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Maule's Improved Early Mastodon Com* 



In the celebrated American Agriculturist Corn Contest, it far outyielded every other yellow corn In 

 America. Alfred Rose, Vates Co., N. Y., from seed purchased of me raising on one acre 15,898 pounds of 

 corn on the ear, which made 213 bushels of shelled corn. Another of my customers, George Cartner, 

 Pawnee Co., Neb., reported next best yield on one acre, 11,380 pounds on the ear, or 171 bushels of 

 shelled corn. See reports in flarch, 1890, issue of the American Agriculturist. 



For vears mv entire supply was sold out early In the season, and hundreds of dollars had to be 

 returned to disappointed customers. Be sure to purchase early and direct from headquarters, as 

 thousandsof bushels of corn— Mastodon only in name— have been sold by unprincipled dealers. 



Earlv Mastodon will be found to combine large yield, large grains and extra earliness to a re- 

 markable degree better than anv other variety. It originated with Mr. C. .S. Clark, of Ohio, probably 

 the largest grower of field and sweet corn for seed purposes in America. Mr. Clark grows every 

 variety of corn known to the American public, and in Mastodon he claims to have the best of all. 

 In describing Mastodon I cannot do better than quote as follows from a letter from Mr. Clark : 



"In the Mastodon vour customers will find a highbred corn, of beautiful color, and one which 

 will please them. I claim for this corn the largest number of rows on cob, and the deepest, longest 

 grains of anv corn ever originated. It makes the finest appearing shelled corn I have ever seen, 

 being a cast "of two colors, and such corn as brings the highest price in market. It fully withstands 

 the vigor of our Xorthern climate, and grows very rapid, strong and rank, at a medium height, and 

 will outvield any corn ever grown in this section. To convince your customers of its earliness, 

 tell them it was grown and ripened in from 96 to 100 days within eight miles of Lake Erie. 

 Fields planted June 1st were cut up September I5th. You cannot too highly recommend this 

 corn to vour customers. Mv reputation as the largest grower of seed corn in this country is at 

 stake, when I say to vou, as"l have said before, that the Mastodon Corn is the earliest in the 

 world, taking its size'and number of rows on the cob. I have grown thousands of bushels of 

 Golden Beautv, and now have manv fields under contract. The Mastodon is 3 weeks to one 

 month earlier; growing side bv side, and planted the same week; and again Mastodon Corn is 

 from one week'to ten days earlier than the J. S. or any other Learning corn grown, and with us 

 ripened up in some cases earlier than Pride of the North. How can it be otherwise; it is crossed 

 with the two earliest corns ever grown in the North— the White Cap and Early Row Dent? " 



If vou wish to be abreast of the times, you must put in a few acres of Mastodon. Not a 

 corn grower who reads this catalogue should miss this opportunity of planting the most 

 improved Yellow Dent in America— a corn sure to outclass any other variety grown. 



Packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents: .3 pounds, 75 cents, by mall, postpaid. By express 

 or freight, peck, ?5 cents; bushel, $2.00; -i bushels, S3.50; 10 bushels, $15.00, 



EXTRa EaRLY HURON DENT CORN.— For years past one of my growers of field 

 corn has ofl'ered a large sum of money to any man who could produce and prove to him a 

 Dent Corn as early as Flint. Mr. A. A. Chatfleld, of Fulton county, Ohio, has won the 

 money, and I now olTer to mj' customers the most perfect shaped ear, economical grain and 

 earliest Dent corn in the L'nited States. This Dent corn will ripen with my customers in 

 many Northern .States where heretofore they have only been able to grow the Flint varie- 

 ties, and is really the most valuable extra early corn ever introduced. It is of a bright orange 

 color, has good 'sized stalk and ear, small red cob, long deep grain, is very rich in oil and 

 starch, and is the only smooth, very early Dent corn I know of. 70 pounds of ears made 63J^ '. 

 pounds of shelled corn, leaving only 6)4 pounds for the cobs. 



