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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 
CORN —SWEET OR SUGAR 
Mais. Maiz. 3)?ai3. 
One quart will plant 200 hills; 8 to 10 quarts for an acre in hills. 
The Sweet or Sugar varieties, being liable to rot in cold or wet ground, should not be planted before May, or until the ground has 
become warm; for a succession continue planting every two weeks until the middle of July, in rich, well-manured, ground, in hills 
3 feet apart each vvay, covering about half an inch, and thin out to 3 plants to a hill. If sown thinly in drills a greater yield from 
a given surface will be obtained. T r * . r , . . , , „ 
II to be lorwardcd by mail, add 7c. per quart for postage. 
Extra Early Cory. Of great value for its extreme earliness; is ten 
days earlier than any other sort; ears of good size and first-rate 
quality. Ft. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. SI.50. 
White Cory. A selection of the Cory with white cob and kernel; 
this variety is not excelled in earliness by any sort equal in size. 
Ft. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.50. 
Peep-O’-Day. One of the earliest; very sweet and of delicate 
flavor. Ft. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. SI.50. 
Premo. Extra early; very large ears, fine quality. Ft. 15c., qt. 
25c., pk. SI .50. 
Metropolitan. Very early; large ears, extra sweet. Ft. 15c., qt. 
25c., pk. SI.50. 
Golden Bantam. Extra early; yellow; very sweet and tender. Pt. 
15c., qt. 30c., pk. SI.75. 
Perry’s Hybrid. An early twelve-rowed variety, growing only 4 
to 5 feet high, with ears set very low on the stalks; kernels white, 
large, sweet and very tender. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.25. 
Moore's Early Concord. A standard variety for market or 
family use; ears large, of superior quality. Ft. 15c., qt. 25c., 
pk. SI.25. 
Corn, 
Country Gentleman 
Crosby’s Early. One of the standard early sorts; ears of medium 
size. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. SI.50. 
Squantum, or Excelsior. A second-early sort, very sweet and 
luscious; four or five ears to the stalk. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. SI.50. 
Early Mammoth. A valuable variety; cars twelve-rowed, straight 
and handsome; remarkable for its delicious sweetness. One of 
the largest of early sorts. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.50. 
Ilickox Improved. Of medium earliness; valuable for market or 
family garden; ears twelve-rowed; quality the best. Ft. 15c., qt. 
25c., pk. SI.25 
Late Mammoth. The largest late variety; twelve to sixteen- 
rowed; cob white, large and well filled; very productive and fine 
flavored. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.50. 
Country Gentleman. The sweetest and most tender of all Sweet 
Corn; ears short, cob small, the kernels pearly white and irregularly 
crowded together on the cob. Ft. 15c., qt. 30c., pk. SI.75. 
Egyptian, or Washington Market. Vigorous, productive; ears 
^ large, uniform, tender and sweet. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.50. 
Stowell’s Evergreen. The most popular variety grown; late, ears 
large, very sweet, and retain their juicy tenderness longer than 
any other sort. Ft. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $1.25 
Black Mexican. The ripe grain is bluish black, but when in con¬ 
dition for the table looks remarkably white; considered the sweet¬ 
est and most tender of any in the list. Ft. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. SI .50. 
Sweet Corn for Fodder. For sowing broadcast or in drills for 
Summer or early Fall feed. Sow three bushels to the acre broad¬ 
cast, or half that quantity in drills. Bushel S3.00. 
FIELD CORN 
Longfellow. A popular and well-known eight-rowed yellow Flint 
variety; very early and prolific. .» Qt. 20c., pk. 80c., bus. S2.75. 
Improved Learning. Earliest Dent Corn in cultivation, ripening 
100 days from time of planting; large ears, small red cob and 
deep, large, orange-colored grain. Qt. 15c., pk. 75c., bus. S2.50. 
Early Yellow Canada. Early, small-eared variety; matures in 00 
days. Qt. 20c., pk. 80c., bus. S2.75. 
Sandford. A white Flint, planted extensively for fodder, the 
stalks extra large and numerous. Qt. 15c., pk. 75c., bus. $2.50. 
Improved Early Sheeptooth. Nearly two weeks earlier and bet¬ 
ter adapted for fodder and ensilage in the Northern States than 
the ordinary Southern Sheeptooth; stalks are 12 to 14 feet in 
height, and enormously productive. Qt. 10c., pk. 60c., bus. $2.00. 
Corn, Golden Bantam 
POP CORN 
White Pearl. Smooth-grained ears four to five inches long. Lb. 
10c., by mail 17c. 
White Rice. Kernel pointed; ears four to five inches long; very 
early. Lb. 10c., by mail 17c. 
