R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’S SEED CATALOGUE. 25 
CLOVERS. 
Prices Variabie. 
Large Red Northern, or Mammoth. Grows very tall; cleaned of weed seeds and of first quality. Per 
pound,rs cents. 
Red [ledium. Best quality; nutritious; palatable for cattle, sheep, horses, etc. Per pound, r2 cents. 
Alsike, or Swedish. Valuable for hay or pasturage; thrives well in cold, wet, and stiff soils. Per pound, 
15 cents. 
Ctiniden Clover. 77ifolium incarmatum. An annual with crimson flowers. Sown late in the summer it 
furnishes an early green fodder the following year; keep cut several times during the season. Very 
popular at present. Use 20 lbs. per acre. Per pound, 12 cents. 
White Clover. 77folium repens. Excellent for lawns and for pastures when mixed with suitable grasses ; 
pure fine seed. Per pound, 25 cents. 
‘Lucerne, or Alfalfa. Medicago sativa. Grows two to three feet high; requires a deep rich soil and in such 
will produce several crops during the season. Sow twelve pounds per acre. Per pound, 20 cents. 
Yellow, or Trefoil. Wedicago lupulina. May be grown alone or with other grasses. Sow fifteen pounds 
per acre. Per pound, 20 cents. 
HUNGARIAN GRASS; MILLET. 
Prices Variable. 
Hungarian Grass. Panicum Germanicum. One of the most valuable annual soiling plants; excellent for green 
fodder, ensilaging or hay. Will grow in any ordinary soil, stands drought, and yields enormously. Sow from 
June to August, using one-and-a-half bushels of seeds to the acre; 48 lbs. per bushel. Market price. 
Tillet, Common. Panicum miliacum. Similar to the above but flower-stem more branching. Sow about 
one-and-one-half bushels per acre. Market price. 
Miliet, German or Golden. Dark green and taller than the other Millets. Sow from one to one-and-one- 
half bushels per acre. (50 lbs. per bushel.) Market price. 
GRAINS, FIELD PEAS, VETCHES, Etc. 
Prices Variable. Subject to Market Fluctuations. 
Bush. Bush. Bush. 
‘Barley, Fine AAD. eeaeebie 26 Rye, Spring. For spring Peas, White Canada. 
Buckwheat, Common . 1.25 SOWING Oo deh ern hin (oi, Pe 5O Largely grown for stock; 
‘Buckwheat, Japanese. A Rye, Winter. For fall sow- should be sown mixed with 
most superior sort; very UE aan ii etved in oP Dy any Dalle QAl sh ih semis iy le Sistetonh 1-5 
productive; flour of re- Wheat, White Russian. Tares, or Spring Vetches. 
markable fine quality . . 1.50 SPE E eee. cf ta, « OZ Z-OC Splendid for stock; very 
Buckwheat, Silver Hull, 1.50 Wheat, Clawson. Winter, 2.00 heavy and fine crops can 
Oats, Clydesdale . . . 2.25 Wheat, [Martin Amber . 2.25 be raised ; sow with Oats; 
‘Oats, White Bedford . . .80 Wheat, Spring Saskat- fine seed alga S~ cetalethee A) 
Oats, Welcome .. . . 1.00 chewan, very valuable Flax Seed . . Perlb..10 
Oats, White Russian. . 1.00 Winkeat s fines veo es smh 2.00 Amber Sugar Cane. 
Oats, Common. For cut- Wild Rice, for duck ponds, apo tie aod teu Ser ety Iba 
till phecn a: Mette tears fo OO PtGiret.& x ).)\ Per ibig.2 
A FEW OPINIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS. 
Malden, Mass., Dec. 2, 1899. 
Messrs. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., : 
Gentlemen : —I wish to write you regarding the English Mill Track Mushroom Spawn I purchased from 
‘you. It is the finest I ever saw, the bed being completely covered with mushrooms of good texture and color. 
Yours very truly, D. F. R., Supt. to H. 8. C. 
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Auburndale, Mass., Sept. 28, 1899. 
Messrs. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 
Dear Sirs: — Your Honey Drop Melon cannot be excelled for flavor and sweetness, also a splendid keeper. 
Ihave grown it for the last five years as my main crop, with excellent results. Yours very truly, F. L. 
Kent, Ohio, April 14, 1899. 
Messrs. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 
Gentlemen : — I enclose Sor seeds to be sent at once as per enclosed addresses. Ihave had seeds from 
‘you for several seasons and have yet to get a poor seed from your house. Yours very truly, EH. B., Mgr. 
Essex, Mass., Oct. 25, 1899. 
Messrs. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 
Gentlemen : — Having tried Farquhar’s First Crop Sugar Corn for four years, I find it the earliest Corn 
an the market. This year it was one week earlier than any other variety not excepting the Cory. It was the 
earliest and sweetest Corn, and gave the best satisfaction of any in the market. Yours very truly, J. B. F. 
