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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world
Identifier: CAT31294535 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: J. M. Thorburn & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: New York, N. Y. : J. M. Thorburn & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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54 J. M. Thorburx & Co., 15 John St., New York. MISCELLANEOU
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SPRIXC ETCHES. SEEDS—continued. TEAS ELS-Fullers'. The heads, furnished with barbed spikes, are used for combing cloth. Tea- sels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown about April or May. The young leaves are often used for feeding silkworms. Per lb., 30 cents. TEOSINTE. See Meana luxurians. VETCHES —Spring Tares. ( Vicia sativa.J Sown broadcast at rate of 1 to 1% bushels to the acre, like wheat or barley, and sometimes mixed with oats for soiling. Used in France and Canada as a substitute for peas. Also ground up into flour, after which it is mixed with wheat flour for mak- ing bread. A valuable plant. Per qt., 20 cents; per bus., $3. Sand, Winter, or Hairy Vetch. (Vicia villosa.) This variety thrives on poor, arid, sandy soils. It is sown either in fall or in spring, and" generally mixed with rye, which serves as a support to the plants. It grows to a height of from 3 to 4 feet, and can be cut twice for fodder, first as soon as the bloom appears, and then it can be again cut for the seed. The plant is perfectly hardy, and the pro- duce is recommended as most nutritious. The seed is black and perfectly round, and should be sown at the rate of 1^ bushels to the acre. Per qt., 25 cents; per bus., $4.50. Tufted Vetch, or Bird's Tares, f Vicia cracea.) Has creeping perennial roots, and affords provender of good quality. Per lb., 25 cents. WILD RICE. (Zizania aquatica.) A native of our northern and western states. Valuable as a forage plant for swamps and inundated lands, but it is chiefly valuable as an attraction for water fowl. The Indians of the lake regions of the northwest used to gather it by beating it off into their canoes and then cure it for winter food. Before sowing, put the rice in coarse cotton bags, and sink them in water for 24 hours. Sow in water which is from 6 inches to 5 feet deep, with soft mud bottom, or on low, marshy places which are covered with water the year round. In running water, sow as much out of the current as possible. Per lb.. 25 cents; per 100 lbs., $14. WORMS. Used the same as Snails and Caterpillars. Per pkt., 5 cents; per oz., 35 cents. Brazilian American. The finest Brazilian strain grown here; makes excellent cigars and delightful, aromatic pipe-smoking tobacco. Per oz.. 25 cents; per lb., $2. Climax. A cross between Burley and Sterling. Extra fine, bright variety. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Connecticut Seed-Leaf. The popular sort, used for cigar wrappers. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Conqueror. A superb, bright yellow, and a healthy, vigorous grower of the best form and finest texture. It ripens early, and is easily cured to the brightest color. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Havana. Seed gathered for us from the celebrated plantations of the " Vuelto de Abajo." Per oz., 40 cents; per lb., $5. Honduras. A new mahogany variety, producing the very highest quality of tobacco of this type A healthv and vigorous grower. Per oz.. 25 cents; per lb., $2.50. Kentucky Burley. Per oz.. 25 cents; per lb., $2. Oronoka, Yellow. A reliable old yellow variety. grown for more than fifty years, and improved with reference to the production of yellow stock. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Oronoka, White-Stem. From the Yellow Oronoka, which it resembles. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf. Newest and best strain of this standard variety, of which more is sold and planted than of all others of the cigar kind combined. Per oz.. 25 cents; per lb., $2. 0 SEED. Persian Rose. Finer than the Muscatel, and may be relied upon to make the best cigar. Per oz.. 25 cents ; per lb., $2.50. Pryor, Yellow. Preferred by many for brights. and succeeds where the other yellow sorts fail. The west is giving it preference. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Pryor, Blue. The genuine James River favorite. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2. Safrano. Of a rich, saffron-yellow color, and pos- sessing a soft, silky texture and a delightful flavor. Per oz., 25 cents: per lb., $2. Sterling. The newest and brightest of the yellow type, and the earliest to ripen. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2.50. Sumatra. American-grown seed. Per oz.. 25 cents; per lb., $2.50. Tennessee Red. Excellent for dark strips and wrap- pers. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb., $2.50. Tuckahoe. Preferable to most of the older varieties for possessing more body. Leaf long and extra fine; the perfection of a wrapper. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb.. $2. Virginia Oak Hill Yellow. Resembles White Burley in color, and Oronoka in shape and habit. Unsur- passed in delicacy of fiber. Per oz., 25 cts; per lb.. $2. Virginia "One-Sucker." Large leaf; wide, lance- shaped; rather coarse than fine. Per oz., 25 cents; per lb.. $2.50. Yellow Mammoth. A new western variety of the export type. Per oz.. 25 cents; per lb.. $2.

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