JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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GRAINS, GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS. 
SEE SOJA BEANS, PAGE 28. 
3FLiLCE»]Ei:oHSE OA.TS. 
The foreign oat, the Early Race-Horse, came off with flying 
colors on our experimental grounds in 1883, where nineteen 
varieties were grown side by side. It proved to be nearly a 
fortnight earlier than the common variety, a very heavy 
cropper, with grains almost as plump as a well-filled barley. 
Per package, postpaid, 10 cts.; per lb., per mail, 20 cts.; per 
peck, 50 cts.; per express or freight at purchaser’s expense, 
per bushel of thirty-two lbs., $ 1 . 35 . 
PRINGLE PROGRESS OATS. 
This new and distinct variety of oats was made by Mr. 
Pringle several years ago, by crossing the Excelsior with the 
Chinese Hulless. In it we have a combination of good quali¬ 
ties which cannot fail to please — a short, stiff straw, and a 
long, full head or panicle. The vigor that in most varieties 
go:s to form straw here goes to make grain. Being so much 
shorter, it does not lodge. In our trial plot of about twenty 
varieties of oats, the Progress matured the first of all. We 
believe if the farmer prefer grain to straw, the Progress will 
suit every time. Per -packet, 10 cts.; per lb., postpaid, 20 
cts.; per peck, 50 cts.; per bushel, $1.35. 
SASKATCHEWAN SPRING WHEAT. 
Says Charles A. Pills bury, of Minneapolis, Minn, (whose 
mill has a capacity of seventy-five hundred barrels per day) : 
“ No such milling wheat has been received at our mill since we 
have been in the milling business.” Professor Porter, pro¬ 
fessor of agriculture of the Minnesota Sta*te University, says: 
“It exceeded my strongest expectations, in its bright, stiff 
straw, its large, well-filled heads, its plump, amber-colored 
grain, its freedom from all varieties of rust, its great vigor of 
growth, its early maturity, and its productiveness. Our prices 
are as follows: per bushel of 60 lbs., per express or freight at 
purchaser’s expense, $2.00; per peck, 60 cts.; 3 lbs., per mail, 
60 cts.; 1 lb., 25 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
ALFALFA or LUCERNE. 
The success turns on using American-grown seed, and 
planting it in deep, porous soil, and keeping clean of weeds 
the first season. A top-dressing, with fine manure, would 
help it through the first winter. Price, per lb., postpaid, 35 
cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
This new clover has proved to be ^wonderfully adapted as a 
grazing and hay plant for every portion of the South as far 
north as latitude 34°. It rapidly takes possession of the 
region when once planted, covering with its dense verdure 
soilless hilltops, sandy plains, gravelly slopes, pine thickets, 
open woods, and all soil either dry or damp. No matter how¬ 
ever closely it is grazed, the Japan Clover sprouts vigorously 
anew. Price, per lb., postpaid, 35 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
MILO MAIZES. 
Yields from six to sixteen stalks from one seed; much 
sweeter than cornstalks. It stands wind and drought that 
would ruin corn. It will sprout again after cutting. Grows 
from six to ten feet high. Four pounds of seed plant an acre. 
Price, per peck of 15 lbs., express or freight at purchaser’s ex¬ 
pense, $1.25; per lb., postpaid, 20 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
KAFFIR CORN. 
This new forage crop is allied to Milo Maize or Branching 
Sorghum, but is earlier than either of them. The stalks keep 
green and are brittle and juicy, making fodder, green or dry, 
which is relished by cattle, horses, and mules. Its seed heads, 
eight or ten inches long, are eagerly eaten by horses, hogs, 
and fowls. It cannot be relied upon to mature its seed in 
the latitudes of New England. Price, per peck of 15 lbs., by 
express or freight at purchaser’s expense, $1.25; per lb., 
postpaid, 20 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
MANSHURY BARLEY. 
A six-rowed barley with very long heads, well filled and 
heavy; straw bright and strong. In our experimental grounds 
the Manshury proved to be the earliest of the five leading 
varieties which were tested there. Price, per express or 
•freight at purchaser’s expense, per bush., $ 2 . 00 ; per peck, 60 
cts.; per lb., postpaid, 25 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
WBW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 
The kernels of this 
new buckwheat are 
nearly twice as large 
as the common kind; 
the straw is stouter 
and heavier. It 
branches more, and 
it does not need to 
be sown as thickly; 
the flour made from 
it is equal to that 
from any other buck¬ 
wheat; it is a very 
heavy cropper, and 
less apt to blight 
than other varieties. 
Writes Mr. Eugene 
Miller: “From twelve 
quarts I raised over 
thirty-two bushels of 
grain, or nearly three 
times as much as the 
Silver Hulled.” 
From Rural New- 
Yorker: “ I consider the 
Japanese Buckwheat to 
be far ahead of all other 
kinds. It is certainly a 
distinct variety. So far, 
with me, it outyields the old Gray or the Silver Hull, two to one. It makes 
a better growth on poorer soil than any buckwheat I have ever raised.” 
Price, per bush., $1.25; per express, per peck, 45 cts.; per 
lb., by mail, 20 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
YELLOW DOURA. 
This is earlier than the Branching Doura (or Milo Maize), 
and is not so delicate in starting. The grain, which is abun 
dant, is readily eaten by cows, horses, hogs, and mules. Like 
the Branching Doura, it yields an immense mass of green 
forage, and will bear two or three cuttings. It grows from 
nine to twelve feet high, bearing the grain on the large tops. 
Price, per lb., postpaid, 20 cts., per pkg., 10 cts. 
BAXTER’S SIX ROWED BARLEY. 
The grain is very plump, round, solid, and heavy, and differs 
from all other six-rowed in having a much smaller proportion 
of hull. It ripens a week or ten days earlier than the Man¬ 
shury. The straw stands up well. Prof. Saunders, Director 
of the Central Experimental Farm, at Ottawa, Canada, states 
that “in a test made with thirteen of the best six-rowed 
varieties, it was found to produce the heaviest grain.” Per 
bush, of 32 lbs., per express or freight, $2.50; per peck, 75 cts.; 
3 lbs., postpaid, 75 cts.; 1 lb., 30 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
PRICKLY COMPRKY. 
> In spite of some hasty criticism, careful experiments, con¬ 
tinued through several years, have proved this to be very 
valuable as a fodder plant for cows, horses, sheep, and other 
animals. Run the leaves through a feed-cutter, wet, and mix 
with bran or meal with a little salt. Propagated by pieces of 
the root. Plant on rich soil, and givevplenty of manure. Two 
or three crops of forty or fifty tons in all have been raised per 
acre. Don’t cut till second year. It is perennial, withstands 
droughts, and is perfectly hardy. Price, per doz., postpaid, 
30 cts.; per 100, per express, $1.00. 
Canada Field Teas and Oats for Fodder. 
These at the rate per acre of one bushel of peas to one and 
one half bushels of oats make grand summer and autumn 
fodder for cows and sheep. The peas should be lightly 
ploughed in when sown and the oats broadcasted and brushed 
in immediately afterward. Price of the m’xture for one acre, 
per express, $2.75; of the peas, per bushel, $1.75 per express. 
COW PEAS (Black and Clay 
Adapted to Southern localities; but also valuable m the 
North as a fodder plant, sheep being very fond of them when 
in blossom; their chief value, however, is as a green crop 
to plough under. O^e and one half bushels to the acre. Price, 
per peck, per express, 60 cts.; per bushel, per express, $1.75. 
