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BUSENELL'S GATE POST FIELD CORN. — This is deep grain, 

 yellow color, medium early and a wonderful yielder. Recently 100 

 pounds of ears shelled 90 pounds of corn. One of the handsomest 

 corns ever grown; recommended for field culture. 



WHITE ST. CHARLES. — Our city gardeners' favorite variety. " It 

 makes a vigorous stalk, ears are as large as the Champion White 

 Pearl and well filled, small red cob. It is the best all round field 

 corn, and always gives satisfaction. 



EAELY YELLOW CANADA. — A long, eight-rowed variety, very 

 early, and is planted in both field and garden. It does well. 



EARLY SUGAR OR NEW ENGLAND. — A long eight-rowed vari- 

 ety, which succeeds the Extra Early sorts. Desirable kind. 



BEST OP ALL. — This white corn is the most 

 profitable variety yet introduced. It is a week 

 later than the Large Adams, but the ears are 

 large, nearly double the size of Adams, there- 

 fore the lateness of bearing is offset by its extra 

 large size, a quality that is demanded by all our 

 truckers and gardeners. We recommend it very 

 highly. 



GOLDEN BEAUTY. — This 

 is the handsomest of all 

 yellow corn; the ears are 

 of a perfect shape, long, and 

 filled out to the end of the 

 cob. The grains are not of 

 a flinty type, neither are 

 they so soft as to be great- 

 ly shriveled, as in the Gold- 

 en Dent. Golden Beauty 

 matures early, ripening in 

 eighty days from planting, 

 and surpasses all in size 

 and beauty of grain. 



GOLDEN DENT GOURD 

 SEED. — This is now the 

 standard variety in many 

 corn growing sections. Ears 

 average nine to ten inches 

 long, tapering slightly to- 

 ward tip, are about six 

 inches in circumference, con- 

 tain 16 to 20 rows, and are 

 remarkably uniform. Ker- 

 nels light yellow, deeply 

 dented, and well placed on 

 cob of medium size. Ma- 

 tures in 80 to 90 days. 





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Best of All. 



WHITE'S NEW WEEVIL-PROOP.— 



There has been a long felt want for a large 

 weevil-proof corn for many sections of the 

 South where weevils get in the common 

 varieties of soft corn and do great damage. 

 Most varieties heretofore grown that were 

 hard enough to resist the weevil were too 

 small to be profitable. This is a large 

 white corn, matures in ninety days, a 

 strong grower and a big yielder. The ears 

 grow from eight to twelve inches in length 

 and contain from sixteen to twenty-two 

 rows. The grain is pearly white, deep and 

 firmly set on white cobs. 



BOONE COUNTY WHITE.— This is the 



variety of corn that won the silver cups at 

 all the great national corn shows, has won 

 more premiums than any other variety of 

 corn ever introduced. Originated in Boone 

 County, Indiana. This is the earliest of 

 the large white varieties of corn. The 

 stalks are short with short thick joints. 

 The ears set low on the stalks, and are 

 from eight to twelve inches long with from 

 sixteen to twenty-eight rows of pure white 

 grain, which is always deep on the cob. 



Early Sugar 

 or New England. 





Mexican June. 



IOWA SILVER MINE. — Large ear, white 

 dent, long grain, small cob, 110 day corn. 

 Fine yielder of splendid merit. 



IMPROVED YELLOW CREOLE. — Pro- 

 duces well with little cultivation, is not 

 affected by drouth or by excessive rains; is 

 not injured by climbing wet vines at time 

 of its maturity; resists the attacks of the 

 birds in the field. Long yellow ears, filled 

 to the end, large grains, tapering cob, 

 close fitting covering of long tough shucks; 

 generally two or more ears, growing high 

 upon a tall firm stalk. Will yield, in fit 

 condition for storing, almost every ear that 

 buds in the spring. 



HICKORY RING. — This field corn has 

 come into general cultivation. It has 

 proven itself all that is claimed for it and 

 is the largest grained and smallest cobbed 

 pure white dent corn in the world. It is 

 early; the ears are from 7 to 9 inches in 

 length, and are generally borne from 3 to 

 5 on a stalk, making it very productive. 

 The ears are well covered by shucks, a 

 great consideration in field corn planted in 

 the South. 



Steckler's French Market Lettuce is the Best. 



