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FROM OUR SEED FARMS DIRECT TO THE PLANTER 
SWEET CORN 
In calling attention to this important department of our Catalogue, we would remind customers that 
we make a specialty of Sweet Corn. We grow immense quantities under ideal climatic and soil condition! 
and aim to secure the very best results. Our stocks are carefully selected each year to keep the varieties 
pure and true to name and strong vitality. Thus we are enabled to claim that “our New England-grown 
Sweet Corn is of the highest quality and cannot be beaten.” We were fortunate in having good crops of 
Sweet Corn, but expect a very heavy demand for in many sections crops were badly damaged by early 
frost and freezing weather before the Corn was fully matured rendering it unsuitable for seed purposes. 
Culture .—Sweet Corn delights in good soil and responds to clean and frequent cultivation. Corn is 
usually planted in well-fertilized hills, 3 to 33^ feet apart each way. Put 5 or 6 kernels in each hill and 
cover with mellow soil to a depth of about 13^ inches. In stiff soils a planting depth of 1 inch is preferable. 
When the blades are about 6 inches high, and there is no further danger of injury from birds or insects, 
remove from each hill all but the three most vigorous stalks. Many gardeners sow the seed in rows 3 feet 
apart, leaving the plants standing 
singly 9 inches apart. For a suc¬ 
cession throughout the season, 
plant early in May several varieties, 
including first early to late. Or a 
good second early sort planted at 
intervals of two weeks until the 
first week in July will produce a 
continuous supply. One quart will 
plant about 200 hills, 8 to 10 
quarts to an acre. 
EXTRA EARLY DAWN 
This is positively the earliest 
Sweet Corn in cultivation and as it 
thus takes precedence over all other 
kinds it is of particular interest to 
the market gardeners who, like the 
early bird, are after the “worm,” or 
long prices. In form, size and "ap¬ 
pearance it somewhat resembles the 
Red Cory, but is a week or ten days earlier. Being of quite dwarf habit it can be planted mush closer than 
most corn, and consequently yields considerably larger crops per acre. Market gardeners think highly of 
Extra Early Dawn and it is constantly growing in popularity. Pt. 30c., qt. 50c., 4 qts. $1.75., pk. $3.25, 
bus. $12.00 
GOLDEN BANTAM 
This remarkable variety succeeds admirably under almost all conditions, and because of its earliness, 
vigor of growth, firmness of grain and truly delicious flavor it is becoming more popular every year in all 
sections of the country. While a few years ago it was regarded with a certain degree of suspicion, wholly 
on account of its outward resemblance to “Chicken Corn,” it is now universally pronounced as the sweetest 
and most tender and satisfying Sweet Corn in the seedman’s list. Attaining a height of about 5 feet, the 
sturdy stalk usually bears two or more medium-sized ears, which, when ready for the table, are of a 
ricffgolden yellow color very tender and delicious. Golden Bantam is especially well adapted to '•the 
home garden and a continuous supply may be maintained right through the season by successiona 
planting. Pt. 30c., qt. 50c., 
EXTRA EARLY RED 
GOB CORY 
One of the earliest and 
most popular extra-early 
sorts. The ears are generally 
eight-rowed, of medium size, 
with red cob. For such an 
early variety the kernels are 
large, while the quality is 
very good. Pt. 25c., qt. 45c., 
4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, bus. 
$ 10 . 00 . 
EXTRA EARLY 
WHITE COB CORY 
This variety is also in much 
demand. It is very similar 
to Red Cob Cory, but it 
produces a white cob with 
white grains. Pt. 25c., qt. 
45c., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, 
bus. $10.00. 
4 qts. $1.75, pk. $3.25, bus. $12.00. 
Extra Early Dawn Corn 
Golden Bantam 
