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



WINTER WHEAT AND RYE. 



Price* are subject lo the fluctuation of the market. Tlie prices herein named are tliose 

 ruling at this date {August), for the new crop, 1898. 

 Delivery f o. b. A'ew York. 



FULL DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN IN OUR 

 AUTUMN CEREAL CIRCULAR, 

 MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION. 



Rural New Yorker No 57. (Bearded.) A grand new amber red variety. $1.00 peck, 



$2 5H bush., lObusl). lols, $2 25 per bush. 

 Rural New Yorker No. 6 (Bald.) New, a heavy cropper and extremely hardy, amber, 



{tie cut.) $1 00 peck, $.\50 bush., 10 bush lots $2.25 per bush. 

 Jones' Longberry No. 1. (Bearded.) A grand Dew varit ty. $1.50 peck, $4 00 bush 

 Oatka Chief. Very early and strong st rawed. $1.00 peck, $3.00 bush., 10 bush, lots 

 $2.75 per bush. 



Diamond Grit or Winter Sas katchewan The hardest winter wheat known and a worthy 

 rival to the hard spring of the Northwest. 75c. peck, $2.75 bush., 10 bush, lots $2.50 

 per bush. 



Bearded Winter Fife. Verv earlv strong grower and heavy yielder. 75c. peck, $2.50 



bush., 10 bush, lots $2.25'per bush. 

 Pride of Genesee. (Bearded.) Has long well rilled heads and is one of the surest to yield 



a good crop. $2.50 bush , 10 bush, lots $2.25 per bush. 

 Gold Coin. (Bald.) Very productive and will not lodge on the richest land. $2 50 bush., 

 10 bush, lots $2.25 per bush. 



Winter. The variety most commonly cultivated. $1.10 bush., 10 bush, lots SI 00 per bush. 

 Excelsior Winter. A new variety and a heavy yielder. $1.50 bush., lo bush, lots $1.40 per bush. 

 Thousandfold. Tall, robust and most productive. $1.50 bush , 10 bush lots $1.4u per bush. 

 Giant Winter. Unquestionably the heaviest cropping Hye in existen< e having in fair test out- 

 yielded all other varieties both in straw and grain. The heads average six lo eight inches in 

 length and are filled from end to end with large, plump, heavy grains. The straw is giant in 

 length and strength and of extraordinary stiffness, resisting severe wind and rain storms to a 

 remarkable degree without lodging. $2 00 bush., 10 bush, lots $1.75 per bush. 



SPECIAL QUOTATIONS TO LARGE BUYERS 



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RURAL NEW YORKER NO. ft. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



FARM SEEDS 



FOR 



Autumn Sowing. 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX 



English Rape. 



Rape may be sown broadcast at. the 

 rate of 6 lbs', per acre, and harrowed in, 

 or the land may be thoroughl y harrowed 

 and the seed sown in drills, 18 to 24 in. 

 ' apart, at the rate of 2 to 3 lbs per acre. 

 Under favorable conditions it is ready 

 for pasturing sheep or cattle within six 

 weeks from time of sowing, and on an 

 average one acre will carry twelve to 

 fifteen sheep six weeks 10 two months, 

 [n the Nortuern States it should be sown 



from May to August for fall pasturing, bui as it thrives best in cool weather, it should 

 not be sown in the Southern States until September or October for winter pasture. Its 

 fattening properties are probably twice as good as those of clover, and for sheep the feed- 

 ing value of Rape excels all other plants we know of. fattening and putting them in 

 •excellent condition for marketing without the addition of grain or other purchased feeds. 

 10c. lb.; $8.00 per 100 lb. JZZ 



New Hardy Forage Plant, SAND or WINTER VETCH. 



Succeeds on poor s*»ndy soiK grows to a height of three or four feet aud seems proof against both heat and cold and when sown in fall yields 

 a crop ear'y the following spiing. If cut when in bloom it will yield a second crop which may allowed to set d if desired, bow half a bushel 

 to a bushel per acre with one half bushel Bye or Wheat for support. 10c. lb., $4.UU bushel of (50 lbs., $0.00 per 100 lbs. 



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