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



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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 Oc- 

 tober. 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 

 field variety, and often used for table, particularly at 

 the south. Ears about eight inches long, twelve or 

 fourteen rows ; kernels white, rounded, somewhat deep- 

 er than broad, and indented at the outer end, which is 

 whiter and less transparent than the inner. 



Early Canada.— A very early yellow variety, much 

 grown in Canada ; good for localities where the seasons 

 are short, or when first planting has failed. 



Lackawaxen, — A white flint, eight rowed variety, 

 with grains very large and deep ; cob small ; ears aver- 

 age over a foot in length, and in some cases reach six- 

 teen mches. Usually two ears to a stalk. Height of 

 stalk about eight feet. It completes its growth in 

 7iinety-_five days^ and has yielded one hutidred and 

 forty-seven bushels shelled corn per acre. 



Early "White Flint. — An excellent, productive va- 

 riety. Ears good size, pearly white, and of a beautiful 

 appearance. Much used for making hominy. 



Large Red Blazed, Eight Ro^ved. — An excellent 

 variety for field culture. Ears large, well filled out at 

 the top and end ; color yellow, splashed with red at 

 the point. A verj- desirable variety. 



Early Golden Dent. — A dent variety, as early as 

 the common flint sorts, and strongly recommended for 

 general use. Stalks medium, with very broad leaves ; 

 ears short, always filled to the point ; kernels very long, 

 yellow, making fine meal ; cob small. 



ChesteV County Mammoth. — A large, late variety, 

 popular in Pennsylvania. A sure cropper and hardy, 

 but will not mature at the extreme north. South of 

 northern Ohio it is one of the best of the dent varieties. 

 Stalks large, bearing one or two very large, ears ; ker- 

 nels narrow, very long, deep yellow ; cob very small. 



Blunt's Prolific. — Probably the most prolific com 

 grown. The ears are short, well shaped, and average 

 three, and frequently run as high as eight to a single 

 stalk ; the kernel if white, of the general form of the 

 dent varieties, but harder and makes an extra quality of 

 pure white meal. It is not early, and will not do well at 

 the extreme north. 



Rice, for Parching. — A very handsome variety. 

 Ears short ; kernels long, pointed, and resemble rice ; 

 color white ; very prolific ; used entirely for parching, 

 for which purpose it has no superior. 



CORX, BROO:iI. 



There are many farmers who might make this a very 

 profitable crop, as an acre will give about five hundred 

 weight of broom and nearly forty bushels of seed, worth 

 nearly as much as oats for feed. 



CuLTLRE. — It requires similar soil and culture to corn, 

 but should be planted later. It is frequently planted in 

 drills three and a half feet apart, leaving the plants six 

 inches apart. 



Dwarf. — Grows from three to five feet high, and 

 produces short, fine brush suitable for whisk brooms and 

 brushes. Our stock is very pure and true. 



Improved Evergreen.— Grows to a height of seven 

 to nine feet ; early, and produces a very fine brush of 

 good length and of green color. Our stock is choice, 

 having been established by a careful selection for many 

 years of the finest plants. 





Corn Saiad. 



Corn Salad, Fetticus, or 

 I^aiiib's I^ettuce. 



Fr. Mache^ Saladd dc bL\ — Ger. Ackersalat, Lam- 

 inarsnlat. 



This small salad is used during the winter and spring 

 months as a substitute for lettuce, and is also cooked 

 and used like spinage. In warm weather, the plants 

 wiU mature in from four to six weeks. 



Culture. — Sow the seed in shallow drills about one 

 foot apart, during August and September. If the soil is 

 drj-, it should be pressed firmly over the seed, in order 

 to secure prompt germination. On the approach of se- 

 verely cold weather, cover with straw or coarse litter. 

 The plants will also do well if the seed is sown very 

 early in the spring, and like most salad plants, are 

 greatly improved if grown on very rich soil, indeed, the 

 ground can scarcely be made too rich for them. 



Cress, or Peppergrass. 



Fr. Cresson. — Ger. Kresse. 

 Curled. — This smaU salad was formerly much used 

 with lettuce, to which its warm, pungent taste makes a 

 most agreeable addition. 



Curled Cress. 



Clltlre of the Curled V.arieties. — The seed 

 should be sown in drills about eighteen inches apart, on 

 very rich ground, and the plants well cultivated. Keep 

 off insects by dusting with Pyrethrum powder. It may 

 be planted very early, but repeated sowings are neces- 

 sary to secure a succession. 



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Water Cress. 



