14 Joseph Breck & Sons’ 
FIELD CORN. 
VARIETIES FOR FIELD CULTURE. 
Milliken’s Prize, a large, early yellow Canada Corn, seed of which was ob¬ 
tained from Mr. Milliken, of Biddeford, Me., being from the same that 
Mr. Milliken’s sOn planted to compete for the Stillman B. Allen £100.00 
prize for the most corn raised on one-eighth of an acre. His yield was 
20 bushels and 4 pounds, or at the rate of 160 bushels and 32 pounds 
shelled corn per acre, and he was awarded the prize. This desirable 
variety grows rather a short stalk producing ears lower to the ground. 
It is eight rowed and of good, size, the kernels being very large while 
the cob is remarkably small. 
Holden’s Early Canada, the most popular variety among the farmers of the 
Connecticut River Valley, not only producing from 75 to 90 bushels of 
excellent corn per acre, out is especially desirable for its line fodder, of 
which it yields from three to five tons an acre after the crop is harvested 
Pierce’s Columbia, this is a celebrated improved variety of the early Canada 
Corn, obtained directly from Mr. Nathan G. Pierce, Westminster, Vt., 
who by careful and long continued selection of seed ears for planting, 
has obtained a corn that merits especial notice. The crop, according to 
the report agreed upon by a committee of three prominent farmers ap¬ 
pointed by the Windham County Agricultural Society expressly for the 
purpose of ascertaining correctly, was by actual measure for one acre 132 
bushels of shelled corn.„. 
Blunt’s Prolific, we sold this variety of corn last season largely for the pur¬ 
pose of ensilaging, and the reports and testimonials received from parties 
using it justify us in again offering this season a very superior quality of 
the genuine stock. The seed of this variety resembles that of the com¬ 
mon White Southern Field Corn, the top of the kernel being indented, 
and we desire to warn our friends to beware of everything but the true 
seed which is a short, round , white kernel , in form similar to our North¬ 
ern Yellow Canada Corn; all other offered for sale under the name of 
Blunt’s Prolific Corn is not genuine. 
CORN SALAD or FETTICUS. 
German, Lammersalat. —French, Mache. —Spanish, Macha Valerian 
Used as a salad. It is sown very early in spring, in rows one foot apart, and is fit for use in 
six or eight weeks from the time of sowing. 
Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Large-leaved.-.05 .15 $i.co 
COLLARDS. 
French, Chou. — German, Blatter Kohl. 
Sow for succession from June to August, and treat as cabbage, in rows one foot apart. 
Price per peck, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents ; % lb., 60 cents; lb., $2.00. 
CRESS or PEPPER GRASS. 
German, Kresse. —French, Cresson. —Spanish, Mastruco. 
A well-known pungent salad. Cover very slightly; sow at frequent intervals to keep up a 
succession, as it soon runs to seed. 
Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Early Curled, very fine ; may be cut two or three times...05 .10 $ .50 
CRESS. Water. 
German, Brunnenkresse. —French, Cresson de Fontane. —Spanish, Berro. 
This is a well-known hardy perennial aquatic plant, growing abundantly along the margins 
of running streams, ditches, and ponds, and sold in our markets in spring. Where it does not 
grow naturally, it is easily introduced by planting along the margins of ponds or streams, where 
it increases, both by spreading roots and by seeding. It has a particularly pleasant, pungent 
taste, agreeable to most people. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 40c. ; per lb., $4.00. 
Qt. Pk. Bush. 
15 £ -75 ^ 3 - 00 
.15 .75 2.50 
.15 .75 3 -oo 
.15 .75 2.50 
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