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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



RECLEANED OATS, WHEAT, Etc. 



We do not claim impossible yields for our Grains, nor do we advertise them to perform miracles, but we gr 

 and offer varieties that are unsurpassed in quality and productiveness, and 

 such as cannot fail to give satisfastlon. 



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OAT© 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Silver Hull — This variety sown at the same 

 time as the common Buckwheat, continues in 

 bloom longer, matures a few^ days sooner, and 

 yields nearly double under the same conditions. 

 The flour is whiter and more nutritious. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00: 21/2 bushels 2 25 



Japanese — An early and very prolific variety, 

 with kernels about double the size of ordinary 

 sorts. It ripens a week earlier than the Silver 

 Hull and yields at least twice as much. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 2y2 bushels 2 23 



Common — Peck, 30 cts.; bushel 85 



Subject to market fluctuations. 



RYE. 



Rye is a crop that should be more extensively 

 grown by all our farmers. It is a paying crop, 

 even on poor sandy soils, yielding as much as 3.5 

 bushels per acre, whileon light rich soils it would 

 not be too much to expect up. to 60 bushels per 

 acre. It is also a very valuable crop with which 

 to seed down Grasses, owing to the fact that it 

 matures so early, giving the grasses a longer 

 growing season after harvesting. 



Spring — This variety is invaluable as a catch 

 crop for sowing where winter wheat has failed; 

 a mixture of this and Sand Vetches will furnish a 

 lusty feed for cattle all through the summer. Cut 

 for green feed first and afterwards pasture the 

 Vetches with sheep or cattle. 

 Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 2V2 bushels 2 75 



Winter— Peck, 50 ct's.; bushel, $1.25; 2% 

 bushels 2 75 



Hungarian Winter — A remarkably hardy 

 and strong grovring variety, outyielding all 

 other sorts, and of superior milling qualities. 

 Peck. 60 cts.; bushel, $1.35; 214 bushels 3 00 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Subject to market fluctuations. 

 Saskatchewan Fyf« — This wheat is beyond 

 question the hardiest and best milling wheat 

 known. Other favorite features are earliness, 

 vigor of growth, productiveness, purity and 

 healthiness. Adapted to all states where Spring 

 Wheat can be grown. 

 Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.50; 21/2 bushels 3 25 



VELVET CHAFF OR BLUE STEM WHEAT. 



The most popular spring wheat for the Middle 

 West. It is a large yielder, producing heavy 

 crops where other sorts fail. Its milling quali- 

 ties compare favorably with Saskatchewan Fife. 

 The stock we offer is pure and free from all im- 

 parities. 

 Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.50; 2V2 bushels 3 25 



IMPROVED PRIZE CLUSTER. 



The Earliest of All Oats — To maintain high- 

 grade Oats it is necessary to have a change of seed 

 every few years so as to keep up our standard of 

 excellence, for Oats grown on the same soil year after 

 year gradually become light and chaify. We have 

 for the past 5 years been workingup a stock of Prize 

 Cluster Oats from the parent stock, of which the 

 director of the Iowa Experimental Station spoke so 

 highly. In his report he places Prize Cluster at the 

 head of the list of all varieties tested, both for bulk 

 of crop and -weight per bushel. Itis a whitevariety, 

 with very large heads and heavy, plump grain, straw 

 of medium growth and entirely rust-proof. In our 

 selected Prize Cluster Oats w^e claim to have one of 

 the best, heaviest and thinnest shelled Oats in culti- 

 vation. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 214 bushels for 



$3.00; 5 bushels for. $5 50 



SCOTTISH CHIEF. 



Feed up yonr Light and Chaffy Oats and make a Fresh Start with 



a Stock of This 50 lbs. per Bsshel Oat. The 



Heaviest and Best Yielder Known. 



In this imported Oat we 

 have one showing extra 

 plump and heavy grain — in 

 fact it runs to the remarka- 

 ble weight of 50 lbs. to the 

 measured bushel, which is a 

 good indication of the qual- 

 ity and amount of meat in 

 th? kernels. It is a strong- 

 growing sort with very 

 strong stiff straw- which 

 never lodges, and is almost 

 entirely free from rust on 

 most soils. It stools out 

 remarkably -well, and on 

 that account should be sown 

 very thinly. To more thor- 

 oughly introduce this grand 

 Oat we have this year put 

 the price down within the 

 reach of all farmers, and 

 ^70uld advise purchasing 

 enough at least to furnish 

 seed for next season. 



Perbushelof 321bs,$1.25; 

 peck, 50 cts. 



Per bushel of 50 lbs., as 

 imported, $2.00; peck, 75 

 cts. 



Michigan Wonder — An 

 early white Oat of -rigorous 

 habit. It is a prolific yield- 

 er, stra-w medium long, re- 

 markably strong, and ^ve 

 have never known it to 

 lodge. 



Peck, 35 cts ; bushel, 

 $1.00; 214 bushels for 

 $2.25; 5 bushels for. .4 25 

 Black Gotham — A very 

 prolific sort of vigorous 

 growth, yielding as high as 

 100 bushels to the acre. 

 Peck, 35 cts.; bushel, 

 $1.00; 2y2 bushels for 

 $2.25; 5 bushels for..4 25 



^ Field Varieties. 



Very valuable crops for 

 plowing under, or sov/n in 

 combination with Oats and 

 cut ^\hile the Oats and Peas 

 are in the milk; they make 

 excellent feed for milch cows. 

 Canadian White — 



Bushel 1 25 



Canadian Blue — 



Bushel 1 25 



Scotch — Bushel 1 25 



Subject to market fluctua- 

 tions. 

 (See Garden Peas, pages 22 

 and 23. 



tMPROYED PRIZB CLUSTER OATS. 



We have numerous letters from ourc 

 tomers of last year, claiming that our \ 

 proved Prize Cluster Oats were the Earlii 

 Best and Largest Tielder they ever gv 



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