STOKES SEEDS ARE SOLD UNDER A PERCENTAGE OF GERMINATION 



Kendel's Early Giant 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Extra-early and large strain. Cutting 8,000 ears 

 per acre in 1924 



Days to maturity, 75. We want to call particular 

 attention to our strain of Kendel's Early Giant and to 

 its performance this past season. A section of the same 

 field from which our seed selection was made was cut for 

 market and it averaged 8,000 ears per acre. The New 

 Jersey state average is between 5,000 and 6,000 ears 

 per acre. A neighboring piece of Howling Mob went 

 7,250 ears per acre. Howling Mob is a variety we have 

 not listed, and, ordinarily, it is claimed to be a higher 

 yielder than Kendel's Early Giant, but in a large field- 

 test this year it did not prove so, although it was one 

 week earlier. This selection will run 50 per cent double- 

 eared; the ear has 14 rows and will average 10 inches. 

 This stock is an eight-year selection for size, earliness, 

 and uniformity. It should not be confused with ordi- 

 nary strains of Kendel's Early Giant, for we consider it 

 far superior. It was one week earlier in maturing than 

 Double-Barreled Best. Compared to Sunny Slope 

 Special, it is about the same, maturing perhaps three 

 days later. We feel that it is fully as valuable as Sunny 

 Slope and perhaps slightly more uniform. Price, 

 delivered: y 4 lb. 15 cts.; lb. 30 cts.; 2 lbs. 50 cts.; 5 lbs. 

 $1.20; 50 lbs. $11.50. 



Sunny Slope Special 



(1924) 



A very profitable Corn for truckers 



Days to maturity, 72. Sunny Slope Special is another 

 origination of A. L. Ritchie, a successful New Jersey 

 farmer who was originally responsible for Double- 

 Barreled Best. Sunny Slope Special — the title coming 

 from the name of his farm — has been developed to 

 meet the requirement for an early-maturing Corn of 

 good table quality and size. Under ordinary condi- 

 tions, Sunny Slope will mature a day or so after Golden 

 Bantam, and will equal the well-known Howling Mob, 

 a variety with a much smaller ear, and therefore a less 

 profitable sort for the basket market. Sunny Slope 

 Special will be found to have remarkably thick ears — 

 a marked point in its favor where Corn is sold by either 

 weight or measure. We do not believe that Sunny Slope 

 is the last word in Sweet Corn development, for Corn 

 is one of the most pliable of vegetables. We are still 

 working on further improvements for earliness, size, 

 etc., realizing the value of the early market. Price, 

 delivered: V 4 lb. 15 cts.; lb. 30 cts.; 2 lbs. 50 cts.; 5 lbs. 

 $1.20; 50 lbs. $10. , 



Sunny Slope Special 



Country Gentleman or 

 Improved Shoe-Peg 



Days to maturity, 85. This well-known broken-row 

 type has been on the market for over thirty years. It 

 was developed from the older Shoe-Peg as introduced 

 by Johnson & Stokes in 1890. The depth of the grain 

 is one of its most desirable characteristics. The ears 

 are about 6 inches long. Because of their small cir- 

 cumference, however, this variety is grown on a large 

 commercial scale only for canning purposes, but for 

 gardeners having a home market it is very desirable 

 and it will be found in strong demand, for the consuming 

 public knows Country Gentleman equally as well as 

 Golden Bantam. Price, delivered: V^b. 15 cts.; lb. 

 30 cts.; 2 lbs. 50 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.20; 50 lbs. $10. 



Note on Control of the Corn-Ear Worm 



Dr. T. J. Headlee, of the New Jersey Experiment Station, has very kindly supplied us with data for 

 control of Corn-ear Worm, certainly the most serious pest of Sweet Corn in the northeastern states. This 

 pest has many aliases, the most common of which is Boll Weevil, the great plague of the Southern cotton- 

 growers. Early planting tends to bring about the silking of the Corn before the insect has developed its 

 most injurious brood, but with subsequent replantings, as are necessary with Sweet Corn, this is out of 

 the question. Although there is no method by which all injury of Corn-ear Worm can be prevented, 80 

 or more per cent of the injury can be eliminated by the following treatment: As soon as the snow-white, 

 globular eggs make their appearance on the silk, treatment with sulfo-arsenical dust should begin immedi- 

 ately. This dust should consist of 50 parts finely ground sulphur (200 mesh) and 50 parts powdered lead 

 arsenate. The aoplication should be made to the upturned portion of the silk by using a tin sifter or cheese 

 cloth bag, and should be continued until the silk turns brown or the ears are cut for market. In applying 

 this dust, be sure that any untreated blocks of Corn are not adjacent, for the partly grown worm, in some 

 cases, will migrate to them, penetrating the husk and doing great damage to the ear. Great vigilance is 

 necessary for the success of this operation, examination of Corn-blocks being necessary every day or two 

 in order to determine the first deposition of eggs upon the silk, which may happen immediately after the 

 silk first appears. These globular eggs are stuck to the silk by the parent moth and are easily detected with 

 a reading-glass. The above treatment will also give partial control against damage by the Japanese Beetle. 



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