New Disease -Resisting Sweet Corn 
Golden Cross Bantam 
Immune from Bacterial Diseases 
Resistant to Stewart’s Wilt 
Healthy, Robust and Most Productive 
GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM is a cross of two inbred Bantams developed by Glen 
M. Smith and introduced jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture 
and Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. 
During the past few years, corn growers have suffered much loss from Stewart’s 
disease or wilt. No means have been found of combating the disease, other than 
avoiding it by planting a wilt resisting hybrid. We take pride in the high quality 
of this hybrid corn we are offering our customers this year, and feel certain that our 
Golden Cross Bantam will please the most critical planter. 
GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM is an early corn, usually ready for the table about 
four days later than Golden Bantam. The stalks are uniform in height, usually about 6 feet, and 
are sturdy and straight. Under favorable conditions two to three ears are usually produced on 
each stalk. The ears are about 8 inches long, nearly cylindrical, and have 10 to 14 rows of kernels. 
At the eating stage the kernels are a light, golden yellow and harden somewhat less rapidly than 
Golden Bantam. The uniformity of the ears is remarkable, and all ears are well filled to the tips. 
Tests conducted in 23 states over a period of three years show that Golden Cross Bantam will give 
an average of 26% higher yield than Golden Bantam. One test showed a yield of 65% more than 
Golden Bantam. Under drought conditions this hybrid variety produced well filled ears where com¬ 
mercial strains of Golden Bantam were totally unproductive. 
Growing this hybrid variety for seed is an expensive proposition, with a great deal of scientific 
knowledge and hand labor necessary, and the price may seem high to you. But you must remem¬ 
ber that you will save nothing by buying ordinary varieties if you lose your crop through Stewart’s 
Wilt, 
Pkt., 15c; y 2 pt., 30c; pt., 50c; qt., 90c; 2 qts., $1.70, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 10 
lbs., $3.70; 25 lbs., $9.00; 100 lbs., $35.00. 
BLACK MEXICAN SWEET CORN 
This is one of the richest flavored, sweetest, and tenderest sweet corns. To 
many of those who know it, no other variety can take its place. The ears are 
S to 9 inches in length, and are ready for the table in 85 to 90 days. The ripe 
seed is bluish black, but when in table condition the kernels are pearly white. 
It is a most desirable second early variety for the home garden. Pkt,, 10c; % pt., 18c; pt., 
32c; qt., 55c; 2 qts., $1.00, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 10 lbs., $1.60; 25 lbs., $3.75; 
100 lbs., $14.00. 
CHICORY 
One ounce to 200 feet of row. 
WITLOOF, or FRENCH ENDIVE. A delicious winter 
vegetable. It makes one of the finest of all salads, is very 
fine served with French dressing and eaten like lettuce, and is also ex¬ 
cellent boiled. Plant seed in May or June in open ground and in the 
fall dig roots, cutting off the leaves and store in soil in a cool place 
until wanted for forcing. About a month before wanted the roots should 
be planted in boxes of earth, in a cool, 
dark place in the cellar. If not grown in 
a dark place it should be banked up like 
celery, as it is the blanched stalks that are 
used. Coming, as it does, in the middle of 
the winter, it is bound to become popular as 
it becomes better known. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; % lb., 55c; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
LARGE ROOTED, or COFFEE. This is a 
variety of Chicory which is grown primarily 
for its root crop, although the young leaves 
are fine for salad. The large roots, when 
roasted and ground, make a delicious nour¬ 
ishing drink, and have been extensively used 
as an adulterant and substitute for coffee. 
The roots are also very valuable as rabbit 
feed for which purpose we sell annually a 
large quantity of seed. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
% lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
CRESS 
EXTRA 
CURLED OR 
PEPPER 
GRASS. A salad 
plant that should 
be grown in 
every garden. 
Grows very 
quickly and seed 
can be sown as 
early in tho 
spring as the 
ground can be 
worked. For succession make repeated sowings every 
two weeks from early spring until early fall. Pkt., 5c; 
oz.., 10c; ti lb., 25c; lb., 70c, postpaid. 
TRUE WATER CRESS. A hardy plant which will 
thrive well only when the roots are submerged in 
water. Can be easily grown in springs or along the 
edges of shallow running. streams. One of the most 
delicious of all small salad plants. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 
x /4 lb. t $1.10; lb., $3.75, postpaid. 
UPLAND. Same flavor as Water Cress. Grows on 
grown as spinach or lettuce, 
be grown for several years 
10c; oz., 30c; *4 lb., 90c, 
True Water Cress 
high, dry land. As easily 
Hardy perennial that can 
without replanting. Pkt., 
postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS CHICORY 
A good healthy and tasty substitute for Asparagus, and can 
be produced from seed the first year. The sprouts of this 
plant when cut fresh, boiled in salt water and served either 
hot or cold, have a slight asparagus flavor and make a most 
excellent substitute for the genuine article. It can also be 
blanched and eaten raw the same as celery. The tender sprouts 
are produced in abundance and may be cut several times in a 
season, as new shoots appear after each cutting. Asparagus 
Chicory has for years been a favorite vegetable in Italy, and 
repeated trials have proven that it can be just as successfully 
and easily grown in this country. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; *4 lb., 
75c, postpaid. 
1 4 On Seed by Express, Not Prepaid, Deduct 1 0c per Pt.; 20c per Qt., from Postpaid Prices. 
