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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WINTER WHEATS. 



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NA/INTER \A/HE:ATS. 



Prices are subject to the fluctuations of tlie marlcet. Tlie prices liereia named are those ruling at this date 

 (August), for the new crop 1897, Delivery /• o. b., New York. Special quotations to large buyers. 



RURAL NEW YORKER, No. 57. 



Has heavily bearded heads which are 

 beautifully symmetrical, being pointed at the 

 tip, broad in the middle and tapering towards 

 the stem. The straw is unusually tall and 

 strong and stools freely, frequently having 

 35 to 40 stalks from a single grain. The 

 heads are compact.averaging three kernels to 

 a spikelet or " breast," and ten breasts to a 

 side. The kernels are of medium size and of 

 an attractive color, between the so-called 

 " red " and amber. Possessing the requisite 

 degree of hardness for the production of the 

 finest grade of flour, it will be much sought 

 after by millers. The chaff is clear 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. {See cut.) $1.00 

 peck ; $2.75 bush; 10-bushel lots, S2.50 bush. 







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WXLMINGTON, DEL , 

 Oct. 2. 1R96. 

 I have received the wheat, 

 and it certainly is the hand- 

 somest I ever saw. I am 

 delighted with it. 



W. Habold Smie. 



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NEW YORKER, No. 6. 



This beardless variety is 



a hybrid between Eye and 



Armstrong "Wheat, though 



apparently all traces of Bye 



ha-se disappeared and it noi 



appears a handsome, beardle 



wheat. It succeeds and prodi 



heavy crops on poor, thin land, 



where wheat could not be success 



fully or profltably grown, and it a 



has extreme hardiness to recommenc 



"When first raised, some years ago, the 

 top of the culms was downy with Eye culms. 

 This characteristic could not be fixed, so that fc 

 this variety the culms having no down were ale 

 selected. The gold-colored straw is very 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 

 heads having a brown chaff. (See cut.) $1.00 peck; $2.75 

 bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.50 bushel. 



BUBAL NEW YOKKZB, 

 >"0. 57. 



BUBAL NEW TOBKEB, NO. 6. 



JOINJES' UOIMGBERFRY, IMo. I. 



This new variety, offered this year for the first time, will quickly take the 

 place of the popular Longberries now no longer profitable, through light 

 yield and weakened vitality. 



"We are confident it will prove the most profitable Longberiy ever known, 

 combining as it does strongest possible growth, strong gold-colored straw, 

 long solid filled head, beautiful grain, and is a champion in productiveness. 

 The straw is of such strength that it is not liable to lodge, even on strong 

 soils and river bottoms. From the fact that it is a blending of red and 

 amber wheat in one berry, millers will quickly recognize its high milling 

 quality, possessing as it does the requisite hardness for the production of fine- 

 grade flour. A trial of this grand sort will convince any farmer of its value. 



Price by mail, postpaid, 1 lb., 60c. ; 3 lbs., $1.50; by freight or express at 

 purchaser's expense, $2.50 peck; $6.00 bushel. 



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