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Title: Annual catalogue of Price & Reed, sucessors to Price & Knickerbocker, importers, growers and dealers in fine flower, vegetable and field seeds : also dealers in horticultural and agricultural implements
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1894alba (find matches)
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Albany Seed Store (Albany, N. Y. ); Price & Reed; Price & Knickerbocker; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Albany
Publisher: Albany, N. Y. : Albany Seed Store
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SUBJECT TO VARIATIONS IN PRICES TO CORRESPOND WITH THE MARKET. We call especial attention to our Grass Seeds, wliicli are not to be confounded witli the ordinary grades olTered In tUe open market. Tliey are selected with, care, and are much, more economical to use than the common qualities. Add ficts. per gt.,&cts. per lb. on grass and clover when ordered by mail. LAWN GRASS. (See page 26.) RED TOP (Agrostis Vulgaris). Time of flowering, July; height about 18 inches. A valuable permanent perennial grass, growing in almost any soil, moist or dry, but reaching its perfection in a moist, rich soil, and standing hot weather well. It is frequently sown in mixture with Timothy and Red Clover. Sown alone takes about i bu. to acre, about 10 lbs. to bu. Per qt., 25 cents; per bu., $1.00; per 100 lbs., ;7.00. RED TOP, fancy, recleaned. Same as above, but cleaned from all chaff and impurities. Per lb., 20 cents. BLiUE ORASS (Poa Pratensis), Kentucky, also known as June Grass, Green Grass, etc.; perennial, flowers in June; height, 10 to 15 inches, 'i'his is a valuable grass for pasture, and suited to a variety of soils, from moderate dry to a moist meadow. It is very productive and of early growth in the spring, fur- nishing excellent food for all kinds of stock throughout the season, standing the hottest weather well, and makes a good quality of hay, though the yield for this purpose is not equal to some other varieties. Alone sow about 3 bu. to the acre. 14 lbs. to the bu. Per bu., S2.25; per 100 lbs., §14.00. BliUE ORASS, fancy, extra clean. Same as above, but free from all chaff, having beenrecleaned with great care. Per qt., 25 cents; per bush., $2 75 . RHODE ISIiAND BENT ORASS (Agrostis Canina). Time of flowering^ June and July. It is of hardy, creeping habit and good for close Eward. For pasture sow about 3bu., 13 lbs. to bu. Price per qt., 25 cents; per bu., $3.00. ORCHARD ORASS (Dactylis Glomerata). Flowers in June; height about 3 feet. A widely known and valuable grass for pasture on account of its earliness and rapidity of growth, as it is ready for grazing several days be- fore other grasses, and when mown produces a quick second growth. All kinds of stock, especially sheep, are very fond of it. It does well m nearly all soils, especially in moist, shady places ; stands drought well, and keeping green and growing when other grasses stop. It makes a good mixture to sow with clover for hay, as they both blossom about same time; 14 lbs. to bu. Per qt., 25 cents; per bu., $2.75; per 100 lbs., $15.00. MEADOW FESCUE (Festuca Pratensis). Perennial; flowers in June and July; height, 18 to 24 inches. One of the best of our natural grasses- very valuable for permanent pasture, as it is highly nutritious and greedily eaten by all kinds of stock. It makes excellent hay, and does well in most any soil, though doing best in moist land. It is robust in habit, maturing early in the Spring, and continues green until late in the Fall, because it ripens its seeds before most other grasses are cut, and sheds them to spring up and cover the ground; 23 lbs. to bushel; sow about bushels to acre; 25cts. per lb.; per 100 lbs., $17.00. MEADOW FOXTAIIi (Alopecurns Pratensis). Perennial; flowers in May; height, 3 to 3 feet. This grass closely resembles Timothy, but flowers much earlier, and thrives in all soils except sand and gravel. It is valuable for pasture on account of its early and rapid growth, stands close cropping, and drought well, is relished by stock. About 7 lbs. tobu. Per lb., 30 cents; per 100 lbs., $24.00. TAI.L, MEaDOW oat ORASS (Avena Elatior). Perennial; flowers from May to July; height, 2 to 4 feet. It produces an abundant supply of foliage, and is valuable for pasture on account of its early and luxuriant growth — also supplies an abundance of fodder after being mown. It grows well on sandy soil when once naturalized. Sow 4 to 5 bushels to the acre; 10 lbs to the bu. Per lb., 25 cents; per 100 lbs., $18.00. CRESTEDDOOSTAIIi(CynosurusCristatus). Perennial; flowers in July; height, \)i feet. A fine, short grass, valuable on hard, dry soils and hills, as it is hardy and but little affected by changes of weather. It is relished by stock when green it being then tender and nutritious, but when ripened becomes tough and wiry. It is of close-growing habit, with dense, deep-green turf; 1).^ bu. to acre; 21 lbs. to bu.; 50 cts. per lb.; per 100 lbs., $45.00. ENOL.ISH RYE GRASS (Lolium Perennc). Perennial; flowers in June; height, 80 inches, It is a staple grass of Great Britain, and largely used

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