16 Vegetable Seeds 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
FIELD CORN 
Every farm has its crop of com, whose golden grain provides 
nutriment for man and beast. Not only is the grain serviceable, 
but the whole plant is available for fodder. As a forage plant it 
stands in the first rank, whether fed in a green state or dry-cured. 
A ton of well cured corn fodder is worth, if well used, the price of 
a ton of hay. Eight to ten quarts per acre in hills; one bushel in 
drills; two bushels if sown broadcast, are required per acre. 
Quart, 30 cents, postage paid. 
Peck, 55 cents; bushel, $1.75 ; bag, two bushels, $3.25; 
except as noted. 
Peck or bushel by express or freight at expense of purchaser. 
Please add cost of bags when ordering. y K bu., 8 cents ; l / 2 bu. 
10 cents ; 1 bu., 12 cents ; 2 bu., 22 cents. 
Va 11 ov A yellow, eight-rowed Flint vari- 
▼ aiit;/ # ety, originating through the cross, 
ing ot the popular Longfellow with a choice local stock. The cob is 
white, twelve to fifteen inches in length, and very slender. The grain is a 
golden yellow, large, and compactly set, covering both bntt and tip. It is an 
exceedingly early, hardy, and productive variety, yielding on good land from 
eighty to too bushels of shelled corn per acre. It is easy to husk, and the 
stalks make good fodder. We make a specialty of this variety, growing and 
selecting it on our farm. Quart, 30 cents ; peck, 60 cents ; bush., $2.00. 
Early Sanford. An early white flint variety ; equally valuable for ensilage 
or grinding. Quart, 25 cents ; peck, 60 cents ; bushel, $2.00. 
Pride of the North. A sixteen-rowed Yellow Dent variety. Ears 
eight to ten inches in length ; cob very small and red, with grain above 
medium size and closely set. It produces an enormous quantity of shelled 
corn to the amount of cob. Stalks six to eight feet, and frequently bearing 
two ears. An exceedingly early and prolific variety. 
Improved Learning. Similar to above in every respect, but about two 
weeks later in maturing. A very desirable variety for fodder. 
Champion White Pearl. A new, early, thoroughbred White Dent 
Corn. Ears average sixteen rows, with very small cob; ripens in 90 to 100 
days from time of planting. Very productive, yielding fully as well as the 
Yellow Dent sorts. 
Early Mastodon. All improved Yellow Dent, large yield, large grams, 
and early ripening. It has the largest number of rows on a cob, and the 
largest grains of any Corn ever originated ; brings a high price in the market, 
of medium height, grows rapidly, and ripens in 100 days. From 170 to 200 
bushels per acre have been produced as far north as latitude 42 0 30'. 
Golden Beauty. A grand new Dent variety of vigorous growth and 
immensely productive on rich soil. The ears are of perfect form, remarkable 
in size, filled to the tip with ten to fourteen rows of remarkably large bright 
golden grains. Cob very small for so large an ear. Ripens in from 110 to 
120 days. Stalks ten to twelve feet in height, with abundant foliage. 
Improved Early Sheeptooth. (Fodder Corn). Earlier and better 
adapted for fodder and ensilage in the Northern States than the ordinary 
Southern Sheeptooth. The stalks are twelve to fourteen feet in height and 
enormously productive. This improved sort is generally superseding all 
known varieties for ensilage purposes. Peck, 40 cents ; bushel,$1.2s 1 bae 
of 2% bushels, ,$3.00. & 
Sweet Fodder. There is nothing better for green feed, or for curing for 
winter, than Sweet Corn. Cattle highly relish it. and when fed on it keep in 
fine condition and give an abundance of rich milk. It is also excellent for 
soiling. Sow in drills, one and one-half bushels per acre ; or broadcast double 
the quantity. Peck, 60 cents ; bushel, $2.00. 
POP CORN 
Shelled corn, packet, 10 cents ; y> pint, 15 cents ; pint, 25 cents ; 
quart, 40 cents. 
White Rice. The most popular for general use. 
Queen s Golden, pops ceamy white. 
Silver Lace. The bestj white-grained variety. 
CHICORY 
Sow Chicory seed as early in the spring as the ground can be worked, in drills 
half an inch deep and fifteen inches apart, and in good mellow soil. The 
after-culture is the same as for Carrots. In the autumn the plants will be 
ready for blanching, when it is used as a salad. The dried roots are also used 
as a substitute for and an adulterant of cofTee. One ounce is sufficient for 100 
feet of drill. 
Large-Rooted Long Magdeburg. Packet, 5 cents; oz„ 10 
cents; lb., $1.00. 
GENESEE VALLEY FIELD CORN 
