WALTER^ p. STOKES | 219 Market Street, PHIL>ADELPHIA,PA. 



Beardless Barley 



SEED BARLEY 



IMPORTED "STANDWELL" BARLEY. This Imported Barley is the handsomest 

 sample of grain of its kind that I have ever seen. The straw is strong, of medium height and 

 abundant. It ripens moderately early, thriving best on moderately rich, good Barley land 

 and is very hardy ; particularly valuable for Northern sections. It will be profitable to any 

 one to pay a higher price for this greatly improved stock in order to get into the strain of a 

 better Barley than that mostly raised in this country. Pkt. lo cts., pt. 25 cts., postpaid; by 

 express, qt. 20 cts., pk. 85 cts., bus. $3, 3-bus. bag $S. 



BEARDLESS BARLEY. Many farmers do not like to grow the bearded varieties of Barley 

 on account of the disagreeableness of handling it, although it is a very profitable crop. This 

 Beardless Barley is as easy to grow and handle as oats. It is the earliest known variety to 

 ripen ; grows medium height, very strong, stiff straw and will stand well up on any kind of 

 land. With good land and fair conditions, yields 60 to 75 bushels per acre, and in many 

 instances has made the enormous yield of 100 to 120 bushels per acre. Look at our very low 

 prices, as compared with prices of other seedsmen, Pkt. 5 cts., pk. 60 cts., bus. Si. 60, 5-bus. 

 lots at $1.50 per bushel. 



Spelfz, or Emmer 



This grain has been grown for centuries in Russia near the Caspian Sea. It is intermediate 

 between wheat and barley, and it is one of the greatest drought-resisters known among grains. 

 It does not rust, blight or lodge ; it makes the best of hay, when cut in the milk, the straw 

 resembling wheat straw. It frequently yields 50 to 80 bushels per acre, and on poor land, stony 

 ground, and land that is undesirable for other crops, Speltz gives a good result. Thousands of 

 bushels of Speltz are now grown on our western prairies, as it is splendid food for cattle 

 and swine. 



Culture. — Prepare your ground as you would for wheat or oats, sow at the rate of two 

 bushels per acre. It is extremely hardy and can be sown earlier than spring wheat or oats, as 

 light frost does not affect it ; it can be sown later, but early sowing is better. Pkt. 5 cts., lb. 30 

 cts., by mail, postpaid ; qt. 15 cts., pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 75, 6-bus. lots and over $1.65 per bus., by 

 freight or express. Write for quotations in larger lots. 



Spring Rye 



Distinct from the Winter Rye, grain of finer quality and more productive; can be successfully grown in anj- latitude, and is now being 

 largely grown in the Middle states in place of oats, being a much more profitable crop on account of the production of nearly four times the 

 straw, and also as a "catch" crop where winter grain has failed. The straw is equally as valuable as that of the Fall or Winter Rye, stand- 

 ing stiff, 7 to 8 feet high. Produces 30 to 40 bushels of grain per acre. As it does not stool like Winter Rye, not less than two bushels to the 

 acre should be sown. Pkt. 5 cts., lb. 35 cts., 3 lbs. $1, postpaid; pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 75. Write for price in quantity lots. 



New Japanese Buckwheat 



The kernels are nearly twice the size of any other, of a rich dark brown color, and manufacture a superior flour. It has rapidly dis- 

 placed all others, and is now more largely planted than any other, being about two weeks earlier. Pkt. 5 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., 

 postpaid ; by express, qt. 15 cts., pk. 50 cts., bus. $1.75. 



Weber's Improved Evergreen Broom Corn 



The high prices which have prevailed the past few years for Broom Corn brush indicates that the demand has overtaken the supplj-, 

 and farmers, where possible, should add it to their crops. Weber's Improved is of a very bright green color, without the slightest reddish 

 tinge. It makes by far the best brooms of any corn grown and commands the very highest prices. Customers who have grown this com 

 report yields of over 1,000 lbs. of brush to the acre. Height, 7 to 8 feet. Lb. 35 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., postpaid ; qt. 25 cts., pk. 80 cts., bus. 

 $2.75 ; sack of 2 bus. for $5. 



Evergreen Broom Corn 



This is an old standard variety, largely grown in many sections of the West, but not equal to or so salable as the brush of tlie Weber's 

 Improved. Qt. 20 cts., pk. 70 cts., bus. $2.25. 



Spring Wheat 



SASKATCHEWAN FIFE. This wheat is pronounced by the 

 great milling kings of the Northwest the best. Fifty bushels to the 

 acre is not an uncommon yield. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 35 cts., 3 lbs. $1, 

 postpaid ; by express or freight, pk. 65 cts., bus. $2.50, 5 bus. and 

 over, S2.25 per bus., bags included. 



MACARONI, or DURUM. This newly imported Wheat, sent 

 out by the Department of Agriculture, has taken a strong hold in 

 the West, where Spring Wheats are in vogue, and where it out- 

 yields by far any other variety. It makes an excellent quality of 

 flour for bread ; and it is practically immune from rust. I would 

 advise my eastern growers to test it in a small way at first. Lb. 30 

 cts., 4 lbs. $1, hy mail, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 25 cts., 

 pk. 85 cts., bus. S2.75- 



Mammoth Russian Sunflower 



The best variety for the farmer. Grows to double the size of the 

 common, and the yield of seed is twice as great. One hundred and 

 twenty-five bushels to the acre have been grown at a less expense 

 than corn. It is highly recommended for poultry. Oz. 5c., qt. 15c. 

 (qt. postpaid, 25c.), pk. 6oc., bus. §2, sack (2 bus.) 83.75; 5 bus. and 

 over. Si. 75 per bus. 



Speltz, or Emmer 



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