STOKES SEEDS 



SWEET CORN ( 



ZEA MAYS VAR 

 SACCHARAIA 



Origin— Probably a native of Peru. Darwin having found heads of Maize embedded in the Peruvian 

 Oiast 85 feet above the present sea level. Botanists universally conceded that Com originated in America 

 and as its close relation, teosinte. is indigenous to Mexico, some have placed il there rather than farther 

 South. In 1914 Dr. F. H. Knowllon came on a fossilized ear of Com in Kuzco, Peru, thus giving us 

 tangible evidence of the geologic existence of the species. It is one of the first evidences of vegelaDlts 

 being transferred from prehistoric to geological time, possibly taking it back a hundred thousand years. 

 The type of the fossil ear has many of the characteristics essential lo the domestic varieties still being 

 grown in Peru and Bolivia. The name 

 Corn was given it by the North American 

 Indians. The reference to Com amongst 

 the Egyptians of Biblical times was not 

 Com as we know it. but some other grain, 

 possibly wheal. Indian Com. however, 

 was found under a comparatively high slate 

 of cultivation on the discovery 

 of the New World. The first 

 variety of sweet Com. under 

 cultivation, was reported in the 

 reifion of Plymouth, 

 where it had come from 

 Susquehanna Indians in 

 According to Schenck. 

 were two varieties of 

 sweet Com in 1854. 

 Slowell's Evergreen was 

 offered by Thorbum in 

 1861 and Golden Ban- 

 tam was listed by 

 Gregory as Golden 

 Sweet "several year-; 

 prior lo 1873. We 

 have the word of 

 Dr. W. W. Tracy 

 on these 

 latter points 



No. 29— THE VANGUARD 



Days to maturity, 65-70. Without any reservation, we want to state that The 

 Vanguard Corn is positively in a class by itself from point of view of combined earliness 

 and fine marketable size and appearance. Because of this combination we consider it 

 the most valuable commercial sweet Corn ever introduced. Vanguard was developed 

 some four years ago by Mr. A. L. Richie, a successful corn grower and breeder in 

 Burlington Countv, N'. J. It is sold locally under the name of Earliest Ever. We 

 first offered it in 1926. 



Webster's Dictionary defines Vanguard as "the troops which march in front of an 

 army; the van." It is well named for Vanguard Corn leads the whole procession to 

 the markets and has taken practically all of the early money. It will mature the 

 same week as Early Adams, an extra early field type. It will mature four days earlier 



than Howling Mob and has a longer, 

 thicker ear. From point of view of 

 • - ■ quality it is unsurpassed. It is of 



"■—i— extremely fine table quality. If you 



- . , , think the public will still pay for 



horse Corn when sweet Corn is 

 available — just try it. 



Our seed supply of this important 

 variety is grown privately for us 

 under our control in Burlington 

 County. The germination should 

 run around 99% all the way through. 

 Any grower looking for the very 

 finest buy in early white sweet Corn 

 can do no better than to go in for 

 Vanguard in a large wav. Price, 

 delivered: 1/4 lb., 15c; 1/2 lb., 25c; 

 lb.. 40c; 5 lbs., @, 35c per lb.; 10 

 lbs., @ 30c per lb.; 50 lbs., @ 

 24c per lb. 



Vanguard is the best early Com we have 

 ever had and a real money maker. It gets 

 the high early price and has so many ears 

 on the stalk. Your seeds are always good. 

 We have grown them in Illinois. Iowa and 

 Pennsylvania. — W. C. C Lenni. Pa. 



I had very good success with your Van- 

 guard sweet Com. II is so large and early. 

 I have tried out several kinds of sweet Com 

 111 kinds last year) but Vanguard is the 

 best of all — H. H. C. Matloon, 111. 



Slokcs Vanguard Com is the earliest and largest of its class 



