58 Farm Seeds 
Seeds 
ISBELL SEED COMPANY 
IsbelPs Northern Grown Seed Corn 
Golden Glow or Murdock 
Pickett’s Yellow Dent 
A Reliable 9(i-Day Yellow Dent 
This variety is the result of many years of careful selection by Mr. 
Pickett of Kent County, Michigan, from whom it derives the name. 
The ears are long and somewhat slender, with a small, dark red cob. 
The kernels are slightly rough and rather deep for such an early 
variety. The seed we offer was grown from Certified seed which 
came direct from the originator. See Current Price List for prices. 
Isbell’s Earliest of Early Dents 
Also Called Canadian Dent and Minnesota King 
Earliest of Early Dents is an extremely early Corn that ripens 
normally in 85 to 90 days. It is an eight-rowed Corn, neither a true 
Dent nor a Flint, but a Hybrid Dent having very broad yellow 
kernels with white caps. The ears are slender with very small cobs. 
It is used a great deal by stockmen who feed Corn in the bundle 
without husking, and also for hogging down early. See Current Price 
List for prices. 
Improved Reid’s Yellow Dent 
A Large, Late, Heavy-Shelling Sort for the Com Belt 
Recommended highlj’- for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, but not 
for Michigan, except for fodder and ensiiage. Ears 8 to 11 inches 
long, very uniform and of light golden yellow. Often shells 88% 
grain. Matures in 110 to 120 days. Our seed was grown in Northern 
Ohio, See Current Price List for prices. 
Smut 
Nose 
Flint 
Corn. 
Smut Nose Early Flint 
Also Called Early Red Blazed 
This is a very early and hardy type of Flint Corn and the best 
known of ail the Flint varieties. It will stand more cold weather 
than almost any other sort. The ears are long and slender, having eight rows of kernels. Length 
of ears is 10 to 14 inches. Kernels are a bright tan color except at the tips which are deep red. 
Smut Nose is a valuable sort on account of 
its earliness. Often used for replanting late 
where stands are poor. 
Golden Glow. 
King Philip Early Flint 
An Old Time Favorite 
King Philip is an early, dark red Flint, producing ears 10 
to 15 inches long. It is a very hardy sort and will stand 
planting on wet cold soils. Recommended for sections where 
the spring is apt to be cold, wet and late. Often produces two 
ears on a stalk and is a heavy yieiding sort. A valuable sort 
for feeding early and also a useful variety for ensilage in tne 
North. See Current Price List for prices. 
An Early Yellow Dent for the North 
Golden Glow is a very early Dent of Wisconsin origin. It has proven to be 
a very useful sort for the North where the seasons are too short for the 
larger and later types. The stalks grow six to eight feet tall and bear ears 
of deep yellow from 7 to 8 inches long. The kernels are nearly square and 
the cobs are deep red. Ripens normally in 90 days. See Current Price 
List for prices. 
ENSILAGE CORN 
Giant Growing Sorts That Produce Extra Tonnage 
EUREKA ENSILAGE. —A very large, leafy variety of white 
Corn which will produce more tonnage per acre than any 
other variety we list. Large ears having broad, white kernels. 
We offer seed grown in Virginia, which state produces tne 
best quality seed of this variety. 
UMPROVED TEAMING ENSILAGE.—Is a large, yellow 
Dent sort which matures in 110 to 120 days, making it very 
desirable for ensilage where nearly matured Corn is desired. 
Stalks grow 10 feet high and are very leafy. This variety has 
produced 100 bushels of shelled Corn per acre in the Corn 
Belt. If you want both fodder and grain, plant Improved 
Learning Ensilage. 
GIANT RED COB. —Is a large, late, pure white corn with 
red cobs. A wonderful variety for fodder and ensilage. Has 
produced 45 tons of ensilage per acre in Michigan. An old 
standard sort for ensilage where mature grain is not desired. 
IMPROVED RED COB. —Is a little finer grade of seed than 
the preceding as it is seed from ears which have been tipped 
and butted and graded somewhat closer. 
Early Sweet Fodder Corn 
This is a mixture of early varieties of Sweet Com which 
will make fodder very early. Ready at a time when pasture 
is short and needs supplementing. Stalks grow about 5V^ feet 
tall with iots of ears. 
Evergreen Sweet Fodder Corn 
Evergreen Corn is well known nearly everywnere, but the 
seed is rather expensive for fodder. This seed is not quite good 
enough for the best grade of Sweet Corn seed but is splendid 
for fodder and priced accordingly. Produces stalKs 6 to 7 feet 
tall, and large, very sweet ears. 
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