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CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
many is considered the most desirable for family use of 
the second early sorts. 
Excelsior. — The best quality of the second early 
sorts, and the best for general crop. Stalks medium, 
bearing from three to six small, curved ears, which are 
filled out to the end with broad, white kernels that cook 
exceedingly sweet and tender. 
Triumph.— Stalks large, with large, eight rowed ears 
and very broad grains of fine quality. The earliest of 
the very large sorts, and in form and general character 
yke the Minnesota; highly esteemed by canners. 
Ne Plus Ultra. — A new late variety which promises 
to become very popular. Stalks of medium height, 
being very short between joints, without suckers, dark 
green with some marking of red; bearing from two to 
five ears, well covered with tassels and red silk. Leaves 
numerous; husks, which are gathered into a point, broad, 
dark green. Ears short, tapering, always well filled 
out. Kernels not in rows, small, very long, white and 
exceedingly tender and sweet. One of the best late 
varieties, particularly {or amateur use. 
Old Colony.—A very old sort which has been revived 
and sold under the name of Landreth’s Sugar and other 
names. It is similar to the above, but with much larger 
ears, which are quite uniform, and have an oval rather 
than a round cob. Many who tasted it at our trial 
grounds pronounced it the best of any of the forty-eight 
kinds grown by us this summer. Stalks six feet high; 
very productive; ear large, oval, with sixteen to twenty 
irregular rows; grain small, long, compressed and 
crowded on the white cob; quality the very best. 
Egyptian Sweet. — A variety noted for its produc¬ 
tiveness, the stalks having from two to four ears each, 
the large size of its ears, its sweetness and tenderness. 
It is peculiarly adapted for canning 
purposes, and the superiority of the 
canned green corn of this variety is 
noticeable. 
Triumph. Egyptian Sweet. Old Colony. 
Hickox Hybrid. — A very popular variety in the 
East. Ears longer than the Evergreen but not quite so 
large; grain very white and retains this color when 
cooked, and until quite mature. A very desirable sort 
for canners who wish a late corn. 
Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet. — This variety is 
intermediate in its season, and if planted at the same 
time with earlier kinds, will keep the 
table supplied until October. It is 
hardy and productive, very tender 
and sugary, remaining a long time 
Stowell* s 
Evcrgrecn 
Hickox Hybrid. Sweet. 
in condition suitable for boiling. 
Mammoth Sweet. 
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 of all late sorts. 
Mammoth Sweet.—This variety produces the larg¬ 
est cars of any sort with which we arc acquainted, a 
single ear sometimes weighing two or three pounds. 
The quality is excellent—sweet, tender and delicious, 
and its only fault is the immense size of the ear. 
Early Adams, or Burlington.—An excellent early 
field variety, and often used *for table, particularly in 
the South. Ears about eight inches long, twelve or four¬ 
teen rowed; kernels white, rounded, somewhat deeper 
than broad, and indented at the outer end, 
\\;hich is whiter and less transparent than 
the inner. 
Early Red Blazed.—The experience 
of 1883 demonstrated that this is the hardi¬ 
est field corn in cultivation. It is not only 
early, but will endure uninjured a degree 
of cold and wet that would be fatal to 
other sorts. Stalks medium height, with¬ 
out suckers, dark green, with red or bronze 
markings. Leaves broad, green at base, 
but bronze at top, particularly while the 
plant is young. Ears long, eight rowed, 
well filled, small at base. Grain flinty and 
of fine quality, bright yellow at base of 
ears, but red at the tips. 
Early Golden Dent, or Pride of the 
North.—A very early Dent variety, ripen¬ 
ing with the Flint sorts, and can be suc¬ 
cessfully grown further north than any 
other variety of Dent corn. Stalks small, 
with broad leaves. Ears short, twelve to 
sixteen rowed, well filled. Grain long, yel¬ 
low, making an extra quality of meal. 
Early 
Adams, 
or Bur- 
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