STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY +es+ MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



STOKES DOUBLE-BARRELED BEST (x 2/3) 



No. 159— De Lue's Golden Giant 



Days to Matueitt, 78. Claimed to be a hybrid between Golden 

 Bantam and Howling Mob, the cross being made by Dr. De Lue of 

 Needham, Massachusetts. After several years' selection it was 

 offered to the public about 1916. There have been several crosses 

 of the Golden Bantam type with larger varieties of white kerneled 

 sweet corn. Of these Golden Giant has proven to be as good, if not 

 better, than any we have so far discovered. Coming about one 

 week later than Golden Bantam, the ear is very much larger. How- 

 ever, the sugar content is almost as great and, therefore, the variety 

 should be especially popular with all who have found Golden Bantam 

 to their liking. The illustration will give a very accurate idea of the 

 size of ear. The stock we have offered has been grown privately, 

 under close supervision, and is offered with every confidence that 

 the variety will prove a strong acquisition to our list of sweet corn. 

 Pkt. 15c, V 2 pt. 25c, pt. 40c, qt. 75c, H pk. $2.75, postpaid. 



No. 260— Double-Barreled Best 



Days to Maturity, 80. Originated by Mr. Arthur H. Ritchie, a 

 Burlington County farmer, from a cross made in 1906 between 

 Stowell's Evergreen and a local variety of similar type. Three years 

 later there was a slight infusion of an earlier corn, probably Kendel's 

 Early Giant. After the variety had been selected for four years, so 

 that its type was well fixed, it was introduced by Walter P. Stokes 

 in 1913. Its name, Double-Barreled Best, is given because of its 

 very general tendency to throw two good ears to the stalk. After 

 six years' selection here on Windermoor Farm, we have developed 

 the corn to a point where it will produce double ears about sixty 



per cent, of the time. In this district, Double-Barreled Best is an 

 established second early variety. Its length and general charac- 

 teristics resemble Stowell's Evergreen, except that it is slightly 

 smaller in all proportions and two weeks earlier. The stalk will 

 grow to a height of about six feet and the ears will average six and 

 one-half to seven inches in length. The sugar content is very high 

 and as an edible variety we know of no finer. It is incidentally being 

 used in some very large canning operations. To the truck grower 

 who looks for early money in corn and to the home gardener who 

 desires the most delicious second early or main season corn for his 

 table, we can reco mm end no better. Four or five plantings should 

 be made for proper succession during the season and the greatest 

 care should be taken to have the product as fresh from the growing 

 stalk as is possible. Is not recommended for planting in Maine, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont or any states or provinces north of that 

 general latitude, as there is danger of its not reaching maturity. 

 Pkt. 15c, H Pt. 25c, pt. 40c, qt. 75c, y 2 pk. $2.75, postpaid. 



No. 262— Kendel's Early Giant 



Days to Maturity, 75. Introduced by Kendel in 1896. A standard 

 main season variety. The stalks will grow to a height of five and 

 one-half feet, bearing an ear six and one-half inches in length, 

 containing twelve or fourteen rows. The quality is not exceptionally 

 good and since the introduction of Stokes Double-Barreled Best, 

 there is no reason why Kendel's Early Giant should be grown. 

 Owing to the fact that there is still a considerable call for this sort, 

 we feel it our duty to offer it. We do so, however, with the reserva- 

 tions as noted herewith. Pkt. 10c, Y 2 pt. 20c, pt. 35c, qt. 65c, 

 Yi pk. $2.25, postpaid. 



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