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W. CROSSMANN b SON, Inc. Seedsmen Since 1881

13-15 Bollingbrook St.

PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA

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SEED TRIALS

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Sec. 562, P. L. & R.

U. S. POSTAGE

PAID Petersburg, Va.

Permit No. 36

W. Grossmann & Son, Inc. J. R. Little, Pres.

PETERSBURG VIRGINIA

COMPLETE RETAIL PRICE LIST FOR 19S4 February 1

Field Seed—Garden Seed—Flower Seed—Poultry Food

W. Grossmann and Son’s High Grade Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Etc., for Spring season, 1934. Prices sub¬ ject to change. Terms on Vegetable and Flower Seed are 60 days net, or 2 per cent for cash in 10 days. Sat¬ isfactory business references must be given by customers who have not an established credit account with us.

All barrels, baskets, crates and bags used as containers on orders will be charged at cost and are not returnable.

Supplies.—Fertilizers—Insecticides and Sprayers, Etc.

While we exercise great care to have all Seeds pure and reliable, we give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness or any other matter connected with any Seeds we send out, and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. It must be fully understood and agreed upon that all orders sent to us are given and accepted only under these conditions.

Virginia White Dent

VIRGINIA CROWN SEED CORN

Southern lb.

Per 14 lbs. Bu.

Snowflake .. Big Seven Ear

10c 75c 2.00

Prolific . Virginia White

10c 75c 2.00

Dent . 8c 75c 1.50 Hickory King Virginia

8c 75c 1.75

Ensilage .... Casey’s Pure

8c 75c 1.50

Bred . Boon© County

8c 75c 1.50

White . 8c 75c

Yellow Varieties Improved Golden

1.50

Dent . Golden

8c 75c 1.50

Beauty . Reid’s Yellow

8c 75c 1.75

Dent . 8c 75c 1.50

RELIABLE SOJA BEANS 10 Bu Bu. Lots

Mammoth Yellow. 1.50 1.40 Tar Heel Black. 1.50 1.40 Early Haberlandt.... 1.40 1.30 Laredo . 3.00 2.75 Mammoth Brown. 1.50 1.40 Early Virginia. 1.50 1.40

FIELD or COW PEAS

Price Subject to Change jo Bu. Bu. Lots

Black Peas. 1.50 1.40 New Era. 1.50 1.40 Gray Whipoorwill.... 1.50 1.40 Clay Peas. 1.50 1.40 Taylor Peas. 1.60 1.50 Mixed Cow Peas. 1.40 1.30 Mixed Cow Peas

with Soja Beans... 1.25 1.15

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EDIBLE VARIETIES Price Subject to Change

Early Ramshorn Black Eye. Extra Early Black Eye. Large Jumbo Black Eye. Small Virginia Black Eye. Cream Crowder. White Navy Beans.

VELVET BEANS Ninety Day .

VETCH Hairy or Sand Vetch. Spring or Oregon Vetch.

MILLET Golden Millet . German Millet .

KAFFIR CORN White Kaffir Corn.

SORGHUM Sugar Drip . Early Amber .. Early Orange .

BUCKWHEAT Japanese .

DWARF ESSEX RAPE Rape Seed .

SEED PEANUTS Spanish . Virginia Bunch . Jumbo Virginia .

Above Items

10 Bu. Bu. Lots 2.75 2.65 3.00 2.90 3.00 2.90 2.50 2.40 4.00 3.75 4.00 3.75

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100 lb. lb. Lots

10c 9c 8c 7c

10 lb. lb. Lots 5c 4c 5c 4c

5c 4c

6c 5c 5c 4c 5c 4c

6c 4c

6c 5c

9c 7c 9c 7c 9c 7c

W. CROSSMANN & SON, Inc Seedsmer

Aster, Improved Crego Finest Comet Mixed 10c

Giant Victoria Finest Mixed.... 10c

Ampelopsis— Boston Ivy. 10c

Balsam, Camelia Flow¬ ering Mixed Colors.. 10c

Canterbury Bells pear . 10c

Bachelor’s Buttons, Globe Amaranth Mixed. 10c Carnation, Marguerite Finest Well Balanced Mixed. 10c Calendula, Mixed. 10c Candytuft, Mixed. 10c

White . 10c Canterbury Bells, Mixed. 10c

Pkt.

