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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1896 
SWEET CORN. 
German, Wetehkom . — French, Mais. — Spanish, Maiz. 
Prices quoted do not include postage, which is 10 cts. per quart 
additional. Special prices by the bushel to Market Gar¬ 
deners and Truckers. 
One quart will plant 200 hills; one peck will plant one acre in 
hills. 
Sweet corn may be either sown in rows 4V£ feet apart, 
and the seeds planted at about 8 inches in the rows, or planted 
in hills at distances of 8 or 4 feet each way, according to the 
variety grown, or the richness of the soil in which it is 
planted. The taller the variety or richer the soil, the greater 
should be the distance apart. The first plantings in this 
vicinity are made about the middle of May, and successive 
plantings every two or three weeks until the first week in 
July. In the more Southern latitudes, planting is begun a 
month earlier and continued a month later. 
White Cory. A selection of the Cory with white cob and 
kernel, equal to the original Cory in earliness, and 
averages sweeter. This variety is not excelled in ear¬ 
liness by any sort equal in size. Per pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 
cts.; pk., $1.25. 
The Cory. (Red Cob .) The earliest Sweet Corn in cultivation, 
being readv for the market a week earlier than the 
Marblehead. Ears of good size and handsome. Per 
pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 
Early Minnesota. Very early, ears fair sized and uniform, 
plant rather dwarf; one of the best early kinds. Per 
pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk.. $1 00. 
Crosby's Early. One of the best of the early sorts, ears short, 
from 12 to 10 rows. Per pt.. 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk . 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Moore's Early Concord. Ears large and well filled, from 12 
to 20 rows, the earliet of its size, a superior variety. 
Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 
Perry’s Hybrid. An early twelve-rowed variety, growing 
only four to five feet high, with ears set very low on 
the stalk. Kernels white, large, sweet and very tender. 
Per pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk., $1.25; bush, $4.00. 
Stablers Pedigree. This variety ripens about ten days earlier 
than Stowell’s Evergreen and is superior in sweetness. 
Grains deep and in straight rows on the cob, silk white 
and easily removed. A superior variety for canning or 
Market Gardeners. Perpt., 15 cts.; qt., 25cts.;pk., $1.25, 
Hlack Mexican. Ears of a bluish black color when dry ; an 
extremely sweet variety ; ears eight-rowed and of me¬ 
dium size. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 
Early Eight-Rowed. Ears long, kernels large, deep and 
straight in the rows, a good variety. Per pt., 10 cts.; 
qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 
Sqiiantum, or Excelsior. Medium early, very sweet and of 
excellent quality. It is very productive, frequently 
producing four to five ears to the stalk. Per pt., 10 
cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk , $1.00. 
Early Mammoth. Ripens about two weeks earlier than Late 
Mammoth, ears somewhat smaller but good market size. 
Per pt., 15 cts.; qt , 25 cts.; pk., $1.25. 
Egyptian, or Washington Market. One of the best of the 
large sorts, ears from 12 to 15 rows. A superior variety 
for canning. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt , 20 cts.; pk., $1.25. 
Hickox Improved. A valuable variety for market; ears 
twelve-rowed, straight and handsome. Quality of the 
very best. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20cts.; pk., $1.25. 
Gold Coin. It surpasses the Stowell’s Evergreen in sweet¬ 
ness and delicacy of flavor, and has proved ten days 
earlier and one-third larger in size. Perpt., 15 cts.; 
qt., 25 cts.; pk., $1.25. 
Ne Plus Ultra. In sweetness and delicious flavor it is not 
surpassed, if equaled, by any other variety. The ears 
are below medium size, but several grow on a stalk. 
Per pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk.. $1.25. 
Stowell's Evergreen. The latest, and said to be the sweetest 
variety ; will keep green till frost; medium size, white, 
kernels small, deep, and frequently irregular in the 
rows. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; pk., $1.00. 
Mammoth Sweet. The largest late variety ; twelve-to-six- 
teen-rowed ; cob white, large and well filled ; very pro¬ 
ductive and fine flavored. Per pt., 10 cts.; qt., 20 cts.; 
pk., $1.00. 
Country Gentleman. The sweetest and most tender of any 
variety ; very productive; small cob and very deep 
kernels. Per pt., 20 cts ; qt., 35 cts.; pk., $1.50. 
