shells, charcoal or
grit.
Each 60c
HUB CHICK FEEDER.— Keeps the feed clean
and dry. Chickens cannot waste feed. Recom-
mended for brooder service. Each 30c
CYPHERS GRIT AND SHELL BOX.— A
well made, three compartment hopper, used espe-
cially for the feeding of grit, shells, scraps, etc.
Each 60c
THE X-RAY EGG TESTER.— A practical
egg tester, designed for use on an ordinary hand
lamp. Each 25c
MEDICATED NEST EGG. — A nest egg and
lice destroyer combined. Placed in corner of
nest under straw keeps the nest sweet and clean.
Each 5c Per dozen 50c
CHAMPION LEG BANDS.— Very neat, light,
strong, and durable. Easily and quickly put on,
and guaranteed to stay.
15c per doz. 50 for 50c. 100 for 75c
PERFECT POULTRY MARKER.— Makes a
good clear cut without mutilating the web.
Each 25c
Incubator Thermometers tested, 50c each.
Brooder Thermometers tested, 40c each.
DIAMOND EGG BOXES. — For shipping eggs
for hatching purposes. Practical, durable, and
insures safe delivery of eggs. Prices :
Each. Per doz.
15 egg size, single wall 15c $1.50
15 egg size, double wall 20c 2.00
9 turkey egg size, double wall 15c 1.50
EUREKA EGG PACKAGE.— Used for ship-
ping hatching eggs. Light, durable and safe.
Price: 15 egg size, $1.75; 30 egg size, $2.40 per doz.
LIME NEST EGGS. — An improvement on the
China Nest Egg, as it does not get so extremely
cold in the winter. Price, per dozen, 25c.
LAMP WICKS. — For No. “O” Incubator, 20c
per doz.; for No. 1-2-3, 25c per doz.
LAMP BURNERS.— For No. “O” Incubator,
30c; for No. 1-2-3 Incubator, 50c each.
Poultry and Stock Remedies
CONKEY’S POULTRY REMEDIES.— Each
medicine is a guaranteed remedy for the disease
intended for.
Conkey’s Scaley Leg Remedy, 50c per doz.
Conkey’s Roup Cure, 25c and 50c boxes.
Conkey’s Cholera Cure, 25c and 50c boxes.
Conkey’s Gape Cure, 50c per box.
Conkey’s Chickenpox Remedy, 50c per box.
Conkey’s White Diarrhoea Cure, 25c and 50c
per box.
Conkey’s Limber Neck Remedy, 50c per box.
Conkey’s Lice Powder, 10c and 25c per box.
Conkey’s Laying Tonic, 25c per package.
Conkey’s Head Lice Ointment — Destroys lice
on baby chicks. Small package, 10c ; large pack-
age, 25c.
Conkey’s Lice Liquid — An excellent lice killer
and disinfectant for painting roosts. 1 qt. can,
35c ; 2 qt. can, 60c.
Conkey’s Noxicide — Invaluable for all germ
diseases. A great germicide and disinfectant.
1 pt. can, 35c ; 1 qt. can, 60c.
Bee Hives
We carry in stock, latest improvements in Bee
Hives.
A. I. Root’s Dove Tailed, 8 frame, $4.25 each.
A. I. Root’s Dove Tailed, 10 frame, $4.50 each.
These hives are put up ready for use, painted,
foundation starter, sections, and everything
complete.
We also carry other bee keepers supplies.
Virginia Grown Nursery Stock
Write us for prices on Virginia Grown Fruit
Trees, Shade Trees, Hedge Plants, Small Fruits,
etc. We can save you 25 per cent on your nur-
sery order.
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Poultry and
Prices on stock foods fluctuate. We will gladly
quote lowest current prices at all times on appli-
cation.
CYPHERS’ SCRATCH FOOD.— A scientifi-
cally prepared scratch food without grit or shell.
Contains only clean and high-grade grains, free
from dust and chaff. The best and most perfectly
balanced scratch food manufactured.
8 lb. package 25c 50 lb. package $1.50
100 lb. bag $2.75
CYPHERS’ CHICK FOOD.— A complete grain
food for chicks up to 8 weeks old. Contains only
recleaned grains with a percentage of granu-
lated bonemeal and charcoal. Produces healthy
and rapidly growing chicks.
7 lb. bags 25c 50 lb. package. $1 .75
100 lb. bag $3.00
CYPHERS’ LAYING MASH.— The originally
Lay or Bust food. A complete food for growing
fowls and an egg producer for hens. Can be
given dry or moistened.
8 lb. bag 25c 50 lb. bag $1.40
100 lb. bag $2.60
ALFALFA MEAL. — Fresh alfalfa hay ground
fine for poultry. Can be used in a mash or alone
as a substitute for green grass.
10 lb. package 25c 50 lb. package $1.00
100 lb. package $1.75
MEAT MEAL, or BEEF SCRAP.— Pure dried
ground beef, high in protein, and very essential
as an egg producer in winter.
6 lb. package 25c 50 lb. bag $1.75
100 lb. bag .,.$3.25
POULTRY OYSTER SHELLS.— Recleaned
and crushed shells for poultry. Ground fine for
chicks, or medium for grown fowls.
