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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



PREMIUM 



Hay Elevator 



FOR CIRCULAR, address 



L. A. BEARDSLE^, 



South Edmkston, Otsego Co. , 

 N. Y. 



5 -St • Price, $15. 



AGRICULTURAL SEEDS BY MAIL. 



THE following reliable seeds will be mailed lo any address at 

 the prices affixed: 



Per oz. Per H lb. 



Mangel wurzel, long red, 8c. 30c. 



" '• yellow globe, 8 30 



Carrot, Long Orange, extra deep color,... 10 40 



" White Belgian, 10 40 



Ruta Baga, Skirving's purple top, 8 30 



" " Laing's Improved, 8 80 



■Sugar Beet, true, 8 80 



Chicory, the great substitute for coffee, 10 40 



Onion, large red Wethetsfield, 10 40 



" yellow Dan vers, 15 50 



Those who wish for larger quantities will be supplied at the 

 towest market prices. 



Our Descriptive Catalogues of Vegetable atid Flower Seeds 

 mailed to any address on receipt of a three-cent stamp. 



B. K. BLISS, Springfield, Mass. 



The New York Self-Raking Reaper and Mower, 



IS the best and most economical Harvester ol Grain and Grass 

 yet invented. Only one hand is necessary to manage it, and it 

 requires less labor to bind after it than after the best hand-rakers. 



Ins simple and durable, not liable to get out of order, and the 

 saving in labor by the self-rake alone will pay fur the entire ma- 

 chine before it is worn out. 



All the gearing is hung on an iron frame, and the cutter-bar is 

 made of steel. 



For Circulars and other information, apply to the manufactur- 

 ers, SEYMOUR. MORGAN & ALLEN. 



May— 2t Brockport, Monroe Co., N. Y. 



""TpMPLOYMENT.— A NEW ENTERPRISE. The Franklin 

 _Pj Sewing Machine Co. want a number of active Local and 

 Traveling Agents. A liberal salary and expenses paid, or com- 

 mission allowed. Address, with stamp, HARRIS BROTHERS, 

 Boston, Mass. (Clip this out for reference.) April — 3t 



OPORTO AGENTS.— Those having orders for 100 vines or 

 more, are requested to report immediately, and make no 

 more pcjsitive promises to supply Oporto this spring. 



E. WARE SYLVESTER, Lyons, N. Y. 



Seeds for the Month of May, 



J. M. THORBURN & CO., 

 15 John Street, Mew York. 



OFFER for immediate sowing and planting, BY MAIL or 

 otherwise, 



Imported Chinese Sugar Cane perqt. 50c. per bush.. $-10 



American " " " " 26c. '• .. $4 



Scarlet Italian Clover per lb. .50 



Alsike Clover " ..75 



Lucerne " ..25 



Chicory Seed per lb. 75e. per oz...l0 



Fine Early Mohawk Bush Beans perqt. 20c. per bush. .$4 



♦New Speckled Lima Beans. .. per pkt. .25 



Extra Early Turnip or Bassano'jBeet per oz. 10c. per lb.. 75 



White Sugar Beet lor Cattle 



Long Red Mangel Wurzel 



♦Extra tine Large Drumhead Cabbpge.... 



* •• " " Flat Dutch " 



Mammoth German Cabbage (very fine).. 



Fine Long Orange Carrot 



Fine Altringham "' 



♦Thorburn's Nonpareil Cauliflower per pkt. 10c. per oz. .75 



Early Eight-rowed Sweet Sugar Corn perqt. 20c. per bu. .?4 



Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn " 20c. " . . $4 



*N. J. Hybrid Cucumber (finest out door var.) p. pkt. oc. p. oz 30 



♦New Cottager's Kale " 5c. " 20 



*Fine White Kohl Rabi " 5c. " 20 



♦Early Curled Silesia Lettuce " 5c. " 20 



♦Butler Head Lettuce " 5c. " 20 



(The above are the two finest varieties of Lettuce in cultivation.) 



♦Hybrid White Japan Melon (early and fine) per pkt. .25 



♦Huntington do. (very large) " ..25 



Large Red Onion per oz. lUe. per lb . . 75 



Guernsey Farsnep " 10c. '■ ..75 



♦Seven Year Bumpkin " 30c. 



French Scarlet Turnip Radish " 10c. " ..75 



♦Madras (edible pod) Radish per pkt.. 10 



♦Scarb't Chinese Winter do per oz.,20 



♦Pure Hubbard Squash pel oz 20c. per lb.. $1.25 



♦Honolulu Nectarine do " 30e. " ..$2.60 



♦White Leghorn do. (grows to weigh 150 lbs.) per pkt. .25 



♦Berlin Teltau Turnip '. per oz. . .10 



White French do. (finest Winter sort for 



stock or table use) ... » per oz. 10c. per lb . . 75 



Improved Ruta Baga •' 10c. " ..75 



FLOWER SEEDS, 



♦10 Beautiful Varieties of Annuals 50c. 



♦25 do. do. do $1 



♦50 do. do. Annuals and Perennials %% 



*100 do. do. do do $4 



♦Beautiful Collections Phlox Drunimondii (5 distinct sorts) 40 



* do. do. Portulacca (7 distinct sorts) 85 



With a general assortment of FIELD. FLOWER AND VEG- 

 ETABLE SEEDS', for which see our Catalogues. 



Those marked ♦ will be mailed free of charge on rereipt of 

 the amount annexed — lor all the others, if required by mail, au 

 additional 1 cent per ouuee must be remitted. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO., 

 Seed Warehouse, 15 John Sheet, New York. 



CHINESE SUGAR CANE, 



IMPORTED SEED.— The subscriber offers for sale a small 

 quantity of GENUINE SORGHUM SEED, received from 

 Messrs. Villmnrin & Co., of Paris, which may be relied upon as 

 ■perfectly pure. Package* containing % pound mailed to any 

 address on receipt of twenty-five cents in postage stamps. No 

 order will be filled for less than half a pound. 



B. K. BLISS, Springfield, Mass. 



BEDDING PLANTS AND BULBS. 



NEW Verbenas, Petunias, Geraniums, Dahlias, Heliotropes. 

 &c, ifec Also, a large assortmnt of the best Gladiolus and 

 Tuberose Bulbs. HEFFRON & BEST, 



April— 2t Utica, N. Y. 



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PRAIRIE FLOWER SEEDS. 



LARGE assortment of Prairie and other Flower and Gar- 

 den Seeds, at the Utica Union Nursery Depot. 

 Send tor a Catalogue. HEFFRON & BEST, 



April.— 2t Utica, N. Y. 



LARGE VINES— Of the CONCORD, CREVELIN, DELA- 

 WARE, DIANA, HARTFORD PROLIFIC and REBEC- 

 CA. Prices low. Send stamp for Catalogue of over eighty va- 

 rieties. HEFFRON & BEST, 

 April.— 2t Utica, N. Y. 



