270 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[July, 
TURNIP SEED. 
All grown from carefully selected Roots. 
The following varieties, will 
be mailed post-paid upon re¬ 
ceipt of price affixed: Early 
White Dutch, Wtiite Strap- 
leaf, Ked-top Strap-leaf, Cow- 
horn, Improved American Ku- 
ta-baga. Long White French, 
Sweet German, Large Yellow 
Globe, 10 cts. per ounce, 25 cts. 
4 ounces, 75 cts per pound. 
Prices for larger quantities to 
tiers, either in bulk or packets for retail- 
. upon application. 
__is top. Fall Sowing.—20 
varieties Hardy Annuals and Perennials, $1. 
Our descriptive price 1-lst of Turnip Seeds, 
containing many valuable hints of the great 
value of this crop, witli directions for cul¬ 
ture, mailed free to all applicants. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, P. O. Box 5,712, 
34 Bin-clay Street, Sew York. 
FOR RELIABLE 
TURNIP and other SEASONABLE 
Address K. H. ALLEY & CO., 
Growers and Importers, 
189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, &c„ Ac. 
TURNIP SEED 
TURNIP SEED 
CROWN BY 
IN 
QUALITY 
j LANDRETHS’ 
lLANDRETHS’ 
UNSURPASSED 
UNSURPASSED 
in (LOW BEYOND PRECEDENT 
price ] LOW BEYOND PRECEDENT 
For descriptive Circular and Price List, Dealers in Seeds, 
apply to 
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
TURNIP 
SEEDS — new crop and 
very line. 55c. per lb., 
post-paid. 
See. advt. page 278. 
-idelpli' 
BENSON & BURPEE, Philadelphia, Pa. 
E.P.Roe 
STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS. 
E. P. ROE, 
and other kinds. 
IN POTS AFTER 
AUG. 1st. 
Send for Circular. 
Coruwall-6n-Hudson, N. Y. 
The Great American 
Strawberry 
“AHEAD” of all others, both for Amateurs and for 
Market. Largest Size, good Quality, and very Productive. 
Plants now ready in Pots, $3 per doz., by mail or express. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, 
Moorestown, New Jersey. 
-Largest and Best. Plant 
this Fall and save a 
--- — —■-—■——— year. Cape.-' Jack, Great 
American, Crescent Seedling, and others, grown in Pots lor 
Fall planting; will yield a full crop of Fruit next June ; one 
year sooner than if planting is deferred till Spring. 
RELIANCE and SUSQUECO 
(Brandywine) Raspberries, 10 acres yielded $4,338. 
STRAWBERRIES 
of best va¬ 
rieties, $2.00 per 1,000. $15 per 10,000. ' 
CELERY PLANTS . Dwarf wfrite 
Solid, Boston Market, and Sandringham, $2.50 
per 1,000. $20 per 10,o00. Circulars free. 
TILLINGHAST BROTHERS, 
La Plume, Luzerne Co., Pa. 
C. HARLAN, M. 
Wilmington, Delaware. 
F°K D eIM LBS OF CALIFORNIA 
J. B. HICKMAN, South San Juan, San Benito Co., Cal. 
NEW RARE 
AND 
Beautiful Plants. 
The undersigned has at all times a rich collection of 
GREEN-HOUSE and HOT-HOfJSE PIjANTS.-- 
BEDjpiNG PUANTS; CHOICE ROSES; DAH- 
JUlASs &c.—well grown and at reasonable priGes.—Can be 
ghippea at all seasons.—Catalogues sent to applicants. 
JOHN SMI, Washington, 1). C. 
KILL THE 
POTATO BUGS 
AND 
OOTTO]V WORM. 
Sure death to the Potato Bug and the Cotton Worm, only 
to lie had by the use of Paris Green. All other remedies 
have failed. 
PURE PARIS GREEN, 
made with special care, and for sale by 
F. W. DEVOE &, CO., 
Manufacturers and Importers of Colors, White Leads, Zinc 
White, Varnishes, and Artists’ Materials, Corner of Fulton 
& William Sts., New York City. 
Ask your mercliant for Devoe’s Paris Green. 
TN(|T A I D quickly destroyed with the 
P WlillU DUbrS SAFETY DUSTER. 6 
acres a day’s work. Circulars free. Agents wanted. 
SAFETY POISON DUSTER CO., 55 Beckman St., N. Y. 
Q 
THE 
Perfect Bug-Killer. 
motion deposits the dust on the plant in wind 
or calm. No inhalation. Three acres a day 
easily. Price 75 cents. Can’t get out of repair, 
and will last a life time. 
JOSHUA THORNILEY, 
Market Gardener, New Britain, Ct. 
PRATS GREENHOUSES 
CENTRAL FALLS, R. I. 
