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expERSON'S WINTER SEED WHEAT. 
Prices are subject to the fluctuations of the market. The prices herein named are those ruling August, 1904. 
Delivery f.o.b. New York, bags extra. 
ROPER Selection of Seed Wheat, as well as Proper Cultivation, are essen- 
tial in securing highest results, for, like any other product, it is the poor article 
that brings the poor returns, while there is always a market for the superior 
product at remunerative prices. It costs almost as much to lay down an acre of wheat 
that yields only 15 bushels per acre as one that will yield from 35 to 50 bushels—the first 
scarcely returns the cost of the investment, while the latter yields a handsome profit, 
and the leading essential needed to attain such results is to use superior seed. The 
‘running out” of certain varieties of wheat is considered by experts as due to the improper selection of wheat intended for seed pur- 
poses, for wheat is such a strictly self-pollenizing plant that unless cross-pollination is practiced occasionally even between plants of the 
same variety, and intelligent selection made of the ideal plants, there is a tendency towards loss of vigor and eventually it ‘‘runs out.” 
“Tt is noteworthy that in this country the wheat hybrids thus far produced, which have given valuable results, are racial hybrids» 
in many cases very complex, including several different races.’’ —Year Book U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Most of the new varieties of HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR WHEATS that we offer in this catalogue are the offspring from 
cross-bred combinations of meritorious Russian and American races, with some blood from the Mediterranean long berry. This is the 
blood that was utilized in producing the widely-grown Winter Fife, Early Red Clawson, Early Genesee Giant, and other well-known 
varieties, so that it may confidently be expected that the later, carefully-bred sorts now offered will show remarkable improvement in all 
desirable qualities, including yield, gluten, milling qualities, hardiness, health, vigor, etc. HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR SEED 
WHEAT is not only grown especially for seed purposes from choicest selected cross-bred and pedigree strains, but it is all recleaned at 
our warehouses (250,000 bushels capacity), which are equipped with the most modern seed-cleaning machinery in America. This enables 
us to supply direct to the farmer plump and heavy seed, of undoubted superiority, at lowest possible prices, where quality is considered. 
TWO GRAND NEW WINTER WHEATS FOR 1904. 
Henderson’s Superior 
.. Seed Wheat 
is grown from pedigree races. 
Silver Sheat Longberry Red (Bearded). 
The most perfect Longberry Red Wheat grown. It will prove to 
be the finest Longberry Red ever known, and will make asensation 
among wheat growersand millers as soon as known. This marvel 
_ originated from a cross between the well-known American Bronze 
and a cross from Lancaster and a seedling Longberry. It is one 
of the hardiest of all wheats, a strong, healthy grower and can be 
sown very late. If sown early, 114 bushels of seed per acre will be 
enough on strong soil. Straw of light yellow color, medium tall, 
thick-walled and strong; head long, wide and full; chaff thin and 
silvery white; grain large, dark and flinty, and nearly as long as 
rye kernels. It will command the highest market price of any Long- 
berry yet grown, and will be the leading fancy milling wheat ofthis 
country. Price, $1.25 per peck, $3.50 per bushel. 
Early Red Chief (Beardless). 
We herewith introduce avery superior new wheat, for which 
we predict a grand future. It originated from Early Red Clawson 
and Red Arcadian. Without doubt, Early Red Chief will prove a 
wonder in the wheat line, being a rough-and-ready sort that can 
be depended upon for a granary filler even in unfavorable seasons. 
It is one of the strongest-growing and productive sorts yet intro- 
duced; its growth in the fall is strong, foliage large, thick and 
dark, covering the ground early in the season, and can be sown very 
late. Itis one of the first to startin spring. Straw exceptionally 
thick-walled; strong heads, long and wide, carried erect, of a 
reddish brown shade, complet packed with large, dark red 
kernels. Price, 80c. per peck, $2.50 per bushel. 
