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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—WINTER WHEAT. 
WINTER WHEAT. 
Prices are subject to the fluctuations of the market. Fhe prices herein named are those ruling 
at this date (August), for the new crop 1900. Delivery f. 0, b. New York. 
Special quotations to large buyers. 
RURAL NEW YORKER, No. 57. 
Has heavily bearded heads which are 
beautifully symmetrical, Qeing pointed at 
the tip, broad in the mid¥le and tapering 
towards the stem. The straw is unusually 
tall and strong and stools freely, frequently 
having 35 to 40 stalks from a single grain. 
The heads are compact, averaging three 
kernels to a spikelet or ‘‘breast,’? and ten 
breasts to a side. The kernels are of 
medium size and of an attractive color, 
between the so-called ‘‘red” and amber. 
Possessing the requisite degree of hardness 
for the production of the finest grade of 
flour, it will be much sought after by millers. 
The chaff is clear white, with a trace of 
velvet sufficient to make it difficult for the 
green fly to attack it, and the heads do not 
mildew as the full velvet chaff varieties are 
liable to do. (See cut.) 5c. peck, $2.25 
bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 bushel. 
FaIrvIew, Pa., Sept. 19, ’96. 
Enclosed is my check for $91.25, 
which please acknowledge. It was 
the finest Seed Wheat I ever saw. 
Will you please inform me what 
machinery you used in cleaning it? 
A. F. DOBLER. 
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This beardless variety is 
a hybrid between Rye and 
Armstrong Wheat, though 
apparently all traces of Rye 
have disappeared and it now 
appears a handsome, beardless 
Wheat. It succeeds and produces 
heavy crops on poor thin land, where 
Wheat could not be successfully or 
profitably grown, and it also has ex- 
treme hardiness to recommend it. When first 
Taised, some years ago, the top of the culms was 
downy with Rye culms. This characteristic could 
not be fixed, so that for this variety the culms having 
no down were alone selected. The gold-colored straw 
is very thick and strong, easily supporting the heavy 
grain without breaking. The large amber kernels are 
placed four to a breast, eight breasts to a side, with long \ 
symmetrical heads having a brown chaff. (See cut.) 5c. aE 
peck, $2.25 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. NEW YORKER, 
NO. 57. 
WILMINGTON, DEL.- 
Oct. 2, 1896. 
I have received the 
Wheat, and it certainly is 
the handsomest I eversaw. 
Iam delighted with it. 
W. Hanoup SMIrTHa. 
PEDIGREE GIANT (Half-bearded). 
Those who grew the Early Genesee Giant Wheat which we offered a few 
years ago will no doubt remember what a grand wheat that was until it 
ran out. The Pedigree Giant is a cross obtained from the old Genesee 
Giant, and has in a marked degree all the desirable features of that 
variety when at its best. The head is of peculiar construction with very 
full centre row, and the whole head is crowded with fine hard amber 
rain. 
: It is a champion in productiveness, and no variety can outyield it. Itis 
a wonder for thrifty fall growth, is early and strong stooling, has strong 
: short-jointed straw, which stands up well under high culture. 75ce, peck, 
RURAL NEW YORKER, NO, 6. $2.25 bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2,00 bushel. 
