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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[January, 
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LITICAL ECONOMY. 
Greeley’s History of the War. 
Mr. Greeley purposes to write, during the year 1809, an 
elementary work on Political Economy, wherein the policy 
of Protection to Home Industry will he explained and vin¬ 
dicated. This work will first be given to the public through 
successive issues of T’iie New-York Tribune, and will ap¬ 
pear in all its editions— Daily, Semi-Weekly, and Weekly. 
The work will contain the best results of the observations 
and study of a lifetime, and, as the question of Protection 
to American Industry concerns our entire people, it will be 
looked for with great interest. In addition to this work by 
Mr. Greeley, The Tribune lias engaged George Geddes, one 
ot the best and most successful farmers in the country, and 
other able writers on Agricultural subjects, to write regu¬ 
larly for its columns. The American Institute Farmers' 
Club will continue to be reported in The Semi-Weekly and 
Weekly Tribune. No farmer who desires to till the soil 
with profit, and to know the progress constantly made in 
the science of his calling, can afford to neglect the advan¬ 
tages of a newspaper like Tiie Weely Tribune, especially 
when it unites with agriculture other features of interest and 
profit. Tiie Weekly Tribune contains a summary of all 
that appears in The Daily and Semi-Weekly editions, 
while in addition it is made to address itself to the wants of 
the great farming class. Reviews of new publications, and 
of what is new in music and the fine arts; letters from differ¬ 
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farmer, as showing the progress of agriculture in other 
countries; editorial essays on all topics of home and foreign 
interest, together with full and carefully printed reports of 
the markets, will be furnished from week to week, and at a 
lower price than that of any other newspaper in America. 
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enter upon the new year with an assurance to our readers 
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greater usefulness and power, and to make it a yet more 
welcome visitor to every fireside in the land. 
GREELEY’S HISTORY OF THE WAR. 
Tiie Tribune also proposes to send “ The American Con 
flict,” by Horace Greeley, in 2 Vols. of G48 and 782 pages re¬ 
spectively, to clubs on terms stated below. This history has 
received from all quarters the highest commendations for 
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NEW CRIMSON CLUSTER TOMATO, 
25 Cents per Packet, $15 per 100. 
(For description see our Seed Catalogue for 1869.) 
Our Illustrated Catalogue of SEEDS and IMPLEMENTS, also that of NEW and RARE PLANTS, is now 
ready, both of which will he mailed on receipt of 25 Cents. 
To our Customers of last season they will be mailed, as usual, without charge, 
Gardens at BERGEN CITY, N. J. 
B-SEMOERSON & FLE6¥21PJC ? 
Seedsmen, Market Gardeners, and Florists, 
6T NASSAU-ST., NEW YORK. 
Fanners’ Claafo Sweet €©a*sa. 
Early, Productive, Tender, Creamy and De¬ 
licious. 
Testimony —Solon Robinson saj-s: “After years of 
trial, I still express tiie same opinion I did at first: that is, 
that your sweet corn is thebest variety, all things considered, 
that I have ever grown." 
Hon. Levi Bartlett, Warner, iV. //., says: “The Sweet 
Corn you forwarded me was far superior to three other va¬ 
rieties I grew. * * * I can cheerfully recommend it as 
worthy of a wide dissemination.” 
Thos. Meehan, Editor of Gardener's Monthly, says: “I 
was very much pleased with your corn. After it came to 
table, inquiries were numerous as to where that excellent 
corn came from. I do not think you need hesitate about 
bringing it out as a first-class variety.” 
Col. M. C. Weld, Associate Editor of American Agricul¬ 
turist, writes: “ Your most excellent corn lias afforded us a 
with repeated assertions only that we convince our guests 
that it is not sweetened.” 
This corn is the result of eight years’ search and trial of 
more than forty varieties. 1 propose to make seed corn a 
specialty, and will gladly pay $50 for a single ear of a better 
kind. Package of seed by mail, sufficient for fifty hills, 50 
cents. JAS. B. OLCOTT, Buckland, Conn. 
No Sixty-pound Cabbage, 
But a Cabbage such as every gardener likes to grow, and 
every housekeeper to use. Solid, of fine texture, small-rib¬ 
bed, short-stemmed, and good size; such are tiie varieties we 
offer of our own growth. Warranted fresh and genuine. 
Dreer’s Philadelphia Drumhead Cabbage 50 cts. per oz., 
$5 per lb. Dreer’s Philadelphia Flat Dutch Cabbage 50 cts. 
per oz.. $5 per lb. Tiie Flat Dutch is about one week earlier 
than tiie Drumhead. 
