. New and rare plants, bulbs, fruits. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Crimson Clover. Teosinte TEOSINTE. This gigantic Gram in a is a wonder of productiveness, of sweetness, and of nutri- ment- It produces a swamp of corn-like foli- age through scorching heat and parching drouths. Cattle eat it ravenously, and people who have planted it, say: as a forage or fodder plant, this is thefgreatest thing of the age, especially for the South. In appear- ance it resembles corn, but the leaves are mu
. New and rare plants, bulbs, fruits. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Crimson Clover. Teosinte TEOSINTE. This gigantic Gram in a is a wonder of productiveness, of sweetness, and of nutri- ment- It produces a swamp of corn-like foli- age through scorching heat and parching drouths. Cattle eat it ravenously, and people who have planted it, say: as a forage or fodder plant, this is thefgreatest thing of the age, especially for the South. In appear- ance it resembles corn, but the leaves are much longer, broader, sweeter. It grows 12 feet high, producing a great number of shoots, which are thickly covered with heavy foliage. 85 stalks have been grown from one seed, and it produces 40 tons 1o the acre. At the rate which hay and other stock feed costs, Teosinte will yield $200 worth of fodder or ensilage to the acre. May be cut two or three times during the season. The true Algerian seed, grown on the scorching plains of Algiers. Plant like corn—three pounds to the acre. Large packet, 15c. ; ounce, 20c ; 2 ounces, 30c. ; half-pound, 75c; pound, $, by mail. By Express, 10 lbs. or more, $ per 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 Drew, Oliver H; Oliver H. Drew (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Hibernia, N. Y. : Oliver H. Drew
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