PETER HEMDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WINTER WHEAT. 



Bearded Winter Fife. 



(JONES.) 



A grand new wheat with qualities of the North- 

 western or Saskatchewan Spring sort, equaling the 

 best of these in the amount of gluten and without 

 doubt the hardest of all wheats known. This sort 

 marks a steady advance in quality, productiveness 

 and flinty character of grain over the bald Winter Fife, 

 which has made such agood record in so many sections. 



Millers have to use a certain amount of Northern 

 Spring Fife with winter wheat to obtain gluten enough 

 to give the flour strength and qualities to thicken 

 when mixed. Flour lacking this when mixed for 

 bread will grow more pasty and soft as worked and 

 lack that rubber-like springiness and tendency to 

 thicken when worked, without which, it is impossible 

 to have light bread. This wheat will prove one that 

 is perfect in itself for making strong, quick -rising flour 

 of chalk-like whiteness. 



It is one of the earliest, ripening with Early Red 

 Clawson, and is a very strong, healthy grower, stool- 

 ing rapidly in the fall! Starts early in spring and is 

 among the first to head. Straw a little above medium 

 height, very strong and wiry, and noticeably free 

 from scattering in the field before ripe. Heads very 

 long and wide and resembling in style of head the Pride of 

 Genesee. Chaff white and bearded, with a velvet-like glisten in the 

 sun. Grain large and medium long, plump, which stand out 

 prominent in the chaff ; it is of a clear light amber shade, and 

 without exception the most flinty of any variety now in cultivation. 

 Bran exceptionally thin, hence will make more flour than most 

 any other sort grown. It is one of the heaviest weighing sorts 

 and will take a prominent place in all sections. One of the most 

 prominent wheat raisers in the United States recently said to us, 

 '■You cannot recommend the Bearded Winter Fife too highly ; I 

 have just harvested 50 acres and I consider it the finest Wheat I 

 ever grew and I have tried nearly every new kind sent out during 

 the last 30 years. {See cut.) 75c peck; $2.50 bushel; 10 bushel 

 lots, .$2.25 bushel. 



Oatka Chief.— (Early.) 



Attracts universal attention wherever seen growing, by its long, 

 square built head. A very strong grower even on light soils. 

 Straw of medium height, sturdy and strong, but free from that 

 harsh, wiry nature so common to the sturdy growers, and cannot 

 fail to be appreciated for feeding. Beards light and short. Chaff 

 white and very soft. Grain medium long of light amber shade 

 and of fine milling qualities. It is one of the most handsome 

 wheats in the field and cannot fail to attract attention, both in 

 field and granary. It will certainly prove to be a wheat adapted 

 to a great variety of soils and conditions, and those who sow 

 largely will be well pleased, for the field will attract attention and 

 be the envy of the neighbors, who will eagerly buy all the seed 

 at paying prices. |i.oo peck ; $3.50 bushel ; 10 bushel lots, I3.25 

 bushel. 



Pride of Genesee.— (Bearded.) 



This is one of the most productive varieties, having a long, well 

 filled head, and the fact that it will give a reasonably good crop 

 on land so poor that common sorts would be a failure, cannot fail 

 to make it a popular sort, as the head does not decrease in pro- 

 portion to the straw, being large and well filled on a very short, 

 light growth of straw. If sown on strong wheat land, it will re- 

 quire less seed per acre than any other variety, 50 lbs. being 

 ample if the field is fitted as it should be and is sown early in 

 September. It requires to be harvested before getting over-ripe, 

 to prevent loss by scattering in the field. It is noticeably free 

 from attack of the fly, and can be sown very late with the certainty 

 of a good crop $2.50 bushel ; 10 bushel lots, $2.25 bush. 



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