NEW CREATIONS IN SEEDS 
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While the "BURBANK" Tomato ripens at Santa Rosa more than a 
week ahead of all other tomatoes, it may seem strange that it should 
ripen only a week earlier than the earliest Tomato in the Colorado 
climate, while in the San Francisco Bay Region it ripens six weeks 
earlier; the bright, clear sunshine of high altitudes forwards plants 
much more rapidly than when growing in the moist, cool air and low 
altitudes near the ocean. These facts only go to prove that the "Bur- 
bank" is the earliest everywhere. 
Burbank Tomato Seed— 1916 Selection 
Per packet of 100 seeds, 25c; three, 50c; ten packets, $1.25. 
A New Creation in Corn — "Sorghum Pop" 
Our common corn, Zea Mays, has shown a wonderful adaptability to 
various soils and climates and also to the various uses for which it is 
grown, much more so than any other grass or grain. Next to it in varia- 
bility are the Sorghums, which include the various Kaffir corns, broom 
corns, and annual sugar canes. These are two very distinct species, one 
of which is a native of Africa, the other of America, and there is 
no record of any new variety having been produced by crossing. Five 
years ago, after numerous trials, a few kernels were produced on an 
ear of Burpee's improved Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn, from pollen 
of the white "goose neck" Kaffir Corn. These precious kernels were 
carefully planted one by one the next season and all but two were 
Stowell's Evergreen to all intents and purposes, but two ripened weeks 
earlier and were almost true Kaffir corns with compact, crooked, droop- 
ing "heads," containing many scattering hard, round kernels, also bear- 
ing "goose neck" drooping ears, somewhat resembling popcorn. The next 
season all were planted and a new corn, in many respects resembling 
SORGHUM POPCORN 
