HENDERSON'S SPECIAL LIST OF FARM SEEDS 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED FIELD CORN— Continued 



Plant 8 to 10 quarts per acre if in hills. 



OTHER VARIETIES OF DENT CORN 



LEAMING. Ears are of good size, set low down, and 

 nearly always grow two to each stalk. Very small, red 

 cob, with a deep, long grain, of a rich golden color. 

 It matures early, and if planted not later than the first 

 of June, will generally ripen, and be fit to husk and crib 

 early in September. 



Price, 2oc. per qt.; $1.00 per peck; $3.50 per bushel; 

 10-bushel lots at $3.40 per bushel. 



WHITE CAP YELLOW. An early variety, said to 

 produce better results on poor, thin or sandy soil than 

 any other variety, and is less affected by drought. The 

 grain is handsome yellow in color, with white tips. 



Price, 20C. per quart; $1.00 per peck; $3.50 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots at $3.40 per bushel. 



EARLY BUTLER. A cross from Pride of the North. 

 It has the smallest cob of any Dent Corn in cultivation. 

 It is also the very earliest Dent Corn and is very profit- 

 able to grow. It is just the Dent Corn for Northern 

 farmers — grows quick and strong, and has small cobs, 

 very long grains, and good-sized ears. 



Price, 20C. per quart; $1.00 per peck; $3.50 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots at $3.40 per bushel. 



WOOD'S EARLY NORTHERN WHITE DENT 

 CORN. Extraordinary prolific, yields 110 bushels per 

 acre (shelled), ripens thoroughly south of Albany and 

 Buffalo. Large ears 10 to 12 inches long, 7 to 8 inches in 

 circumference. Borne 2 to 23^ feet from the ground. 

 Long kernels, small cob. Leafy, luxuriant plant, mak- 

 ing fine fodder. 



It will ripen in Connecticut, New York State (except 

 in that portion north of Rochester and Troy) , Southern 

 Michigan, Southern Wisconsin, etc., and being vastly 

 superior in every respect to the flint varieties and the 

 small Dent Corns usually raised, will be by far the most 

 profitable sort in latitudes north of New York City, 

 where the Eureka cannot safely be planted. 



The ''New York Tribune Farmer" says: "Corn 

 breeding is exciting much attention at this time. Here 

 are the results of forty years of experiment on that line 

 and a better object lesson could hardly be found to establish 

 its value and hint at its enormous possibilities." 



Price, $1.25 per peck; $4.00 per bushel; 10-bushel 

 lots, $3.90 per bushel. 



OTHER FLINT VARIETIES 



LONGFELLOW FLINT. A large 8-rowed Yellow 

 Flint variety well adapted for the Northern States. 

 The ears are long, some of them measuring 15 inches, 

 and oftentimes two or more good specimens grow on 

 one stalk. Grain large and broad and yellow. The cob 

 is quite small. It is the largest variety of Yellow Field 

 Corn safe to plant in the latitude of Massachusetts, 

 where it is quite extensively grown. 



Price, 20c. per quart; $1.25 per peck; $4.00 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots at $3.90 per bushel. 



KING PHILIP. Coppery-red. Very early. Usually 

 matures three months after planting. Ears large sized 

 and handsome, 10 to 12 inches long. 



Price, 20C. per quart; $1.25 per peck; $4.00 bushel. 



COMPTON'S EARLY. The earliest known Yellow 

 Flint variety, ripening in from 76 to 85 days. It is a 

 handsome 10- and 12-rowed sort; very productive, and 

 will ripen in the Northern States. 



Price, 20c. per quart; $1.40 per peck; S4.50 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots at $4.40 per bushel. 



LARGE WHITE FLINT. Handsome ears, large and 

 well filled kernels, white and of fine quality. 



Price, 20C. per quart; $1.25 per peck; $4.00 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots at $3.90 per bushel. 



LARGE YELLOW FLINT. (Early Canada Yellow.) 

 Similar to the above excepting in color; largely grown 

 in the extreme North. 



Price, 20C. per quart; $1.25 per peck; $4.00 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots at $3.90 per bushel. 



CORN FOR FODDER AND ENSILAGE 



Southern Horse Tooth. Grows to a large size, is 

 very leafy and well adapted for ensilage. Large quanti- 

 ties of this corn are sold by feed and other stores which 

 usually result in disappointment to the farmer. There 

 is no corn seed more difficult to cure or keep properly, 

 and much of it is kiln-dried, while large quantities have 

 been stored in elevators and gone through a sweating 

 process which has destroyed the germ. The stock we 

 , offer is carefully selected, sun-dried and of high germina- 

 tion. 



Price, $3.50 per bushel; 10 bushels and upwards, 

 $3.40 per bushel. 



Improved Early Horse Tooth. Being nearly two 

 weeks earlier, this variety is better adapted for fodder 

 and ensilage in the Northern States than the ordinary 

 Southern Horse Tooth. 



Price, $4.00 per bushel; 10 bushels and upwards, 

 $3.90 per bushel. 



Rural Thoroughbred White Flint. An early variety, 

 valuable for the Northern States. Owing to its sucker- 

 ing and branching habit, it yields enormously. 



Price, $1.25 per peck, $4.00 per bushel; 10 bushels 

 and upwards, $3.90 per bushel. 



Evergreen Sweet Fodder Corn. Fodder grown from 

 the Evergreen Sweet Corn is superior in quality to 

 that of the ordinary field varieties, being richer, sweeter 

 and more digestible. The best plan is to sow in rows 

 24 to 30 inches apart, using one bushel of corn per acre. 



Price, $1.00 per peck; $3.00 per bushel; 10 bushels, 

 $2.90 per bushel. 



Sweet Fodder Corn. Best for cutting and feeding 

 green during the summer months. This is better than 

 any field corn, from the fact that it is so very sweet 

 and nutritious that cattle will eat every part of the stalk 

 and leaves with relish. Drill thickly, in rows three feet 

 apart using \y 2 bushels of seed per acre. 



Price, 75c. per peck; $2.50 per bushel; 10 bushels, 

 $2.40 per bushel. 



Henderson's JAPANESE RUCKWHEAT 



(First introduced into the United States 



by Peter Henderson & Co.) 



ALWAYS SOW WITH CRIMSON CLOVER 



Since we introduced the Japanese Buckwheat, the 

 tendency, on account of the hot, dry summers in the 

 United States, has been for the grain to gradually grow 

 smaller. The seed we offer is grown from the largest 

 type imported from Japan and is much larger in grain 

 than that usually offered, being only one year removed 

 from imported Japanese seed. This variety is now more 

 generally grown than any other, but to those to whom 

 it may still be unknown, we would say that the kernels 

 are at least twice the size of any other variety and of a 

 shape peculiar and distinct from all others. The color 

 of the kernels is also most distinct, being of a rich dark 

 shade of brown. There is always a good market for 

 the grain as it is in demand for all purposes. For ' 

 bees it is of the greatest value and for this purpose has 

 displaced all other varieties. 



An excellent plan is to sow Crimson Clover along with 

 Buckwheat, especially when put in late from middle of 

 July to first of August. They come up together, but 

 the Buckwheat is the stronger grower and the Crimson 

 Clover makes but little showing until the Buckwheat 

 is removed. If frost should kill the Buckwheat before 

 ripe, it may be left as a protection, the dead Buckwheat 

 being just the sort of mulching and protection needed 

 by the Clover. 



Price, $2.50 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 

 $2.40 per bushel. 



QUALITY THE MOST IMPORTANT. The cost of growing an acre of corn producing 26 bushels 

 is as great as growing an acre of corn producing 102 bushels. 



