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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— IMPLEMENTS. 



The Automatic 

 Plant Setting Machine* 



RAPP'S HAND SEED SOWER. 



For Frame and Hot Bed Sowings. 



This is the invention of a practical market gardener of long 

 experience who felt the need of such a sower to avoid kneeling, 

 reaching and backaches. It is light, weighing only 2J lbs., and 

 sows all kinds of seeds not larger than spinach seed, th'n or 

 thick as set, and five times faster than by hand, and it sows 

 equally well going forwards or backwards; consequently it is 

 pushed along one furrow and pulled back in the next, thus 

 savins time and lifting. The revolving brass covered drum 

 holds one pint of seed which drops through holes in a brass 

 band which can be shifted to make the opening larger, smaller, 

 or to shut oS the flow of seed. The Rapp seed sower is a home- 

 made affair; it does not open furrows nor cover the seed, there- 

 fore is so simple that it can be used bv the most inexperienced. 

 Price, $3.50. 



THE McWHORTER 

 . MAN-POWER FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. 



For Furrow Work, Side Top Dressing or Broadcasting. 



, This improved and efficient machine we heartily recommend to all ^jardeners. 

 it 'is universally used in large market gardening sections. By its use crops may 

 be stimulated into rapid growth, increased size and early maturity. Any com- 

 mercial fertilizer can be applied with it in any desired quantity from 3 pounds to 

 40 pounds per 100 yards of row. It will distribute broadcast or in furrows or 

 between rows, or both sides of one, two, three or four rows according to their 



distance apart, at one operation. The fertilizer is forced through eight distrib- 

 uting spouts, which may be contracted to cover a 4-inch strip; or they may be 

 spread into any position not exceeding 2V feet in width. For top dressing straw- 

 berry beds, lawns, etc., as well as for rowed crops, it is a boon. Easily worked 

 by man or boy. Weight, 61 lbs. Price, SIO.OO. 



Transplants all V:inds of plants at any required 

 distance, and at the same time water is deposited 

 at the roots and the covering rollers pack dry 

 earth around the stalk, which cannot bake and 

 which retains moisture underneath. In front of 

 the opening plow there is an adjustable cleaner 

 which clears away the loose stones and lumps of 

 dirt which otherwise might be backed around the 

 roots or stalk, thus it will work in stony ground. 

 The roller packers roll over obstacles which 

 shoes would drag along and interfere with setting 

 the plants. It does the work far better than 

 when done by hand. The machine is drawn by 

 two horses and the work is done by a driver and 

 two boys, who do the operating. It plants one 

 row at a time and can transplant from 4 to 6 acres 

 a day. according to the distance between plants 

 and the skill of the droppers. The rows may ba 

 30 inches apart or as much wider as desired. 

 One foot apart in the rows is about as close ai 

 ordinary operators can transplant but when ex- 

 pert, they can operate fast enough for celery. 



For tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, sweet po- 

 tatoes, strawberries, tobacco and small nursery 

 plants, etc., or any plants that do not require to 

 be planted closer than 1 foot the machine works to perfection, 

 and for extensive tiuckers, etc., it will pay for itself several 

 times in one season. Plants may be set deep or shallow, and 

 the quantity of water to each regulated from 1 to 6 barrels an 

 acre. An automatic check valve or water trip lets water through 

 a hose extending in behind the shoe or furrower, just 

 before setting the plants. Roots are not doubled up as 

 in hand planting, plants start to grow quicker, mature more 

 evenly, and the grower is independent of labor and has no 

 lame back — no delay in planting on account of dry weather. 

 Plants are set straight, allowing close and quicker cultivation. 

 It is easy of draft and a thoroughly good machine in every 

 respect and will last a lifetime. 



This Transplanter has been fully tested on all kinds of soil, 

 and can be operated and worked satisfactorily on any ground 

 on which you wish to transplant tobacco, cabbage, celery, 

 tomatoes, etc., and is guaranteed to do the work. 

 Price (««/) So.5.00, or with Fertilizer .Attachment S70.00. 



THE KEYSTONE ADJUSTABLE WEEDER. 



The Keystone Adjustable Weeder is the latest and best weeder on the market 

 combining all the good featmes of others, with many advantages which none 

 others possess. . The adjustable frame permits it to stretch 7 feet, or it may be 

 closed to 32 inches; the butterfly-shaped frame gives greater strength, allowing 

 it to be thoroughly braced, overcoming all racking and straining; it is easier to 

 pull, easier to handle, and can be tilted to work the ground in hollows. The 

 spring steel teeth are flat at the frame end, giving superior lateral flexibility and 

 vibration without allowing them to track. The bolts fasten them in with a 

 spring tension: they cannot come out, yet are easily removed or set at any angle. 

 The ground ends of the teeth are narrow, penetrating the soil easily. They do 

 not plow deeply like a cultivator tooth, merely entering the upper inch of sur- 

 face; do not catch nor disturb the plants nor their roots, they loosen and uproot 

 the weeds, allowing them to slide aside, thereby overcoming the clogging so 

 objectionable in other weeders. Price, $12.00. 



end for Our New " IMPLEMENT CATALOGUE," describing and illustrating up=to=date Implements and Tools for Farm and Garden. 



