WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 31 



The New Ideal Early Corn 



Do you want delicious corn on your table 

 the 4th of July? Then this is what you need 



This is what Mr. Ball the originator has to say about it : 

 "About eight 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 our 

 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, be- 

 sides 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 

 i of ear with sharp knife before cut- 

 ting, to ascertain if in edible condi- 

 tion, as it is somewhat deceiving 

 until one gets accustomed 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 

 limited. I advise early orders. 



Packet, 15 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts.; 

 2 quarts, 90 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, not prepaid, qt., 35 cts.; pk., $2.00. 



NEW IDEAL EARLY CORN. 



Golden Bantam Sweet Corn. 



This is a new very early corn from Massachusetts. My old friend, Mr. E. L. Coy, says it 

 impressed him as the sweetest and most tender corn he had ever tasted. It is deep yellow in color 

 and very early, entirely different from the old Early Orange and much earlier. Can be planted 

 thickly, and with me every stalk had from 2 to 3 perfect ears. The introducer says that on account 

 of the firm substance of the cured grains it can be planted earlier than any other true sweet corn. 

 golden bantam CORN. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, qt., 30 cts.; pk., $2-00. 



