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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



SWEET or SUGAR GORIN 



Culture.— A rich, warm, alluvial soil 

 is best, but excellent sweet corn can be 

 raised on any good, ordinary soil if it is 

 deeply and thoroughly worked before 

 planting. Give frequent and thorough 

 but shallow cultivation until the tassels 

 appear. 



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WHITE CORY 



The Largest and Best Extra Early 

 Sweet Corn. 



The stalks are no larger than those of 

 the Cory and mature their ears fully as 

 early, but the ears are twelve instead of 

 eight-rowed, very much larger and quite 

 free from the open space between the 

 rows which is such an objectionable fea- 

 ture of the old Cory. The grain is very 

 white, the quality is good and the size 

 and beauty of the ears give this variety 

 ready sale even if the market is glutted 

 with other sorts. Pkt. 15c; Pt. 20c; 

 <Jt. 30c; 4 Qts. $1.00; Bushel $6.00 



WHITE COB CORY, a great im- 

 provement over the red cobbed Cory; 

 the ears are larger and better filled out, 

 -and become fit for use a little earlier. It 

 has the great advantage of a clear white 

 grain and wliite cob, making it one of 

 the best extra early varieties for either 

 the market or private garden. Pkt. 10c ; 

 Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bu. $2.25 



CORY. Ears eight-rowed, with red 

 cob and very large light pink grains. 

 All the red cobbed corn should be cooked 

 quickly by dropping the ears into boiling 

 water to which a little salt has been 

 added, for if simmered over a slow fire, 

 or allowed to stand in the water after 

 cooking, the red cob will discolor the 

 kernels. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 

 4qts. 40c; Bushel $2.00 



CROSBY'S EARLY, a most excellent variety, remarkably early and of the 

 best flavor. Ears of medium size, twelve-rowed or more, with short, nearly 

 square grains which are very tender and sweet. This is the sort so largely grown 

 in Maine for canning, and it is the use of this variety rather than any peculiarity 

 of soil, that has given Maine sweet corn its reputation for quality. Pkt. 10c ; 

 Pt. loc; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bushel $2.25 



EARLY MINNESOTA. This old and deservedly popular variety is one of the 

 best early sorts, for the market and the private garden. Stalks short and not 

 suckeiing, bearing one or two ears well covered with husks; ears long, eight- 

 rowed; kernels very broad, sweet and tender, not shrinking much in drying. By 

 careful selection we have developed a stock of this standard variety which is 

 remarkably uniform, and in which all the good qualities which have made it so 

 popular are intensified. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bushel $2.00 



EARLY SWEET OR SUGAR Ears long, slender, eight- 

 rowed. Grain very white, tender and sugary ; plant produc- 

 tive, hardy and quite early. An old but excellent table sort. 

 Our stock is distinct and true, and not such a mixture of all 

 sorts of early sweet or sugar corn as is often offered under this 

 name. Pkt. 10c: Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bushel $2.00 



NEW ENGLAND SWEET. We introduced this fine white 

 wrinkled corn in 1895. It has something of the flavor of the 

 New England flint corn without sacrificing in the least the 

 sweetness and tenderness of the sweet com. Plant very hardy 

 and productive. The ears are long, eight-rowed ; the grain me- 

 dium sized, white, tender and sweet, becoming much wrinkled 

 when ripe. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 50c; Bu. $2.50 



PEE AND KAY. This has proved a vei-y popular variety. 



PERRY S HYBRID. This is a very popular Eastern vari- 

 ety. Stalks of medium height, bearing two large, twelve or 

 fourteen rowed ears, which often have a red or pink cob; 

 grain medium sized, cooking very white and tender. Matures 

 a little later than the Minnesota. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 

 4 Qts. 40c; Bushel $2.25 



BLACK MEXICAN. This corn when in condition for the 

 table cooks remarkably white, but the ripe grain is black or 

 bluish-black. It is surpassed by none in tenderness. For 

 family use, it is considered by many the most desirable of 

 the second early sorts. It does especially well for second 

 early in the South. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 50c; 

 Bushel $2.75 



„ ^ ^_ ^, HICKOX HYBRID. Popular wherever it is known, and 



particularly in the East. Stalks of medium height, bearing two deserves to be planted very largely both for home and market 



straight, handsome, ten or twelve-rowed ears, which are very use. It is one to two weeks earlier than Stoweirs Evergreen, 



large for so early a variety. They mature about same time makes a large attractive ear of very white and handsome 



as the Early Minnesota, and are of good quality, cooking very — ■'- ^-^ -~ — -^ ^i-- t— j- ^^^-^^t^^^^ f^v ^^r^r^^^c' „cr^ -R^r 

 white and tender. Pkt. 10c; Pt. lOc; Qt. 15c; 4 Ots. 40c; 

 Bushel $2.00 ^ ^ 



MOORE'S EARLY CONCORD. Produces its large, hand- 

 some, fourteen to sixteen-rowed ears very low on the stalk, 

 and comes into use after Perry's Hybrid. The quality is fault- 

 less, being much like the Crosby, a»d it is an excellent sort to 

 follow that variety either for the canning factory or the gar- 

 den; also valuable as an intermediate variety. The grain, 

 which is short and thick, is very white and handsome both be- 

 fore and after cooking. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 40c; 



Bushel $2.25 



gram. It is one of the best varieties for canners' use. By 

 planting it with StowelVs Evergreen will lengthen the season 

 considerably, as the Hickox wfll be about through by the time 

 StoivelVs Evergreen comes in; very prolific, ordinarily every 

 stalk will have two large, fully developed ears. The best sort 

 for drying. Pkt. 10c ; Pt. 10c ; Qt. 15c ; 4 Qts. 40c ; Bu. $2.00 



COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, a sort developed from the old 

 Ne Plus Ultra, having a very small white cob densely covered 

 with irregular rows of very long, slender, white grains which 

 are of fine quality; their only fault being a rather thick 

 and cough skin. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 50c; 

 Bushel $2.50 



If by mail or express prepaid, add 10 cents per pint, 15 cents per quart for charges. 



