CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
SWEET CORN — Continued 
MAIN CROP AND LATE VARIETIES 
Country Gentleman (Shoe Peg). An exceptionally fine 
quality corn; ears 7 to 8 inches long, cob small, white 
and densely covered with long, slender, white grains, 
without row formation. 
Long Island Beauty. A late maturing variety with 
immense ears, often a foot long and with 18 to 20 rows 
of large sweet kernels. A profitable sort for late market. 
Mammoth Sugar (Late Mammoth). The largest eared 
variety; somewhat earlier than Stowell’s Evergreen. 
Ears 12 inches long, 16 to 18 rowed. 
Narrow Grained Evergreen. Similar to Stowell’s but 
with a narrower white grain. 
Stowell’s Evergreen. The standard and best known 
main crop sweet corn and most extensively grown. 
Of rather tall, vigorous growth; ears 9 inches long, 16 
to 18 rowed, with very deep, white, sweet grain. 
Trucker’s Favorite. A late variety of the Adams’ type; 
ears very large and handsome; 14 to 16 rowed. 
White Evergreen. A selection from Stowell’s but with 
a larger, broader ear and broader, whiter grain. 
Zig Zag Evergreen. Similar to Stowell’s but having 
ears densely covered with narrower grains, without 
row formation. 
POP CORN 
Popped corn is more popular than ever. A short 
row should give a supply for the winter months. 
Black Beauty. While the seed is black the kernel 
pops white. 
Japanese Hulless. Very popular with sellers of 
popped corn. 
Queen’s Golden. The golden yellow kernels pop to 
almost double the size of any other variety. 
White Rice. A very desirable variety and greatly 
preferred by many growers. 
FIELD AND FODDER CORN 
We carry large stocks of all the standard varieties of 
Field Corn suitable to our locality and will be pleased 
to quote prices on application to your dealer. 
CUCUMBER 
Culture. For earliest use, sow the seed in the hotbed or greenhouse in February or March, in warm loam, where 
the temperature is about 90°; cover half an inch deep, and when the plants are of fair size, transplant into hills 
(made in the greenhouse), four plants in a hill, so that when the weather permits the whole hill can be moved to the 
open ground by means of tins made for that purpose. Plant for general use in the open ground, about June 1, in hills 
6 feet apart each way, and thin to three plants in a hill. Fine old manure (about 6 cords per acre) is sufficient; or, 
better still, plant on land from which a crop has been taken, and which was heavily manured for that crop. A 
sprinkling of dry plaster will keep off the striped bug. One ounce will plant 50 hills; 2 pounds will plant an acre. 
THREE MOST DESIRABLE VARIETIES 
RICE’S EARLY FORTUNE 
Recommended as one of the best shipping sorts ever introduced and probably 
more largely grown for that purpose than any variety. A White Spine type, 
early, very productive and nearly disease-resistant. Mature fruits 9 inches long, 
very uniform, cylindrical, slightly tapering towards the ends; flesh white, very 
firm and crisp with few seeds. Noted for its rich, very dark green color which does 
not fade when shipped to distant markets. See illustration. 
RICE’S LONGFELLOW 
A new and exceptionally fine long, very dark green white spine, resembling 
a hothouse cucumber even when grown out of doors. Fruits 12 to 14 inches 
long, solid and crisp, with few seeds; an excellent forcer. See illustration page 12. 
DAVIS’ PERFECT 
An extra long, dark green type of White Spine, retaining its color long after 
being picked. The fruit will average 11 to 12 inches in length and inches in 
diameter, smooth and tapering at both ends. A very desirable cucumber, largely 
grown as a market variety and for greenhouse forcing. 
STANDARD CUCUMBERS 
Boston Pickling, or Green Prolific. A desirable pickling variety and one of the 
most productive, with short, thick, smooth, bright green fruit. 
Chicago Pickling (Westerfield). A most excellent pickling sort and one of the 
very best for this purpose; fruit very uniform and of good color. 
Earliest of All. One of the very earliest and most desirable of the White Spine 
type, much in favor in the South for early shipment. Fruit very uniform, 
about 7 inches long, cylindrical, tapering slightly but abruptly at both ends; 
color a good, deep green. A fine variety for the home garden. 
Early Cluster. Noted for its earliness and small, short rather chunky fruit, 
which is borne in clusters. 
Early Frame, or Short Green. A vigorous and productive all-around variety, medium in size and earliness; good 
for either pickling or slicing. 
Rice’s Early Fortune 
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