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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 already received the very strongest 

 commendation from those who have 

 grown it, as will he seen by the following 

 letters, received by the original intro- 

 ducer of it. It has long, straight, strong, 

 yellow straw, and bears long and large 

 white chaff heads, well filled with plump 

 kernels, often weighing from CO to 62 lbs. 

 to the measured bushel. It stands well 

 after being ripe, and it has shown itself 

 to bo a wheat not liable to lodge or rust 

 when green; and, it is further claimed, 

 that it has produced a full average crop 

 where other varieties grown alongside of 

 it have failed. 



49% Bushels from One Bushel 

 of Seed From Geo. W. Abbott, Har- 

 vard, Clay Co., Nebraska: I sowed one 

 bushel of White Eussian Wheat, from 

 which I threshed 49% bushels of very 

 good wheat. Other wheats in this vicinity 

 yielded 10 to 20 bushels per acre. 



From the " Western Rural": We have 

 heard the White Russian Wheat so highly 

 spoken of that we think it must be a 

 valuable acquisition for farmers who cul- 

 tivate this important cereal staple. We 

 have also seen a very large number of 

 highly complimentary letters from farm- 

 ers who have tested it. and have yet to 

 learn that it has failed to give satisfaction 

 where it has had a fair trial. Wo advise 

 farmers to try i t for themselves. 



The Russian Far in Advance. 

 —From Daniel Fulver, Delhi, Iowa: I 

 sowed two bushels of the White Russian 

 Wheat by the side of two bushels of the 

 "Lost Nation" Wheat, which I sent to 

 Minnesota for, and find in comparing 

 them, that the White Russian is far in 

 advance, both in quality and quantity, 

 besides it is about a week eablieb, and 

 does not lodge down. 



23 Bushels from '< Bushel of 

 Seed. — From Ed. Mayon, Stewartville, 

 Minn.: The half-bushel of White Russian 

 Wheat I sowed on half an acre, from 

 which I harvested 22 bushels of good 

 plump wheat. 



Wished he had Sent for 10 

 Bushels instead of 2. — From J. E. 

 Johnson, Des Moines Iowa: The two 

 bushels of White Russian Wheat I sowed 

 on a Ettle more than one and a fourth 

 acres and harvested 41 bushels of nice, 

 plump wheat. I think it will j'ield 40 

 bushels per acre in a good wheat season. 

 It beats all other spring wheat in this 

 vicinity. I will save all I raised for seed. 

 I wish I had sent for 10 bushels last 

 spring, which would have furnished me 

 enough seed for my next year's crop. 



35 Bushels from One of Seed.— 

 From Hugh M. Williams, Denison, Iowa: 

 I purchased last spring one bushel of the 

 White Russian Wheat, and sowed it on 

 one acre of ground, coru-stalk ground, 

 lightly plowed, on the 22d of April, and 

 it yielded 35 bushels, machine measure. 

 My Odessa, put in the same day and on 

 the same soil, yielded 18 bushels per 

 acre; the Odessa rusted badly, while the 

 Russian was not affected at all with rust. 



White Russian Spuing Heads Eight Inches Long 



Wheat. From Henry Cameron, Pilot Grove, Gray- 



son Co., Texas: I purchased and sowed 4 lbs. of the White Rus- 

 sian Wheat last March, from which I threshed two bushels. 

 There were heads in my patch eight inches long. The grain 

 is very fine and large. My neighbors would like to buy. 



46 Bushels per Acre. — From A. G. Quin, Humphrey, 

 Plat Co., Neb.: Of the White Russian Wheat I sowed % of an 

 acre, and harvested 11 % bushels, at the rate of 46 bushels per 

 acre. I shall sow all I raised. 



Price, 3 lbs., sent post-paid by mail, for $1.00. 

 Peck, 75c; bush., $2.50. 



MEDITERRANEAN SPRING WHEAT. 



A large-yielding bearded variety, with large kernels; a supe- 

 rior sort. Bush., $3.00. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Keystone Amber Wheat. Rather a new sort; very 

 hardy, bearded, and yields well. Bush., $3.00. 



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



Seneca, or Clawson. This is a smooth, white wheat, 

 with red chaff, and the best variety experimented with, 

 either American or foreign, being fully equal to the best 

 brands of California Wheat. It proves early and hardy, has 

 a stiff straw, and yields large crops on every variety of 

 wheat soil. Bush., $2.50. 



Treadwell. Is a white wheat of excellent quality. It yields 

 well and is very hardy. The straw is strong and of rank 

 growth, and produces heads both bald and bearded. Bush., 

 $2.50. 



Red Mediterranean (American). This is the imported 

 variety, fully acclimated, and is a standard wheat. The 

 heads are bearded and well filled. It succeeds well in nearly 

 all localities, and ripens early. Bush., $2.25. 



Hallett's Pedigree Wheat, An English variety; seed 

 saved under the process of careful selection from only the 

 best grains adopted for many years by an eminent English 

 grower. It is a red variety, smooth chaffed and beardless, 

 and produces from 40 to as high as 65 bushels per acre. 

 Price, $1.00 per quart, postpaid by mail, or apeok by express 

 or freight for $3.00. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE. 



A new variety of Sugar Cane, which, however, 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 sirup. Culture the same as for 

 Corn. Qt., 30c; bush., $G.00. 



OATS. 



Probsteier. The leading variety It is very productive and 

 heavy, and straw very strong. Bush., 32 lbs., $1.15. 



CHINESE HULLESS OATS. 



The berry comes from the heads as clean as wheat, without 

 the least particle of hull or chaff adhering. The grain is as 

 white as Winter Wheat, and the heads as large an I white. 

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

 will yield from 50 to 00 bushels per acre in good soil. By mail, 

 40c. per lb., or 3 lbs. for $1.00; or, by express, $1.00 per peck. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Silver Hull. This variety, after being carefully tested, 

 proves to be much superior to the common kind. Sown at 

 the same time as the common Buckwheat, it continues in 

 bloom longer, matures a few days sooner, and yields nearly 

 double, under the same conditions. The grain is of a beau- 

 tiful light gray color, varying slightly in shade, and the 

 corners are much less prominent than in the ordinary 

 variety, while the husk is thinner. The flour is whiter 

 and more nutritious. Price, per bushel, $2.00; 4 lbs. by 

 mail, $1.00. 



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



SPRING BARLEY. 



Two Rowed. 

 Four Rowed. 



Bush., $1.75. 

 Bush., $2.50/ 



CORN. 



Blunt's Prolific. Claimed to be the most prolific variety 

 in cultivation. It is said to bear from 4 to 7 ears to the 

 stalk. Qt., 20c; bush., $3.00 



RYE. 



Spring. Bush., $1.75. 

 "Winter. Bush., $1.25. 



FOREIGN OATS. 



We offer the following varieties of English and Scotch oats, 

 and would recommend to our customers who have hitherto 

 grown only the home American Oats, to give them a trial, as we 

 feel confident their great superiority will be made apparent. 

 Black Tartarian. Early, productive and long-strawed; 



a much valued variety. 

 White Tartarian. A late and very prolific variety; said 



to do best in Southern latitudes. 

 Waterloo. White in color; large yielder, both of grain and 



straw; early. 

 Pedigree Poland. A good yielding, early Oat, of fine 



quality. 

 Price for any of the above sorts, $2.50 per bushel, or a quart will 



be sent by mail for 40c. 

 The above varieties will average from 40 to 48 lbs. to the bushel 



