NORTHERN GROWN SEED BARLEY 
Velvet Barley 
Minnesota. No. 447 
Velvet is a new six-rowed bearded barley with 
smooth, barbless beards, that originated in Minnesota. 
It has been grown in Michigan for several years with 
splendid success. The seed is much in demand in the 
great barley-producing states of Io^a, Illinois, Indiana, 
Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Velvet is a splendid malting 
barley and is in high favor with manufacturers of 
malt. The straw is stiff and of good height. Velvet is 
one of the heaviest yielding varieties and seems to be 
more disease-resistant than other sorts. We offer 
choice Michigan-grown seed. 
Isbell's Silver King Barley 
Silver King Barley is noted for its extra large heads 
and long, stiff straw. The heads are the largest of any 
six-rowed sort and the kernels are exceptionally bright 
and plump. This Barley is also of Wisconsin origin 
where they know good Barley. While it does best on 
heavy, rich soil, it is also adapted to the warm, light 
soils of Michigan. Silver King Barley seldom lodges 
and is an all-around reliable sort to grow. It is a 
splendid malting barley. 
Wisconsin Pedigree 
Wisconsin Pedigree Barley is a selection from Oder- 
brucker and was the result of many years of breeding 
and selecting, beginning with a single plant. It has 
always been a consistent yielder and the quality is 
first class. The heads are six-rowed, long and always 
well-filled. The kernels are uniform in size, plump, 
and of a bright, nearly-white color. It is a variety 
which seldom lodges. Also a good malting barley. 
Spartan Barley 
A Popular, Heavy Yielding, Smootli-Bearded Sort 
Sparton Barley has increased steadily in popularity 
since its introduction six years ago, and it is now 
grown very extensively in Michigan and other northern 
states. It is a two-rowed bearded barley, but the 
beards are smooth or barbless. The beards are brittle 
and break off .cleanly in threshing. The straw is stiff 
and always of good length, even on lighter types of 
soils. The kernels -are plump and heavy and nearly 
twice as large as those of the six-rowed sorts. 
Velvet Barley 
Spartan Barley is a consistently heavy-yielding sort 
and often yields 50 bushels and over per acre. In com¬ 
parative tests at Michigan State College, Spartan has 
consistently outyielded other sorts, usually by 6 to 8 
bushels per acre. It is an early sort ripening a week 
ahead of other varieties. For best quality grain, Spartan 
should be allowed to stand until thoroughly ripe. 
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New Peaf Land or Muck Barley 
A Valuable New Variety for Muck Farmers 
Peat Land or Muck Barley was developed at the Min¬ 
nesota State Experiment Station to fill a real need for a 
variety that could be grown successfully on muck or peat 
land. It has been thoroughly tested and has proven its 
ability to produce surprisingly large crops on muck with¬ 
out lodging. Yields of sixty bushels per acre have been 
obtained many times. 
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Where there is a shortage of corn or other feed, bearded 
spring barley will give very quick grazing (a few weeks 
after planting), and earliest maturing grain. Can be cut 
in about two months, making very nutritious and palatable 
hay. In feeding value it is equal to corn. Can be grown 
on a great variety of soils. 
Peat hand Barley is a six-rowed bearded sort, the 
beards of which break off cleanly in threshing. The straw 
is of medium length and of unusual stiffness. Another 
valuable characteristic is its great habit of stooling. Often 
as many as twenty stalks grow from one seed, each pro¬ 
ducing a well-developed head. Because of this habit, 
only one bushel of seed is required on muck and 1 % 
bushels on upland. 
Peat Band Barley is a very hardy sort and early spring 
frosts will not hurt it. To get the largest yield possible, 
the use of 150 lbs. potash and 50 lbs. phosphate per acre 
is recommended. On muck it ripens about ten days later 
than Barley on uplands. Many farmers, with good muck 
land, will find, in this Barley, the answer to their prob¬ 
lem of what to grow for feed on their muck land. 
A Few Bouquets From Our Happy Customers! 
We Have Many Others; From the Atlantic Seaboard Across to the Pacific 
FROM NEW YORK STATE 
“We have several kinds of corn and the IsbelVs Sure Thing 
Purple Tip Dent is the only one of them making a crop. Very 
bad drought here.”—Barton Ferris, Bald win sville, N. Y., Aug., 
1936. 
“NORTHERN GROWN” MEANS A EOT TO US 
Mrs. 0. T. McKendree, Merrill, Oregon, writes: “I have 
been buying from you for some years and what 1 got did well 
in this country where the temperature in ivinter varies from 
fifty degrees above to fifteen degrees below zero, and in summer 
there is frost nearly every month. So your “Northern Grown ” 
means a lot to us. 
Mrs. McKendree is president of the Lost River Garden Club. 
Prices of Barley are quoted on our Current Price List. 
KIND WORDS FROM IOWA 
“First / want to thank you for the honesty, quality, and 
promptness in shipping out my order, when each variety should 
be shipped; which I placed with you last spring. 
The quality and germination of the corn was fully up to de¬ 
scription; the potatoes fine. — Chas. Larson, Dayton, Iowa, Oct. 
23, 1936. _ 
A NEW HAMPSHIRE USER OF ISBELE’S SEEDS FOR 
30 YEARS 
Mr. George W. Boutivell of Lancaster, N. H., writes in Janu¬ 
ary, 1936: “Your 1936 catalog received and I am pleased with 
it. For the past thirty years, off and on, 1 have had very good 
seeds from Isbell Seed Co. I never had any better seed than 
you people produced .” 
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