. Spring 1900. Nursery stock Oregon Salem Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 44 SAVAGE & REID'S CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. Fowl Meadow Grass, or False Red Top. Poa serotina. Yields well when sown on low moist land, and stands longer in condition tor cutting than most grasses. It can be mowed almost anytime from Jul}- to October. When three feet high it falls down, or lodges, and after a little time every joint puts forth new branches. The stalk, is always sweet and tender, and cattle and sheep are fond of it
. Spring 1900. Nursery stock Oregon Salem Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 44 SAVAGE & REID'S CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. Fowl Meadow Grass, or False Red Top. Poa serotina. Yields well when sown on low moist land, and stands longer in condition tor cutting than most grasses. It can be mowed almost anytime from Jul}- to October. When three feet high it falls down, or lodges, and after a little time every joint puts forth new branches. The stalk, is always sweet and tender, and cattle and sheep are fond of it. Requires about twenty-five pounds of seed per acre. Sow in spring or fall. Per lb. 40c; 100 lbs. $ Red Clover. Trifolium prafense. This is the most widely cultivated of all the pas- ture plants. It loosens the soil and admits the air, and absorbs nitrogen from the air, making it one of the best green fertilizers, a<5 well as a cattle food of the highest merit. Sow twelve pounds to the acre. 1 lb. 11c; 100 lbs. market price. Mammotli Red Clover. TrUoUum pratense. Similar to Red Clover, but coarser and taller, and considered of more value for reclaiming and enriching waste lands, as it sustains itself and succeeds sometimes where Red Clover fails. Sow from twelve to fifteen pounds per acre, in time to get the benefit of ample moisture. 1 lb. 12c; 100 lbs. market price. White Dutch Clover. Trifolum repens. A small variety, having a white blossom. It is of a vining nature, spreading rapidly, and will soon cover bare spots if the stand be uneven. It does not attain sufficient height to be profitable for hay. but is superior for pas- ture either for cattle or sheep, and unsurpas-ed for the production of honey. It also makes a beautiful lawn mixed with Blue Grass. When sown alone use eight or ten pounds per acre. Harrow the soil until it is very fine before sowing. 1 !b. 20c; 100 lbs. market price. Alsike, or Swedish Clover. Trifolium hyhridum. Probably a hy- brid between t
Size: 1166px × 2142px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurserya, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
