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■ CATALOGUE 6F SE^, -^LANfi, BULBS AND FRUITS. 
79 
WONDER^'-" 
%Sl?f(0UriC,HiA0l^lfSr6T00|lKG ANDTHE BE5T 
DESCIJIPTION 
« OF 
IT Early Wonder, 
This, together witL Oats and 
corn, is the greatest of all the 
farmers' crops and no bright, In* 
telligent man who -wants to 
make his farm pay looks at the 
few extra cents that he has to 
payf .r carefully improved seed 
stock of any kind. Our Early Wonder Wheat is the result of years of testinsr and ex- 
perimenting with all the different varieties which have been oflfered the past few years, 
and out of the entire lot this wheat was ssleoted, and has been improved each season 
until we now offer it with the feeling that we have secured a wheat which will in time 
take the place of all other varieties. It has proven to be the most prolific heaviest 
stooling and finest milling wheat ever offered, and this is enough to recommend it to 
any farmer who is a wheat grower. Its being grown for years in the extreme ^orm 
assurps all of its hardiness. This, with its heavy yields and its earliness. will maHe it 
tho most desirable variety for all sections of America If you want to get a heavy 
yield and make money this season, vou can do it bv sowing the Early Wonder Wbeat, 
Bonanza Kine Oats and Mastadon Corn, the three heavy cropping farm favorites. 
FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY "EARLY WONDER" SHOULD BE 
SOW BY EVERY FARMER IN AMERICA. 
l_It's the heaviest yielding wheat in the world. 2— It's perfectly hardv and can hp 
grown in any section. S— It's early, and this alone is a valuable point. 4— It makes the 
choicest flour and is the best milling wheat we know of. 5— It will increase your crops 
and bring you more money per acre than any other wheat. 
Prices: By mail, pkt (3oz ) 10c, lb. 30o, 4 lbs. $1.00, postpaid; by freight or express, 
pk. 65c, 1/2 bu. $1.00, bu. $1.75, bag (2V3 bu.) $4. 25, 5 bu. $8 00. 
for 
trial. 
THE NEW SPRING WHEAT. 
MINNESOTA No. 163. 
Tree 
for 
trial. 
Last spring we received throngh Prof. Hays, of the Agricaltoral Department at St. Anthony Park, Minn., 10 bushels of this variety, and 
planted same with tolerable fair results as to yield, and notwithstanding the unfavorable Season in the section of this state where it was 
cultivated From our observations and trial, we feel our State Experimental Station has certainly introduci d a variety which is destined to 
be of great value in all .print; wheat producing sections. Certainly g-eat credit i. due Prof. Hays for his untiring efforts m the manner in which 
he h.is so successfn Iv carried and nursed this very promising variety, and the methods he has adopted in disseminating among our farmer, a 
sort with so many good qualifications. While this wheat is not altopether brought to that state of perfection desired by Prof. Hays, we ask 
our patrons to fully peruse the history and note the many advantages this new wheat posBesse.. 
SEED CIRCULAR NO. 1. 
MINNESOTA EXPERIMENTAL STATION. ST. ANTHONY PARK, MINN., MARCH 28, 1899. 
A CERTIFIED VARIETY OF WHEAT, MINNESOTA No. 163. 
This circular is sent ont with a new wheat named Minnesota No. 163. (Minn. No. 163.) Which was originated under a system ofrigid 
selection. Its parent variety, Minn. No. 168, (Glyndon 811 ), is thoughtto be a variety of Red Fife wheat, though its name ■was lost by the 
burning of the station buildine in 1890. This parent wheat was grown at Warren. Marshall County, Mmn., in 1890; at Glyndon, Clay 
County Minn in l.-^Sl: and at Power, Richland County, N. Dak., in 1892. At the last named place 4O0 kernels were planted in hills 1 2"x 18" 
apart, one grain in a hill. IMant 2001 yielded 15.4, grams of fine wheat. This being the heaviest yi«>der among the 400 plants it was chosen Bs 
the mother plant of this new variety. 
In 1S93 100 of the hardest seeds from this parent were planted at the College Farm, Fargo, N. Dak., (centgener 14301). After securing the 
best plants with which to continue the breeding experiments, and after discarding several of the poorest plants, the grain trnm the remaining 
plants of the plot was harvested in bulk. In 1894 this seed was planted in a small plot on (Tniversity Farm, St. Anthony Park. Minn., and was 
Increased • o that in 1K9 > there was sufficient seed foi; a one-twentieth acre plot. In 18!)7 it was in the variety tests at I nivcrsity Farm, at 
Northwest Farm, Crookston, and at College Farm, Fargo, N. Dak. Owinjs to excessive rains in the Red River Valley just before harvest time, 
the conditions were so lacking in uniformity that the records of yields at Pargo and Crookston in 1897 have not been used in making up the 
averace yields. In 1898, this wheat was in the variety tests at University Farm; at Northwest Farm, Crookston; at Northeast Farm, Grand 
Rapids- at College Farm, Fargo, N. Dak.; at College Farm, Brookings, s. Dak and at College Fnrm, Ames, Iowa. The yields at these experi- 
ment stations ofMinn. No. 103 are compared with the yields ofthe best two wheats secured in early eiforts at finding superior varieties; Ti»: 
Power's Fife tMinn. No. 60) and Bolton'. Blue Stem, (Minn. No. 146). 
Shows a Greater Yield thfin the other Varieties, Grades Equally as well. Percentage of Rust a great deal Lower and not near ae 
liiable to Lodge, being a more Robust and Stronger Grower. 
The Gluten test of flour being greater than the other varietiee. Th* Baker's Sponge Test, all being In favor or Min- 
nesota ^^^3j^^ sorry to say, is quite limited, especially to meet the demand which is sure to arise. Instead of offering it for sale we have 
decided to use it as a premium, giving all our patrons an opportunity to receive a quantity for trial free. 
FREE— To every person ordering $2.00 worth of vegetable seeds in packets, ounce or qnarter pound, pound, or pints and quarts 
at catalogue prices, we will give free, one half pound of Minnesota No. 163 Wheat; to every person ordering 83.00 worth of vegeta- 
ble seeds in above quantities we will give one pound ; to every person ordering $5.00 worth, two pounds ; to every person ordering 
$7 00 worth, three pounds; to everyperson ordering $10.00 worth, five poands;to every person ordering $1500 worth, of any 
variety of seeds, plants, etc. in any quantity, we will give free ten pounds. 
Uqu'o OnnilB Dnntit'iiil At the prices quoted in our Catalogue we prepay postage on alt seeds ordered by packet, ounce, quarter poun4, 
indj 0 OBCUS rUoipdIUi poynd, pint or quart. On seeds in large quantities, or offered by express or freight, purchaser pays the charges, 
