10 THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1906 
e New Ideal Early Corn 
Do you want delicious corn 
on your table the 4th of July? 
Then this is what you need. 
I have been particularly fortunate in again being able to 
secure the originator’s entire supply of this new corn, which I 
take pleasure in offering my friends this year for the second 
time. This is what Mr. Ball the originator has to say about it: 
“About six 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 ovr 
best true sugar varieties. For some years I have made a 
study of scientific plant breeding, and decided to put my 
efforts and study to the improvement of this corn. 
“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. 
“I have produced in this new sweet corn a variety which 
stands alone, as a money maker. It is as large 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, anyone growing this corn will have the crop 
marketed and the money in his pocket before any of the 
early sugar corns are ready. 
“This season sugar corn had been a glut on the market, 
selling as low as 25 cents per hundred, but by planting 
Ideal, I was enabled to produce from less than one acre sixty 
hundred ears, which sold at wholesale at $1.50 per hundred, 
besides selecting nearly thirty bushels for seed. It adapts 
itself to any kind of soil, either sand or heavy clay. It will 
pay handsomely for every pound of manure given it. 
“It should be planted not closer than 3 feet each way, if 
soil is very rich; 3x3 would be better. Do not let the ears 
get over ripe. Make small cuts about 3 inches from end of 
ear with sharp knife before cutting, to ascertain if in edible 
condition, as it is somewhat deceiving until one gets accus- 
tomed to its growth.” 
The illustration herewith is from a photograph of an 
average ear full 8 inches long. It speaks for itself. The 
supply of seed of Ideal is still very limited. 
Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 
NEW IDEAL EARLY CORN. pint, 60 cents; quart, $1.00, postpaid. 
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: |_ Mr. Robert H. Magill, Germantown, Pa., Dealer in Fine Fruits, 
y \) hat Produce Dealers Say S | Fancy Groceries and Fresh vesetables! Writes: “I have been supplied 
A by Mr. Ball with ‘Ideal Sweet Corn’ before any other farmer in this 
Mr. Samuel Rose, Germantown, Pa., writes: vicini ly at i 7} 
¢ V * : | Vicinity had z j ¥ H =< y 
“Mr. Ball has supplied me with Ideal corn for several years, several | a good keller ti alia se Aion ea a Eps) ES 
pccks ahead onal the other farmers. 1 paid him $1.50 per hundred | : - 
is season for this special corn. When the first sugar co : in | 
from other farmers I could buy it for a mere song, it being so plenti- In 1905 Mr. Ball off of 23 acres sold 23,000) ears, none at Jessithan 
ful. My customers pronounce “Ideal” the best they ever had.” $1.50 per 100 wholesale, and all were marketed before July 28th. 
