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THE MLTIC WHITE OfTTJ. 



This entirely new and distinct oat, now offered for sale 

 in America for the first time, comes from tlie borders of tlie 

 Baltic Sea in Sweden, where it is considered the very best of 

 all Swedish varieties. After two years' trial we find them 

 superior in all respects to any oats we have ever grown. 

 In manner of growth they are dift'erent 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 just received from our farmer, one of 

 the largest oat growers in the State of New York : "I have 

 grown nearly every oats offered for sale in the last fifteen 

 years and 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 pounds per measured bushel. You will 

 make no mistake in pushing this oat plump to the front." 

 We distributed hist season several hundred small sample 

 packets for thorough trial among our customers, and the few 

 reports published below are a fair sample of the many re- 

 ceived. No progressive farmer should fail to plant The 

 Baltic Oats this season, as all that can be grown in 1890 will 

 be wanted for seed in 1891. Prices, per large pkt, , 15c.; 

 lb., 35c.; 3 ll>s., SI. 00, post-paid; peck, 76c.; bush., 

 S2.25; bagof 2J^ bushels, S5.00; 10 bushels and over, 

 Sl,85 per bushelT sacks included. 



THE NEW P/ILTK OATS, 



A. E. Clark, Haigler, Neb., Aug. 16, 1889, writes : "The 

 Baltic Oats sent us for trial are the best oats I ever raised. 

 .\11 who have seen tliem pronounce them the very finest. 

 We obtained a peck from that little packet." 



R. E. Maynard, St. Charles, Minn., Oct. 23, 1889, writes : 

 " I think the Baltic Oats the best I ever saw. Very early and 

 m est productive; grain plump and heavy, straw large and 

 strong." 



C. Gtjndy Brown, Cannon, Del., Sept. 28, 1889, writes : 

 " Baltic Oats grows nicely, has very strong stalk, large, well 

 filled heads and yields largely in excess of any other." 



J. N. Bankson, Fort Gratiot, Mich., Oct. 24, 1889, writes : 

 "The new Baltic Oats did well, notwithstanding the ex- 

 tremely dry season we had in this locality. They fill better 

 than any other variety I know of." 



F. R. McKiNLEY, Guy, Wash., Oct. 31. 1889, writes: "I 

 think very highly of the Baltic Oats and do not believe they 

 can be beaten for earliness, quality, yield and weight." 



R. M. Hamlin, Hamlin, Ky., Aug. 19, 1889, writes : "The 

 Baltic Oats did well ; they make a large amount of fodder, 

 grow tall and rapidly, and yield enormously. I like them 

 very much indeed." 



C. L. Beard, Clarington, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1889, writes : " I 

 am more than pleased with the quality and yield of the new 

 Baltic Oats sent me last spring. The Japanese Buckwheat 

 was fine ; from the quarter bushel sent me I threshed ten 

 bushels of splendid grain." 



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 i)roduce more weight of grain to 

 the acre than ordinary oats. The straw 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 oats crop, you mu.st sow either New^ Baltic or 

 Clydesdale, as there is nothing to equal them in productive- 

 ness and quality. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75e., post-paid; 

 by freight or express, peck, 60c.: legal bushel of 32 lbs., Il.50 ; 

 10 bushels and over, $1.35 per bushel, bags included. 



PKINGLE'S PKOGKESS OATS. This variety was 

 made by Mr. Pringle. of Vermont, by crossing the Kxcelsior 

 with the Chin«<se H ulless. In it we hav e a short stiff straw, 

 and a long, full head, averaging as large as the largest of the 

 taller varieties, well fillea, and only two-thirds as much 

 Wstraw. By mail, post-paid, pkt., lOc; lb.. 30c.; 3 lbs., 75e. By 

 ^/l^fieiglit 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 

 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, 

 *'<5iPOSl paid, large pkt., lOc; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75c. By express or 

 fr< ight, peck, 40c.; legal bu.sihel (32 lbs.), $1.15 ; 10 bushels and 

 i^vcr, $1.00 per bushel, bags included. 



Wide-Awake American Triumph, WTiite Belgian, 

 WTiite Russian, White Probstier Surprise, Kxcelsior, 

 Canadian, W^inter Oats, and other popular varieties of 

 •;eed oats, at bottom prices. Each, 30c. lb., or 3 lbs. for 75c., 

 by mail, post-paid. By freight or express, bags included, per 

 legal bushel, 32 lbs., $1.15; 10 bushels and over, $1.00 per 

 bushel. 



