PETER HENDERSON & CO-SEEDS FOR THE FARM. 



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Farmer's Favorite 

 Goldeu Dent. 



Compton's Early. 



G olden Beauty. 



King PhWp. Mammoth White Surprise. White Flint. 



LEADING VARIETIES OF FIELD CORN. 



Besides the very reasonable rates given below, our prices also include for the Field Corn named on this page, bags, and' 

 delivery to any express or freight depot, or vessel here in New York. 



If by mail, postage must be added at the rate <?/30 cts. per qt. 



Golden Beauty. This new variety is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen, and will be found fully described on page 



9 of this Catalogue. 20 cts. per qt.; 75 cts. per peck; $2.60 per bushel. 

 Oueen of the Prairie. (See colored plate; also description at page 9.) 15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 Golden Dew-Drop. (See colored plate; also description at page 9.) 15 cts. per qt.; 75 cts. per peck; $2.50 per bushel. 

 Kin? Philip Very early. Usually matures three months after planting. Ears 10 to 12 inches long. Kernel copper colored, 



smooth and of the flinty order. 15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 Learning Ears of good size, cob red and small, with a deep large grain of bright yellow. It is an early variety, a strong 



cro'wer, and its leafy character enables it to stand up until ripe, thus making it especially valuable in dry seasons. 15 cts. 



per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 Lonfffellow. A variety well adapted for the Northern States. It is an eight-rowed yellow flint sort, with ears from 10 to 15 



inches long, of an average diameter of 1}^ inches. Cob small, grain large and broad. 15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00* 



per bushel. 

 Mammoth White Surprise. A new sort with large ears and very small cob. The ears are from 12 to 14 inches long, with 



from 14 to 28 rows of very large, deep grains. Very productive. Said to yield from 75 to 125 bushels of shelled corn per 



acre, according to soil and season. Specially adapted to sections from Pennsylvania south. 15 cts. per qt. ; 60 cts. per 



peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 Compton's Early. Yellow variety, ears 10 to 12 inches long. Very early and prolific. Stalk 8 to 10 feet in height. Ears well- 



filled. 15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 White Flint. Handsome ears, large and well filled. A first-class sort. 15 cts. per qt. ; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 Farmer's Favorite Golden Dent. Ripens very early, and hence succeeds far north where many varieties will not mature. 



15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 Chester County Mammoth. One of the largest varieties of field corn in cultivation, yielding under good culture from 100 



to 150 bushels shelled corn per acre. 15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 

 "Cars' e Yellow Flint. Very productive and of good quality. 15 cts. per qt.; 60 cts. per peck; $2.00 per bushel. 



JOHNSON GRASS, 



LSorghum Jfalajense.) 



JOHNSON GRASS (Sorghum Halapense.) 



This Grass, which has proved to be of th3 greatest value in Alabama and other of the Southern 

 States, will grow on any land where corn will grow; and in the opinion of so well known an authority 

 as Mr. Wm. Saunders, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, is looked upon as having the 

 greatest prospective value. In Alabama they make three cuttings of it yearly, and from the returns 

 averaged five tons of hay from an acre. This was grown on good bottom land, and all the cultivation 

 it receives is to plow it down once in two or three years, and then give it a very thorough harrowing, 

 and an increased crop ensues. The best stage at which to cut it for hay is when the grass comes 

 into bloom, when it will be about 24 or 30 inches high. It is then very tender and nutritious, and 

 all kinds of stock are fond of it. Seed of this grass should be sown alone on well prepared ground 

 from August to October 15th, sowing broadcast one bushel of extra clean seed to the acre 



Price, per lb. (by mail), 45c; per peck, $1.75; per bushel (of 25 lbs.), $6.00. 



Nobfolk, Va., April 30th, 1S64. 

 Our croD of Jersey "Wakefield Cabbage this spring was almost all from jour seed, and was in every way satisfactory. 



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