PETER HENDERSON & 00 -FARM SEEDS. 



HENDERSON'S • CLYDESDALE • OATS. 



First offered in 1885. 



A White Oat pf Extraordinary Weight, Earliness and Productiveness, 



the Natural Weight of which is SI lbs. to the Bushel. 



It affords us much satisfaction to announce that in the numerous trials to which this new variety was subjected last season, 

 it fully sustained our claims and expectations. We have received a number of complimentary letters in regard to this Oat, 

 which our space will not permit us to publish, which fully confirm our high opinion of it. In offering the Clydesdale Oat 

 last year, we stated that thorough and careful trials by many of our best American farmers, as well as by the Department 

 of Agriculture at Washington, show that imported (British) oats weighing 44 lbs. per bushel give a product when sown here 

 of 40 lbs. per bushel, or nearly 10 lbs. per bushel more than our ordinary oats. In this new Clydesdale Oat we not only 

 have the extraordinary weight of 51 lbs. per bushel, but, from its great earliness, ripening about ten days before any other 

 kind — hence harvesting in cooler weather — it is fair to expect the product of this variety sown here would be 46 lbs. per 

 bushel, or up to the fuli standard of the best imported oats. It will be seen, then, that even it the amount required to seed 

 an acre be $10.00 (3 bushels), the product in weight and value will be over half as much again. In other words, if the cost 

 of the ordinary oats to seed an acre be $1.50, and the product be 60 bushels, or about 1,800 lbs., the product of the Clydes- 

 dale Oats (being 46 lbs. to the bushel) should be about 2,750 lbs., showing a clear gain of 950 lbs. in yield, which would be, 

 according to the American standard (32 lbs.), 30 bushels per acre more in favor of the Clydesdale Oats. Besides this clear 

 gain in yield, it should also be remembered that if the product of the Clydesdale Oats were used again for seed purposes, as 

 it probably would be in the majority of cases, the value would be still further increased ; for the price of oats for seed 

 purposes, as is well known, at 46 lbs. per bushel, is always at least twice the price of ordinary oats. We offer these new 

 oats for sale at the natural weight of 51 lbs. per bushel, exactly as grown for us, so that those purchasing will actually 

 receive for every bushel over one and one-half bushels according to the American standard. Another most important advan- 

 tage of the Henderson's Clydesdale Oats to the farmer is the fact that they have been thoroughly cleaned by the latest and most 

 improved machinery, and are absolutely free from foreign and weed seeds. 



Price, by express or freight. $1.00 per peck; $3.50 per bushel (of 51 lbs.) Or we will supply three bushels (153 lbs.), 

 the quantity required to seed an acre, for $10.00. 1 lb. sent post-paid, by mail, for 50 cents. 



BRITISH (Imported) OATS. 



Besides the valuable new Oat, "Henderson's Clydesdale," described above, we offer the following standard British varieties : 

 Kopetouu. A potato Oat (white) of great value, averaging 42 lbs. to the bushel. 

 Slack Tartarian. Early, productive and long strawed ; the oats will weigh 38 lbs. to the bushel. 

 Waterloo. This is a white Oat weighing 36 to 38 lbs. per bushel, producing well both of grain and straw. 

 White Poland. An early variety, grain large, but thick skinned. This sort weighs 40 lbs. to the bushel. The above four 

 varieties of Oats we offer in fine, well cleaned samples. Price, for any of the above four varieties, $1.00 per peck; 

 $3.00 per bushel; or a two bushel bag of any variety for $5.00 (bags included). 



AMERICAN OATS. 



Pringle's American Triumph Oats. This is a cross between the Excelsior and Waterloo Oats, combining in a remark- 

 able degree the excellent qualities of both. The average height, as the grain stands in the field, is six feet, yet the 

 straw is so strong and firm that it heads up well without lodging. Tall, luxuriant heads, filled with plump heavy 

 grains, and the quality and productiveness of the grain are unexcelled, yielding from 60 to 100 bushels per acre, accord- 

 ing to the condition and state of fertility of the land. Per peck, $1.50 ; per bushel, $5.00. 



Probsteier. A leading variety. It is very productive and heavy, and straw very strong. Per bushel (32 lbs.), $1.00. 



RYE. 



Excelsior Winter. A new variety from Vermont, that has never failed to yield at the rate of from 40 to 50 bushels per 



acre. With the originator, last year, a four acre field yielded 52 bushels to the acre. $2.50 per bushel. 

 Winter $1.25 per bushel. | Spring $1.75 per bushel. 



SASKATCHEWAN FIFE SPRING WHEAT. 



The best No. 1 hard Amber Wheat yet introduced. Unequaled for productiveness, earliness and vigor, and singularly 

 exempt from smut, and other diseases. Price, 80 cts. per peck ; $3.00 per bushel. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Pultz. A first-class milling Wheat. Bush., $3.00. 



Seneca, or Clawson. This is a smooth, white Wheat, with red chaff, early and hardy ; has a stiff straw, and yields large 

 crops on every variety of wheat soil. Bush., $2.75. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE. 



a variety of Sugar Cane which has been largely tested in many parts of the country with very general success. Its 

 distinctive features are said to be its earliness and great yield of both sugar and syrup. Culture the same as for corn. 

 Qt., 20 cts. ; bush., $3.50. If by mail, add 25 cts. per qt. for postage. 



EARLY ORANGE SUGAR CANE. 



Yields about 25 per cent, more cane, and is also much more juicy than any other variety. The stalk is much heavier, 

 not quite so tall, and it is a little later than the Amber. It does not succeed well north of latitude 43 degrees. 20 cts. per 

 qt. ; $3.50 per bush. If to be sent by mail, add 25 cts. per qt. for postage. 



BARLEY. 



Vermont Champion. A two rowed variety. 60 cts. per peck ; $2.00 per bushel. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



European Silver Hull. (See special description, page 52.) Price, 25 cts. per lb. ; $1.50 per peck; $5.00 per bushel. 



Silver Hull. This variety, sown at the same time as the common Buckwheat, continues in bloom longer, matures a few 



days sooner, and yields nearly double, under the same conditions. Price, per bush., $2.25 ; 4 lbs. by mail, $1.00. 

 Buckwheat, Common Variety. Bush., $1.50. 



RURAL BRANCHING DOURA. 



A wonderfully productive fodder plant that has been thoroughly tried, and is seemingly superior to all others for soil- 

 ing, silos or dry fodder. It is described as throwing from 6 to 16 stalks from one seed. It is much sweeter than corn 

 stalks, and cattle, horses and hogs will eat it ravenously. It stands firm against the highest wind, roots deep, and will 

 endure without injury a drought that sometimes ruins corn. Culture same as for corn. Price, 35 cts. per lb. ; 1 lb. by mail 

 for 50 cts. Four pounds required to plant an acre. 



