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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[AufiUST, 
GEORGE A. DEITZ 
HAS THE ONLY 
SEED WHEAT EXPERIMENTAL FARM 
IINT THE UNITED STATES, 
"Where the Foreign Seed Wheats are acclimated and grown for sale, near Chambersbn i'ff ', Pa. 4 pounds of any 
variety sent post-paid for One Dollar, one head of any variety sent post-paid for 10 cents, or 20 heads of different 
varieties for One Dollar. 
FRENCH WHITE CHAFF 
MEDITERRANEAN. 
Bearded Wheat.— Imported from Aries, 
France. Acclimated lour years. Tliis 
Wheat I consider the best lied Wheat for 
general cultivation. It is the earliest, hard- 
iest, and most prolific Red Wheat that I 
know of, and has a very stiff straw, a large 
head, and the largest grain of any wheat 
Jn the country. As yet it has proved rust 
and weevil-proof, and yields from forty 
to fifty bushels per acre. 
Per peel-, $-.00 ; per bushel, $7.50 ; 
' ! Wholesale, or Club rates : 25 bushels, $175; 
' // 50 bushels, $33540 ; 100 bushels, $500.00. 
FRENCH RED CHAFF 
MEDITERRANEAN. 
?rom Aix, France. — Acclimated fonr 
years. This 1b also a very good early 
Wheat. It stands the Winter well, and is 
very prolific. The grain is a light red or 
amber; is of good size, and very plump. 
The head is the largest of any of the Beard- 
ed Wheats. The straw is strong and stiff; 
n«»t liable to lodge. It yields about forty 
to fifty bushels per acre on ordinary soil, 
and is free from rust and weevil. 
Per peck, $2.00; per bushel, $7.50. Whole- 
sale* or Club rates: 25 bushels, $175.00 ; 50 
bushels, $325.00; 100 bushels, $500.00. 
HUNGARIAN RED MEDI- 
TERRANEAN. 
Bearded.— Imported from Dantsic, Prus- 
sia. Acclimated two years. An early and 
prolific Red Wheat whieli stands the hard- 
est winter, and stools very heavily. The 
head is of a good size, the grain medium 
and of a dark red color. It has Improved 
both in straw and grain each year. I con- 
sider it a very good and hardy Wheat. 
Per peck, t'i.00: per bushel. $7.50 ; Whole- 
sale tin d Club rates: 20 bushels. $140.00; 
40 busftels, $260.00; 60 bushels, $360.00. 
GERMAN RED. 
Beardless.— From Holland. ' This is a 
smooth Wheat, with a head of good size 
and medium sized grain of a light red or 
amber color. It is hardy and prolific, free 
from weevil and rust, and yields about 
forty bushels per acre. 
Per peck, $2.00 ; per bushel, $7.50. Wholesale, or Club rate* : 25 bushels, $175.00 ; 50 bush- 
els, $325.00; 100 bushels, $500.00. 
RED CHAFF MEDITERRANEAN. 
Bearded.— This Wheat was imported at the same time with the White Chaff Mediterra- 
nean, and from near 
place. The only differ* 
between the two Wheats is, 
that this Wheat has a dark 
red grain of large size; a 
straw slightly purple, and a 
red chaff. It has been yield- 
ing good crops every season ; 
is hardy and prolific, and will stand the hardest winter. It yields about thirty-five bushels 
per acre. 
Per peck, $1.50; per bushel, $5.00. Wholesale, and Club rates: 25 bushels, $112.50; 50 
bushels, $225.00; 100 bushels, $400.00. 
FOREIGN WHEATS. 
"WEEK"! 
ANGONA RED— From Prussia.— Imported this 
j season. 
SANDONTCA WHITE-From Poland.-Imported 
this season. 
BERDEXSKA— From Russia.— Imported this sea- 
son. 
BAKONKA— From Poland.— Imported this season. 
SALLA— From Saxony.— Imported this season 
SAXONY— From Saxony.— Imported this season 
BOHEMIAN RED.-Importcd this season. 
BOHEMIAN WHITE.-Imported this season. 
WHITE CHAFF MEDITERRA- 
NEAN. 
Bearded.— This Amber Wheat was imported ten 
■ears ago from the Northern part of Italy, near the 
coast of the Mediterranean Sea. and lias been yield- 
ing good crops every season. This Wheat is grown 
in New York, largely. It is a hardy and prolific 
Wheat, amber colored grain, of good size, and a 
medium sized head. It yields from thirty to thirty- 
five bushels per acre. It stools largely, and the ' 
straw is bright and strong; free from rust, and 
weevil do not trouble it. 
Per peck, $1.50; per bushel, $5.00; Wholesale, 
and Club rates: 20 bushels, $112.50; 50 bushels, 
$225.00 ; 100 bushels, $400.00. 
ROCHESTER RED CHAFF. 
Bearded.— From Rochester, New York. This 
wheat is somewhat similar to the Lancaster Red 
Mediterranean, with a more perfect and fuller 
head, and ripens about the same tune. It makes a 
stiff straw • stands the most rigorous winter, and is 
weevil and rust-proof. 
Per peck. $1.50; per bushel, $5.00; Wholesale, 
and Club rates: 25 bushels, $112.00; 50 bushels, 
$225,00; 10(1 bushels, $400.00. 
EGYPTIAN RED CHAFF MEDI- 
TERRANEAN. 
Bearded.— This Wheat is similar to the Lancaster 
and Rochester, raised along the banks of the Sus- 
quehanna river. The head is a good size; the grain 
medium, and yields from thirty to thirty-five bush- 
els per acre. In this vicinity, this variety proves 
r-nAFF late ' but in some localities it is very superior and 
gives entire satisfaction. 
Per peck, $1.50; per bushel $5.00. Wholesale, or Club rates: 25 huskeU, $112.00; 50 bush- 
els, $215.00; 100 bushels, $400.00. 
LANCASTER RED CHAFF. 
Bearded.— An eaTly red Medii 
sowing, it eonld be improved so as to make a sple 
from fifteen to thirty-five bushels per acre. 
Per peck, $1.50; per bushel, $5.00. Wholesale, o. 
els, $212.00; 100 bushels, $400.00. 
um size; grain a light red, of 
good size. Pennsylvania 
fanners hold lo it on account 
of its making a crop on all 
kinds of soil, especially in 
slate or gravelly land, and its 
making a part of a crop in all 
kinds of seasons. If the best 
seed was taken every year lor 
idid Wheat The yield, in this Valley, is 
Club rates: •& bushels, $112.00; 50 bush- 
SEND E O R A. CIRCULAR. IT IS SETVTFREE 
FOREIGN WHEATS IMPORTED THIS TEAR 
ANCONA RED, per peck, 83.75 ; per bushel. 810.00. 
SASDOJIICA WHITE, per peck, S3.75; per bushel. SIO.OO. 
BERDENSKA. per peck, 83.75 ; per bushel, 810.00. 
SAKOWKA, per peck, 83.75; per bushel, SIO.OO. 
SAXONY WHITE, per peck., $3.75; per bushel. SIO.OO. 
SAXONY RED, per peck, 83.75; per bushel. SIO.OO. 
BOHEMIAN WHITE, per peck, $3.75 : per bushel, SIO.OO. 
BOHEMIAN RED, per peck, 83.75; per bushel, $10.00. 
HSF* The money must accompany all orders. Send the money hy money orders or Registered letters, or by any 
Express. On amounts over One Hundred Dollars, will pay expressage. 
