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Pee and Kay. — This has proved a very popular 

 variety, particularly in the East. Stalks medium height, 

 bearing two straight, handsome, ten or twelve rowed 

 ears, which are very large for so early a variety. They 

 mature about with Minnesota and are of good quality, 

 cooking very white and tender. 



Extra Early Adams. — Nearly as early as the last, 

 but inferior in quality. It will, however, succeed in the 

 South where other sorts fail. Stalks very short, with no 

 suckers, bearing a single, very full, round, short ear, 

 well covered with husks; kernels white, smooth. 



Early Minnesota. — Very little later than the above, 

 but an old and deservedly popular market sort. Stalks 

 short and not suckering, 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 this 

 variety so popular are 

 intensified. 



Early Southern 

 Sweet. 



Early Red 



Naragansett. 



Leet's Early. — The earliest large eared corn. Stalk 

 a little taller than the Minnesota, generally red; ears 

 larger, generally ten rowed, but sometimes with only 

 eight; usually white cob, but occasionally red. This is 

 a very desirable corn for those markets where an early, 

 larger eared corn is wanted. Quality is quite uniformly 

 good. This variety took the first premium at the great 

 Corn Show in Chicago in 1887 as the best early sweet corn. 



Early Southern Sweet. — This is a true hybrid 

 corn, being the result of a crossing of the Minnesota on 

 the Cuzco, a Mexican species with very tall stalks and 

 short, thick ear, bearing grains as large as chestnuts. 

 We made the cross in 1882, and have been selecting and 

 fixing the sort since. Stalks about the height of Minne- 

 sota, very stiff, with broad, stiff foliage, and bearing 

 medium length ten rowed ears covered with thick, coarse 

 husks. Grain large, with a thick skin, but sweet and 

 good. The ears are fit for use about as soon as the 

 Minnesota, and remain in condition until late in the 

 fall. From tests we have made, we believe that this 

 corn can be grown successfully in the extreme South, 

 where all other sweet corns fail. 



Early Red Naragansett. — We think this the best 

 red variety of sugar corn grown. It is early, following 

 the Minnesota. The kernels are much shriveled, and 

 exceedingly sweet and tender. A good table variety, 

 and many prefer it to any other sort. 



Crosby's Early. — A most excellent variety, and 

 remarkably early. Ears of good size, twelve rowed, 

 medium length, 

 grain very thick, 

 sweet, rich and 

 delicate. This is 

 the sort grown in 



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Crosby s Early Sweet. Moore' s Early 



Early. or Sugar. Concord Sweet. 



Maine, and it is the use of this variety rather than any 

 peculiarity of soil that has given Maine sweet corn its 

 reputation for quality. 



Perry's Hybrid. — Another eastern and very popular 

 variety. Stalks of medium height, very stout, bearing 

 two large, twelve or fourteen rowed ears, which often 

 have a red or pink cob; grain medium size, cooking very 

 white and tender. Matures about with the Minnesota. 



Early Sweet, or Sugar.— Ears good size, eight 

 rowed, tender and sugary; plant productive, hardy and 

 quite early. An excellent table sort. 



Moore's Early Concord Sweet. — Produces its 

 very large, handsome, fourteen rowed ears very low on 

 the stalk, and comes into use after Crosby's Early. The 

 quality is faultless, and it is valuable as an inter- 

 mediate variety. 



Black Mexican.— Although the 

 ripe grain is black or bluish-bjack, the 

 corn, when in condition for the table, 

 cooks remarkably white, and is sur- 

 passed by none in tenderness. This by 



Black Mexican. Excelsior. Ne Plus Ultra. 



