54 CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
Condon's "Sure Crop'' Tested Seed Corn 
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The above halftone cut is an exact representation of our Thorobred Seed. Identical sort we furnished the 
past season to the Winnebago County Farm School for Boys. First prize was won by Leo. Sawer, P. O., Dur- 
and, Winnebag-o, CO., Illinois. Mr. Sawer secured as a prize free course at the State University for producing 
the highest scoring corn. Over fifty contestants and every one used our Famous Golden Harvest Dent, as pho- 
tographed and described above. 
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 
than those required by Reid'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 ordinary 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 comparatively free from barren stalljs. Ears 
are borne uniformly at about four feet from tlie ground, 
lilgh enough to get at tlie 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 very easy to break In husking, yet 
we seldom find an ear whipped oft by the 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 the.v are of 
such rich 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 
61 pounds. 
PRIDE OF THE NORTH 
(YELLOW NINETY-DAY) 
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 seasons and is much better than most of the Pride 
of the North. Color, deep yellow; grains, fjuitc deep; 
with very small, bright red cob. Rows 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 
eciual 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. Lcaming, 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- 
ers who grow for the great corn shows and who try to 
breed to the show standard. The type of Reid's Dent is 
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 is too well known to 
require lengthy description. 
It requires about 115 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 In 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 
particulai.lt 
is of hand- 
some yellow 
color, smooth 
and deep 
gi-ained, and 
the kernels 
are packed 
very closely 
on the cob, 
thus giving 
it an appear- 
ance of great 
solidity. 
NEW YELLOW LEAMING 
One bushel of our Rxtra Selected .Seed Corn will 
plant eight acres, actual <ost of 45 cents per acre. 
Can you afford to look for cheaper seed? 
