peter Henderson & co., new York.— buckwheat and millet 
PO^illet, Buckwheat Clove?. 
FOR SUMMER SOWING. 
JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 
Introduced into cultivation by us in 1S87, and by constant 
selection we have fully maintained the large size grain, totally 
unlike the small grain usually found on the market. 
This variety has superseded ail others and is now almost 
universally grown in prefeience to the common black and 
Silver Hull varieties. The kernels are at least twice the size 
of those of any other variety, and of a shape peculiar and dis- 
tinct. The color 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. Flour made 
from it is greater in quantity and equal in quality if not sup- 
erior to that of any other Buckwheat, and, as the yield shows, 
it is enormously prolific. It ripens a week earlier than the 
Silver Hull, and yields two or three times as much. {See cut.) 
$1.40 per bushel. 10 bushel lots Si. 30 per bushel. 
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MILLET. 
{Prices subject to variation.) 
JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 
Sown broadcast half to one 
Millets withstand droughts remarkably generally remaining 
green when other vegetation is parched up, and beinp; annuals 
of rapid growth, are valuable as "stolen' crops, as they can be 
sown and put into condition for hay in six weeks' time, and 
can be sown after early crops have been taken off, and should be cut green, 
bushel per acre, from May 1st to August 1st. 
GERMAN OR GOLDEN MILLET.— Our seed is pure and southern grown and yields much heavier 
crops than degenerate northern and western grown seed. Price, $1.50 per bushel of 50 lbs ; 10 bushel, 
lots, $1.40 per bushel. 
HUNGARIAN MILLET OR HUNGARIAN GRASS.-Furnishes an abundance of green fodder, 
often yielding two or three tons of hay per acre. $1.40 per bushel of 48 lbs ; 10 bushel lots $1.30 per bush.. 
CRIMSON CLOVER. 
Crimson or Scarlet Clover. 
The value of Scarlet Clover is now so thoroughly es- 
tablished that we have no hesitation in recommending 
that all lands from which crops have been harvested 
during the summer and fall should be sown with Scarlet 
Clover for plowing under the following spring. Authori- 
ties who have made a careful estimate state that plowing 
under a good crop of Scarlet Clover is equivalent to 20 
tons of stable manure per acre, and even if the Clover be 
hprvested or pastured, the benefits derived from the 
wonderful nitrogenous root formation will alone many 
times repay the cost of seed and labor. 
It may be sown among corn, tomatoes, turnips, etc.. at 
time of last hoeing, or after potatoes, melons, cucumbers, 
have been harvested or on grain stubble and harrowed 
in. When sown in July and August, Dwarf Essex Rape 
may also be sown along with it at the rate of 4 or 5 lbs. 
per acre for pasturing sheep in the fall. The clover will 
be but little damaged by pasturing the Rape and will 
grow rapidly the following spring. 
When sown in July and early in August, it has proved 
hardy as far north as Michigan and Canada. In the lati- 
tude of New York time cf sowing may extend from July 
15th to September ist. ard further south even later. 
Sow 1= lbs per acre. Choice American grown new crop 
seed, ice. lb.; $7.00 100 lbs. 
