JAMES VICK ,; ROCHESTER , A. K 
105 
RUSSIAN WHITE 
OATS. 
My friends and customers know that I do not praise 
or puff new and untried things, nor do I like to offer any¬ 
thing, even very promising, at what seems to be extrav¬ 
agant prices. In all the long years that 1 have been en¬ 
gaged in business, none, 1 think, can say that 1 have 
recommended an unworthy article. Last season many 
of my customers wrote inquiring of the merits of a new 
Oat, called the White Russian, that had attracted a 
good deal of attention. As I had not had sufficient ex. 
perience to warrant me in giving the necessary informa¬ 
tion, I wrote to several persons in different sections of 
the country, who had tried this new Oat, and the re¬ 
sponses were such as to justify me in supplying my 
customers. I have also received similar favorable re¬ 
ports of the yield of 1880. A few letters I give below. 
Gananoque, Out., Nov. n, 1880. 
James Vick : — 1 ordered one-half pound of Russian 
White Oats from you last spring, which being duly re¬ 
ceived, were planted by hand, in drills ten inches apart, 
about the ioth of May, the grain receiving no cultivation 
afterwards. The result was ioo pounds of fine plump 
Oats. The straw was extra quality— strong and bright. 
I consider the Russian White Oats the best yielding va¬ 
riety I have ever seen, a single grain giving sixteen 
stalks in many instances. John B. Wilson. 
Alexander, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1880. 
James Vick : — Your favor received. Will try and 
give you all the information I can in regard to Russian 
White Oats. I raised some last year ; they yield about 
double with Probestiers, and straw stiff, free from rust, 
while other Oats rusted. Would say that they are the 
handsomest Oats growing I ever saw. They take well, 
and are all they claim for them, 1 think. I would recom¬ 
mend them to any one, as I know them to be boss. 
G. W. Hicks. 
Penn Yan, Jan. 7, 1880. 
James Vick : — Yours of the 5th inst received. I be¬ 
lieve the Russian White Oats to be all that is claimed 
for them, and they are well adapted for general culture 
as any Oat, and that they will yield one-third more to 
the acre than other Oats, judging from my experience 
with them the last season. From one ounce of seed which 
I planted in rows 14 inches apart, and 5 to 7 inches 
apart in the row, one kernel the distance apart named, 
I raised from the one ounce of seed 157 pounds. From 
each kernel planted there was from 15 to 25 heads, and 
many 30 to 40 heads from one kernel, and many heads 
18 to 22 inches long, and 300 fo 350 kernels in some 
heads. The product from one kernel was 6 ounces, 
which must have been about 7000 kernels from one. The 
straw stood up exceedingly firm, and was free from rust. 
Alfred Rose. 
Charlotte, Vt., Jan. 8, 1880. 
James Vick : — Yours of the 5th is at hand, and in 
reply would say that Andrus’ White Russian Oats are 
No. 1. The ounce he sent me last season yielded be¬ 
yond my expectation. They arc good for general cul¬ 
ture, and I think you would be doing a good thing to 
recommend them to the farmers, as they are very profit¬ 
able. Every kernel seems to be filled. 'Phis is rather 
remarkable, I think. O. H. Alexander. 
Having ascertained the facts, last winter we secured a 
large quantity of these Oats, and were thus enabled to 
furnish customers in the spring at about half the rate at 
which they were selling. I also grew a large quantity 
last summer, and can now supply them at the following 
prices, without any charge for cartage or bags. 
1 Pound, postpaid,.$° 5 ° 
3 Pounds, postpaid,. 1 00 
Half Bushel, delivered toExpress Co., or on cars, 1 40 
One Bushel, delivered to Express Co., or on cars, 2 25 
Ten Bushels, per bushel, . 2 00 
