Title: Annual catalogue of Jos. F. Dickmann's realiable garden field and flower seeds : seed, grain, implements and fertilizers of all kinds
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1895josf (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Jos. F. Dickmann (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: [St. Louis : Jos. F. Dickmann]
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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JOS. F. DICKMANN'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 63 SUNFLOWER. J™nM0™ *uss,an- This may be grown to great advantage by planting in waste pieces of ground, from early spring to the latter part of July, as it is an excellent and cheap food for fowls. The mammoth sized heads contains an immense quantity of seed, which is of great value to farmers and poultry breeders, and is greedily eaten by fowls, being very healthy and fattening, and will produce a lustrous plumage and strong and excellent condition generally. As an egg-producing food this variety is unsur- passed. Its leaves make very good fodder, and its strong, thick stalks are valuable for fuel. Three quarts of seed will plant an acre. Lb., 20c, post-paid, 30c; 100 lbs., $8.00. FLAX. When grown for seed, sow one bushel per acre; if fibre is wanted, sow at the rate of two to three bushels. The soil should be well cultivated. Lb., 10c; 100 lbs., $5.00. OQAfiF OPANfiF (Madura auratitiaca). U3AUC UK/\1>VJC Sprout the seed before sowing, then sow in rows, and when one year old transplant six inches apart, alternating the plants in double rows, cutting the plants down to the height of six inches. Manure well, and plow deep before planting. Lb., 40c; post- paid, 50c. We sell no Seeds unless WE KNOW they will give entire satisfaction.
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CAN BE SOWN IN EITHER SPRING OR FALL. Our Special Grass Mixture, for hay and permanent pasture, consisting of the follow- ing- and other varieties: Orchard Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Sheep Fescue, Creeping Bent, Hard Fescue, Sweet Scented Vernal (True Perennial), Meadow Fescue, English Rye Grass, Italian Rye Grass and Red Top, mixed in proper proportions, we will supply for $2 25 per bushel (about fifteen pounds). On rich land, two bushels of this mixture is sufficient to seed an acre, but where the soil is poor more seed will be required. A fair average will be two to four bushels to the acre. The foundation of this mixture is Orchard Grass, and the addition of the several other grasses named add to its value. Orchard Grass, when sown alone, has a ten- dency to form tussocks or clumps, which, however can be overcome by thick seeding ; the other grasses, being sown with it, fill up the vacant places between the Orchard Grass. In ; addition to this, the other grasses comprised in this mixture are especially suited for cattle and sheep, and by them eagerly sought for, and have special value in pasture lands for different animals. To this mixture, intended for either mowing lands or pasture (but which, on account of its greater weight, should be sown separately), is to be added about ten pounds of Mammoth or Pea Vine Clover, which is worth twelve cents per pound, and is put up in a separate package when shipping.

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