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Sweet Corn is America's Great Gift to Man 



SWEET CORN 



109 Cory Eariy> Wktt * Cob. Ex- 



tremely early, fit to use in 50 to 

 60 days from planting. Ears about 6 to 

 7 inches long, with milky white kernels: 

 plants dwarf, bearing usually 2 ears to 

 a stalk. Price, pkt. 10c.: pt. 40c.: qt. 

 75c; 4 qts. $2.50: peck $4.75: trans- 

 portation paid. 



112 Ear,y Champion. This stand- 

 ard sort has stood the test of 

 many years of cultivation. It is grown 

 extensively both by private and market 

 gardeners as it comes into bearing im- 

 mediately after the parly sorts. It is a 

 sure cropper, ears aie medium to large 

 in size, pure white. 1'riro. 

 pkt. 10c.: pt. 40c.; qt 

 75c.: 4 qts. $2.50; peck 

 $4.75; transpotration 

 paid. 



"After trying many 

 tarieties of Sweet Corn I 

 believe that your Poca- 

 hontas beats them all. It 

 excells in earliness and 

 productiveness. 



Laurence Gemperle 



Mars. Pa. 



C ULT URE. — Sweet or Sugar Corn 

 may be either sown one inch deep in 

 rows three to four feet apart, and the 

 seeds placed about eight inches apart 

 in the rows, or planted in hills at 

 distances of three or four feet each way, according to the size of the variety grown. The taller the variety, or 

 the richer the soil, the greater should be the distance apart. We make our first plantings in this vicinity 

 about the middle of May and plant every two or three weeks until the last week in July. In more southerly 

 latitudes planting is begun earlier and continued later. The earliest varieties are ready for the table in 

 eight or nine weeks from sowing and the late varieties in from eleven to twelve weeks. One quart for 200 hills. 



The Three Dwarf Early Sweet Corns 



HENDERSON'S GOLDEN BANTAM HENDERSON'S SILVER BANTAM 

 HENDERSON'S CUPID 



are shown on Colored Plate page 35 and described on page 34. 



Henderson's Metropolitan 



The Largest and Sweetest Early Variety 



116 Metr °P°litan combines the essential features of earliness, productiveness and good flavor in 

 a superlative degree. It is very little later than Cory. 



The ears are from 8 to 9 inches long and all set low. They are 10 to 12-rowed, well filled to the tip 

 with large, deep grains, which are very tender. It is not merely sweet, but possesses that exquisite 

 richness so well known in the larger and later sorts. The best, the largest, the sweetest and the biggest 

 yielder of all Early Sweet Corn. {See illustration.) 



Price, pkt. 10c. ; pt. 40c. ; qt. 75c. ; 4 qts. $2.50; peck $4.75; transportation paid. 



Golden Sunshine 



The Earliest Golden Sweet Corn Grown 



122 Blue skies and golden sunshine have combined their chemistry to produce the nectar-like 

 sweetness of this delicious sweet corn. 



The ears are very compact, about the same size as Golden Bantam, but more refined in appearance, 

 having from 10 to 12 rows of grains instead of 8 as Golden Bantam. It is a very rapid grower and 

 the earliest of the golden group. 



Price, pkt. 20c.; 3 pkts. 50c.; pt. 75c.; 1 qt. $1.25.; transportation paid. 



Henderson's Pocahontas 



127 ^ ne P' ant is °f d war f habit and very robust. The ears are of good size and are always well 

 filled, having no gaps between the rows — a common fault of many early sorts. The flavor is 

 excellent for so early a variety. 



Price, pkt. 10c.: pt. 40c.: qt. 75c; 4 qts. $2.50; peck $4.75; transportation paid. 



Henderson's Golden Rod 



Delicious Golden Grains of Rich Flavor 



121 Wnen tne existing yellow or golden colored varieties were introduced, it was hard to convince 

 the public of their value; but as everyone who tasted them became enthusiastic in publishing 

 their praise, they soon came into favor. 



Golden Rod is the result of a cross between Stowell's Evergreen and Golden Bantam, and proves 

 to be a happy and complete blending of each sort. The ear is just large enough for ordinary consump- 

 tion. The plants are 6 to 7 feet high, and bear on each stalk, at a convenient height, two ears packed 

 with delicious golden grains of appetizing flavor. 



Price, pkt. 15c; pt. 40c; qt. 75c; 4 qts. $2.50; pk. $4.75; transportation paid. 



The Henderson 



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The Henderson is a midseason variety and is ready for the table about one week before the 

 late sorts. The plant is luxurious, healthy and vigorous. It is of delicious quality and has the 

 faculty of retaining its delicious and tender sweetness for a much longer time than most other sweet 

 corns. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt. 10c: pt. 40c; qt. 75c; 4 qts. $2.50: peck $4.75; transportation paid. 



Black Mexican 



I A1 Medium early, bearing 8-inch ears. Well filled with large kernels, which, paradoxically 

 though black when ripe, are white when "green." and then exceptionally sweet. 

 Price, pkt. 10c: Dt. 35c; qt. 65c; 4 qts. $2.25; peck $4.25: transportation paid. 



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-» Metropolian 



It is perhaps not generally known that Sweet Corn is much more tender and retains its flavor better when put Into cold 



water and {gradually brought to the boiling point* 



