•PETER HENDERSON fl^CO., INEW YORK- 



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Henderson's SupeHor NA/ititer Seed \A/^heat, Etc. 



GROWN FROM PEDIGREE STRAINS. 



The prices given are those ruling September, J9I3, 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 i.<^ 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. We expect St. Louis Grand Prize Wheat to make a 

 big record everywhere. 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, S3.00; in 10 bushel lots, per bushel, 

 t2.90. 



Jones' Red Wave (Beardless). 



After four 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 where- 

 ever 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 uimamed 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 ^'crtunate enough to 

 fiave a field in 1914, 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 Dawson; 

 also Takings adjoining, thus cutting the yield nearly a bushel. A 

 plot on trial grounds Ij by 2 rods square produced at the rate of 68 

 bushels and 5 pounds per acre. Price, $2.7.5 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 be- 

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

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

 sown 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; chafE thin and silvery white; grain large, dark and flinty 

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

 milling wheat. Price $2.50 per bushel. 10 bush, lots, $2.40. 



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



Heavily-bearded symmetiical 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 hardiness 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, $2.40 per bushel. 



"Beardless" PvuraJ 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 f-haff. (See cut.) Price, $2 . 50 per bushel ; 10-bushel 

 lots, $2 . 40 per bushel. 



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WHEAT 



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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-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. 



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 1 ^ bushels per acre. 

 Price, $2.60 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.50 per bushel. 



KYE. 



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 

 young 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. 



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, SI. 90 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lota, 

 $1.80 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 

 acclimated 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 susceptiljje to rust; they have stiff 

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

 Oats. 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, $1.25 per 

 bushel (32 Ibs.)^- 10 bushel lots and upwards, $1.20 per bushel. 



Farm Seeds we do NOT deliver free, bat ^L'tel'SyUVresVor man! we will prepay "^iJ^uy" if 8c. per lb. is added to the prices. 