5 lb. package 10c 25 lb. package 25c
100 lb. bag 60c
POULTRY CHARCOAL. — Aids digestion,
promotes health and is indispensable in all poul-
try yards. Put up in two sizes : fine, for chicks,
and medium, for fowls. Prices :
3 lb. package 10c 10 lb. package 25c
50 lb. bag 90c
PEARL POULTRY GRIT. — Manufactured
especially for poultry. Very essential to keep
fowls in a healthy condition. Size No. 1, for
grown fowls ; No. 2 for chicks and pigeons.
5 lb. package 10c 20 lb. package 25c
100 lb. bag 75c
GRANULATED BONE. — Pure raw bone,
granulated to three sizes : small, medium and
large.
6 lb. package 25c 50 lb. bag $1.50
Stock Foods
HEMP SEED. — Largely used for pigeon and
bird food.
1 lb. ...10c 3 lbs ...25c 10 lbs. ...75c 100 lbs $6.50
SUNFLOWER. — Rich food for grown fowls
and parrots.
1 lb. .. 10c 4 lbs 25c 10 lbs 60c
KAFFIR CORN. — Splendid food for all poul-
try. Especialy recommended for pigeons.
5 lbs 25c 50 lbs $2.25
OIL CAKE MEAL (Flax Seed Meal, Old Pro-
cess).— Used extensively for all kinds of stock,
as a conditioner and tonic. Should be used in
every stable.
8 lb. package 25c 100 lb. bag.. $2.50
SAL VET. — This is the greatest worm de-
stroyer known to the veterinary profession, and
should be used by every one having a cow, horse,
hog or sheep. It is not only a sure worm remedy,
but also a splendid conditioner and tonic. As
exclusive agents for this territory, we offer Sal
Vet to our customers with an absolute guarantee
with each package, or money refunded.
10 lb. pkg 75c 20 lb. pkg $1.25
40 lb. keg $2.25 100 lb. keg $5.00
BLATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL.— The per-
fect substitute for milk. Calves are successfully
raised and fattened with this calf meal without
milk. Recommended and used by all dairymen.
25 lb. bag $1.00 100 lb. bag $3.75
INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD AND
TONIC. — The most generally used tonic, food
and conditioner for cattle, horses, sheep and
swine.
Per pkg 25c, and 50c Per 25 lb bkt $3.00
BURDETTE’S GREEN SALVE.— An excel-
lent remedy for animals. For galls, kicks, wire
cuts, raw sores, nail in foot, swellings, bruises,
etc. Sold on absolute guarantee.
Price, 25c, 50c and $1.00 per box
BLATCHFORD’S PIG MEAL.— A splendid
meal for raising pigs ; keeps them in good condi-
tion, and free from disease.
25 lb. bag $1.25
COOPER’S CRESOL FLUID.— Efficient dis-
infectant and germicide for household and farm
use, unequalled as a Cattle Dip and very effec-
tive in Hog Cholera work. Price, 25c per 4 fluid
ounce bottle.
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Healthy birds and lots of
eggs, the two big things in
poultry raising are made cer-
tain by giving
prgm> Poultry
Regulator
100 lb. bags, $9.00; 25 lb.
pail, $2.50; 12 lb. pail, $1.25;
Pkgs. 50c and 25c.
It builds up vitality, insures sound digestion,
sharpens appetite and prevents disease, thus put-
ting birds in condition for heavy egg laying or
winning blue ribbons.
Pratts is the original Poultry Regulator' of
America and is in use by the most successful
poultry raisers everywhere.
When regularly used hens lay throughout the
year.
It will prevent chicken cholera, gapes, roup,
rheumatism, expel worms, prevent leg weakness
and egg eating. It will greatly improve turkeys,
geese, ducks, pigeons and guineas — insuring
quick growth and keep them free from disease.
Don’t let ROUP cut your
profits. The sure and easy
"ounce of prevention” against
this dangerously contagious di-
sease is
pnatts.
Roup Remedy
Quickly absorbed by the
blood, purifies the system, re-
duces fever, allays inflamma-
tion. The safe remedy for roup, colds, catarrh
and all bad weather disease.
When baby chicks come,
keep them healthy and grow-
ing and bring even the weak
ones along by feeding
p^atts.
Baby Chick Food
14 lbs. for $1.00; packages
50c and 25c.
A largely pre-digested food
for baby chicks. Guaranteed
to raise every livable chick. Costs a cent a chick
for three weeks. Prevents leg weakness, white
diarrhoea, "pasting up” and other chick diseases.
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Poultry
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If poultry keepers would regu-
larly spray the chicken houses,
roosts, dropping boards and
utensils with
pratts.
Poultry Disinfectant
only $1.00 a gallon, most all their
troubles would vanish. This
great disinfectant is a real wonder worker in the
poultry yard.
Three times as powerful as crude carbolic acid.
A sure deodorizer, germicide and liquid lice
killer. Use it for roup, colds and other con-
tagious diseases.
We want you to notice the price, $1.00 per
gallon, making it the lowest priced disinfectant
on the market. Others of equal strength are
usually sold for $1.50 per gallon.
Half gallon 60c; quart 35c.
