DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
now have growing on our trial grounds, samples of ver 
thirty van*' ; es. We have also made arrangement to 
have the m promising sorts tested by skillful farn rs 
of our own and adjoining States. We hope by t s 
means to be able to offer our customers in the fail f 
1882 the best seed grains procurable in this country, a 
ask that any one who may wish choice seed wheat,-o 
correspond with us. The following varieties are a: 
present the most popular sorts : 
Clawson. —A bald, white, winter variety, and one o 
the best yielders; medium length berry,, very hardy, 
l , and liberal yielded. 
Fultz._A superior amber variety, well known and 
much esteemed in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio 
Berrv round and reddish-yellow, chaff white This 
variety, though not yielding so abundantly as tne Claw¬ 
son, is a good cropper, and is a desirable kind tor mill¬ 
ing purposes. 
SPRING WHEAT. 
White Russian. — The White Rus».an, introduced 
by us in 1879, is a bald, white chaff wheat, of a much 
lighter color than most varieties of spring wheat. The 
straw is long, strong, healthy, and stands upright sev¬ 
eral days after ripening. The heads are long, open, 
well filled, the variety frequently yielding a good crop 
where other sorts ar~ a complete failure. All who have 
tried it are more than satisfied, and it is rapidly becom¬ 
ing the standard spring wheat of the United States. 
Barley, Common. Barley succeeds best on lands 
more sandy and lighter than those adapted for wheat. 
It is sown in the spring, and can be grown farther north 
than any other grain. Unless intended for seed, it 
should be cut before fully ripe, as it is then heavier, of 
better quality, and less liable to shell. The land should 
always be rolled immediately after sowing ; or perhaps 
a better merhod is to roll the ground when the plants 
are one or two inches high. The quantity of seed sown 
per acre is about two and a half bushels, sown broadcast 
The weight per bushel is forty-eight pounds, though it 
is almost always sold by the 100 pou ids. The product 
is from forty to sixty bushels per acre, according to cul¬ 
tivation. 
Barley, Naked, or Hulless.—This is a peculiar 
grain, and not generally known. The corolla is not at¬ 
tached to the grain, and it thus resembles wheat. It is 
a splendid grain for all purposes for which barley is used, 
and will make excellent bread when bolted and ground 
like wheat, while the yield is much greater than wheat, 
and fully equal to common barley. Nothing can sur¬ 
pass this grain for grinding into meal for stock, as it 
produces from forty to sixty bushels of solid grain per 
acre, and is a very certain crop. 
Russian White Oats.—In t‘ summer of 1880 we 
found that a number of farmer .1 different sections of 
the country were growing what they called the Russian 
White Oats, which they assured us was not only a new 
and distinct variety, but decidedly superior to any other 
sort, giving immense crops of grain of the finest quality 
in places where other varieties ire a complete failure ; 
after, by careful investigation, we had assured ourselves 
that its claims of superiority were well founded, we se¬ 
cured a stock and distributed it in nearly every state in 
the Union. During the summer of 1881 we were told 
that what we had sent out as Russian White Oats were 
not new, but identical with a sort which had been cul¬ 
tivated to some extent for several years in certain part? 
of Canada under the name of White Australian, or New 
Zealand Oats. We immediately took a good deal of 
pains to examine crops of this variety, and found that 
they resembled the Russian Oats so nearly that it is 
quite possible they may originally have come from the 
t>il 
same stock ; but we were unable to find any stocks of 
them which were at all equal in purity, vigor or pro¬ 
ductiveness to our stock o/ Russian / i hits On ts, and 
some of our most careful experimenters, who have plant¬ 
ed the two side by side, declare they are quite distinct. 
It is with renewed confidence then, that wc offer our 
stock Of Russian White Oats as decidedly the hardiest, 
most productive and best oats now grown in America, 
and earnestly urge every farmer who hits not already 
done so, to secure seed at once. From every part of 
the United States comes the unanimous report that they 
out-yield and are in every way superior to any sort pre¬ 
viously cultivated. 
1 tic Russian White Oats arc prolific without parallel, 
and with ordinary cultivation will yield 100 bushels per 
acre. '1 hey are extremely hardy, enduring the coldest 
climate in our country without injury, and are absolutely 
rust proof. 'I *ie straw is large and strong enough to 
support the enormous heads of this variety. The grain 
is heavy and the chaff light, so that a measured bushel 
weighs considerably more than a bushel of ordinary' 
oats. All things considered, this is the most valuable 
variety of oats now grown, and is destined, when known 
more widely, to become the standard sort. 
Bohemian Hulless Oats.— A comparatively new 
variety, lately' introduced into this country. Will yield 
from fifty to sixty-five bushels per acre. Do not shell 
out while ripening, or while being harvested. The 
berry comes from the head clean, and without chaff 
adhering, and is larger and fuller than ordinary oats. 
Certainly a great acquisition to the farmer. 
Rye. —The time for sowing is from the middle of 
August to last of September. One plowing is given, and 
the seed sown broadcast, at the rate of • e and a half 
bushels per acre, and dragged in. Han wing and roll¬ 
ing in the spring are recommended. 1 cut before fully 
ripe, the grain makes better flour anr^ nore in quantity. 
If intended for seed, it should be fully ripe. Some sow 
rye among standing corn hoeing it in, leaving the ground 
level as possible, and after the com is removed, rolling 
the ground. It succeeds best on sandy soils. It is fre¬ 
quently sown in the spring, but the fall seems to be 
preferable. 
Buckwheat, Common.—Buckwheat should be sown 
about the 20th of June, broadcast, at the rate of from 
one to three pecks per acre. The average yield is from 
twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre. It should be 
threshed as soon as dry, on the ground or barn floor. If 
allowed to stand in mass, it quickly gathers moisture. 
Buckwheat, Silver Hull.—This improved variety 
is said to be much better than the old sort. It is in 
bloom longer, matures sooner, and yields double the 
quantity per acre. The husk is thinner, the corners less 
prominent, and the grain of a beautiful light grey colot*. 
The flour is said to be better and more nutritious. 
Field Peas, (Pisuttt sativum). — The varieties of field 
peas have never been very numerous, nor are they much’ 
increasing. The kinds mostly used are the Golden 
Vine. Crown, Blue Prussian, Common White, Common 
Blue and Creeper. Field peas, in general, may he sown 
broadcast or in drills, after the manner of field beans, 
about three bushels per acre. 
Spring Vetches, or Tares, {Pica sati?>a).—A spe¬ 
cies of the pea. grown extensively in Kngland, and to a 
considerable extent in Canada, for stock, but not much 
used in the States. Culture same as field peas, two 
bushels per acre. 
Flax. ( Linum usiiatissimum). — Sow late enough in 
the spring to avoid frost; and early enough to secure the 
early rains. A fair average quantity of seed to be sown 
; on an acre is one-half bushel, when cultivated for seed ; 
j if for the fibre, a larger quantity should be sown. Cut 
