. Annual illustrated seed catalogue. VALUABLE SEEDS FOR FIELD CROPS. ? rtlcboUes, African Goobers, Chufas, Upland Rice, Peanuts, Field Peas, Sweet \/ Potatoes, The New Velvet Bean and Other*, all of Value on Our Farms. Artichoke—For hogs and pickling. In addition to being largely used for making pickles, there Is no root crop which has more rapidly grown in favor for feed- ing stock (and especially hogs) than this one; enor- mously productive; a yield of five hundred bushels to the acre not unusual. Easily and cheaply tended; quick to grow; an acre will fatten twenty-five to thirty hogs easily
. Annual illustrated seed catalogue. VALUABLE SEEDS FOR FIELD CROPS. ? rtlcboUes, African Goobers, Chufas, Upland Rice, Peanuts, Field Peas, Sweet \/ Potatoes, The New Velvet Bean and Other*, all of Value on Our Farms. Artichoke—For hogs and pickling. In addition to being largely used for making pickles, there Is no root crop which has more rapidly grown in favor for feed- ing stock (and especially hogs) than this one; enor- mously productive; a yield of five hundred bushels to the acre not unusual. Easily and cheaply tended; quick to grow; an acre will fatten twenty-five to thirty hogs easily. Hogs fed on them never have the cholera. Plant during early spring in rows four feet apart, two feet In row. Cut same as you do potatoes, leaving one eye. Cover about two inches. Three bushels will plant an acre. We furnish the Improved Red Jerusalem and Mammoth White French. Price of either kind, pound, 25 cents; 4 pounds, 75 cents, by mall, postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; y3 bushel, 00 cents; bushel, $ I Chufas— (For Bogs)—A. species of "grass nut" (Cype- rus Esculentvs) much used to fatten hogs. The nuts grow underground, near the surface; easily reached by pigs or poultry,and destroyed by them if they have free access. Easily and cheaply grown; greedily eaten by hogs. Plant in April, ten or twelve inches apart. In two and a half to three foot rows. Should be •oaked before planting. Cover lightly. They mature about September 1st, and lay In soil till wanted. One peck of seed per acre. Pound, 16 cents; peck, $1; per bushel at market rates. Pound, by mall, 26c. 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 Collection. Augusta, Ga. : Alexander Drug and Seed Co.
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