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THE THREE MOST DELICIOUS SWEET CORNS GROWN 



(Illustrated in Colors on opposite page.) 



Henderson's Country Gentleman 



HENDERSON'S 



HENDERSON'S 



Golden Rod Metropolitan 



ALL INTRODUCED BY PETER HENDERSON & CO. 



HENDERSON'S 



Country Gentleman 

 Sweet Corn 



Plump, Pearly- White, Milky Kernels. Re- 

 taining its Delicate Tenderness even 

 when a little old. Very Produc- 

 tive, the ear is nearly all Corn. 

 When we first placed this Corn before the 

 public in 1891, it created a great furore 

 among Corn lovers — and who is there in 

 America who does not enjoy "green Corn 

 on the cob"? 



These first impressions have been fully 

 justified by later experiences, and the 

 Country Gentleman Corn has become justly 

 famous all over the United States and in 

 some foreign countries as well. It is at once 

 the delight of the epicure and a luxury within 

 the reach of everybody. As will be noticed 

 in the colored illustration, the kernels are 

 perfectly round at the end, but of ex- 

 traordinary depth, the cob being extremely 

 small; nothing, in fact, but a core. 



It is of nectar-like sweetness, luscious, 

 tender and milky, and remains "in the 

 milk" longer than other Sweet Corn. The 

 ears measure 8 to 9 inches in length, and the 

 plant is very prolific, often producing three 

 ears to a stalk. It is a slow-maturing 

 variety and arrives at full perfection just in 

 time to succeed the earlier varieties. (See 

 colored illustration opposite.) Price, 15c. pkt., 

 45c. pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



HENDERSON'S 



Golden Rod Sweet Corn 



A Perfect Yellow Sweet Corn of Liberal 



Size. Delicious Golden Grains 



of Pleasing Flavor. 



It is worthy of note that the varieties of 

 Sweet Corn possessing the finest flavor are 

 those that differ radically either in form or 

 color from the ordinary sorts. Thus, Black 

 Mexican and the yellow varieties show a 

 strongly marked divergence from type in the 

 matter of color, and Country Gentleman an 

 equally marked divergence in form, and these 

 varieties excel all others in sweetness and 

 flavor. 



When the existing yellow or golden colored 

 varieties were introduced, it was hard to 

 convince the public of their value; but as 

 everyone who tasted them became enthusi- 

 astic in publishing their praise, they soon 

 came into favor. 



Golden Rod is the result of a cross between 

 Stowell's Evergreen and Golden Bantam, 

 and proves to be a happy and complete 

 blending of each sort. The ear is none too 

 small, nor is it large and bulky, but just large 

 enough for ordinary consumption. The 

 plants are 6 to 7 feet high, strong, profusely 

 leaved, and bear on each stalk, at a con- 

 venient height, two ears lavishly packed 

 with delicious golden grains of appetizing 

 flavor. (See colored illustration opposite.) 

 Price, 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 for 

 4 qts. 



HENDERSON'S 



Metropolitan Sweet Corn 



THE BEST EARLY SWEET CORN GROWN 



The Best, the Largest, the Sweetest and 

 the Biggest Yielder of all 

 Early Sweet Corn. 



To get the first crop of really good Sweet 

 Corn, grow Henderson's Metropolitan. There 

 has never been any one variety of Corn be- 

 sides Metropolitan that combined the 

 essential features of earliness, productive- 

 ness and good flavor in a satisfactory degree. 

 In these important characteristics. Metropoli- 

 tan certainly outclasses any other variety. It 

 is very little later than Cory, which has been 

 the most popular early sort. 



The plant is distinct, being very strong in 

 stalk, growing 5 2 ^ feet in height. The leaves 

 are numerous, narrow and very dark green in 

 color. The ears are from 8 to 9 inches long 

 and all set low. They are 10 to 12-rowed, 

 well filled to the tip with large, deep 

 grains, which are very tender. It is not 

 merely sweet, but possesses that exquisite 

 richness so well known in the larger and later 

 sorts. 



An ample husk insures its remaining in 

 the "milk" longer than is usual with early 

 varieties. As one of our friends says: "You 

 are warranted in calling it 'Evergreen,' for 

 it remains such a long time in the milk." 

 (See colored illustration opposite.) Price, 15c. 

 pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



GARDEN OWNERS FROM ALL SECTIONS PRAISE HENDERSON'S SWEET CORN 



"/ certainly do enjoy Henderson's Golden Rod Sweet Corn. In two days last 

 summer, from one row about 100 feet long. I picked 100 ears." 

