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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 
1883—SP RINC-I 883 
Now is the time to prepare your 
orders for NEW and RARE 
Fruit aud Ornamental Slimbs. 
Evergreens, ROSES, V IN ES, 
ETC. Besides many De-irable 
Novelties: we offer the largest aud most complete general 
Stock of Fruit aud Ornamental Trees in the United States. 
Abridged Catalogue mailed free. Address 
EELWANGER & BARRY, 
Mt. Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
TREES 
BEST VARIETIES 
OF SMALL FRUIT PLANTS, well packed, and at 
lowest rates. Also KIEFFER PEAR. 
WM. F. BASSETT, Haimnouton, N. J. 
GOOD SEED 
—“ ^ Is the basis of NiceVeg- 
. etables, Beautiful 
Flowers, and Big 
Tar m crops. Our 
wed is tested for vi¬ 
tality and purity, 
A and only the 
« yBEST offered. 
JU'We are the far.?- 
(==[est farmers, seed 
~ growers & deal- 
\ ers anywhere. 
Catalogue 
Flower, V egeta- 
“^Hble.Farm.andTree 
Ji Seed, free. Cata- 
' logue of Flowering 
' Bulbs and Plants for 
house andg-arden,free.6’^>/e?/’sFarmersMZmanac,$500 
prize essays on special crops,North’n or South’n edition, 
IO cts. Grain andFarm Seeds Manual — history,descrip- 
tions, culture of best Grains,Grasses,Potatoes, IO cts. 
HIRAM SIBLEY &, CO., Seedsmen, 
I?ester. N. Y. nml Ohloaeo, Ill. 
DIRECT FROM THE FARM. 
Warranted Fresh, Pure, and Good, or 
Money Refunded. 
ONION SEED a specialty. It Is sure to grow and give 
satisfaction. Try it. 
BEET SEED of all the leading varieties, MANGEL 
WURZEL SEED, PARSNIP SEED, RADISH SEED, CAR 
ROT SEED, etc., all of my own growth, from carefully 
selected roots. I wish every reader of the American Agri¬ 
culturist would trt It. 
Try the DEACON LETTUCE Seed. It is the best 
Lettuce in the world! 
Trv all my Seeds. Especially try my FLOWER 
SEEDS. Let the children try them. I make a discount 
of 25 per cent to all the children who want seeds for their 
own use. 
Catalogue for 1883, giving full particulars and directions 
for cultivation, sent FREE to even-reader of the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist who wants to buy Seeds. Do not send for 
it unless you want Seeds, as the supply is limited. 
Address, JOSEPH HARRIS, 
Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
n IIH ——1 
tm MINNESOTA SWEET CORN 
Educated and practical growers now'assent to our 
motto “ That the further North Seeds are 
grown the earlier their product will be.” 
\Ve oiler this year a full line of Standard Potatoes, 
truetoname, grown on dry upland; Scotch Fyfe and 
Blue Stem Wheat; White Russian Oats; Etampes Cab- 
bage.saidto be one week earlier than Early York; our 
North Star Yellow Dent Corn still takes the lead, and 
for fodder is equal to any; of onion seed, tomatoes^ 
ponds alwayi ___ 
7th Annual Catalogue. Free • _ _ 
Grower, Importer dk Jobber, St. l’aul, lUinn. 
onng or Fan sowing. 
T. M. METCALF, 
FRUIT TREES. SEED 
j 
SMALL FRUIT. 
LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. 
Especially BIG BOB, Lacon, Jersey Queen, OLD 
IRON CLAD, MANCHESTER, and Piper's Seed- 
ling Strawberry. TYLER, Hopkins, Gregg, SOUHE- 
GAN, Hansel, Superb, Baumforth’s Seedling, and CRIM¬ 
SON BEAUTY Raspberry, McCracken. Early Harvest, 
Brunton’s Early, and STAYMAN’S EARLY Black¬ 
berry, (last, increasing from tins like black raspberry, and 
ripens about 4th of July). FAY’S PROLIFIC Currant. 
