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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 



OATS. 



Thirty-two pounds to the bushel. 



American Beauty. This excellent and popular variety is characterized 



by great vigor of growth, earliness and remarkable cropping qualities. 



The grain is large, long and tapering; straw erect and stout. Peck 40 



cts., bu. $1.00. 

 White Maine. This fine variety is grown with much favor by the 



farmers in Western New York, where it yields with ordinary cultivation 



from 70 to 90 bushels per acre. Peck. 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 10 bu. lots at 



$1.00 per bu. 

 Clydesdale. An early and productive variety. Peck 40 cts., bu. SI. 25, 



10 bus. at $1.00 per bu. 

 American Banner. A valuable variety ; ripens early ; grain white, 



large and plump ; very productive and heavy ; has a stiff straw of good 



length. Peck 40 cts., bu. $1.00. 



Special prices to buyers of large qua7itities. 



BARLEY. 



Manshurey. The most productive six-rowed variety. It ripens early, 

 with strong, stiff straw. Peck 50 cts., bu. $1.50. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Saskatchewan Fife. This is known as the most desirable variety of 

 Spring Wheat in cultivation. It is unequalled for productiveness, earli- 

 ness and vigor. Peck 50 els., bu. $1.50. 



SPRING RYE. 



Used as a catch crop to sow where winter grain has failed. Straw stiffer 

 and shorter than the Winter Rye; grain of equal value. Sow \\ bushels to 

 the acre. Peck 50 cts., bu. §1.50. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Japanese. This superior variety is earlier and more prolific and yields 

 double the weight per acre of other sorts. Sow about the middle of June 

 broadcast from 2 to 3 pecks per acre. Qt. 10 cts., peck 50 cts., bu. (48 

 lbs.) $1.50. By mail, per lb. 30 cts. 



Silver Hull. Flour whiter and more nutritious than the Japanese. Qt. 

 10 cts., peck 50 cts., bu. $1.50. By mail, per lb. 30 cts. 



***** niSCELLANEOUS SEEDS. •.*.•;•• 



Southern Black-Eye Cow Peas. Also known as 

 Sand Pea, a small white variety with black eye. Sow 2 bush- 

 els to the acre. Qt. 15 cts., peck 75 cts., bu. $2.50. 



Canada Field Peas. Valuable for Northern climates for 

 caule-feeding. Used as feed for pigeons, etc., and for green 

 soiling. Qt. 10 cts., peck 50 cts., bu. $1.50,1-0 bu. $1.25 per bu. 



Large White Marrowfat. Qt. 10 cts., peck 60 cts., 

 bu. $2.00. 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat. This and the White Mar- 

 rowfat are extensively grown as field peas. Qt. 10 cts., peck 

 60 els., bu. $2.00. 



Broom Corn (Improved Evergreen). This variety is ex- 

 tensively grown on account of the color and quality of its 

 brush, which is long, fine, and straight, and always green ; 

 grows 7 feet high. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $6.00. 



Teosillte (Reana Luxurians). This gigantic fodder plant 

 somewhat resembles Indian coin. It produces a great num- 

 ber of shoots, growing 12 feet high, thickly covered with 

 leaves, and yielding an abundance of forage. As a soiling 

 or fodder plant in the South it surpasses either corn or 

 sorghum, and in the extreme South is a perennial. The 

 leaves are long and broad, and the stalks full of sweet sap. 

 Per oz. 15 cts., lb. $1.25. 



"Wild Rice (Zizania Aquatica). The Zizania is valuable as 

 a forage plant on inundated lands and along the shores of 

 marshes. As an attraction for wild fowl it is invaluable. In 

 fish ponds and lakes it purifies the water and affords a refuge 

 for the small fry from the large fish and also furnishes them 

 with food from the animalculas upon ils stalks. The seed 

 should be sown in the fall in six inches to six feet of water 

 having a soft mud bottom and where there are but few weeds. 

 Per lb. 30 cts., 100 lbs. $18.00. 



Tares, or Spring Vetches. A good forage plant, also 



used for plowing under; sow one bushel to the acre. Lb. S 

 cts., 100 lbs. $500, bu. of 60 lbs. $3.00. 

 Rape, English (Dwarf Essex). Extensively grown in 

 Europe and Canada for forage, especially for sheep and for 

 green manure. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $8.00. 



Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. This may be grown 



to great advantage by planting in waste pieces of ground, 

 from early spring to the latter part of July, as it is an excel- 

 lent and cheap food for fowls. As an egg-producing food it 

 is unsurpassed. Its leaves make very good fodder, and its 

 strong, thick stalks are valuable for fuel. Lb. 8 cts., 100 lbs. 

 $5.00. 



Flax. When grown for seed, sow 1 bushel per acre; if fibre 

 is wanted, sow at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels. The soil should 

 be well cultivated. Peck 75 cts., bu. $2 50. 



Osage Orange (Madura aurantiaca). Sprout the seed 

 before sowing, then sow in rows, and when one year old 

 transplant, 6 inches apart, alternating the plants in double 

 rows, cutting the plants down to the height of 6 inches. 

 Manure well and plow deep before planting. Per lb. 30 cts., 

 bu. of 33 lbs. $8 00. 



Osage Orange Plants. Strong, 2 years old. $1.00 per 

 100, $5 00 per 1,000. Selected, $7.50 per 1,000. 



Eucalyptus Globulus, Australian Fever Gum 

 Tree. Extensively planted in the South and California, for 

 destroying malaria. Oz. 50 cts., \ lb. $1.50, lb. §5.00. 



BIRD SEEDS. 



(Prices variable.) 



Canary. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $5.50. 

 Hemp. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $5.00. 

 Lettuce. Oz. 10 cts., lb. 40 cts. 

 Maw. Lb, 15 cts., 100 lbs. $14.00. 

 German Millet. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $3 50. 

 German Rape. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $6.00. 

 Vetches for Pigeons. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $6 00. 

 Mixed Bird Seed. Lb. 10 cts., 100 lbs. $6.00. 

 Unhulled Rice. Qt. 20 cts., bu. $3.00. 



If small quantities are wanted by mail, add 8 cents per pound and 15 cents per quart for postage. 



