QUALITY SEEDS—YOUR BEST CROP INSURANCE 
SWEET CORN—Late Varieties 
242. STOWELL’S EVERGREEN -(90 days.) 
The most popular late variety of Sweet Corn. Highly 
desirable for home or market gardening or for canning. 
Holds its prime condition at eating stage a long time. 
Ear: 9 inches long, 16 to 20-rowed; kernels clear white, 
deep medium width, sweet and tender. Stalk: 8 to 10 
feet high, sturdy and erect. Pkt. 5c, Va lb. 15c, lb. 25c, 
2 lbs. 40c, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 5 lbs. 85c, 15 lbs. 
at 15C Per lb ' EVERGREEN SWEET FODDER CORN 
This variety will grow 9 to 10 feet high and produce a great amount of fodder, which is equal to the best hay. 
It will increase the production of milk wonderfully, when fed to dairy cows. Stalks are sweet, tender, juicy, and 
nutritious, with large broad leaves produced in great abu ndance. Lb. 20c, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 5 lbs. 75c. See 
Blue Figure Price List for larger quantities. 
243.. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN -(93 days.) 
Here is a late, prolific variety of excellent quality, used 
widely by canners; also very desirable for home and 
market gardens. Ear: 7% inches long; kernels very 
deep, slender, sweet, with tender hull, and set irregularly 
without row formation. Stalks: 7% feet high, often 
bearing 2 ears. Pkt. 5c, y 2 lb. 15c, lb. 25c, 2 lbs. 45c, 
prepaid.—Not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.00, 15 lbs. at 18c per lb. 
Ormsby, Minn., Feb. 11, 1933. 
F. S. & N. Co. 
I have -used your seed and nursery stock a long time. 
I seas commended on havnig the ssveetest early Peas ever 
tasted and also on the Early Golden Bantam Ssveet Corn 
and on the Grape Vine, Beta, planted for shade on a 
fence. Surely got a lot of grapes. 
Mrs. Marie Iverson. 
North Kingsville, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1933. 
F. S’. & N. Co. 
The Farigold Pop Corn seed secured from you last 
spring has proven to be healthy and considering the very 
dry spell see had here during the season it has done 
very smell. We notice many stalks smith tzvo ears. 
Harry F. Bugbee. 
NORTHERN GROWN POP CORN 
Pop corn is a profitable crop and one that is always easily disposed of, because of the large demand for corn 
for popping. It yields well even in unfavorable corn seasons. It is an excellent crop for the boys and girls to 
grow, and yields almost as much good fodder as field corn. 
Plant 12 pounds to the acre, in drills, or xrse 6 pounds 
if planted in hills. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, dropping 
the seed 1% feet apart in the rows. We have discarded 
all but the outstanding varieties of Pop Corn and proven 
money-makers. Such old timers as White Rice and White 
Spanish cannot compete in quality and flavor with the 
newer introductions. 
249. JAPANESE HULLESS -This dwarf corn is 
used extensively by pop corn venders. The ears are only 
2 to 3 inches long, but every kernel on the cob will pop, 
so there is no waste. Japanese Hulless Pop Corn is al¬ 
most again as productive as White Rice. The kernels are 
longer and more slender, and have no hulls. 2 Vi oz. pkt. 
5c, V 2 lb. 15c, lb. 25c, 2 lbs. 40c, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 
5 lbs. 75c, 15 lbs. and more at 12c per lb. 
‘Farigold”—The New Sensation, in a Class by Itself. 
GOLD 
HERE 
IT IS- 
THE POP CORN SENSATION OF THE AGE 
250. “FARIGOLD” SOUTH AMERICAN YELLOW -This 
new variety has taken the country by storm. It is a real Pop Corn 
sensation—pops the largest kernels of any variety—has a rich golden 
butter color—very fine flavor and is exceptionally crisp and tender. 
