. Gregory & Son's retail catalogue of warranted vegetable, flower and grain seeds . for pound,beets, carrots, turnips, or parsnips, being very nearly equal to thepotato, while that of the tip is equal to that of peas cut when inbloom. If the tips are fed to cows so late as when the tubers aredug, even then the leaves will be greedily eaten. I have weighedtwenty-eight pounds of stalks from a single plant. They yieldfrom one hundred and fifty to one thousand bushels per acre. Inrich soil the yield is about double the quantity of potatoes growingalongside; some of the single tubers weigh two poun
. Gregory & Son's retail catalogue of warranted vegetable, flower and grain seeds . for pound,beets, carrots, turnips, or parsnips, being very nearly equal to thepotato, while that of the tip is equal to that of peas cut when inbloom. If the tips are fed to cows so late as when the tubers aredug, even then the leaves will be greedily eaten. I have weighedtwenty-eight pounds of stalks from a single plant. They yieldfrom one hundred and fifty to one thousand bushels per acre. Inrich soil the yield is about double the quantity of potatoes growingalongside; some of the single tubers weigh two pounds. In arow three hundred feet in length I raised twenty-one bushels,which is at the rate of over nine hundred to the acre. Hogs aresometimes turned in to harvest them. They are excellent foodfor almost any kind of stock, especially hogs and cows. Perfectlyhardy, they will keep in the ground all winter. It is said thatplowing under when a foot high will exterminate them. Price,per bush., by express or freight, $; per peck, $; per qt.,post-paid, 40 cts. MR. REEDS NEW EARLY PRIZE. A cross between Tom Thumb and the Advancer. Groweighteen inches high, being slightly taller than Premium , while equally early, it is decidedly a better cropper thaneither that or Tom Thumb. Pod large, heavy, and well equal to the wrinkled varieties in sweetness and flavor, itcan be planted earlier than these without danger of rotting. Itscombination of earliness, dwarf growth, yield,, and quality, withthe large size, and good filling of the pod ensures its futureas one of the best pea for the family or garden. Writes Mr. O. , the well-known pea-grower, of Vermont: Havingtested Early Prize this season by the side of eighty varieties fromall parts of the country, I consider it in all respects one of thebest varieties in America. Per bush., per express or freight, $;per peck, $; per qt., express, 40 cts.; per qt., post-paid, 55 cts.;per pkg., 10 cts. Nel
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