. Seeds & bulbs for fall planting : grass & clover seeds, seed wheat, oats, rye & barley, vegetable & flower seeds, hyacinths, tulips, lilies, Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. VIRGINIA GRAY WINTER or TURF OATS. This is the principal variety of Oats grown all throughout this section of Virginia. It makes splen- did crops of heavy grain, heavier than the Rust Proof, and much better crops than the Spring Oats. These oats have been largely grown in th
. Seeds & bulbs for fall planting : grass & clover seeds, seed wheat, oats, rye & barley, vegetable & flower seeds, hyacinths, tulips, lilies, Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. VIRGINIA GRAY WINTER or TURF OATS. This is the principal variety of Oats grown all throughout this section of Virginia. It makes splen- did crops of heavy grain, heavier than the Rust Proof, and much better crops than the Spring Oats. These oats have been largely grown in this section for the last 30 years, with constantly increasing acreage, and their growth should become universal all throughout the Southern and Middle States. They are also quite successfully grown in Maryland, New Jersey, Dela- ware, Pennsylvania, and other Northern States. When sown early, and they get well established, they are as hardy as wheat, and will stand just as much cold as that crop. Thev make a good growth before the winter sets in, and in the South furnish excellent grazing during late fall and earl}^ spring, and during open spells in winter without injury to the grain crop afterwards. Their turfing and stooling qualities are remarkable, and even when thinly sown and under anything like favorable conditions, they soon spread and cover the ground with a thick, heavy growth. The yield of grain is large ; from 50 to 70 bushels can reasonably be expected on good soil. On rich soil, and under favorable circumstances, they have yielded over 100 bushels to the acre. The grain is of a dark, gra}^ color, wnth a distinct stripe, heavier than the ordinary oat, and weighing from 35 to 40 pounds to the measured bushel. So far as our tests and experi- ence go, these oats are very much superior to what is known in the South as the Burt and Appier varieties. • Methods of Seeding. Virginia Gray Winter .Oats are sown through- out the South, both in the fall and spring, and really
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