The ears are much larger than other varieties— 7 to 9 inches long and 
the kernels are golden yellow color. It is the most profitable variety 
to grow as it produces more bushels per acre on account of its large 
ears. This Pop Corn is of South American origin. We have success¬ 
fully matured our own special seed crop here in Minnesota so that the 
seed we offer will mature earlier. S. A. Yellow Pop Corn cannot be 
equalled for popping quality—it pops almost double volume of bulk 
of other varieties and therefore is in great demand by poppers, or for 
home consumption. Northern Strain: Pkt. 8c, V 2 lb. 20c, lb. 35c, 2 
lbs. 60c, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 5 lbs. 90c, 15 lbs. and more, at 15c 
per lb. 
RAPID FIRE POPPING CORN 
Everybody likes Pop Corn—you can’t eat too much and it is. the 
least expensive of all confections. Serve pop corn balls, crackerjack, 
sugar corn, or just well buttered pop corn, and provide a real treat on 
a few moments’ notice. We recommend especially “Farigold” or Japa¬ 
nese Hulless—of fine flavor, exceptionally crisp and tender. 
PRICE, NOT PREPAID: 5 lbs. 10 lbs. 
“Farigold” So. Amer. Yellow, Southern Grown.$0.60 $1.00 
Japanese Hulless .50 .80 
Pop Corn Habit Approved by Medical Leaders 
The Minnesota State Medical Association in a 
recent bulletin offered this prescription: “One 
fistful of Pop Corn, one old popper and one hot 
fire.” Doctors think Pop Corn should be made 
almost an everyday affair. It has a high protein 
content and supplies vitamins and roughage. 
Stowell’s Evergreen. 
One of the Best Late 
Varieties. 
WHAT THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN HAS TO SAY ABOUT 
MINHYBRID STRAINS OF SWEET CORN—(Descriptions Pa g e 10) 
New hybrid varieties of sweet corn, sensationally superior to the 
common strains from which they were developed, have resulted from 
efforts of Dr. H. K. Hayes, chief, C. W. Doxtator and I. J. Johnson, 
of the Minnesota Experiment Station. 
These new hybrids have been tested for the last four years. Out¬ 
standing among their superiorities is the increased yield of usable 
product, ranging from 30 to 100 per cent over that of ordinary va¬ 
rieties. Early maturity and better quality, judged by tenderness and 
flavor when graded from the can, are other decided advantages. 
The different hybrids vary widely in these respects, but one that is 
being introduced this year, developed from eight-row Golden Bantam, 
has yielded over 30 per cent better than normal, as a four-year average, 
and has matured a week earlier in the latitude of St. Paul. In 1931, 
a dry year, this hybrid yielded 80 per cent above normal. In Southern 
Minnesota this same hybrid should ripen as much as ten days earlier 
than ordinary varieties. 
These points of superiority are of far-reaching importance to the 
canning industry and also suggest great advantages for home growers. 
The higher yield of usable product is due in part to the unusual vigor 
and prolificacy of the hybrid corn, but more particularly to its great 
uniformity of ripening. In harvesting sweet corn commercially, it is 
customary to take the entire crop from a field at one picking and then 
discard undesirable ears or those of unsuitable maturity. With ordi¬ 
nary varieties, the proportion discarded ranges from 25 per cent up, 
and occasionally reaches 50 per cent. With the hybrid corn, this 
handicap is almost entirely overcome, since the hybrids are very uni¬ 
form in time of ripening, as well as in appearance of stalk and ear, 
in type, and in other characteristics. 
NOTE—Don’t buy Hybrid varieties of Sweet or Field Corn with 
the idea of saving your own seed. By doing so these strains will 
revert and lose their hybrid vigor and productivity. First genera¬ 
tion seed only should be planted from the breeding plots of experi¬ 
enced growers operating under the supervision of the Experiment 
Stations. The extra returns more than offset the seed cost. 
. In general, the early maturity of certain of the hybrids means two 
big advantages: First, that the canning season or roasting-ear time for 
home growers can be extended a week or longer, depending upon local¬ 
ity, and, second, that certain hybrids will be adapted farther North 
than common varieties. 
There appears ample reason to believe that hybrid varieties soon will 
replace standard varieties for commercial purposes. 
■—Country Gentleman, July, 1933. 
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