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Henderson's Supeiior Wmtcr Seed Wheat, Etc. 



The prices given are those ruling September, 1909, but are subject to market fluctuations. Delivery f.o.b. New York, bags extra. 



WHEAT. 



Jones' Red Wave (Beardless.) 



After three years' trial this Grand Wheat has fully maintained the 

 ■good opinion expressed when first sent out in 1906. Customers 

 in all winter wheat growing sections know the Jones wheats wherever 

 sown have made a grand record, and will be pleased to hear of this 

 fine Bald Red variety. It is a cross between early Red Clawson 

 and an unnamed crossbreed of Russian parentage. All progressive 

 farmers should give this sort a trial, as seed of this will be in great 

 demand as soon as known, and those who are fortunate enough to 

 have a iield in 1910, will find it to be a profitable investment. It 

 is a bald Brown-chaff, dark medium long, large grain; heads very 

 long and broad, filled with medium, long, large, hard, dark kernels, 

 rich in gluten. Straw, golden; above medium height, stocky, 

 very strong, thick walled and not liable to go down; heads slightly 

 leaning, hence not liable to sprout in the field. This variety last 

 season gave a yield of 49 bushels and 2 pounds per acre in a field, 

 the balance of which was sown to Dawson Golden Chaff that pro- 

 duced only 27 bushels per acre. Part of the first swath between 

 the two going into the Dawson for fear of stray heads of Daw- 

 son; also rakings adjoining, thus cutting the yield nearly a bushel. 

 A plot on trial grounds 1 \ by 2 rods square produced at the rate 

 oi 68 bushels and 5 pounds per acre. Price, .SI. 00 per peck; S1.75 

 per * bushel; $3.00 per bushel. 10 bush, and upwards, S2,75. 



Early Red Chief (Beardless.) 



A very superior Wheat, originating from Early Red Clawson 

 and Red Arcadian. Early Red Chief can be depended upon for a 

 granary filler even in unfavorable seasons. Strong-growing and 

 productive, its growth in the fall is strong, foliage large, thick and 

 dark, covering the ground early in the season, and can be sown 

 very late. The first to start in spring. Straw thick-walled; strong 

 heads, long and wide, carried erect, of a reddish-brown shade, com- 

 pletely packed with large, dark red kernels. Price, $2.50 per bushel. 

 10 bush, lots $2.40. 



Silver Sheaf Longberry Red (Bearded.) 



The most perfect Longberry Red WTieat grown. A cross be" 

 tween American Bronze, Lancaster and a Longberry, it is one of 

 the hardiest; a strong, healthy grower and can be sown late, if 

 -fiown early, IJ bushels of seed per acre will be enough on strong 

 soil. Straw medium tall, thick-walled and strong; head long, wide 

 and full; chaff thin and silvery white; grain large, dark and fiinty, 

 .and nearly as long as rye kernels. It will be the leading fancy 

 milling wheat. Price, S2.50 per bushel. 10 bush, lots, $2.40, 



" Bearded " Rural New Yorker (No. 57.) 



Heavily-bearded symmetrical heads, broad in the middle and 

 tapering at each end; straw unusually tall, strong and stools freely, 

 frequently having .35 to 40 stalks from a single grain; heads com- 

 pact, averaging three kernels to a " breast," and ten breasts to 

 .a side; kernels of medium size; color, reddish-amber, possessing 

 the requisite hardness for the finest grade of flour; chaff white 

 with a trace of velvet sufficient to make it difficult for the green 

 fly to attack it, and the heads do not mildew as the full velvet 

 chaff varieties are liable to do. Price, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel 

 lots. S2.40 per bushel. 



Bearded Winter Fife. 



^ A grand Wheat, an advance in quality, productiveness and 

 ^inty grain. The hardest Wheat of all; milling qualities supe- 

 rior, making quick-raising flour of chalk-like whiteness and light 

 bread; one of the earliest Wheats; a strong, healthy grower, stool- 

 ing rapidly in the fall; starts early in the spring. Straw above 

 medium height, strong and wiry; heads long, wide and well filled; 

 chaff white and bearded grain medium long, plump and of clear 

 amber shade; bran exceptionally thin, hence will make more flour 

 than almost any sort; one of the heaviest-weighing sorts. It took 

 the first place at the Kentucky Experiment Station over seven- 

 teen other varieties. Price, $2.40 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.30 

 per bushel. 



Pedigree Giant (Early Genesee.) 



(Half-Bearded.) 



A wonder in the Wheat line for thrifty fall growth, early spring 

 BtooUng, strong, short-jointed straw, solid filled heads, very large 

 fine, hard, amber grain and exceptionally fine milling qualities 

 On strong clay loam or river bottom it has yielded at the rate 

 -of 60i bushels per acre, and stands up well under high culture. 

 Can be sown very late with a certainty of standing the winter 

 and gives an enormous yield. Sow late and use two bushels of 

 seed per acre. Price, S2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, S2.40 per 

 bushel. 



