PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— BUCKWHEAT AND MILLET. 



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Millet, Buckwheat and Clover. 



FOR SUMMER SOWING. 



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JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



Introduced into cultivation by us in 1887, and by constant 

 selection we have fully maintained the large grain, to- 

 tally unlike the small grain usually found on the market. 



This variety has superseded all others and is now almost 

 universally grown in preference 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 

 distinct. 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 superior 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 $1.30 per bushel. _, 



MILLET\ 



(Prices subject to variation.) 

 Millets withstand droughts remarkably, generally remain- 

 ing green when other vegetation is parched up, and being 

 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 cff, 

 and should be cut green. Sown broadcast half to one bushel per acre, frorp May 1st to August 1st. 

 JAPANESE. — A tall growing variety from which two crops can be obtained if the first is cut when 

 coming into blossom. After being cut it stools out and grows rapidly, the second crop frequently being 

 even heavier than the first. Sow in drills, 8 to 10 lbs. per acre. Broadcast 12 to 15 lbs. per acre. 

 Price, 20 cts. lb. ; 10 lbs., $1 60; 100 lbs., $12 00. 



GERMAN OR GOLDEN. — Larger, but takes longer to mature than Hungarian, and should be 

 sown in latitude of New York not later than middle of July. The seed we offer is specially grown for 



seed purposes and will yield much larger crops than 

 the seeds usually sold. Price, $1.50 bushel of 50 

 lbs ; 10 bushel lots, $1.40 per bushel. 



HUNGARIAN.— Smaller but earlier than any 

 of the other Millets, producing an excellent quality 

 of hay. It is of such rapid growth that it may be 

 sown in this latitude up to August 1st. Price, $1.40 

 per bush, of 48 lbs. ; 10 bush, lots, $1.30 per bush. 



CRIMSON or SCARLET CLOVER. 



The value of Scarlet Clover is now so thoroughly 

 established that we have no hesitation in recommen- 

 ding that all lands from which crops have been har- 

 vested during the summer and fall should be sown 

 with Scarlet Clover for plowing under the following 

 Spring. Authorities who have made a careful esti- 

 mate 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 harvested 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, cu- 

 cumbers have been harvested or on grain stubble and 

 harrowed in. When sown in July and early in Au- 

 gust, it has proved hardy as far north as Michigan 

 and Canada. In the latitude of New York time of 

 sowing may extend from July 15th to September 

 1st, and further south even later. Sow 15 lbs. per 

 acre. Choice recleaned new crop seed, 10c. lb.; $4.25 

 bushel; $7.00 100 lbs. 



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CRIMSON CLOVER. 



