PEDIQREED SEEDS 
Potatoes, oats, peas, 
barley, wheat, rye, 
cabbage, field corn, 
sweet corn, field 
beans, soy beans, 
clovers and grasses. 
FARM CHEMICALS 
Seed disinfectants, 
seed inoculants, 
fertilizers, sulphur, 
gypsum, lime, 
dust & spray materials. 
Also drain tile. 
HONEOYE FALLS, N. Y. 
To All Progressive Sweet Corn Qrowers> 
HYBRIDS WINNING 
If vou have never grown hybrid sweet corns, I mean the kind produced by controlled cross pollination, you have 
missed something interesting and profitable. No new thing in the vegetable line has ever before won its way so rap¬ 
idly. Many canners and gardeners already use hybrids exclusively. 
WHY? 
The explanation is simple. Compared with old varieties of equal earliness, the leading hybrids yield 25% to 100% 
more • they are much more uniform in ripening and in size and type of ear; and they equal or excel m sweetness and 
tenderness, They have other advantages, too. Hybrid vigor enables them to better endure drouth and resist root rot 
Some of the hybrids show marked resistance to Stewart’s Bacterial Wilt Disease, which caused such heavy losses m 33 
and which may occur again. Vigor also enables them to retain satisfactory eating quality several days longer after 
ripeihng than other sweet corns Their greater uniformity means fewer pickings, often only one and a larger per¬ 
centage 0 of marketable ears harvested. It means fewer immature or overripe ears and more perfect ears, r or marxet- 
ino - or oannin 0 ' this uniformity is very valuable. . . » ,, 
g Scores “of tests by experiment stations, seedsmen, canners and gardeners have proved these facts. In brief, the 
better hybrids pay better, a lot better—in fact, so much better that careful growers who have used them would not 
plant the old kinds again, even if the seed were furnished free. . . , , , „ 
P 1 The above statements are true of the leading hybrids but not of all the hybrids on the market today. The 
wonderful performance of several of the first hybrids put out, led to the introduction of scores of other hybrids, many 
of which are very little better than the old varieties. So in choosing sweet corn hybrids today, it is important to know 
the performance records. “HOW COME?” . . 
For centuries breeders have observed the usual increase in vigor resulting from crossing different lines, both 
in plants and in an&als but they were unable to make full use of this principle, because other important characters 
usually were lost in the crossing. Recently, however, plant breeders learned that by artificially inbreeding strains of 
corn for some years then crossing them by controlled pollination, they usually get in the first crop remarkable hybrid 
viffor” and also always the same definite and uniform characteristics. After producing-hundreds of inbred strains and 
crossing them in thousands of different combinations, the breeders have succeeded m finding combinations of mbreds 
that produce vigorous hybrids that are mighty near perfection m other characters as well. Golden Cross Bantam is an 
example. g ^ey jare ^ strain is so prepotent that when crossed on open pollinated strains, its characters dom¬ 
inate m thThyS^^ sich hybrids are called top-crosses. They may not equal hybrid inbreds but are much better 
than onen-pollinated strains. Purdue Bantam (Inbred No. 1339) is used very successfully m making top-crosses 
The controlled crossing of two different corns is accomplished by planting one row r of the pollen parent to every 
two to four rows of the seed parent. Every plant in the seed rows is kept detasselled thruout the season so that then 
ears ^are°f erthked° by the pollen parent. The two parent strains have to be maintained separately, and kept strictly 
self fertilized Timeliness, thoroughness and everlasting watchfulness aie absolutely essential. 
Quaker Hill Farm was one of the first in the Country to produce commercially by controlled cross pollination 
this new hybrid sweet corn seed. We have gained the experience, acquired the technique, trained the help and piovided 
the equipment for producing reliable hybrid seed. 
OUR EARLY-TO-LATE SERIES 
To o-et the most enjoyment and profit out of sweet corn, home gardeners, roadside stand gardeners and some 
market gardeners should plant hybrids that will provide a continous harvest, from the earliest possible to ttie last o the 
season Camels find it better to include hybrids that are earlier than the main crop, in order to lengthen the harvest- 
• j -i loacpn wpflfhpr risks For some markets only the earliest possible corns pay well, for otheis the latest, 
and for’somethere^re'^h^between periods when *prices are usually highest. Our series of nine hybrids, ripening at two 
fouYaTintervatshelp you Slant to meet your market requirements. Our offerings and recommendations are 
to foul day 1 ’ ,f ^ . sweet corn trials all over the Country and reports from our customers, as well as 
O^o™ experience! We believe we are offering the best and most profitable hybrids available in their respective per- 
lods of ripening. TW0 NEW HY bridS 
rpnwnss is the newest and earliest hybrid to be offered. Its Golden Gem parent contributes earlmess uni¬ 
formity and wonderful quality Its Purdue Bantam parent contributes high yield, wilt resistance, uniformity and top 
quality^ S hybrid desevvela place in every home and market garden, excepting possibly, sections where wilt disease 
is usua ”[ o ^ v « o e ss is a new hybrid a litt ie later than Golden Cross, producing a larger ear and often a larger yield. It 
suits markets that emphasize size of ear. ORDER EARLY 
Descriptions of our sweet corn hybrids and suggested planting plans are given on Page 2. Pleasei read them 
carefully. Our supplies are limited and cannot be replenished. Better order promptly. See page 3 foi puces. 
Yours for the best in sweet corn, 
K. C. LIVERMORE 
SCRUB SEEDS WASTE MONEY 
GOOD SEEDS MAKE MONEY 
