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



NEW SWEET CORN " PEEP O 1 DAY." 



TEN DAYS EARLIER THAN AXY OTHER VARIETY. 



What product of the garden is so eagerly awaited 

 as the first Sweet Corn of the season? — not the 

 tasteless, discouraged, premature corn, shipped from 

 long distances, worthless when picked and unfit for 

 food when it arrives, but the real, tender, juicy 

 Sweet Corn ready for use before the summer has 

 really commenced. Such a Sweet Corn is Peep o' 

 Day. 



Other characteristics of the Peep o' Day in ad- 

 dition to its extreme earliness are its tenderness and 

 sweetness, surpassing in these particulars any other 

 early Sweet Corn. 



Description and Cultivation. 



The ears of Peep o' Day corn average about 6 

 inches in length and are perfect in form. In habit 

 of growth Peep o' Day is very distinct. The stalks 

 grow from 3 to 4 feet in height, 3 to 5 ears on 

 the stalk. The stalks being so small they may be 

 allowed to stand very closely together. The seed 

 may be planted either in hills or in rows. If the 

 former, plant 6 or 7 kernels in a hill, later thinning 

 out so as to leave 4 plants to each hill. If in rows 

 and not in hills, drop the seed about 6 inches apart 

 and (if planted early) cover about 1 inch deep. 

 Later plantings should be put in deeper. Eight 

 to 10 quarts will plant an acre. 



Price, Packet, iocts.; Selected Ears, 10 cts. 

 each; pint, .25 cts.; quart, .40 cts.; % peck, $1.25; 

 peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.00. 



If by mail add 8 cts. per pint, and 15 cts. per 

 quart extra for postage. 



Peep o' Day Sweet Com gave me good ears of 

 the best flavored and siveetest very early com that 

 I have ever been able to get. I shall plant it again. 

 It is far ahead of the Cory in earliness and sweet- 

 ness . 



ROBT. W. CURTIS, 



Stratford, Conn. 



Peep <?' Day Siueet Com was the earliest com 

 of the year; ahead of either Cory or White Cob Cory y 

 and szoeet. The cob is wh ite, kern els p ea rly wh ite , 

 ears averaging six inches in length, exceptionally 

 good for early market or home consumers. 



RE V. J. R. IA WRENCE, 

 (Eden Trial Grounds), lanesboro, Mass. 



We think Peep 0' Day Sweet Corn very fine, 

 and we had it earlier than our neighbors. We 

 call it about 10 days earlier than any other corn. 



MRS. GRANT CC/RRIE, 



Cur rie, X. Y. 



Peep o' Day Sweet Corn. 



Maxwell's Court, Rockville, Conn., Nov. 16, /goj. 

 R. & f. Farquhar cr Co. : 



Gentlemen: I have purchased from you for the last two years quite a quantity of your Farquhar 's Evergreen 

 lawn Grass Seed, which has been very satisfactory. Jt has produced a splendid sward with rich green color, free 

 from 7ueeds, and has been admired by all who have seen it. Your seeds have given me the best results during my 

 twenty-two years' experience in this country as gardener. Your Grass Mixture for growing under trees and shady 

 places cannot be surpassed. Yours very truly, 



GEORGE PECK, 



Gardener to F. T. Maxwell, Esq. 



