PRINGLE'S NEW PROGRESS OATS. 



This new and distinct variety of Oats was made by Mr. 

 Pringle several years ago, by crossing the Excelsior with the 

 Chinese Hulless. In it we have a combination of good qual- 

 ities which cannot fail to please, — a short, stiff straw, and 

 a long, full head or panicle. It is a mistake to suppose that 

 a tall-growing variety will produce more grain than a short 

 one, because much of the vigor of the plant will be used in 

 producing the straw. In the " Progress " we have a head 

 averaging as large as the largest of the taller varieties, well 

 filled, and only two-thirds as much straw. Being so much 

 shorter it does not lodge. In our trial plot of about 20 va- 

 rieties of Oats, the Progress matured the first of all. In 

 the spring of 1886 we drilled in one and three-fourth bushels 

 on a rather poor soil, and harvested from this 162 bushels, 

 thresher's measure. We believe if the farmer prefers grain 

 to straw, the Progress will suit every time. Horses seem 

 to like these Oats much better than most sorts, probably 

 because of the thin and tender shuck. The annexed illus- 

 tration shows a cluster of the heads, grown with ordinary 

 cultivation. Price, per packet 15; per peck, $1.00; per 

 bushel, $3.00. 



HORSFORD'S MARKET GARDEN PEA. 



This new wrinkled Pea introduced several years ago, is the 

 result of a cross between the Alpha and American Wonder. 

 It grows from fifteen to thirty ins. high, is very stocky, and 

 requires no bushing. Each vine throws out from fifteen to 

 twenty-five laterals, ten to fifteen inches long, and on some 

 of the best plants over 150 pods have been counted. Twenty 

 bushels have been grown from thirty-five pounds of seed, 

 and it has yielded at the rate of over fifty bushels per acre. 



Pringle's Progress Oats. 



Horsford's Market Garden Pea. 



Its habit is such that a small amount of seed will plant 

 a large plot of ground. The seeds can be planted 

 from three to six inches apart in the drill. It ripens 

 about with McLean's Advancer, and those who have 

 eaten it pronounce it one of the sweetest they have 

 tasted. Price per quart, 30 cents ; per peck, $2.00. 



FARQUHAR'S FIRST-CROP SUGAR CORN. 



Said to excell all other varieties in earliness. We 

 quote what the introducers say of it, ar.d can add 

 that we know of several parties who gave it a trial 

 last season, and found it one of the earliest varieties 

 ever grown, and the quantity excellent. We recom- 

 mend it as in every respect the best very early 

 Sweet Corn yet before the public. It is of low 

 growth and productive ; ears eight-rowed, of good 

 size and fit for table use several days before any oth- 

 er variety ; kernels quite large, white, and of deli- 

 cious flavor. All who plant the First-crop Sugar 

 Corn may have this delicious vegetable on their ta- 

 bles several days earlier in the season than ever be- 

 fore, while growers for market will find the variety 

 most profitable to raise. Price, ears each, 10 cents ; 

 by mail 15 cents. Per quart, 30c; by mail, 25c. 

 extra. Peck, $2.00. 



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