HOME-GROWN FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS 
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CORN. Sweet or Sugar 
One quart will plant 200 hills ; 10 quarts to an acre 
Culture. — The sweet and sugar varieties being 
liable to rot in cold or wet ground should not be 
planted before May, or until the ground has become 
warm. For a succession continue planting every 
two weeks until the middle of July, in rich well- 
manured ground, in hills 3 feet apart each way, cover- 
ing early sorts I inch; early and late sorts, \'/i inches, 
and thin out to three plants to a hill. Extra early 
varieties can be planted 18 -inches apart in the row 
and 2% feet between the rows. 
Packet of any variety of Sweet Com, 10 cts., postpaid 
Metropolitan. An extra-early variety; leaves a 
few days earlier than Cory. It produces large ears, 
grows feet high, ears set low; quality good, being 
sweet and sugary. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 15 cts., pk. $1. 
White Cory. Resembles the ordinary Cory with 
white cob. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 15 cts., pk. $1. 
Early Crosby. A favorite variety; very large 
producer; rich, sugary flavor. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 15 cts., 
pk. $1. 
Stowell’s Improved Evergreen Corn 
Early Crosby, Country Gentleman and Metro- 
politan Sweet Corn 
Bridgeport Yellow Golden. Extra-early Sweet 
Corn; the largest and best of the extreme earlies. 
Most delicious in flavor. The stalks are dwarf and 
strong in habit, growing to the height of 4 feet. They 
bear two or three good ears, which are well set above 
the ground. Ears 5 or 6 inches in length, of broad, 
yellow grain, well filled. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. 
#i- 75- 
General and Late Crop 
Country Gentleman. Leaves about the same 
time as Stowell’s Evergreen; ears of medium size, 
deep grains placed in irregular rows on the cob and 
deliciously sweet. One of the best. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 
25 cts., pk. $1.50. 
Stowell’s Improved Evergreen. Productive; 
very tender, sugary and remains in good condition; 
suitable for cooking for a long time. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 
15 cts., pk. $1. 
Hickox. Handsome ears; very white, and of rich 
flavor. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 15 cts., pk. ft. 
Black Mexican. The grains are black when fully 
matured. It is one of the sweetest and finest table 
varieties we know of. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 15 cts., pk. 
$1.25. 
CHICORY 
The'dried roots are roasted and mixed with coffee, 
or used as a substitute. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 
30 cts. 
CRESS 
Culture. — Sow thickly in shallow drills early 
in the spring, and at intervals throughout the season 
for a succession. Water Cress requires a stream of 
running water, ditch or pond, in which it will grow 
without any care, excepting that of keeping weeds 
from interfering with it. 
Extra-Curled, or Pepper Grass. Of fine flavor; 
best suited to dry soil. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Lilb. 
60 cts., 
Erfurt. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 
