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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds &c.
Identifier: CAT31284460 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Joseph Breck & Sons; New England Agricultural Warehouse; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Joseph Breck & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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48 JOSEPH BRECK & SONS (CORPORATION.)
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Crimson Clover Lucerne Clover foul at the end of the period for which it was laid down — the spaces vacated by the annual and biennial grasses being in all likelihood occupied by objectionable weeds, when, if a proper selection of those species capable of lasting the whole of the desired period were sown, the lay would remain full of plants, free from weeds, and, consequently, much more profitable during the whole time the land is in grass. The practice of mowing grass for hay when the plants are in blossom is acknowledged to be a good one, in that it is not so exhausting to the soil, and a more succulent hay, freer from dust, is obtained ; it has, however', from the fact that all natural reseeding is prevented, a tendency to weaken the plants and reduce their number ; hence when we see an old field of grass that was originally sown with Timothy , Redtop, and Clover, and which has been mowed, perhaps, twice annually, we can readily account for either the enormous number of weeds or vacant places that are sure to be noticeable. Our system of mixture practi- cally overcomes this difficulty by the continued growth and stooling out of some of the varieties included that do not attain full maturity under four to six years. Such mixtures, although in the first place more expensive than the ordinary orthodox seeding, are in the end more profitable ; we have seen aftermaths from permanent mowing mixtures that more than equaled first crops of Timothy. In making up the following tables the utmost care has been exercised, and we have no hesitation in recommending them to our patrons. BRECK'S SPECIAL MIXTURES FOR MOWING AND GRAZING LANDS. i or 2 Years' Mowing-. 2 or 3 Years' Mowing or Grazing. 4 Years' Mowing : Permanent Mowingwith or Grazing. occasional Grazing. Italian Rye Grass ... Perennial Rye Grass.. ., Orchard Grass Meadow Foxtail Hard Fescue Blue Grass Red Top Wood Meadow Rough-stalked Meadow Meadow Fescue Sweet vernal Timothy Red Clover Perennial Red Clover.. Alsike Clover White Clover Xo. a AC 6 Xo. 7 Light Medium Heavy Soils. Soils. Soils. lbs. 33 lbs. 6 5 3 Xo. 8 Light Soils. Xo. 9 Xo.lO Xo. 11 Medium' Heavy Light Soils, i Soils. Soils. Xo. 12 Xo. 13 Xo. 14 Xo. 15 \o. 16 Medium Heavy j Light Medium Heavy Soils. ! Soils. Soils. I Soils. Soils. 3 lbs. 4 5 6 i I>2 lbs. 4 5 5 2 y* 9 , 5 ! 2 1% lbs. 4 6 5 2 9 5 2 IK 35 38 35 38 40 lbs. 3 5 8 2 2 4 2 2 38" 4i lbs. 3 7 6 3 1 5 1 2 44 lbs. 3 6 9 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 6 7 3 2 3 3 1 2 4 1 3 2 1 2 43~ 45 See Special Offers on third page of cover.

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