CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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RECLEANED OATS, WHEAT, ETC. 



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

 grow and offer varieties that are unsurpassed in quality and productiveness, and such as cannot 

 fail to give satisfaction. 



BARLEY. 



Mandscheuri — It is an early six-rowed variety, 

 maturing in 80 to 90 days from time of sowing, very 

 strong-strawed and stools well, bearing large, well- 

 flUed heads ot beautiful plump-berried grain, possess- 

 ing malting qualtities of a high order, and adapting 

 itself readily to a great variety ot soils. 

 I Mandscheuri, in a comparative test of 37 varieties 

 sown under the same conditions, and with no attempt 

 made at getting above an average crop, easily out- 

 distanced the whole field by an average yield of 15 

 bushels more per acre. 



Prof. Henry, of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experi- 

 mentStation,i8 loud in its praises, and hopes that its 

 cultivation will become general throughout all our 

 Barley-growing states. The introduction of Man- 

 Bhury Is reckoned as having been worth millions of 

 dollars to our farmers, and we are confident, from 

 the Agricultural Station reports and from our own 

 experience, that this new Barley will eclipse Manshury 

 In size of yield and value of product. 



We otter specially grown seed from the genuine im- 

 ported stock, thoroughly cleaned : 

 Per peck, .50 cts.; per bushel, $1.25; 2% bushel 



lots, $2.75; 5 bushel lots S5.00 



rianshury — The most popular variety of Barley 

 grown. It Is a six-rowed sort, long heads well filled, 

 straw long, is later than the common six-rowed and 

 a very heavy yielder. 

 Peck, 40 cts; bushel, .|1. 00: 2% bushels $2.2.5 



Scotch — This variety takes precedence of all others 

 with maltsters; six-rowed. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 21/2 bushels 2.25 



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, 8100; 2V2 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, 81.00; 2V2 bushels 2.25 



Common— Peck, 30 cts.: bushel 85 



Subject to market fluctuations. 



RYE. 



Rye is a crop that should be more extensive!.? 

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

 on poor sandy soils yielding as much as 35 bushels 

 per acre, while on 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, 8125: 21/2 bushels 2.75 



Winter— Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 2V2 bushels, 2.75 



Hungarian Winter — A remarkably hardy and 

 strong growing variety, outyielding all other sorts, 

 and of superior milling qualities. 

 Peck, 60 cts.; bushel, $1.35; 21/2 bushels 3.00 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Subject to market fluctuations. 

 Saskatchewan Fyfe — This wheat is beyond ques- 

 tion the hardest 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 



WINTER WHEAT. 



For full description see Fall List published middle 

 of August. Subject to market fluctuations. 



Jones' Longberry No. i (Bearded)— Peck, 85cts.; 



bushel 2.50 



Barly Red Clawson (Bald). 



Bearded Winter Fife (Jones)— Peck, 60 cts.; 



bushel 1.60 



The International No. 6 (Bald)— Peck, 75 cts.; 



bushel 1.75 



Diamond Qrit. or Winter Saskatchewan (Beard> 



ed) — Peck, 75 cts.; bushel 2.00 



OATS. 



SCOTTISH CHIEF. 



I^eed up year Light and Chaffy Oats aod Make a Fresh 



Start with a Stock of This 50 lb. per. Bushel 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 re- 

 markable weight of 50 lbs. to the measured bushel, 

 which is a good indication of the quality and amount 

 of meat in the 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 thinl.y. To more thoroughly in- 

 troduce this grand Oat we have this year put the 

 price down within the reach of all farmers and would 

 advise purchasing enough at least to furnish seed for 

 next season. 



Per bushel of 32 lbs., tl.25; peck, 50 cts. 



Per bushel of 50 lbs. as imported, $2.00; 

 peck, 75 cts. 



Improved Prize Cluster — To maintain high grade 

 Oats it is necessar.y to have a change of seed every 

 tew .years so as to keep up our standard ot excellence, 

 for Oats grown on the same soil year after year grad- 

 ually become light and chaffy. We have for the past 

 3 years been working up a stock of Prize Cluster Oats 

 from the parent stock, of which the director of the 

 Iowa Experimental Station spoke so highl.y. 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. It is a white variety, with very 

 large heads and heav.v. plump grain, straw of me 

 dium growth and entirely rust-proof. In our selected 

 Prize Cluster Oats we claim to have one of the best, 

 heaviest and thinnest shelled Oats in cultivation. 

 Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 21/2 bushels for $3.00; 



5 bushels for $5.50 



Lincoln— The introduction of this variet.v a few 

 years ago created quite a sensation amongstthefarm- 

 ers who invested in it, and judging from the many 

 reports we have had it proved an excellent sort. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 21/2 bushels for $2.25 ; 



5 bushels for 4.25 



Black Qotham — A very prolific sort of vigorous 

 growth, yielding as high as 100 bushels to the acre. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 2V2 bushels for $2.25 ; 



5 bushels for 4.25 



White Shoenen — A very large yielder ; extensively 

 grown in Wisconsin, (irain plump and heavy; heads 

 very large; straw stout. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 2% bushels for $2.25; 



5 bushels for 4.25 



White Russian — A leading white variety. It is 

 very productive, plump grained, and hHs very strong 

 straw, a great yielder, and ripens medium early. We 

 havealotof this well-known Oat grown and specially 

 cleaned for seed purposes. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 21/2 bushels for .$2.25; 



5 bushels for 4.25 



Michigan Wonder— An early White Oat ot vigor- 

 ous habit. Itisa prolific yielder, straw medium long, 

 remarkably strong, and we have never known It 

 lodge. 



Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 21/2 bushels, $2.25; 5 

 bushels 4.25 



Siberian — Resembles the Lincoln in straw and 

 grain, but yields more on thin soil. The straw is 

 bright and strong, standing up well in storms. We 

 can recommend this variety for any kind of soil. 

 Peek, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 21/2 bushels, $2.25; 5 



bushels 4.25 



PEAS — Field Varieties. 



Very valuable crops for plowing under, or sown In 

 combination with Oats and cut while the Oats and 

 Peas are in the milk; they make excellent feed for 

 milch cows. 



Canadian White— Bushel 1.00 



Canadian Blue — Bushel 1.00 



Scotch— Bushel 1.00 



Subject to market fluctuations. 

 (See Garden Peas, pages 20 and 21.) 



IMPROVEU PRIZK CI.USTER. 



We have numerous letters from our cub=- 

 tomers of last year, claiming that ourj Im° 

 proved Prize Cluster Oats were the Bestland 

 Largest Yielder they ever grew. 



