Dreer's garden calendar : 1900 . dreersgardencale1900henr Year: 1900 Kentucky Blue Gkass. Kentuckj' Blue Grass, Fancy Cleaned {Poa pi-ntensis). Also known as June Grass, green grass, etc. This is rated as the finest per- manent pasture grass. Especially suited to meadows and rich lands. ]t is the grass of the famous and fertile limestone soils of Kentucky, and is no less a favorite all through the Northern States. Suited to all pasturing purposes. A perfect lawn grass. Sow 3 to 5 bushels per acre for lawns; 2 bushels to the acre for pasture. Lb., 18 cts.: bu. (14 lbs.). $; 100 lbs., $12
Dreer's garden calendar : 1900 . dreersgardencale1900henr Year: 1900 Kentucky Blue Gkass. Kentuckj' Blue Grass, Fancy Cleaned {Poa pi-ntensis). Also known as June Grass, green grass, etc. This is rated as the finest per- manent pasture grass. Especially suited to meadows and rich lands. ]t is the grass of the famous and fertile limestone soils of Kentucky, and is no less a favorite all through the Northern States. Suited to all pasturing purposes. A perfect lawn grass. Sow 3 to 5 bushels per acre for lawns; 2 bushels to the acre for pasture. Lb., 18 cts.: bu. (14 lbs.). $; 100 lbs., $12 00. Canadian Blue Grass {Poa compressa'). Also called Flat-Stemmed poa. Flat-stalked Meadow grass, distinctly blue in color. Grows a foot or more high and yields greater weight of hay. Highly recommended for horses, cuws and sheep. Thrives well on clay, or hard, poor soil. Sow 30 lbs. per acre. Per lb., 1-5 cts.; per bu. of 14 lbs., §; 100 lbs., S Ked-Top Grass {Agrostis vulgaris). This is the so-called Herd's grass of the South. Well adapted to the Northern Slates as well. Suit- able for meadow and pasture mixtures, or for exclusive use in lawn- making. Adapts itself to any soil, but produces best results on moist, rich soils, where it grows 2 to 2i feet high. Olten sown with timothy and clover, and outlasts both. Sow 3 to 4 bushels per acre for lawns; for pasture 11- to 3 bushels per acre. Lb., 12 cts.; per bu. (10 lbs.), §; sack of 50' lbs., =; ; 100 $ Red-Top Grass, Extra Ke-cleaned Seed. Per 20 cts.; bu. (32 lbs.), §; 100 lbs., fl6 50. Orcliard Grass {DnctvUs Clomerala). One of the most valuable of the pasture grasses ; too coarse for use in lawns. Thrives iu tlie open sun- light and in shady places under trees. In rich soil two or three crops may be had in a season, especially under irrigation. Does not sufier from close feeding; makes a good hay. .Sow 3 Inishels to the acre. Lb., 20 CIS.; bu. (14 lbs.), ; 100 lbs., $15 00.
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