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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
Detasseling one of the parents of our Golden Cross Bantam corn. The pollen parent is 
Purdue 51. The detasseled parent is Purdue Bantam. 
CORN-SWEET OR TABLE VARIETIES (Cent.) SSSSSSt 
Carmel Golden cocar 
85 days. Dwarf, second early variety, popular in California, 
Large, thick, 12-rowed ears. 
★ CHARLEVOIX (Gold Standard) COVIX 
86—88 days. The standard of excellence in sweet corn; equally 
valuable for home garden, market garden and canning. Plants 
5 Yi —6 ft. tall, commonly bear 2 ears. Ears handsome, 63^—7 in. 
long; 12 rowed. Kernels light golden yellow, tender and of 
highest quality. 
★ Country Gentleman cogen 
110 days. Heavy yielding variety with Evergreen character. 
Valuable for home, market garden and especially for canning. 
Plants 6 Yi —7 ft. tall, commonly with 2 or more ears. Ears 73^—9 
in. long, 2 in. thick; set solid with irregular rows of kernels. 
These are white; shoe-peg form, very deep; sweet and tender. 
Early Sweet or Sugar 
93 days. Dependable highly productive sort for home and market 
garden. Plants 6 ft. tall. Ears slender; 9—93^ in. long; 8 rowed; 
very uniform. Kernels white, sweet and tender. 
Ferry’s Early Evergreen 
98 days. Very valuable canning and market sort about 1 week 
earlier than Stowell’s Evergreen from which it was developed. 
Plants 6p6—7 ft. tall. Ears about 73^ in. long, 23^ in. thick with 
14—20 rows of very deep, white, sweet, tender kernels that remain 
fresh and tender remarkably long. 
★ GOLDEN BANTAM COGOL 
83 days. The best strain of Golden Bantam offered to the trade; 
surpassed in quality only by our own Charlevoix. As early as Sun¬ 
shine and of incomparably better quality. Plants dwarf; 4^—5 
ft. tall; very productive, commonly bearing 2 ears. Ears 6—7 in. 
long; strictly 8 rowed; very uniform. Kernels rich golden yellow, 
very tender, sweet and of splendid rich flavor. 
★ Golden Bantam Improved coimp 
90 days. About 1 week later than Golden Bantam. Plants 43^ 
to 5 feet tall, thrifty. Ears 8 inches long with 12 to 14 regular 
rows. Kernels golden yellow, sweet and tender. Similar to 
Charlevoix, but coarser. 
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