D. M. Ferry &. Cos Descriptive Catalogue. 



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CORN. 



Fr. J/ais.—Ger. Mais. 



Culture. — A rich, warm, alluvial soil is best, and 

 immediately before planting this should be as deeply 

 and thoroughly worked as possible. Cultivate deeply 

 and thoroughly as soon as possible after the plants ap- 

 pear and every few days until it tassels. Thorough 

 cultivation and warm, rich soil are the keys to success. 



Early Marblehead. — The earliest sweet corn, and 

 best for first crop. Quality excellent. Cook quickly 

 using boiling hot water, for if simmered over a slow fire, 

 or if it is allowed to stand in the water after cooking, its 

 red cob will color the grain. Stalk very short, with 

 many suckers from the root; ears medium size, long, 

 with few husks ; cob red, small ; kernel broad, shallow, 

 white or tinged with red. 



Dolly Dutton, or Tom Thumb.— Stalk very short, 

 with few suckers and fine leaves ; ears small, straight, 

 well covered with husks. The smallest sort in cultiva- 

 tion. 



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

 and inferior in quality, but will succeed at the south 

 where other sorts fail. Stalks very short, with no 

 suckers, bearing a single, very full, round, s/iort ear, 

 •well covered with husks ; kernels white, smooth. 



Early Early Red Crosby's 



Minnesota. Naragansett Extra Early. 



Early Minnesota.— Very little later than the above, 

 but an old and popular market sort. Stalks short and 

 not suckering, bearing one or two ears well covered with 

 husks ; ears long, pointed ; kernels very broad, sweet 

 and tender, not shrinking much in drying. 



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 Extra Early. — A most excellent variety, 

 and remarkably early. Ears of good size, medium 

 length, sweet, rich and delicate. 



Russell's Early Prolific Sugar. — Comes into use a 

 few days after the preceding. Is of excellent quality, 

 very productive, and one of the best for family use. 



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

 and sugary; plant productive, hardy and quite early. 

 An excellent table sort. 



Moore's Early Concord Sweet. — Produces its very 

 large, handsome ears very low on the stalk and comes 



Moore's Early 

 Concord Sweet. 



into use after Crosby's 

 Extra Early. The 

 quality is unexcep- 

 tionable, and it is val- 

 uable as an intermedi- 

 ate variety. 



Black Mexican. — 

 Although the ripe 

 grain is black, or blu- 

 ish black, the com, 

 when in condition for 

 the table, cooks re- 

 markably white, and 

 is surpassed by none 

 in tenderness. This 

 by 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 filled out toBlack Mexican 



the end with broad, white kernels, that cook exceed- 

 ingly sweet and tender. 



Triumph. — Stalks large, with 

 large ears of fine quality. The 

 earliest of the very large sorts ; high- 

 ly esteemed by canners. 



Ne Plus Ultra. — A new late va- 

 riety which promises to become very 

 popular. Stalks of medium height, 

 being very short between joints, with- 

 out 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, 

 ver>' long, white and exceedingly 

 tender and sweet. One of the best 

 late varieties particularly for amateur 

 use. 



Egyptian Sweet. — A variety no- 

 ted for its productiveness — the stalks having from two 

 to four ears each — the large size of its ears, its sweet- 

 ness and tenderness. It is peculiarly adapted for can- 

 ning purposes, and the superiority of the canned green 

 corn of this variety is noticeable. Its season is about 

 the same as the Evergreen. 



Mammoth Sweet. — This variety produces the lar- 

 gest 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. 

 For family use, it cannot be excelled. 



Stowell's Evergreen Sweet.— This variety is in- 

 termediate in its season, and if planted at the same 

 time with earlier kinds, will keep the table supplied till 

 October. It is hardy and productive, very tender and 

 sugary, remaining in a condition suitable for boiling a 

 long time. 

 ! Early Adams, or Burlington.— An excellent early 

 I field variety, and often used for table, particularly at 

 the south. Ears about eight inches long, twelve or 

 I fourteen rows; kernels white, rounded, somewhat deeper 



Excelsior. 



