. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1915. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. VETCH. Winter Vetches, or Tares ( Vicia Villosa). Also called Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. Recommended for fall sowing with rye, which serves as a support. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country, and maturing fully four weeks earlier than Scarlet Clover, it can be harvested or plowed under and the ground used for the usual spring crops. It is very nutri- tious, and all kinds of stock eat it with rel
. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1915. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. VETCH. Winter Vetches, or Tares ( Vicia Villosa). Also called Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. Recommended for fall sowing with rye, which serves as a support. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country, and maturing fully four weeks earlier than Scarlet Clover, it can be harvested or plowed under and the ground used for the usual spring crops. It is very nutri- tious, and all kinds of stock eat it with relish. Sow one bushel per acre, together with one-half bushel of Rye or Oats. Lb., 30 cts., postpaid. Bus., 60 lb>. Write for Leaflet and price. CRIMSON or SCAREET CEO\ ER. Crimson Clover has become wonderfully popular both for pasture and hay crop, also as a green manure for plowing in. It can be seeded at any time from June to October at the rate of 15 to 20 lbs. per acre, and makes the earliest possible green pasture, blooming the latter part of April or May, and for feeding as hay should be cut just before coming in full bloom. One acre grown at the New Jersey Experimental Station yielded. May 31, 6997 pounds of organic matter, 312 pounds of nitrogen, 52 pounds of phosphoric acid, and ISdi] pounds of potash. The nitrogen alone could not be bought for $., and is fully equal to that found in 20 tons of stable manure, and at such a small cost. It not only builds up worn out soils, when turned under, but rich soils are kept up to their fertility with less cost than by any other means. Lb., 30 cts., posipaid. Write for special circular and price of seed per bushel. AEEAEEA (MedicagoSaliva). It is an established fact that Alfalfa sown during August will ])rove more satisfactory than when sown during the spring. After once established it will produce three to four heavy cut- tings in a season, making a total of from three to six tons of nutritious hay per acre. We handle onl
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