KING & CO.’S 
Bantam Sweet Corn 
K INGSCROST is a double cross between inbred strains of Golden Bantam 
developed by Northrup, King & Co. It is the result of an extensive in- 
breeding program started by this firm in 1922. The inbred strains were 
selected from hundreds of superior plants which were fertilized with their 
own pollen every year for ten years. 
Hundreds of experimental crosses between the most promising inbred 
strains were made and compared with regular Bantam for earliness, yield and 
quality—to determine the best double cross obtainable. 
In producing Kingscrost Golden Bantam seed, four “inbreds” are crossed 
in pairs the first year, producing two single crosses. The following year these 
two single crosses are crossed with each other, producing the hybrid seed we 
have named “Kingscrost Golden Bantam.” The name “Kingscrost” is the ex¬ 
clusive property of Northrup, King & Co., and indicates our special method 
of breeding. 
IMPORTANT 
Because of the method of breeding Kingscrost Golden Bantam Sweet Corn, 
seed saved from its crop will not produce the same results as from our original 
newly crossed seed. In fact, we wish to warn against planting such seed as it 
will prove very disappointing. There are, however, so many advantages—both 
in yield and quality—in planting the original seed each year, that the matter 
of saving seed from the crop is of no importance. 
COMPARISON BETWEEN KINGSCROST AND ORDINARY GOLDEN BANTAM 
At the left is the product of two kills of Kingscrost Golden Bantam Sweet Com. At the 
right is the crop of ordinary Bantam grown on the adjacent row. Note the greater uni¬ 
formity of the Kingscrost ears. Uniformity in maturity is also attained in Kingscrost. 
