James Vick’s Sons, Seedmen, Rochester, N. Y, 
Farm Seeds 
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A NEW OAT 
SWEDISH OR 
WASHINGTON 
The Ideal Oat For The 
American Farm 
This new variety combines all the best and 
necessary points of its class. It is practically 
immune from rust, is the earliest and most 
boum iful cropper of the heavy growing sorts. 
Being a very deep rooter it resists drought 
more easily than others. The grains are abso- % 
lutely white, thick and plump and very thinly 
hulled, making them most valuable as a feed¬ 
ing Oat. Although succeeding best on clay 
soils it has yielded generous amounts under 
all conditions. The straw is long and stout, 
and consequently stands up well, and does 
not lodge or twist. It has already proven its 
superiority, and is undoubtedly the heaviest 
cropping white Oat ever offered, having yielded 
over ioo bushels to the acre and ordinary 
crops going sixty bushels and over. Sow 
chree bushels per acre. 
Pound, 25 cents; three lbs., 60 cents ; 
peck, 65 cents ; bushel, $1.25. 
Vick’s Improved American Banner. When we 
introduced the American Banner Oat in 1886 we 
knew it was a good thing, and it still retains its place 
with the leaders, in fact its fame is higher and more 
secure than ever before. An average of eighty 
pounds have been raised from one pound of seed, 
and 100 bushels from an acre. The grain is white, 
large, and plump, ripens early; straw stiff and ot 
good length. Postpaid, pound, 20 cents; three 
lbs., 50 cents. Peck, 35 cents ; bushel, $1.00. 
For large quantities, special prices. 
WHEAT 
SPRING—Pound, 20 cents; peck, 60 cents; 
bushel; $2.00. 
WINTER—Peck, 50 cents ; bushel, $2.00. 
BARLEY 
Hulless. Hulless, like wheat, when threshed. Ripens 
early and yields about ten bushels more per acre 
than other barley. Pound, 20 cents ; peck, 60 
cents ; bushel, $1.75. 
Early Russian Six-Rowed. For malting it has no 
equal; and the yield, as compared with other var¬ 
ieties, is enormous. Peck, 40 cents ; bu., $1.25. 
Champion Beardless. Early and prolific. Peck, 
50 cents ; bushel, $1.50. 
Manshurey. The most productive six-rowed var¬ 
iety. Ripens early, with strong, stiff straw. Peck, 
50 cents ; bushel, $1.50. 
BUCKWHEAT 
Japanese. The yield of this variety is largely in 
excess of the old sorts. The straw is heavier and 
more branching, kernels twice the size of the old 
kinds, and ripening a week earlier. Pound, 20 
cents; peck, 50 cents; bushel, $1.50. 
Silver Hull. The best for flouring purposes. Kernels 
smaller than Japanese, silvery gray in color. 
Pound, 20 cents : peck, 40 cents; bushel, $1.25. 
FIELD CORN See page 15. 
RYE 
Spring Rye. This variety has been developed 
simply by planting Winter Rye in the spring and 
selecting the seed so produced for several years. 
The standard variety for spring planting. Peck. 
50 cents ; bushel, $1.50. 
White Winter. Much prized for its straw, also 
for plowing under as a green manure. The ordinary 
fall sown variety, of which we offer choice selected 
stocks only. Peck, 50 cents ; bushel, $1.50. 
CLOVER 
Special Quotations for Large 
Quantities. 
For many years we have made Grasses and Clover 
a careful study. Our stocks arc free from weeds and 
of the highest germinating quality, and we offer them 
with the assurance that, if favored with your orders, 
they will be filled promptly and with stock that can¬ 
not be excelled. Red Clover, Alfalfa and Timothy 
arc again extremely scarce, — that is for good samples, 
and early orders are advisable. 
44 King Brand ** of Clover 
and Timothy 
King brand appears upon our highest grades of both 
Timothy and Clover, and indicates that the seed is 
absolutely pure, fresh, and of the highest vitality. 
A-i brand is used upon grades 
which are perfectly pure, but not 
as handsome appearing. 
The Timothy especially is a 
greater part of it hulled, owing to 
the fact that it is fully ripened, 
and the hull separates from the 
seed in the cleaning process, but 
this does not in any way injure 
the vitality, as matured seed will 
always grow. 
Per 100 lbs., 
Per lb., charges not 
postpaid, prepaid. 
King Timothy .20 Prices on 
A-i Timothy . .18 Application 
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Per lb., 
postpaid. 
King Red Clover.30 
A-i Red Clover.28 
Per 100 lbs., 
charges not 
prepaid. 
Prices on 
Application. 
Samples furnished free upon application. Special 
quotations on large quantities. 
Scarlet, or Crimson ( Trifolium incarnatum). 
Most valuable crop for green manuring, soiling, hay, 
pasture, and ensilage. It is an annual and must 
be sown every year. Improves worn out and poor 
soils, and is the cheapest and best fertilizer. 
Should be sown in August and September. Sow 10 
to 15 pounds per acre. Bushel, 60 pounds. Pound, 
25 cents ; bushel, market price. 
Alsike, or Swedish ( Trifolium hybridum). Thrives 
in rich, moist soil. Does not succeed on high, dry 
lands. Six pounds per acre. Pound, 30 cents; 
bushel, market price. 
White ( Trifolium repens). Valuable to mix with 
lawn grass; should be in every mixture for perman¬ 
ent pasture. 6 lbs. to.the acre, half the quantity 
when sown with other grasses. Ounce, 10 cents ; 
lb., 40 cents ; 100 lbs., market price. 
Sweet, or Bokhara (Melilotus alba). Makes excel¬ 
lent food for bees. Ounce, 10 cents ; lb., 40 cents. 
Alfalfa, or Lucerne (Medicago sativa). Where this 
succeeds it is the most valuable of all the clovers; 
requires a very fine, mellow, deep soil. Ounce, 
10 cents ; lb., 35 cents ; bushel, market price. 
At the pound price, we prepay postage; at price per bushel, we ship by express or freight, not prepaid. 
