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a FARM SEEDS:::--.— 
Wood's Northern White Dent Corn 
THE CLIMAX’ OF 40 YEARS” SEPEGMIGn. 
Extraordinarily Prolific. Yields 110 Bushels Per Acre (Shelled) 
Ripens thoroughly 
south of Albany 
and Buffalo 
Large ears 10 to 12 inches long, 7 
to 8 inches in circumference, 
borne 2 to 3 feet from the 
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Long kernels, small cob 
Leafy, luxuriant plant 
making fine fodder.. 
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7 hae See: ¢ ? : ry Wood, of Westchester County, 
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York State Agricultural So- 
ciety, does not claim this to 
be a new variety, having 
a aes originally been a white South- 
Wi rietaer.e ren cast. ern Corn, yet by forty years 
1 LE i as of intelligent selection, it has 
Dh ieee jee become the earliest large 
~=* PAE ; white Dent Corn we know of 
ot i ites i, “ct and is quite distinct from the 
‘hecahac PRS. TS > Xa original ‘parent. It will ripen 
ay eye Ato ee in Connecticut, New York 
i % Ady é State (except in that portion 
é north of Rochester and Troy), 
’ Aft (i] 8 sravasmeeebatat ate Southern Michigan, Southern 
f Odse08 e 4 Wisconsin, etc.,and being vastly 
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SS eeqdesesesoposedcuobied de superior in every respect to the 
¥ 86 0 i Li] 2 bee? +i flint varieties and the small Dent 
(4 i : |] 2 Corns usually raised, will be by far 
PA uae ewe ’ Aa). wen ptt ji) the most profitable sort in latitudes 
rs 2 . cas ~ iti ee re % eT 4 Si . i 4 j f : of fi 
north of New York City, where the 
Eureka cannot safely be planted. 
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LARGEST 
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215 ; E ra Price, 20c. per qt.; 80c. per peck; $2.75 
OBER» FT tH” ‘ ¢ é ; Lie” / per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.65 per bushel. 
Ss ana” reece Wood’s Northern White Dent Corn 
DEN C RN : was referred to in the New York Tribune Farmer, in an article 
on Mr. Wood’s farm, as follows: 
POP CORN “Forty years ago Mr. Wood set out to find the most profitable 
variety of Corn for him to raise. He had learned that his farm was 
The dried grain being exposed to a high temperature explodes or ‘‘pops’’ into nearly on the dividing line between the south and the north, agricultur- 
a fluffy, snow-white, palatable mass. There are two distinct types of Pop ally considered, so he tried the White Southern Dent, obtaining his seed 
Corn, ee ao ae although the Amber is also a well-defined es y ee His from Long Island, where it had been grown for twenty years. It did 
Pearl. The White Rice is usually grown for commercial purposes, about )S. : 7 tay / ef > Vi P 
being required to plant an acre. All varieties are hardy, from Canada south. well, but the ear was from 4% to 5 feet from the ground, leaving a 
If desired by mail, add 8c. per pound. nearly valueless stalk-butt, and the cob was too lane a portey of eg 
< aS miei Ps eet | ear. For forty years he has been breeding out the butt and the cob. 
a Wee ee prio ae fire a aera inches fone ARs The lower ear on the stalk is now only 2 feet or so from the ground, 
40 es tb P00) Ibs anne good tor either family or marker USC. | and the relative size of this cob has been greatly reduced. 
Cae? fe ae ee: ; “Corn breeding is exciting much attention at this time. Here are 
AMBER PEARL. A new and distinct shade of color; rt matures | the results of forty years of experiment on that line and a better object 
very early and is in every respect a first-class pop corn. 15 cts. Ib.; lesson could hardly be found to establish its value and hint at its enor- 
100 Ibs., $12.00. mous possibilities. Mr. Wood always looks for one and a half pipes 
WHITE RICE. (Rat Tooth.) A very fine white variety, ears 4 | of ears from twenty-five hills and this represents a larger proportion © 
to 5 inches in length, and 1 to 114 in diameter. Kernel pointed. | shelled corn than is usually estimated. He has often raised 110 bushels 
Especiably salable among the retail grocers. 10 cts. 100 Ibs. $8.00. | of shelled corn to the acre.” 
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Henderson’s Superior Seeds are procurable only from us direct—we do not supply through dealers. 