Vergennes. Duchess. POCKLTNGTON, Prentiss. Cen¬ 
tennial, and WHITE ANN ARBOR Grapes. Waterloo 
and WAGER Peach. LE CONTE, KEIFFER, and 
Sou. de Congress Pear. Newer Plums. Cherries. A PPLES, 
Ac., &c , besides an IMMENSE STOCK (60,000) RUS¬ 
SIAN MULBERRY. The finest and most extensive 
catalogue (40 pages) ever offered, SENT FREE to all 
applicants. Every man or woman that expects to plant 
trees, plants, or seeds, should have it. Over 30 beautiful il¬ 
lustrations. Address. W. R. VAN WICKLEN, 
Maccdon, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
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_Tanet Cr~S (i-1) rHi-AV li r.- 1 - If or, Ml clHur*. c-Hoes are without aa equal in the world I We have never before oflere_ 
them so perfect, or in such variety, nor published so clear and full a Descriptive Catalogue of them. We guarantee it to interest 
every one who plants seeds or cultivates the soil It is a beautiful descriptive work, of thirty-two pages, with over Thirty hew 
Engraving., showing the tools at work among Onions, Beans, Celery, &c., and also contains a chapter on the proper Cultivation 
of Crops. Send your own address, and ten neighbors' most interested in Farming and Gardening, and we will mail it free. 
B. L. ALLEN & CO., Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of the PLANET JR. GOODS, Nos. 127 and 129 Catharine St., Phila., Pa 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
SHRUBS, VINES, AND ROSES. 
AND A GENERAL STOCK OF Cl TOT « T T TTTT> TTTHU TOT A "KTHnC! 
new and old, warranted true to n III n lili J? XL UI1 JL JL Q 
fllil liTMrci write for u!uu&s-aaaasL±f 9 
Olli JL 5. FREE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, quoting fair prices, 
of all leading varieties, both 
name. Many choice 
FR EE’ 1 St, ' 0I, S. Foncoj-d Grape Vine,^s°cl^aiogu e e r ^ : ^^^pr^escrip- 
lots. Address 
to all sending 12c. in postage stamps to 
cover cost of packing and postage on plants. Liberal discount to clubs, and persons ordering large 
BOWMAN & BRECIvBILL, Douuelsville, Clark Co., Ohio. 
CRAPE 
Low Prices. Mailing a Specialty. 
WATER FOWLS. Free Catalogues. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
TREES. Headquarters for } 
the unrivalled New Currant 
FAY’S PROLIFIC • Thoroughbred LAND and - 
GEO. S. JOSSELYN, Fredonia, New York. 
VINES, 
• Thoroughbred LAND and" 
$2.7Qm 
BUIST»SffgiK& 
For fifty-five years we have been growers of Garden 
Seeds, and the name of BUIST has become a guaran. 
tee of reliability. Our Seeds stand unrivalled for their 
purity, superior growth and quality. To still further in- 
_ crease their popularity and to place them in the hands of 
every owner of a garden in localities where Buist’s Seeds are not 
^l?ostpaidIonreceiptof §1,’ BUIST’S PRIZE COLLEC¬ 
TION OF 24 CHOICE VARIETIESa^eX« 
I containing’ Burst's Nero Beauty Tomato , (a perfectmoclel, early, large 
land solid, without core), Burst's Premier Extra, Early Pea t (earliest 
/ever produced), Dwarf Ivory Pod Wax Bean , ( stringless), Nero 
f Golden Globe Tripoli and New White King Onion, (very large, of mild 
fflavor). New Golden Perfection and Apple Flavor Radish, Buist's Improv- 
°d Late Flat Dutch and Drum-Head Cabbage, (finest and largest heading 
^varieties in the world), Early Jersey Wakefield and Winnigstadt Cabbage, 
"(finest early sorts), New German Citron and Cuban Queen WaterMelon,Buist's Ex- 
- it a Early Red Turnip and Egyptian Beet, Black Seeded Simpson and Early Cabbage 
Head Lettuce, Perfection White Spine Cucumber, New Red Top Globe Turnip, Buist's New Mammoth Salsify 
znd Dwarf Okra, Mammoth White Solid Celery, Danvers Half-Long Carrot, and Extra Curled Spinach* 
We guarantee these assortments will reach you, and that their quality will please yon. 
