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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[February,. 
25 pkg. 25 pkg. 
SUGAR TROUGH GOURD. 
I have raised this year on K of an acre 750 of these gourds, 
that will average 5 gallons each, and 100 of the largest will 
hold from 7 to 1L gallons each. X believe one may be grown 
to hold 15 gallons; and in my Catalogue have ottered a pre¬ 
mium of $10 for the largest, and $5 for the second, grown 
in ’71. I have used them in the Sugar Camp and for I.ard 
Cans for several years, and they are not only the cheapest, 
but best vessels for these purposes; are valuable for a va¬ 
riety of household purposes. 
My stock of seed was exhausted last year, and I returned 
the money to nearly one thousand of my customers, but 1 
can supply all demands this year. My Catalogue lor ’ll gives 
full directions for their growth and management, and the 
prices and description of 200 varieties of Field, Garden, and 
Flower Seeds, including 9 varieties of Beans, 0 of Beets, 10 
of Cabbage; Cucumber, 7, Corn, 9, Gourd. 5, Melon, 9. Peas, 
8, and nearly every thing any family wants to plant; also 10!) 
choice varieties of Flowers. Send for the Catalogue. 
SANFORD CORN, 
Hugh’s Corn, SSSorway Oats. 
I have a fine stock of the above, and wishing to get re¬ 
ports from my patrons, I have offered premiums for the 
largest yield from 4 lbs. of seed, in *71. I believe the Hugh’s 
Corn will yield more sound corn to the acre than any va¬ 
riety I have ever seen. My Catalogue describes them, and 
gives conditions to those competing for premiums; also 
prices by the peck and bushel. 
4 lbs. of any one of the above, by mail, $1, or the three to 
one address, $2.50. 
Address WALDO F. BROWN, 
Box 75, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
1871. 
J 0 M. TMQRBUSSftJ & CO. 
Issue their Annual Descriptive 
Catalogue of Flower Seeds 
on the First of February, which will be mailed to Novelty 
Seekers and all in want of reliable and Standard Flower 
Seeds, Spring Bulbs, etc., by addressing 
15 jrOIIKT STJRJSET, KEW YOF.K. 
To Farmers & Gardeners, 
If the Garden Seeds you use. have proved fresh and true 
to name, stick to the man who sells them to you; lie is 
worth encouraging. If you have not found them fresh and 
true, I shall be happy to add your name to those of the fifty 
thousand fanners and market gardeners scattered through¬ 
out the United States and Canadas, whom I annually supply 
with my warranted garden seeds. My large vegetable and 
flower seed Catalogue, abounding with elegant engravings, 
sent free to all. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
NEWTON’S WHITE PROBSTEIER 
wh BMB® OATS, Excelsiop. Oats, Sanford Corn, 
Early Rose Potatoes and Vegetable Seeds. The Prob- 
steier Oats were introduced by me, and were awarded the 
First Premium at the New-York State Fair, 1809. and at the 
New-Jersey State Fair, 1870. From six acres I have liar- 
vested 587 bushels of these oats. Prices reasonable. 
Send two stamps for samples. Catalogues tree. 
WM. NEWTON, 
Henrietta, N. Y. 
THE TROPHY TOMATO. 
In its combination of size, thickness, solidity, and quality, 
I consider this new Tomato unequalled. My stock was grown 
from seed selected with the utmost care by Col. Waring, 
the originator. Price. 25 cents per package, by mail, post¬ 
paid. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Buy Only the Genuine 
Troplay Tomato Seed, from choice fruit, 25 cents per 
packet; 5 packets for $1, post-paid. 
Charter Oak Tomato, new and fine, only 10 cents 
per set. Yokohama Squash, best winter variety, 15 cents 
per packet. Send in your orders early. Address 
W. H. RATHBONE, TJncasvillc, Conn. 
5 SLOWER AND GARDEN SEEDS.—Warranted 
fresh and reliable. Over 7,000 trials last year and not 
a single failure reported. Twenty-live packets, $1.00; larger 
collections, $2, $3, and $5, by mail, postage paid. Send 
for Catalogue. H. E. ACKER. Seed Grower, 
Woodbridge, N. J. 
TROPHY TOMATO. 
The best in cultivation. Early, large, productive, and of 
the very best quality. 25 els. per packet, 5 packets for $1.00, 
$5.00 per ounce. 
15. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park Place & 20 Murray St., New York. 
SEEDS and GRAINS. 
Our new Catalogue, larger and more fully Illustrated than 
usual, is now ready for distribution free to all upon receipt 
of stamps.) 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
P. O. Box 376. 1S9 & 191 Water St„ 
Mew York. 
The largest assortment of Agricultural lmple° 
ments and Fertilizers in the City. 
WERBENA SEED.—Send 25 cents for a packet 
of our choice Verbena Seed ; saved from a collection 
of 100 named kinds. 
