PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHEAT AND RYE. 



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WINTER WHEATS.— Continued. 



American Bronze. (Bald.) — Although 



especially adapted to poor soils producing a good crop 

 when most other sorts would prove a 

 complete failure, it is also one of great 

 value on rich, moist land on which long 

 and soft strawed sorts would go down. 

 It is of medium height and the thickest 

 walled straw in cultivation, resisting 

 severe windstorms without lodging. It 

 is a very strong grower and of spreading 

 habit, requires light seeding if sown on 

 rich soil Heads are long and broad, 

 chaff white, grain large and of a rich 

 bronze shade, the color being very dis- 

 tinct when grown on light soils. It is 

 early, very productive, and especially free 

 from rust even in unfavorable seasons. 

 80c. per peck; $3.00 per bushel. 



FultZ. (Bald )— A very popular, 

 beardless amber variety, very hardy and 

 productive. Straw of medium length, and 

 strong. It is an excellent milling sort, 

 making the finest flour. $2.00 per bushel; 

 10 bushel lots $1.75 per bushel. 



Hybrid Mediterranean. 



(Bearded.) — A well-known. standard 

 Winter Wheat. It produces large, square 

 heads, with four rows of grain, having 

 short beards. The straw is stiff, of 

 medium length, bronze at maturity. The 

 grain is of a handsome, amber red color, 

 hard and flinty, making excellent flour. 

 We recommend it as one of the surest and 

 best for ordinary farms and conditions. 

 $2.00 per bushel; 10 bushel lots fi.75 

 per bushel. 



Jones' Square Head 

 "White. (Bald) — This promising sort 

 is making a splendid record in all sections 

 where tested. It is a seedling grown frcm 

 a cross between the Armstrong and a seed- 

 ling not named. It is, without doubt, the 

 most handsome head of any sort in cultiva- 

 tion, and a very strong grower, with straw 

 of great strength supporting a large 

 square head filled with white grain of 

 superior quality. $2.25 per bushel; :o 

 bushel lots $3.00 per bushel. 



rye. 



Rochester Red. (Bald.)— A new variety 

 of great promise, heads larger than the average varieties, 

 red chaff and red grain, medium large 

 and very flinty, one of the best for milling 

 purposes ; has a stiff straw and does not 

 lodge with high culture; is medium early, 

 ripening with or a little before the Fultz. 

 In a favorable season the yield was fifty 

 bushels per acre, and when well grown 

 and well cleaned will weigh sixty-four 

 pounds to the measured bushel. $2.25 

 per bushel; 10 bushel lots $2. 00 per bushel. 

 Early Red Clawson (Bald.) 

 The coming new Wheat, and the earliest 

 Winter variety extant. This promising 

 sort is a cross between the popular Golden 

 Cross fertilized on theClawson, partaking 

 from the Golden Cross the compact head, 

 dark red grain, extreme hardiness, and 

 strong rapid growth, and from the Claw- 

 son baldness and red chaff, with very large 

 kernels. It is, without doubt, the earliest 

 sort yet known, enormously productive, 

 yielding from 35 to 48 bushels to the acre. 

 Straw very strong and bright ; requires 

 light seeding on rich, strong soil, i\ 

 bushels being sufficient. We would call 

 special attention to this sort for heavy 

 clay soils. The grain is very dark and 

 hard. $2.25 per bushel; 10 bushel lots, 

 .$2.00 per bushel. 



FulcaSter iBearded). — A variety 

 that has already gained considerable popu- 

 larity as a reliable sort, berry red, large, 

 hard and of good milling quality. Stra>v 

 very stiff, of medium length. It has 

 yielded at the rate of 48 bushels per acre. 

 $2.00 per bushel; 10 bushel lots, $1.75 

 per bushel. 



Golden Cross, Red. (Beard- 

 ed.) — This valuable new variety comes 

 fiom splendid parentage, being a hybrid 

 of the Mediterranean and Clawson. It is 

 an enormous yielder, is light-bearded and 

 compact-headed. Straw large, hard, thick 

 strong-pointed, which is proof against the 

 attack of the Hessian fly. It is early, 

 strong and rapid-growing, producing 

 stools of mammoth size, and yields from 

 50 to 60 bushels per acre. The kernels 

 are large and plump, weighing on an 

 average 65 lbs. to the measured bushel. 

 $2.00 per bushel; 10 bushel lots, * 1. 85 

 per bushel. 



a four-acre field yielded 52 bushels to the acre. $2.00 

 per bushel; 10 bushel lots $ 1.75 per bushel. 



Thousandfold.— Said to be the most pro- 

 ductive Rye in cultivation ; the straw is tall and strong 

 with long heavy heads and stands up well. Especially 

 recommended where Rye is grown more for the straw 

 than the grain. $1.60 per bushel; 10 bushel lots, 

 $1.50 per bushel. 



Your Special Mixture of Grasses for Permanent Pasture has given entire satisfaction. No more Timothy /or me. — Charlbs Everding, 

 Branford, Conn. 



"Winter. — The variety most commonly cultivated, 

 whether sown for grain, straw, or cutting green $1 . 35 

 per bushel; 10 bushel lots $1.25 per bushel. 



Excelsior "Winter. — A new variety from 

 Vermont, that has never failed to yield at the rate of 

 from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. With the originator, 



