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JOHNSON & STOKES. PHILADELPHIA 
Spring Rye VALUABLE 
Weber’s Improved Evergreen 
THE BEST BROOM COKN IN CULTIVATION 
This is the best ami purest in cultivation, originated and 
selected by Mr. Geo. Weber, one of the largest growers of 
Montgomery County, Pa., who has for many years had the 
reputation of having the best in the State, having made his 
slock famous by selection and improvement for length, 
strength and straightness of brush. It is of a very bright green 
color without the slightest reddish tinge. It makes by far the 
ti ok?,? of corn grown; height seven to eight feet. 
2 bush if 50 S *’ 7 ° Cm posl P ft,d ; peck, 90c.; bush., S2.50; 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower 
T 4 HF £ IANT of a1j1L SUNFLOWERS. The best 
variety for the farmer. Growing to double the size of the com¬ 
mon, and the yield of seed is twice ns great. One hundred 
— and twenty-five bushels to the acre 
have been grown at a less expense 
than corn. It is highly recommended 
for poultry; the best egg-producing 
food known. The leaves make splen¬ 
did fodder, much relished by all kinds 
of stock. The seed is good feed for 
horses, and yields a fine quality of oil. 
The strong, thick stalks are used for 
fuel. Oz., 5e.: qt., 15c.; (qt., postpaid, 
25c.;) peck, 70c.; bush., $2.00; sack, 2 
bush., $3.50. 
Distinct from the winter rye, grain of finer quality and more productive; can 
successfully grown in any latitude, and is now being largely sown in the Middle Stal 
in place of oats, being a much more profitable crop, on account of the production 
nearly four times the straw, and also as a “catch ” crop where winter grain has failed. 
The straw is equally as valuable as that of the fall or winter rye, standing stifT, 7 to 8 feet 
high, produces 30 to *10 bushels of grain per acre; as it does not stool like winter rye, not 
less than 2 bushels to the acre should be sown. Pkt., JOc.; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., S1.00, postpaid ; 
peek, 60c.; bush., $1.50; 2 bush., $2.75; 5 bush, and over, $1.35 per bush., bags included. 
Spring Wheat 
CHEWAN FIFE. This wheat is pronounced 
SASKATCHEWAN FIFE. This wheat is pronounced by the great milling kings 
of the Northwest the best. Chas. A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, Minn, (whose mill has a 
capacity of seventy-five hundred barrels per day), savs: “No such milling wheat has 
been received at our mill since we have been in the milling business.” Fifty bushels to 
the acre is not an uncommon yield. It is ten days earlier than the Common Fife, straw 
growing about a foot taller, standing stiff and strong. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., $1.00, 
postpaid. Peck, 75c.; bush., 82.25; bag of 2 bush., $4.00. 
Seed Buckwheat 
NEW JAPANESE. The kernels are nearly twice the size of any other, of a rich 
dark brown color and manufacture asuperior Hour. Owing to its branching character, only 
one-half as much seed is required per acre, while the straw is much stiffer and stands up 
Ixitter. This new buckwheat has rapidly displaced all others, and is now more largely 
planted than any other, being about two weeks earlier. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., 
postpaid ; qt.,lScjpeck, 40c.; bush.,$1.00; 5bush.and over,90c. per bush.,sacks included. 
SILVER. HULL. Sown at same time os common buckwheat, this variety continues 
in bloom longer, and yields nearly double. The Hour is whiter and more nutritious. 
Lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., postpaid; qt., 15c.; peck, 45c.; bushel, $1.25. 
Seed Barley 
NEW MANSHURY. An improved variety; the earliest and most productive. Qt., 
15e.; peck, 50c.: hush., 81.23. 
SPRING HARLEY. Largely grown in Northern States and Canada. Qt., 15c.; 
peek, 50c.; bush., 48 lbs., $1.00. 
Seed Oats— n orthern Grown 
WHITE MAINE. Our attention was first called to this new oat by Mr. A. F. Dibble, 
one of the most successful growers of seed oats in the North. The straw is very short 
and sliir, standing up on any soil. As to yield, Mr. Dibble says: “ On my own farm, a 
measured field of 13 acres yielded 91% bushels of cleaned oats per acre. The same season 
iny brothcr-ln-lnw raised 4 acres on u pet niece of land, that cleaned up 400 bushels, or 
101% bushels per acre for the four acres.” One striking peculiarity is, that invariably there 
are two oats in each hull or chaff. Owing to the very thin hull they are one of the best for 
horse feed; they weigh from 35 to 38 lbs. to the bushel. Large pkt., 10c.; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 65c , 
by mall, ,J0c.; hush., $1.00; 10 bush, and over, 90c. per bush., sacks free. 
rite LINCOLN OATH, introduced in 1893, has given wonderful results. The three 
ncjjJylhdds reported, which were grown in competition for the cash prizes offered, were 
174,108 and 123 bushels from a single bushel sown. It is very early and entirely rust-proof. 
Htraw is stiff and strong. The grain is very handsome and valuable for feeding, on 
account of Its thin hull, heavy meat and soft nib. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., G5c postpaid • 
by freight or express, peek, 40c.; legal bush, of 32 lbs., $1.00; 10 bush, and over, 90c. per 
bush., bugs included. 
Other Good Varieties of Seed Oats 
SWEDISH, DANISH, MORTGAGE LIFTER,BAL¬ 
TIC, WELCOME, CLYDESDALE, White Belgian, 
White Russian, Virginia Winter Turf, and other well- 
known and popular varieties of seed oats at bottom prices. 
Each, 30c. lb., or 3 lbs,, 05c., postpaid; by freight or express, 
per legal bush., 82 lbs., 90c.; 10 bush, and over, 85c. per bush., 
bags included. 
SPRING RYE, SHOWING HEIGHT AND 
PRODUCTIVENESS OK STRAW. 
Canada Field Peas and Oats for Fodder 
These make a fodder and hay which in evervease doubles 
the production of milk. The Canada Field Pea,'which we sell 
at 81.25 per bushel, is the best for this purpose. They should 
be sown early in April, two bushels of peas and two bushels 
of oats to the acre. The peas should be sown first and plowed 
under about four inches deep ; the oats then sowed and har¬ 
rowed in. They will be ready for cutting about July 1, when 
the oats are in milk and the pods formed on the peas. 
A HICICl) JIICAII O10 MAMMOTH BUSHIAN BUNFI.OWEIt, mAMCTi:“ ONE FOOT. 