J. T. SMITH & SONS, Brentwood, N. II. 
BEST SEEP AT LOWEST PRICES. 
WARD WELL & CO.’S ' 
Field «&£Grarden Seeds at from 20 to 30 per cent 
below usual rates. . •* 
We offer 100 bushels Sanford Corn; Ramsdell. Norway, 
and Surprise Oats; superior Garden Beans, Sweet Corn and 
Peas, and other Vegetable Seeds, Conover’s Colossal Aspara¬ 
gus roots, etc. Also, Flower Seeds—Gladiolus, Japan Lilies, 
and other Spring-flowering Bulbs—all warranted genuine, 
and sure to grow, at lower rates than usually offered. In 
purchasing from a Country Seed store, you save for yourself 
extra charges,'which are generally made for high rents, 
enormous taxes, and the profits of “ Middlemen. 11 You get 
good measure — “largest packets for the price I have 
seen for some years”—says one of our customers—and pure 
seed. Gardeners near New York, we refer to “Iron Clad 
Can Co., 42 Murray Street. Catalogues free. Address 
WARD WELL & CO., West Dresden, Yates Co., N. Y. 
©sage ©range Seed 
Bv mail, post-paid, 75 cents per pound. 
Address ‘ L. G. PRATT & CO., St. Louis, Mo. 
L PURE CAME SEED. 
This Seed, grown under our own obser¬ 
vation, is Pure and True to the varieties 
named. The Cane producing it having 
yielded 200 to 300 galls, syrup per acre. 
Our Regular Sorgo is a Fresli Impor- 
tat Ion from flie motifli of tlie 
Yang-Tsc-Kiang, the best cane-grow¬ 
ing section of China. 
Keg. Sorgo and Liberian, by mail, 40 els- 
per lb.: by Express, 25 lbs. or less, 25 cts- 
per lb.; over 25 ibs., 15 cts. per lb. 
Oomseeana and Neeazana by mail, 50 cts. ’ 
per lb.; by Express, 25 lbs. or less, 30 ats. 
per lb.; over 25 lbs., 20 cts. per lb. 
SORGO HAND-BOOK sent free. Address 
BLYMYER, NORTON & CO., 
Cincinnati, O. 
Beautiful Flowers 
ANO CHOICE VEGETABLES, 
Mendenhall’s Illustrated Catalogue of 
Seeds and Floral Guide, for 1871, 
is published and ready to send out. It is elegantly printed 
on line tinted paper, illustrated with numerous fine Wood 
Engravings, and bound in tinted covers. The most beauti¬ 
ful and most instructive Guide for the Flower and Vegetable 
Garden ever issued in the West; and the FINEST EVER 
PUBLISHED BY ANY SEEDSMEN AS THEIR SECOND 
ANNUAL CATALOGUE. Sent free to all my customers of 
1870. without application, and will be sent FREE and POST¬ 
PAID, to all others who order them. 
Address J. F. MENDENHALL, Carmel, Ind. 
ANY Si AY 
Can turn an Honest penny by selling 
AMERICAN SWEET 
CHESTN UT 
TREES. 
Spring is the time to plant. Now is the time to take or¬ 
ders. Can’t do your neighbors a greater kindness than to 
urge them to buy, as it is llie best farm tree planted, both 
for 
TDIBEffi ANSI NUTS. 
Mr. Balthis, of Corydon, Indiana, proprietor of the Mam¬ 
moth Dent Corn advertised in our Dec. No., offers $50 in 
premiums as follows: $25 for the largest and best yield from 
a two pound package, $15 for the second largest yield, and 
R 10 for tlie third. 
The reports and sample ears, with the required evidence, 
to he forwarded to Messrs. II. A. King & Co., publishers of 
The Bee-Keepeks’ Jouknal and National Faeaiee, 240 
Broadway, New York, who will award tlie premiums and 
announce tlie same through the columns of their Journal. 
Send fora descriptive Circular giving History, Prices, and 
Premiums. Address 
ISAAC N. BALTHIS, Corydon, Ind. 
T rophy tomato seed.— 10 cts., 25 cts., 
53 cts. per package. Rochester Bell, 35 cts. per pack¬ 
age. Best's Potato Book, only 25 cents. Send for Cata¬ 
logue of 100 varieties potatoes, and other seeds. 
Address O. BURRAS, North Fairfield, O. 
TO THE SEES® TIl^EOEL 
Our Wholesale Catalogue of all descriptions of Seeds 
for 1S71 is now ready, and will he mailed to Dealers only 
on application. 
J. M. THOEBURN & CO., 
Importers and Growers of Seeds, 
15 John Street, New Y'ork. 
Tlie Trophy Tomato by the ounce. Conover’s Colossal 
Asparagus by the pound. 
