W HOLESALE G A R D E N S E E D S 
SWEET CORN—Extra Early Varieties 
Banting 70 days 
A very early yellow variety developed in 
Canada and competes in maturity with 
Golden Gem. Desirable for very early mar¬ 
ket garden trade and for sections with short 
gowing season. Ears are small, 6 in. in 
length and 8 rowed. Kernels tender and of 
excellent quality. Stalks are short averag¬ 
ing 4 to 4% ft. 
Barden’s Wonder Bantam 85 days 
An eight row yellow corn introduced by 
C. S. Clark & Sons. Ears are longer and 
slightly larger than Golden Bantam. Kernels 
are deep yellow, broad, tender and of good 
quality. The stalk is slightly taller than 
Golden Bantam. 
Early Dow 7 5 days 
An early white variety used for market 
garden and home gardens. Ears thick, 6 to 
7 in. long, carrying 12 rows. Stalk about 5 
ft. tall and a vigorous grower. 
Early Golden Sweet 7 0 days 
One of the earliest yellow varieties. Ears 
medium length 5 V 2 to 6 in. with 12 rows of 
kernels. Stalk stands 3V 2 to 4 ft. and fairly 
productive. Useful because of its earliness. 
Early Minnesota 88 days 
An early sort of excellent quality. Ears 
are long, with 8 to 10 rows of large white 
grains. A large producer and desirable for 
market, home and canning uses. 
Extra Early Adams 80 days 
This is not a real sweet corn but is popu¬ 
lar for table corn in northern sections and 
is especially desirable for roasting ears. 
Makes excellent fodder in hot, dry summer 
months. 
Extra Early Golden Bantam 7 6 days 
This is a recombination of 15 inbred 
strains of Golden Bantam from our own 
breeding grounds. The strains used were 
inbred since 1922. 
In our trial grounds this combination has 
been ready to eat approximately a week 
before ordinary Golden Bantam. The plants 
grow fully as tall and the strain comes into 
eating stage more uniformly than regular 
Bantam. 
The quality, color and width of kernel is 
quite superior. “Extra Early” Golden Ban¬ 
tam is adapted especially to home gardens, 
where early eating corn is desired. It is 
also profitable to market gardeners. This 
recombination can be carried along by seed 
selection from the crop just as with any 
normal variety. 
Extra Early White Cory 7 5 days 
A popular large eared sort. Stalks grow 
about 5 ft., each generally bearing two 
large, finely shaped ears. Ears are 6 to 7 
in. long, 12-rowed. A market gardener s 
favorite for early market. 
Golden Bantam Standard 83 days 
Plants 4 1 /£ to 5 ft. tall, very productive. 
Ears about 6 in. long with 8 rows of golden 
kernels, tender, sweet and of delicious 
flavor. 
Golden Early Market (Gill’s) 72 days 
An excellent extra early yellow variety 
introduced by Gill Bros. Adapted to home 
garden and market garden trade. Ears are 
6 to 7 in. long, mostly 12 rows of kernels, 
which are golden yellow, tender, sweet and 
of good quality. Ears are heavy in diameter 
compared to length but are attractive due to 
the long husk. Plants are about 5 ft., strong 
and thrifty, and are very productive for such 
an early corn. 
Golden Gem 70 days 
This variety was developed by the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 
and is one of the earliest yellow varieties 
offered. It can be picked for eating two 
weeks earlier than Bantam. Plants and ears 
are rather small. Ears are yellow, carrying 
8 rows. 
Golden Giant 90 days 
This variety is a cross between Golden 
Bantam and Howling Mob, combining the 
delicious buttery flavor of its yellow parent 
with the size and quality of its white parent. 
Stalks 4 1 / 4 to 6 ft., producing two to three 
ears 7 to 9 in. long with 12 to 16 rows of 
deep kernels, orange in color. Heavy husk. 
Golden Sunshine 7 6 days 
This is a cross between Golden Bantam 
and Early Market, a white variety. It is a 
week earlier than Bantam, plants are slight¬ 
ly smaller. Ears have 10 to 14 rows of 
creamy yellow kernels and are surprisingly 
large for an early variety. 
Spanish Gold 70 days 
A new variety recently introduced by the 
Connecticut Experiment Station. Pure yel¬ 
low, 12 rows, medium length ears. Ready 
for table two weeks earlier than Golden 
Bantam. Equal in earliness with Golden 
Gem but grows much larger plant and is 
more productive, being about equal to 
Golden Bantam in plant size and yield. It 
promises to be a popular variety. 
Whipple’s Early Yellow 84 days 
A second early variety having a large ear 
of much merit. This variety withstood the 
heat and drought conditions of 1936 better 
than any other open pollinated variety we 
had. It is a strong dependable grower. The 
kernel is medium shallow and the quality 
not as good as Golden Bantam but its de¬ 
pendability is of merit. The ears are 6 to 
7 y 2 in. with 12 to 14 rows of kernels which 
are light yellow in eating stage. Plant is 6 
to 6 V 2 ft. and vigorous. 
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