Ageratuni . 10c

Alyssum, Sweet. 10c

Antirrhinum, Finest Mixed. 10c

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemum, Double Mixed. 10c Cosmos, Early Mammoth Flowering Mixed. 10c

Crown and Crested Mixed. 10c Daisy, Mixed (English). 10c

Shasta Mixed. 10c African . 10c

Dianthus, Royal Pink Giant, Finest Mixed. 10c Digitalis, Fine Mixed. 10c Eschscholtzia, California Poppy. 10c Forget-Me-Not, Myosotis. 10c Four O’clock, Marvel of Peru. 10c Heliotrope, Mixed. 10c Ice Plant. 10c Kochia, Burning Bush. 10c Larkspur, Tall Rocket Mixed. 10c Marigold, Dwarf French. 10c Mignonette, Sweet. 10c Nicotiana, Flowering Tobacco, Mixed. 10c Oxalis . 10c Pansy, Oregon Giant, Very Finest Mixed. 25c Petunia, Compacta, Finest Mixed. 10c

Balcony, Finest Mixed. 25c Fluffy Ruffled Fringed Mixed. 25c

FLOWE

Dianthus

Poppy, Double Carnation Flowering Mixed. 10c Tulip . 10c

{ Double Shirley Mixed. 10c Portulaca, Double Mixed. 10c

Larkspur

Phlox Drummondi, Grandiflora Large Flowering Mixed 10c Star . 10c

Primrose, Evening. 10c Ricinus, Castor Oil Plant, Mixed Varieties. 10c Salvia, Bonfire. 10c

Splendens . 10c Scabiosa, Tall Double. 10c

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SEEDS Stock, Ten Weeks Finest Mixed. 10c Sweet William, Double Mixed. 10ci Thunbergia (Black-Eye Susan), Finest Mixed. 10c Verbena, Mammoth Choice Mixed. 10c Wallflower, Finest Mixed. 10c

Zinnia, Giant Mam¬ moth Finest Mixed.. 10c

Miss Wilmot, Soft Pink. 10c

Orange Queen. 10c Purity—

Pure White. 10c Scarlet Gem. 10c Dahlia Flower

Special Gold Medal Mixture 10c

VINES Cypress, Mixed. 10c Morning Glory, Japa¬

nese, Mixed. 10c Moon Flower,

Black Seed. 10c Mignonette Dolichos, Darkness. 10c

SWEET PEAS Pkt. Oz. */4 lb.

Spencer Mixed Varieties 10c 20c 60c

CRASS SEED

For Spring Seeding

lb. Orchard Grass 12c Tall Meadow

Oat Grass. 15c Meadow

Fescue . 15c Carpet Grass... 15c Perennial

Rye Grass.... 12c Timothy Seed.. 10c Kentucky Blue Grass. Sudan Grass. Bermuda Grass. Red Top or Herds Grass

Bu. 1.65

1.65

2.75 3.00

2.50 3.50 Phlox Drummondi

. 20c

. 5c

. 18c

. 13c

2.10 2.00 3.00 1.80

PRATT’S POULTRY FOODS AND REMEDIES Foods

Pratt’s Sore Head Remedy... Pratt’s Poultry Regulator.... Pratt’s Animal Regulator. Pratt’s Worm Powder. Pratt’s Scaly Leg Ointment.. Pratt’s Head Lice Ointment. Pratt’s Lice Powder. Pratt’s Hog Tonic.

Pratt’s Poultry Disinfectant.

SPRAYERS

Pint 35c

.. 25c 50c 50c

.. 25c 50c

.. 25c 50c

.. 25c 50c 50c

.. 25c 50c

.. 50c 1.00 Qt. Gal. 55c 1.40

PEAT MOSS Flower and Vegetable Beds

“Double Key” brand granulated peat moss is used with excellent results in flower beds and vegetable gardens, if worked into the soil in proper proportions. For mulching around perennials, roses, evergreens, shrubs, hedges, etc., it is excellent. When planting young trees and shrubs

10 lbs. 25’s 50’s 100’s one, from stable manure and peat moss, should be added to the soil as it assists rooting in an extraordinary manner. Pratt’s Buttermilk Chick Starter 50c 1.00 1.50 2.50

Pratt’s Growing Mash. 35c 65c 1.00 2.00 Price per 20 bu. bale. ..$2.25 Pratt’s Laying Mash. 35c 60c 1.00 2.00 Price per 10 bu. bale. .. 1.50 Pratt’s Intermediate Scratch. 25c 60c 1.10 1.90 Price per 5 bu. bale. .. 1.00 Pratt’s Chick Grain. 25c 60c 1.10 1.90 Pratt’s Large Scratch. 25c 60c 1.00 1.70 Use—“CRO-SO”—Fertilizers

Remedies Small Large In using GRO-SO FERTILIZERS, you give the plant Pkg. Pkg. exactly what it needs and in proper proportions. Every

Pratt’s Special Compound. 25c 50c GRO-SO BRAND carries special analysis for the crop for Pratt’s Gape Remedy. 25c 50c which it is manufactured, thereby giving maximum re- Pratt’s Chick Tablets. 25c 50c suits at minimum cost.

