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• PELTER HENDERSOM ckCO.. INEW YORK 
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POP CORN. Sow 4 lbs. per acre. The Pop Corns 
we offer are shelled. 10 lbs. and over will be 
supplied at the 100-lb. rate. If by mail, add 8c. 
lb. for postage. 
White Pearl. Smooth, large white grains. 10c. 
lb., $8.00 per 100 lbs. 
Amber Pearl. Very early, 8 to 1 0-inch ears; amber- 
colored kernels, popping white, loc. lb., SI2.00 
White 1 Rice, S (>r Rat Tooth. Early, white-pointed 
kernels. 10c. lb., $8.00 per 100 lbs. 
COTTON (Upland Varieties). Sow 15 lbs. per acre. 
Allen’s Silk Long Staple. Good cropper, of great 
A merit. Lb.. 14c.; 100 lbs., © 10c. 
Cook’s Silk Long Staple. New; a superior selec¬ 
tion of Upland. Lb., 14c.; 100 lbs., @ 10c. 
King’s Improved. A rugged grower, of strong con¬ 
stitution; big yielder. Lb., 12c.; 100 lbs., © 8c. 
Shine’s Early Prolific. Extra early; grows further 
north than others. Lb., 15c.; 100 lbs., © 12c. 
SEA ISLAND. Grown near the seacoast; it produces 
the finest cotton of all. Lb., 10c.; 1001bs.,@6c. 
DOURA. Sow 8 to 10 lbs. per acre. 
Rural Branching. Very productive fodder plant; 
may be cut several times. Lb., 12c.; 100 lbs., 
S10.00. 
Yellow Branching. Earlier and taller than above, 
but does not stool out so much. Lb., 12c.; 100 
lbs., $10.00. 
FLAX SEED. Sow Y to K bush, per acre. Price 
variable. 
HUNGARIAN GRASS. (See Millet, below.) 
JERUSALEM CORN. Sow 5 lbs. per acre. The 
surest forage crop for dry, hot sections, and for 
dry seasons, often producing a crop when other 
forage plants perish; grows about 5 ft. Lb., 
12c.; 100 lbs., S10.00. 
KAFFIR CORN. Sow 8 to 10 lbs. per acre. 
White. Excellent fodder plant, green or dried, 
and the grain is valuable for feeding poultry. 4 
to 6 ft. Lb., 10c.; 100 lbs., $3.00. 
Red. Taller than the white; very leafy and juicy; 
grain good for poultry. Lb., 10c.; 100 lbs., $8.00. 
LUPINS FIELD. Sow 2 bush, per acre. Valuable 
for plowing under; succeeds on poor soils. Lb., 
18c.; 100 lbs., $14.00. 
LUCERNE, or ALFALFA. {See Clovers, page 71.) 
MANGEL WURZEL. {See Beets, page 68.) 
MILLET. Sow 1 bush, per acre. 
German or Golden, Northern Grown. This variety 
is considerably larger than Hungarian and yields 
a much heavier crop, but is later and not so 
quick growing, consequently cannot be sown 
after the fourth of July in this latitude. To 
maintain its heavy cropping character, seed of 
this variety needs to be specially cultivated. 
Our seed is specially grown and selected. Bush. 
(501bs.), $2.50;10 bushels and upwards, @$2.40. 
Hungarian. The quickest of catch crops for hay; 
may be sown up to August. Valuable when hay 
is short, or to follow some early-harvested crop. 
Bush. (48 lbs.), $2.50; 10 bush., @ $2.40. 
Japanese. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. (See page 67.) 
Lb., 10c.; 10 lbs., 80c.; 100 lbs., $7.00. 
Pearl. Sow 8 lbs. per acre. Not asbardy as other 
Millets, but enormous cropper. Lb., 15c., 100 
lbs., S12.00. 
OATS. Sow 3 bush, per acre. Those marked (*) are 
Side Oats. 
