Matchless Wheat, 
with a $ 25.00 cash premium for the five 
heaviest heads. See Fig. 434 , from life. 
It was so named by Ivlr, Wysor, who sent us 
a few grains for trial several years ago. The 
past season we raised one-tenth of an acre, 
the product of which was three bushels one 
peck. This is all the seed there is of this 
variety, and the quantity sent to each appli¬ 
cant will, necessarily, be very small. We 
hasten its distribution in the hope that it may 
prove among the most prolific varieties known, 
for the reasons: 1 st., that it is extremely 
July 25 th, 1 S 81 . 
I give below the history of F. C. No. 1 . 
This wheat originated in the year 1877 
from a head of Fultz impregnated with pol¬ 
len from the Clawson. It was one among 
four 01 five kinds to which this crop gave 
rise, and was selected on account of the 
large size of the kernel. A cut with a short 
description of it appeared in the Wheat 
Number of the Rural for September 131 I 1 , 
1879 . As it had not then been sufficiently 
tested, no other claim was there made for it 
beyond that it carried the largest kernel of 
any of our American wheals. It still main¬ 
tains its superiority in this respect, being 
larger than the much lauded “Golden Grains,” 
with which I have compared it this season. 
It has now been sown long enough to deve¬ 
lop other important qualities, not the least 
among which is its ability to withstand 
without serious injury the attack of mildew. 
Till this season, it has been sown on rich al¬ 
luvial soils, which had never, except in very 
dry seasons, yielded anything but large crops 
of rust-eaten straw, containing but little 
grain. The Fultzo-Clawson has never once 
been in jured, and the quality of the wheat 
has always been good. I do not believe there 
is a so-called “ rust-proof wheat," but this will 
come as near being rust-proof as any. It is 
as hardy and reliable as the Mediterranean, 
and is, besides, a much greater yiekler. It 
may be always relied upon to produce a fair 
crop under unfavorable circumstances. 
owing to the failure of 
the seed crop in England, 
which was caused by the 
hollyhock disease, our effort 
was a failure or nearly so. 
Since that time we have, at 
the Rural Grounds cultiva¬ 
ted the best named varieties 
of Mr. Chafer’s strains, and 
we can assure our readers 
that nothing like them is 
known in America. The 
plants are dwarf and the 
stems are a mass of brilliant 
rosettes, as double as possi¬ 
ble from near the ground 
to the tip of the flowering 
stem. The colors are white, 
huff, lemon, rose, chocolate, 
crimson, and a very dark 
purple, nearly black. As we 
can procure no seeds from 
England, our supply will 
enable us to send but a very 
few to each of our readers 
and we respectfully ask their 
best attention, offering our 
assurance that they will be 
amply repaid therefor. Fig. 
436 . 
Special Notice. 
Only yearly subscribers arc ffll, 
entitled to apply for this Yjl* 
Distribution. Hi * 
Two threc-cent stamps 
must be inclosed in the letter » f 
of application, or we cannot |j^ 
agree to fill the order. Our H 
object in bearing a part of 
the postal expense is, as be¬ 
fore stated, to prevent the 
possibility of a suspicion J 
that we receive in any form tB 
the slightest compensation 
for our labor or for the heavy Fig. 439 . 
cost of the undertaking. As SHUMAKER, 
stated elsewhere, however, 
we have made such arrangements with the 
Chicago Inter.Ocean, Detroit Free l'ress, N. 
Y. World, and several others, as will he seen, 
that those who order those journals with the 
Rural New-Yorker will receive the seeds 
without application and without the postage, 
that being included in the CLUB price, to 
simplify matters. 
Each letter of application will he num¬ 
bered when received, and the seeds and 
plants will he sent in that order. 
It will save vs trouble , ami it will save our 
subscribers trouble and expense if they will 
snake /heir application for the seeds and 
plants in the same letter in which they renew 
their subscriptions. We would also thank 
them merely to say: “send seeds,” and to 
designate which of the two kinds of Indian 
Corn offered is preferred. Those two words 
will convey all the instructions we need. 
All questions appertaining thereto should 
be written on separate slips of paper, other¬ 
wise there is a chance of their being entirely 
overlooked, or, at least, of not being promptly 
answered. 
Finally, in order to provide against the 
possibility of mistakes, disappointment or any 
dissatisfaction, we agree to duplicate all 
orders that from any cause may have failed 
to reach theirtflestiuation at the close of the 
Distribution, which will be the latter part of 
next Spring. The most careful details of in¬ 
struction as to the treatment of the seeds— 
which will be distributed about the first of 
February—will be given in future numbers of 
the Rural New-Yorker. 
It will be useless for any persons to apply 
for our seeds or plants unless they are yearly 
subscribers. The reasonableness of this re¬ 
striction will appear without further remark. 
We might be willing, or even desirous, to 
supply our seeds to all who read our announce¬ 
ment; indeed we would be glad to do so 
since there is no more effectual way of pro¬ 
moting the interests which the Rural has 
at heart, but this is obviously impossible. 
Hence we strictly limit our distribution to 
subscribers. 
We desire to make it plain, also, that our 
seed and plant distributions are in no sense 
premiums. As it is optional with us whether 
we offer them or not, it is our privilege to 
state when the distributions shall begin and 
when they shall be discontinued, so long as 
we liberally fulfil every obligation to which 
we commit ourselves. 
kernel is long, medium-sized, dark amber, hard 
and it makes, wc are told, an excellent flour. 
