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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES -T% 



MAIN 



CROP. 



THE TWO BEST SWEET CORNS ON EARTH. 



VERY 

 EARLY. 





/HENDERSON'S 



Country 

 Gentleman 



Sweet Corn 



For Main Crop. 



The Most Delicious 

 Sweet Corn Grown. 



Plump, Pearly-White, Milky 



Kernels, fairly melting 



in the mouth. 



Retaining its 



Delicate Tenderness 



even when a little old. 



Very Productive, 



Each stalk yielding 3 and often 



4 ears ; even 6 ears to a 



stalk occasionally, 



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HENDERSON'S 



ountry Gentleman. 



HENDERSONS 



M ETROPOLITAN 



V <^S WEET C ORN 



FOR VERY EARLY. 



The Best, The Largest, The Sweetest, 



/ and the Biggest Yieldcr of all 



eArly SWEET CORNS 



CY1 S the finest of all Sweet 

 jj\, Corns for the private 

 ( ~ ) table. The arrange- 

 ment of the kernels on the 

 cob indicates high quality. 

 The moment the teeth 

 sink into this luscious, 

 milky, tender Corn, you 

 will become a complete 



convert to it, for it will delight the most fastidious epicure. 

 It retains its delicate tenderness and flavor even when a little 

 old, as the ears are enclosed in a heavv husk, which tends to 

 keep the ear "in the milk" for severaldavs longer than other 

 corns. The ears average eight to nine inches in length, cob 

 small and plump ; pearly- white kernels of great depth fill the 

 ear from end to end. It produces three, manv times four, 

 and occasionally five and six, ears to a stalk. But the great 

 merit of the "Country Gentleman" Corn is its delicious 

 quality; it is, without doubt, the sweetest and most tender of 

 any Sweet Corn. (See cut.) Price, 15c. I pt., 25c. pt., 40c. 

 qt., $1.75 pk., $5.50 bush. 



WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT IT: 



"/ wish In apeak of the Country Gentleman Sweet Corn as being better 

 than the best that we liave ever tried. It's fine " 



GEORGE ROGERS, Jackson, Mich. 

 The Country Gentleman Sweet Corn is the best and sweetest we hare ever 

 rawed or eaten.' Mrs. X. W. BONNELL, Springfield, X. J. 



"I wish to speak in praise of your Country Gentleman Sweet Corn. TIV 

 thought it the best, sweeU . and it lasted so long 'in the 



milk' condition we will never be without it " 



Mrs. C. M. CHAPMAN, Drrr Creel-, III. 

 We are now feasting on the Country Gentleman. Ilarina used it for 

 years can truly say there is no oOur ,,,/ /„ ft " 



R013EHT I'. ORR, Haiti, ind, N. C. 



C> : T is safe to say that 

 **/ there has never been on 

 ^—> the market any one va- 

 riety of Corn that combined 

 the essential features of 

 earliness and good flavor 

 in a satisfactory^ degree. 

 In these important charac- 

 teristics, ' 'Metropolitan ' ' 

 certainly outclasses any 

 other variety. It is only 

 two days later than Cory, 

 which has been the most 

 popular early sort. 



The plant is distinct, be- 

 ing very strong in stalk, 

 growing 5h feet in height. 

 The leaves are numerous, 

 narrow and very dark green 

 in color. The ears, two to 

 three to the plant, are all set 

 low. They are uniformly 

 9 inches long, 10 to 12 

 rowed, well filled to the tip 

 with large deep grains, 

 which are very tender. It 

 is not merely sweet, but 

 possesses that exquisite 

 richness so well known in 

 the larger and later sorts. 

 An ample husk insures its 

 remaining in the "milk" 

 longer than is usual with 

 early varieties. (See cut.) 

 Price, 15c. i pt., 25c. pt., 

 40c. qt., $1.75 pk., $5.50 bu. 



"Your Metropolitan Sweet Corn 

 was certainly the sweetest and most 

 succulent corn I ever ate." 

 E. H. PLATT, Watervliet, N. Y. 



"Having enjoyed our last mess 

 of your Metropolitan Sweet Corn, 

 1 suggest that you are warranted 

 in adding to your catalogue de- 

 scription its 'evergreen' qualities. 

 Last year I planted it in the same 

 garden and at same dates with 

 Stowell's Evergreen and found it 

 outdid the latter in length of lime 

 it remained in table condition. 

 This year four plantings of Metro- 

 politan kept our table supplied 

 from Aug. Uth to Oct. S7th. It 

 remains a long time 'in the mUk.'" 

 —L.D.COLLIXS.Sec'y The John- 

 son Harvester Co., Bataria, X. Y. 



"I planted a small quantity of 

 your Metropolitan Sweet Corn last 

 s< <'son beside Kende/'s Early Giant. 

 Cory and Perry's Hybrid. All re- 

 ceived equal attention and Metro- 

 politan was earlier than any, had 

 larger ears, filled better a! tip, and 

 was vastly superior in tenderness 

 and flavor. It is, indeed, an ac- 

 quisition."— C. J. IiUHIXSOX, 

 Polcrson, X. J. 



CORN, BEANS and PEAS we do NOT deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pint or 10c. per quart is added to prices. 



