From PETER HENDERSON &CO.,NEW YORK 39 
Henderson’s Selected Varieties of J 
SWEET CORN 
CULTURE.—Plant five or six seeds one inch deep in hills four feet apart for 
standard sorts and about two feet apart for varieties like Cupid or Golden, \e 
Bantam. Planting can be made from middle of May until July 15th 
In more southerly latitudes planting is begun earlier and continued later. 
| HENDERSON'S ie 
New Cupid Sweet Corn ig 
Offered for the First Time in 1923 
Superlatively Sweet—Temptingly Tender—A Delicious Morsel 
Heavy Crops on Small Plots Are Now Possible 
110. Lonefellow says: ‘‘Artislong and time is fleeting,” and this is just as true |¥ 
of the Art of Horticulture as of any other. Especially is this so, when the en- |™ 
deavor is to improve upon nature, and that is what has been accomplished in this |# 
new variety of Sweet Corn, which represents seven years’ work in cross-breeding |} — 
and selection. ; : 
HENDERSON’S NEW CUPID is one of the earliest varieties—by this we mean 
that it grows and is fit for eating in a shorter period of time, than almost any other 
variety. The ‘‘whiteness”’ of the kernels is also a marked feature and, as may be 
seen by the illustration on the opposite page, they are truly as white as “driven |7 
snow.” 
The ears grow to a length of five or six inches, and each ear has an ample stem or 
handle, which should be left on when cut, so that when served at the table the ear 
will be more convenient to hold. Served in this manner, and eaten from the ear, it 
makes a very dainty and delicious morsel. Our grower remarked when testing this 
corn for quality, that he had been growing sugar corn for a great many years, and 
knew all the leading varieties, but that he was sure that HENDERSON’S NEW 
CUPID SWEET CORN excelled them all. 
One of the most desirable characteristics of HENDERSON’S NEW CUPID 
SWEET CORN is well pictured in the illustration, namely, the dwarf size of 
the stalks, which never attain a height of more than four feet, enabling the 
suburbanite to raise twice as much corn on the same space of ground. 
Last year we concluded that we had accumulated enough stock to justify 
us in placing a small ‘quantity of it with one of our experienced growers, to 
grow for seed, and so we are now in a position to offer a very limited quantity. 
(See engraving.) Price, 20c. packet, 80c. pint, $1.50 quart. 
“There is no corn that can compare with Henderson's New Cupid. I have had many kinds 
in my, garden, but Cupid is the sweetest and whitest I have ever seen. Out of two packets I got 
eighty ears of corn that were areal delicacy.” WILLIAM DEITRICH, Bloomfield, N. J. 
GOLDEN BANTAM SWEET CORN 
$ 
re 
A Gem for the Small Garden—A Small Ear of Remarkable Quality “Culuivation 
ONE OF THE SWEETEST SUGAR CORNS GROWN se 
119. Golden Bantam is a dwarf medium, early variety, of exceptionally good quality and reliability. It is 
rapidly becoming one of the most popular varieties in our list. While the individual plant and ear are small, it may be planted so much closer 
than the larger-eared sorts, so that the net product from a given area is about the same as of ordinary sorts. The plant is about 5 feet high 
_ medium early, but of exceptionally good quality. In all respects it is a gem—in size of plant, ear and grain. It is particularly well adapted io 
small gardens, on account of its small size; to the more pretentious garden on account of its excessive cropping ability on a given area, and 
to all because of its superb quality and delicious satisfying flavor. It may be planted to advantage in hills three feet apart each way. ‘If in 
tows, they should be three feet apart, and the plants standing singly at nine-inch intervals. It is probably the best to use where only one sort 
is planted, for it succeeds admirably under all conditions. (See engraving.) Price, 15c. pkt., 4oc. pt., 70c. qt., $2.50 for half peck. 
For Garden Tools of Quality See Our Illustrated List on Pages 169 to 198 
