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FIELD, EMSILAQE, AND FODDER CORN. 



Three bushels will sow one acre broadcast ; half a bushel, if sown in drills. 



Add 15 cents per pint, or 25 cents per quart, extra, if to be sent by mail. 

 Price of ears, any variety, 5 cents each ; add 10 cents extra if to be sent by mail. 



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Early ElllllS. An improved variety of the Longfellow. Ripens in one kwi- 

 dred days from time of planting. The ears set low on the stalk, and 

 measure ten to twelve inches long ; have a large kernel and small cob. 



Angel of Midnight. The ear is perfect in shape; length, io to 12 inches; 

 rows straight and even, and filled from tip to tip. Kernels large . 



Early Yellow Canada* A well-known early variety ; eight-rowed 



Early Boardman* Eight-rowed ; very productive ; fine ear and large kernel, 



White Flint. One of the best white varieties 



Longfellow. A fine yellow flint variety; grows a handsome ear, twelve to 

 fifteen inches long; largest kernel yellow corn; safe to plant in this 

 latitude ; *" • . 



Tuscarora. Large variety with flour white kernels, a little indented; in olden 

 times used as a sweet corn ; remains long in a boiling state 



Wausliakuni. An eight-rowed yellow flint corn, obtained by crossing the 

 Longfellow with a choice local variety. It has a very small cob, well filled 

 out at both ends, with kernels of good size. The stalks are stout, mak- 

 ing good fodder . . . . . . . 



White Flat Ensilage. Grows very rapidly, and attains a height of twelve to 

 fifteen feet. Plant during June, in drills four feet apart ; manure heavily, 



Parker & Wood's Perfect Ensilage. This is the result of a continued 

 selection from a popular ensilage variety, and will be found to be what 

 its name implies. In growth it attains a height of from twelve to fifteen 

 feet, short jointed, with an abundance of leaves and ears. It is as heavy 

 a yielder as Blunt's Prolific, while it possesses the great advantage of 

 being sure to germinate , . . . . . . . . 



Early Sailford.. Used for a green fodder or ensilage variety; also makes a 

 fine quality of white meal. Stalk medium height, ears set low, generally 

 two to the stalk; kernel plump, nearly white in color; very productive . .20 2.00 



Blunt's Prolific Ensilage* A very fine variety for ensilage, making a large 

 growth of stalk, and as a field corn will produce three to six ears to the 

 staik. It is, however, too late a variety to ripen in New England ; and, as 

 it has given so much trouble in germinating, we cannot recommend it . 275 



White Flat Corn. A very fine variety for fodder ; used to some extent for 



ensilaging . ... g ........ . .10 1.5a 



.Popping Corn, Common White variety. Selected ears for seed. Each, .03. 



Fopping C©rn, White Rice variety. Selected ears for seed. Each, .05. 



CRESS, or PEPPER-GRASS. 



German, Kresse. — French, Cresson. — Spanish, Mastruco. 

 One ounce will sow sixteen square feet. 

 A well-known, pungent salad. Cover very slightly; sow at frequent intervals, to keep up a 

 succession. To be used before the flowers appear. 



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Extra Curled. The best sort ; very fine ; may be cut two or three times, $0.05 $0.10 $0.50 



CRESS (Water). 



German, Brumtenkresse. — French, Cresson de Fontane. — Spanish, Berro. 

 One ounce will sow one hundred square feet. 

 This universally esteemed and exceedingly wholesome salad may be grown in any moist situa- 

 tion, but more successfully by the edge of a running brook. The seed may be sown in May, on 



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