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D, M. Ferry & Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



COI.I.ARKS. 



A species of cabbage, known iu different sections as 

 "Cole" and "Colewort." It is almost universally used 

 in the south for "Greens," where it continues in luxuri- 

 ant growth all winter. 



Georgia, or Southern. — This is the variety so ex- 

 tensively used in the south, where it furnishes an abun- 

 dance of food for both man and beast. Forms a large, 

 loose, open head, or a mass of leaves on a tail stem, 

 which are the better for freezing. Sow thick, in drills, 

 in rich ground, transplanting when four inches high. 

 In the south, sow from January to May and August to 

 October. Manure like cabbage. 



CORN. 



Fr. 3'/u/s. — 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 Marble- 

 head. — The earliest 

 sweet corn, and best 

 for first crop. Quality 

 excellent. Cook quick- 

 ly using boiling hot 

 water, for if simmered 

 over a slow fire, or if 

 it is allowed to stand 

 in the water after cook- 



Early Marblehead. 



Excelsior — (from nature.) Early Minnesota. 



ing, 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 Button.— Stalk very short, with few suckers 

 and fine leaves ; ears small, straight, well covered with 

 husks. The smallest sort in cultivation. 



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

 but much inferior in quality ; will succeed at the south 

 where other sorts fail. Stalks very short, with no 

 suckers, bearing a single very full, round, short ear, 

 well covered with husks ; kernels white, smooth. 



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 

 r^^ variety of sugar corn grown. It is early, following 

 the Minnesoia. 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 large size, produced 

 very low on the stalk, medium length, sweet, rich and 



1. .ssell'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. — 

 Large, full ears, coming into use after 

 Crosby's Extra Early. The quality is 

 unexceptionable, and it is valuable as 

 an intermediate variety. 



Black Mexican. — Although the 

 ripe grain is black, or bluish black, the 

 corn, when in condition for the table, 

 cooks remarkably white, and is sur- 

 passed by none in tenderness. This 

 by many is considered the most desira- 

 ble for family use of the second early 

 sorts. 



Excelsior. — The best quality of the 

 second early sorts, and the best foi 

 general crop. Stalks medium, bearing 

 from three to six small, curved ears, 

 which are filled out to the end with 

 broad, white kernels, that cook exceed- 

 ingly sweet and tender. (See cut.) 



Amber Cream. — Stalks very vigor- 

 ous, and stand drought better than 

 most. Very productive. Ears laige, 

 long; kernels deep, rich, sugary, \ lin- 

 ing in color from light red to white 



Triumph. — Stalks large, with lai.,e 

 ears of fine quality. The earliest of 

 the very large sorts ; highty esteemed 

 by canners. 



Egyptian Sweet.— A variety noted 

 tiveness — the stalks having from two to four ears each — 

 the large size of its ears, its sweetness and tenderness. 

 It is peculiarly adapted for canning purposes, and the 

 superiority of the canned green corn of this variety is 

 noticeable. Its season is about tbesan^.e as the K\-ergreen. 



Mammoth Sweet. — This variety produces the larg- 

 est ears of any sort with which we are acquainted, a 

 single ear sometimes weighing \.\^o or three pounds. 

 The quality is excellent — sweet, tender and delicious. 

 For family use, it cannot be excelled. 



Stowell's 

 Evergreen. 



for its produc- 



