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Prices are subject to the fluctuations of the market. The prices herein named are those ruling Spring; 1903, 



Delivery Jr. o. li. New 'iCork, ba§s extra. 



Henderson's Superior 



. . Seed Wheat 



is grown from pedigree races. 



(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 supei'ior 

 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." 

 " It is notewortliy that in this country the wheat hybrids thus far produced, which have g'iven 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 Eed Clawson. Early Genesee Giant, and other well-known 

 varieties, so that it may confidently be expected that the latei', carefully-bred sorts now offered will show remai'kable 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. 



Silver Sheaf Longbexry Red. 



The most perfect Longberry Red Wheat grown. It will prove to 

 be the finest Longberry Red ever known, and will make a sensation 

 among wheat growers and 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, IJ^ 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 of this 

 country. Price, $2.00 per peck, $3.00 per half-bushel. 



Barly Red Chief (Beardless). 



We herewith introduce a very 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. It is one of the first to start in spring. Straw exceptionally 

 thiek-walled ; strong heads, long and wide, carried erect, of a 

 reddish brown shade, completely packed with large, dark red 

 kernels. Price, $1.50 per peck, $4.50 per bushel. 



