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KENDALL & WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
Golden Self-Blanching Celery. 
Sweet or Sugar Corn 
One pound to 125 hills; 20 pounds to the acre. 
The sweet or sugar varieties, being liable to rot in the 
cold, wet ground, should not be planted before the 
middle of May, and for a succession continue planting 
every two weeks until July, in rich, well manured 
ground, in hills three feet apart each way, covering 
about an inch, and thin out to 
three plants to a hill, or plant 
in rows four feet apart, and 
to stand eight inches in the 
rows. Corn ordered by mail is 
subject to an extra charge of 
8c per pound for postage. 
Early Varieties 
GOLDEN SUNSHINE. Of a rich, 
golden yellow with ears about 
one inch longer than the Golden 
Bantam and with 12 rows. Very 
early, being about 7 days earlier 
than the Golden Bantam. Pkt., 
10c; V 2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c; I 2 V 2 
lbs., #2.00. 
WHIPPLE’S EARLY YELLOW. 
A remarkable new yellow sweet 
corn of much merit. While the 
stalks grow 6 feet or more in 
height and the 14-rowed ears are 
7 to 8 inches in length, this 
variety matures three days earlier 
than Golden Bantam. The ker¬ 
nels are broad, deep and excellent 
quality. Pkt., 10c; V 2 lb., 15c; 
lb., 25c; 121/2 lbs., $2.00. 
EARLY CROSBY. An excellent 
early variety. The ears are five 
to six inches long and the grains 
are white, sweet and tender. 
Pkt., 10c; 1/2 lb., l?c; 1 lb., 25c; 
I 2 V 2 lbs., $2.00. 
GOLDEN BANTAM. An early 
variety. The ears are medium 
size, but thickly set with delicious 
yellow kernels. The quality of 
this variety is superb, and it has 
become a general favorite sweet 
corn with all who have tried it. 
Golden Bantam has a flavor dis¬ 
tinct from other sorts, and if you 
have never tried it in your gar¬ 
den, you should plant it this 
year. Pkt., 10c; V 2 lb., 15c; lb., 
25c; I 2 V 2 lbs., #2.00. 
EARLY SURPRISE. The earliest 
white sweet corn under cultiva¬ 
tion. The stalk is about 4 feet 
tall and the ears run 8-, 10- and 
12-rowed and very large for such 
an early maturing sweet corn. 
Pkt., 10c; V 2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c; Golden Bantam 
12l/j lbs., #2.00. Sweet Corn. 
i K W Celery 
One ounce of seed produces about 4,000 plants. 
To have Celery early it should be sown in a hotbed, quite early 
in the Spring, and when three inches high plant out in a 
well-prepared bed, which must be covered in frosty weather. For 
the principal crop sow early in the Spring, very shallow in the 
seed box, and when the plants are about six inches high, trans¬ 
plant them six inches apart into trenches for blanching. Dig the 
trenches four feet apart, a foot wide, and ten inches deep. Fill 
in five or six inches of well-rotted manure, and mix thoroughly half 
a spade deep with the' earth at the bottom. The tops of the 
plants should be shortened before they are set. Earth up to 
blanch three or four times during their growth, taking care that 
no earth falls in the center of the plant. 
BOSTON MARKET. A favorite variety, remarkable for its tender, 
crisp and succulent stems, and its peculiarly mild flavor; keeps 
well. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; J 4 lb., #1.50. 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING. A fine solid variety of a beauti¬ 
ful waxy, golden color; very thick stalks of excellent flavor; growth 
close, compact and of medium height. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 
y 4 lb., #1.50. 
HENDERSON’S WHITE PLUME. Crisp, solid, and possessing 
a sweet, nutty flavor; requires very little labor in blanching. 
Very early and handsome. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; *4 lb., #1.50. 
GOLDEN PLUME, OR WONDERFUL. A large early variety of 
fine appearance and quality, easy to blanch, and a good keeper. 
Pkt., 15c; oz., #1.00; V 4 lb., #3.00. 
PARIS GOLDEN. Plants are stocky and full hearted, vigorous in 
growth and easily blanched. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; *4 lb-, #1.50. 
SOUP CELERY (Not for sowing). Used for flavoring pickles, 
soup, etc. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb. 30c. 
Sweepstakes Ensilage Corn. 
Field and Ensilage Corn 
(56 pounds to the bushel.) 
EARLY YELLOW CANADA. The variety most widely grown 
in northern New England. An early eight-rowed flint corn, 
with handsome ears and comparatively small cobs, filled to the 
tips with large, broad kernels. 
EARLY SANFORD (Ensilage). Very early; ears white; excellent 
for fodder and ensilage. 
EARLY EUREKA (Ensilage). One of the tallest and best va¬ 
rieties of ensilage corn, producing a large amount of fodder to 
the acre. 
IMPROVED LEAMING (Ensilage). An early, very productive 
variety. One of the best for ensilage; profitable as a green 
fodder. 
RED COB (Ensilage). A pure white corn. Is tender and juicy, 
has short joints, and grows to a great height, with an abund¬ 
ance of leaves. 
SWEEPSTAKES (Ensilage). We recommend this as the best 
ensilage corn we know of, because of its earliness and the great 
amount of ensilage which it produces, as high as twenty to 
twenty-five tons to the acre. When many varieties of ensilage 
corn are just beginning to form ears, Sweepstakes corn shows 
good-sized ears. As all of our Sweepstakes corn has been run 
through a three-eighths inch screen, you get only large, plump 
kernels which test ninety per cent germination or better, and as 
twelve quarts of corn will plant an acre sufficiently thick to 
give the best results, the prices of seeding an acre is not greatly 
more than if using a cheaper corn, and the yield will be much 
larger. 