RETAIL ONLY. 
BEDDING PLANTS IN VARIETY. 
• German Seed, Vegetable Plants, &c. 
Finest GERMAN PANSY SEED a specialty. 
Packet with 14 varieties sent on receipt of 25c. 
CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, ROSES, 
AND WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS, 
BY MAIL-POSTAGE PAID. 
Send for Catalogue No. 6 with Supplement—contains two 
hundred and sixty-four collections of nve, fifteen, and twenty 
plants each, your choice for one dollar. Address 
ROBT. J. HALL IDAY, Baltimore, Md. 
5,00© lbs. Soft Maple Seed, 
this year’s crop; now ready, Post-paid $1 per lb. 15 cts. per 
oz. 6 cts. per pbt. Sow in June or July. . 
WM. W. JOHNSON, Central Lake, Antrim Co., Mich. 
CHERRY BROOK FARM. 
Small dished-faced Yorkshires, from the best imported 
strains. $15 each. Finelymarked Berkshires, from imported 
sows, $20 each. HERBERT MEBRIAM. Weston, Mass. 
CHAPMAN & VAN WYCK, 
(Established 1849), 
DEALERS IN 
PERUVIAN CUAYO 
EXCLUSIVELY, 
170 Front Street, New York. 
CHEAPEST FERTILIZER 
BECAUSE THE BEST. 
PREMIUM BONE 
Grows WHEAT and GRASS, equal to manure, 
at Half the Cost, and lasts twice as long. 
Farmers!! Send questions on Postal Card to EXCELSIOR 
FERTILIZER WORKS, Salem, Ohio. Circulars Free. 
50 
MIXED CARDS, with name 10c. & stamp. 26 
styles Acquaintance Cards. 10c. Samples for 3c. 
M. W. DOWD & CO., Pbistqx., Conn. 
The Farmer’s Favorite 
CIDER & WINE MILL. 
Only perfect grinder in use. Simplest, cheap¬ 
est and best Mill made. 
Send for Illustrated Circular. 
HIGGANUM MANUFACTURING 00., 
HIGGANUM, CT. 
Tp NEW YORK PLOW C0„ 
55 Beekman St., New York, 
Manufacture Family Cider and Wine 
Mills, $15 and $18. Also Union Cider 
Mill; makes very soft, adhesive pomace, 
better than grated. Turns easy. Price 
$■>4 and $:il. 
Cider Press Screws, $13 &S16. 
Presses. $5 to $S0; Grinder separate, $9. 
The Nishwitz Wheel Harrow, 
draws steady, don't clog, with and with¬ 
out pole. $28 and $30. 
The Adamant Plows, hard metal, 
more durable, and cheaper l o repair than 
SteelPlows.run steady,adjustable beams. 
Field Rollers reduced. Circulars free. 
POWER 
Cider and 
Wine Press 
WITH 
Double Platform, 
BOOMER & B0SCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
PUE’S PATENT 
£ 6 tAT 9 , 
DlGGEflJ 
Digs Irish 
or Sweet 
POTATOES^ 
|s 5 <5 3 
ta ^ ^ g 
sig g 
cl 
The Chamberlin Screw Stump Machine, 
after 10 years test, has proved its 
Buperioritv over all others, by its 
[ great exhibition of strength and 
durability, combined with cheap- 
ness and ease in pulling all classes of 
stumps. The Company’s challenge 
of $1000 for a stump machine which 
would excel theirs, has stood since 
186? without being taken. They build 
6 different sizes of machines, to pull 
all kinds of stumps. They make 
Subsoilers and Ditching Plows. For 
Particulars, Prices, etc., address 
THE CHAMBERLIN M’F’G CO., 
Olean, N. Y.. 
THE GILPIN SULKY PLOW. 
Constructed entirely of iron and 
steel. Easily operated entirely by 
one lever. Simple, strong, dura¬ 
ble. Performs better work in 
unskilled hands than a skillful 
plowman can do with walking 
plow. 7,000 sold and in use in two 
years, giving unbounded satisfac¬ 
tion. Gold Medal at Illinois State 
trial 1874, and Indiana State trial 
1876, the two highest ever award¬ 
ed sulky plows. 
R H ALLEN & CO 189 Water St., New York, Agent. 
DEERE & CO.. Moline, Ills. Established IMo Mainufac- 
GIANT POWDER, 
MANUFACTURED BY THE 
ATLANTIC GIANT POWDER CO., 
61 Park Place, New York. 
Price, per lb.50 cts. I Caps or Exploders, each 02 cts. 
Fuse, per 100 feet.75 cts. | Nippers, per pair .50 cts. 
Pamnhiprs mailed on aDDlication to above address. 