No charge for mailing. For a full list of genuine Seeds, 
see Dreer’s Garden Calendar for 1S69. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
714 Chcstimt-st., PLIlacleljiliia, Pa. 
T HE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE.— Agent want¬ 
ed.—Just the paper for the family. It contains hints for 
housekeepers, choice literature, fashion, etiquette, and fancy 
work, illustrated floral and children’s departments. Terms, 
one copy one year, $1.50. Specimens free. Address MRS. 
M. M. B. GOODWIN, Monitor Office, Indianapolis, Ind. 
T iie comstock & glidden spader.— 
Awarded a Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition. Great¬ 
ly improved and reduced to nearly half its original ■weight 
and price. We are prepared to fill orders for spring work. 
Farmers, send for Circular. EDWARI) P. ALLIS & OO. t 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
C O. D.—READER, if you want to buy a 
• WALTnAM WATCH, in solid Gold and Silver cases 
only, procure circular (sent free) of M. E. CHAPMAN & 
CO., No. 47 Libcrty-st., New York. They sell the genuine 
cheaper than any other dealers. 
Tomatoes. Tomatoes. 
KING OF THE TOMATOES A new and superior 
variety of this valuable esculent, combining more good 
qualities than any other variety in cultivation. Plant, strong 
and vigorous; fruit above medium size; grows in clusters; 
form round, somewhat flattened at the ends, seldom creased 
or wrinkled; color a deep, rich red, very showy and attract¬ 
ive In appearance ; flesh very solid, with hut few seeds, of 
fine flavor: very productive, ripens with the Tilden. Its 
great beauty and remarkable keeping properties make it a 
most desirable market variety, while its solidity and agreea¬ 
ble flavor make it equally desirable for canning. Price 25 
cts. per packet; 5 packets for $1. 
BOSTON MARKET—An improved variety of the 
“Large Smooth Red;" very productive, showy, and of su¬ 
perior quality. It is extensively grown by tiie market gar¬ 
deners in tiie vicinity of Boston, who esteem it above all 
others as a market variety. Our Seed was selected from the 
stock of one of tiie most successful growersinNew England. 
Per packet 15 cts; per ounce 75 cts. 
GRANGEFTELD PROLIFIC.—An English variety 
of great merit. The experience of the past season fully con¬ 
firms what we stated of this variety when we first offered it 
last spring, and we have no hesitation in pronouncing it 
the earliest and one of the most productive varieties in culti¬ 
vation. In our trial-grounds it proved a week earlier than 
any other variety on our Catalogue. The dwarf and com¬ 
pact growth of flie plant makes it particularly desirable for 
forcing. Per packet 25 cts.; five packets for $1. 
One packet of each of tiie above varieties 60 cts. Also the 
following well-known varieties at 10 cts. per packet: Keyes' 
Early, Cedar Hill, Tilden, Maupay's. Sim’s Early Cluster, 
Extra Early York, Cooks’ Favorite, Mammoth Chihuahua, 
Large Red Smooth, Fejee, Perfected, Pear, Cherry, Straic- 
berry, etc., etc. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SON, P. O. Box 5712, 
Nos. 41 Park Row and 151 Nassau-st., New York. 
A D. PUTNAM & CO., Produce Commission 
© Merchants, No. 68 Penrl-st., New York. “ Quick sales 
and prompt returns.” 02?“ Send for our weekly Price Cur¬ 
rent and Marking Plate. 
MARTHA CRAPE VINES. 
Tiie most valuable wniTE Grape grown. 1, 2, and 3-year- 
old Vines of superior quality at greatly reduced prices. 
Send 10 Cts. for Descriptive & Illustrated Catalogue. 
J. KNOX, Box 155, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
WARMERS, THEIR WIVES, SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS, should read the pictorial Phrenolog¬ 
ical Journal, 1809. Self-Culture, Memory, Good Behavior 
Love, Courtship, Whom and When to Marry, Likes and Dis¬ 
likes, Choice of Pursuits, or What Eacli Can Do Best; with 
rules for Reading Character, by Physiognomy. Phrenology, 
etc., only $3 a year. Address S. R. IVELLS, 3S9 Broadway, 
New York. 
T HE Subscriber desires to make an arrangement 
with a young farmer with family, for the prosecution of 
the business of farming. A. B. HUMPHREY, Albany, N. Y. 
