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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



New Oats, READ'S DEFIANCE 



New Blood, Earliness, Large Heads, Heavy Grain, 

 Stiff Straw and Rust Proof 



This claim is made by the originator, G. A. 

 Read, a scientific hybridizer of Read's Experi- 

 ment Farms located in the Champlain Valley of 

 Vermont, which according to the Government 

 Report is one of the best grain growing sections 

 in the coujitry. 



It originated in 1898, by hybridizing the Mort- 

 gage Lifter with the Lincoln, to combine the ex- 

 cellent qualities of both. The aim in view was 

 fully accomplished, and I now have in the De- 

 fiance an oat showing greatly increased vigor 

 and productiveness over both parents, and each 

 had already won a national reputation. 



Read's Defiance Oats contains the best and 

 newest blood. Their abundant growth of stiff 

 straw, attest the vigor and productive capacity 

 of the strain. They do not run out as soon 

 when grovs'n year after year on the same land, 

 another evidence of their great vigor. 



Earliness. they have proven to be medium 

 early. The heads are long and well balanced, 

 of a branching habit, heavily laden with plump 

 yellow kernels of good length, weighing usually 

 26 to 45 pounds per bushel; therefore it is one 

 of the best for feeding and milling purposes. 



The straw of this oat is wonderfully stiff and 

 heavy and of unusual stooling qualities and lux- 

 urious growth of nutritious blades, making it 

 one of the best for oat hay. 



Read's Defiance Oat does not lodge, on ac- 

 count of its strong straw, large deep roots, and 

 its tendency to send out just above the ground 

 side roots wtiich reach out and catch, helping 

 hold and enabling it to withstand twisting winds, and come forth after severe storms, 

 standing nearly erect. 



It is characteristic of this oats to resist drought more effectually than the majority 

 of kinds out of the scores of varieties I have tested, because of its magnificent root 

 development, which taps the soil to a great depth, enabling it to reach a large amount 

 of moisture. 



These oats on accoimt of being well endowed w^ith a luxurious growth of wide 

 leaf blades, and because of their strong weather, storm, and element-resisting qualities 

 are less liable tc smut and rust than most any other sort. Being hardy and a strong 

 grower they are not easih' choked by weeds, nor retarded by cold or heat, or other 

 unfavorable conditions, as most kinds. The enormous yield of this oat is largely due 

 to its remarkable stooling habits; when among a field of these oats, it is not unfre- 

 quent to find several stalks with big heads, all having sprung from one kernel of seed. 



Read's Defiance Oats yield from 50 to 120 bushels per acre, depending upon the ^ 

 season, condition of the soil, and quantitj' of seed sown; while under more favorable ^ 

 conditions, with extra care, the yield has been at the rate of from 150 to 200 bushels ^ 

 per acre, which shows what choice breeds may "be made to do when properly cared 

 for, giving results which could not be approximated with ordinary sorts. ^ 



This variety comes highly recommended, and is endorsed by such eminent hybri- J' 

 dizers and botanists as Prof. C. G. Pringle, of the University of Vermont, and F. H. 

 Horsford, of Charlotte, Vermont, well-known grower and hybridizer of plants. Origi- ^ 

 nated and grown in the far north, it may prove to be one of the best varieties ever in- si 

 troduced, and would advise our farmer friends to give it a thorough trial, if only on 

 a small scale, so as to get a start with the seed. t- 



Scmething choice like this variety cannot be sold cheap, as it takes years of time 

 and care to select and breed up to a certain standard. 



Prices of Read's Defiance Oats, large packet 15 cts., 1 lb. 40 cts., 3 IbS. Sl.OO post- 

 paid; by freight or express, 1 pk. sl.20, '/z bu. $1.85, 1 bu. S3.25. 5- 



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