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



CORN. SWEET. {Welsckkom.) 



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

 of May. Successive plantings should be made every two weeks till July. Phint iii hill- three r>r tour feet apart, in thoroughly 

 manured soil. Ong quart to two hundred hills ; ten quarts to atiacre. ^et /^n^t' ^j for [-itla Lorn. 



Hickox Improved. First Crop. 



Potter's Excelsior. Crosby. Cory. Banana. Stowell's Evergreen. 



Pt. Qt. Yi-VV.. Pk. Bush. 



EARLY. 



White cob, eight rowe 



d, quality 



Farquhar's First Crop Sit.ar. The best early 



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 . 

 Ma.mmo'^h White Cory. Handsome ears, 12 rowed, grain very white, broad 



MEDIUM. 

 E.\rly 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 



Early Concord. Fourteen rowed, of good quality, splendid keeper .... 



Early Champion. Very large, 12 rowed, of the very best quality 



Perry's Hybrid. Large, 12 to 14 rowed sort, medium-grain, very white and rich 

 Hickox Improved. 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 ol excellent quality . . . • 

 Farquhar's Banana. The most delicious Table Corn iu cultivation 

 Country Gentlkman. 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 

 Farquhar's First Crop Sugar. Mammoth. Stowell's Evergreen. 

 Early Crosby. Black Mexican. Country Gentleman. 



•'5 

 •15 

 ■15 

 ■15 

 .15 

 •15 

 •15 



•'5 

 ■15 



.25 

 .25 



•25 



•25 



.20 



■25 

 ■25 



■25 

 •25 



.85 $1.50 $5 



•75 

 .85 



• 75 

 •65 

 .85 



.85 



1.25 

 1.50 



1-25 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 1.50 



•15 

 ■15 

 •15 

 •15 

 ■15 



•25 

 ■25 

 •25 

 • 25 



•25 



•75 

 •75 



.85 

 •75 

 •75 

 ■75 

 •75 



1. 25 



1.25 



••50 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 



•IS 

 ■15 

 .20 



•15 

 •15 

 •15 



■25 

 •25 

 •30 

 •25 

 •25 

 •25 



1.25 

 1.25 



1-75 

 1.50 

 1.25 

 1.25 



4.00 

 4.50 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.50 



10 each; .75 PER DOZ. 



Potter's Excelsior (Original). 

 Farquhar's Banana. 



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



