“BEST POSSIBLE” SEEDS 
CHAS. C. HART SEED CO._ —16— _WETHERSFIELD, CONN. 
HYBRID CROSSED CORN 
Whipcross — A Whipple Top Cross (Purdue No. 39 x Whipples Yellow) 
Vigorous, sturdy plants, a good sound ear on every stalk, no weak or spindling plants, few 
nubbins or moldy ears, high resistance to Stewart's Disease, and an ability to ripen the entire field 
at nearly the same time. These are some of the outstanding characteristics of crossed corn. The 
combination of all these desirable features enable this new kind of corn to outyield the old standard 
varieties by from 25 to 75 per cent. 
Crossing these varieties of corn is a laborious, hand-process and is necessarily an expensive 
proposition. The price is therefore much higher than for ordinary corn but the infinite merits of the 
new sorts make them decidedly worth while for the market gardener or canner. 
Most of the crosses we offer were originally effected by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 
Station, the work of whose Doctors Jones and Singleton has been outstanding in their experimenta¬ 
tion with the desirable selections. It is our firm conviction that, with the passage of time, when more 
desirable crosses have been discovered and increased use has brought down the cost of production, 
the open-pollinated varieties will gradually be eliminated. 
As a guide to comparison between open pollinated and Hybrid Crossed Corn we offer the 
following table. Average silking date is used as the basis of maturity. 
Yield per acre in 
Ear thousand marketable Ear 
Open Pollinated 
Days 
Length 
ears 
Length 
Days 
Hybrid Crossed Corn 
Spanish Gold. 
... 49 
51/2 
5 
9 
61/2 
51 ... 
.Spancross C2 
Golden Early Market... 
... 51 
61/2 
7 
9 
7 
52 ... 
.Marcross C6 
Golden Sunshine. 
... 54 
7 
7 
13 
7 
56 ... 
.Spancross P39 
Golden Bantam. 
... 59 
6 
15 
12 
71/2 
56 ... 
.Marcross P39 
Whipples Yellow. 
... 61 
71/2 
12 
10 
71/2 
57 ... 
.Sucross P39 
Golden Giant. 
... 64 
71/2 
11 
16 
71/2 
57 ... 
.Early Bancross 
Bantam Evergreen. 
... 71 
71/2 
11 
13 
71/2 
59 ... 
.Whipcross P39 
15 
71/2 
64 ... 
.Golden Cross 
Don't fail to at least try some Crossed Corn 