♦Long’s White Tartar. {See page 66.) Peck, 50c.; 
bush. (32 lbs.), SI.50; 10 bush., © $1.45; 100 
bush., © $1.40. 
Clydesdale, Henderson’s Imported. {See page 66.) 
Peck, 65c.; bush. (32 lbs.), $2.00; L0 bush., 
© $1.95; 100 bush., © $1.90. 
Clydesdale, American Grown. Extra choice and 
heavy, domestic grown; recleaned and free from 
all light and chaffy seeds. Bush. (32 lbs.), 
SI.40; 10 bush., @ $1.35; 100 bush., © $1.80. 
Early Newmarket. (See page 66.) Bush. (32 lbs.), 
81.60; 10bush., @ $1.55; 100 bush., @ $1.50. 
Probsteier. A leading white Oat, productive and 
heavy; strong straw. Bush. (32 lbs.), $1.30; 10 
bush., @ $1.25; 100 bush., © $1.20. 
♦Black Tartarian. Early and most prolific; straw 
long and strong. Bush. (32 lbs.), SI.50; 10 
bush., @ $1.45. 
Lincoln. Popular, early, strong-strawed; grain 
thin-skinned. Bush. (32 lbs.), $1.40; 10 bush., 
© $1.35; 100 bush., © $1.30. 
♦Storm King Imported. (See page 66.) Peck, 65c.; 
bush. (32 lbs.), $2.00; 10 bush. @ SI .95 ; 100 
bush., @ SI .90. 
♦White Russian. Large, heavy, plump grain; stools 
freely, strong straw. Bush. (32 lbs.), $1.50; 10 
bush., @ $1.45; 100 bush., @ $1.40. 
Winter or Turf Oats. For fall sowing; hardy as 
far north as Penna. Peck, 50c.; bush. (32 lbs.), 
$1.50; 10 bush., @ $1.45. 
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PEAS. Field, for Fodder and Green-Manuring. 
Sow 3 bush, per acre. (See page 67.) 
Canada White. Valuable for sowing North. Peck, 
70c.; bush. (60 lbs.), $2.50; 10 bush., @ $2.40. 
Canada Blue. Valuable for sowing North. Peck, 
SI.00; bush. (60 lbs.). $3.00; 10 bush., © $2.90 
Cow Peas, Black Eye. Sow 2 bush, per acre. After 
May 1st, for green summer feeding and plowing 
under. Bush. (60lbs.), $4.25; 10bush., © $4.(.0. 
Cow Peas, New Era. An extra early variety es¬ 
pecially adapted for late planting. Bush. (60 
lbs.), $3.75; 10 bush., © $3.55. 
POTATOES. (See pages 4*?, 44 cind 61.) 
PUMPKIN. (See page 61.) 
RAMIE. Grown for the long, silky, strong fibre; 
used for Ramie cloth, etc. $1.00 per oz.; $12.00 lb. 
RAPE. Dwarf Essex. Sow 2 to 3 lbs. per acre. (See 
page 67.) Lb., 10c.; bush. (50 lbs.), $3.75; 100 
lbs., S7.00. 
RUTA BAGA, or RUSSIAN TURNIP. Sow 2 to 3 
lbs. per acre. 
Improved American Purple Top. The popular 
standard for stock-feeding; hardy; productive; 
good keeper; yellow flesh. Lb., 55c. 
Henderson’s Long Island Improved. Bred from 
American Purple Top; nearly double in size, 
a big yielder and good keeper; flesh yellow. 
Lb., 65c. 
Large White French, Sweet German or Rock. A 
white-fleshed variety of large size. Lb., 65c. 
(For other Turmps see pages 50 and 64 .) 
RYE. Sow 1 1 2 bush, per acre. 
Spring. An excellent catch crop for fodder or 
grain. Bush. (56 lbs.), $2.70; 10 bush., (a) $2.60. 
