20 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



CORN 



(Shelled) 



The very important character of earliness is given the attention it merits at our seed breeding 

 stations and trial gardens. The number of days required for each variety of corn to produce ears fit 

 for table is indicated below. This information is the result of many years observation of these varieties 

 at our Oakview Experimental Gardens near Detroit, where com is planted early in May. Under very 

 favorable circumstances Alpha, which is the standard of earliness, produces table ears in 71 days. 

 We put on trial all promising novelties and, regardless of claims made, we have found nothing earlier 

 than Alpha. Rather than use the minimum days required we have used the average of many seasons 

 for each variety. We have described the ears at table stage. 



SWEET OR TABLE VARIETIES „Vr„ T^, TJJi 



Codeword per lb. per lb. per lb. 



Alameda Sweet ' colam SO.16 S0.14 SO. 12 



95 days. The standard market variety used in CaUfornia and the 

 most rehable for cUmatic conditions there; developed by selection 

 by the market gardeners in Alameda County, California, from 

 Early Mammoth, but has been bred up and improved by us. 

 Plants short and stocky with large dark green leaves; ears 10 to 

 14 rowed, snow^^ white, of excellent quality and covered with a 

 strong husk. 



ALPHA coALP .12 .IIH .11 



76 da3'S. The earhest sweet com; a money-maker for early market. 

 Plants 4 feet tall. Ears attractive; 6 — 7 in. long; 8 rowed; very 

 uniform. Kernels white, plump, sweet, and tender. 



Bantam Evergreen (Golden) coban .11 .10 .093^ 



95 days. Thrifty, productive, valuable for canning and market. 

 Stalks 6 — 7 feet tall. Ears large, 7M to 8 inches long with. 14 — 18 

 rows of compact kernels that are rich golden cream in color, of 

 good flavor, and have the "evergreen" quality of remaining in 

 table condition for a long time. 



Black Mexican comex .11 .lOK 



93 days. Home garden variety of splendid quahty. Plants 63^ feet 

 tall. Ears 8 — 9 in. long; 8 rowed; very uniform. Kernels clear 

 white at table stage; tender and of a rich sweet flavor; become 

 uniform blue-black when ripe. 



Carmel Golden cocar .14 .13 .12 



90 days, about 1 week later than Golden Bantam. Plants 6 — 7 

 feet tall, thrift5^ Ears handsome; 8 in. long, with 12 to 14 regular 

 rows. Kernels golden yellow, sweet and tender. Similar to Charle- 

 voix, but coarser. 



CHARLEVOIX (Gold Standard) co\ax .12 .11 .10^ 



86 — 88 days. The standard of excellence in sweet corn; equally 

 valuable for home garden, market garden and canning. Plants 

 5}/2 — 6 ft. tall, commonly bear 2 ears Ears handsome, 63^ — 7 in. 

 long; 12 rowed. Kernels light golden yellow, tender and of 

 highest quality. 



Country Gentleman cogex .11 .10 .093^ 



110 days. Heavy yielding variety with Evergreen character. 

 Valuable for home, market garden and especially for canning. 

 Plants 63^—7 ft. tall, conmionly with 2 or more ears. Ears 73"^ — 9 

 in. long, 2 in. thick; set solid with irregular rows of kernels. 

 These are white; shoe-peg form, very deep; sweet and tender. 



Early Sweet or Sugar cosug .11 .10 .093^2 



93 days. Dependable highly productive sort for home and market 



garden. Plants 6 ft. tall. Ears slender; 9 — 93^ in. long; 8 rowed; ^ 



very uniform. Kernels white, sweet and tender. 



