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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue 1895 : seeds
Identifier: annualdescriptiv1895fran (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Frank S. Platt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Grass Seeds—continued. Red Top, Fancy Cleaned. Absolutely pure seed. Weight, 135 lbs. per bu. Price, per qt., 20c; per bu., $5.50;^per 100 lbs., 115.00. Rhode Island Bent Grass. (Agrostis canina.) A val- uable grass for lawns. Sow three or four bushels to the acre for lawns; for pasture, one and a half to three bushels. Price, per qt., 20c; per bu.. 13.00; per 100 lbs., $18.00 Sheep's Fescue. (Festuca Ovina.) Grows freely in dry and open pastures. Its chief merit for sheep pasture is that it occupies Red Top Grass. land which better grasses refuse, grows from six to ten inches high. Price per qt., 20c; per bu., $2.50; per 100 lbs., $15.00. Sweet Vernal Grass. (Ant hr ox ant hum odora- tum.) Useful to mix with other grasses for pastures and lawns, on account of its early v growth^ and emitting an agreeable odor when V cut for hay. Price per lb., 75c.; per bu., $8.00; per 100 lbs., $70.00. Timothy. (Phleum Pratense.) A well known grass, and on some soils it will produce a larger crop than any other variety. We carry a large stock of this seed, which is graded as '■'Prime" " Strictly Prime,and "Choice" Golden, or German Millet. This is a very valuable forage plant and yields very heavy crops; grows from three to eight feet high, heads closely condensed, spikes very numerous; seeds round, golden yellow, in rough, bristly sheaths. Price per qt., 10c.; per bu., si. 50; "per 100 lbs., $2.50. Hungarian (Grass) Millet. Early; height two to three feet; abundant foliage and small head ; yields well on light soils. Price per qt., 10c ; per bu., $1.50; per 100 lbs., $2.50. CLOVER. If by mail, add at the rate of 8 cents per lb. for postage. Red Clover, Medium. (Trifolium Pratense.) Prices on application. Red Clover, Mammoth, or Pea Vine. Grows five or six feet high, with large coarse stalks, and is largely used for plowing under for manure. Prices on application. Crimson Trefoil, or Scarlet Italian Clover. (Tri- folium Incarnatum.) This is a variety in common use in the South for feeding green. The yield in fodder is immense, and, after cutting, it at once commences growing again and continues until severe, cold, freezing weather. In warm climates, four or five cuttings are made during the season. It grows about one foot high, blossoms long, pointed, and of a very deep red, or carmine color. Makes good hay. Prices on application. Alsike, or Hybrid Clover. (Trifolium Hybridum.) Even clover sick lands will produce a good crop of this; perennial and very hardy. It is very valua- ble both for pasturing and soiling; very produc- tive, sweet and fragrant. The Howlers are a distinct light pink, and much liked by bees. Sow in Spring or Fall, six pounds per acre. Price per lb., 15c; 25 lbs. and over, at 14c. Lucerne, or Alfalfa. (Medicago Sativa.) Very pro- Red Clover. ductive, succeeds in any good soil, and lasts for a White Clover. number of years. It thrives on dry, rich, sandy soil, producing three to four cuttings annu- ally, and even in seasons of severe drouth is always fresh and green, because the roots extend so deep into the soil. It grows two or three feet high, with purple blossoms. It yields an immense amount of green food for cattle, and should be cut when commencing to bloom, or it can be used as ordinary clover hay. Instead of exhausting the land, it increases fertility,
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German or Golden Millet.

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