Field, Carden and Flower Seeds

asparagus

Palmetta

Palmetta . Pkt. Oz. lb. 10c 20c 60c

DWARF or BUSH SNAP BEANS (GREEN POD)

10 50 lbs. lbs.

Per Per Per Pkt. lb. lb. lb.

Burpee Stringless

Giant 10c 20c 17c 15c

Stringless Improved Red

10c 20c 17c 15c

Valentine 10c 20c 17c 15c Full Measure Bountiful or

10c 20c 17c 15c

Six Weeks 10c 20c 17c 15c

IDDED SNAP BEANS 10c 20c 15c 13c 10c 20c 15c 13c

Burpee's Stringless Green Pod

POLE or CORNFIELD SNAP BEANS

Henderson’s Bush Lima. Burpee Bush Lima. Fordhook Bush Lima. Wood’s Prolific Bush Lima..

Improved Pole

Small Lima or Butter Bean

Large White

er 10c 20c 17c 15c 20c 17c 15c

'ER BEANS . . 10c 20c 17c 15c

10c 25c 22c 20c 10c 35c 30c 25c

... 10c 20c 18c 15c

or BUTTER BEANS

... 10c 20c 18c 15c

... 10c 20c 17c 15c

... 10c 25c 20c 16c

BEETS (For Stock Food)

- Mammoth Long Red.. c .... Golden Tankard. small Lima

BEETS (For Table Use) Crosby’s Egyptian. Extra Early Eclipse. Crimson Globe. Improved Early Blood Turnip. Edmand’s Blood Turnip. Detroit Dark Red. Swiss Chard or Silver Leaf Beet.

Oz. 10c 10c

Va lb. lb. 20c 50c 20c 50c

25 c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c

75c 75c 75c 75c 75c 75c 75c

W. Grossmamn & Son, Inc. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA

Fertilizers and Supplies

Sy's Egyptian

LONG ISLAND CROWN CABBACE SEED Pkg. Oz. '/A -lb. lb.

Premium Late Flat Dutch..

5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75 5c 20c 60c 1.75

Early Flat Dutch

CARROTS

Chantenay .. Half Long Danvers. Scarlet Intermediate. Improved Long Orange...

CAULIFLOWER

Early Snowball.. Autumn Giant....

CELERY

White Plume. Giant Pascal. Winter Queen. Golden Self-Blanching..

Oz. 11 -lb. lb. 50c 1.50 50c 1.50 50c 1.50 50c 1.50

Pkt. Oz. . 25c 1.75 . 10c 50c

Pkt. Oz. . 10c 30c . 10c 20c

10c 20c 10c 25c

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May King

LETTUCE

Early White Cabbage. Pkt. Oz.

20c Va lb. lb.

Big Boston. 1.25

50c 1.25 Eaily Curled Simpson. 20c 20c Improved Hanson.

Iceberg . 5c 50c 1.25

Grand Rapid. 5c

MUSTARD Southern Giant Curled. 20c Japanese Mustard Spinach. 5c 20c 25c 65c

Golden Self Blanching

COLLARDS

North Carolina Short Stem. True Georgia or Southern. Cabbage Collat'd.

CARDEN CORN

Improved Adams Early. Extra Early Adams... Bland’s Extra Early. Trucker’s Favorite.. Early Snowflake.

SWEET or SUGAR CORN Stowell’s Evergreen. Golden Bantam Giant.. Country Gentleman. Early White Evergreen.

Pkt. Oz. lb. 5c 10c 65c 5c 10c 60c 5c 10c 75c

501b. Pkt. lb. Lots 10c 15c 11c 10c 15c 11c 10c 15c 12c 10c 15c 11c 10c 15c 10c

10c 20c 12c 10c 20c 12c 10c 20c 12c 10c 20c 12c_

Stowell’s Evergreen

POP CORN

White Rice... Queen’s Golden.!Z!!ZZ,

CUCUMBERS

Early Fortune. Arlington White Spine. Klondyke . Green Prolific (pickling).. Improved Long Green. Davis Perfect. Gherkin .

