CHOICE STRAINS OF SWEET CORN 
Varieties of Sweet or Sugar Corn are liable to rot in cold or wet ground and should not be planted until the 
trees are well out in leaf and the soil has become warm. For succession, continue planting every two weeks until 
late in July and fresh green corn may be had until frost. Plant the seed in rich, well-manured ground, in 
hills three feet apart each way, covering about half an inch and thinning out to three plants to a hill. Extra 
Earlv kinds may be planted in rows two and one-half feet apart, having the plants, when thinned, stand eighteen 
Inches apart in the rows. Hoe and cultivate frequently, and shallow, keeping the soil loose and fine until tassel 
appears Break off the side shoots. To have the finest sweet corn, pick it just when the skin of the grain breaks 
at the slightest puncture. The quality will be inferior if either a few days too old or too young. One quart will 
plant 200 hills; eight to ten quarts is sufficient to plant an acre. 
Peep o' Day. A dwarf, extra early 
variety, of remarkable excellence. Very 
productive and of vigorous habit. Ex- 
tremely sweet. Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 
25 cents. 
Early White Cory. This popular 
extra early variety originated in Rhode 
Island, and has for years headed the list 
of quick-maturing sorts. It is fit for use 
in two months after planting. Is very 
dwarf and may be closely planted. Pro- 
duces two ears to the stalk. Is often 
grown in autumn as a second crop. Ears 
about six inches in length, with eight 
rows of broad grains, very sweet and well 
flavored. A ready seller and always com- 
mands good prices. Pint, 15 cents. 
Quart, 25 cents. 
Mammoth White Cory. One of the 
largest and best extra early varieties. The 
stalks are about four feet high, each 
generally bearing two large, fine-shaped 
ears which become fit for use as early 
as those of any variety in cultivation. 
They are twelve-rowed, very symmetrical 
and handsome, seldom with any opening 
between the rows at the base. The grain 
is large, broad, very white and of remark- 
ably good quality for such an early sort. The size and 
beauty of this variety give it ready sale, even when 
the market is overstocked. Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 25 
cents. 
St. Louis Market. A mammoth-eared second-early 
that is good flavored. Its large size and attractive ap- 
pearance make it sell on sight and its delicious quality, 
after being prepared for the table, creates a steady de- 
mand for it all season. As early as Shaker Early and 
twice as large. The cob is small, and carries an aver- 
age of sixteen rows. The grains are large and deep and 
very sweet. It has a peculiar habit of growth that en- 
ables it to endure hot weather better than many other 
varieties. This corn will be found to meet the demand 
that exists everywhere for really choice, sweet ears and 
will command a quick and ready sale in any market 
Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Early Mammoth. A very fine, large-eared second 
early. It is one of the earliest varieties to produce large 
ears that are really good. For this reason it has proved 
a very profitable sort to grow for market. The stalks 
are four feet in height; ears, seven to ten inches 
long and well filled out to the tip with ten to sixteen 
rows of fine, white, broad grains. It is extremely sweet 
and palatable and certain to please everybody. Pint, 
15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Burpee’s White Evergreen. A choice selection of 
Stowell's Evergreen with grains pure white and of ex- 
quisite flavor. Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Shaker Early. is ready lor market about the same 
time as Early Minnesota, but has much larger ears, 
which come two to the stalk and are well filled with 
fourteen rows of broad, flat grains, of excellent flavor 
and sweetness. Is a great favorite with market gar- 
deners on account of its size and appearance. Pint, 15 
cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Minnesota Early. One of the best and most popu- 
lar of the older varieties with both market and private 
gardeners. The stalks are short and bear two long 
ears each, having eight rows of very sweet and tender 
kernels, which shrink but little in drying. Pint, 10 
cents. Quart, 20 cents. 
Black Mexican. This Corn, when in condition for 
the table, cooks remarkably white, but the ripe grain 
is black or bluish-black. It is surpassed by none in ten- 
derness and fine quality. For family use we consider 
it the most desirable second early sort. It does espe- 
cially well for second early in the South. Stalks about 
six feet high. Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Stowell's Evergreen. The standard main crop 
variety. It is hardy and productive, very tender and 
sugary, remaining a long time in condition suitable 
for boiling. Our stock has been carefully grown and 
selected to avoid the tendency to a shorter grain and 
deterioration in the evergreen character of this best- 
known of all late sorts. Height, about seven and one- 
half feet. Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Early Champion. Fully as early as the popular 
Crosby’s Early, while the ears are considerably larger 
and sweeter. Pint, 15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
ADAM'S EARLY— Not a true sweet corn, but tender and well flavored. 
ADAM’S EXTRA EARLY— Similar to Adam'a Early but matnrea more 
rapidly. 
ROSBY'S EARLY— The favorite s«cond early, of excellent quality. 
KENDEL’S EARLY GlANT-Large-eared and early. A floe table sort. 
PERRY’S HYBRID— Later than Minnesota. Red cob, large ears. A 
very food iort. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN- The sweetest of all and best for mala crop. 
MAMMOTH LATE— Very large and swr et. Later than Evergreeo. 
Any of the above sorts. Plot, 15 cents. Quart, 25 cents. 
Special Prices for Larger Quantities. 
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