. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. A SINGLE PLANT OF TEOSINTE. LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS WAGNERII. This is a variety of the wild flat pea of Southern and Central Europe, improved by selection and cultivation. The plant has been recommended highly for lands too poor to pay the cost of cultivation, for worn-out pas- tures and waste places about the farm, but as a forage crop it cannot compare with Indian Corn, Crimson Clover, Cow-peas, Teosinte, etc
. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. A SINGLE PLANT OF TEOSINTE. LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS WAGNERII. This is a variety of the wild flat pea of Southern and Central Europe, improved by selection and cultivation. The plant has been recommended highly for lands too poor to pay the cost of cultivation, for worn-out pas- tures and waste places about the farm, but as a forage crop it cannot compare with Indian Corn, Crimson Clover, Cow-peas, Teosinte, etc. Prices: Per pkt. 10 cts.; per oz. 20 cts.; per ft) $, by mail, postpaid. SILVER HULL BUCKWHEAT. This variety continues in bloom longer than the com- mon Buckwheat, and is therefore better for bees. The flour is whiter and husks thinner. Peck 40 cts.; bushel $ Per sack of two bushels $ By mail, per pkt. 10 cts.; per ft) 25 cts.; 3 lbs. 65 cts. NEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. This is the most productive of all Buckwheat and de- cidedly the most profitable variety to raise. Sown the same day as the Silver Hull, it ripened a week earlier and yielded much more again. From one grain planted 1 in a garden the product was 850 ripe kernels. The kernels are at least twice the size of those of any other variety; in color they are also distinct, being cf a rich, dark shade of brown. The flour made from it is equal in quality to that of any other Buckwheat, while it is much mare productive, and succeeds well as far north as New Hampshire. As the straw is heavier and it branches more, it does not need to be sown so thickly as other kinds. Per package 10 cts.; per lb. 25 cts.; 3 lbs. for 65 cts., postpaid, by mail. By express: Per peck 40 cts.; per bushel $; per sack of 2 bushels $ SUGAR CANE. Early Amber. It grows usually eleven and twelve feet high and stands up well. When planted between the 1st and 10th of May, the seed ripens almost invari- ably, thus giving a double cro
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