Black Beauty..

Green Curled...

ECC PLANT

ENDIVE

KALE

Spring or Smooth. Early Curled Siberian Dwarf Green Scotch..

KOHL RABI Early White Vienna..

LEEK American Flag..

lb. 50 lb. Lots

10c - 15c 10c

Oz. / lb. lb. . 10c 30c 90c . 10c 30c 90c . 10c 30c 90c . 10c 30c 90c

10c 30c 90c 10c 30c 90c 15c 35c 1.00

Pkt. Oz. '/< lb. 10c 40c 1.25

Pkt. Oz. lb. 10c 25c 1.00

Pkt. ih. lb. 5c 10c 15c 5c 20c 60c 5c 25c 75c

5c 30c 1.00

5c 30c 1.00

Grossmann's Perfection

MUSK MELON or CANTALOUPE Rocky Ford. 5c 10c 30c 90c Gold Lined Netted Rock. 5c 10c 30c 90c Salmon Tint Rocky Ford. 10c 30c 90c New Knight. Banana . 5c 10c 30c 1.00 Burrell’s Gem. 5c 10c 30c 90c Eden Gem. 5c 10c 30c 90c

Honey Dew. 5c 10c 30c 90c Grossmann’s Perfection. 10c 30c 1.00 Hales Best. 5c 10c 35c 1.00

WATERMELON Tom Watson.. 5c 10c. 30c 85c Kleckley Sweet or Monte Cristo. 10c 30c 85c Florida Favorite. 10c 30c 85c

Improved Excel. 5c 10c 30c 85c Stone Mountain. 10c Halbert Honev. 5c Georgia Rattlesnake. 5c 10c 30c 85c Irish Gray. 5c 10c 30c Harris Earliest. 5c 10c 30c 85c

Kleckley Sweet

OKRA or CUMBO Pkt.

White Velvet. 5C' Tall or Long Green. 5C

ONION SEED Extra Early White Pearl. 5c Silver Skin. 5C Yellow Globe Danvers. 5C Large Red Wethersfield. 5c Prize Taker or Spanish King. 5c

ONION SETS

Yellow Globe Danvers. Silver Skin. Red Wethersfield. Japanese ...

PARSLEY Pkt.

Champion Moss Curled. 5c Plain or smooth. 5C

PARSNIP Improved Sugar or Hollow Crown. 5c

t. Oz. Va lb. lb. 10c 25 c 65c

: 10c 25c 65c

20c 60c 2.00 20c 60c 2.00 15c 50c 1.75 15c 50c 1.75 20c 60c 2.00

Per lb. Pk. Bu. ... 20c 1.00 3.50 .. 20c 1.00 3.50 .. 20c 1.00 3.50 .. 20c 1.00 3.50

Oz. V, lb. lb. 10c 30c 75c 10c 30c 75c

10c 25c 75c

CARDEN PEAS

First and Best.. Early Alaska. Ameer or Large

Pod Alaska.... Large White

Marrowfat .... Gradus or

Prosperity .... Thomas Laxton Telephone . American

Wonder ....,. Little Marvel. Laxtonian .

Pkt. lb. 2 lb.

15 lb. Lots

10c 20c 35c 15c 10c 20c 35c 15c

10c 20c 35c 16c

10c 20c 35c 15c

10c 25c 40c 17c 10c 25c 40c 17c 10c 25c 40c 17c

10c 25c 40c 17c 10c 25c 40c 17c 10c 25c 40c 17c

PEPPER

Pkt. Oz. Va lb. lb. Ruby Giant. . 10c 40c 1.00 3.00 Ruby King. 10c 40c 1.30 3.50 Pimento . 10c 40c 1.00 3.00 Long Red

Cheyenne . 5c 30c 1.00 3.0(T Chinese Giant... 10c 40c 1.40 4.00

PUMPKIN

Tennessee Sweet Potato . 5c

King of the Mammoth . 5c

Sugar or Pie. 5c Golden Cushaw

or Crookneck.. 5c Corn Field or

Big Tom. 5c Virginia

Telephone Mammoth . 5c

SQUASH or CYMBLINC Earliest Prolific. . 5C Early White Bush. 5C Giant Summer Crookneck. 5c Hubbard .5C Boston Marrow. 5C

