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, ma- 

 turing in 80 to MO days from time of sowing, very 

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

 filled heads of beautiful plump-berried grain, possess- 

 ing malting qualities of a high order, and adapting 

 itself readily to a great variety of soils. 



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- 

 ment Station, is loud in its praises, and hopes that 

 its cultivation will become general throughout all 

 our Barley - growing states. The introduction of 

 Manshury 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 offer 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 $5.00 



Manshury — A popular six-rowed sort, long heads 

 well filled, straw long; a very heavy yielder. 

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



Scotch — This variety takes precedence of all others 

 with maltsters; six-rowed. 

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



BUCKWHEAT. 



Silver Hull — This variety, sown at the same time 

 as the common Buckwheat, continues in bloom long- 

 er, 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; 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; 2% bushels 2.25 



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 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 w"hich 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 Vetchts with sheep 

 or cattle. 

 Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 2% bushels .". 2.75 



Winter— Peck, 60 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 2% bush:, 2.75 



Hungarian Winter — A remarkably hardy and 

 strong growing variety, outyielding all other sorts 

 and of superior milling qualities. 

 Peck, 00 cts.; bushel, $1.35; 2>£ bushels 3.00 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Subject to market fluctuations. 

 Saskatchewan Pyfe— 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; 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, 85 cts.; 



bushel 2.50 



Early Red Clawson (Bald) 1.50 



Bearded Winter Fife (Jones)— Peck.COcta.; bush. 1.50 

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

 bushel 



Diamond Urit, or Winter Saskatchewan 



(Bearded)— Peck, 75 cts.; bushel 2.00 



IMPROVED PBIZE CLUSTER OATS. 



We have numerous letters from our cus- 

 tomers of last year, claiming that our Im- 

 proved Prize Cluster Oats were tbe Earliest, 

 Best and Largest Yielder they ever grew. 



OATS. 



SCOTTISH CHIEF. 



Peed up your Light and Chaffy Oats and Make ■ Fresh Start 



with a Stock of This SO lbs. 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 thinly. 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., $1.25; 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 necessary to have a change of seed every 

 few years so as to keep up ourstandard of 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 highly. In his 

 report he places Prize Cluster at the head of the lisr 

 of all varieties tested, both for bulk of crop and 

 weight per bushel. It is a white variety, with very 

 large heads and heavy, plump grain, straw of me- 

 dium growth and entirely rust-proof. In ourselected 

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

 heaviest and thinnest shelled Oats in cultivation. 

 Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, $1.25; 2% bushels for$3.00; 



5 bushels for $5.50 



Lincoln — The introduction of this variety a few 

 years ago created quite a sensation amongst the 

 farmers who invested in it, and judging from the 

 many reports we have had it proved an excellent 

 sort. 

 Peck, 25 cts.; bushel, 75 cts.; 2% bushels for $1.75; 



5 bushels for 3.25 



Black Gotham — A very prolific sort of vigorous 

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

 Peck, 35 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 2]4 bushels for $2.25: 



5 bushel* for 4.25 



White Shoenen — A very large yielder; extensively 

 grown in Wisconsin. Grain plump and heavy; heads 

 very large ; straw stout. 

 Peck, 25 cts.: bushel, 75 cts.; V/« bushels for$l. 75; 



5 bushels for .- 3.25 



White Russian — A leading white variety. It is 

 very productive, plump grained, and has very strong 

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

 have a lot of this well-known Oat grown and special- 

 ly cleaned for seed purposes. 

 Peck, 25 cts,; bushel, 75 cts.; 2)4 bushels for $1.75; 



5 bushels for 3.25 



Michigan Wonder— An early White Oat of vigor- 

 ous habit. It is a prolific yielder, straw medium long, 

 remarkably strong, and we have never known it 

 lodge. 

 Peck, 35 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 2M> bushels for $2.25; 



5 bushels for 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. 

 Peck, 35 cts.; bushel, $1.00; 2% bushels for $2.25 ; 



5 bushels for 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 1.25 



Canadian Blue— Bushel 1.25 



Scotch— Bushel 1.25 



Subject to market fluctuations. 

 (See Garden Peas, pages 22 and 23.) 



