DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



DOW have growing on our trial grounds, samples of ver 

 thirty variet-es. We have also made aTangement to 

 have the m ---. promising sorts tested by skillful fam rs 

 erf our own and adjoining States. We hope by l s 

 means to be able to offer our customers in the fall -'^ 

 i8S2 the best seed^ains procurable in this country, a- ' 

 ask that any one who may wish choice seed wheat, to 

 correspond with us. The following varieties are at 

 present the most popular sorts : 



Clawson.— A bald, white, winter variety, and one of 

 the best yielders ; medium length berr)', very hardy, 

 and liberal yielder. 



Fultz. — A superior amber variety, well known and 

 much esteemed in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. 

 Berrj' round and reddish-yellow, chaff white. This 

 variety, though not yielding so abundantly as the Claw- 

 son, is a good cropper, and is a desirable kind for mill- 

 ing purposes. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



White Russian.— The White Russjan, introduced 

 by us in 1879, -is a bald, white chaff wheat, of a much 

 lighter color than most varieties of spring wheat. The 

 straw is long, strong, healthy, and stands upright sev- 

 eral days after ripening. The heads are long, open, 

 well filled, the variety frequently yielding a good crop 

 where other sorts ars a complete failure. All who have 

 tried it are more than satisfied, and it is rapidly becom- 

 ing the standard spring wheat of the United States. 



Barley, Common.- Barley succeeds best on lands 

 more sandy and lighter than those adapted for wheat. 

 It is sown in the spring, and can be grown farther north 

 than any other grain. Unless intended for seed, it 

 should be cut before fully ripe, as it is then heavier, of 

 better quality, and less liable to shell. The land should 

 always be rolled immediately after sowing ; or perhaps 

 a better method is to roll the ground when the plants 

 are one or two inches high. The quantity of seed sown 

 per acre is about two and a half bushels, sown broadcast. 

 The weight per bushel is fortj- -eight pounds, though it 

 is almost always sold by the 100 pou ids. The product 

 is from forty to sixty bushels per acre, according to cul- 

 tivation. 



Barley, Naked, or Hulless. — This is a peculiar 

 grain, and not generally known. The corolla is not at- 

 tached to the grain, and it thus resembles wheat. It is 

 a splendid grain for all purposes for which barley is used, 

 and will make excellent bread when bolted and ground 

 Hke wheat, while the yield is much greater than wheat, 

 and fully equal to common barley. Nothing can sur- 

 pass this grain for grindmg into meal for stock, as it 

 produces from forty to sixty bushels of solid grain per 

 acre, and is a very certain crop. 



Russian 'White Oats. — In t* summer of 1880 we 

 found that a miinber of farmer^ .1 different sections of 

 the country were growing what they called the Russian 

 White Oats, which they assured us was not only a new 

 and distinct variety, but decidedly superior to any other 

 sort, giving immense crops of grain of the finest quality 

 in places where other varieties -re a complete failure : 

 after, by careful investigatior, we had assured ourselves 

 that its claims of superiority were well founded, we se- 

 cured a stock and distributed it in nearly every state in 

 the Union. During the summer of 1881 we were told 

 that what we had sent out as Russian White Oats were 

 xnot new, but identical with a sort which had been cul- 

 tivated to some extent for several years in certain parts 

 of Canada under the name of White Australian, or New 

 Zealand Oats. We immediately took a good deal of 

 pains to examine crops of this variety, and found that 

 they resembled the Russian Oats so nearly that it is 

 quite possible they may originally have come from the 



same stock ; but we were unable to find any stocks of 

 them which were at all equal in purity, vigor or pro- 

 ductivene.ss to our stock 0/ Russian White Oats^ and 

 some of our most careful experimenters, who have plant- 

 ed the two side by side, declare they are quite distinct. 

 It is with renewed confidence then, that we offer out 

 stock of Russian White Oats as decidedly the hardiest, 

 most productive and best oats now grown in America, 

 and earnestly urge every farmer who has not already 

 done so, to secure seed at once. From every part of 

 the United States comes the unanimous report that they 

 out-yield and are in every way superior to any sort pre- 

 viously cultivated. 



The Russian White Oats are prolific without parallel, 



: and with ordinar)- cultivatfon will yield 100 bushels per 

 acre. Thej'^ are extremely hardy, enduring the coldest 



I climate in our country without injury, and are absolutely 



I rust proof. The straw is large and strong enough to 

 support the enormous heads of this variety. The grain 

 is heavy and the chaff light, so that a measured busliel 



I weighs considerably more than a bushel of ordinary 

 oats. All things considered, this is the most valuable 

 variety of oats now grown, and is destined, when known 

 more widely, to become the standard sort. 



Bohemian Hulless Oats. — A comparati\-ely new 

 variety, lately introduced into this country. Will yield 

 from fifty to sixty-five bushels per acre. Do not shell 



I out while ripening, or while being har\'ested. The 

 berr>- comes from the head clean, and without chaff 



' adhering, and is larger and fuller than ordinary oats. 

 Certainly a great acquisition to the farmer. 



I Rye. — The time for sowing is from the middle of 



! August to last of September. One plowing is given, and 

 the seed sown broadcast, at the rate of < e and a half 



I bushels per acre, and dragged in. Han .ving and roll- 

 ing in the spring are recommended. I cut before fully 

 ripe, the grain makes better flour anr" nore in quantity. 



I If intended for seed, it should be fully ripe. Some sow 



■ rye among standing corn hoeing it in, leaving the ground 



I level as possible, and after the com is removed, rolling 

 the ground. It succeeds best on sandy soils. It is fre- 



I quently sown in the spring, but the fall seems to be 

 preferable. 



Buckwheat, Common.— Buckwheat should be sown 

 about the 20th of June, broadcast, .it the rate of from 

 one to three pecks per acre. The average yield is from 

 twenty-five to thirty bushels 'per acre. It should be 

 threshed as soon as dry. on the ground or bam floor. If 

 allowed to stand in mass, i* 'uickly gathers moisture. 



Buckwheat, Silver Hu '. — This improved variety 

 is said to be much better tl n the old sort. It is in 

 bloom longer, matures soone. . and yields double the 

 quantity per acre. The husk is thinner, the corners less 

 prominent, and the grain of a beautiful light grey color- 

 The flour is said to be Letter and more nutritious. 



Field Peas, (ristijn sntii'uvi). — The varieties of field 

 peas have never been very numerous, nor are they much 

 increasing. The kinds mostly used are the Golden 

 Vine. Crown. Blue Prussian. Common White. Common 

 Blue and Creeper. Field peas, in genrral. majV>e sown 

 broadcast or in drills, after the manner of field beans, 

 about three hushels per acre. 



Spring Vetches, or Tares, (I'ica sati-.a). — A spe- 

 cies of the pea, grown extensively in England, and to a 

 considerable extent in Canada, for stock, but not much 

 used in the States. C ulture same as field peas, two 

 bushels per acre. 



Flax, {Liiimii usitntissinntin). — Sow late enough in 

 the spring to ..void frost; and early enough to secure the 

 early rains. A fair average quantity of seed to be sown 

 on an acre is one-half bushel, when cultivated for seed ; 

 if for the fibre, a larger quantity should be sown. Cut 



