PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FARM SEEDS. 



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Henderson's Clydesdale Oats. 



A Variety of White Oats of Extraordinary Weight, Earliness and Productiveness, Weighing SO llss. to the bushel- 

 it affords us much satisfaction to announce that in the numei-oiis trials to which this variety has been subjected it fully sustains our claims and expectations. In 

 offering the Clydesdale Oat we stated that thorough and careful trials by many of our best American farmers, as well as by the Department of Agriculture at 'Wash- 

 ington, show that imported (British) Oats weiphiug 44 lbs. per bushel give a product when sown here of 40 lbs. per bushel, or nearly 10 lbs. per bushel more than our 

 ordinary oats. It will 1)6 seen, then, that even if the amount required to seed an acre be $7.00 (3 bushels), the product in weight and value will be over half as much 

 again. In other words, if the cost of the ordinary oats to seed an acre be $1.50, and the product be (iO bushels or about 1,800 lbs., the product of the Clydesdale Oats 

 (being 46 lbs. to the bushel) should be about 2,750 lbs., showing a clear gain of 950 lbs. in yield, which would be, according to the American standard (32 lbs.), 30 bushela- 



per acre more in favor of the Clydesdale Oats. Besides this clear gain in yield, it should also be re- 

 membered that if the product of the Clydesdale Oats were used again for seed purposes, as it probably 

 would be in the majority of cases, the value would be still further increased ; for the price of oats for seed 

 purposes, as is well known, at 46 lbs. per bushel, is always at least twice the price of ordinary oats. We 

 oft'er these oats for sale at the weight of 50 lbs. per bushel, exactly as grown for us, so that those purchasing 

 will actually receive for every bushel over one and one-half bushels according to the American 

 standard. Another most important advantage of Henderson's Clydesdale 

 Oats to the farmer is the fact that they have been thoroughly cleaned by the 

 latest and most improved machinery, and are absolutely free from foreign and 

 - , weed seeds. Price, by express or freight, SI. 00 per peck ; $2.50 per bushel (of 



,//_y J 50 lbs.) Or we will supply three bushels (150 lbs.), the quantity to seed an acre. 



HENDEBBON'S CLYDESDALE OATS. 



for $7.00. 1 lb. sent, post-paid, by mail, for 25 cents. 



GeeatBend, Pa., Jan. 25th, 1886. 

 The bushel of Clydesdale Oats purchased from you last year exceeded my 

 expectations. They were the finest looking half-acre of oats I ever saw, and 

 attracted many passers-by. The yield was 45 bushels in plump, heavy oats, 

 with common broad-cast sowing, and no cultivation or fertilizing. 



JAS. F. CARL. 

 Canvas PRArErE, I. T., Oct. 19th, 1886. 

 Last spring I received through Austin Corbin of New Tork one hundred 

 pounds of your celebrated Clydesdale Oats, and which I sowed on one and 

 three-quarters acres of ground, and have just threshed 170 bushels of the finest 

 oats that were ever seen in this part of the country. I write you this statement 

 to acknowledge the great benefit you have bestowed on the grain-growing terri- 

 tory of the country by furnishing such seed ; the ground was new ground and 

 rough, and I hope to increase the crop another year. This grain weighs 48 lbs. 

 to the bushel. ROBEET WOLF. 



New Toek, Jan. 13th, 1887. 

 Please save me for spring planting 50 bushels of the very heavy Oata-- 

 (Clydesdale, P. H. & Co.), such as I sent a few bushels of to Idaho last spring, io 

 a Mr. Wnlf. He writes me that on one and three-quarters acres his crop wa» 

 170 bushels. AUSTIN CORBIN. 



Westfteij}, N. J., Jan. 17th, 1887. 

 I have Clydesdale Oats weighing 43 pounds machine threshed : I think if 

 they %vere cleaned over they will weigh 45 pounds. I have sown them now two 

 years, and I think they have deteriorated very little during that time. 



IRA C. LAMBERT. 



BRITISH (Imported) OATS. 



Besides the valuable new Oat, "Henderson's Clydesdale," described above, 

 we otfer the following standard British varieties : 



Hopetoun. A potato Oat (white) of great value, averaging 42 lbs. to the bushel. 

 Black Tartarian. Early, productive and long strawed ; the oats will weigh 



40 lbs. to the bushel. 



The above two varieties of Oats we offer in fine, well cleaned samples. Price, 

 for either variety, 75 cents per peck ; $2.25 per bushel. 



AMEUICAN OATS. 



Pringle's American Tritunph Oats. This is a cross between the Ex- 

 celsior and Waterloo Oats. The average height, as the grain stands in the 

 field, is six feet, yet the straw is so strong and firm that it heads up well 

 without lodging. (32 lbs. to bushel.) 60 cents per peck ; $1.50 per bushel. 



Probsteier. A leading variety. It is very productive and heavy, and straw 

 very strong. $1.00 per bushel (32 lbs.) 



i;VHEATS. 



Saskatchewan Pife (Spring). The best No. 1 Hard Amber yet introduced. 



ITnequaled for earliness, yield and vigor. $2.00 per bushel. 

 White Russian (Spring). Not exactly a white, but a light colored variety 



of red wheat. Is an enormous cropper, with long, straight yellow straw, 



and bears long and large white chaff beads, well filled with plump kernels. 



$2.00 per bushel. 

 Pultz (Winter). $2.00 per bushel. 1 



Golden Cross (Winter). $2.50 per bushel. I For particulars- 



Hybrid Mediterranean (Winter). $2.00 per bushel. \ see our fall 

 The Garfield (Winter). $2.50 per bushel. catalogue. 



Martin Amber (Winter). $2.00 per bushel. J 



RYE, 



Excelsior Winter. A new variety from Vermont that has never failed to- 

 vield at the rate of from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. With the originator a 

 four-acre field yielded 52 bushels to the acre. $2.00 per bushel. 



Winter. $1.50 per bushel. 



Spring. $2.00 per bushel. 



BUCKIVHEAT. 



New Japanese. (See description and illustration on next page.) Price, 25- 

 cents per lb.; $1.00 per peck ; $3.00 per bushel. 1 lb. by mail for 30 cents. 



European Silver Hull. This variety may be depended upon to ripen in 

 anything like a favorable season from ten days lo two vjetks earlier than the 

 native .American Silver Hull or Common Buckwheat. Berry small, with 

 rounded comers, and of a beautiful silver gray color. Height, three feet. 

 Straw, a deep rich wine color when ripe. $1.00 per peck ; $2.50 per btishel. 



Silver Hull. $2.00 per bushel. 4 lbs. by mail, 75 cts. 



Common Variety. $1.75 per bushel. 



BARLEV. 



Vermont Champion. Two-rowed, early, hardy and prolific. 60 cents per 

 peck ; $2.00 per bushel. 



HuUess. An important acquisition to the grains of this country. Grows two- 

 and one-half feet high. Heads long and well filled with plump, heavy 

 kernels, hulless like wheat when threshed. Ripens early and yields well. 

 Should be sown on rich, gravelly, warm upland. $1.00 per peck ; $2.50 per 

 bushel. 



