SELECTED FARM SEEDS. 



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New Clydesdale Oats. 



This valuable new and distinct 

 oat is pronounced, by all growers 

 who have tested it, one of the most 

 important additions to the list of farm 

 seeds that has been sent out for many 

 years. 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 poimds. Aside from its extraordi- 

 nary weight, it ripens ten days earlier 

 than any other, and will produce more 

 weight of grain to the acre than any 

 other oats ever grown in America. Tlie 

 straw is straight, stiff, of good height, 

 crowned witli 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 oats crop, you must sow 

 the NeAV Clydesdale, as there is nothing 

 equal toitin productiveness and quality. 

 I.argeplct.,10e.; lb., 35c.; 31bs., $1.00, post- 

 paid; by freight or express, peclc, 75c.; 

 legal bushel of 321bs., S2.25,bagsincluded. 

 PRINGIiE'S PKOGKESS OATS. This new variety 

 of oats was made by Mr. Pringle, of Vermont, a few years 

 ago, by crossing the Excelsior with the Cliinese Hulless. 

 In it we have a short stiff straw, and a long full head, 

 averaging as large as the largest of the taller varieties, well 

 filled, and only two-thirds as much straw. We believe if 

 the farmer prefers grain to straw, the Progress^ will suit 

 every time. By mail, post-paid, pkt 10c.; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 

 $1.00. By freightor express, peck, 60c.; bush., $2.00. 



WIDE-AAVAKE OATS. This new variety was first 

 brought here four years since by some Swedish emigrants, 

 who esteemed them as the best oats grown in their country. 

 The grains are very handsome, plump and heavy, having 

 large meat and thin husk. The Wide-Awake Oafs have 

 produced one hundred and fifty-six busliels and twenty-six 

 pounds from one hundred pounds of seed grown as a field 

 crop. Tlie straw is very long and stiff, free from rust, has 

 long branching heads, filled with good, plump oats weighing 

 thirty-eight pounds per bushel. By mail, post-paid, pkt., 

 lOc; lb., a5c.; 3 lbs., $1.00. By freight or express, peck, 60c.; 

 bush.,$1..50. 



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 fi-om 

 forty-eight to fifty poiuids per measured hushel. The 

 grain is very large, handsome, plump and full, with thin, 

 ■white, close-fitting husk. They sfool heavily. Extra 

 strong, straight straw, five to six feet in height. By mail, 

 post-paid, l.irgepkt., 10c.; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., $1.00. By express 

 or freight, peck, 40c.; legal bush. (32 lbs.), $1.25; 10 bush, and 

 over, $1.10 per bush., bags included. ^^ 



American Triumph, White Belgian, WTiite Kus- 

 grian, W^asliington, Challenge, Wliite Probstier, Sur- 

 prise, Excelsior, Canadian, "Winter Oats, and other 

 popular varieties of seed oats, at bottom prices. Each, 35c. 

 lb., or 3 lbs. for $1.00, by mail, post-paid. By freight or 

 express, bags included, per legal bush. (32 lbs.), $1.15; 10 

 bush, and over, $1.00 per bush. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



FRENCH IMPERIAL. This wheat has proven itself a 

 most desirable variety. It possesses in a greater degree, than 

 almost any other kind, thequality of flllingout 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 kernel is 

 very hard and plump, and of excellent milling quality. The 

 wheat is vigorous and strong in its growth, and yielded the 

 past season from forty to fifty bushels per acre. By mail, 

 pkt., lOc; lb., 35e.; 3 lbs., $1.00. Express or freight, peck, 

 85c.; bush., $2.75. 



SASKATCHEWAN EIFB. This new wheat comes 

 originally from Manitoba, and is pronounced by the great 

 milling kings of the Northwest the best milling wheat they 

 have ever ground. Itfrequntly weighs sixty-five pounds to 

 the bushel, and it is said fifty bushels to the acre is not 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., lOc; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 

 ^.00, post-paid. Peck, 85c.; bush., $2.75. 



SPRING RYE. 



Distinct from the winter rye, grain of finer quality and 

 more productive; can be successfullv grown in anv latitude. 

 Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., Sl.OO, post-paid ; peek, &5c.; bush., $2.00. 



NEW JAPANESE BUCKTTHEAT. In 1883 a gentle- 

 man travelling in Japan, sent to a friend in New Jersey, about 

 a thimbleful of this new variety. It was carefully planted, and 

 enough seed raised to sow one-half bushel in 1886j from 

 which the crop was forty bushels. A few bushels of this was 

 given out for trial among neigliboring 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 twiee as great. The kernels are twice the size 

 of any other buckwheat, as shown in oiu- illustration above; 

 of a rich dark brown color and manufacture a superior flour. 

 Owing to its branching character only one-half as much seed 

 is required per acre, while the straw is mucli stiffer and 

 stands up better. This new buckwheat must in time displace 

 all others. Pkt., lOc; lb., ;35c.; 3 lbs., $1.00, post-paid; qt., 

 20c.; peck, 75c.; bush., $2.10, by freight or express. 



SILVER-HTJLL 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.,20c.; peck, 50c.; bush, $1.50. 



COMMON BUCKWHEAT. Qt., 15c.; bush., 48 Ibg., 

 $1.25. 



MAMMOTH KUSSI.iN SUNFLOWER. 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER. 



THE GIANT-OE-ALL SUNELOWEKS. Growing 

 to double the size of the common sunflower, and the yield of 

 seed is trwice as gi-eat. One hundred and twenty-five 

 bushels to the acre have been grown at a less expense than 

 corn. It is highly recommended for poultry; the best egg- 

 producing food known. The leaves make splendid fodder, 

 much relished by all kinds of stock. The seed is good feed 

 for horses, and yields a fine quality of oil. The strong thick 

 stalks are used for fuel. In fact there is no waste whatever 

 in any of its product. Pkt., 5c.; qt., 25c.; qt., post-paid, 40c.; 

 peck, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 



