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JAMES VICI^’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
CLOVER 
‘ What: airs nutblown from ferny dells 
And clover-bloom and sweet brier smclls."- 
Whittier. 
“ Summer came, the green earth's lover. 
Ripening the tufted clover."— Mrs. Nichols. 
White (Trifolium repens). Valuable for mixing 1 with lawn grass, 
and should be in every mixture for permanent pasture. Per 100 
pounds, $25.<K): per pound, by mail, 40 cents; ounce.. 10 
Medium "Red (Trifolium pratense). Excellent for pasturage or 
hay; valuable as a green manure, and should be in all grass mix¬ 
tures. 8 to 10 lbs', per acre when sown alone. Per bushel, market 
price; per pound, by mail. 25 
Mammoth "Red (Trifolium pratense). Used largely for plowing 
under for manure. I ts stalks are so coarse, that stock will eat only 
the leaves, but by its judicious use, exhausted lands can be re¬ 
claimed, as it will grow where common clover will fail. 8 pounds 
to the acre. Per bushel, market price; per pound, by mail. 25 
Alsike, or Swedish (Trifolium liybridum). Thrives in rich moist 
soil. Does not succeed on high dry lands. Six pounds per acre. 
Per 100 pounds, §18.00; per pound, by mail, 40 cents; per ounce_ JO 
Scarlet or Crimson (Trifolium incarnatum). An annual va¬ 
riety, in common use in Italy and the south of France for feeding 
green. It furnishes very early fodder. Eight pounds to the acre. 
Per 100 lbs., $10.00; per pound, 30 cents; per ounce. 10 
Sweet, or Bokha ra (Mclilotus alba), pound, 50 cents; per oz_ 10 
Alfalfa or Lucerne ( Medtcago sativa). Where this succeeds it 
is the most valuable of all the clovers; but it is difficult to secure a 
good stand, as it requires a very fine, mellow, deep soil. Per 100 
lbs., $-0.00; per pound, by mail, 40 cents; per ounce. 10 
Sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa). A perennial belonging to the same 
family as Clover and Lucerne, used in France as a forage plant. Re¬ 
quires a calcareous soil. 4bsuhels to the acre. (About 20 pounds 
to bushel). Per 100 pounds, $10.00; per pound, by mail. . 30 
Spring Vetches, per bushel, $3.50; per pound, by mail. 25 
STANDARD VARIETIES OF SEED GRAIN, ETC. 
At pound or quart prices we prepay postage. Pecks or bushels by Express or Freight at expense of purchaser. Special 
prices on large quantities. 
LONGFELLOW. 
FIELD CORN. 
Champion White Pearl. Anew 
early, thorough-bred, white dent Corn, 
from Illinois. It ripens in 00 to 100days 
from time of planting. The grain is 
large and cob small, makes a good sized ear, averaging 
sixteen rows of grain. Per quart, 40 cents; per peck, 
05 cents; per bushel, $2.00. 
Golden Beauty. Ears perfect in shape, 10 to 16 
lows, grains very large, filled out to the extreme end 
of the cob; very productive. Per quart, 40 cents; 
peck, 05 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
Improved Learning. Stalks of good size, setting 
two large handsome ears. Kernels very deep, orange 
color; cob very small. Per quart, 40 cents; peck, 05 
cents; bushel, §2.00. 
Chester Cou nty Mam moth. Well adapted to 
Southern and Western States. It is a Yellow Dent 
variety; extremely prolific. Per quart, 40 cents; peck, 
Oft cents; bushel, $2.00. 
Pride of the /North. Yellow dent, 16-rowed; cob 
very small and red; kernels closely set upon the cob, 
above medium size, and of deep orange color. Stalks 
medium size. The earliest, of the dent varieties. Per 
quart, 40 cents; peck, 65 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
King of the Earliest. One of the best of the yel¬ 
low dent varieties, very productive and ripens ex¬ 
tremely early, hence succeeds admirably far north. Per quart, 40 cents; 
peck, 05 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
Angel of Mid night. A new extra early yellow flint8-rowed variety. 
Ear 10 to 12 inches long, perfect in shape, and filled from tip to tip. Per 
quart, 40 cents; peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.50. 
Longfellow. An early 8-rowed yellow flint variety. Ears from ten 
to fifteen inches long, and tilled out to tip of cob; cob small; kernels 
large and broad. Per quart, 40 cents; peek, 65 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
BARLEY. 
•H u 11 less. Heads long*and well tilled with plump heavy kernels, Hull¬ 
less, like wheat when threshed. Ripens early, and yields about 10 bush¬ 
els more per acre than other Barleys. Makes a very sweet, wholesome 
flour, excellent for combining with wheat or rye flour, or corn meal. 
