. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 22 PETER HENDERSON A CO., NEW YORK- Two Grand ^ WINTER WHEATS RURAL NEW YORKER Bearded AND, Beardless. THESE are both the result of upwards of twenty years' thoroughly scientifie crossing and careful selection at the hands of the late Mr. E. S. Carman, the well-known editor of the Rural New Yorker, and raiser of many of the most valuable agricultural introductions of recent years. These two varieties have been selected from hundreds of crosses and varieties as superior in all desirable qualities. The
. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 22 PETER HENDERSON A CO., NEW YORK- Two Grand ^ WINTER WHEATS RURAL NEW YORKER Bearded AND, Beardless. THESE are both the result of upwards of twenty years' thoroughly scientifie crossing and careful selection at the hands of the late Mr. E. S. Carman, the well-known editor of the Rural New Yorker, and raiser of many of the most valuable agricultural introductions of recent years. These two varieties have been selected from hundreds of crosses and varieties as superior in all desirable qualities. They have now been grown in most wheat-growing sections, and most flattering testimony has been received by us regarding their merits. "Bearded" Rural New yorRer (Number 57) has heavily-bearded heads which are beautifully symmetrical, being pointed at the tip, broad in the middle, and tapering towards the stem. The straw is unusually tall and strong and stools freely, frequently having 35 to 40 stalks from a single grain. The heads are com- pact, averaging three kernels to a spikelet or "breast," and ten breasts to a side. The kernels are of medium size and of an attractive color, between the so-called "red" and amber, possessing the requisite degree of hardness for the production of the finest grade of flour, and is much sought after by millers. The chaff is clear white, with a trace of velvet sufficient to make it difficult for the green fly to attack it, and the heads do not mildew as the full velvet chaff varieties are liable to do. ((See CM*.) , $ per bushel; 10-bushellots, per bushel. ."Beardless" Rural New yorker (Number G) This beardless variety is a hybrid between Eye and Armstrong Wheat, though all traces of Eye have disappeared and it now appears a handsome, beardless Wheat. It succeeds and produces heavy- crops on poor, thin land, where Wheat could not be successfully or profitably grown, and it also has extre
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