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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



Johnson's Thoroughbred Field Corn 



SELECTED FOR SEED— TESTED FOR VITALITY 



roon'' F^tf/'F.'' ri?nSI *^^ F^^* importance to the farmer of 

 txUUD blt^LD CROPS, we have given particular attention to 

 this department of our business and made the SELECTION 

 ^^^T^l^^^^^^^^^^^T ^F FIELD CORN AND OTHER FARM 

 SEEDS a specialty, exercising great care to secure the best 

 varieties, thoroughly cleaned and of the finest possible quality 

 Note our reasonable prices for the quality we furnish. No better 

 to be had at any price. 



Average ear, 100-day BEisToii ooen. 



THE 100-DAY BRISTOL FIELD CORN 



When a few years since, before naming and introducing it 

 I first saw this corn growing in the field, with its enormous 

 stalks and todder, one-half again as high as an ordinary-sized 

 man, and its magnificent ears, averaging nearly a foot in length 

 as shown m the photograph, I was inclined to doubt its earliness! 

 13ut after growing it ourselves and on the farms of hundreds 

 of customers, we have found it cut and shocked, ready for husk- 

 ing m ninety-five to one hundred days from the time the seed 

 was planted. The grain is a light yellow; the cob is small con- 

 sidering the size of the ear. It will produce as much fodder and 

 more corn than the famous Chester County Mammoth and other 

 late varieties, which require three to four weeks longer to ripen. 

 It IS very high m protein, making it a fine ensilage corn. In fact 

 It IS a perfect field corn in all respects. Prices, pkt, 10c • lb 30c' 

 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid by mail; by express or freight, shelled, peck, 

 60c; bush., 2.50; sack of 2 bush., ^3.60; 10 bush, and over, $1 75 

 per bush; 50 ears, $2.75; 100 ears, $5.00; sack included. 



JOHNSON'S IMPROVED LEAMING CORN 



I feel it a great honor to have been the first to call attention 

 to the great value of the Improved Learning Corn, twenty-two 

 years ago, since which time it has grown in popularity each 

 season, and is now catalogued by nearly every seedsman in 

 America. It is probably more largely planted now, both in 

 the Northern and Southern States, than any other field corn 

 known. This and the 100-Day Bristol Corn are by far the 

 earliest and best large-eared Early Yellow Dent Corns in cultiva- 

 tion. The ears are large and handsome, with good grain of 

 deep orange color and small red cob. Stalks grow to medium 

 size (not large) with few suckers, slender and leafy, making 

 most excellent fodder, producing two good ears to each stalk; 

 husks and shells easily. It ripens in 90 to 100 days, and never 

 tails to make a good crop even in dry seasons, by reason of its 

 earlmess m maturing and strong, vigorous growth. One hundred 

 and thirty-six bushels shelled corn have been grown to the acre 

 on good corn ground. It is also adapted to a greater variety of 

 soils than other varieties, producing unusually well on light or 

 heavy land, where other varieties would not thrive, and also in 

 the extreme Northern States, where it has become very popular 

 tor fodder and ensilage purposes. Much of the so-called Leam- 

 mg Corn of other catalogues is not the true improved strain as 

 selected and grown by ourselves in Chester County, Pa. Prices 

 by mail, postpaid, pkt., lOe; lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c; by freight or 

 express, bags included, qt., 15c; peck, 60c; bush., $1.90; sack of 

 f^^jjsh-' p-'^5; 10 bush, and over, $1.70 per bush.; ears, 50 for 

 '2.75; 100 for $5.00. 



AUSTIN'S COLOSSAL Y ELLOW DENT CORN 



A WONDER IN LARGE SIZE OF EARS, UNIFORMLY OVER A FOOT IN LENGTH 



in iQ^m^ ^n'^ll \^^ T^^^^H ''^^- ^.?'''' Y^'^^ visiting the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, 

 f ...i;^ %^^ hundreds of varieties there exhibited, from almost every State in the Union 

 It carried off the honors and I feel justly proud in being the first to procure the seed from its 

 experienced originator, Mr. H. W Austin, to offer for sale. The yield on the farm of the origin- 

 ator m past seasons has averaged over 100 bushels to the acre, and in the most unfavorabL sea- 

 sons it has never given anything but a good yield of its magnificent ears, borne two to a stalk 

 ripemng in 115 to 125 days for planting; grain deep, rich yellow, very heavy, and will sell for the 

 highest prices on any market in the land; stalks medium, not too large, and prddrce enormouslv 

 on both light and heavy land Prices: Pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c. by mail postS- by 

 freight or express, sacks included, peck, 65c; bush., $2.00; bag of 2 bush for $3 75 ' 