More work out of your
horses, more milk from
your cows, fatter hogs —
these are a few of the bene-
fits which come from using
praits, Animal
Regulator
Always sold on a guar-
antee that it will satisfy
you or money back.
25 lb. pails, $3.00* are popular with our custo-
mers. Packages at $1.00, 50c and 25c. Get prices
on 50 lb. and 100 lb. sacks.
Pratts Sore Head and Chicken Pox Remedy. —
50c and 25c.
Pratt’s White Diarrhoea Remedy.— 50 and 25c.
Pratts Roup Remedy, Tablets or Powder.—
$1.00, 50c and 25c.
Pratts Hog Cholera Specific. — 50c packages.
There is a Pratt Remedy for nearly every curable poultry and stock disease — guar-
anteed to satisfy or your money back.
W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
Sprays, Pumps and Devices
LOWELL FOUNTAIN SPRAYER.— This is
one of the best compressed air spray pumps
manufactured, and we not only recommend, but
also guarantee it in every way. It has no in-
tricate parts to get out of order. The spray
material does not come in contact with the pump ;
the tank is thoroughly tested to stand the highest
pressure, and will drain perfectly with one
charge. We especially recommend this pump for
spraying potatoes, cabbage, etc.
Price complete, with spray crook nozzle, 3 ft.
hose, and 1 ft. long spraying nozzle, fun-
nels for filling and shoulder straps $5.00
OUR PERFECT BARREL SPRAY PUMP.
—This reliable pump is equipped with a seam-
less brass cylinder, brass rod, brass plunger and
brass screw spout ; it has a large air chamber
and is a pump of great force and power. It has
a suction pipe and strainer, and a churn dash
agitator. This machine gives a full stream, fine
mist, medium and coarse spray, as desired, and
is unexcelled in its fine work of spraying trees,
shrubs, vines, etc. Every farmer, dairyman,
poultryman and fruit grower should have one of
these pumps on his premises, as it can also be
used to such great advantage in whitewashing
and disinfecting
stables, barns,
poultry houses,
and in washing
windows, vehicles,
etc. Price com-
plete with five feet
heavy hose and 10
feet extension rod,
without the bar-
rel, $10.00.
“THE STANDARD” WHITEWASHING
PUMP. — A simple but effective pump for white-
washing barns, stables, outhouses, etc. Easy to
operate ; works in any bucket, tub or barrel ; also
sprays trees, shrubs, etc., to perfection. Throws
stream three stories high. Pays for itself in one
day’s work. Guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Price $4.00
LOWELL GLASS TANK SPRAYER.— The
best hand sprayer made — durable, easy to handle
and operate. Tank is a quart Mason Fruit Jar,
which can be readily replaced if broken. Sprays
a fine mist.
Price, each 75c
THE LOWELL CONTINUOUS SPRAYER
is so constructed that it not only sprays on down-
ward strokes, but also when plunger is drawn
back, causing a continuous spray. Made of heavy
tin, steel rod plunger.
Price, each 75c
“MIDGET” SPRAYER.— A small, durable,
hand sprayer recommended for household use
for disinfecting purposes.
Price, each 40c
DRY POWDER DUSTER.— For dusting Slug
Shot and all other powder insecticides in a dry
state.
Price, each 75c
CAHOON BROADCAST SEEDER
The best hand seeding machine in the world.
Sows all kinds of grains, grasses, clovers, peas,
etc., and pays for itself in one season.
Price, each $2.75
THE CYCLONE SEED SOWER.— This is a
fine little Seeder at a modest price. Sows any
kind of seed evenly, as well as fertilizer, bone
and ashes, and pays for itself in a very short
each $1.25
Whether you have one or a hundred trees,
“Spray Your Trees”
IF you do not know how or when to
spray, write us for information, which will
be gladly given.
YOU WILL THANK US.
W. GROSSMANN & SON’S HIGH GRADE SEEDS
COOPER’S
KILLS
STOMACH
WORMS
COOPER’S
ERADICATES
THE
TAPEWORMS
THE GUARANTEED WORM DESTROYER
For HOGS, SHEEP, HORSES and CATTLE
Medico is a highly concentrated and reliable worm destroyer and tonic which the stockman
mixes with salt at home. This mixture or medicated salt is guaranteed to destroy the worms
and keep stock healthy, and represents the cheapest means of eradicating worms from all stock.
Medico stops your worm losses for less than 2 cents per head — kills the dreaded stomach
worm and eradicates the tapeworm.
It’s Easy to Mix Medico
and Salt.
MAKE YOUR OWN MEDICATED SALT
You can save half the cost of ready prepared Medicated Salts by
mixing a package of “Medico” with 70 lbs. of common salt (a spade is
all you need). You then have the perfect Medicated Salt. This costs
less than 2 cents a pound, and you’ve got no freight to pay. Buy the salt
at your home town and save the manufacturer’s charge for mixing it.
FIGURE THE SAVING
300 pounds of advertised Medicated Salt $13 00
4 packages of Medico (20 lbs.), $1.00 each... $4 00
1 barrel of Salt (280 lbs.) 1 25 5 25
What you save on every 300 lbs $7 75
Medico is guaranteed to do the work — if not your money is cheerfully and promptly re-
funded. You take no risk in trying Medico. Send your order for four packages — just enough for
a barrel of salt and quite sufficient for a practical test.
