Buckwheat, Barley and Rye. 



ISEW 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- 

 tinct from all others. The color of the kernels is also most distinct, being a rich dark 

 shade of brown. The straw is 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 

 two or three times as much. It can be planted as far north as Canada. (See cut.) 

 Price, $1.50 per bushel; 10 bushel lots, $1.40 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 

 lie 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 Bek Culture." 



I prefer the Japanese Buckwheat to all other kinds. — F. N. Hilton. 

 Pontiac, Mich. 



I found your Japanese Buckwheat first-rate ; it yielded four times more 

 than the old kinds did in the same lot. — David Ceas, Bloomville, N. V. 



The Japanese Buckwheat I had of you last year produced four t Liu<~ ;^ 

 much (by weight) as any other variety, imt counting what my neighbor's 

 chickens, who visited it daily, stole. — Philip Weck, Col. Cu , N. V. 



Last spring I got a half-bushel of your Japanese Buckwheat and sowed it 

 the 18th of June on not as good ground as 1 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, Keesevillc. 



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 daj s 

 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 \% 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 alto exceedingly valuable as hay, if cut and cured 

 just before ripening. 75c. per peck; S2.00 per bushel 

 of 48 lbs. ; 10-bushel lots, SI. 80 per bushel. 



Two-Rowed Duck. Bill.— The heads are of 

 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. 



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NEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



Vermont Champion. — Two -rowed, early, 

 hardy and prolific. 60c. per peck ; $1.60 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. 

 75c. per peck; $2.25 per bushel. 



RYE. 



Eye 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. 



SPRING. — A variety produced by planting Win- 

 ter ltyo 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. S2. 00 per bush. 



Excelsior Winter. — 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 to the acre. SI. 50 

 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, S1.40 per bushel. 



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. 



Thousandfold. — 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 Bye is grown more for 

 the straw than the grain. $1.50 per bushel ; 10- 

 bushel lots, $1.40 per bushel. 



TWO-EOWED DUCK-BILL BARLEY. 



^""Special prices for large quantities on application. 



