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SPRING WHEAT. 
FRENCH IMPERIAL. This wheat has proven itself 
-a most desirable variety. It possesses the quality of filling 
out plump, hard, extra No. 1 wheat, weighing sixty-two to 
sixty-four pounds per measured bushel, It is well adapted 
to rather poor soils, producing good crops of No. 1 hard 
wheat. The wheat is vigorous and strong in its growth, and 
yielded the past season from forty to fifty bushels per acre. 
By mail, pkt., 10c.; 1b., 35¢.; 3 lbs., $1.00. Express or freight, 
peck, 80c.; bush., $2.75. 
SASKATCHEWAN FIFE. This wheat comes origi- 
nally from Manitoba, and is pronounced by the great milling 
kings of the Northwest the best. It frequently weighs sixty- 
five pounds to the bushel, and it is said fifty bushels to the 
acre isnot an uncommon yield. It is ten days earlier than 
the common Fife, straw growing about a foot taller, standing 
‘stiff and strong; highly recommended. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 33¢.; 
33 lbs., $1.00, post-paid. Peck, 80c.; bush., $2.75. 
SPRING RYE. 
Distinct from the winter rye, grain of finer quality and 
more productive; can be successfully grown in any latitude. 
Lb., 35c.; 3 Ibs., $1.00, post-paid; peck, 65e.; bush., $2.00. 
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NEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. In 1883 a gentle- 
man travelling in Japan sent toa friendin New Jersey about 
athimbleful of this new variety. It was carefully planted, 
and enough seed raised to sow one-half bushel in 1886, from 
which the crop was forty bushels. A few bushels of this was 
given out for trial among neighboring farmers, who were 
delighted with the enormous yields it produced. Sown at the 
same time with Silver-Hull, it proved two weeks earlier and 
yielded twice as great. The kernels are twice the size of 
any other buckwheat, as shown in our illustration above; of 
arich dark brown color and manufacture a superior flour. 
Owing to its branching character only one-half as much seed 
is required per acre, while thestraw is much stiffer and stands 
up better. This new buckwheat must in time displace all 
others. Pkt., 10c.; 1b., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75¢., post-paid; qt., 20c.; 
peck, 60c.; bush., $1.50; 5 bush. and over, $1,40 per bush., 
sacks included. 
SILVER-HULL BUCKWHEAT. Sown at the same 
time as the common buckwheat, this variety continues in 
bloom longer, matures earlier, and yields nearly double. The 
flour produced from it is whiter and more nutritious. Lb., 
post-paid, 25c.; qt., 20¢e.; peek, 50c.; bush., $1.50. 
COMMON BUCKWHEAT. AQt., 15c.; bush., $1.25. 
SOJA HISPIDA (Soja Bean). Grown largely for forage 
crops and valuable for green manuring. Pkt., 10e.; lb., 50c., 
post-paid; peck, $1.25; bush., $4.00. 
Thousand-Headed Cabbage, or Kale. Oz., 10c.; lb., 
60c.; 5 lbs. and over, 50e. per lb. 
Flaxseed. Qt., 15¢.; bush., 56 lbs., about $2.50. 
ee ene? Orange. Lb., 50c.; peck, $2.00; bush. of 33 lbs., 
vi. . 
Manshury Barley. The earliest and most productive. 
Qt., 20c.; peck, 60c.; bush., $2.00. 
. Spring Barley. Qt., 15c.; peck, 50c.; bush., 48 lbs., 
00. 
Spring Tares, or Vetches. Qt., 30c.: bush., $3.50. 
HIGH 
GRADE 
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CLEAN 
GRASS IS KING + 
_ Our grass and clover seeds are extra cleaned and of the 
highest quality. We take great care to have them absolutely 
free from all noxious weed seeds. 
Our little work, ‘GRASSES FOR THE NORTH 
AND SOUTH,” giving descriptions and illustrations 
of all varieties, will be mailed to all who write for it. 