10c 30c 1.00

10c 10c

10c 10c 10c 10c 10c

10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c

SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT Mammoth Sandwich Island. 5c 15c

RADISH Crimson Giant. 5C Early Scarlet Turnip...’ 5C Early Forcing Scarlet Globe. 5C Long White Icicle. 5C French Breakfast.. 5C Early White Tip Scarlet Turnip. 5c Long Scarlet Short Top. 5C Long White Strasburg. 5C Rose China Winter Radish.. 5C

TOMATO June Pink... John Baer...", Spark’s Earliana. Bonnie Best. Ponderosa . Brimmer .. Red Rock. New Stone. Early Acme. Matchless .. Greater Baltimore. Norton, Wilt Resistant. Marglobe, Wilt Resistant.

30c 1.00 30c 1.00

30c 1.00

30c 1.00

30c 1.00

35c 1.00 25c 85c 30c 1.00 30c 1.00

40c 1.40

25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c

75c 75c 75 c 75c 75c 75c 75 c 75c 75c

... 5c 25c 75c 3.00 •»c 25c 75c 3.00

... 5c 25c 75c 3.00 5c 25c 75c 3.00

10c 40c 1.25 4.00 .. 10c 40c 1.25 4.50 ... 5c 25c 75c 3.00 ... 5c 25c 75c 2.50 ... 5c 25 c 75c 3.00 ... 5c 25c 75c 3.00 ... 5c 25c 75c 2.75 .. 5c 25 c 75c 2.75

30c 1.00 3.50

-Tt)RNH> SEED'

Eai-Iy Red or Purple Top Strap Leaf Improved Red Top White Globe. Long White Cow Horn. Large White Norfolk.*."***" Southern Prize or Dixie. Seven Top.I...".."!.".”. Large Yellow or Amber Globe. do 1 ellow Aberdeen Purple Top.. 5C

xr , SPINACH Norfolk Savoy or Bloomdale.

TOBACCO SEED (Bright Varieties) One Ounce Will Sow 50 Yards

Improved Golden Oronoko. Improved Hester. Warne .’’ Improved Gold LeaL....... Adcock .

Big Oronoko. Kentucky Yellow. 10c Blue Pryor. . 10 One Sucker.jgc

Pkt. Oz. Va lb. lb. 5c 10c 15c 40c 5c 10c 15c 40c 5c 10c 15c 40c 5c 10c 15c 40c 5c 10c 15c 35 c 5c 10c 15c 35c 5c 10c 15c 40c 5c 10c 15c 40c

5c 10c 15c 35c

Varieties)

COTTON SEED

Improved Early King.. Improved Trice. Cleveland Big Boll.

10c 20c 65c 2.50 10c 20c 65 c 2.50 10c 20c 65c 2.50 10c 20c 65 c 2.50 10c 20c 65c 2.50 _ Varieties) 10c 20c 65c 2.50 10c 20c 65c 2.50 10c 20c 65c 2.50 10c 20c 65c 2.50

) 5 Bu. Bu. Lots 1.25 1.10 1.25 1.10 1.25 1.10

All of Above Items Postpaid

SELECTED SEED POTATOES

Price Subject to Change

Pk. Bu. Bag

Main Irish Cobblers. . 50c 1.75 4.00 Certified Irish Cobblers. . 65c 2.00 4.50 Second Crop Irish Cobblers. . 50c 1.75 4.00 Red Bliss or Triumph. . 65c 2.00 4.50 Houlton Early Rose. . 65c 2.00 4.50

Irish Cobbler

SEED SWEET POTATOES Pk. Bu. Bag

Nancy Halls . 35c 1.00 2.50 White Yams . 35c 1.00 2.50 Porto Rico . 35c 1.00 2.50

CLOVER SEED—For Spring Seeding 1001b. lb. Lots

American Grown Red Clover. 20c 15c Mammoth or Sapling Clover. 20c 15c Alyske Clover . 18c 15c White Sweet Clover. 10c 8c Japan Clover or Lespedeza. 10c 8c Korean Lespedeza . 12c 10c White Blooming Crimson Clover. 15c 12c White Dutch Clover. 40c 35c Crimson Clover . 10c 9c Kansas Alfalfa . 18c 16c

SEED OATS—For Spring Planting 5 Bu.

Bu. Lots Burt or Ninety Day Oats. 65c 60c Va. Gray Winter Oats. 1.00 95c Texas Red Rust Proof. 65c 60c Fulghum Oat . 90c 85c Appier Oat . 90c 85c

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