Fully appreciating the great importance to the farmer of GOOD FIELD CROPS, we have given particular attention to 
this department of our business, and have made the SELECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FARM SEEDS a specialty, 
exercising great care to secure the best varieties, thoroughly cleaned and of the finest possible quality. Re 
#3-At prices given, we make no charge for bags, and deliver free to any freight depot or eXpress in Philadelphia. 
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY OATS. 
oat, which we now offer in our catalogue for the first time, 
This grand new 
The Baltic White Oats. 
This entirely new and distinct oat, which we offered for saie 
in America for the first time last spring, comes from the borders 
of the Baltic Sea in Sweden, where it is considered the very best 
of all Swedish varieties. In manner of growth they are different 
from any other variety, being neither a side nor sprangle oat, 
but growing closely and evenly all around the main stalk. We 
quote the following from a letter received from our farmer, one 
of the largest oat growers in the State of New York: “I have 
grown nearly every oat offered for sale in the Jast fifteen years, 
«ud none have proved half so desirable as these, out-yielding all 
other varieties I ever saw growing, my field of eighteen acres 
averaging eighty-five bushels to the acre, being twenty-six 
bushels more to the acre than Clydesdale under same cultivation, 
and the handsomest oat field I ever saw. Very stiff in straw, 
standing up well and entirely free from rust or smut, grain 
exceedingly large and handsome, weighing forty-five ponnds per 
measured bushel. You will make no mistake in pushing this 
oat plump to the front.’? We sold these oats lastspring to several 
hundred of our best farmers, and, notwithstanding the generally 
unfavorable season, have heard nothing but praise from it. See 
testimonials below. Prices, per large pkt., 10c.; lb., 30c.; 3 
Ibs., 75c., post-paid; peck, 65c.; bush., $1.75, bag of 244 
bush., $4.00; 10 bush. and over, $1.50 per bush., sacks 
included. 
F. B. HastinGs, Brady, Pa., Sept. 28, 1890, writes: ‘‘The 
New Baltic Oats bought ef you last spring gave great satis- 
faction, yielding more than double to the acre than our old 
varieties. We had a dry season, but the Baltic flourished, 
though the drought caused many other varieties to fail. Your 
Brandywine Tomatoes are the finest, some of them weighing 
two and a half pounds apiece.” 
R. E. MAyNArRD, St. Charles, Minn., writes: ‘‘I think the 
Baltie Oats the best I ever saw. Very early and most pro- 
ductive; grain plump and heayy; straw large and strong.” 
NEW CLYDESDALE OATS. Well-cleaned samples of 
these oats will weigh fifty-one to fifty-three pounds per bushel, 
while an ordinarily cleaned lot will weigh forty-six to forty- 
eight pounds. Aside from its extraordinary weight, it ripens 
earlier and will produce more weight of grain to the acre than 
ordinary oats. Thestraw is straight, stiff, of good height, crowned 
with long, beautiful branching, well-filled heads, twenty to 
twenty-four inches long, and free from any tendency to lodge. 
If you want to double the yield of your oat crop, you must 
sow either American Beauty, Baltie or Clydesdale, as 
there is nothing to equal them in productiveness and 
quality. Pkt., 10c.; 1b., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75e., postpaid ; by freight 
was obtained by a continued selection for several years, by } or express, peck, 60e.; legal bushel of 32 Ibs., $1.50; 10 bushels 
O. H. Alexander, of Vermont, of a new variety sent him from 
Moseow, in Russia. The introducer. an extensive grower 
and experimenter with oats, writes: ‘‘It is one of the 
heaviest croppers known, having yielded 82 bushels per aere 
when the average yield of other good varieties was 52 bushels, 
and I find, after testing over 20 varieties in the past few years, 
the straw is far more valuable for foddering purposes than any 
that IL know of.” This variety was also tested at the Experi- 
mental Station, Geneva, N. Y.. the report being as follows: 
** Alexander's No. 2(American Beauty) Oats, being long and 
taper-pointed; average height, 3 feet 3 inches; culm very 
erect and stout, leaves often exceeding 16 inches in length; 
average length of panicle, 9 inches; berry large. This vari- 
ety is destined to become very popular and is one of the most 
prolific varieties known.” No progressive farmer should fail 
to plant the American Beauty Oats this season, as all that 
ean be grown in 1891 will be wanted for seed in 1892. Prices, 
per large pkt., 15c.; Ib.,35c.; 3 Ibs., $1.00, post paid; 
peck, 75¢.; bush., $2.50; bag of 2% bushels, &6.00; 
10 bush. and over, $2.25 per bush., sacks included, 
and over, $1.35 per bushel, bags ineluded. 
WELCOME OATS. This oat has given great satisfac- 
tion everywhere, succeeding in a wide range of climate, and 
on a great variety of soil. Very productive and weighs 
from forty-eight to fifty pounds per measured bushel. 
The grain is very large, handsome, plump and full, with thin, 
white, close fitting husk. They stool heavily. Extra strong, 
straight straw, five to six feet in height. By mail, post-paid, 
large pkt., 10c.; 1b., 30¢.; 3 lbs., 75c. By express or freight, 
peck, 40c.; legal bushel, 32 Ibs., $1.25; 10 bushels and over, 
$1.15 per bushel, bags included. 
Pringle’s Progress, Wide-Awake, American Tri- 
umph, White Belgian, White Russian, White Probstier, 
Surprise, Excelsior, Canadian, Winter Oats and other 
popular varieties of seed oats at bottom prices. Each, 30c. 
lb., or 3 lbs. for 75e., by mail, post-paid. By freight or ex- 
press, bags included, per legal bushel, 32 lbs., $1.25; 10 bushels 
and over, $1.15 per bushel. 
