FAUST'S FIELD SEEDS. 



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SIIiVER-HULIi BUCKWHEAT. 



An excellent variety for bees, continuing in bloom much 

 longer than the common sorts. Valuable also for Its early 

 maturing properties, and under the same conditions Avill yield 

 twice the quantity per acre as ordinary buckwheats. The 

 flour is whiter and more nutritious, and a saving of 15 to 20 



Eer cent, may be made in grinding, owing to its thinness of 

 usks. Per pkt., 10 cts.; lb.. 20 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, peck, 80 cts.; bush., 75 cts. For larger quantities, write 

 for special prices. 



WELCOME OATS. 



Usually grow from 5 to 6 feet high with 

 strong straight straw, which is not hable to 

 be prostrated by either wind or rain. The 

 grain is remarkably large and handsome, 

 full and plump, with thin, close-fitting husks. 

 They are of vigorous growth and fully a week 

 ahead of all other varieties in ripening, and 

 for these reasons yield most excellent crops. 

 They are also very valuable for extreme 

 Southern sections, giving a good yield where 

 other varieties would make the crop a failure. 

 Half the seed, per acre, that is used for other 

 varieties will do for this, as the sowing should 

 not be nearly so thick as for other oa' s, and 

 even then they ill far outyield any other in 

 cultivation. They weigh from 47 to 50 pounds 

 per measured bushel, the heads being from 

 Welcome Oatsi. to 23 inches in length. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 

 !b., 30 cts.; 4 lbs.. $1.00, postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 

 SO cts.; bush., 85c.; 10 bush, or over, 80 cts. per bush., bags 

 included. 



WHITE BELGIAIS^ OATS. 



This is a standard and most prolific variety of oats, and has 

 made from 80 to 136 bushels per acre on ordinary land. They 

 are early, plump grained and have thin husks. Our stock of 

 all varieties of oats have been mo?t carefully selected and 

 grown for the express purpose of seed. Per pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 30 

 cts.; 4 lbs., Sl.OO, postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 30 

 <cts.; bush., 80c. ; 10 bush, or over at 75 cts. per bush. 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAI^ SUNFLOWER. 



This may be grown 

 to great advantage by 

 planting in waste 

 pieces of ground from 

 early spring to the 

 latter part of July, as 

 it is an excellent and 

 cheap food for fowls, 

 and has so strongly 

 recommended itself to 

 large farmers and 

 poultry breeders that 

 many say they could 

 not do without it. The 

 mammoth sized heads 

 contain an immense 

 q'uantity of seed, 

 which is of great value 

 to all farmers and 

 poultry breeders, and 

 is greedily eaten by 

 fowls, being very 

 healthy and fattening, 

 and will produce a 



lustrous plumage and ,^ . ^ ^ 



excellent condition Mammoth Russian Sunflower. 

 generally. Three quarts of seed will plant an acre, and it 

 can be raised much cheaper than corn, and for these purposes 

 is far more desirable. As an egp-prodacing food it is unsur- 

 passed, and also as a disease preventative. Its leaves make 

 very good fodder, and in some of the Prairie States thestrong, 

 thick stalks are found valuable for fuel. Liberal sized pkt. , 5 

 cts.; pint. 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 

 quart, 10 cts.; peck 40 cts.; bush. $1.25. 



POP-CORN. 



QUEEN'S GOIiDEN POP-CORN. The beautiful ap- 

 pearance when popped easily distinguishes it from other 

 varieties; it is so large that a single kernel will expand to a 

 ■diameter of linch, thegrain being of a delicate gold en-yellow. 

 It is of sturdy growth and good size. The stalks grow nearly 

 6 feet high, and the ears, which are particularly large and 

 fine, are produced in great abundance. Per large pkt.. shelled, 

 10 cts. ; quart, 35 cts., pc«tpaid. By express or freight (on ear), 

 60 lbs., $2.25. 



WHITE RICE POP-CORN. The kernels are fine, white 

 and pointed, and the ears from 4 to 5 inches in length and 

 from 1 to IM in diameter. A favorite with retail grocers. 

 Per pkt., shelled. 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 35 cts., postpaid. 

 By express or freight (on ear), 50 lbs., S2.00. 