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BEARDLESS 



RURAL NEW YORKER 



WHEAT. 



(No. 6.) 



"Beardless" Rural New Yorker (No. 6.) 



A handsome, beardless Wheat. It succeeds and produces heavy 

 crops on poor, thin land, where Wheat could not be successfully 

 or profitably grown, and it also has extreme hardiness to recom- 

 mend it. The straw is thick and strong, easily supporting the heavy 

 grain without breaking. The large amber kernels are placed four 

 to a breast, eight breasts to a side, with long symmetrical head 

 having a brown chaff. {See cut.) Price, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel 

 lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



Gold Coin (Beardless.) 



A very popular Wheat over a large extent of territory. It is 

 unusually productive, having yielded over 60 bushels per acre — 

 while 50 and over is not unusual — and even on large acreages it 

 seldom runs under 40 bushels per acre. 



The straw is very stiff and does not lodge even on the richest 

 land. The head is long and compactly filled with choice white 

 grain, frequently having five kernels abreast. Price, $2.40 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.30 per bushel. 



Jones* Bearded Longberry (No. 1.) 



A grand variety, productive and hardy. It has made a record 

 of 54J bushels per acre; sturdy, wiry straw of good length, not 

 liable to lodge; heads long, wide and well filled, bearded and of 

 a rich brown shade; kernels large and long, of blended red and 

 amber; high milling character and of requisite hardness for fine 

 grade flour. Especially adapted for late sowing, giving large 

 yields when sown in October. Price, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel 

 lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



Pride of Genesee (Bearded.) 



Very productive, having a long, well filled head; it will give a 

 reasonably good crop on land so poor that common sorts would be 

 a failure, as the head does not decrease in proportion to the straw, 

 being large and well filled on a very short, light growth of straw. 

 Price, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



Clawson Longberry (Beardless.) 



A grand cross-bred Longberry, a strong grower, prolific stooler, 

 and has sturdy, wiry straw. Heads long, wide and full; chaff, 

 brown and free from beards; grain, dark amber of the finest qual- 

 ity, large, long, and of true Longberry type. It delights in strong 

 clay loam, and on such soil, with thorough preparation, it will 

 often yield fifty bushels or more per acre. Sow 11 bushels per acre. 

 Price, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



RYE. 



Is a valuable crop for either soiling, green fodder, straw or grain. 

 It is largely used by farmers to seed down with in the fall, and 

 is considered preferable to Wheat for this purpose, as it protects 

 the yoiing grass and matures two weeks earlier in the summer 

 than Wheat. It is also extensively used for fall pasture when 

 sown early and for cutting green in late spring and early summer, 

 but when wanted for cutting it is best sown with the sand or winter 

 vetch. 



WI.NTER. The variety commonly cultivated for grain, straw, 

 or cutting green. Price, $1.50 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 

 $1.40 per bushel. 



EXCELSIOR WINTER. A Vermont variety that has yielded 

 from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. Price, $1.75 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 

 10-bushel lots, $1.65 per bushel. 



THOUSANDFOLD. Most productive, straw tall and strong, with 

 long, heavy heads, and stands up well. Especially recommended 

 where Rve is grown more for the straw than the grain. Price, 

 $1.75 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots. $1.65. 



QI.ANT WINTER. The heaviest cropping Rye in existence, 

 having in fair tests outyielded all other varieties both in straw 

 and grain. The heads average six to eight inches in length and 

 are filled from end to end with large, plump, heavy grains. The 

 straw is giant in length and strength, of extraordinary stiffness, 

 resisting severe wind and rain storms to a remarkable degree with- 

 out lodging. Price, S2.00 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 

 SI. 90 per bushel. 



OATS. 



WINTER OR TURF are quite extensively grown in the Southern 

 States, where they are in high favor. Sown in the fall they either 

 afford excellent pasturage, during the winter or give abundant 

 yield the following season. The demand for oats of this character 

 has been gradually extending northward, and to meet it we have 

 been growing in Northern Pennsylvania, for several years, an 

 acclimatized strain which is remarkably hardy and will stand the 

 winter as far north as New Jersey. They are incomparably superior 

 to the winter or Turf Oats of Virginia, they stool out strongly, are 

 earlier, more vigorous and less susceptible to rust; they have stiff 

 straw, stand up weU, and are much more productive than Spring 

 Oats. Sow in September, at the rate of li bushels per acre, and sow 

 deep. They will stand much more severe weather when planted four 

 inches deep than near the surface. Price 40c. per peck, $1.25 per 

 bushel (32 lbs.); 10-bushel lots and upwards, $1.20 per bushel. 



Farm Seeds we do NOT deliver free, but ] :ant"ed b^ "xSor'mai'i! I we will prepay ] "Sge",' ! if 8 cents per lb. is added to the prices. 



