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A NEW FIELD CORN 



Tol%' STATE OF MAIiN"E 



The Most Profitable Variety for the Short Growing Season. It Produces an Abundance of 

 Grain and Fodder In All Northern States. Procurable Only From Peter Henderson & Co. 



This new variety of extremely early yellow Flint Corn originated 

 and was fully developed in Maine. The seed we offer was grown 355 

 miles north of New York City, almost at the Canadian Border, where 

 the Corn growing season is short. It has been grown and selected 

 for several years on the farm and has never failed to ripen even in a 

 poor Corn Year. Unlike most Flint sorts the stalks are strong, grow 

 to a height of 8 to 10 feet, with an abundance of fodder of fine quality. 

 The ears are usually eight rowed, frequently two to the stalk, of more 

 than average length (12 to 14 inches), thickly covered from butt to 



tip with sound, large orange-colored kernels. The yield under good 

 cultivation is from 70 to 83 bushels per acre. The outstanding charac- 

 teristic of the State of Maine is to produce a big crop of both grain and 

 fodder where only the light yielding varieties such as Canada Early 

 Flint are usually planted. It will mature in New York State, Con- 

 necticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. 



We recommend planting this Corn wherever Flint sorts are grown, 

 owing to its early maturity, size of ear, quantity of fodder and yield. 



Price, 30C. quart, $1.73 peck, £6.oo bushel 10 bushels $5.90. 



NOVELTY 1921 



Henderson's Diamond Jubilee Corn 



Matures in 110 Days. Small Cob. 70 Pounds of Ears Produces 62 Pounds of Shelled Corn 



Henderson's Diamond Jubilee Golden Dent Corn, offered for the 

 first time in honor of our Diamond Jubilee, is a cross between a 

 leading Yellow Dent and a large-eared white variety, and is a 

 wonderfully prolific yielder. 



The ears average ten to fourteen inches in length, are of a beautiful 

 golden-yellow color, and are produced low down on the stalk. The 

 cob is red, small, and firm, and covered with eighteen to twenty- 

 two rows of deep, hea^'y grain. Seventy pounds of the ears will, 

 when dry, shell sixty to sixty-two pounds of Corn. The ears are of 

 surpassing uniformity, which accounts for the extra good yield of 

 over one hundred bushels per acre when planted on good corn land. 



The stalks grow to a height of from twelve to fourteen feet, but 

 are not massive, although of good resisting quality, standing up 

 well. The foliage is luxuriant, the stalks being furnished to the 

 bottom, making the fodder of exceptional feeding value. 



It was raised seven years ago in York County, Pennsylvania, by 

 an expert corn farmer, and by repeated Jselection has been brought 



WORDS OF PRAISE 



'*We had excellent results with Hen- 

 derson's Diamond Jubilee Corn, in fact 

 our farm foreman thinks it is the best 

 field corn he ever planted. We think it 

 will be the standard with us on our ten 

 farms in the future," 



T. J. ZOLLEB, 

 Jacob Z oiler Co., 



Manufacturers of Food Products, ■ 

 Little Falls, N. Y. 



"I planted ten quarts of Henderson's 

 Diamond Jubilee Corn and from it 

 raised 140 bushels of shelled corn. If 

 it had not been for a gale of wind and 

 a rainstorm I would have had 40 bushels 

 more. I consider it a remarkable 

 variety." 



CHARLES L. GOHN, 



Columbia, Pa. 



1 have five acres planted to Ilender- 

 lon's Diamond Jubilee which will yield 

 175 bushels per acre." 



CHAS. R. GOODYEAR, 

 East Windsor Hill, Conn. 



"Notwithstanding the dry season in 

 (his locality I had very good results with 

 Henderson's Diatnond Jubilee Corn." 

 EARL H. WEMPLE, 



Fonda, N. Y_ 



The cost Oi growing an acre 

 of corn yielding only twenty-six 

 bushels is just the same as for 

 growing an acre of Henderson's 

 Diamond Jubilee, Eureka, 

 Long's Champion, or State of 

 Maine, yielding eighty to one 

 hundred and- fifty bushels. 



to its present excellence. Henderson's Diamond Jubilee will give 

 a better return on poor or lean soil than almost any other variety, 

 as it does not seem to require as much plant food as most sorts, 

 although the better the soil, the better the corn. According to 

 analysis the stalks contain from 4 to 6 per cent of potash. 



It is from ten to fourteen days earlier than Long's Champion, ' 

 consequently can be planted further North, with every chance of i 

 fully maturing, rather than that long season variety. 



We recommend planting it in hills, three and one-half feet apart 

 each way, allowing three plants to the hill. When planted in rows, I 

 allow the same distance between the drills and about sixteen inches : 

 between the plants. 



As there is only a limited quantity of seed for sale, we would advise " 

 early orders. Henderson's Diamond Jubilee cannot be procured 

 from other seedsmen or dealers. 



Price, 23c. quart, $1.65 peck, S5.50 bushel 10 bushels $5.40. 



DEPENDABLE SEED SERVICE SINCE IS.'t?. The worth of a House whose business has been carried on successfully for three 

 generations is understood by all who plant seeds, because seeds are sold entirely on reputation. 



