HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 45 



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Mavlc's Ideal 

 Early Corn 



Do you want delicious corn on your table 

 the 4th of July ? Then this is what you need. 



This is what Mr. Ball the originator has to say about it : 

 "Several years ago I received a small packet of early 

 sweet corn from a friend, which proved to be in the same 

 class as the Earliest of All sugar corns, considerably larger, 

 and best of all contained a sweetness equal to most of our 

 best true sugar varieties. 



"As soon as the ear began to show the flower, I selected 

 the most promising stalks and cut out those remaining. 

 These selected stalks were carefully watched as they devel- 

 oped, and by a careful system of carrying the pollen of plants 

 showing different individual qualities, from one stalk to 

 another, thus combining size, shape and earliness of ear, I 

 succeeded in obtaining wonderful results, besides imparting 

 vitality to the seed that is astonishing. It has the power of 

 germination under conditions when all others have failed, and 

 can safely be planted much earlier than any true sugar corn 

 on account of its extreme hardiness. 



"I have produced in this new early corn a variety which 

 stands alone, as a money maker. It is as lai'ge as Stowell's 

 Evergreen. The fodder will average 6 feet ; no small item 

 to a farmer ; and as a proof of its quality and sweetness, I had 

 a continuous call for 'Ideal' from the wealthiest and most 

 fashionable residents of the surrounding suburban towns. 

 In earliness, any one growing this corn will have the crop 

 marketed and the money in his pocket before any of the early 

 sugar corns are ready." 



It adapts itself to any kind of soil, either sand or heavy clay. 

 It will pay handsomely for every pound of manure given it. 



Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents; 2 quarts, 90 

 cents, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 40 

 cents; 4 quarts, $1.10; peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 



Country Gentleman or 

 Improved Shoe Peg 



The ears are of quite large size, and frequently three on a 

 stalk. The grains are irregularly set on the ear. The cob 

 is remarkably small, giving great depth to the compressed 

 grains. The ears average eight to nine inches in length. 

 For delicious flavor and sweetness none surpass this variety. 

 We recommend it especially to private or ^market gardeners 

 or for choice retail trade. 



Packet, 1 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents, postpeiid. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 30 cents; 4 quarts, $1.00; 

 peck, $1.75; bushel, $6.00. 



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COUNTRY GENTLEMAN SWEET CORN. 