171WETD © CCnC choice collection of IO beautiful summer-blooming varieties, mailed on receipt 
FLU wen OELDOj of 30c. Stampstakenascash. Buist’s Garden Manual, a valuable work of 192 
pages, on the cultivation orvegetables and flowers, with prices by the ounce, pound or bushel, mailed free to 
all purchasers. Wholesale prices mail- OARS? DT Dill ID SEED GROWER, 
ed dealers on application. Address, 1* Vy P !■ BA I PUIW B Philadelphia. Pa. 
OUR. ANNUAL 
CATALOGUE OF SEEDS 
For 1883, will be sent free to all who apply. Sent gratis, and post paid, to 
all our old customers without writing for it. It is an Elegant Book, with 
scores of Illustrations, and one lovely Colored Plate. We offer a complete 
assortment of FRESH, PURE, and RELIABLE GARDEN. FIELD, and FLOW¬ 
ER SEEDS. PLANET, MATTHEW’S, and NEW YORK SEED 
DRILLS, GARDEN TOOLS of all kinds. Celebrated GEM CULTI¬ 
VATORS, Horse Hoes, etc. We warrant our Vegetable 
Flower Seedsto be fresh and true to name. Gardeners 
and others desiring PURE AND GOOD SEED, should 
send for our book at once. Compare our prices be¬ 
fore buying. OUR CATALOGUE gives practical 
directions for cultivation, and a LIST OF EVERY¬ 
THING FOR THE GARDEN. SEND FOR IT. 
MENDENHALL «fc CO., , T . 
78 East Market St., Indianapolis, Ind. 
OFF WITH THE TARIFF ON SEEDS. 
THE BEST COLLECTION EVER OFFERED. 
16 PACKETS, OR $1.50 WORTH FOR 50 CTS. 
In order to extend our trade, we make the above remarkable 
liberal offer. Our collection contains one packet each of the 
following: Wilson’s Improved Early Blood Turnip Beet, 
the earliest and the best; Wilson’s Early Green Cluster Cu¬ 
cumber, none earlier or better; Fotler’s Improved Early 
Brunswick Cabbage, good for early or late cabbages; Hanson 
Lettuce; Cuban Queen, 100 lb. Watermelon, the 
largest, finest, and sweetest watermelon in the world; 
Honey Bew Green Citron, a native of the Sand¬ 
wich Islands, most luscious flavor, and sweeter than honev ; Giant Rocca Onion, grows onions 
Radish ; Perfect Gem Squash ; Early White Egg Turnip ; New Mayflower Tomato, earliest, 
largest, and best tomato in cultivation; Japanese Nest Egg Gourd, the most beautiful and useful novelty ever 
introduced, hard shell, makes the best nest eggs ; this alone is worth to any one ten times the price of the whole 
collection ; Zinna Oarwini, fl. P1-, the choicest strain of this popular flower, beautiful as the Rose, double as a 
Dahlia. The above 16 packets, each containing seed enough for an ordinary family, with directions for planting, etc„ 
will be sent by mail, post-paid, on the receipt of 50 cts. in postage 'stamps or money. Our Collection of 
Choice Flower Seeds, 11 packets or 90 cts. worth for 30cts„ comprising Asters New Victoria, Calliop- 
sis,Drumundii,Large Double English Hollyhock, Verbena Montana, 12 choice colors mixed, Phlox Drumundii. Portu- 
laca, finest strain mixed, Sweet Alyssum, Pansies mixed, Celossia Japnnira Inomce (Ivy Leaf Cypress Vine), Dahlia 
Sunflower. Or both Collections, making '27 pack¬ 
ets, amounting at lowest catalogue prices to $2.40, will 
be sent for 75 cts , accompanied with our illustrated and 
descriptive catalogue of new seeds, giving much useful in¬ 
formation and a certain remedy for the Cabbage Worm. 
Address, 
SAMUEL WILSON, Seed Grower, 
Mechanicsville, Bucks Co., Pa. 
