NEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 
(Introduced into cultivation by us in 1887.) 
It is seldom that such a sterling variety as this is placed before the agricultural 
community, and we would advise all who are growers of Buckwheat to give this 
new and distinct Japanese variety a trial in preference to any other variety, whether it be 
for milling, for the apiary or aviary. A glance at our illustration will show that the ker- 
nels are at least twice the size of any other variety, and of a shape peculiar and dis- 
ftinet from all others. The color of the kernels is also most distinct, being a rich dark 
shade of brown. The strawis heavier; it branches more and does not need to be sown 
as thickly as the other kinds. It ripens a week earlier than the Silver Hull and yields 
¢éwo or three times a3 much. It can be planted as far north as Canada. (See cut.) ~ 
Price, $1.80 per bushels; 10 bushel lots, $1.20 per bushel. 
Early Orders are respectfully solicited to prevent disap- 
pointment, as the demand has far exceeded the supply in 
the past. 
Truly the Japanese Buckwheat is one of the greatest improvements, 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 enter- 
prising seedsman, Peter Henderson.—‘‘ GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE.” 
I prefer the Japanese Buckwheat to all other kinds.—F. N. Hinton, 
Pontiac, Mich. 
I found your Japanese Buckwheat first-rate ; it yielded four times more 
than the old kinds did in the same lot.—Davip Cras, Bioomyille, N. Y. 
The Japanese Buckwheat I 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. 
Last spring I got a half-bushel of your Japanese Buckwheat and sowed it 
the 18th of June on not as good ground as I sowed the other kind, and from 
_ that have measured up forty-three and a half bushels of beautiful buck- 
wheat. By weight it overruns.—J. T. ALLEN, Keeseyville. 
Common or American,—Yields an average of from 
20 to 30 bushels per acre. Price, $1.30 per bushel. 
BARLEY. 
Should be more grown than it is, especially in these days 
of low-priced wheat. ‘The straw makes excellent rough 
feed for all kinds of stock. It is also one of the best grains 
with which to sow down to grass in spring. 
New White Huliess Barley.—A valuable new va- 
riety, which should be sown at the rate of 1'4 bushels per 
acre, about the time of sowing Oats. It is two or three 
weeks earlier than ordinary Barley, grows about the same 
height, and will not shatter in the field, even when very 
ripe. The grain is not unlike Wheat, and weighs about 60 
lbs. per bushel, instead of 48 lbs., as other Barley. For 
feeding to horses and hogs, when ground, it is unequaled, 
and is also exceedingly valuable as hay, if eut and cured 
just before ripening. 75c. per peck; $2.00 per bushel 
of 48 lbs. ; 10-bushel lots, $1.80 per bushel. 
Two-Rowed Duck.Bill.—The heads are of 
NEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 
Ve rmont Cham pion.— Two-rowed, early, 
hardy and prolific. 
50c. per peck ; $1.60 per bushel. 
great length, and when maturing become slightly 
curved; the grains are large and plump, and brighter 
than any other variety of two-rowed Barley. The 
straw is stronger than the old popular Chevalier 
Barley, and has yielded nearly 70 bushels per acre. 
(See cut.) Price, 50c. per peck; $150 per bushel. 
SP RING.—A variety produced by planting Win- 
ter liye in the spring for several years, and selecting 
the seed until the type was fixed. It is an excellent 
“‘catch-crop” where fall-sown grain has been winter- 
killed, and also for fodder and grain. 
Excelsior Winter. 
TWO-ROWED DUCh KILL BARLEY. 
$2.00 per bush. 
A new variety from Ver- 
mont, that has never failed to yield at the rate of 
from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. With the originator, 
a four-acre field yielded 52 bushels tothe acre. $1.50 
per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.40 per bushel. 
Golden Grain.—An exceedingly handsome 
two-rowed Barley, with long ears and grain of the 
finest color. 75c. per peck; $2.25 per bushel. 
Goldthorpe.—Has a plump, heavy grain of 
richest color. The ears are long and two-rowed. 
75¢. per peck ; $2.25 per bushel. 
RVE. 
Rye is a valuable crop for either soiling, green fodder, straw or grain. It is largely used by farmers 
to seed down with in the fall, and is considered preferable to wheat for this purpose, as it protects the 
young grass and matures two weeks earlier in the summer than wheat. 
Winter.—The variety most commonly culti- 
vated, whether sown for grain, straw or cutting 
green. $1.10 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.00 per 
bushel. 
Thousand fold.—Said to be the most produc- 
tive Rye in cultivation; the straw is tall and strong, 
with long heavy heads, and stands up well. Espe- 
cially recommended where Rye is grown more for 
the straw than the grain. $1.50 per bushel; 10- 
bushel lots, $1,40 per bushel. 
= Special prices for large quantities on application.“@X 