 Mar. 26. 1917. EDWIN W. RULAND, Moriches, N. 7. 



" Your Country Gentleman Sweet Corn is certainly unbeatable. It is superior 

 to any other I have tried and I have planted four of the best known kind." 

 Aug. 27, 1917. ARTHUR De GUICHARD, Foxboro, Mass. 



"My garden, though rather small, is the envy of neighbors, as my Sweet Corn 

 last season grew to a height of nine feet and the crop was a splendid one." 

 Feb. 1, 1917. GEO. B. DOUGAN, Newburgh, N. Y. 



"No Corn could possibly lake the place of your Country Gentleman." 

 Jan. 6, 1917. JOII.X E. ANDERSON, Holly Springs, Miss. _ 



" Henderson's seeds have always given the best of satisfaction to me. Country 

 Gentleman is a prime favorite." 

 May 15, 1916. CHAS. E. HART, Elmira, N. Y. 



"I had a sample of your Country Gentleman Corn last year. It was the best 

 I ever used." J. W. CROUCH, 



Feb. 15, 1916. Ga. Chemical Works, Augusta, Ga. 



"Last year I got the Country Gentleman Corn and without a doubt never saw 

 a more productive garden in this part of the world." 

 Feb. 17, 1916. WEBER S. INGERSOLL, Waterloo, Okla. 



THE MOST DELICIOUS SWEET CORN GROWN 



Mr. Thomas M. Whyte. buyer of the stores for the Hotel Knickerbocker, 

 one of New York's palatial hotels, says: 



"/ have found no green Corn so satisfactory as the Country Gentleman. It is 

 sweet and juicy, free from worms or blemish. It will not be in market before 

 early August and then New York will begin feasting on the most delicious of 

 Sweet Corn, the Country Gentleman." — N. Y. Evening Mail, July 24. 



"/ have used your seeds before to my entire satisfaction. Two years ago I 

 grew on land never broken before, and filled with street sweepings, and which 

 land my neighbors assured me would grow nothing, as pretty a garden as I ever 

 saw. Grew Ponderosa Tomatoes that weighed % pound and had all the family 



could use besides canning forty-six quarts. Had Country Gentleman Corn 

 seven feet high, corn delicious, also grew the Golden Rod Sweet Corn. Spinach. 

 Early Wonder Peas, etc. Last year, as I returned here early in April, I bought 

 my seed here, but never gathered five cents' worth of vegetables off the garden." 

 Mrs. SAM. M. POWELL, Dallas, Texas. 



"Last year I bought seeds from you. Golden Rod Corn and others were very 

 splendid, we enjoyed eating them very much." 



Miss CARLOTTA WALKER, 

 Mar. S. 1916. .V. Main St.. Rutland. Vt. 



" We can't say enough in favor of Henderson's Golden Rod Sweet Com. It is 

 most delicious." 

 Feb. 29, 1916. M. CLAPPER. Schaghticoke. X. Y. 



"Henderson's Golden Rod Corn has been thoroughly tested by us, and con- 

 tinues In give great satisfaction." 

 Feb. 11, 1916. W. L. THALES. Fullerlon. Cat. 



"Henderson's Sweet Corn was the finest I ever planted. We are just using 

 the last of the Country Gentleman. Next spring I will plant the same." 



Miss WEST LYON, Renfrew. Pa. 

 "I have planted Henderson's Country Gentleman Sweet Corn for twenty years, 

 and there never was a better." 



J. F. DEESE, Cochrane, Ga. 

 "I have raised Henderson's Metropolitan Sweet Corn for five years in succes- 

 sion, and I am sure there is none belter." 



G. ROULEAU. Auburn. Me. 

 "Regarding your Golden Rod Corn, would say that it was a very hard matter 

 to induce my man to give it a trial last year. II, : that it is far 



ahead of any other kind, and insists on having it." 



GEORGE A. II IS K I.) S m. Pa 



"I brought in from my garden one morning two ears of Golden Rod sugar corn 

 each over ten inches in length, full to the very lip, perfect, without a blemish or 

 sign of worms." 



F. O. DICKINSON, St. Elmo. Tenn. 



ORDER EARLY— Be Ready to Plant When the Ground Is Ready, and Gather Early Crops 



