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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S 
Corn--Varieties for Field Culture.— Continued 
Yellow Sweepstakes. 115 days to make ensilage. Also known as Kato or Golden 
Beauty. Ten days earlier than Eureka Ensilage Corn. At Connecticut Experiment Sta¬ 
tion it yielded 69 bushels per acre, considerably more than others, and made 15 tons 
ensilage of high feeding value. This is a favorite with many who have made careful 
trials for actual food value rather than green weight per acre . 
Westbranch Sweepstakes Ensilage. Early big-eared Dent silage corn recommended 
for Connecticut and north. It is very important to secure seed of known quality pro¬ 
duced only in limited areas of Northeastern Pennsylvania. This stock grows 12 to 14 
feet high, and produces in 100 days, silage of high food value, containing a large amount 
of grain in the glazed stage, considered ideal . 
Lancaster Sure Crop. A comparatively early, heavy-yielding corn suitable for either 
grain or silage in Northern Connecticut and Massachusetts. Similar to but larger than 
Westbranch Sweepstakes . 
Eureka Ensilage. One of our specialties, an extra large southern corn grown and 
selected with great care to keep the true vigorous stock. White seed, luxuriant and 
heavy in stalk and foliage. Will ordinarily produce more tons of ensilage than any 
other. We have had stalks 17 feet, 10 inches tall . 
Southern Hybrid. This has given many fine records for high yield of ensilage and 
grain, and promises to be the best ensilage variety for Connecticut. In Connecticut, 1932, 
it yielded 81J4 bushels of grain per acre; in Rhode Island, 21 tons ensilage per acre, 
which is much higher than Eureka. In the West Virginia and Pennsylvania 1934 experi¬ 
mental trials, it yielded 17^4 tons per acre—the highest yield of any ensilage corn. The 
leaves and stalks stay green long after the ears are mature . 
Quart Bushel 
(56 lbs.) 
20c. $3.50 
20c. 3.50 
20c. 3.00 
20c. 3.50 
30c. 4.75 
Corn Salad or Fetticus. 
Ackersalat—Macha o Valerianilla 
—Valerianello o Insalata 
It is sown on the first opening of spring in rows 
one foot apart, and is fit for use in six weeks from 
the time of sowing. If wanted for very early 
spring, it may be sown in September and covered 
as soon as cold weather sets in, and is wintered 
over the same as spinach. 
Large Leaved. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 
15c.; per J4-Ib., 45c.; per lb., $1.50. 
Cress or Pepper Grass. 
Kresse—Berro o Masteurso—Crescione 
Extensively used as a small salad. Sow early 
in the spring, very thickly in shallow drills. The 
sowing should be repeated at intervals, as it soon 
runs to seed. One ounce of seed will sow a bed 
of sixteen square feet. 
Extra Curled. Fine curly-leaved. Price per pkt., 
10c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., 75c. 
Upland. Resembles the water cress in flavor; 
same culture as spinach; a perennial plant. Price 
per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50. 
Cress - - Water. 
Wasser Kresse—Crescione Acqnatico 
This is a well-known hardy, perennial aquatic 
plant, growing abundantly along the margins of 
running streams, ditches and ponds. Where it 
does not grow naturally it is easily introduced by 
planting, and it increases, both by spreading of 
the roots, and by seeding. 
True Water Cress. Price per pkt., 10c.; per 
oz., 40c.; per lb., $4.00. 
EARLY FORTUNE CUCUMBER 
Cucumbers. 
Gurken — Pepino—Cetriolo 
Make rich hills of well-rotted manure, two feet 
in diameter, and plant a dozen or more seeds, 
covering half an inch deep. When all danger from 
insects is over, pull all but three or four of the 
strongest plants. The middle of June is early 
enough to plant for pickling. Make the hills about 
six feet apart. For early cucumbers the hot-bed 
is necessary. 
EARLY AND SMALL PICKLING VARIETIES 
Early Cluster. Very early; short and sets close¬ 
ly. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 15c.; per J^-lb., 
40c.; per lb., $1.25. 
Boston Pickling or Green Prolific. Medium long, 
smooth, good color. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 
15c.; per J^-lb., 40c.; per lb., $1.25. 
