COLE'S SWEET CORN 



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SWEET CORN. 



Ger. Welskoren. Fr. Mais. 

 One quart will plant 200 hills. 

 The Sweet or Sugar varieties being liable to 

 rot in cold or wet ground, should not be planted 

 before May, or until the ground has become 

 warm, and for a succession plant every two 

 weeks, until the middle of July, in rich, well- 

 manured ground, in hills three feet apart each 

 way, covering about an inch, and thin out to 

 three plants to a hill, or plant in rows four feet 

 apart, and to stand eight inches apart in the 

 rows. 



If wanted by Express or Freight, deduct for post 

 age 5 cts. per pt., 10 cts. per qt. 

 KENDEL'S EARLY GIANT. See Novelties. 



FIRST-OF-ALL COK^f. 



FIRST-OF-ALL. The Earliest Sweet Corn in 

 Cultivation. Eipening a week earlier than 

 Cory and ears larger and of superior quality, 

 sweet and of delicious flavor. Extremely 

 valuable to market gardeners for first early. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 75 

 cts.. bu. $2.00. 



EXTRA EARLY CORY - (White Cob Strain). 

 Excepting the First-of-All, this is the very- 

 best extra early sweet coru grown. Ears 

 medium size, large grain, sweet and of fine 

 quality. Desirable for private or market gar- 

 den. Per pkt. 5 cts.. pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts.. 

 pk. GO cts., bu. .$2.00. 



FORDHOOK EARLY. This is the largest 

 eared early Corn, averaging in length fullv 

 seven inches. The grains and cob are pure 

 white. The ears are eight-rowed with verv 

 small cobs and unusually deep grains. The 

 quality is excellent, decidedly sweeter than 

 any other earlv Sweet Corn. For large, 

 white ears, sweetness, and the length ot 

 time it remains fit for use, FOilDHOOK 

 EARLY will now take first place as one of 

 the finest extra early Sweet Corns for botli 

 the market gardener and private p'aiite'v 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts.. pk 

 75 cts 



CROSBY'S EARLY. A most excellent variety 



remarkably early and of the best flavor. 

 Ears of medium size, ten or twelve rowod. 

 grain very thick and sweet. A tine market 

 variety. This is the sort so largely grown 

 in Maine for canning. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 35 cts.. pk. 60 cts., bu. i52.25. 



EARLY CHAMPION. The earliest large 



Sweet Corn. Produces ears ten inches lonjr 

 in 60 days. This new variety is, without 

 question, the earliest large Sweet Corn 

 yet introduced, being only a few days 

 later than the first early small sorts. Ears 

 nearly as large as the Mammoth twelve- 

 rowed; pure white kernels, with modinm 

 sized white cob: very sweet, tender and- 

 full of milk, yielding from two to three ears 

 to the stalk. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts.. 

 qt. 35 cts., pk. 60 cts., bu. S;2.25. 



NONE SUCH SUGAR. This new variety is one 



of the Finest Sweet Corns in cultivation. It 

 will please a lover of delicious, meaty Sweet 

 Corn, and will suit the most exacting cus- 

 tome-r. Medium early, coming in after the 

 second earlies, of extra strong; growth, stalks 

 and cobs of a beautiful ink color, grain white, 

 (nirs large, twelve to fourteen rowed: won- 

 derful! v i)r(Mluctive. Per i)kt. 5 cts. i)t. 2(i 

 <-ls.. qi. ( Is.. i)k. (50 els., bu. .$2.25.' 



COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. This excellent 



\ariety is regarded as the sw^^etest corn 

 grown. It is pre-eminently an epicure 

 variety, being the sweetest and most tender 

 of all. The ears are medium, cob small, ker- 

 nels of extraordinary depth. i)early white- 

 ness. It is very productive, bearinji- from two 

 to four ears on the stalk. It matures medium 

 to late. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 <-ts., (it. .30 cts.. 

 I)k. 00 cts.. bu. $2.00. 



THE HONEY. No variety ever introduced has 



elicited from gardeners such enthusiastic 

 praise. The husks and stalks are of a red 

 color during growth, while the corn itself is 

 of a beautiful cream white, with deep grain 

 and small cob. A productive variety, bear- 

 ing three to four good large ears to a stalk, 

 growing vigorously and coming in medium 

 early. No garden is complete without it. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 00 cts.. 

 bu. !f;2.00. 



STOWELL'S EVERGREEN. This variety is 

 more largely jdanted than any other, being 

 the general favorite with canners and market 

 gardeners for late use. It is very f)i-()ductive, 

 the ears are of large size, grains deep, 

 excei)Tional!y tender and sugary, and remain 

 for a lony tiijie in an edible condition. This 

 variety is necessary to every garden. Our 

 stock is \ erv tine and speciallv recommended. 

 Per i.ki. ."')'cts.. pt. 20 cts., qt. .30 Cts., pk. 



<;(• cts.. bu. .$2.00. 

 ZIGZAG EVERGREEN. A new variety 

 resembling Country Gentleman, but yieldini: 

 larger ears. Many of the stalks bear two 

 ears: the kernels usually run zigzag down 

 the cob, whence its name. It is remarkablv 

 sweet and for this reason is becoming a great 

 favorite among the canning factories of the 

 West. Also one of its most valuable charac- 

 teristics is the long time it stands on the 

 stalk in good condition for the table, a fact 

 which increases its value both for horne 

 use and as a market crop. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 35 cts.. pk. 60 ^ts., bu. .$2.00. 



MAMMOTH SUGAR. This produces the largest 



ears of any Sweet Corn; quality very sweet 

 antl luscious. It ripens a little later tliau the 

 Evergreen, and the cobs are larger, the ker- 

 nels being flatter. Largely used by canners 

 an<l market gardeners. Per pkt. 5 cts.. pt. 

 20 cts.. qr. :35 cts.. pk. 60 cts., bu. .$2.00. 



SWEET CORN FOR FODDER. See Field Seeds. 



