Stokes ' Standard Seeds^ /£^ Qarden and Farm 



SWEET CORN 



This department of our business has received a great deal of care, and in the present selection of varieties, which we have made 

 from the large list carried up to this time, we believe we have a sufficient number to meet every condition. Our Corn is grown in 

 Minnesota, Ohio and Connecticut, all northern states, which goes a long ways toward earliness in maturity of the crop. 



Culture. — The first planting may be made from May 1 to 10, planting early, midseason and late varieties at the same time, to 

 give succession from the first crop until October; or any one variety may be planted at intervals of two weeks until the middle of 

 July. Plant in hills, 3 feet apart each way, with five or six kernels in the hill, for standard sorts. The dwarf varieties may be set in 

 drills 3 feet apart with the plants 8 to 12 inches apart in the row. The ground should be made rich and kept hoed constantly. 



1 quart will plant 200 hills; 1 peck will plant one acre 



EARLY VARIETIES 



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S. S. Golden Bantam Sweet Corn 



S. S. Golden Bantam 



For a number of years growers have been looking for a Corn whose earliness would not take away from its quality. The Golden 

 Bantam comes as near this as anything so far introduced. It is now generally recognized as the very earliest sweet eating Corn. 

 As indicated by its name the grain when ready for use is of a rich creamy yellow, which deepens to an orange as it ripens. The seed 

 we offer is grown in the North. When once known Golden Bantam will bring higher prices in market than most other sorts on account 

 of its sweetness and rich flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts. (by mail 25 cts.), qt. 30 cts. (by mail 40 cts), V^pk. $1, pk. $1.75, bus. $6. 



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Early Mayflower 



From Connecticut comes a new introduction in the shape of an extra-early Sweet Corn which 

 is highly prized as a table variety. We believe it is the earliest-maturing Corn in existence. 

 Early Mayflower is fully a week earlier than the Mammoth White Cory, is of splendid size, 

 having ten or twelve rows and grains of fair depth and width. Its quality is very good indeed 

 considering the earliness, but is naturally not so sweet as the Golden Bantam and other sorts of 

 that class, which will mature a week or two weeks later. If you desire Corn, therefore, on your 

 table for your Fourth-of-July dinner, be sure that you plant some Early Mayflower. Pkt. 10 

 cts., pt. 20 cts. (by mail 25 cts.), qt. 30 cts. (by mail 40 cts.), V 2 pk. $1, pk. $1.75, bus. $6. 



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Snow-Cream Table 



We can stand back of this as being a most profitable Corn to grow for market as well as a 

 splendid eating Corn for the home table. Its large ears are of most delicious flavor and of a beau- 

 tiful snow-white appearance. It is a great producer, having two or three ears to the stalk, gen- 

 erally 7 to 8 inches in length, with twelve or fourteen rows of broad, white grains. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 15 cts. (by mail 20 cts.), qt. 25 cts. (by mail 35 cts.), V 2 pk. 80 cts., pk. $1.50, bus. $5.50. 



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Mammoth White Cory 



The great popularity of Mammoth White Cory is due to its size, quality and earliness of 

 maturity. It will be ready for cutting about the time of the Golden Bantam. Very constant 

 sales of this sort in the past have made this one of the standard early varieties of Sweet Corn, 

 and we highly recommend it to all planters, but particularly those who grow for market. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 15 cts. (by mail 20 cts.), qt. 25 cts. (by mail 35 cts.), V 2 pk. 80 cts., pk. $1.50, bus. $5.50. 



Early Mayflower Corn 



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