Left without a pre- 
mium because I did not 
buy Maule’s seed; next 
year | will know better. 
CORNRAICMRED 
“ASARNG 
LEAST 150,000 FARMERS. With such 
a large constituency among farmers and 
simply from paying me a little extra for their seeds, 
prove most conclusively that my efforts to give one 
My es catalogue wiil be mailed direct to AT | increased their crops from 20, 30,50 and 100 per cent. 
the fact that farmers themselves have 
always been my best customers, it isa 
self-evident conclusion that I should devote 
my best energies to securing as choice reliable 
grain and grass seeds as skilful cultivation 
has anywhere produced. A rapidly inereasing 
trade in allsections of the country and the hundreds 
of letters received from old customers who have 
and ali THE VERY CEROICEST, PUREST AND 
CLEANEST SEEDS AT LIVE-AND-LET- 
LIVE PRICES, HAVE BEEN WONDER- 
FULLY SUCCESSFUL. 
All prices, except those on Grass Seeds, include 
delivery on board cars or boat in this city, in good 
bags, free of charge. All field seeds are sold by 
weight and not by measured bushel. 
peck, $4.00. 
Oregon. 
““T raised as 
~--==es PEERLESS WHEAT === 
A Spring Wheat that has no superior in America. 1 grain 
produced 93 heads; 1 head produced 7 pounds; 3 heads 
produced 15 pounds. 
est expectations as a Spring Wheat, having suc- 
ceeded wherever Spring Wheat is grown. 
WELL WORTH A TRIAL BY ALL GROWERS. 
REMARKABLY HARDY, BUT ALSO WONDER- 
Last season surpassed my high- 
NOT ONLY 
FUL IN PRODUCTIVENESS. 
THR LARGEST GRAINED WHEAT IN CULTIVATION! 
The originator, one of the most experienced wheat growersin Can- 
ada, has grown almost all known varieties, even imported wheat 
from Scotland, England, France, Australia, Oregon, California and 
other quarters of the globe. 
Winter wheat, Lovett’s White. 
of the Peerless: ‘“‘I claim this is the most wonderful wheat in the 
world, being a Spring wheat for all parts of this country and the | 
United States, and will form heads certainly, which the Golden Grain 
and the Centennial Black Bearded will not, except in the West. The 
Peerless is unequalled, being enormously productive, extremely 
hardy and always a sure crop; one-half a bushel sowed on half an 
acre broadcast produced 22 bushels; the land was very poor; rich 
land is not necessary ; in fact, it does better on poor land; the straw 
is the strongest of any wheat straw I ever saw, and is about 12 inches 
longer than ordinary Spring wheat; does not rust. 
very late this Spring and it was maturing all along till I cut it, which 
was Sept. Ist. All others haying same chance were completely des- 
troyed by rust or blight. 
den Grain, it is entirely distinct. 
ted. Prices for 1885: Pkt., 15 ets.: 5 pkts., 50 cts.; 
postpaid, $1.50; by express or freight, qt., 75 cts.; 4% peck, $2.50; 
He is also the originator of the celebrated 
We quote as follows his deseription 
I sowed a piece 
Don’t confound this Wheat with Gol- 
Supply of seed still very limi- 
lb.. 75 cts.; 3 lbs., 
4@-In the Spring of 1884, I made the following offer, which 
nota customer accepted; Imake the same again for 1885. 
A FAIR OFFER. 
that I cheerfully make the following proposition: If on receipt of 
Peerless Wheat you donot acknowledge it at once as being the 
finest wheat you have ever seen, you can return it to me immediately 
and I will refund the money remitted for it. 
fairer than this? I think not. 
Jos. Beck, P. M., New Bridge, 
“ My neighbors thought 
they never saw such wheat as the 
Peerless Black Chaff and I think it 
is the Spring wheat for this coun- 
James R. McNeil, Savoia, N. M. 
“The Black Chaff wheat is the won- 
der of this region of country.”’ 
_E. A. Fassett, Hancock, Vt. 
** Peerless Black Chaff Wheat is the 
best variety known here.” 5 
Jos. M. Aker, Wafasha, Minn. 
ood wheat as was in 
this State, and did not plant the Peer- 
I consider this wheat so unusually fine, 
Can anything be 
less until the 10th of May. I think 
it will be the future wheat of the 
great Western wheat belt as soon as 
introduced.”’ 
W. W. Alexander, Stanhope, 
Canada. ‘‘ My Peerless wheat gives 
every prospect of a fine crop. The 
Silver King beats all I ever saw.” 
W. FE. Bailey, Kahoka, Mo. 
““The Peerless Wheat is the nicest 
thing in the wheat line I ever saw. 
Itis 5 feet tall, and the heads are 
three double. Parties that have 
seen it say they never saw such fine 
wheat.” 