POSTAGE ON GRASS SEEDS. 
Remit, in addition to price, 8c. per lb., and 15e. per qt., 
except on light varieties, which do not weigh over 14 lbs. 
per bush., on which remit 5c. per qt., to prepay postage. 
VARIETIES OF CLOVER. 
Clovers are the Foundation of Farming. 
ALSIKE, SWED- 
ISH or HYBRID 
CLOVER. (Trifolium 
Hybridum). This val- 
uable variety is the \ 
hardiest of all the clovers 
and is sometimes called 
““Giant White Clover.” 
It is a perennial, there- 
fore adapted for perma- 
nent pastures or for hay 
crop. Perfectly hardy ; 
never heaves or throws 
in the winter, thrives 
equallywellon wetordry 
soil, through extreme 
droughts or excessive 
rains. Grows on clover- 
sick land, and yields a 
heavy bulk of herbage 
where no other clover 
succeeds. 
Its superior pastur- 
age is much liked by cat- 
tle, and it is well suited 
to sowing on lands liable 
to wash, asits long, fib- 
rous roots spread over a 
wide area and so inter- 
lace and hold the soil as ALSIKE, OR SWEDISH, THE HARDIEST 
to resist the heaviest OF THE CLOVERS. 
rains. Blossom heads 
round, flesh-colored, sweet and fragrant, much liked by 
bees. Sow six pounds per acre in spring or fall. Lb., 30e.; 
BO lbs., $2.50; 25 Ibs. and over, 20c, per lb.; bushel of 60 Ibs., 
$10.00. 
SAINFOIN, or ESPARSETTE. (Onobrychis Sativa). 
An excellent new perennial Fodder Plant, growing to the 
height of about three feet, and flowering in June and July. 
Its stand improving by age. It is naturally adapted for 
light chalky soils, being an enriching, heat resisting clover, 
and may be sown either broadcast or drilled. If the broad- 
east systern of sowing is preferred, it will require about five 
to six bushels per acre; if drilled, four to five bushels. It 
will crop from seven to ten years, according to the nature of 
the soil. Lb., 20e.; 10 Ibs., $1.50; bushel of 25 Ibs., $3.00. 
LUCERNE, or ALFALFA CLOVER. A perennial 
forage plant, and when once properly seeded in suitable soil 
will produce fine crops for several years. It hasaremarkable 
strong growth, occasioned by its roots penetrating the ground 
to a great depth, ten to twenty feet, until they are altogether 
out of reach of drought. Its cultivation is simple, requiring 
no more care and attention than a crop of the ordinary red 
clover, excepting the first year in preparing the soil and 
seeding; the ground should be thoroughly mellowed and 
prepared by clean and careful tillage, the seed sown with 
any grain crop in the spring, or as aseparate crop, at the 
rate of ten to twelve pounds per acre, and the second year it 
will become thoroughly established. It delights in deep, 
loamy soil, with asand or gravel subsoil. Lb., 30c.; 10 lbs., 
$2.50 ; 25 lbs. and over, 20c. per 1b.; bushel, 60 Ibs., $10.00. 
Bokhara Clover. Excellent for bee food, growing 
well on poorsoil. Per Ib., 35c.; 10 Ibs., $3.00. 
Crimson, or Carnation Clover. The most attractive 
of the clovers by its bright scarlet flowers, giving a desirable 
succession of green food. Lb., 25c.; 10 1bs., $2.00. 
HITE DUTCH CLOVER. The best to sow with 
lawn grass and valuable in permanent pastures. O2z., 5e.; 
lb., 40c.; 25 lbs. and over, 30e. per lb.; bush., 60 Ibs., $12.00. 
Clover, Common Red. Lowest market prices. - 
MAMMOTH PEA VINE, or SAPLING CLOVER. 
Market variable. Lowest market prices. 
Japan Clover. Valuable for the South. Lb., 40ce. 
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