STOKES SEEDS 



VANGUARD CORN 



The variety that won the first 



Days to maturity 65-70. This is the fifth year we have offered 

 Vanguard, and we still consider it to be in a class by itself when it 

 comes to net profits. This, after all, is the main consideration to the 

 grower. One of the chief reasons for its popularity is its excellent table 

 quality. At the Burlington County, New Jersey Farm Bureau Exhibit 

 this past season \'anguard took first prize. The fact that it combines 

 extreme earliness with a normal market ear is of course the reason 



Vanguard has brought in 

 large v&it of the early 

 money iff. Sweet Corn for 

 the past four years 



prize at the Farm Bureau Exhibit 



behind its great popularity in the Eastern states. Comparative tests 

 prove it to be from seven to ten days earlier than Howling Mob, and 

 each year we are developing an earlier, more uniform, and heavier 

 yielding strain. 



N'anguard was developed by Mr. A. L. Richie, a successful corn 

 grower and breeder of Burlington County, New Jersey, and our stock 

 is still grown for us in its home county. It is sometimes sold locally 



under the name of Earliest 

 Ever. This name was dis- 

 couraged, however, because 

 there are other smaller eared 

 types, such as Malcolm and 

 Pickaninny, that are slightly 

 earlier. Webster's dictionary 

 gives the dehnition of van- 

 guard as "the troops which 

 march in front of an army; 

 the van." It is well named, 

 for Vanguard leads the whole 

 procession to the market and 

 takes a large part of the early 

 money. It will mature the 

 same week as Early Adams, 

 an extra early field type. The 

 buying i)ul)lic, however, long 

 ago tired of eating horse corn, 

 and if \ ou think they will still 

 pay for horse corn when sweet 

 corn is available just try it. 

 If you do not know Vanguard 

 we urge that you give it a 

 prominent place in your 

 operations this coming season. 

 It is a sweet corn of great 

 importance. We do not offer 

 this variety in Canada. 



For prices please refer to inside front cover 

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