14 



F. H. EBELING, PROP'R THE PERRY SEED STORE. 



MEW THINGS FOR 1S99 



SUCCESS BARLEY. 



This valuable new Barley originated with A. B. Jones, a successful barley grower in South Dakota. 

 Mr. Jones has been experimenting for years in trjang to get a good and productive Barley without the 

 unpleasant and sharp beards possessed heretofore by all our best barleys. Everyone who has raised 

 and fed barley knows the inconvenience of these sharp and troublesome beards. They not only make it 

 unpleasant to handle, but are very injurious to animals in feeding, as they often get fast in the horse's 

 mouth and under the tongue, causing injury and uneasiness to the animal and sometines death. On this 

 account many feeders have discontinued the use of barley, as it is almost impossible to get rid of these 

 sharp beards. To get a variety that would grow without beards, and at the same time possess all the 

 rich and nutritious qualities of our bearded sorts, has puzzled the brains of promment agriculturists for 

 years. This has finally been accomplished, after many trials and experiments, by hybridizing and cross 

 fertilization with our most productive bearded varieties and the bald, hulless barley, which has little 

 value for feeding purposes. The Success is a beardless variety. It is a six=rowed barley of unusual 

 length of head, well packed with solid, plump grains clear to the tips. It is one of the first to ripen, hence 

 valuable to plant either in the extreme North or extreme South, as well as in all other sections of the 

 country. 



Its great productiveness.— From a single head taken from our field the past summer we counted 

 seventeen grains to the row, and as every head has six rows of grains, this would make at the rate of 

 two hundred and four bushels to the acre, assuming two bushels were sown to the acre and every 

 grain grew. Dividing this product by two, or taking one-half, it still leaves an enormous yield, or one 

 hundred and two bushels to the acre. It is undoubtedly one of our best yielders. 



SWEET CORN.-'*FIRST OF ALL." 



The Earliest of All ;— Earlier than the Early Cory. 



The single statement on the preceding line will make thousands of our customers eager to have the 

 FIRST OF ALL Sweet Corn, which is ready for the table from th^'ee days to a week earlier lhan the Cory^ 

 making it very desirable not only for family gardens, but extremely valuable to grow for market, where 

 the earliest corn always brings by far the highest price. The illustration, engraved from a photograph, 

 reduced in size, shows the form of the ears, which are of medium size, well filled with large grains to the 

 very tip. Many of the ears contain ten to twelve rows, while ears of the Cory Coi-n generally have only 

 eight rows. In habit of growth it is rather dwarfer than the Cory, although similar in appearance, but. 

 superior in qziality^ tender and sweet. Per pkt. 10 cts.; pint 25 cts.; per quart 40 cts., postpaid. 



THE AUSTRALIAN BROWN ONION 



is of medinm size, wonderfully hard and solid, and most attractive for market, both as to form and 

 appearance. They are extremely early in ripening, and never make any stiff-necks or scullions. Every 

 seed seems to produce a good sized onion, and the bulb begins to form very quickly — when the plant is 

 not over three inches high. Planted with the Red Wetliersfield, it proved to be nearly fotir iveeks earlier 

 and ripened off more uniformly. It has the reputation of keeping indefinatelv, and we think from its 

 firmness and hardness that it will keep in good condition longar than and other Onion known. The 

 color of the skin is a clear amber-brown. 



SPRING RYE. 



We offer a fine crop of SPRING RYE, at $1.25 per Bushel. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



We can supply the CHINA T SPRING WHEAT, at market prices. 



SEED OATS. 



We offer choice well cleaned, true to name, varieties of SEED OATS at reasonable prices. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 



The true Dwarf Essex Rape is valuable as a fattenmg food for pasturing sheep in autumn. It is 

 particularly adapted as a " catch crop," for it grows best late in the autumn. In the Northern States it 

 can be sown at any time from May until the end of August, bu^ in the Southern States it should not be 

 sown until September or October for winter pasture. Its fattening properties are said to be twice as 

 good as clover. Sow ten or twelve pounds per acre on drills fifteen inches apart. Per pkt. of 2 ozs 10c 

 per lb. 30c. postpaid by mail. By express or freight, 10c. per lb.; 25 lbs. for $2.25; 50 lbs. for $4.00. ^' ' 



MAMMOTH PRIZE PIE PUMPKIN. 



Weisht 116 1=3 Pounds. 



We offer the seed of this Monster Prize Pumpkin at 10 cents a package. This Pumpkin took first 

 prize at our fair, and after exhibiting it in our window for a long time it was divided among our friends 

 and several bakers, who all pronounced it the Finest Pie Pumpkin they ever used. This variety is of 

 fine grain, thin shell, and will keep for a great length of time in any dry place. 



