FLOURGORN. 



A Discovery that may Revolutionize the Grain 

 Markets of the Country. 



CORN THAT MAKES BREAD AS GOOD AS WHEAT. 



Yields at the rate of 75 to 100 bushels per acre. One bushel making 

 50 to 53 pounds of fine white flour, which will compare favorably 

 with the best wheat flour. Physicians who have tested it pro- 

 nounce it healthier than wheat flour, as it contains 

 more starch and less gluten. It also has few 

 equals as a forage plant. 



The Flour Corn will produce from three to five times us much per acre as wheat 

 (owing to climate and soil), makes Bread, Cakes, Rolls, Biscuits, Waffles, etc., as 

 light and good as those made from the bcs,t wheat flour. It will yield twice as 

 many bushels as common varieties of field corn, and four limes as much fodder. 

 Makes fine roasting ears, hominy, and beautiful starch. The same process is used 

 as in grinding and bolting wheat. It should be planted same as other corn, 2 grains 

 to the hill, and* grows well on any land where Indian corn is grown. 

 It must, however, to mature in this latitude, he planted by the 1st to 

 the 20th of May as it requires about as long a season as Chester County 

 Mammoth to mature. The stalks stool from the ground like sorghunii 

 and grow 7 to 8 feet high, each grain producing four to six stalks, as when it is 8 to 10 inches high it begins to tiller up like wheat, one hill making 

 an armful of fodder. This one quality is sufficient to recommend it, for it makes it yield more and better fodder than any corn in cultivation. 

 It averages 10 ears to the hill ; ears from 5 to 7 inches in circumference, and from 8 to 12 inches long ; grain very white. Stooling from the ground 

 like sorghum, as stated above, suckers should not be pulled off. Cultivate same as other corn. Flour Corn is worthy of a trial, at least, by every 

 corn or wheat grower who reads this catalogue. There is not a county in the same latitude as Philadelphia or south of it, where it should not be at 

 least experimented with within the next ten months. The only thing is, will there be enough seed to meet the enormous demand that I expect 

 to commence immediately upon the receipt of this catalogue by my customers. Early orders solicited. 



Large pkts., 15 cts. each ; 75 cts. per lb.; 4 lbs., enough for I acre, $2.50. Not more than 4 lbs. sold to one customer. 



This old, well-known variety is more largely grown 

 than any other. It is not so select as my Globe Dan- 

 vers, offered on page 34 of this catalogue, but I am 

 able to quote it at a lower price. It ripens earlv, and 

 is both a good keeper and seller, grows to a fair size, 

 is fine-grained, of mild and pleasant flavor. Flesh is 

 white, with thin yellow skin. In the neighborhood of 

 this city it is extensively sown for sets. Packet, 

 5 cents ; ounce, 15 cents; { lb., 50 cents ; lb., $2.00. 



N.B. Onion seed is a very short crop in all sections 

 of the country this season. Don't think for a moment, 

 liicause the above is the lowest-priced onion seed 

 offered in this catalogue, that seed Is not good. This 

 Hound \ ellow Danvers of mine will be found not only 

 equal hut ahead of most of the Danvers offered by 

 Others. */>■! offer It at inch a low price sim- 

 ply because I have turn so fortunate as to have a 

 larger supply of It than of any other variety, 

 hence am able to make It a leader. 



THE POTENTATE POTATO For the last two years on my trips through New York 



State, inspecting my seed crops, a large grower of choice seed potatoes lias always called 

 my attention toa potato he called the •'Potentate," as being particularly fine and worthy 

 of a good notice in my Seed Catalogue. Out of some 3» or W sorts, embracing all the newer 

 varieties, as well as the good old stand-bys, he, as well as his entire family, has used it in 

 preference to all the others for their own' table. Kvcn as late as July or 1st of August, the 

 Potentate from the year before cooked better, and were preferred to many of t lie early 

 potatoes that were then ready for use. From this, its two particular strong points— good 

 keeping ami good eating qualities — can readily be seen. 



Potentate originated In the Slate of Iowa, and matures about the some lime as Magnum 

 Hon urn. It Is a white potato, but instead of eyes being depressed as in the M agnum.Bonum, 

 t hey stand out even or smooth. It is the smoothest, and more nearly round than any po- 

 tato I have ever seen. The tubers are uniformly of a good size, and grow closely together 

 in the hill. My grower writes me that in the three years he has raised it, he has yet to find 

 a rotten one. while last season cleaned him out , as It did many ol hers, of a good many sorts. 

 For a late winter or spring potato, I doubt If It ean he equaled. My Supply being 

 limited to a lew bushels this year, I can only ofler it by the pound ; but next season 1 hope 

 to have a sufficient stock to oiler it in larger quant II ies. I.b., 75 cts.; :i lbs., $2.00, post-paid. 



