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A SELECTION OF FARM SEEDS FOR FALL SOWING. 



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 The prices given are those ruling September, 1914, but are subject to market fluctuations. Delivery f.o.b., New York, bags extra. 



WHEAT. 



JONES' ST. LOUIS GRAND PRIZE WHEAT (BEARDLESS) This grand 

 new wheat is destined to become a standard rough and ready variety, being 

 equally at home on all soils, thriving on light sandy, gravelly, clay loam or river 

 bottom lands, and it is as nearly fly proof as it is possible for a wheat to be. 

 It is a strong healthy grower with dark, wide foliage, starting into growth among 

 the earliest in spring. Straw medium tall, very stocky and thick walled; 

 heads square and compactly set from base to tip; kernels short but very large 

 and plump; color medium dark red and of good milling quality. Mr. Jones 

 says his field of it in northern New York was noted as the best field of wheat 

 in all of that section. "Just as even as a floor. Every head standing erect 

 and not a straw out of place." Price, bushel, $3.00; in 10 bushels lots, per 

 bushel, $2.90. 



JONES' RED WAVE (BEARDLESS) After several 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 un- 

 named crossbreed of Russian parentage. 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 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 produced only 

 27 bushels per acre. A plot on trial grounds 1J by 2 rods square produced 

 at the rate of 68 bushels and 5 pounds per acre. Price, $2.75 per bushel. 10 

 bush, lots $2.65 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. 



SILVER SHEAF LONGBERRY RED (BEARDED). The most perfect 

 Longberry Red Wheat grown. A cross between American Bronze, Lancaster 

 and a Longberry, it is one of the hardiest; a strong, healthy grower and can 

 be sown late. If sown early, 1 J 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 flinty and nearly as long as 

 rye kernels. It will be the leading fancy milling wheat. [See cut.) Price 

 $2.50 per bushel. 10 bush, lots, $2.40. 



" BEARDED " RURAL NEW YORKER (NO. 57.) Heavily-bearded sym- 

 metrical 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 compact, averaging three kernels to a "breast," and ten breasts 

 to a side; kernels of medium size; color, reddish-amber, possessing the requisite 

 hardiness for the finest grade of flour; chaff white with a trace of velvet suf- 

 ficient 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, $2.40 per bushel. 



"BEARDLESS" RURAL NEW YORKER (NO. 6). A handsome, beard- 

 less 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 recommend 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, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



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-gi owing and 

 productive, its growth i n the fall is strong, foliage large, thick and dark, cover- 

 ing 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 completely packed with large, dark red kernels. 

 Price $2.60 per bushel. 10 bush, lots, $2.50. 



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 quality, 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 1| bushels per acre. Price, $2.60 per 

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



WINTER OK TURF OATS 



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 accli- 

 mated strain which is remarkably hardy and will .stand the winter as far 

 north as New Jersey. Sow in September, at the rate of 1\ 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, $1.50 per bushel 

 (32 lbs.) ; 10 bushel lots and upwards, $1.45 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 prefer- 

 able to Wheat for this purpose, as it protects the young grass and matures 

 two weeks earlier in the summer than Wheat. It is also extensively used for 

 fall pasture. 



WINTER. The variety commonly cultivated for grain, straw or cutting 

 green. Price, $1.70 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.60 per bushel. 



EXCELSIOR WINTER. A Vermont variety that has yielded from 40 to 

 50 bushels per acre. Price, $1.80 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.70 

 per bushel. 



THOUSANDFOLD. Most productive, straw tall and strong, with long, 

 heavy heads, and stands up well. Especially recommended where Rye is grown 

 more for the straw than the grain. Price, $1.80 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10- 

 bushel lots, $1.70. 



GIANT 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,$1.90 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.80 per bushel. 



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