I?USSELL -nrXKLE 
SEED COMPANY 
NO HARPETH RIVER CORNS FOR 1940 
We are disappointed to announce we shall not be able to offer our Harpeth River Corns this Spring. Very un¬ 
favorable weather conditions caused the corn there to be lower quality than we feel our customers have learned 
to expect from us, so we prefer to offer none this year. We expect to be back next year with our usual fine quality 
Harpeth River varieties. 
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A Field of Top Notch Jarvis Corn 
Top Notch Jarvis 
TOP NOTCH CORNS—Continued 
R.-H. CO.'S GOLDEN SURPRISE (Learning 
Yellow). (90-100 days.) A large yellow corn 
for our Southern farmers. Ears 8 V 2 to 91/2 
inches long, usually 14 to 16 rows of well- 
dented grains, grows a stalk 7 to 10 feet 
high. Among its excellent qualities are the 
grains, which are very narrow and deep, 
of a bright golden yellow color and are 
medium hard, not at all flinty, just hard 
enough to stand the rainy weather condi¬ 
tions to keep ears from rotting. Golden 
Surprise produces well on most any soil— 
good upland as well as low moist locations. 
It is a good yielding variety. Each stalk 
produces two good large ears, shells easily, 
is also often used for an ensilage crop. 
TOP NOTCH JARVIS GOLDEN PROLIFIC. (110- 
120 days.) This is one of the finest corns 
for this section on our list. A natural 
drought-resisting variety, one of the few 
varieties of Yellow Corn that produces 
more than one ear. It is hardy enough to 
withstand any kind of weather in the fall. 
Crops have been left in the field until early 
spring and then came out good, sound corn. 
A native southern yellow corn, carefully 
bred, and one that bears two good ears to 
the stalk. The stalk is rather dwarf, 6 to 8 
feet high, and does not fall down in stormy 
weather. Grains are bright golden yellow; 
ears are firm and solid, about 7 to 10 inches 
long. The grain is medium in size. This is 
a very productive and desirable variety, 
and is drought resistant. Our seed is all 
carefully selected. It will please you. 
TOP NOTCH EARLY YELLOW DENT. (90 
days.) Yellow grains, medium size red cob, 
ears good length. One of the popular va¬ 
rieties, for late planting particularly. 
TOP NOTCH LARGE GOLDEN DENT (Yellow 
St. Charles). (100 days.) Large golden 
grains, big ear, red cob, medium size. Ex¬ 
tremely popular. 
TOP NOTCH GOLD MINE. (105 days.) A 
dandy big eared yellow corn that succeeds 
well in this section. Grains medium long, 
bright yellow and set on medium to large 
size ear about 8 inches in length. Does 
well on good uplands. 
TOP NOTCH MEXICAN JUNE CORN. (90 
days.) Our native grown selected strain. 
This dependable variety, largely planted 
late in the spring throughout the entire 
Cotton Belt, originally came from Mexico. It 
is largely used for planting after oats and 
wheat, and can be planted as late as 
August 15th with good results. The stalks 
are usually short, although early 
plantings make stalks 12 to 15 
feet high, leaves 4 to 5 feet long. 
The roots run deep and spread, 
so that it is a splended drought 
resister. Ears 8 to 9 inches long, 
grains short to medium, cobs 
medium in size, and while us¬ 
ually white, occasionally you'll 
find a red cob with white and 
some blue grains. This appar¬ 
ent mixture of color is peculiar 
to many varieties of Mexican 
corn. 
TOP NOTCH TAIT'S EARLY WHITE 
Dent. (90 days.) One of the 
few early White Dent varieties 
with a smal cob; makes large 
POP CORN 
Culture —One ounce to 40 feet of row, 5 to 
7 pounds per acre. After the ground is 
warm, sow in rows 3 Y 2 feet apart. Always 
sow more than one row so that the ears 
will be fully pollinated. 
SOUTH AMERICAN YELLOW DYNAMITE. 
(120 days.) This new Pop Corn is beau¬ 
tiful creamy yellow when popped, very 
large, crisp and delicious. Will be greatly 
relished by every member of the family. 
BABY RICE or JAPANESE HULLESS. (120 
days.) Ears from 6 to 7 inches long with 
rice-colored grains. 
We can supply the above varieties. Prices 
uniform. Postpaid, 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 70c. 
Not prepaid, lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 50c. 
beautiful ears, and the smooth 
dent grains are pure white. It 
is ideal for early feed or roast¬ 
ing ears. 
All com prices on Green Ink 
List. 
TREAT SEED CORN WITH NEW IMPROVED SEMESAN JR. 
SEE PAGE 58 FOR HAND CORN PLANTERS 
Better stands and healthier plants mean increased 
yields. Numerous tests on Corn Belt farms with grow¬ 
ers' seed show that dusting the seed with New Im¬ 
proved Semesan Jr. increases the average yield 
about 10 per cent. In tests on 45 farms. New Improved 
Semesan Jr. increased the yield on 41 of them. The 
increases ranged from IY 4 to 8 bushels an acre. See 
page 20 for prices. 
FOR QUANTITY PRICES: SEE GREEN INK PRICE LIST ENCLOSED 
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