Prices: Per b. package (makes 10 lbs.) : ,.$ 0.25 each
Per 5 lb. package (makes 75 lbs.) 1.00 each
Per case (12 large or 48 small packages; weight, 80 lbs.) 11.50 each
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ALPHANO INOCULANT
The All-in-One Nitrogen Gathering Inoculant
For Over 28 Legumes
One can of Alphano Inoculant contains ALL the
nitrogen-gathering and fixing bacteria necessary to
abundantly inoculate your seed and soil for ALL the
twenty-eight legumes, such .as Alfalfa, Clover, Peas,
Beans, and the like. Does away entirely with the
necessity of buying a separate culture for each legume.
Alphano Inoculant is also teeming with nitrogen-
gathering and soil-digesting bacteria which work inde-
pendently of the legumes, and thus benefit all crops.
One dollar’s worth of Alphano Inoculant may add
forty dollars worth or more of available nitrogen to
each acre of soil treated. It comes to you in finely
granulated form, easy, simple and convenient to use.
This is ideal for the bacteria, providing sufficient
moisture and air, something impossible in a jelly
medium. They are guaranteed to keep alive and active
for two years.
These bacteria are just as essential for success with
legumes as lime, for tillage. You remove this source
of possible failure with Alphano Inoculant.
Prices:
One Acre Size, Ten Acre Size,
Net weight of can, 2 lbs. Net weight, 20 lbs.
Price, $1.00. Price, $8.00.
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INOCULANT
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Alphano Inoculant comes in 2 lb.
and 20 lb. cans, for 1 and
10 acres inoculating.
ACROCLINIUM— Everlasting (A).— A very
pretty, half hardy annual, producing white and
rose-colored double daisy-like flowers, about 1J4
inches in diameter. These are the “Immortelles,”
so desirable for wreaths and winter bouquets.
Height, 15 inches.
Mixed Colors— Pkt., 5 cts.
Aster.
AGERATUM (A). — A beautiful hardy annual.
The flowers are borne in dense 'clusters and are
very useful for bouquets. The plants are very
attractive in the garden, being covered with
bloom nearly all summer.
Mixed Colors — Pkt., 5 cts.
SWEET ALYSSUM (A).— A hardy annual
which begins ro flower when very young, and is
literally covered almost all the season with its
sweet white flowers. It is especially adapted to
borders or for rock work in the summer, and may
be used effectively in window boxes for winter
blooming. Pkt., 5 cts.
AMARANTHUS (A). (Love Lies Bleeding.)—
These plants afford brilliant contrasts of color, ,
being useful for tall borders and groups, also
where foliage effects are desired. The leaves
and stems are of different shades of red, blended
with green ; two to three feet high. Pkt., 5 cts.
ANTIRRHINUM— Snapdragon (A). — Well
known, showy and useful border plants, produc-
ing flowers of a great variety of brilliant and
handsome colors. Very effective in beds, suc-
ceeding in any good garden soil.
Mixed — Pkt., 5 cts.
ASTERS (A). — These well-known, beautiful
and popular annuals are very desirable for bed-
ding, being in bloom when most other plants
are over. Very useful for cut flowers and for
bouquets.
Victoria Mixed. — Beautiful and popular an-
>nuals, desirable for beddings, being in bloom
when most other plants are over. Very useful
for cut flowers and baskets. Pkt., 10 cts.
Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered. — One of the
best Dwarf varieties. Of a great assortment
of rich colors. Pkt., 5 cts.
German Quilled (China Aster). — The familiar
double Aster with quilled petals. Exceedingly
showy and excellent for cutting for vase deco-
rations. The large, brilliant, daisy-like flowers
with' yellow centres are produced in profusion.
Pkt., 5 cts.
BALSAM — Touch-Me-Not (A). — Also known
as “Lady Slipper.” A tender annual with brittle
stems and foliage. Grows about 12 inches high.
Flowers both single and double, in bright colors
and variations ; are wax-like and very attractive.
No flower is more easily cultivated, and it suc-
ceeds in most any good soil.
Double Mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts.
BACHELOR’S BUTTONS— Globe Amaranth
(A). — A well known and popular everlasting
flower which forms bushy plants about 2 feet
high, and bearing sometimes hundreds of flowers.
Excellent as border plants, and very useful for
winter decorations. If cut when well natured
will retain their beauty throughout the winter.
Mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; *4 lb-, 30 cts.
OdMaUUn.
CARNATIONS (P). — These well-known flow-
ers are easily grown from seed, and very free
blooming, the flowers being bright-colored and
with a most delicious clove-like fragrance. Ex-
cellent bloomers in the garden or for winter
flowering.
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Marguerite— An extra vigorous race, espe-
cially adapted for out-of-door culture. The plants
are trim in habit, perpetual and flower abun-
dantly in 5 months from sowing the seed. They
are highly fragrant, and have beautiful double
flowers. Pkt., 5 cts.
Double Mixed. — A mixture of all colors and
types. Pkt., 10 cts.
CALENDULA— Pot Marigold (A). — Very
hardy annual, one foot high. Has showy flowers
.blooming until frost and producing a fine effect
in borders. It is of easy culture and is desirable
for rather inferior soils, where less sturdy flow-
er's do not thrive.
