. 32nd annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Seed Catalogue and Garden GuidS. Illustration of" all these Last on Goloi-eci Plate," THE WONDERFUL PENCILARIA. we introduced this grand new fodder plant Penicillaria. spring we muouuceu tins grand new fodder plant to the farmers nf this ™nntrv and S"iMj^55^»£SSKl!?JSSW»™»1So '¥.te ever been known in America for soch 10 to 15 inencslong ciosery set with thousands of tiny seeds which are PAi
. 32nd annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Seed Catalogue and Garden GuidS. Illustration of" all these Last on Goloi-eci Plate," THE WONDERFUL PENCILARIA. we introduced this grand new fodder plant Penicillaria. spring we muouuceu tins grand new fodder plant to the farmers nf this ™nntrv and S"iMj^55^»£SSKl!?JSSW»™»1So '¥.te ever been known in America for soch 10 to 15 inencslong ciosery set with thousands of tiny seeds which are PAiiohoH 1™ nnnitrv a 1 PENCIL ARIA THOUSAND HEADED KALE. About eight years ago we introduced Dwarf Essex Rape to our custom- erf and it has proved to be the most popular forage plant ever brought to America. The seed is grown in England and when the writer was there last summer the growers called his attention to the Thousand SSSeS^S^^l^nw-B^lanttog rape in that country. They state that there is fully three or four times as much of this new kale grown for forage purposes as there is of the rape. We have tested the kale here and also had it in the hands of several other persons and it has given ex- cellent results. The seed is much higher in price than rape, but it takes leTheseed can be sown early in April or any time thereafter until mid- summer. It grows to a height of three to four feet, and is so covered with small whorls of leaves that the name of Thousand Headed Kale has been given it. It is plain that it will yield a much larger crop than the Dwarf Essex Rape as it branches out from the bottom, grows very rapid- ly and is greatly relished by hogs, cattle and sheep. The roots penetrate to a great depth in the subsoil so that the plant is not affected by drouth It grows with increased rapidity after being fed oft and flourishes on all ^In England we find that they are sowing this seed broadcast on their pastures with grass seeds, using about one pound of seed per
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