“BEST POSSIBLE” SEEDS. 
CHAS. C. HART SEED CO._—15—_WETHERSFIELD, CONN. 
HYBRID CROSSED CORN 
Whipcross — A Whipple Top Cross (Purdue No. 39 x Whipples Yellow) 
Vigorous, sturdy plants, a good sound ear on every stalk, no weak or spindling plants, few nubbins 
or moldy ears, high resistance to Stewart’s Disease, and an ability to ripen the entire field at nearly the same 
time. These are some of the outstanding characteristics of crossed corn. The combination of all these 
desirable features enable this new kind of corn to outyield the old standard varieties by from 25 to 75 per 
cent. 
Crossing these varieties of corn is a laborious, hand-process and is necessarily an expensive proposition. 
The price is therefore much higher than for ordinary corn but the infinite merits of the new sorts make them 
decidedly worth while for the market gardener or canner. 
Most of the crosses we offer were originally effected by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 
Station, the work of whose Doctors Jones and Singleton has been outstanding in their experimentation 
with the desirable selections. It is our firm conviction that, with the passage of time, when more desirable 
crosses have been discovered and increased use has brought down the cost of production, the open-polli¬ 
nated varieties will gradually be eliminated. 
It is our earnest desire to clarify the terminology of crossed corns in your mind so that in the future 
you may order exactly the variety you want. We have adopted the Connecticut Station terminology 
wherein the first name (the female parent) is an abbreviation of the varietal name plus the word cross, 
thus signifying that the product is a cross and the numeral and letter following signify the hybrid or inbred 
crossed to it (i.e. the male parent.) Thus Whipcross P-39 means that Purdue Bantam has been crossed 
onto Whipples Yellow, the result being something different from either parent. On the other hand, there 
are some 35 different variations of the Whipcross, each of them with different characteristics. 
We take great pleasure in presenting the various Crossed Corns we are privileged to offer. 
(Average tasselling date is used as a guide to period of maturity. Open pollinated corn will mature 
thus, approximately.) 
Days 
Yield approximately in thousand marketable > 
Spanish Gold 
49 
5 
Golden Early Market 
51 
7 
Golden Sunshine 
54 
7 
Golden Bantam 
59 
15 
Whipples Yellow 
61 
12 
Golden Giant 
64 
11 
Crossed 
Corn 
produces immensely increased Crops 
