JAMES J. H. GREGORY’S SEED CIRCULAR AND RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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“ Your Danvers Onions grew better than those from the seed I raised 
on my own farm. It was the largest crop of onions I ever saw grow. I 
measured off three square rods of them in which there was not much 
difference ; one wf the pieces had eight bushels, wanting ten pounds, 
which is ahead of anything I ever saw in line of onions.” L. F. Joslin. 
Frankfort, New York, March 0, 1873. 
“The Early Bound 'Yellow Danvers and Early Bound Bed have 
seemed to vie with each other in their good behavior. They have yielded 
me eight hundred bushels to the acre of first class onions.” 
North Adams , Mass., April 15, 1873. Joseph B. Wheeler. 
“Let me say that the Danvers Onion seed purchased of you last year 
gave best satisfaction. I believe that every seed grew. Nor did I find 
but one red onion in the whole lot, which is much "to say for its purity.” 
Wellington, Lorain Co., Ohio. S. S. Parker. 
“ One of my neighbors said he would rather have your Onion seed, at 
ten dollars per pound, than to have seed sent out by many other parties 
for nothing ; for with your seed he had perfect satisfaction, while with 
others he had met with disappointment ; your seed had never failed him, 
and that is saying a good deal.” “ - John L. Edgar. 
Coopersville , Mich., May 3, 1872. 
“I have had seeds from you for myself and neighbors for five years, 
and they have given good satisfaction. The Danvers Yellow Onion can’t 
be beat. I think you make improvement on them every year by hand 
picking.” Jonathan Boberts. 
Albion, Iowa, March 30, 1872. 
Matthews’ Garden Seed Drill. 
The new drill was invented by Mr. E. G. Matthews, the inventor and 
manufacturer of the Holbrook “Begulator” Seed Drill. Time 
and experience have enabled 
him to improve upon that and 
produce in this new machine 
one, which, though closely 
resembling that, is greatly su¬ 
perior to it, or any other drill 
I am acquainted with. It is 
tasty in appearance ; simple 
in principle ; may be operat¬ 
ed with ease and rapidity ; is 
thoroughly constructed thr«’- 
out, and there arc no parts 
subject to unusual wear. 
The Agitator is an ingeni¬ 
ous and effective device, without springs, cams, gears or belts to get out 
of order, wherein it surpasses the Holbrook machine. 
A simple contrivance gauges the deposit of the seed with mechanical 
accuracy to the depth required. Its Adjustable Markers answer the 
double purpose of markers and legs. 
Full directions for use on the cover of each machine. 
Price, boxed and delivered to any depot or express office in Boston, 
$ 12 . 00 . 
“Last year I bought of you one pound of onion seed (Y'ellowDanvers) 
and sowed it with one of Holbrook’s drills, in hole Ho. 0. It went over 
about twenty-five rods of ground. They were so thick I was obliged to 
pull up a great many, but I harvested about one hundred and twenty-five 
to one hundred and thirty bushels of nice onions. I was much pleased 
with the Marblehead Mammoth Cabbage and Trophy Tomato.” 
Fainesville, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1872. II. M. Manchester. 
“Your three and a half pounds of Onion seed I got last year 
did exceedingly well. I got first prize at County Fair. My whole crop 
brought me over seven hundred dollars.” E. it. Wurts. 
Eabt Saginaw, Mich., Feb. ID, 1872. 
“ From two ounces of Yellow Danvers Onion seed, I purchased of you 
last spring, I raised thirty-six bushels on six square rods of ground, or 
at the rate of nine hundred and sixty bushels to the acre.” 
Ryeyate, Vt., Nov. 14, 1872. David Lang. 
“ The Early Globe and Danvers Onions were splendid. Most of them 
grew to four and four and a half inches in diameter, and weighed four¬ 
teen to seventeen ounces each.” C. Traveller. 
Richmond, Utah, 1871. 
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“ Mine is the first crop of field onions raised in this section of the 
country, and are an entire success, owing to the purity of your seed.” 
Osborn, Mo., Dec., 20, 1869. A. C. Temple. 
Implements for Cultivation of Onions and other Vege¬ 
tables. 
Matthews’ Seed Drill..... $12 00 
Matthews’ Hand Cultivator. 6 00 
Matthews’ Combined Seed Drill and Cultivator ; this ) 
drill is intended for small patches of vegetables. j 
Goodwin’s Onion Weeder... 5 00 
Scuffle Hoe. 1 00 
Double Wheel Hoe... 1 50 
The prices of these implements are those at which they are retailed at 
the seed stores in the large cities, at which rates I will superintend with¬ 
out charge the purchasing and forwarding of any of these machines to 
the address of any person ordering them. 
Goodwin’s Onion Weeder. 
Every gardener knows the 
importance of weeding with 
implements as closely as 
possible to the rows of veg¬ 
etables in order to lessen 
the cost of hand weeding. 
Last season I collected to¬ 
gether all the implements 
that had been invented to 
weed both sides of the row 
at the same time. Some of 
them were very costly, being priced as high as $35. The one that did 
the work decidedly the best was Goodwin’s. This not only cuts each 
side of the row at the same time, but; also half way across between the 
two rows. Jt was invented by a practical farmer, and on any yegeta- 
be farm will pay for ifleif several times in the course of a season. 
Noyes’ Hand Weeder. 
This is an excellent little implement for hand weeding in bed sauce, 
such as onions, carrots and the like ; it is especially valuable when the 
ground is hard or baked. It is much preferable to the bent hoop or 
knives, which are often used. To test its value on my own grounds I 
sent for a couple and put them in the hands of two of my boys to try ; 
they liked them so well I sent for a dozen, and we have had them in use 
for several years, to our great satisfaction. The price of them sent by 
express is 40 cents each ; per mail, 50 cents. 
Matthews’ Hand Cultivator. 
The Matthews’ Hand Cultivator is an improved implement for 
garden and field use, to destroy and prevent the growth of weeds be¬ 
tween the rows of Beets, Car¬ 
rots, Onions, Turnips, or other 
row crops, and for flat cultiva¬ 
tion generally. It is light, 
durable, simple, and easy to 
operate. With the Cultivator 
is combined a neat little seed 
sower, suitable for use where 
small patches of vegetables are 
planted. The large drill , hav¬ 
ing a larger wheal and other 
advantages, is the implement 
for market gardeners and those 
who plant largely. Among the 
good points of this implement, 
single and combined, are the following :—1st, it has two wheels, causing 
it to run steady. It weeds a width of from six to fourteen inches. 2d, 
the teeth are held to the frame by a bolt and nut, instead of a key, and 
being arranged with side guards 
can be run close to the rows. 
3d, it is made of the best season¬ 
ed white oak, and is strong and 
durable. 4th, the frame being 
wood (instead of cast iron), it 
does not break like the iron ones 
in market. 5tli, the cultivator 
can be gauged to run the desired 
depth by raising or lowering the 
wheels, which are held in place 
by one bolt and thumb nut. 6th, 
it is arranged to receive a neat 
and reliable seed drill attach¬ 
ment, by removing the side arms only making at $10.00 the cheapest 
combined Drill and Cultivator ever offered. 7th, the seed drill attach¬ 
ment need not he removed when used as a cultivator, unless the operator 
prefers toAo so ; simply throw it out of gear by removing belt, or chain. 
8 th, it is neatly boxed for shipping without charge. 