Winter. The variety commonly cultivated for 
grain, straw, green fodder, etc. Bush. (56 lbs.), 
$1.80; 10 bush., © $1.70. 
Winter, Excelsior. A Vermont Rye, yielding 40 
to 50 bushels per acre. Bush. (56 lbs.), $1.90; 
10 bush., @ $1.80. 
Winter, Thousandfold. Heavy heading and pro¬ 
ductive; tall, strong straw. Bush. (56 lbs.), 
$1.90; 10 bush., @ $1.80. 
Winter, Giant. Big yielder of plump, heavy grain; 
straw of giant length and strength. Bush. 
(56 lbs.), $2.00; 10 bush., © $1.90. 
SAINFOIN. Sow 3 to 4 bush, per acre. An excellent 
and nutritious fodder plant for light, dry, sandy 
or gravelly soils. Lb., 15c.; 100 lbs., $12.00. 
SORGHUM, or SUGAR CANE. Sow 8 to 10 lbs. per 
acre. 
Early Orange. Valuable for green fodder; of large, 
heavv growth, but later than Amber. Lb., 10c.; 
100 lbs., $7.00. 
Early Amber. Productive and nutritious forage 
plant, yielding several cuttings in a season. 
Earlier and smaller than Orange; may be grown 
in Northern States. Lb., 10c.; 100 lbs., $8.00. 
SUGAR BEET. (See Beets, page 68.) 
SUNFLOWER. 
Mammoth Russian. Sow 4 ets. per acre. Very 
productive, large heads of large seeds. Valued 
for feeding fowl. Lb., 10c.; 100 lbs., $8.00. 
TEOSINTE. Sow 6 to 8 lbs. per acre. Resembles Corn, 
but more leafy and tillers enormously; fine for 
green fodder. % lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 
TOBACCO. 
Primus. The earliest of all; succeeds well even as 
far north as Canada. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; Y 
lb., 80c. 
Zimmer’s Spanish. The earliest and best Ameri- 
can-Spanish, and a favorite cigar variety, in¬ 
creasing in demand and culture every year. 
Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; Y lb., $1.00. 
Havana, Imported. Pkt., 10c,;oz., 60c.; Y lb.,$ 2.00. 
Havana, Domestic. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; Y lb.,$1.00. 
Sumatra, Domestic. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 60c.; Y lb., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
Connecticut. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; Y. lb., 80c. 
Kentucky. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; Y lb., 80c. 
Virginia. Pkt. 10c.; oz., 25c.; Y lb., 80c. 
VETCH. 
Spring Vetch, or Tares. Sow 2 bush, per acre. Spe¬ 
cies of Pea, grown for soiling, or sown with Oats 
for feeding green. Lb., 10c.; bush. (60 lbs.), S4.00, 
10 bu. @ 83.75. 
Winter or Sand Vetch. Sow 1 bush, per acre. 
(See page 67.) Lb., 15c.; bush. (60 lbs.), $8.25; 
100 lbs., $13.00. 
WHEAT, SPRING. Sow 1 '4 bush, per acre. 
Saskatchewan Fife. A favorite Wheat for spring 
sowing; vigorous and productive. Bush. (60 
lbs.), 82.60; 10 bush., © 82.50. 
Wellman Fife. Enormously productive; outyield- 
ing other sorts; hard, dark amber kernels. Bush. 
(60 lbs.), $2.70; 10 bush., © $2.60. 
WHEAT, WINTER. All standard sorts and new 
hybrids described in our Wheat Circular , on 
application. Orders booked noiv for fall delivery. 
WILD RICE (Zizania Aquatica). Attracts wild 
fowl; grows in shallow waters with mud bottom. 
As seed is not successful, we recommend plants, 
which we rAail in May © SI.00 doz.; $7.00, 100 
We shall be pleased to make Special Prices, p ^bf e ,to buyers of large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed, Write us 
