Extra Early Golden Bantam 7 6 days 
This is a recombination of 15 inbred 
strains of Golden Bantam from our own 
breeding grounds. The strains used were 
inbred since 1922. 
In our trial grounds this combination has 
been ready to eat approximately a week 
before ordinary Golden Bantam. The plants 
grow fully as tall and the strain comes into 
eating stage more uniformly than regular 
Bantam. 
The quality, color and width of kernel is 
quite superior. “Extra Early” Golden Ban¬ 
tam is adapted especially to home gardens, 
where early eating corn is desired. It is 
also profitable to market gardeners. This 
recombination can be carried along by seed 
selection from the crop just as with any 
normal variety. 
Golden Bantam Standard 83 days 
Plants 4V2 to 5 ft. tall, very productive. 
Ears about 6 in. long with 8 rows of golden 
kernels, tender, sweet and of delicious. 
flavor. 
Golden Gem 70 days 
This variety was developed by the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 
and is one of the earliest yellow varieties 
offered. It can be picked for eating two 
weeks earlier than Bantam. Plants and ears 
are rather small. Ears are yellow, carrying 
8 to 12 rows. 
Golden Giant 90 days 
This variety is a cross between Golden 
Bantam and Howling Mob, combining the 
delicious buttery flavor of its yellow parent 
with the size and quality of its white parent. 
Stalks 414 to 6 ft., producing two to three 
ears 7 to 9 in. long with 12 to 16 rows of 
deep kernels, orange in color. Heavy husk. 
Golden Sunshine 7 6 days 
This is a cross between Golden Bantam 
and Early Market, a white variety. It is a 
week earlier than Bantam, plants are slight¬ 
ly smaller. Ears have 10 to 14 rows of 
creamy yellow grain and are surprisingly 
large for an early variety. 
Peep O’ Day 78 days 
An early, heavy producing, pure white 
variety introduced by Northrup, King & Co. 
in 1900. It is possible to mature Peep O’ 
Day in latitudes and high altitudes where 
other varieties fail altogether. This variety 
produces a large number of “suckers” on 
which grow full sized, well formed ears. A 
single plant frequently bears more than 2 
ears. Stalks 4 to 5 ft. high. Ears 5 to 6 in. 
long with 8 to 12 rows of kernels. 
Spanish Gold 70 days 
A new variety recently introduced by the 
Connecticut Experiment Station. Pure yel¬ 
low, 12 rows, medium length ears. Ready 
for table two weeks earlier than Golden 
Bantam. Equal in earliness with Golden 
Gem but grows much larger plant and is 
more productive, being about equal to 
Golden Bantam in plant size and yield. It 
promises to be a popular variety. 
Second Early Varieties 
Early Evergreen 93 days 
A very popular white kernel variety almost identical to StowelPs Evergreen, but 5 
days earlier. Ears 8 in. long with 12 to 14 rows of deep-set, tender, sweet white kernels. 
Comparing yields in Northrup, King & Co.’s Corn Breeding Grounds. The crop of each 
new combination is harvested, husked and weighed—then the kernels are cut off the cobs 
and the cut corn weighed and compared with the yield of rows of ordinary stock grown in 
adjoining rows. We make nearly 500 such yield comparisons each year on seed corn. 
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