WILT DISEASE RUINED MORE SWEET CORN THAN DROUTH LAST SEASON 
Interested and Interesting. 
One of the Detasseling Crews at Quaker Hill Farm 
HONEOYE FALLS. N. Y. 
Important Information for Srueet Corn Qromers, 
Canners, and Seedsmen 
March 1, 1934 
Dear Friend:— 
The recent spread of Stewart’s Wilt Disease of Sweet Corn and the disastrous losses resulting 
from it make it the most serious setback sweet corn growing ever has experienced in the North Central 
and North Eastern States. Last season wilt was present and more or less severe in practically all the 
sweet corn growing sections east of the Mississippi excepting the northernmost parts of the New Eng¬ 
land States, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin. It was also present west of the Mississippi, in the 
southern States, in Missouri, and in the eastern part of Iowa. Losses were least serious in the late 
varieties but midseason varieties suffered badly and a very high proportion of all early varieties were 
50% to 100% failures as a result of wilt. In many cases losses which were really due to wilt were 
attributed to drouth and heat. All told many thousands of growers lost heavily last season from the 
wilt disease of sweet corn. 
On the other hand, the recent introduction of hybrid sweet corn seed, produced by controlled 
cross pollination, marks the greatest forward step ever made in sweet corn culture and promises nearly 
complete relief from the wilt disease. In tests by experiment stations and hundreds of growers during 
the last two or three years from Maine to California and from Florida to Washington, some of these 
hybrids have regularly yielded 25% to 100% more corn of equal or better quality and of remarkably 
greater uniformity than old favorites. Certain wilt resistant hybrids have made practically full crops 
under severe wilt conditions which caused complete failures of old varieties. The performance of 
these best hybrids has been simply astounding. 
Everyone concerned with the growing of sweet corn should know the facts about these two de¬ 
velopments. They are exceedingly interesting as well as vitally important (see pages 2 and 3). 
Quaker Hill Farm was one of the first in the country to produce commercially by controlled cross 
pollination, this new type of hybrid sweet corn seed. We have gained the experience, acquired the tech¬ 
nic, trained the help and provided the equipment necessary for producing hybrid seed of reliable quality. 
In several tests conducted by disinterested persons, hybrids from Quaker Hill Farm have shown defini¬ 
tely higher percentages of wilt resistance and closer to 100% true hybrid characters than some of the 
other hybrids in the tests. If one is to pay the necessarily higher price for hybrid seed, it is important 
that one be assured of getting as nearly as possible 100% true hybrid seed. Reliability of the source is 
far more important with hybrid seed than with open pollinated seed. 
We have tested and followed closely the state tests, of numerous new hybrids. Our offerings 
and our recommendations are based on these tests and our knowledge of wilt disease. We believe we 
are offering the best and most profitable that are available. See page 3, bottom. 
Yours for better sweet corn, 
K. C. LIVERMORE 
GOOD SEEDS MAKE MONEY 
SCRUB SEEDS WASTE MONEY 
