■PETER HENDERSON ft. GO., NEW YORK- 



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H'.'^s^plRm WINTER SEED WHEAT, ETC. 



THE PRICES GIVEN ARE THOSE RULING SEPTEMBER. J 904, BUT ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. 



DELIVEI^ F, O. B. NEW YORK, BAGS EXTRA. 



WHEAT. 



NEW EARLY RED CHIEF (Beardless). 



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

 son 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, completely packed with large, dark red kernels. Price, 

 15c, per lb., 80c. per peck, S2.50 per bushel. 



NEW 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, 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, dark and 

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

 fancy milling wheat. Price, 15c. per lb., 80c. per peck, $2.50 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 com- 

 pact, 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 peck, 

 S2.25 per bushel; 10-busheI lots, $2.00 per bushel. 



« 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 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 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 supe- 

 rior, making quick-raising flour of chalk-like whiteness and light 

 bread; one of the earliest Wheats; a strong, healthy grower, stool- 

 ing 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 seven- 

 teen 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 acreages 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 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 per bushel.. 



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RURAL NEW YORKER 



WHEAT. 



(No. 6.) 



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 60 J bushels per acre, and stands up well under high culture 

 Can be sown very late with a certainty of standing the wintei 

 and gives an enormous yield. Sow late and use two bushels oi 

 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 54^ 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 gramd 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 J 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, 

 SI. 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, SI. 40 per bushel. 



THOUSANDFOLD. Most productive, straw tall and strong. 

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

 nended where Rve is grown more for the straw than the grain- 

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



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 w-ith 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, $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 remarkable hardy and will stand the 

 winter as far north as New Jersey. They are incomparably supe- 

 rior 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 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 lbs.); 10-bushel lots and upwards, $1.20 

 per bushel. 



Farm Seeds we do NOT deliver free, ''"*or",5Si;we"!larp?ep"y%"o7tr/e"or'c^^^^^^ if 8c. per lb. is added to the prices. 



