WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897. 



SWEET CORN. 



German, Welchkom. — Fi-ench, Mais. — Spanish, Maiz. 



Prices quoted do not include postage, which is 10 cts. per quart 

 additional. Special prices by the bushel to Market Gar- 

 deners and Ti'uckei'S. 



One quart will plant 200 hills; one peck will plant one acre in 



hills. 



Sweet corn may be either sown in rows i}>{ feet apart, 

 and the seeds planted at about 8 inches in the rows, or planted 

 in hills at distances of 3 or 4 feet each way. according to the 

 variety grown, or the richness of the soil in which it is 

 planted. The taller the variety or richer the soil, the greater 

 should be the distance apart. The first plantings in this 

 vicinity are made about the middle of May, and successive 

 plantings every two or three weeks imtil the first week in 

 Julj". In the more Southern latitudes, planting is begun a 

 month earlier and continued a month later. 



White Cory. A selection of the Cory with white cob and 

 kernel, equal to the original Cory in earliness, and 

 averages sweeter. This variety is not excelled in ear- 

 liness bj^ any sort eq\ial in size. Per pt. , 15 cts. ; qt. , 25 

 cts.; pk., §1.25. 



The Cory. (Red Cob.) The earliest Sweet Corn in- cultivation, 



being ready for the market a week earlier than the 



Marblehead. Ears of good size and handsome. Per 



pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 

 Early Minnesota. Very early, ears fan- sized and uniform, 



plant rather dwarf; one of the best early kinds. Per 



pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk.. §1 00. 

 Crosby's Early. One of the best of the early sorts, ears short-, 



from 12' to 16 rows. Per pt.. 10 cts.: qt., 20 cts.: pk . 



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Moore's Early Concord. Ears large and well filled, from 12 

 to 20 rows, the earliet of its size, a superior variety. 

 Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 



Perry's Hybrid. An early twelve-rowed variety, growing 

 only four to five feet high, with ears set very low on 

 the stalk. Kernels white, large, sweet and very tender. 

 Per pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk., $1.25; bu.sh, §4.00. 



Stablers Pedisrree. This variety ripen? about ten days earlier 

 than Stowell's Evergreen and is superior in sweetness. 

 Grains deep and in straight rows on the cob, silk white 

 and easily removed. A siiperior variety for canning or 

 Market Gardeners. Perpt., loots.; qt., 25cts.; pk., $1.25. 



Black Mexican. Ears of a bluish black color when diy : an 

 extremely sweet varietv ; ears eight-rowed and of me- 

 dium size. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 



Early Eiarlit-Rowed. Ears long, kernels large, deep and 

 straight in the rows, a good variety. Perpt., 10 cts.; 

 qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 



Squantum, or Excelsior. Medium early, very sweet and of 

 excellent quality. It is very productive, frequently 

 producing four to five ears to the stalk. Perpt., 10 

 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk ,$1.00. 



Early Mainiuoth. Ripens about two weeks earlier than Late 

 ' Mammoth, ears somewhat smaller but good market size. 

 Per pt., 15 cts.; qt , 25 cts.; pk., $1.25. 



Egyptian, or Washinarton Market. One of the best of the 

 large sorts, ears from 12 to 15 rows. A superior variety 

 for canning. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt , 20 cts.; pk., $1.25. 



Hickox Improved. A valuable variety for market : ears 

 twelve-rowed, straight and handsome. Quahty of the 

 very best. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts. ; pk., $1.25. 



Gold Coin. It surpasses the Stowell's Evergreen in sweet- 

 ness and delicacy of fiavor, and has proved ten days 

 earlier and one-third larger in size. Perpt., 15 cts.; 

 qt.,25cts.; pk., $1.25. 



Ne Plus Ultra. In sweetness and delicious fiavor it is not 

 surpassed, if equaled, by any other variety. The ears 

 are below medivun size, but several grow on a stalk. 

 Per pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk. . $1.25. 



Stowell's Evergreen. The latest, and said to be the sweetest 

 variety ; will keep green till frost ; medium size, white- 

 kernels small, deep, and frequently irregular in the 

 rows. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 



Mammoth Sweet. The largest late variety ; twelve-to-six- 

 teen-rowed ; cob white, large and well filled ; very pro- 

 ductive and fine fiavored. Per pt.. 10 cts.; qt.. 20 cts.; 

 pk., $1.00. 



Country Gentleman. The sweetest and most tender of any 

 variety ; very productive ; small cob and very deep 

 kernels. Per pt., 20 cts ; qt., 35 cts.; pk., $1.50. 



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