D. M. Ferry & Co's Descriptive Catalogue. 



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berry, we would recommend this new variety which 

 originated in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, in 1878. 

 It is of hybrid origin, one of its parents being the old 

 Mediterranean, the other unknown. While young the 

 plants lie spread out over the ground, affording a good 

 protection to their own roots. It stools out remarkably 

 well, requiring only about three-fourths of a bushel of 

 seed per acre. The straw is tall and very stiff, standing 

 up better than most varieties. The leaves are of medi- 

 um size, dark green and very free from rust. It has a 

 large, bald, smooth, well filled out head, containing from 

 sixteen to eighteen breasts, and is rather late in ripening. 

 The berry is of a light amber color, good size and very 

 plump and handsome; has a very thin hull, makes but 

 little bran, and yields a large return of flour of the very 

 best quality. The Landreth wheat is very similar to if 

 not identical with this sort. 



Democrat. — Under some circumstances, an extra 

 early wheat is desirable, and for such cases we have the 

 * Democrat, which originated in Pennsylvania by the 

 selection of a single head in a field of fall wheat. It is 

 now becoming very popular in Canada, where it is said 

 to resist the midge effectually. It is very early, ripen- 

 ing at least one week earlier than the Clawson. The 

 heads are bearded and compact, with white chaff; the 

 berry is of a very light amber color, and much superior 

 to Clawson in milling qualities. 



Fultz. — Although not as showy in the field as Claw- 

 son. the Fultz will generally yield quite as much grain, 

 and it is of much better milling quality. It usually ex- 

 ceeds the expectation of yield, while the Clawson as 

 generally falls below it. It is well known and much 

 esteemed in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and is becoming 

 popular elsewhere, being frequently introduced under 

 other names. The straw stands from four to five feet 

 high, and is rather small but very stiff, standing up well. 

 The leaves are large, of a dark green color, and free 

 from rust. It has smooth, medium sized, compact 

 heads, containing from sixteen to eighteen breasts of 

 two and three kernels each. The berry is of a dull 

 amber color, medium size and long. 



SPRING 'W^HKAX. 



French Imperial.— This wheat has proven itself a 

 most desirable variety. It possesses, ma greater degree 

 than almost any other kind, the quality of filling out 

 plump, hard, extra No. i wheat, weighing the last two 

 seasons, 62 to 64 lbs. per measured bushel, even in local- 

 ities where nearly all other varieties filled poorly. It is 

 well adapted to rather poor soils, or soils of only ordi- 

 nary richness, producing on such lands good crops of 

 Xo. I hard wheat. The kernel is very large and plump, 

 and of excellent milling quality. The wheat is vigorous 

 and strong in its growth. 



Barley, common.— Barley succeeds best on lands 

 more sandy and lighter than those adapted to 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 forty-eight pounds, though it 

 is almost always sold by the 100 pounds. The' product 

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

 tivation. 



Barley, Mansury. — A six rowed barley, with long, 

 heavy, well filled heads, containing large, plump grains. 

 Straw bright, very strong, and is not apt to lodge, even 



on the richest lands. Ripens a week to ten days later 

 than common six rowed barley, or about the same time 

 as two rowed barley. Yields from 40 to 60 bushels per 

 acre, and is superior for malting. 



Barley, Naked, or HuUess.— 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 

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

 and fully equal to common barley. Nothing can sur- 

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

 produces from forty to sixty bushels of solid grain per 

 acre, and is a very certain crop. 



Rye, Winter.— 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 one 

 and a half bushels per acre, and dragged in. Harrow- 

 ing and rolling in the spring are recommended. If cut 

 before fully ripe, the grain makes better flour and more 

 in quantity. If intended for seed, it should be fully 

 ripe. Some sow rye among standing corn, hoeing it in, 

 leaving the ground level as possible, and after the com 

 is removed, rolling the ground. It succeeds best on 

 sandy soils. 



Buckwheat, common. — Buckwheat should be sown 

 about the 20th of June, broadcast, at 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 barn floor. If 

 allowed to stand in mass, it quickly gathers moisture. 



Buckwheat, Silver Hull. — This improved variety 

 is much better than the old sort. It is in bloom longer, 

 matures sooner, 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 better and more nutritious. 



Field Peas {Pisuvi sativum). — 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 general, maj' be sown 

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

 about three bushels per acre. 



Spring Vetches, or Tares {Vicn sativa). — 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. Culture same as field peas, two 

 bushels per acre. 



Flax {Linuin 7isitatissiinuvi). — Sow late enough in 

 the spring to avoid 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 

 before quite ripe, and, if the weather be dry, let it lie in 

 the swath a few hours, when it should be raked, bound 

 and secured from the weather; thresh early in the fall 

 and in dry weather. 



Hemp {Cannabis saii7'a)—\i raised for manufac- 

 turing, must be sown broadcast, at the rate of one-half 

 bushel to the acre; if for seed, should be planted in hills 

 four feet apart, and the plants thinned out to three or 

 four most vigorous stems in each hill. 



BIRD SH£D8. 



Canary Seed yF/iaia> is canarieHsis). 

 Hemp Seed {Cana/'is sati-'a). 

 Maw U\if<a~'er rltieas^. 

 Millet Seed ^Panicmn miliaceuvt\. 

 Rape Seed KBrassica naf>us). 

 Lettuce Seed {Lactuca sativci^.. 



