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Two Grand 
WINTER 
 WHEATS 
RURAL NEW YORKER i 
a] ESE are both the result of upwards of twenty years’ thoroughly scientific crossing and careful selection at 
the hands of the late Mr. E. 8. Carman, the well-known editor of the Rural New Yorker, and raiser of many 
of the most valuable agricultural introductions of recent years. These two varieties have been selected 
from hundreds of crosses and varieties as superior in all desirable qualities. They have now been grown in most 
Rural New Yorker 
(Ne. 57). 
wheat-growing sections, and most flattering testimony has been 
received by us regarding their merits. 
“Bearded” Rural New Yorker 
(Number 57) 
has heavily-bearded heads which are beautifully symmetrical, being 
pointed at the tip, broad in the middle, 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 com- 
pact, averaging three kernelsto a spikelet or ‘“‘breast,” and ten breasts 
to aside. 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, and 
is 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 headsdo not mildew as the full velvet chaff varieties are liable to do. 
(See cut.) 75c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 
“Beardless” Rural New YOrker 
(Number 6) 
This beardless variety is a hybrid between Rye and Armstrong 
Wheat, though 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 extreme hardiness to recom- 
mend it. When first raised, 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.) One of our growers says: 
“It stools as strong as any wheat I ever saw. It had a vigorous, healthy growth 
all the season, and stood well without lodging. Itis very hardy.” 
75c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 
Beardless 
Rural New Yorker (No. 6). 
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