

NORTHRUP, KING & CO..S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 


OPEN POLLINATED SWEET CORN (Continued) 
Extra Early Varieties 
Extra Early Adams 80 days 
This is not a real sweet corn but is popu- 
lar for table corn in the South where it 
appears more resistant to ear worm and 
disease. Makes excellent roasting ears or 
fodder in hot, dry summer months. 

N., K. & Co’s Extra Karly Golden Bantam 
Earliest Golden Sweet 70 days 
One of the earliest yellow varieties. Ears 
of good size—6 to 7 inches—mostly 8-rowed 
but some 10-rowed. Stalks stand 3% to 4 
ft. and fairly productive. Excellent eating 
quality. Especially adapted to regions of 
short growing periods. 
Extra Early White Cory 75 days 
A popular large eared sort. Stalks grow 
about 5 ft., each generally bearing two 
large, finely shaped ears. Ears are 6 to 7 
in. long, 12-rowed. A market gardener’s 
favorite for early market. 
Golden Bantam Standard 83 days 
Plants 4% to 5 ft. tall, very productive. 
Ears about 6 in. long with 8 rows of golden 
pets tender, sweet and of delicious 
avor. 
Golden Early Market (Gill’s) 72 days 
An excellent extra early yellow variety 
introduced by Gill Bros. Adapted to home 
garden and market garden trade. Ears are 
6 to 7 in. long, mostly 12 rows of kernels, 
which are golden yellow, tender, sweet and 
of good quality. Ears are heavy in diameter 
compared to length but are attractive due to 
the long husk. Plants are about 5 ft., strong 
and thrifty, and are very productive for such 
an early corn. 
Golden Gem 70 days 
This variety was developed by the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 
and is one of the earliest yellow varieties 
offered. It can be picked for eating two 
weeks earlier than Bantam. Plants and ears 
are rather small. Ears are yellow, carrying 
8 rows. 
Golden Giant 90 days 
This variety is a cross between Golden 
Bantam and Howling Mob, combining the 
delicious buttery flavor of its yellow parent 
with the size and quality of its white parent. 
Stalks 4% to 6 ft., producing two to three 
ears 7 to 9 in. long with 12 to 16 rows of 
deep kernels, orange in color, Heavy husk. 
Golden Sunshine 76 days 
This is a cross between Golden Bantam 
and Early Market, a white variety. It is a 
week earlier than Bantam, plants are slight- 
ly smaller. Ears have 10 to 14 rows of 
creamy yellow kernels and are surprisingly 
large for an early variety. 
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