Mixed Varieties. — Pkt., 5 cts.
CANDYTUFT (A). — Popular favorites, flow-
ering profusely the whole summer. Very valu-
able for edgings and borders, fairly covered with
masses of white and various colors. Height 1
foot. Of easy culture. White. — Pkt., 5 cts.
Crimson. — Pkt., 5 cts.
Fancy Mixed. — Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; 54 lb., 50c.
CALLIOPSIS OR COREOPSIS (A) . — Beau-
tiful showy summer bedding annuals with large
bright flowers of golden yellow, varied with rich
brown. Excellent for cutting and decorations.
Mixed.— Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 54 lb., 50 cts.
CANTERBURY BELLS — Campanula, Cup and
Saucer (A). — Handsome, hardy biennial of state-
ly growth, rich cblor and profuse bloom. Suc-
ceeds best in light, rich soil and in the fall
should be transplanted or thinned to 18 inches
or 2 feet apart and given some protection in
severe winter weather. Has large, bell-shaped
flowers which are strikingly effective ; colors
white, and various shades of violet, rose, lilac
and blue. Height, 2 to 4 feet. One of the wild
forms of Campanula is the “Blue Bells of Scot-
land.” Pkt., 5 cts.
CELOSIA — Cock’s Comb (A). — A half hardy
annual, growing 6 to 8 inches high, bearing a
wide wavy blossom that resembles a Cock’s
Comb. Fine for massing or border work. Pkt., 5c
CENTAUREA, GYMNOCARPA— Dusty Mil-
ler (A). — Valuable because of its silvery foliage,
and graceful drooping habit of growth. Half
hardy perennial ; one-half to two feet high.
Pkt., 5 cts.
CHRYSANTHEMUM (A). — These annual
Chrysanthemums have a charm of their own.
The blooming season is from very early summer
until frost, and their gay colors make beds or
borders attractive during those hottest weeks of
summer when flowers are apt to be scarce.
Mixed Varieties. — Pkt., 5 cts.
COLEUS (A). — Probably the best known and
most popular of ornamental foliage plants. The
leaves are of many shades of color and have a
rich velvety appearance of extraordinary beauty.
No lawn should be without these decorative
plants. Tender perennial.
Mixed. — Pkt., 10 cts.
COSMOS (A). — These well-known flowers are
of easy culture and are almost indispensable for
cutting and garden decorations, their lovely blos-
soms being produced in greatest profusion after
most other flowers have succumbed to frost. Few
flowers have grown more into popularity in late
years than the Cosmos, and we recommend them
to all wanting large plants in their gardens
Mammoth Mixed. — The flowers are double the
size of the old, large flowering Cosmos, measur-
ing from 3 to 4 inches across. The petals are
large, overlapping, forming perfectly round
flowers, deeply ribbed and of good substance.
Pkt., 10 cts.
DAISY (P). — These are charming little plants
for edging and borders. The Daisy has been so
far improved by selection and careful cultiva-
tion that good seed will give at least 80 per cent,
of double flowers that are as large as any of the
named sorts that are propagated by the division
of the roots and are sold at high prices. The
plants bloom well in the house and are splendid
for early spring and summer flowering when
planted in a slightly shaded situation. Tender
perennials, about 6 inches high. Pkt., 10 cts.
Celosia.
DIGITALIS, OR FOX GLOVE (P).— A state-
ly, old-fashioned border plant affording dense
spikes of brilliantly colored flowers which are
terminal and half as long as height of the plant.
Colors, white, lavender and rose. Does not
usually bloom until the second year. Thrives
best in cool, shady locations.
Fine Mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts.
DIANTHUS OR PINKS (P).— These popular
flowers, commonly known as Chinese and Japa-
nese Pinks, have been for a long time very
popular, and deservedly so. In diversity of rich
and beautiful markings they have but few rivals,
and in ease of culture, freedom of bloom and
almost certain satisfactory results, they stand
close to the Nasturtium. Hardy biennials bloom-
ing the first year from seed. So easily grown
from seed as to be rarely treated as biennials.
Seed may be sown in the open ground any time
in May.
Chinensis. — The familiar old Chinese or Indian
Pink, easily grown and very showy. Our mix-
ture contains a large assortment of varieties.
Pkt., 5 cts.
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Plumarius. — The old-fashioned garden favor-
ite. All the single flowered varieties in one mix-
ture. Pkt., 5 cts.
ESCHOLTZIA— California Poppy (A).— The
beautiful State flower of California. It blooms
almost continuously throughout the season. A
bed of these in full bloom gives a brilliant color
effect. The foliage is finely cut and has a bluish
tinge, delicate and very attractive. They are of
the easiest culture. Can be sown in any soil, but
the better the soil the larger the plants and
blossoms. It is best to sow the seed in the gar-
den where the plants are to remain, as they do
not transplant easily. Pkt., 5 cts.
FORGET-ME-NOT— Myosotis (P).— The fav-
orite old border plant that succeeds best in moist
situations. It comes into blooming early and the
little star-shaped flowers appeal to every heart.
Hardy perennials. Pkt., 5 cts.
