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Catalogue of Novelties. 
■WELCOIIE OATS. 
The Welcome Oats were sent out last season, for the first time, to the large and extended | 
parts of the agricultural fields of our country, and have proved beyond all doubt to be the Heavi- j 
est, Handsomest, and Most Productive variety of Oats ever introduced. 
I hese Oats usually grow from five to six feet high, with strong, straight straw, well supporting j 
the enormous heads,—therefore not liable to be prostrated by wind or rain. The heads are very 
large and handsome, branching freelv, and are from sixteen to twenty or more inches in length. 
I lie gram is very large and plump, with thin, white, close-fitting husks. They weigh, to a struck, j 
measured bushel, 47 to 51 pounds. Their uniform success in every part of the country proves ' 
their adaptability to our varied climate, while their early maturity renders them specially valuable, j 
Prices. Per pkt., 15 cts.; per lb., 75 cts.; per 3 lbs., $2.00, post-paid ; per peck, $3.00 , per 
bush. (32 lbs.), ^ic.oo. • 
