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Title: Spring 1896
Identifier: CAT31282470 (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Storrs & Harrison Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Nursery stock; Vegetables; Plants, Ornamental; Fruit trees; Fruit; Trees
Publisher: Painesville, Ohio : Storrs & Harrison 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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surface. As a fertilizer we would recommend pure bone meal as being lasting in its effects, and free from weed seeds. Apply at the rate of 600 to 1,000 lbs. to acre. After the seed has been sown it should be raked lightly so as to cover it about one- fourth inch deep- Sow the seed as early in the Spring as convenient, the earlier the better, if the soil is in good condition. No one kind of grass will make a lawn that will keep beautifully green all through the season, but a mixture of several is essential, as some varieties are more luxuriant in the Spring, others in Summer, and again others in Autumn, and a proper combination of these various sorts is required to create and maintain a perfect carpet-like lawn. Our Velvet Sod Mixture is most admirably adapted to this purpose, and as near per- fection as possible to attain. One pound will seed about five hundred square feet; 80 lbs., or four bushels, are required for an acre. Old lawns will be greatly benefited, if, as early in the Spring as the weather will permit, they are care- fully raked so as to remove the dead grass and leaves that may be on them, then sprinkle it with our Velvet Sod Mixture, which will renew the thin places and spots that have been killed by the Winter or other causes, then give it a thorough rolling with a heavy roller. Lawn Grass, Velvet Sod Mixture. Composed of a variety of fine, dwarf, close-growing grasses, which on properly prepared finely pulverized ground will produce a neat, velvety lawn and permanent sod. Weighs 20 lbs. to the bushel. Lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.00, 5 lbs. at 20c, 20 lbs. and over at 17)^0. Special Lawn Mixture. For an ordinary yard when a cheap mixture is desired, we can recommend this grass mixture. It is also well adapted for patch- ing up bare spots where the gras* has been trodden off during the Winter. Lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, per bu. of 14 lbs. $2.25, in lots of 3 bu. and over $2.00 per bu. Kentucky Blue Grass. Also known as June grass ; a valuable variety for lawns when mixed with other grasses, and especially valuable as a pasture grass. Extra clean seed, fourteen pounds to the bushel. About three bushels to the acre. Lb. 30c, 3 lbs- 75c, 10 lbs. or over at 9c. Fancy, or Double Extra Clean. Weighs 20 to 25 lbs. to the bushel. Lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 90c, 10 lbs. and over at 13c. Red Top Grass. Grows well in almost any soil, and is valuable either for meadows, pasture or lawns. About 2 bushels sow an acre, 14 lbs. to the busheL Lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c, 10 lbs. and over at 10c. English Rye Grass, Perennial Rye. A nutri- tious permanent grass for meadows and pastures, or for mixing with other grasses for lawns. It does- well on sloping banks, as its roots are fibrous and mat-like; 24 lbs. to bushel. Lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, 10 lbs. and over at 12c. Orchard Grass. A valuable grass for pastures, for sowing in orchards or shady places. It grows rapidly and does not suffer from close feeding. When sown alone 3 bushels should be sown to the acre. 14 lbs. to the bushel. Lb. 35c, 3 lbs. $1.00,. 10 lbs. and over at 14c. White Dutch Clover. An excellent pasture clover, forming in conjunction with Kentucky Blue Grass the finest and most nutritious food for sheep and cattle. Sow in Spring at the rate of 6 lbs. per acre.. Lb. 50c, 5 lbs. or over at 35c. Alfalfa, or Lucerne. One of the best varieties,, succeeding in almost every situation, and bearing heavy crops of forage; will bear cutting three or four times during the season. For bringing up poor land it is the best of the clovers, as it not only produces large masses of foliage but forces its roots down fully three feet into the earth. Sow early in the Spring. Lb. 35c, 3 lbs. $1.00, 10 lbs. and over at 12c.

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