FOUR O’CLOCK— Marvel of Peru (A).— A
well-known favorite plant, bearing freely fun-
nel-shaped white, red and striped flowers, which
open about four o’clock in the afternoon, re-
maining open all night ; and usually are closed
before noon the next day. Sow seed in spring
in open ground in any good garden soil. The
plants should be given plenty of room, about
three feet apart. Pkt., 5 cts.
GAILLARDIA (A). — A very showy, hardy,
garden plant, with brilliant flowers in scarlet
and yellow, blended and shaded. Blooms freely
from early summer till autumn. Grows one and
one-half to two feet high, and the blossoms are
borne on long, slender stems. Pkt., 5 cts.
HOLLYHOCK (P).— Entirely different and
more beautiful than the plant of twelve years
ago, being much more compact in growth, the
flowers larger, more richly colored and of better
form. For a background to a flower garden
nothing is better. Height 5 feet. Tie to stakes
if the stalks show a disposition to fall. The
double varieties are the most desirable.
Double Mixed Varieties. — Pkt., 5 cts.
Chrysanthemum.
Dianthus.
LARKSPUR (A). — The Larkspur is one of the
handsomest and most useful of plants. The colors
are extremely beautiful and in mixed borders
its profuse masses of purple, white and red show
splendidly, and for large gardens is invaluable.
Height 12 inches.
Double Dwarf Varieties Mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts.
LOBELIA (A). — Profuse blooming little
plants, of great value for edging, hanging bas-
kets or vases. It is completely covered with
flowers for a long time. If given plenty of
water they may be kept in flower all summer.
Pkt., 5 cts.
LOVE-IN-A-MIST— Nigella (A). — A hardy
annual one-foot high, with finely cut foliage.
Oddly shaped blossoms in blue and white, and
curious seed pods. Of easy culture. Pkt., 10 cts.
MARIGOLD (A). — A hardy annual, shrubby
plant, in dwarf and tall varieties, growing from
6 inches to 3 feet high. Foliage bright green,
deeply cut, and graceful. The flowers are var-
ious shades of yellow and brown. The tall va-
rieties are very valuable for large bedding or
background work, and the dwarf varieties for
borders. No flower garden seems complete
without this fine old-fashioned plant.
African. — The best tall variety with large,
double blossoms. Pkt., 5 cts.
Dwarf French, Double Mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts.
MIGNONETTE (A).— This popular little
flower is well known as one of our most fragrant
plants, and a universal favorite. If sown at in-
tervals in spring and early summer it will bloom
until killed by frost. Thrives best in a cool
temperature. Pkt., 5 cts.
NASTURTIUM (A). — Probably the most pop-
ular and easily grown flower in our list, and
remains longer in bloom. In favorable soil the
flowers are produced in abundance throughout
the season. Nasturtiums prefer dry, rather
rocky, soil, such as we usually call “poor” soil,
and bear their flowers in such locations in
greater profusion than in a rich garden, where
they run too much to leaves.
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Dwarf Varieties Mixed. — This mixture con-
tains all of the choicest and prettiest flowers of
the Dwarf variety. The plants form a small,
round bush, 12 to 16 inches high, which is a
mass of blooms all summer. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.,
10 cts.; J4 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts.
Tall Varieties Mixed— This mixture contains
all of the choicest and prettiest flowers of the
tall variety, are of quick growth, covering a
whole hedge or trellis in a short time. The bril-
liant blossoms almost cover the plant from top
to bottom. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; J4 lb., 20 cts.;
lb., 50 cts.
PANSY (P). — No description is needed of
these little favorites, and it would be hard to find
a garden whose charm is not in a large measure
dependent upon their marvelous coloring.
Superb Pansy Mixture. — This is ‘a mixture of
all the giant flowering varieties, all the plain
colors, faced sorts, ruffled edged and rare sorts,
also the varieties exquisitely striped. The seed
is saved from the most famous pansy gardens,
from exhibition flowers. These pansies are won-
derfully beautiful in every way and the very best
there are. The small difference in the cost of'
this seed over the other seed is covered one
hundred-fold in satisfactory results to the grow-
er. Pkt., 20 cts.
Giant Trimardeau Mixed. — The largest flow-
ering type of Pansy called the French strain.
The top petals are larger than the three lower
ones and are beautifully marked. The plants
are vigorous, compact growth, with immense,
three-blotched flowers. Pkt., 10 cts.
Fine Large Flowering Mixed Pansy. — This
seed is saved from very good varieties, the flow-
ers are small in comparison with the fine sorts
but the colors are good. Pkt. 5c.
PETUNIA (A). — There is no bedding plant
of easier culture than the Petunia, and few that
make a gayer appearance when in full bloom.
They are easily grown and very popular for
bedding. They thrive best in a warm, sunny
location. The shape of the flower is similar to
that of the Morning Glory. Sow the seed thinly
where the plants are to remain, or for early
blooming sow in the house in boxes.
Single Mixed. — Pkt., 5 cts.
POPPY (A). — Hardly any class of plants af-
ford the same brilliant colorings and showy dis-
play. They are of easy culture, the seed being
sown where they are to remain. Thin the plants
6 to 12 inches apart.
Carnation Flowered. — Large, showy, double
flowers of magnificent colors. Pkt., 5 cts.