Pi^ARIi POP-CORN. The favorite variety for popping. 

 Per pkt., shelled, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 35 cts.- postpaid. 

 By express or freight (on ear), 50 lbs., $2.00. 



LARGE EIGHT ROW OR WESTERN POP-CORN. 



Used particularly for making sugar coated pop-corn. Large 

 ears, 8-rowed, Avith broad grains. Pops finer and larger than 

 any other variety. Per pkt., shelled, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; 

 quart, 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight (on ear), 50 lbs., 

 $2.00. 



FLAX SEED. 



Per lb., 20 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, quart, 15 

 cts.; bush. (56 lbs.), $2.40. 



OSAGE ORANGE. 



Per lb., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, bush., $6.50. 



TEOSINTE. 



(Reaiia Luxiirians.) This new and 

 gigantic fodder plant, introduced from Cen- 

 tral America, somewhat resembles indian 

 Corn, and gives promise of soon becoming 

 the leadiT g forage plant in this latitude 

 and the South. It produces a great number 

 of shoots, growing 12 feet high, thickly 

 covered Avith leaves, and yielding such an 

 abundance of forage that one plant is 

 considered amply sufficient to feed a pair 

 of cattle for 24 hours. As a soiling or fod- 

 der plant in the South, it surpasses either 

 corn or sorghum, and in the extreme 

 South is a perennial. The leaves are long 

 and broad, and the stalk full of sweet sap. 

 Per pkt.. 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; li lb., 35 cts.; 

 lb., 1.35. 



Teosinte. 



IMPROVED EVERGREEN BROOM 

 CORN. 



A particularly valuable variety of broom corn, as it does 

 not get red in the field before cutting, but is strictly a green 

 variety of brush, and for that reason will always command 

 the highest price in the market. If is free from crooked 

 brush, stands up well and grows from 8 to 10 feet high. It 

 ripens early and is fine and straight. About 500 weight of 

 broom may be raised on an acre, and the seed is Avorth nearly 

 as much as oats for feed. This can be made a large paying 

 crop to the farmer. Per pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 40 cts., postpaid. By 

 express or freight, peck, 65cts.; bush., $2.25. 



Broxm Dhoura 

 Com. 



BROWN DHOURA CORN. 



This is one of the grandest of all forage 

 plants and its nutritious properties should 

 in noAvise be under-estimated. It is a most 

 natural food for coavs and sheep, its stalks 

 being eaten by them in a greedy manner, 

 and the grain is asuperiorfood for foAvls ; as 

 good as Avheat or barley for horses. It is of 

 easy and simple culture, and when groAvn 

 for grain should be planted in hills the same 

 as Indian Corn. It has yielded 200 bushels 

 of cleaned grain per acre. \Yhen groAvn for 

 fodder, soav in drills from 2 to 3 feet apart ; 

 and bear in mind that it is of the utmost 

 value because of its certainty to produce 

 heavy crops on poor, dry soil. Per pkt., 10 

 cts.; "lb.. 35 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, 3 lbs., 70 cts. 



KENNEY'S EARLY AMBER 

 SUGAR CANE. 



This is the favorite variety for the North. It 

 can be cultivated in almost any section of 

 the country, as it is early and most Angorous 

 in growth, reaching generally 12 feet in 

 height and standing Avell up. The seed is 

 very nutritious and valuable for horse or 

 cattle food, and is greedily eaten by poultry, 

 much increasing their egg production. Also 

 an excellent ensilage or fodder plant. It has 

 been raised with great success as far North as 

 St. Paul, Minn., and Avill yield all the Avay 

 from 150 to 280 ga lions of syrup per acre. Per 

 pkt., 10 cts.; Ih, 25 cts.: 4 lbs., 80 cts.. post- 

 , ^ , paid. Bv express or freight, lb.. 15 cts.: bush., 

 Kenneys Early 5^ 75 The prices quoted include BAGS and 

 Amher Sugar dratAGE. 

 Cane. 



EARLY ORANGE SUGAR CANE. 



This is the most popular variety groAvn in the South and is 

 undoubtedly best adapted to that climate. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 

 lb., 25 cts.; 4 lbs., 80 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, lb., 

 15 cts.; bush., $1.75. 



