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Country Gentleman. 



CORN— Sweet or Sugar. 



One quart will plant two hundred hill/; ; 8 to lo quarts for an acre in hills. 



The Sweet or Sugar varieties, being liable to rot in cold or wet ground, should 

 not be planted before May, or until the ground has become warm ; for a succession 

 continue planting every two weeks until the middle of July, in rich, wellmainired 

 ground, in hills 3 feet apart each way, covering about half an inch, and thin out to 

 three plants to a hill. Tlie extra early varielies can be planted 18 inches in the row 

 and 2 J feet between the rows. 



In elevated and mounlainous districts we would recommend the Extra Early .nnd 

 Second Early sorts only, ami plantings to be made not later than June 20lh to ]uU Isl. 



PRICES, all varieties : Pkt., 10 cts. ; pt., 15 cts. ; qt., 25 cts. ; lialf peck, 75 cts. ; peck, 

 S<;1.25, except Pop Corn. For Sugar Coru, if by luail add 5 cts. per pt., 10 cts. 

 per qt. 



lEARI^Y VARIETIES. 



Dreer'S First of All. The Earliest Sweet Corn, ripening a week earlier than 

 Cory. Ears medium sized, very full, sweet and of delicious flavor. 



Adams' Extra Early. Hardiest and earliest variety for table use ; can be planted 

 earlier than any other, but is not a Sweet Corn ; white grains and short enr. 



White Cob Cory. An improved variety of the Cory Corn with uniformly 7o/t!/e 

 cobs. Early as the ordinary Cory; preferred by many who object to the red cob sorts. 



Early Minnesota. One of the earliest, habit dwarf, ears small and of good 

 quality. 



Crosby's Early. A favorite variety, very early, productive, ears rather short, 

 and of a rich, sugary flavor. 



Potter's Excelsior. Bears large 12 rowed ears, grains deep, very sweet and 

 tender. 



Stabler's Early (see cut). Of large size, remarkable for fine flavor, sweetness and 

 earliness, a desirable gardener's and canning variety. Specially recommended to fol- 

 low extra early varielies. 



Stabler's Nonpareil. The best second early Corn. It yields large ears, bearing 

 tender grains of the most delicious flavor. A superior sort for the canning trade. 



GENERAL CROP AND EATE. 



Triumpll. Ears large, productive, flavor rich and sweet ; a fine market v.iriely. 



Eg'yptian. A fine large variety, somewhat resembling the Evergreen. 



Liittle Gem {-^'e Plus Ultra or Shoe Peg). An old but excellent variety, its small 



size being in large measure atoned for by its productiveness and its exquisite flavor. 

 Koslyn Hybrid. A medium large variety, heavy yielder, large ear, sweet and 



delicious. 

 Zig"-Zag" Evergreen. Of recent introduction. A very sweet Corn, ripening 8 days 



ahead of the Stowell's Evergreen, and in quality fully its equal. The grains are same 



shape as " Stowell's," but are arranged on the cob in a zig-zag manner, hence its 



name. 

 Stowell's Evergreen. One of the sweetest, ears large, deep-grained, of excellent 



quality, remaining green longer than any other variety. 

 Country Gentleman (see cut). An improvement on the Little Gem, having the 



same excellent qualities as that desirable variety, but with much larger ears. Our 



iliuslration was made from photograph of stalk bearing 4 large ears. 

 Mammoth Sugar. The largest late sort, very productive, of fine flavor. 

 Black 3Iexican. A black-giained variety, sweet and tender; mu.st be picked very 



young while the grains are still white. 



POP=CORN. On the ear only. 



est white. T.b , 20 cts., by mail ; 10 lbs., GO cts., by express. 

 Smooth-grained ears. Lb., 20 cls., by mail ; 10 lbs., 60 cts., by 



White Rice. 

 White Pearl. 



express. 

 Field Corn. All the leading relia 



le varieties. (See page 49-) 



Stablek's Karlv Sweet Corn. 



