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THE BEST VARIETY^ 



YIELDS DOUBLE THAT OF OTHER SORTS 



VERY EARLY = 

 MAKES THE FINEST BUCKWHEAT FLOUR 



Customers 

 PRAISE 



Henderson's 



JAPANESE, BUCKWHEAT 



"7 had a small quantity of. Japanese Buckwheat from you 

 last year, which I planted on the 5th day of July, and from 

 this I cut, and had in good, clean Buclcwbeat, 1,392 pounds, 

 which ripened earlier and has produced more than three 

 times the yield of the Silver Hull with the same culture." 

 David Beam, Midvale, N. J. 



"The Japanese Buckwheat ripened about one week sooner 

 than the old-fashioned kind, and produced more than as 

 much again to the same amount of sowing the past season." 

 Lemuel Van Ness, Pompton, N. J. 



"Truly, the Japanese Buckwheat is one of the greatest im- 

 provements, in a. single line of grain, of the present age. All 

 other kinds of buckwheat can be well thrown aside; and not 

 only the bee-keepers of our land, but farmers in general, can 

 unite in tendering a vote of thanks to our enterprising 

 seedsman, Peter Henderson." — Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



"I prefer the Japanese Buckwheat to all other kinds." 



F. N. Hilton, Pontiae, Mich. 



"The Japanese Buckwheat 1 got from you heats any I ever 

 saw." C. A. Dean, Mesboppen, Pa. 



'• The Japanese Buckwheat I purchased from you is distinct, 

 and stands the sun better than any other sort." 



John Wilson, Sandwich West, Essex Co., Ontario, Can. 



"The Japanese Buckwheat that I purchased from you 

 yielded me over five hundred-fold." 



J. C. Vauselour, Faribault, Minn. 



"I found your Japanese Buckwheat first rate; it yielded 

 four times more than the old kinds did in the same lot." 



David Ceas, Bloom ville, N. Y. 



" The Japanese Buckwheat 1 had of you last year produced 

 four times as much (by weight) as any other variety, not 

 counting what my neighbor's chickens, who visited it daily, 

 stole." Philip Weck, Col. Co., N. Y. 



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GROWN FROM IMPORTED SEED 



SINCE we introduced the Japanese Buckwheat nearly twenty years ago, the ten- 

 dency, on account of the hot, dry summers in the United States, has been 

 for the grain to gradually grow smaller. The seed we offer is grown from 

 the largest type imported from Japan and is much larger in grain than that 

 usually offered, and it will pay all growers to renew their seed. The seed we 

 offer is only one year removed from imported Japanese seed. This variety is 

 now more generally grown than any other, but to those to whom it may still 

 be unknown we would say that the kernels are at least twice the size of any 

 other variety and of a shape peculiar and distinct from all others. The color 

 of the kernels is also most distinct, being of a rich dark shade of brown. It 

 ripens fully a week earlier than the Silver Hull, the straw is heavier, and it 

 branches more and does not need to be sown so thickly as the other kinds. 

 There is always a good market for the grain as it is in demand for all purposes, 

 the export demand now being enormous. For bees it is of the greatest value 

 and for this purpose has displaced all other varieties. 



ALWAYS SOW WITH CRIHSON CLOVER 



An excellent plan is to sow Crimson Clover along with buckwheat, es- 

 pecially when put in late from middle of July to first of August. They come 

 up together, but the buckwheat is the stronger grower and the Crimson Clover 

 makes but little showing until the buckwheat is removed. If frost should kill 

 the buckwheat before ripe, it may be left as a protection, the dead buckwheat 

 being just the sort of mulching and protection needed by the clover. The Crimson 

 Clover and mulching of buckwheat can be plowed under in May and for potatoes 

 or corn there is no better preparation. Japanese Buckwheat is one of the most 

 satisfactory crops to sow on new or rough land, but buckwheat should invari- 

 ably be sown as a second or catch crop, and we would advise all growers to sow 

 Crimson Clover along with it as recommended above for, even though the buck- 

 wheat be killed by an early frost, the value of its own humus is worth more 

 than the cost of the seed in addition to its value as a winter protection to the 

 clover. 



Price $1.50 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.40 bushel. 



"Last vear I raised 116 bushels, S3 of Japanese and 31 of Silver Hull. I think the Japanese 

 quite a bonanza." J. H. Kennedy, Quenemo, Osace Co., Kan. 



"Your Japanese Buckwheat is a grand success and an acquisition of sterling worth, out- 

 yielding all other varieties fourfold, with ordinary culture." Jacob Senn, Cheswold, Del. 



