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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



CORN, SWEET. {Wehchkorn.) 



Culture. Select a warm soil, if possible, especially lor the earlier varieties, which should not be planted before the middle 

 of May. Successive plantings should he made eve i y twi> weeks till July. Plunt in hills three nr four feet apart, in thoroughly 

 manured soil. One quart to two hundred hills ; ten quarts to an acre. See page ^^ for Field Corn. 



Hickox Improved. First Crop. 



Potter's Excelsior. 



Crosby. 



Cory. 



Banana. Stowell's Tvergreen 



EARLY. Pt. Qt- Vi-^^- 



Farquhar's First Crop Sugar. The best early. White cob, eight rowed, quality 



superior to all others and very much sweeter 



Early Crosby. Dwarf, remarkably sweet, usually 12 rowed .... 

 Metropolitan. Ears average 9 inches, 10 to 12 rowed, tender and rich 



Cory. Kernels large and reddish, red cob, early dwarf 



Early Minnesota. Eight rowed, kernels broad, sweet, and tender 

 New Extra Early White Cory. Grain sweet and tender; 8 rowed . 

 Mammoth White Cory. Handsome ears, 12 rowed, grain very white, broad 



MEDIUM. 

 Early Evergreen. Similar to Stowell's Evergreen, but one to two weeks earlier 



Old Colony. A fine variety, handsome ears with 12 or more rows 



Potter's Excelsior (Original). Unsurpassed in sweetness and tenderness, 



rowed, the best main crop variety on the list 



Pk. Bu=.h. 



•15 

 •15 

 ■15 

 •15 

 .15 

 •15 

 •15 



•15 

 •15 



•15 



Early Concord. 

 Early Champion. 

 Perry's Hybrid. 

 Hickox Improved 



•IS 

 •15 

 •15 

 •15 



85 $ 



75 



85 



75 



65 



85 



85 



75 

 75 



•15 

 •15 

 .20 



•15 

 •15 

 •15 



•25 

 .25 



•30 

 •25 

 •25 

 •25 



•75 

 •75 

 [.00 



.85 



•75 

 •75 



1.50 $5.00 

 1.25 4.50 



1.50 



1^25 



1.25 

 1.50 

 1.50 



1.25 

 1.25 



1.50 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 



1.25 

 1.25 

 1-75 

 i^So 

 1.25 



1.25 



5.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 



4.50 

 4.50 



5.00 

 4.00 

 4.50 

 4-5° 

 4.50 



Fourteen rowed, of good quality, splendid keeper 



Very large, 12 rowed, of the very best quality 



Large, 12 to 14 rowed sort, medium-grain, very white and rich 

 Long, attractive ear, sweet and very productive ..... 



LATE. 

 Stowell's Evergreen. The finest late variety; ears large, 12 to 16 rowed; re- 

 mains fit for use longer than any other variety. Hardy and productive . . 

 Mammoth. The largest ears of any sort, and of excellent quality . . . • 

 Farquhar's Ban.\na. The most delicious Table Corn in cultivation 

 Country Gentleman. Cob small, irregular rowed, long, slender, white grains 

 Black Mexican. Very tender, bluish-black when ripe, cooking almost white 



Egyptian. Ears large, uniform, and of good quality 



SELECTED EARS OF THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES at .10 each: .75 per doz. 

 Farquhar's First Crop Sugar. Mammoth. .Stowell's Evergreen. Potter's Excelsior (Original) 

 Early Crosby. Black Mexican. Country Gentleman. Farquhar's Banana. 



Packets of all varieties, 10 cts. each, postpaid. 



4.00 

 4.50 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.50 



