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HENDERSON'S JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT 



=== First introduced into the United States by Peter Henderson 6- Co. =^=== 



The Best Variety :: :: :: Makes the Finest Buckwheat Flour 



Our Customers' Experiences with 

 HENDERSON'S 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT 



Discard Ail Others 



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

 provements, in a single line of gram, 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 gereral, can 

 unite in tendering a vote of thanks to our enterprising seeds- 

 man, Peter Henderson."— CLEAN INCS IN BEE CUL- 

 TURE. 



T hree Times the Yield of Silver Hull 



"/ 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 Buckwheat, 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. 



Out' Yields Other Varieties Four-Fold 



" Your Japanese Buckwheat is a grand success and an acquisi- 

 tion of sterling worth, ontyieldin^ all other varieties fourfold, 

 with ordinary culture." J.ACOB SENN, Cheswold, Del. 



Yields Full Crops in Dry, Hot Weather 



The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports that it 

 has grown Henderson's New Japanese Buckwheat for two 

 years and has found it superior to the old varieties in several 

 important respects. It is larger and stronger, and stands up 

 better during storms, and its seeds are larger; but what places 

 it far ahead of other varieties is that of setting full crops of 

 Buckwheat in dry, hot weather. It can also be sown much 

 earlier than other varieties, thus avoiding loss by early frost. 



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. Our seed 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 the yield is double or more. 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, and 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 CRIMSON CLOVER 

 An excellent plan is to sow Crimson Clover along with Buckwheat, especially 

 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 show- 

 ing 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 Buck- 

 wheat can be plowed under in May and for Potatoes or Corn there is no better prepara- 

 tion. Japanese Buckwheat is one of the most satisfactory crops to sow on new or 

 rough land, but Buckwheat should invariably 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 Buckwheat 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. (See engraving.) 



Price, $3.00 bushel of 48 lbs. ; 10-bushel lots, $2.90 bushel. 



" 1 prefer the Japanese Buckwheat to all other kinds." F. N. HILTON, Pontiac, Mich. 



"The Japanese Buckwheat I got from you beats any I ever saw." C. A. DE.AN, Meshoppen, 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. 



We shall be pleased to make Special Prices where possible to buyers of large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed. Write us 



