FOREWORD 
W E realize that the cost of seed for most canners is relatively small. 
Nevertheless, good seed is the basis for good crops. No matter hovr 
large or how small the purchase, Northrup, King 5c Co. recognizes the respon¬ 
sibility involved in producing, warehousing, and distributing only the best 
seed obtainable. 
For more than fifty-three years this organization has endeavored to produce 
and distribute seed of outstanding quality in all respects. Through its many 
outlets, it has been able to keep its stocks and inventory quite well balanced. 
The utmost care is always used in the selection of stock seed. Peas and 
Beans are carefully rogued and selected for both plant and pod characters. 
Root crops are selected both for exterior and interior color, as v/ell as plant 
habit. All lots of seed are carefully checked in trial grounds for germination, 
type, purity, and adaptability. Also, stocks of seed are carefully checked in 
Northrup, King 5c Co.'s own seed testing Laboratory, which is one of the best 
equipped in the United States. 
Sweet Corn has been and is a specialty with Northrup, King 5c Co. Normal 
or open pollinated varieties are given special care in the maintenance of 
true to name stocks. Production fields are carefully and thoroughly isolated. 
This Company is one of the oldest and most experienced growers of Hybrid 
Corn. It started this work in 1922 and during the past fifteen years has learned 
how to handle inbreds to maintain purity and trueness to type. This, plus 
proper isolation of fields, is, as you know, the real secret to good Hybrid Corn 
production. 
On the basis of good seed and service, Northrup, King 5c Co. solicits your 
confidence and patronage. It will endeavor in every way to merit both. 
In considering the following list of varieties, all maturity dates are compara¬ 
tive and are based on findings in the Minneapolis area. It is natural that under 
other climatic and soil conditions maturity dates and varietal reactions will 
vary. 
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