32—Vegetable Seeds 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1911 
Sweet or Sugar Corns 
CULTURE.—Sweet corn always does well on sod land, or where clover 
has been turned down. Plant when danger of frost is over, in hills 2x8 
feet, or 3x4 feet, according to variety. Give frequent and continued 
Baio 
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Shallow culture. Leave two or three stalks to the hill, and make suc- 
cessiona! plantings until nearly mid-summer. Use one quart for 600 
hills, six to eight quarts per acre. Cover seed with an inch of soil. 
MAULE’S COLOSSAL EARLY SUGAR CORN. 
» Maule’s Colossal Early Sugar Corn 
Now First Offered 
The Finest Sugar 
Corn in Existence 
The first real rival of the Shoe Peg or Country Gentleman, as large as Stowell’s Evergreen, 
and of delicious flavor. 
Frequently matures fine large ears ten weeks from planting. 
For a number of years I have been watching closely this new corn, and last year distributed 
hundreds of packets in all sections of the country, to the unbounded satisfaction of all who 
planted it. 
It might be called an Improved Ideal, for while not so early as the Ideal by a few 
days, it produces larger ears, and is in all respects a genuine sugar corn of superb flavor. 
Probably no man in the country has had so much experience with various kinds of sugar 
corm, as Mr.’C..S. Clark, of Ohio.) {Thad jhim 
grow a crop of Maule’s Colossal for me last 
year, and last September wrote to him asking his opinion of this variety. He answered my com- 
munication under date of September 14, 1910, 
“Your Colossal Sweet Corn was planted May 14th, and laid 
in the cold ground for one month beforeit cameup. This was 
due to the fact that May and the fore part of last June hold 
the record as the coldest months ever known in Ohio at 
this season of the year. During all those four weeks of cold, this 
corn stuck and hung to life and grew, and we got a good stand 
of it, and it came on and made the best crop of sweet corn in 
Northern Ohio where hundreds of acres of all sorts are grown. 
“This is a fact, that itis the best field of sweet corn today 
in all this section. Therefore, we have a right to be more 
as follows: 
than pleased with this corn. The ears are nearly as large as 
Stowell’s, and it is sweet and tender and of fine quality, with 
fodder just as large and more ears per stalk on the average. 
‘“‘Market gardeners, canners, hotels and the sweet corn 
growers will appreciate having this variety to come in just 
after the early sorts are gone and before the late sorts are ready. 
It is a very strong grower, and I have never seen a sweet corn 
which grows the ears so far away from the stalk on a long 
strong shank, ears up three feet from the ground, making it 
the most convenient corn to pick off the stalk I ever saw.”’ 
I also had another crop of this corn grown in Connecticut by Mr. Willard, former President 
of the American Seed Trade Association. 
In writing to me he has this to say: 
“We are much pleased with the appearance of this new sweet corn, and think the name you 
have chosen, ‘‘Colossal,’? would be very appropriate. 
It is early for a large eared variety, and I believe will prove to be a very popular sort.” 
yield. 
The prospect is for an exceedingly nice 
Now here are opinions of two authorities on sugar corn, one in the Middle West, and one in 
New England, which corroborate in every way what I previously thought of this grand new 
sweet corn. 
Maule’s Colossal has three principal points 
First—Earliness. It has matured a crop in from 58 to 62 
days under extraordinary circumstances, but can generally be 
depended on to come to maturity inside of 70 days. 
Second—Flavor. It is the most delicious sugary corn you 
have ever eaten. A rival of Country Gentleman. 
Third—Size. It is undoubtedly the largest eared extra early 
sugar corn in existence, as the ears average from 7 to 9 inches 
Packet, 15 cents; half pint, 30 cents; pint, 50 
At our Panmure Seed Gardens, at Newfield, N. J., the crop was the admiration of all. 
that especially recommend it: 
in length, and frequently 2} to 3 inches in diameter, with 12 to 
14 rows of white sweet kernels that fairly melt in your mouth. 
Two or three ears are generally found on every stalk; it 
grows from 6 to 7 feet tall, which furnishes a most desirable 
fodder. I have had a fine crop, as above stated, grown in 
Ohio, also in Connecticut and New Jersey. Although this is 
the first year for Colossal, I can offer it by the quart. 
cents; quart, $1.00; 4 quarts, $2.50, postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 90 cents; 4 quarts, $2.00. 
