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D, M, FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



CORN. 



French, Mais. German, Mais. 



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

 ately before planting, this should be deeply and thoroughly 

 worked. Give frequent and thorough but shallow cultivation 

 until the tassels appear. 



SWEET, OR SUGAR. 



WHITE COB CORY.— We consider this the 

 best extra early sweet corn. The ears are fully as 

 large and well filled as Cory, and just as early, 

 and have the great advantage of a white cob, 

 making this variety the best extra early mai-ket 

 corn. We hope all our friends will plant largely 

 of this for early crop, as we feel sm-e that it cannot 

 fail to give entire satisfaction. 



CORY.— The largest of the extra early sorts. 

 The plant is stout and vigorous, but short, and it 

 will mature a full crop earlier than any of the 

 much lauded new strains. Ears eight-rowed, with 

 red cob and very large light pink grains. All the 

 red cobbed corn should be cooked quickly by 

 dropping the ears into boiling water to which a 

 little salt has been added, for if simmered over a 

 slow fire, or allowed to stand in the water after 

 cooking, the red cob will discolor the kernels. 



CROSBY'S EARLY.-A most 

 WHITE COB excellent variety, remarkably early 

 CORY. and of the best flavor. Ears of 

 medium size, twelve or more rowed, 

 grain very thick and sweet. This 

 is the sort so largely grown in 

 Maine for canning, and it is the 

 use of this variety rather than any 

 pecuharity of soil that has given 

 Maine sweet corn its reputation for 

 quality. 



EARLY MINNESOTA. - This 

 old and deservedly popular variety 

 is one of the best early sorts, for 

 the market and the private garden. 

 Stalks short and not suckering, 

 bearing one or two ears well cover- 

 ed with husks; ears long, eight 

 rowed; kernels very broad, sweet 

 and tender, not shrinking much in 

 drying. By careful selection we 

 have developed a stoclc of this 

 standard variety which is remark- 

 ably uniform, and in which all the 

 good qualities which have made it 

 so popular are intensified. 



NEW ENGLAND SWEET.— 

 Many regret the lack of the flavor of the New Eng- 

 land roasting ear in our modern sweet corn. We 

 have been able to develop a sort which has some- 

 thing of the flavor of the New England flint 

 corn without sacrificing in the least the sweet- 

 ness and tenderness of the sweet corn. The 

 ears are long, eight rowed ; the grain medium 

 sized, white, tender and sweet ; becoming much 

 ^\rinkled when ripe. Plant very hardy and 

 productive. 



PEE AND KAY.-This has 

 proved a very popular variety, 

 particularly in the East. Stalks 

 of mediuni height, bearing two 

 straight, handsome, ten or twelve 

 rowed ears, which are very large 

 for so early a variety. They ma- 

 ture about same time as the Early 

 3Iinnesota and are of good quali- 

 ty, cooking -^-ery white and tender. 



PERRY'S HYBRID.-Another 



eastern and ver}' popular variety. 

 Stalks of medium height, bearing 

 two large, twelve or fourteen 

 rowed ears, which often have a 

 red or pink cob; grain medium (| 

 size, cooking very white and ten- 

 der. Matures a 'little later than 

 the 3Iinnesota. 



EARLY SWEET OR SUGAR. 

 —Ears long, slender, eight rowed, 

 (ri'ain very white, tender and 

 sugary; plant productive, hardy 

 and quite early. An old but ex- 

 cellent table sort. Our stock is 

 distinct and true, and not such a 

 5Wiitl. mixture of all sorts of early 

 sweet or sugar corn as is often 

 offered under this name. 



nOORE'S EARLY CONCORD.— Produces its 

 large, handsome, fourteen rowed ears very low 

 on the stalk, and comes into use after Perry's 



Hybrid. The quality is faultless, being much like the Crosby, 

 and it is an excellent sort to follow that variety either for the 

 canning factory, or the garden, and it is valuable as an inter- 

 mediate variety. 



BLACK riEXICAN Although the ripe grain is black or 



bluish-black, the coi-n, when in condition for the table, cooks 

 remarkably white, and is surpassed hy none in tenderness. 

 This, by many, is considered the most desirable for family use 

 of the second early sorts. It does especially well for second 

 early in the South. 



HICKOX HYBRID. -Popular wherever it is known and 

 deserves to be planted very largely both for home and market 

 use. It is one to two weeks earlier than Evergreen, makes a 

 large, attractive ear. has a white cob and grain, and remains 

 in condition for use a long time. It is also one of the best 

 varieties for canners' use and by planting it with Evergreen 

 will lengthen the season considerably, as the Hickox will be 

 about through by the time Evergreen comes in; very pro- 

 lific, ordinarily every stalk will have two large, fully developed 

 ears. The best sort for diying. 



OLD COLONY.— Originated near Plymouth. Mass., about 

 fifty years ago; was lost sight of for awhile; revived and sold 

 under various names, such as Landreth"s Sugar, etc. We con- 

 sider it a more desirable sort than the Country Grentleman or 

 the Ne Plus Ultra in that the skin is not so tough, and cer- 

 tainly it is all that can be desired in quahty. Stalks about six 

 feet high, usually bearing two large, sixteen to twenty rowed 

 ears; grain very deep and the sweetest and best of the late vari- 

 eties. It is fit to use a few days earlier than Evergreen; 

 cannot be excelled as a market sort and is one of the best tor 

 canners. 



MAMMOTH. 



BLACK 

 MEXICAN. 



STOWELL'S EVERGREEN. -The standard main crop 

 variety, 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 

 in condition suitable for boiling. Our stock has been carefully 

 gi-own and selected to avoid the tendency to a shorter grain 

 and deterioration in the Evergreen character of this best 

 known of all late sorts. This and Mammoth are standard late 

 varieties in the South. 



MAMMOTH.— This variety produces the largest ears of any 

 sort with which we are acquainted, a single ear sometimes 

 weigliing two or three pounds. It is of excellent quality. 

 s^^■eet. tender and dehcious, and its only fault is the immense 

 size of the ear. 



FIELD CORN. 



EXTRA EARLY ADAMS.— Very early but more of tlie 

 quality of field than of sweet corn. It is, however, the stand- 

 ard extra early variety in the South, and can be depended on 

 to give a crop there when most other sorts fail. Stalks 

 short, with no suckers, very few tasseis, bearing a single. 