Should be sown on rich, gravelly, warm upland. Per pound, 25 cents; 
three pounds, 60 cents; peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.50. 
Mansbury, 4-rowed. Heads are long and drooping; straw bright 
and very strong; does not lodge on richest ground. Per pound, 25 ets.; 
three pounds, 60 cents; peck, 65 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
OATS. 
Vick’s American Banner. After thousands of trials in all parts 
of the country, its fame is higher and more secure than ever before,* 
in fact it stands as the Banner Oat. An average of 80 pounds has been 
raised from one pound of seed and 100 bushels from an acre. The 
grain is white, large and plump, ripens early, has a stiff straw of good 
length. It tetters freely and throws up a large number of stems, and ‘ 
therefore can be sown thinner than ordinary oats. 
Prices, postpaid, per pound, 25 cts.; per three pounds, 60 cts. By ex¬ 
press or freight, at expense of purchaser, per peck, 50 cts.; per bushel, 
$1 .50; per live bushels, $7.00. For larger quantities, special prices on 
application. 
SPRING RYE. 
Pound, 25 cents; 3 pounds, 60 cents; peck, 65 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
BUCKWHEAT. 
/New Japanese. The yield of this new variety is largely in excess 
of the old one. The straw is heavier and more branching, kernels 
twice the size of the old kind, ripening a week earlier, while the Hour 
made from it is fully equal to that of any other variety. 
Per pound, 25 cts.; three pounds, 60 cts.; peck, 60 cts.; bushel, $1.50. 
SEEDS IN BULK, m the following list we quote prices for seeds by the bushel, peck, and quart, when sent by railroad or express 
AT iHK EXPENSE OF THE PURCHASE It. We deliver them at express offices or railroad depots at these rates, bags, packing, and cartage 
free; but in no case can we prepay the charges, unless the amount has been previously advanced to us for that purpose. On all Seeds 
not. included in this list, ordered by Express or Freight, the purchaser may deduct 10 cents per pound from the prices given in the preceding pages. 
BEANS. 
Prolific Black Wax.$ 30 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax_ 35 
Golden Wax.. 30 
Early Valentine. 25 
Early Mohawk . 20 
Long Yellow Six-Weeks — 20 
Refugee . ft) 
White Kidney . 20 
White Marrowfat . 20 
Large Lima . 45 
King of the Garden Lima.. 45 
Extra Early Lima . 45 
Deer's Improved Lima. 45 
peck. 
bush. 
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$7 
00 
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00 
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00 
1 
75 
7 
00 
1 
75 
6 
00 
1 
35 
5 
00 
1 
35 * 
5 
00 
1 
35 
5 
00 
1 
35 
5 
00 
1 
35 
5 
00 
2 
50 
9 
00 
2 
60 
10 
00 
3 
10 
12 
00 
2 
60 
10 
00 
per quart. 
peck. 
bush. 
London Hortic’l,or Cranb’y, $ 
30 
$2 25 
$8 00 
Scarlet Runner. 
30 
2 00 
7 50 
SWEET CORN 
Ne Plus Ultra . 
40 
1 60 
6 00 
All other varieties. 
20 
1 10 
4 00 
Parching Corn (ears). 
20 
75 
2 50 
PEAS. 
Vick’s Extra Early . 
25 
1 25 
4 50 
A laska... 
25 
1 25 
4 50 
Carter’s First Crop . 
25 
1 10 
4 00 
Kentish Invicta. 
25 
1 25 
4 50 
per 
quart. 
peck. 
bush. 
Blue Peter. . 
$ 25 
$1 
60 
$6 00 
Tom Thumb . 
30 
1 
60 
6 00 
Bliss’ American Wonder_ 
35 
1 
85 
7 00 
McLean’s Little Gem . 
30 
1 
50 
5 50 
Laxton’s Alpha . 
30 
1 
60 
6 00 
McLean’s Advancer. 
25 
1 
25 
4 50 
Horsford’s Market Garden. 
30 
1 
60 
6 00 
Bliss’ Everbearing . 
35 
1 
60 
6 00 
Bliss’ Abundance. 
35 
1 
60 
6 00 
Yorkshire Hero.. 
25 
1 
35 
5 00 
Champion of England. 
25 
1 
35 
5 00 
Telephone. 
35 
1 
85 
7 00 
Pride of tin* Market. 
35 
1 
85 
7 00 
Black -eyed M a rro w fat . 
10 
75 
2 50 
White Marrowfat. 
10 
75 
2 50 
Field, for sowing broadcast. 
10 
50 
1 50 
