IMPERIAL OATS 
(One-half Actual Size) 
These heads were selected from the first seeding from 
the original mother plant. Most heads were 12 inches 
long and contained from 180 to over 200 grains, each. 
A Most Extraordinary New Variety 
An Enormous Yielder of 
Highest Quality 
T HE IMPERIAL OAT is the result of careful selection 
for a number of years to secure the highest type of 
oats, followed by cross pollenizing to insure the 
greatest vitality. 
For the “mother” oat we used a special strain of 
American Banner and these oats were fertilized with 
pollen taken from the very best strain of our Mammoth 
Cluster oats. This particular strain of Mammoth Cluster 
later produced a single head containing 302 grains and 
another head which was cut green in order to preserve 
without threshing was found to have 194 spikes and 
measured 16 inches in length. As nearly every spike 
contains two grains of oats it will be seen that had this 
head been allowed to mature it might have broken the 
record for productiveness. 
Backed by the 
parentage as here 
given you cannot won- 
der that we are enthu- 
siastic over the Im- 
perial oat and we are 
sure that this oat will 
give a good account of 
itself wherever grown. 
Heads are 
long, well 
balanced, branching. Grain 
is white, quite long, has thin 
hull and of finest quality 
for either feeding or milling; 
Straw is thick walled, 
medium in height, is not 
inclined to lodge even under 
unfavorable weather condi- 
tions and stools very freely. 
The row at the left shows the Imperial Oats the second 
year. The first crop was from a single grain. 
First in Yield 
First in Quality 
was the record made by the Imperial Oats and they were the first 
choice out of scores of seedlings under trial at the same time. 
