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HENDERSON'S 

 . . SUPERIOR 



WINTER SEED WHEAT, ETC. 



THE PRICES GIVEN ARE THOSE RULING SEPTEMBER, 1903, BUT ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. 



DELIVERY F. O. B. NEW YORK, BAGS EXTRA. 



WH E AT. 



NEW EARLY RED CHIEF (Beardless). 



A very superior new Wheat, originating from Early Red Claw- 

 son and Ked 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, completely packed with large, dark red 

 kernels. Price, 15c. per lb., 80c. per peck, $2.50 per bushel. 



NEW SILVER SHEAF LONQBERRY 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% 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, darn and flinty, and nearly as long as rye kernels. It will 

 be the leading fancy milling wheat. Price, 20c. per lb., $1.25 

 per peck, §3.50 per bushel. 



"BEARDED" RURAL NEW YORKER. 



(Number 57.) 



Heavily-bearded symmetrical 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 hardness 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, 15c. per 

 lb., 75c. per pk., $2.25 per bush.; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bush. 



"BEARDLESS" RURAL NEW YORKER. 



(Number 6.) 



A handsome, beardless Wheat. It succeeds and produces 

 heavy crops on poor, thin land, where Wheat could not be suc- 

 cessfully or profitably grown, and it also has extreme hardiness 

 to recommend it. The straw is thick and strong, easily sup- 

 porting 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.) 



"It stools as strong as any Wheat I ever saw. It had a 

 ■vigorous, healthy growth all the season, and stood well without 

 lodging. It is very hardy." 



Price, 15c. per lb., 75c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel; 10-bushel 

 lots, $2.00 per bushel. 



BEARDED WINTER FIFE. 



A grand Wheat, an advance in quality, productiveness and 

 flinty grain. The hardest Wheat of all ; milling qualities 

 superior, making quick -raising flour of chalk-like whiteness aDd 

 light bread; one of the earliest Wheats; a strong, healthy 

 grower, stooling rapidly in the fall ; starts early in the spring. 

 Straw above medium height, strong and wiry: heads long, wide 

 and well filled; chaff white and bearded; grain medium long, 

 plump and of clear amber shade; bran exceptionally thin, 

 hence will make more flour than almost any sort ; one of the 

 heaviest-weighing sorts. It took the first place at the Kentucky 

 Experiment Station over seventeen other varieties. Price, 15c. 

 per lb., 75c. per peck, $2.00 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 

 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 acre- 

 ages it seldom runs under 40 bushels per acre. 



"It is the best variety for yielding and standing up ever 

 placed before the American farmer, and fairly crowds out other 

 kinds where it has been tried in this section." 



" Clawson and Fife do well on my farm, but the Gold Coin 

 does best of all. You should call it 'Henderson's Best of All 

 Wheat.'" 



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, 15c. per lb., 

 75c. per peck, $2.00 per bush.; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 per bushel. 





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PEDIGREE (Early Genesee) GIANT. 

 (Half-Bearded.) 



A wonder in the Wheat line for thrifty fall growth, early spring 

 stooling, strong, short-jointed straw, solid filled heads, very 

 large, fine, hard, amber grain and exceptionally fine milling 

 qualities. On strong clay loam or river bottom it has yielded 

 at the rate of 6OV2 bushels per acre, and stands up well under 

 high culture. Can be sown very late with a certainty of stand- 

 ing the winter and gives an enormous yield. Sow late and use 

 two bushels of seed per acre. Price, 15c. per lb., 75c. per peck, 

 $2.25 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 



JONES' BEARDED LONGBERRY. (No. I.) 



A grand variety, productive and hardy. It has made a record 

 of 541/2 bushels per acre; sturdy, wiry straw of good length, not 

 liable to lodge; heads long, wide and well filled, bearded and of 

 a rich brown shade; kernels large and long, of blended red and 

 amber; high milling character and of requisite hardness for 

 fine grade flour. Especially adapted for late sowing, giving 

 large yields when sown in October. Price, 15c. per lb., 75c. per 

 peck, $2.25 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 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, 15c. per lb., 75c. per peck, $2.25 per 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 



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 1M> bushels per acre. Price, 15c. per lb., 75c. per peck, 

 $2.25 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 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 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, $1.10 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel 

 lots, $1.00 per bushel. 



EXCELSIOR WINTER. A Vermont variety that has yielded 

 from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. Price, $1.50 per bushel of 56 

 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.40 per bushel. 



THOUSANDFOLD. Most productive, straw tall and strong, 

 with long, heavy heads, and stands up well. Especially recom- 

 mended where Rye is grown more for the straw than the 

 grain. Price, $1.50 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.40 

 per bushel. 



CIANT WINTER. The heaviest cropping Rye in exist- 

 ence, 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 extraor- 

 dinary stiffness, resisting severe wind and rain storms to a 

 remarkable degree without lodging Price, $1.75 per bushel of 

 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.60 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 acclimatized 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 

 susceptible to rust; they have stiff straw, stand up well, and are 

 much more productive than Spring Oats. Sow in September, at 

 the rate of IV2 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, $1.15 per bushel (32 

 lbs.); 10-bushel lots and upwards, $1.10 per bushel. 



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