Choice Mixed Verbena Seed, 
Selected from upwards of one hundred named varieties. 
Per package, 25 cents; five packages, $1.01). Catalogue of 
Verbenas, Roses, Dahlias, Double Geraniums, etc., forward¬ 
ed on application, enclosing 3-cent stamp. Addre’ss 
DEXT ER SNOW, Chicopee. Mass. 
MYiXCELSlOE OATS.—Best White for our eli- 
MjUmate, weighing 37lbs. to bushel now— yield 70 to 109 
bushels per acre. Single bushel, $5. Three bushels for $10. 
Chester Pigs a specialty. Alderney, Durham, and Ayrshire 
Calves. Fancy Poultry, Deer, &c. For sale, cheap, by N. 
GUILBERT, Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa. Wanted a 
White Swan. 
I TUesh Honey-Locust Seed, from Honey-Locust Farm, L. L, 
1 $1 per lb.; 5 to 10 lbs., ill) cts.; over 10 lbs., 80 cts. Also, 
genuine Norway Oats, $1.50 per bu. Good corn ears, 15 to 
18 inches long, $2 per bn. li. CRISWELL, Brooklyn, L. I. 
P RIME PEAR SEED, PURE CROP 1S70.—Ger¬ 
man, $100; French, $200 per 100 lbs. 
C. 11AOUX, 35 Maiden Lane, New York. 
Terms and Circulars free. Address, 
STORKS, HARRISON & CO., 
Painesville, Lake Co., O. 
POMONA NURSERY. 
200,000 two-year-old Asparagus Roots and other Plants for 
sale. Send stamp for Catalogue of 56 pages. It tells What 
and How to Plant. WM. PARRY', Cinnaminsou, N. J. 
BLOOMINGTON NURSERY, 
ILLINOIS. 
600 Acres. 19th Year. 13 Greenhouses, 
1.C00.000 Apple Seedlings, 2,000,000 Apple Root-Grafts, 200 
Bushels Apple Seed, 200 Bushels'Peach Seed, 3,000.000 Osage 
Orange Plants, 200,000 Pear, Plum and Cherry Iioot-Gvafts, 
Fruit, Ornamental and Evergreen Trees, Shrubs, Roses, 
Greenhouse Plants, Bulbs, immense stock and assortment. 
Colored Fruit and Flower Plates, superior-to all others. 
Send 10 cts. for Catalogues. Price-List free. 
F. It. PHOENIX, 
Bloomington, Ill. 
BLACKBERRY, RASPBERRY, and STRAW¬ 
S'-^ BERRY plants in variety. Clias. Downing, $4 per 1,000; 
Kentucky, $2 per 100, etc. Send for Price-List. 
DAVID BAIRD, Manalapan, N. J. 
New aM Rare Plants for Spring of 1871. 
JOMfcJ SAOL’S 
Catalogue of new and beautiful plants will be [ready about 
February 1st, containing a beautiful colored plate of two 
flue new Geraniums (Colesliill and Lady Edith), mailed free 
to all my customers; to others, price 10 cts., or a plain copy 
to all free. 
JOHN SAIJli, Washington City, D. C» 
COLORED 
of Fruits and Flowers, superior to all others. Four sam¬ 
ples by mail for $1. Send for List. 
F. K. 1’HCEXIX, Bloomington Nursery, III. 
fgPIIOSE wishing’ to buy Small Fruit Plants will 
-H- please send for my new descriptive price-list, now 
ready. Also Seed Potatoes. 
’ 'rirr\« r- a mt 
TUGS. C. ANDREWS, Moorestown, N. ,T. 
W ANSEMOND SWEET POTATOES for Sale 
and to sprout on shares. For terms, etc., address 
ALFRED LEE, Kokomo, Ind. 
1,009,000 ’©RAPE-VINES. „jgFj 
CONCORD VINES, 2 years old, No. 3, only $25 per 1,000. 
The largest, cheapest, and most superior stock of loading 
varieties of well-rooted Grape-Vines ever offered. 
Without fall, cheaper than you can buy elsewhere. 
Address Bloomington, Ill. DR. H. SCHRCEDER. 
COLUBIRUS NURSERY.—A very large and com¬ 
plete assortment of Trees, Small Fruits, Shrubs, Roses and 
Plants, of the best quality, and at reasonable prices. Cata¬ 
logues mailed lo applicants. R. G. Hanford, Columbus, Ohio. 
BORO-HUM REDEEMED! 
Send immediately for New Descriptive Circulars. 
CLOUGH REFINING CO ., Cincinnati , O. 
T HE SMALL FRUITS yield the profits, and the 
plants sold nt about the cost of raising them, in prefer¬ 
ence to keeping stock over. Send for Catalogue, and how 
to grow them. ' SILAS WALTON, Moorestown, N. J. 
