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PORTLAND SEED COMPANY 
CORN 
The best condition for growing corn is warm weather, 
rich soil, and moderate moisture, however, a satisfactory 
crop can be grown in any garden if the soil is deeply and 
thoroughly worked before planting. Sweet Corn seed 
should be planted during the early warm weather season, 
as cold ground will rot the seed. If the seed is planted in 
hills they should be spaced from 2% to 4 feet apart, de¬ 
pending upon height and variety planted. Five or six 
seeds per hill. When plants are 4 to 5 inches tall, thin from 
8 to 12 inches apart and keep well hoed until ears are set. 
4-oz. pkt. 10c; l /i lb. 20c; 1 lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. 
Yellow Variety 
GOLDEN BANTAM. This variety of corn is second to 
none for tender, sweet and juicy ears. Although not as 
early as some of the others, its exceptionally fine quality 
makes it well worth waiting for. Stalks about 5 feet 
high. Eight straight rows of rich golden kernels to the 
cob. Splendid for Pacific Coast gardens. 
GOLDEN WEST. A very fine early variety. Much the 
same flavor and tenderness as Golden Bantam and ex¬ 
ceedingly popular with market gardeners. Ten to twelve 
beautiful, tender rows to each ear. Splendid for early 
gardens. 
EARLY SUNSHINE. One of the earlier varieties of sweet 
corn that is of very good quality. It matures 3 or 4 days 
earlier than the majority of the others. It is also taller 
and more vigorous, and the ears have 12 rows of sweet 
tender kernels. 
GOLDEN GIANT. The largest sweet corn of the yellow 
variety. The ears are well filled and run from 9 to 10 
inches in length. The big kernels are very rich, tender 
and juicy. Very fine for late harvest. 
Other Varieties of Sweet Corn 
Golden Evergreen. 
Improved Golden Bantam 
Spanish Gold. 
White Variety 
EARLY PORTLAND MARKET. Very popular with the 
market gardeners because of its uniform, sweet, tender 
ears. It is early and has pure white kernels. Exceed¬ 
ingly fine for Northwest climate and soil conditions. 
OREGON EVERGREEN. Earlier than Stowell’s and just 
as fine and sweet. Very popular in Southern California 
for producing corn through the winter. An exceptionally 
fine canning variety because of its uniform medium to 
large ears with 12 to 18 rows of pure white kernels. 
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN. Remarkable for remaining 
a long time in a fresh condition, an advantage for home 
gardeners. Plants 7 to TV* feet tall. Ears 8 inches long, 
2 x /4 to 2 Yz inches thick; 14 to 20-rowed kernels of very 
deep white. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. An old-time variety with a 
delicious flavor. A very heavy yielder and valuable for 
home, market gardener and canning. Kernels are white, 
shoe-peg form, very deep, sweet and tender. 
BLACK MEXICAN. An old favorite still in demand be¬ 
cause of its quality and sweetnses. The kernels are pure 
white when corn is ready for table use, however, when 
ready for seed the kernels are bluish or black. 
Other Varieties of Sweet Corn 
Country Gentleman. 
Early Evergreen. 
Early Minnesota. 
Howling Mob. 
Peep o’ Day. 
White Cory. 
Pop Corn 
PORTLAND SEED CO.’s “BUTTER CRISP”. There is 
nothing finer on a cold winter evening than a nice warm 
fireplace and a large tasty bowl of “Butter Crisp” Pop 
Corn. The kernels of this variety pop out large and 
fluffy and resembles buttered pop corn because of its 
creamy color. Pkt. 10c; 1 lb. 30c, postpaid. 
WHITE RICE. The standard variety for many years. Ker¬ 
nels pop out large and snowy white. Exceedingly well 
flavored. 4 oz. pkt. 10c; 1 lb. 30c, postpaid. 
Field Corn 
1 lb. 15c; 10 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. Write for 100 lb. prices. 
MINNESOTA “13” YELLOW DENT. Earliest of all yel¬ 
low field corn. A rapid vigorous grower that averages 7 
feet in height. Makes a very fine fodder or ensilage 
crop. A very heavy yielder with large and well-filled 
ears from end to end. 
OREGON GROWN YELLOW DENT. Adapted for western 
Oregon and Washington. Matures very early and gives 
a good grain yield. Excellent for silage. A western corn 
for western farmers. 
PRIDE OF THE NORTH. This variety of yellow dent is 
especially recommended for eastern Oregon, Washington 
and Idaho plantings. A very heavy yielder and matures 
early. Truly a fine silo corn. 
NORTHWESTERN DENT. A red corn with yellow dent 
or cap. Adapted to high altitudes and short seasons. 
Quite frost and drouth resistant and very early. Val¬ 
uable for late planting and fine for silage. 
CHAMPION WHITE PEARL. This large white dent va¬ 
riety is very popular with dairymen of this section be¬ 
cause of the great amount of green feed it produces. We 
highly recommend this corn to all stock raisers. 
WHITE FLINT. Very well adapted to Northwestern con¬ 
ditions and matures very early. It is a very heavy 
yielder and produces fine green foliage. Second only to 
Champion White Pearl in importance to dairymen. 
WISCONSIN WHITE DENT. This variety of white dent 
is large, handsome and extremely early. It matures per¬ 
fectly and makes ideal green feed for late summer. 
KING PHILIP. This is an early Red Flint variety of field 
corn. Very well known to farmers of nearly every sec¬ 
tion in the United States. It is well acclimated for these 
Northwestern states. 
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