L>. M. FEBBY & CO'S UESi BIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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many is considered the most desirable for family use of 

 the second early sorts. 



Excelsior. — The best quality of the second early 

 sorts, and the best for general crop. Stalks medium, 

 bearing from three to six small, curved ears, which are 

 failed out to the end with broad, white kernels that cook 

 exceedingly sweet and tender. 



Triumph.— Stalks large, with large, eight rowed ears 

 and very broad grains of fine quality. The earliest of 

 the very large sorts, and in form and general character 

 I ke the Minnesota; highly esteemed by canners. . 



Ne Plus Ultra. — A new late variety which promises 

 to become very popular. Stalks of medium height, 

 being very short between joints, without suckers, dark 

 green with some marking of red; bearing from two to 

 five ears, well covered with tassels and red silk. Leaves 

 numerous; husks, which are gathered into a point, broad, 

 dark green. Ears short, tapering, always well filled 

 out. Kernels not in rows, small, very long, white and 

 exceedingly tender and sweet. One of the best late 

 varieties, particularly for amateur use. 



Old Colony. — A very old sort which has been revived 

 and sold under the name of Landreth's Sugar and other 

 names. It is similar to the above, but with much larger 

 ears, which are quite uniform, and have an oval rather 

 than a round cob. Many who tasted it at our trial 

 grounds pronounced it the best of any of the forty-eight 

 kinds grown by us this summer. Stalks six feet high; 

 very productive; ear large, oval, with sixteen to twenty 

 irregular rows; grain small, long, compressed and 

 crowded on the white cob; quality the very best. 



Egyptian Sweet. — A variety noted for its produc- 

 tiveness, the stalks having from two to four ears each, 

 the large size of its ears, its sweetness and tenderness. 

 It is peculiarly adapted for canning 

 purposes, and the superiority of the 

 canned green corn of this variety is 

 noticeable. 



Stowell's Evergreen Sweet.— This variety is 

 intermediate in its season, and if planted at the same 

 time with earlier kinds, will keep the 

 table supplied until October. It is 

 hardy and productive, very tender 

 and sugary, remaining a long time 



Triumph. Egyptian Sweet. Old Colony. 



Hickox Hybrid.— A very popular variety in the 

 East. Ears longer than the Evergreen but not quite so 

 large; grain very white and retains this color when 

 cooked, and until quite mature. A very desirable sort 

 for canners who wish a late corn. 



Stowell 1 s 

 Evergreen 

 Hickox Hybrid. Sweet. Nl ammoth Sweet. 



in condition suitable for boiling. Our stock has been 

 carefully grown and selected to avoid the tendency to a 

 shorter grain and deterioration in the Evergreen 

 character of this best of all late sorts. 



Mammoth Sweet.— This variety produces the larg- 

 est ears of any sort with which we are acquainted, a 

 single ear sometimes weighing two or three pounds. 

 The quality is excellent — sweet, tender and delicious, 

 and its only fault is the immense size of the ear. 



Early Adams, or Burlington.— An excellent early 

 field variety, and often used for table, particularly in 

 the South. Ears about eight inches long, twelve or four- 

 teen rowed; kernels white, rounded, somewhat deeper 

 than broad 4 and indented at the outer end, 

 which is whiter and less transparent than 

 the inner. 



Early Red Blazed. — The experience 

 of 1883 demonstrated that this is the hardi- 

 est field corn in cultivation. It is not only- 

 early, but will endure uninjured a degree 

 of cold and wet that would be fatal to 

 other sorts. Stalks medium height, with- 

 out suckers, dark green, with red or bronze 

 markings. Leaves broad, green at base, 

 but bronze at top, particularly while the 

 plant is young. Ears long, eight rowed, 

 well filled, small at base. Grain flinty and 

 of fine quality, bright yellow at base of 

 ears, but red at the tips. 



Early Golden Dent, or Pride of the 

 North.— A very early Dent variety, ripen- 

 ing with the Flint sorts, and can be suc- 

 cessfully grown further north than any 

 other variety of Dent corn. Stalks small, 

 with broad leaves. Ears short, twelve to 

 sixteen rowed, well filled. Grain long, yel- 

 low, making an extra quality of meal. 