Single Mixed. — All the fancy and named sin-
gle varieties mixed. Pkt., 5 cts.
Double Mixed. — All the fancy and named
double varieties mixed. Pkt., 5 cts.
PORTULACA (A). — Low-growing or creeping
tender annual, 6 to 8 inches high, and bear-
ing glossy, cup-shaped blossoms in very bril-
liant and gorgeous colors. The seed germinates
slowly and should be started under glass or when
the weather is hot. These flowers love the
sunshine and do best on rather dry ground.
Mixed. — This is an extra fine strain with very
large blossoms and splendid colors. Pkt., 5 cts.
PHLOX DRUMMONDII (A).— One of the
prettiest and most popular of garden annuals.
Makes very attractive beds, and continues to
bloom throughout the summer. Sow in April,
in open ground, or can be started earlier in-
doors.
Grandiflora Large Flowering Mixed. — A great
improvement on the common type, both heads and
florets being nearly twice as large. Pkt., 10 cts.
Extra Choice Mixed. — This mixture is unex-
celled for profusion of bloom and wide range
of brilliant colors. Pkt., 5 cts.
PRIMROSE (A). — Green-house or pot plants,
bearing trusses of large single or double blos-
soms in bright colors, as well as soft tints. Sow
the seed in April or May for winter blooming.
Pkt., 5 cts.
RICINUS — Castor Oil Plant (A). — Luxuriant
rapid-growing annuals with palm-like leaves.
Excellent for background or centre of beds of
foliage plants, the effect being especially strik-
ing after the brilliantly colored fruit is formed.
Pkt., 5 cts.
SALVIA SPLENDENS— Scarlet Sage (A).—
A well known favorite bedding plant which
bears magnificent spikes of scarlet flowers from
July to October. Although perennial, it blooms
the first year from seed, and there is really no
flower that can rival it in splendid color. Ex-
cellent for cutting. Pkt., 10 cts.
SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa) (A).— Cur-
ious and interesting little plants with pinkish
white flowers. The leaves close and droop when
touched. Pkt., 5 cts.
SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride or Sweet Scab-
ious) (A). — Have perfectly double flowers, are
useful for cutting, they are gracefully borne upon
long tender stems well above the foliage and
makes a beautiful cut-flower, height 2 feet.
Pkt., 5 cts.
STOCKS, DWARF GERMAN— Ten Weeks
(A). — Desirable for bedding or pot culture. They
bear an immense quantity of fragrant blooms,
each plant forming a perfect bouquet, and are
splendid for cutting. Pkt., 5 cts.
Petunias.
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SWEET PEAS (A). — (When ordering pounds
by mail, add for postage.)
Superb Mixture. — This is the best possible mix-
ture that can be made, combining carefully con-
sidered proportions. It comprises all of the fin-
est new and large flowering, named varieties of
every shade and color. Each is the very choicest
of its class, grown separately and mixed by our-
selves. It is the finest mixture possible and can-
not be surpassed at any price. Pkt., 5 cts.;
oz., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00.
Choice Mixed. — A good mixture of standard
sorts and will afford a splendid variety of blooms
and a wide range of assorted colors. Pkt., 5 cts.
oz., 8 cts.; )4 lb., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 75 cts.
Superb Spencer Mixture. — A new race or type
of sweet peas with extra large flowers, fully
double the size of the older forms under good
cultivation. The Spencers have wavy and fluted-
edged petals, which with their rich coloring give
an almost orchid-like appearance. The Spencer
type will not stand careless cultivation, but if
you give them careful cultivation, they will fully
repay you for the extra trouble by their excep-
tional size and beauty. This is a splendid, well-
blended mixture of all true Spencer types only.
All colors, mixed. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.;
14 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75.
SWEET WILLIAM (P). — A beautiful class
of hardy-free blooming plants of extreme rich-
ness and diversity of colors. Produces a fine
effect in beds or mixed flower borders. Pkt., 5c.
VERBENA (P). — These well-known flowers
are splendid for beds or massing. Flowers of
most brilliant colors, blooming from early sum-
mer till late in the fall. Verbenas grown from
seed are always thrifty and do not rust. Sow
early in house, or out of doors in April. Pkt., 5c.
Hi
WALLFLOWER (P). — This is a fine bedding
plant, but it is more often grown as a pot-plant
and for this purpose is well adapted. The flowers
are very fragrant and usually of various shades
of yellow, brown and reddish brown. An old-
fashioned flower which is always popular. Sow
early in the year in boxes and transplant.
Pkt., 5 cts.
ZINNIA (A).— For gorgeous summer and fall
display the Zinnia is unsurpassed, the flowers are
perfectly double, resembling Dahlias, and almost
every shade of color. For bedding and massing
they are particularly suitable.
Tall Double Mixed Colors. — Pkt., 5 cts.
Dwarf Double Mixed Colors.— Pkt., 5 cts.
Vines or Climbers
CYPRESS VINE. — A tender climbing annual,
with soft fern-like foliage and small star-like
flowers. Height about 15 ft. Pkt., 5 cts.
MORNING GLORY. — One of the most popu-
lar of all climbers. They grow rapidly to a
height of about 15 ft. and bear abundantly bril-
liant flowers of various colors.
Mixed Varieties. — Pkt., 5 cts.