Packet, 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. Peck, 60 cts.; bushel, Sl.7.5; 10 bushel, Slo.OCf. 

 lOWa GOLD MINE CORN.- "Six years ago a special premium offer brought 

 sample ears of corn from several hundred farmers and seed growers, and from 

 these we chose the one which was most decidedly the best, and have been selecting and 

 improving it until it is about as near perfection as corn can be made. It is early, ripening 

 only a few days later than Pride of the North; ears are of good size and symmetrical; color 

 a bright golden yellow, grain is very deep, cob smalt, and therefore dries out verj' quickly as 

 soon as ripe. Seventy pounds of ear corn makes sixty to sixty-two pounds of shelled corn, 

 and will grade No. 1 in any market." — This is a quotation from the Introducer's description. 

 A large grower of seed corn of my acquaintance brought this variety before my notice, and 

 it is principally through his high recommendation that I offer it to my customers. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 7.5 cts., postpaid. Peek, 60 cts.; bushel, S1.75; 2 bushels, S3.00. 

 LEaMING CORN.— Is in character somewhat of a Dent variety, nearly always two 

 good ears to the stalk. In good soil, well manured, has produced by actual measurement 

 18i bushels shelled corn per acre. .Stalks grow to a medium size, ears large and handsome, 

 of a deep orange color and small red cob. Mv stock needs no Improvement. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. Peck, 60 cts.; bushel, 81.75; 2 bushels, $3.00. 

 IMPROVED GOLDEN BEaUTY CORN.— The ears are of perfect shape, with 

 from ten to fourteen straight rows of golden yellow grains, of remarkable size, and filled 

 out completely to the extreme end of the cob. The cobs are unusually small; when broken 

 in half the grains will always reach across. The ears are easily shelled, although the 

 kernels are firm on the ear, and in every respect presents as perfect a type as could be 

 desired. My seed is certainly worthy the name Improved. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 

 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, bv mail, postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; bushel, SI. 75; 10 bushels, 815.00. 



CHESTER eO. MaMMOTH CORN.— If you want the genuine, send direct to 

 headquarters. Wherever introduced it has given universal satisfaction, both on account 

 of its large yellow ears, big yield, fine quality of grain and superb fodder. Packet, 10 cents; 

 pound, SO cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; bushel, $1.75; 2 bushels, 88.00. 



FLOOR CORN.- Makes Bread, Cakes, Rolls, Biscuits, Waffles, etc., as light and good 

 as those made from the best wheat flour. It will jield twice as many bushels as common 

 varieties of field corn, and four times as much fodder. Makes fine roasting ears, hominy 

 and beautiful starch. It must, however, to mature in this latitude, be planted by the 1st 

 to the 20th of May, as it requires at the very least as long a season as Chester County 

 Mammoth to mature. Stools from the ground like sorghum; suckers should not be pulled 

 ofl'. Cull ivate .same as other corn. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 3 lbs., 81.00. By exp., peck, 81.00. 

 HICKORY KING CORN.- Has the smallest cob and largest grains, and is the 

 most valuable and reliable White Corn in cultivation. It will shell more and weigh more 

 to a given measure, make more ears to a stalk and bear planting closer than any other 

 field variety of white corn in the world. It ripens in from 100 to 120 days from time of 

 planting; shells and husks easily, and makes as much fodder to the acre as other kinds; 



unusually productive. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. 

 Peck, t» cts.; hn.. ?1.75: 2 bn., 8:^.00. 

 RED COB ENSILaGE 

 CORN. — A pure white corn, 

 cropping as high as 45 tons per 

 acre. It is sweet, tender and 

 juicy; furnishes more nourish- 

 ment than any other variety, has 

 short joints, abundance of leaves 

 and grows to a great height. It is 

 adapted to every section of the 

 country. Hundreds of dairy far- 

 mers use it and are never disap- 

 pointed. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 

 3 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. Peck, 

 50 cts.: 1)11.. S1..50; 10 hn., SU.OO. 



SUGaR CORN FOR 

 GREEN FODDER. — Sweet. r 

 and more nutritious, and eaten 

 more readily than fodder from 

 field corn. Peek, 75 cts.; bu., 81.7,5. 



ALL peeks and Itushels at prices 

 ' ^quoted are packed and delivered 

 free to express or freiffhl compa- 

 nies in Philadelphia: purchaser 

 paying the transportation charges. 



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mPLLED CORN PER ACRF 



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