54 THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1906 J 
SW E ET O =] SUG A R ‘or @) =] N S feet, or 8x4 feet, according to variety. Give frequent and continued 
shallow culture. Leave three stalks to the hill, and make successional 
CULTURE.—Sweet corn always does well on sod land, or where clover | plantings until nearly mid-summer. Use one quart for 600 hills; six tej) 
has been turned down. Plant when danger of frost is over, in hills 2x3 | eight quarts per Cover seed witb an inch of soil. 
When sweet corn by the pint or quart is ordered by express or freight, 
6 cents per pint or 10 cents per quart may be deducted from prices quoted. FIRST OF ALL. 
Pecks and bushels are sent by freight or express at purchaser’s expense. EARLY SHEFFIELD.—A cross between Cory and Adams, and 
FIRST OF ALL.—Reaches maturity from two to seven days sooner | distinctly superior to either variety; as hardy as Adams, which is not}|) 
than Cory, and I can confidently recommend it. It produces larger | sweet, and as sweet as Cory, which is not hardy. It will withstand 
ears than Cory and more to the stalk, and will prove a boon to gardeners | light frost. Better than Cory in being free from smut. The stalk 
who desire to be first in market. It may be planted quite closely, on | grows five feet high, and bears two good-sized ears. The ears are 
account of the comparatively small size of the stalks. It is the earliest | handsome, the grains being in ten or twelve rows. The table quality is 
table corn, and brings double the price that better corns command | excellent. JI am pleased with Early Sheffield on my trial grounds. | 
later in the season. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 25c.; qt., 40c., postpaid. Peck, $1.50. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.00. 
NONESUCH. ‘ 
NONESUCH. —I introduced this prolific second-early corn in 1892. It 
is tender and sweet, and of extra high table quality. It almost always 
MAMMOTH WHITE CORY. — Ears larger than common Cory, yields two perfect ears to the stalk, the ears being 9 to 12 inches long, 
and two or even three to the stalk. Claimed by the originator to be the | compactly filled with grains from end toend. Itisared-cobbed variety, 
largest and best extra early sweet corn in existence. The grains are in | and preferred by many people on that account. Planted with the earli- 
twelve rows, and the ear is symmetrical and handsome, with no open- | est corns it makes a perfect succession. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; | | 
ings between the rows at the base. Grains large and white and of | quart, 85 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.00. 
remarkably good quality for such an early sort. Excellent for market. For bushel prices see page 82. 
Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 35 cts., postpaid. Peck, 31.00. 
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grains are irregularly 
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the compressed grains. 
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especially to private gardeners or for choice retail trade. Packet, 10 cents; 
pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.25. d 
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