Imperial Japanese. — Pkt., 10 cts.
MOON VINE OR EVENING GLORY.—
Beautiful rapid climbers, bearing large white
flowers which open in the evening and on cloudy
days. Pkt., 10 cts.
DOLICHOS OR HYACINTH BEANS.— A
tender climbing annual, rapid growth and splen-
did for covering a trellis. Pkt., 5 cts.
Gourds
NEST EGG. — In size color and shape, like a
hen’s egg. Vines make good screens. Pkt., 5 cts.
DIPPER. — The handles grow curved if on the
ground, straight if on a frame. Pkt., 5 cts.
Scarlet Sage.
FERTILIZERS
Owing to the continuance of the European
War and our inability to procure Potash in lib-
eral quantities, all fertilizers continue high lin
price, but we have succeeded in procuring a lim-
ited quantity of high-grade material, and are
enabled thereby to slightly reduce the price of
some of our brands. We respectfully inviite your
inquiries regarding fertilizers for your season’s
requirements, and in order to get the benefit
of the lowest possible prices, we suggest that
you form Local Clubs and get your fertilizers
in carload lots, delivered at your station. In
this way we can very probably save you money
and giive you the best possible service.
We name below a few of the brands which we
are offering to our customers for the Spring
trade. Prices are subject to change without
notice.
GROSSMANN’S TRUCK GROWER
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 8%; Ammonia, 5%;
Potash, 2-%.
Especially manufactured and recommended for
Irish Potatoes and early truck crops. A pusher.
Per 200 lb. bag, $5.00; per ton, $47.00.
CAPITAL TRUCK GUANO
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 8%; Ammonia, 4%;
Potash, 3%.
Another high-grade guano, manufactured espe-
cially for truckers. Has given exceptionally sat-
isfactory results wherever used. Per 200 lb. bag,
$4.75; per ton, $45.00
MONTICELLO ANIMAL BONE SPECIAL
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 9%; Ammonia, 2 %%;
Potash, 2%.
Our popular, medium priced, Truck Guano.
Recommended for all truck crops, berries, melons,
etc. Truckers in this section are very partial to
the Monticello, and our sales increase yearly on
this brand. Per 200 lb. bag, $3.50; per ton, $34.00.
MONARCH TOBACCO SPECIAL.
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 8%; Ammonia, 3%;
Potash, 2%.
A guano manufactured especially for our to-
bacco growers, and considered one of the best
tobacco guanos throughout the tobacco belt.
Per 200 lb. bag, $3.75; per ton, $35.00.
V. C. TOBACCO GUANO
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 8%; Ammonia, 3%;
Potash, 3%.
One of the old standard brands, used through-
out the tobacco belt with uniform success. Makes
friends wherever used. Per 200 lb. bag, $4.50;
per ton, $42.00.
CHAMPION CORN GUANO
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 9%; Ammonia, 1%%;
Potash, 1%.
Manufactured as a special corn guano, but also
largely used by our peanut growers. A good,
medium priced guano, for general use. Per 200
lb. bag, $2.60; per ton, $25.00.
V. C. DISSOLVED BONE AND POTASH
Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 10%; Ammonia, 0%;
Potash, 2%.
A Peanut grower, manufactured mainly for this
purpose, and which we are glad to be able to
again offer to our trade. Per 200 lb. bag, $2.60;
per ton, $25.00.
POCOMOKE GUANO
-Analysis: Acid Phosphate, 8%; Ammonia, 2%;
Potash, 2%.
A good, all around fertilizer for all purposes,
at a moderate price. Used extensively for truck,
for grain and grasses, for corn and peanuts.
Per 200 lb. bag, $3.25; per ton, $32.00.
ACID PHOSPHATE
16% Available — Per 200 lb. bag, $1.85; per ton,
$17.50.
14% Available — Per 200 lb. bag, $1.75; per ton,
$17.00.
PURE BONE MEAL
V. C. Raw Bone — Finely ground, 4^2% Ammonia.
Per 200 lb. bag, $4.50; per ton, $43.00.
V. C. Steamed Bone — 3% Ammonia. Per 200 lb.
bag, $4.00; per ton, $38.00.
AGRICULTURAL LIME
We sell hundreds of tons of pure oyster shell
lime, burnt and finely ground, put up in two
hundred pound bags, for agricultural purposes,
and results have been so satisfactory, the de-
mand increases every year. Owing to shortage
in cars and uncertainty of railroad transporta-
tion, we would advise our customers who antici-
pate using lime, to get their orders in early, so
as to have their supplies in when needed. Per
ton, $8.50. Special prices on carload lots.
PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE
We recommend this finely ground pulverized
sheep manure for all crops, being a natural fer-
tilizer— it does not burn or sour on the land. Is
quick in action, and effective in results. Recom-
mended especially to our truckers. Pulverized
Sheep Manure carries from 1% to 3% of Potash,
which makes it especially valuable for this sea-
son, owing to the scarcity and very high cost
of mineral potash. Per 100 lb. bag, $1.75; per
ton, $30.00.
We carry a number of other brands and
analyses, and will gladly quote on anything ob-
tainable in the fertilizer line.
The William Byrd Press, Inc., Horticultural Printers, Richmond, Va.
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