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Shumway’s Superior Money Making Early Varieties 
SWEET CORN 
All My 
Sweet Corn 
Packets 
Contain 
Two 
Ounces . 
Plant 
Every 
Week 
After 
Frost 
for 
Continu¬ 
ous Crop, 
358 
Shumway’s Extra 
Early Market 
Gardeners 
351 Shumway’s Improved Golden Bantam 
Extra Select Pure Bred Seed 
Very popular early Sweet Corn, and the standard of the 
yellow varieties. The ears are very uniform, 6 to 7 inches 
long with 8 rows. The kernels are broad and evenly set; 
rich golden yellow in color, tender, sweet and palatable. 
Somewhat dwarf in habit, the plants measure only about 
Wz to 5 feet in height, usually yield two ears to the stalk. 
A sure cropper, very productive, and equally valuable 
for home or market garden. Ready for use in 75 days. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; y 2 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 33 cts,; 2 lbs., 55 cts., post¬ 
paid. 
359 Howling Mob 
Kca«ly for table in So days. The finest early 
midseason Sweet Corn ever introduced. It is 
vigorous and productive, with ears 7 to 9 in. 
long, closely set with 12 or 14 rows of beau¬ 
tiful pearly white grains. The kernels are 
arranged neatly in straight rows which give 
them a particularly attractive appearance 
and make it easy to eat from the cob. The 
kernels are deep and contain a large quan¬ 
tity of delicious sweet pulp beneath the thin 
tender skin. Pkt., 10 ets.; % lb., 20 cts.} lb., 
33 cts.; 2 ll>s„ 55 cts., postpaid. 
363 Early Evergreen 
A selected strain of Stowell's 
Evergreen bred for earliness, it 
will produce edible ears a week 
to ten days earlier on the aver¬ 
age than the original. For this 
reason it is a valuable market 
sort providing a succession to 
the second early types. In other 
respects its qualities are prac¬ 
tically identical with Stowell's; 
ears 7% inches long; 12 to 14 
rows; deep white luscious ker¬ 
nels, remaining in table condi¬ 
tion a long time. Ready for 
table in 80 to 85 days. A fa¬ 
vorite in northern, cooler lo¬ 
calities. Pkt., 10 cts.} Va lb., 20 
cts.; lb., 33 cts.; 2 lbs., 55 cts.; 
An outstanding, lus¬ 
cious, early strain ol’ 
sweet corn. An excep¬ 
tional variety for mar¬ 
ket gardeners as the 
name implies. The ker¬ 
nels are silvery-white 
and extremely sweet. It 
remains in table quality 
for a considerable pe¬ 
riod, which makes it 
particularly profitable. 
In this variety I con¬ 
sider we have one of the 
best varieties of sweet 
corn offered. Ready for 
table in G5 days. Pkt., 
10 cts.; % lb., 20 cts; lb., 
33 ets.; 2 lbs., 55 cts., 
postpaid. 
Shumway’s New Golden Gem 
An entirely new variety developed by 
the North Dakota Experiment Station, 
and the earliest yellow sweet corn on I 
the market, producing ears in 62 days. J 
The ear is about the same size as Sun- ‘ 
shine, but has only 8 to 10 rows. Qual- S 
ity, tenderness, and sweet flavor are fl 
unsurpassed. The plant is exceedingly 
short, but vigorous and productive, is mm 
certain to be a great favorite. Pkt., ' : J|| 
10 cts.; y 2 lb., 22 cts.; lb., 38 cts.; 2 lbs., 
60 cts., postpaid. 
postpaid. 
See Pages 45 & 46 for 
SPECIAL LOW PRIC 
to Market Gardeners 
369 Whipple’s 
Early White 
A grand early white corn. The 
ears have 16-20 rows of deep rather 
narrow kernels and are of very fine 
quality. The ears are 8-9 inches long 
and largo around, they look like well 
bred Evergreen yet they mature two 
to three weeks earlier. Market gar¬ 
deners find that the si,ze, high yield 
(there are often two good ears on 
a stalk) and earliness make this a 
very profitable kind to grow for mar¬ 
kets where a white corn is wanted. 
Ready for use in 80 days. Pkt., 10 
cts.; y 2 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 33 cts.; 2 lbs., 
55 cts., postpaid. 
367 Shumway’s Early Golden 
Market See painting front cover. 
One of the later introductions in 
early Sweet Corn maturing marketable 
crop in 63 days from time of planting. 
Ears 8 inches long, 10 to 12 rowed, 
fine grained, delicious flavor, stalks 
4% feet high. I consider this the 
leader by far of all early yellow varie¬ 
ties of Sweet Corn. A sure money 
maker for market gardeners where a 
matter of 5 to 10 days in marketing a 
crop makes a tremendous difference in 
the value per dozen or 100 ears. Pkt., 
10 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 
2 lbs., 60 cts., postpaid. 
350 Golden Sunshine 
Ready in 68 days. A quite new, 
remarkably fine, extra early va¬ 
riety, originated through selective 
breeding by Professor A. P. Yeager 
of the North Dakota Experiment 
Station. It is earlier than Golden 
Bantam and stays in table quality 
for a greater length of time. The 
ear is about one inch longer and 
has 10 to 12 rows instead of 8. The 
kernels are sweeter, more tender, 
and a lighter yellow in color. The 
plant is taller and more vigorous. 
Because of its earlier maturity, 
longer season, and superior quality, 
it brings better prices than the Ban¬ 
tam and is displacing the latter in 
many markets. Pkt., 10 cts.; V 2 
lb., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 60 
cts., postpaid. 
368 Shumway’s Vanguard 
A superb second early sort. An im¬ 
proved howling mob. Ready for table 
in 80 days. The robust plants, 4% to 
5 feet tall, produce large ears, usu¬ 
ally two, 7 to 7% inches long, with 
12 rows of medium-sized deep-set 
grains, pearly-white, tender, juicy., and 
deliciously sweet. No other type can 
surpass it in flavor. It is a favorite 
trucker’s variety because it combines 
large size with high quality; and it 
dominates many markets. Also desir¬ 
able for the home garden. Pkt., 10 
cts.; i/ 2 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 
60 cts., postpaid. 
.*570 Shunt way’s 
.New Golden Gent 
301) Whipple’s 
Early White 
350 Golden Sunshine 
