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IOWA SILVER MINT!. — On very 

 rich land Silver Mine will make 

 enormous yields, and on thin land 

 it seems to adapt itself to hard 

 conditions, and will come nearer 

 to making a crop than any other 

 corn you could plant. It is deep 

 grained, pure white, rough-topped, 

 with a small white cob. Ears run 

 from 9 to 12 inches long, with 16 

 to 20 rows of pure white kernels, 

 solidly set on ears well filled out 

 at butt and tip. The cob being 

 small it dries out rapidly, and 

 can be marketed early. This Corn 

 is a drouth resister, maturing in 

 hot climates where early drouths 

 are frequent. Stalks medium 

 height, very leafy, with broad 

 blades, frequently bearing two 

 ears weighing 1 to 1^ pounds 

 each. It will make a safe crop 

 anywhere in the corn belt, and in 

 all the Southern States, including 

 Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma. Tex- 

 as, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis- 

 sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennes- 

 see, Kentucky and Virginia. 



ST. C H A B I. E S BED COB 

 WHITE. — Where the planter does 

 not object to a red cob no fault 

 can be found with this grand va- 

 riety. Pure white corn with rod 

 cob. ears large, moderately rough, 

 deep grain. Stalks grow very 

 leafy and heavy and will produce 

 enormous yields of corn for husk- 

 ing crop or prove a mortgage 

 lifter for silage. This variety is 

 best adapted to the Southern 

 States for a husking corn and is 

 in great demand in the Eastern 

 and Northern States for ensilage 

 and fodder purposes. 



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FBOTSCHEB'S ADAMS' EABZ.7 



Ii A B G E. — This is almost exclusively 

 planted for the first roasting ears by the 

 market gardeners. The ears are of good 

 size, but otherwise for the table only same 

 as common corn. Strange to say, the gar- 

 deners do not plant any sugar corn for the 

 market. We sell thousands of bushels of 

 St. Charles and other varieties of field corn 

 t?) be planted for the market, to be sold 

 green. 



WHITE EOCKDALE.— A Southern varie- 

 ty has been planted quite extensively and 

 has proven everything that was claimed for 

 it. It is the best Southern White Corn in 

 cultivation, flintier than the Mosby's 

 Prolific; moderately early; cob small, 

 grain deeply dented, of pure white color, 

 and makes excellent meal. We recommend 

 sam.e highly; any one using- this corn will 

 not be disappointed. 



EXTBA EABI.7 CBOSBT'S DWABF 

 SU6AB. — This is a very tender variety and 

 of excellent quality. Ears small, but very 

 sweet. It is not so extensively planted a.*:; 

 it deserves to be. 



BATT'S FOUB-EAB PBOIiIFIC. — This 



is a small ear white variety of corn, and 

 i grows from four to six ears to the stalk. 

 I Batt, the originator of this corn, claims 

 ; that it yielded last year 227 bushels per 

 ' acre on land in North Carolina; the land 

 ; was measured by the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of that State and the yield verified 

 by them. We secured several bushels of 

 the seed at an expense of $8.00 per bushel 

 and planted it here, and it has given us 

 splendid results and we feel that it is going 

 to be a very fine corn for this country, as 

 well as our State. It matures in about 100 

 days and grows about the same height as 

 the ordinary variety of corn. 



Batt's Pour-Ear Prolific. 



Steckler's Seeds Are True to Name and Quality. 