The chaff is brown, clean and glossy. We 
are not aware that this valuable grain has 
been offered by seedsmen, for which reason 
it has been deemed desirable to place it as 
one of the kinds of our present distribution. 
Challenger Lima Beans. 
Mr. Richard Purdue brought to the Rural 
office last year a number of the beans which 
have been named as above. The pods, of 
which our engraving shows the average size, 
contained six beans. The following, which 
we believe to be entirely trustworthy, is all 
that need be said respecting this variety. 
N. J., Jan. 26 , 1881 . 
Editor Rural New-Yorker: 
The Lima Beans which I sent you have 
been kept strictly pure in one family for 
three generations, being constantly improved 
by saving seed from the strongest vines that 
had the largest number of beaus in the pod. 
When green they are very compact in the 
pod, and will yield almost double the bulk of 
shelled beans to the bushel of any other Lbna, 
which makes them the best bean for either 
market or private use. The majority of all 
the pods contain five beans and occasionally 
six. Yours respectfully, 
Richard Purdue.. 
We have a large plot of the Challenger 
Lima growing; but, at this writing, it is too 
early to speak as to their size or yield. 
Seventh, is offered what we believe to be a 
decided improvement in that choicest of 
vegetables, celery. 
Perfection Golden Heartwell. 
This entirely new strain, a sport of the 
Golden Half Dwarf, is just what its name indi¬ 
cates. The habit is also “ half dwarf,” but its 
valuable peculiarity is that each inner stalk, 
instead of producing one single heart, as in 
On small plots, it has yielded at the rate of 
60 bushels per acre ; on areas exceeding an 
acre, 28 bushels per acre. Twenty bushels of 
it were sown for the first time last Fail on 12 
acres of thin clay soil with 200 lbs. per acre ol 
bone dust and guano mixed, The yield of the 
whole field is estimated at 25 bushels per 
acre in the face of a drought of 8 weeks’ con¬ 
tinuance, and it is of a quality unsurpassed. 
Its time of a 
ripening is from k 
2 to 4 days later yJHljjl Sv 
than that of the A D \jp|v u 
Fultz : the chaff ** ^Ww/y B 
is of an orange 
color, and the Fig. 435 . 
straw, a golden 
yellow. The flour made from it is superior 
to that from either Clawson or Fultz. 
Yours very truly, H.«L. W. 
The same quantity of this wheat will be 
sent to each applicant. The presents, as 
detailed in the list, apply only to the two 
kinds of corn above mentioned, and this 
wheat. Next we offer the 
hardy; 2 d, that the straw is heavy ; 3 d, that 
it resists rust, and 4 th, finally that each breast 
matures three and often four grains. The 
straw averages four feet in bight. The 
average head is nearly three inches, six breasts 
to a side. The kernel is white and hard and 
of medium size. Twenty-five dollars in cash 
will he given by the Rural for the five 
heaviest heads. 
This originated at the same time, and from 
the same ear as "Wysor’s Fultzo-Clawson. 
Mr. Wysor says that he believes it to be the 
most prolific variety of wheat known, and 
that it will probably succeed wherever Claw¬ 
son does well. “On small plots,” Mr. Wysor 
writes, “it has yielded at the rate of 72 bush¬ 
els per acre." 
Shumaker Wheat. 
Two years ago we received, at our request, 
two pounds of this from the Michigan Agri¬ 
cultural College, having heard that it had 
yielded forty bushels to the acre in Michigan. 
Our experience with it has been most satis¬ 
factory'. It yields here, and we have not a 
first-rate climate or soil for wheat, over thirty 
bushels to the acre. Of our 77 varieties this 
proves to be the very earliest and one of the 
hardiest. It takes Hie lead of all others in 
vigor of early Spring growth so that it has a 
better chance of resisting all insects and dis¬ 
eases. The past backward season it was 
headed out May r 22 , and ready to cut July 7 . 
The rather slender straw grows 4 }^ feet 
high and is of a reddish color. The narrowly 
pointed heads average three inches in length. 
Six breasts or spikelets, two grains each, beard¬ 
less as shown in the engraving. Fig. 439 . The 
Fig. 433 . WYSOR’S 
FULTZO-CLAWSON. 
Fig. 434- 
SURPRISE. 
Fig. 438 . CHALLENGER LIMA BEAN. From Life. 
Fig. 436. 
RURAL C HATER HOLLYHOCK. 
other kinds, forms several which when mature 
literally burst through the outer coverings, as 
shown in the engraving. It fairly promises 
to take the place of any kind previously in¬ 
troduced. Fig. 437 . 
The Perfect Gem Squash 
was offered last season for the first and its 
very superior qualities mqke us wish to place 
it in the hands of all our subscribers. It is 
a marvel of productiveness and excellence, 
while its keeping qualities are scarcely sur¬ 
passed by those of any other kind. It com¬ 
bines the excellence of both Winter and Sum¬ 
mer Squashes. A vine was shown to 11 s by the 
introducer, that bore 24 perfect squashes 
within an area of three feet square. 
It is probably the sweetest, richest squash 
in cultivation and we trust our readers may 
give it a fair trial. Finally for our lady 
readers we have to offer the 
Rural Chater Hollyhock. 
The Rural attempted years ago to dis¬ 
tribute Chater’s strain of Hollyhock, but 
PERFECTION GOLDEN 
HEARTWELL. 
Fig. 437. 
