STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN 



NEW JERSEY 



DE LL t'S GOLDtN GIANT (Natural Size) 



No. 159. De Lue's Golden Giant. Days to Maturity, 78. 

 Claimed to be a hybrid between Golden Bantam and Howling Mob, 

 the cross being made by Dr. De Lue of Needham, Massachusetts. After several 

 years' selection it was offered to the pubhc about 1916. There have been several 

 crosses of the Golden Bantam t^^pe with larger varieties of white kemeled sweet 

 corn. Of these Golden Giant has proven to be as good, if not better, than any 

 we have so far discovered. Coming about one week later than Golden Bantam, 

 the ear is very much larger. However, the sugar content is almost as great 

 and, therefore, the variety should be especially popular with all who have found 

 Golden Bantam to their liking. The illustration will give a verj'^ accurate idea 

 of the size of ear. The stock we have offered has been grown privately, under 

 close supervision, and is offered with every confidence that the variety vnll 

 prove a strong acquisition to our list of sweet corn. Pkt. 156, lb. 50^, 5 lb. S2.25, 

 postpaid; hy express, 5 lbs. or more, 40^ per lb. 



No. 260. Double -Barreled Best. Days to Maturity, 80. Originated 

 by Mr. Arthur H. Ritchie, a Burlington County farmer, from a cross made in 

 1906 between Stowell's Evergreen and a local variety of similar type. Three 

 years later there was a slight infusion of an earlier corn, probablj^ Kendel's Early 

 Giant. After the variety had been selected for four j^ears, so that its type was 

 well fixed, it was introduced by Walter P. Stokes in 1913. Its name, Double- 

 Barreled Best, is given because of its very general tendency to throw two good 

 ears to the stalk. After five years' selection here on Windermoor Farm, we have 

 developed the com to a point where it mil produce double ears about sixty per 

 cent, of the time. In this district, Double-Barreled Best is an established second 

 early variety. Its length and general characteristics resemble Stowell's Ever- 

 green, except that it is slightly smaller in all proportions and two weeks earlier. 

 The stalk will grow to a height of about six feet and the ears will average six and 

 one-half to seven inches in length. The sugar content is very high and as an 

 edible variety we know of no finer. It is incidentally being used in some very 

 large canning operations. To the truck grower who looks for early money in 

 corn and to the home gardener who desires the most delicious second early or 

 main season corn for his table, we can recommend no better. Four or five 

 plantings should be made for proper succession during the season and the greatest 

 care should be taken to have the product as fresh from the growing stalk as is 

 possible. We would refer all of our readers to page 7, of our catalog, which 

 emphasizes the importance of this point. Is not recommended for planting in 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont or any states or provinces north of that 

 general latitude, as there is danger of its not reaching maturity. Pkt. lOi, lb. 

 4:0i, 5 lbs. $1.75 postpaid; by express, 5 lbs. or more, 30c per lb. 



No. 262. Kendel's Early Giant. Days to Maturity, 75. Introduced 

 by Kendel in 1896. A standard main season variety. The stalks wall grow to a 

 height of five and one-half feet, bearing an ear six and one-half inches in length, 

 containing twelve or fourteen rows. The qualitj^ is not exceptionally good and 

 since the introduction of Stokes Double-Barreled Best, there is no reason why 

 Kendel's Early Giant should be gro%vn. Owing to the fact that there is still a 

 considerable call for this sort, we feel it our duty to offer it. We do so, however, 

 with the reservations as noted herewith. Pkt. 5^, lb. 35 ji, 5 lb. $1.50, postpaid; 

 by express, 5 lbs. or more, 25?; per lb. 



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