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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FARM SEEDS. 



RUSSIAN WHITE 

 OATS. 



All the testimony 

 we can obtain unites 

 in considering this 

 new sort to be a most 

 desirable and promis- 

 ing variety. Tlieyare 

 said to yield about 

 double with the Prob- 

 steier Oats, a 6ingle 

 grain giving sixteen 

 stalks in many in- 

 stances; the straw is 

 of extra quality, strong 

 and bright, and while 

 other Oats rusted, the 

 Russian White was 

 free from it. They 

 are equally well 

 adapted for genera] 

 culture as any other 

 sort, and from all ac- 

 counts it is safe to say 

 that the average yield 

 is one-third more to 

 the acre than any 

 other Oat (See cut.) 



3 lbs. by mail, 

 $1.00. By ex- 

 press or freight 

 75 cts. per half 

 bush.; $1.25 per 

 bush. In 10 

 bush, lots at 

 $1. JO per bush. 

 Bags extra, 

 one bush. 20 

 cts. each. Two 

 bush. 25 cts. 

 each. 



BU8SL4JT WHITE OATS. 



RURAL BRANCHING SORGHUM. 



Those who have grown this variety claim that in this 

 'atitude, it may be cut to the ground twice, and further 

 South three times, in ordinary seasons. The leaves are 

 broad andnumerous, and it tillers more than any of tho 

 Sorghums. When cut it is so far from being set back, that it 

 tillers more, sending up several shoots for one. It is much 

 liked by cattle, and has a great item in its favor in the fact 

 that it remains green and growing when Indian Corn is 

 burnt up. It will also stand five degrees more frost than 

 Corn. 4 lbs. will plant an acre. 30 cts. per lb.; 10 lbs. for 

 $2.50. (If by mail, add 16 cts. per lb. for postage.) 



RYE. 



Winter Rye. Bush., $1.75. 



EGYPTIAN RICE CORN. 



This is a very valuable forage and grain producing 

 plant. It yields an abundance of light green foliage 

 which is eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock. For this pui;- 

 pose it should be cut when it attains about 4 or 5 feet in 

 height; after which successive cutting may be made every 

 three or four weeks until frost. It is also very extensively 

 cultivated lor the grain, which it produces very abundant- 

 ly. If to be grown for grain, it should be planted in hills, 

 the same distance apart as ordinary Corn. If for fodder, 

 sow in drills 2)4 feet apart, dropping the seeds 3 or four 

 inches apart. When the plants are 6 or 8 inches high thin 

 them out to about 8 inches apart. 

 30 cts. per lb.; 10 lbs. for $2.50. (.If by mail add 16 cts. per lb.> 



WHITE RUSSIAN SPRING WHEAT. 



This new variety is not exactly a white, but is a light 

 colored variety of red wheat, and is an enormous cropper. 

 It has long, straight, strong yellow straw, and bears long 

 and large white chaff heads, well filled with plump kernels, 

 often weighing from 60 to 62 lbs. to the measured bushel. 

 l inter varying conditions it yields from 30 to 50 bushels 

 from one bushel of seed. 



3 lbs. by mail for $1.00. By express or freight, 80 cts. per 

 peck; $3.00 per bush. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Fultz. A first-class milling Wheat. Bush., $3.00. 



Seneca, or Claw son. This is a smooth, white Wheat, 

 with red chaff, early and hardy, has a stiff straw, 

 and yields large crops on every variety of wheat 

 soil. Bush., $2.75. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE. 



A variety of Sugar Cane, which, has been largely tested 

 in many parts of the country, with very general success. 

 Its distinctive features are said to be its earliness and 

 great yield of both sugar and syrup. Culture the same as- 

 for com. Qt., 30 cts.; bush., $6.00. If by mail, add 25 cts. 

 per qt. for postage. 



EARLY ORANGE SUGAR CANE. 



This is a strong grower, yielding about 25 per cent, more 

 cane and is also much more juicy than any other variety. 

 The stalk is much heavier, not quite so tall, and it is a little 

 later than the Amber. It does not succeed well north of 

 latitude 43 degrees. 30 cts. per qt.; $6.00 per bush. If to be 

 sent by mail, add 25 cts. per quart for postage. 



OATS. 



Probsteier. The leading variety. It is very productive 

 and heavy, and straw very strong. Bush., 32 lbs., 

 $1.25. 



CHINESE HULLESS OATS. 



The berry comes from the heads as clean as Wheat, with 

 out the least particle of hull or chaff adhering. These Oats 

 should be sown at the rate of 50 lbs. to the acre, and will 

 yieldfrom60 to60 bushels peracre in good soil. By mail, 40 

 "cts. per lb.; or 3 lbs. for $1.00; or by express, $1.00 per peck. 



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. Price, per bush., $2.00; 

 4 lbs., by mail, $1. 00. 



Buckwheat, Common Variety. Best. Bush., $1.25. 



SPRING BARLEY. 



Two Rowed. Bush., $1.75. 

 Four Rowed. Bush., $2.50. 



SUNDRY SEEDS. 



If by mail, postage must be added at the rate of 16 cts. per lb., or 10 cts. per qt. 



Broom Corn, medium Holcus Saccharatus per qt. 



Evergreen. Carefully saved from selected brush perqt. 



Cotton, Sea Island per lb. 



Flax Seed — Linum Usitatissimum per qt 



Opium Poppy Papaver Somniferum peroz., 30c., per lb., 



Spring Vetches ViciaSativa perqt. 



Sunflower, Large Russian Belianthus Annuus perqt. 



Osage Orange Maclura Aurantiaca per lb. 



Celery Seed. For flavoring per lb. 



Chinese Sugar Cane Sorghum. Nigrum perqt. 



Honey Locust Gleditschia Tlicanthos... per lb 



Vellow Locust Robinia Poendacaciv per lb. 



Uarly Amber Sugar Caue. ( See Special Description) perqt 



Per bush. 



., 20c. 



$4.50 



., 25c. 



4.50- 



.. 30c. 





, 25c. 



3.00 



$2.00. 





.,20c. 



4.00 



.,40c. 





.,50c. 



8.60 



., 40c. 





., 25c. 





,50c. 





.,70c. 





., 30c. 



6.00 



