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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



ORIGINAL STOWELL'S EVERGREEN SWEET CORN. 



A large part of the sugar corn sold as Stowell's Evergreen is not the true 

 stock. Wes:i\v wliat purported to be Stowell's Evergreen, growing the past 

 season on six diflferent farms, and there was no two of these crops the same corn 

 nnd not one of the. n tlie true Evergreen as originated by Mr. Stowell and .sold 

 by him in Philadelpliia markets over 20 years ago. We are satisfied that a 

 mnjority of farmers and truckers who have for many years grown what was 

 called Stowell's Evergreen have really never had that" variety in its original 

 purity. The stock we offer has been grown and carefully selected each season, 

 from seed originally purchased from the originator, and notwithstanding there 

 have been scores of new varieties introduced since, there is to-day no late sweet 

 corn which can compete with the true Stowell's Evergreen for either market, 

 family use or canning. Pint, 20c.; qt., 35e. ; peck, 85c.; bush., $3.00. Special 

 prices bv letter for larger quantities. 



CLARK'S NONE- 

 SUCH. In offering .this 

 new second early sweet 

 corn, we quote the follow- 

 ing from a letter written 

 us by Mr. C. S. Clark, the 

 originator: "I have been 

 growing sweet corn very 

 largely for the trade for 

 fourteen years, and have 

 never introduced a new 

 sort until this one now. 

 This novelty (Clark's 

 None-Such I I can recom- 

 mend as the best otit of over 

 eighty sort^ which I now 

 grow, and I will give any 

 man one hundred dollars 

 for its equal in quality. It 

 is sure to please because 

 of its good-size ear, strong 

 growing qualities, and 

 heavy yield. I will guar- 

 antee every cob to be pink 

 in color, with white grain 

 of good size, tinted with 

 pink at cob end. From a 

 large crop grown for seed 

 this season not one ear 

 showed a sign of glaze or 

 flint, therefore it must be 

 sweet and tender. It is 

 twelve to fourteen rowed, 

 comes in use after Moore's 

 Concord, with larger ears. 

 The fodder is of beautiful 

 color, tinted with pink, 

 both on leaves and stalks." 

 In critical tests of this 

 variety on our trial 

 grounds, we find Mr. 

 Clark's strong claims fully 

 substantiated. Pkt., lOc; 

 pint, 20c.; qt., 40c., post- 

 paid; qt., 25c.; peck. SI. 00; 

 bush., S:t.50. by freight. 



SHAKE K'S EARLY. 

 A new variety of excel- 

 lent quality, ripening with 

 the Early Minnesota, but 

 with larger ears: produces 

 two or three large ears 

 with each stalk. Pint, 

 20c.; qt.. 35c.; peck, 80c.; 

 bush.,S2.75. 



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OKIGINAL STO'WKLI.S EVERGRBEIf. 



CLARK S NONE-SUCH. 



SQUANTUM, or 

 POTTKR'S EXCEL- 

 SIOR. An excellent 

 variety of the finest quality 

 for table use and market; 

 ripens early wiih fine large 

 ears and deep grain. Pint, 

 20c.: qt., 35e.; peck, 90r.; 

 bush., Sa.25. 



EARLY UA'WN. This new and distinct sugar corn 

 is pronounced by those who have grownit a must valuable 

 introduction. It is unquestionably the Largest-eai e<I, 

 Wliite-cobbed Early Sweet Corn, with rich, creamy-white 

 kernels, so large, plump and deep that the shell or hull, so 

 prominent in most varieties, is reduced to a minimum; the 

 ears, in many instances, having sixteen to twenty-two rows. 

 Pkt., lOc; pint, 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, $1.00; bush., S3. 75. 



NEW EARLY BONANZA. A few years since, an 

 enterprising market gardener of this city astonished his 

 brother gardeners by having in market, severalweeks ahead- 

 of any of them, ^ar(/e, /iHe ear*- of sweet corn in great abund- 

 ance, for which he obtained almost fabulous prices. Having^ 

 become quite celebrated for its fine quality, it was much 

 sought after. Its good qualities were fixed by careful selec- 

 tion of seed, and it was nan)ed New Eaklv Bonanza. It is 

 undoubtedly as early as Minnesota, Crosby's and other exirii 

 early varieties, while the ears are much larger. It is exceed- 

 ingly prolific, bearing two or three good ears to tlie stalk. 

 Pint, 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, 90a; bush., $3.25. 



THE GUARANTEE. This new variety has had a- 

 great reputation for years in one of the largest market 

 houses in Philadelphia, where it has been brought in its 

 season by a Che-*ter County market man. It hail become 

 known to ils patrons as " The Guarantee," he having- 

 always in disposing of it, guaranteed it to be the sw«-etesr- 

 in the whole market. We have seen his supply of this com 

 sold out before 8 o'clock in the morning, long before the 

 market wits half over, notwithstanding the fact that his 

 price was always 10c. per dozen above his competitors. Jt> 

 grows a fair-sized, handsome white ear, grain very much 

 shrivelled when dry, coming in secondearly or intermediate, 

 and producing three to four ears on each stalk. Pint, 20c.; 

 qt., 35c.; peck, SI. 00; bush., $3.7.5. 



THE HONEY. Originated with a German market 

 gardener near Allentowii, Pa., who had the reputation of 

 bringing the finest and sweetest corn to that market. ]i» 

 growth and appearance it is unlike any other variety, the 

 husks and stalks being of adeep red color during growth, 

 while the corn itself is of a beavitiful cream white, mucU 

 shrivelled when dry, with deep grain and small col>. It is 

 also a most productive variety, bearing three to four good, 

 large ears on a stalk, growing vigorously, and coming in as 

 early as Moore's Concord. Pkt., lOc; pint, 20c.; qt., 40e,; 

 peck, $1.25; bush., St. 00. 



CROSBY'S EXTRA EARLY. An early market 

 variety ; very productive, ears rather short and rich, sugary 

 flavor. Pint, 20c.: qt., 35c.; peek, 80c.; hush., $2.75. 



EARLY MAM.WOTH, or ASYLUM. Ripens about 

 two weeks earlier than Late Mammoth; ears somewhat 

 smaller, but of good market size. Pint, 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, 

 85c.; bush., 83.00. 



ROSLYN HYBRID. A medium early variet.v, with 

 large fine ears, and in quality equal to Stowell's Evergreen. 

 Much prized by canners and fine for market. Pint, 20e.; qt., 

 3ic.; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.75. 



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