SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. -\/f AV ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 39 
— v^r^ Hardiest For All Climes 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Northern Seed Corn — Later Varieties 
May's Flint Sorts— Northern Grown May's Minnesota Grown Fodder Corn 
Sanford White 
IT IS QUITE EARLY, tvith large sizfd ears, and is a corn that can be depended 
on lo produce a good crop, even in poor seasons. One of the best Flint 
varieties for sections where Flint corn is grown. Peck 60c., bushel $2.00. 
MAY'S Smut Nose 
AYELIX>W FLINT cOK^y blazed With red at r fid of ear . 8 rows. Kars are 
large and round. This is a very early variety, and a great favorite 
in niany localities. ^ Our stock is very fine. Average height of stalk 7 feet 
6 inches, average distance base of ear from ground 2 feet ii inches. Peck 
75c., bushel $2.25. 
May's Northern Yellow Dent Sorts 
Iowa Gold Mine 
A MEDIUM EARLY, loT^e yello'.o Dent, 90 day, that is valuable for parts 
of Iowa and the Middle States. The grain is deep, a golden yellow 
color, ears of good size, cob small. Peck 60c., bushel $1.75. 
MAY'S Improved Mastodon 
YELLOW CORN wi'.k wkite cap and red cob. Ears very large. Adapted 
lo soils and climates anywhere in the Central to Southern Corn Belt and 
Southern States. Maturing in 125 days. Ears 9 to 12 inches long and 
7 to 8)4 inches in circumference. Well developed butt and filled tip. Ears 
weigh from_ 1 1 to 18 ounces. ^ Kernel one-half to five-eighths of an inch long 
and three-eighlhs of an inch wide, moderately thick. IS to 20 rows on ear, 
50 to 60 kernels in a row. Heavy stalks from 8 to 15 feet high. Rank 
foliage making good fodder. Fine yicldcr. Peck 65c., bushel $2.00. 
May's Improved Leaming 
A CAREFULLY IMPROVED Strain of the old variety. 90 days. By careful 
selection from year to year we have produced this new strain. The 
cars are very large and handsome, with deep, large grain, of an orange 
yellow color, cob red, stalks medium size, tapering gradually, generally 
producing two good ears each. Peck 60c., bushel $1.75. 
May's Kaffir Corn—Best Northern 
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Ar EXCELLENT jorage crop yielding more feed per acre than any other 
grains or grasses. Its value is becoming more and more appreciated 
yearly. It may be sown as a catch crop when other crops fail. It pro- 
vides^ nutritious forage for stock and is invaluable to dairymen. Fodder 
corn is raised especially for fodder, while corn fodder is the fodder remain- 
ing after the ears of corn have been removed. Good fodder and plenty 
of it, supplemented by a generous grain ration is as essential as gooJ cows 
and good care in profitable dairying. All owners of cattle will find it a 
cheap and good crop to grow for feeding to stock, in the green stale, during 
the summer months, helping out the shortness of feed and keeping up a 
supply of milk. 
MAY'S Giant Fodder Corn 
NEQUALED in yield and unsurpassed in quality. A quick grower, tall, 
short jointedj producing an abundance of leaves, and rich, juicy, 
sugary stalk. It is the best milk producer of all the field ensilage corns, 
being almost as sweet and tender as sugar corn. Peck 50c., bushel $1.40. 
MAY'S Red Cob Fodder Corn 
A MOST desirable variety adapted to all sections of the country. It is 
sweet, tender and juicy, has short joints, abundance of leaves, and grows 
to a good height. All seed recleaned, no cobs or dirt. Peck 50c, bu^el 
$1.40. 
MAY'S Southern White Fodder Corn 
THIS IS a tall grozving, leafy variety possessing the general characteristic 
of our Giant, but is not so leafy. Peck 50c., bushel $1.40. 
MAY'S Sweet Fodder Corn 
IT IS A rapid grozving corn with a great abundance of leaves, wonderfully 
tender stalks, and gives by far the greatest yield per acre. Peck 60c., 
bushel $2.00. 
May^s Northern White Dent Sorts 
Champion White Pearl 
A PURE WHITE DENT, maturing in from QO to lOO days. Cobs smalt, white . 
The grain is extra long, very heavy and compact. Peck 75c., bushel 
$2>25. 
MAY'S Iowa Silver Mine 
A STANDARD Variety of white Dent that is remarkable for ks large yields. 
Peck 60c., bushel $1.75. 
MAY'S Snow White Dent 
COMBiUES pure and very white color w'.th large size, compactness and 
smoothness of Krain, with sure maturity; ears medium; 100 to 110 days. 
Peck 65c., bushel $2.00. 
YIELDS HEAVILY evcn on the poorest soils. This wonderful forage plant 
has become very popular in ail sections and is highly recommended 
by the leading agricultural writers. It is a variety of non-saccharine 
sorghum and distinct from all others of this class. It docs not stool from 
the roots, but branches from top joints, producing two, three and four 
heads of grain from each stalk. Average height on good land is about 
5 feet, but the stalks arc very strong and never known to blow down in 
. ordinary wind storms. It has the valuable quality of resisting 
drought, and if the growth is checked for want of moisture, the plant 
waits for rain, then resiimes its progress at once without any apparent 
detriment to its condition; indeed, report shows that it has never 
(ailed to produce a good crop in the most disastrous season. The ^ 
whole stalk, as well as the blades, cure into excellent fodder, and in 
all stages of its growth is available for green feed. All kinds of cattle 
arc fotid of it. Kaffir corn may be planted very early in the spring, 
and should be sown in rows about 3 feet apart, using about 3 or ^ 
pounds to the acre. It can be grown as far north as Minnesota, ana 
IS therefore desirable for cultivation in all parts of this country. 
Pound 25c., postpaid; by express, 10 pounds 50c., 50 pounds $1.75, 
100 pounds $3.00. 
May's Best Northern Broom Corn 
Dwarf Evergreen 
GROWS from three to four feet high with straight, smooth brush 
principally used for making whisks and brushes. Pound 20c., 
posti^id; 10 pounds $1.00, 50 pounds $3.50, 100 nounds $6.00. 
MAY'S California Golden 
THIS VARIETY has been carefully selected and i mproved so that th 
brush is straight and long, a very large proport.on of it being 
" of fine quality, of light green color, turning 
Kaffir 
_ brush is straight and long, 
suitable for hurl. It is of fine . , . „ „ 
to light yellow when allowed to become too ripe. Brush Ptraight 
and long. Pound 20c., postpaid; 10 pounds $1.00, 50 pounds $3.50, 
100 pounds $6.00. 
MAY'S Evergreen 
THIS VARIETY is more generally grown than any other sort on account 
of the color and quality of brush. The brush is of good length 
always green, when r^pe it does not get red and has no center stalks 
which is most desirable to broom corn growers and manufacturers. 
We offer carefully selected stock of this variety, and know that it 
is certain to give satisfaction. Pou&d 20c. postpaid; 10 pounds $1.00, 
50 pounds $3.50, 100 pounds $6.00. 
