. Alexander Drug and Seed Co.'s annual descriptive and Illustrated catalogue. TEOSINTE. pounds for .00 By mail 30c. pound, 4 pounds for $, postpaid. Kaffir Corn.—Plant is low, foliage is wide, does not stool,. stocky, perfectly erect; the but branches from the top KAFFXlt 00^. joints, producing from two to four heads of grain from each stalk; heads are long, perfectly erect, well filled wi-h white grain. Growth is five and a half to six feet. The stalk is stout, never blown about by winds, neper tangles. Seed heads ten to twelve inches in length, and will produce on good land fifty to sixt
. Alexander Drug and Seed Co.'s annual descriptive and Illustrated catalogue. TEOSINTE. pounds for .00 By mail 30c. pound, 4 pounds for $, postpaid. Kaffir Corn.—Plant is low, foliage is wide, does not stool,. stocky, perfectly erect; the but branches from the top KAFFXlt 00^. joints, producing from two to four heads of grain from each stalk; heads are long, perfectly erect, well filled wi-h white grain. Growth is five and a half to six feet. The stalk is stout, never blown about by winds, neper tangles. Seed heads ten to twelve inches in length, and will produce on good land fifty to sixty bushels per acre. If cut, two or more shoots spring from the root; the growth is thus maintained till checked by frost. For ensilage it is one of the most desirable. Plant in rows not over three feet apart, even on the best land. Cultivate as common Corn. It matures as early as Early Amber Cane. Use three to five pounds seed per acre. Price of seed, 20c. per pound, lot of 12 pounds $ By mail 30c. per pound, 4 pounds for $, postpaid. White Dhoura, or Large African Millet.—Grows a single stalk eight or ten feet high, and yielding heads of grain twelve to fourteen inches long. If the whole stalk is cut down and cured when the seed are m dough state, it makes excellent forage, easy to cu>e; keeps well in out-door shocks, and well eaten by stock thiough the winter. It does not stool nor make the mass of forage that Millo does, yet is much quicker growth, maturing in 90 or 100 da)S. Plant in three fe-t rows, leaving one or two plants every twelve inches in the row, and cultivate as Corn. Price, 20c. per pound, 12 pounds for $ By mail 30c pound, 4 pounds for $ post] Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alexander Seed Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Co
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