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CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
Condon's "Sure Crop'' Tested Seed Corn 
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GUARANTEE 
We grant you 10 
days after arrival 
of your seed corn, 
to critically test 
and examine It. If 
not up to your lik- 
ing, ship it back at 
our expense and 
you will get your 
money refunded by 
return mail. No 
wrangling here. 
You are the judge, 
you don't take any 
chance buying of 
UB. 
CONDON'S GOLDEN HARVEST 
The above photograph represents the exact type of our Famous Thorobred Golden Harvest Dent. 
For two years now the committee in charge of the Winnebago County Farm School contest, have se- 
lected this variety as their ideal type for color, earliness, high protein and yielding qualities. Fifty-six 
of the most progressive farmer boys in our county have given it a most critical test, and acclaim it the most 
profitable and handsomest of all yellow corns. 
A WONDERFULLY FINE VARIETY FOR 
THE CENTRAL CORN BELT 
= - CONDON'S GOLDEN HARVEST 
A splendid corn to sell In market on the ear. Will pro- 
duce a satisfactory crop with less favorable conditions 
tiian those required by Ueid's Dent. In numerous tests on 
both good and poor soil we have found that it responds to 
good soil and cultivation with an Immense yield: it will 
also produce more corn with ordinar.v treatment than any 
other large-eared variety. The plant is ideal, the stalk 
being about eight feet high with abundant broad leaves, 
and it is so well rooted that it withstands wind storms 
extra well. It is compaiativel.v free from barren stalks. Ears 
are borne uniformly at about four feet from the ground 
high enougli to get at the sun and air, low enough, to be pro- 
tected from windstorms and just right for husking. The 
shank is long, allowing the ear to droop when maturing, 
thus shedding the rain Instead of holding it in the husk, 
and being small, it is %'ery easy to break in husking, yet 
we seldom find an ear whipped off by t!>e wind. The ears 
are large, 10 to 12 inches long, nearly cylindrical, holding 
their size well to the end, are well rounded or capped over 
at both ends and have that well groomed appearance of 
thoroughbred corn. The fine shaped grains, which are set 
in straight rows, are quite deep and broad at the germ 
end, thus making a solid or heavy ear, and they are of 
such ricli yellow color and uniform size that it is surely 
the handsomest corn we have ever seen. Cobs are dark 
red and so small that 70 pounds of ear corn shells out 
41 pounds. 
GOLDEN GLOW— Wisconsin No. 12 
BEST NINETY-DAY YELLOW 
A very desirable first-early Dent Corn suitable for main 
crop as far nortli as St. Paul. It is remarkably thorough- 
bred and true to type, and the strain we offer is the best 
we have ever seen. It has been carefully selected here for 
several sen sons, and is much better than the Pride 
of the North;" Color, "deep yellow; grains, quite deep; 
with very small, bright red cob. Rom's generally 14 or 16, 
grain rather narrow and inclined to be rough on top. It 
Is generally about 8 Inches long, but as it almost always 
makes two ears to the stalk it makes a good yield, often 
equal to the big varieties. It is very hardy and will stand 
cold weather and poor land almost like flint corn. If you 
have to replant as late as the last of June in this latitude, 
this will make a fair crop. 
NEW YELLOW LEAMING 
The Leaming Corn, originated by Mr. Leamlng, of Ohio, 
had the reputation of being the hardiest and surest grow- 
ing yellow corn, but particular growers objected to its 
red under-color and uneven kernels, due to its rapid taper- 
ing. Our New Yellow Leamlng, so called to distinguish It 
from other strains, has been carefully bred up through a 
long series of years, to overcome these objections and 
still retain all its desirable qualities. 
REID'S YELLOW DENT 
The Standard Corn in the Middle West 
This variety is the best known among progressive farm- J 
ers who grow for the great corn shows and who try to 1 
breed to the show standard. The type of Reid's Dent is ,j 
the standard for corn judges and through its popularity ) 
at the shows it has become widely known and generally 
distributed. It is a thoroughbred corn, having many years 
of selection for its foundation, and the type is thoroughly 
fixed so that reversion seldom occurs, and the crop is al- 
ways uniform in size, shape and color. Is the most highly 
recommended by Professor Holden, the noted corn expert 
of the "Iowa Agricultural College, and too well known to 
I'equlie lengthy description. 
It requires about 113 days to mature and we do not 
therefore recommend it for planting north of Central Iowa. 
In good years it will often produce splendid crops as far 
north as the Minnesota line, but it cannot be depended on 
to ripen in short seasons jn that latitude. A splendid 
variety for the farmer who sells corn in the ear. 
Our stock is 
extra choice, 
having been 
grown from 
stock re- 
ceived direct 
from Mr. 
Reid, and 
we have se- 
lected the 
choicest ears 
so we are 
sure our 
seed cannot 
fail to please 
the most 
partlculai . It 
is of hand- 
some yellow 
color, smooth 
and deep 
grained, and 
the kernels 
are packed 
very closely 
on the col), 
thus giving 
it an appear- 
ance of great 
solidity. 
N E Y E L 1:0 W L HAM I N G 
Remember we can furnish, on the Ear, any variety 
of seed corn listed — 70 pounds per bushel — carefully 
packed in bags to avoid loss of shelling. Same price 
as shelled seed. 
