


Seed Growers Since 1876 

SWEET CORN 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ILLS. 5 x 10 (Hybrid) 90 Days 
Ears—7 inch, with slightly larger white kernels than 3 x 6. 
A very high quality corn, yielding high cut per ton. Stalk— 
642 to 7 ft. Produced from carefully bred selected inbreds. 
Quite uniform in ear size and maturity. Some flag leaves. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ILLS. 8 x 6, (Hybrid) 90 Days 
Ears—7 to 8 inch, with very: deep, small, tender white ker- 
nels. Outstanding quality and cut per ton. Uniform. Some 
flag leaves. Stalk—7 ft. Produced from carefully bred and 
selected inbreds. 
CROSBY (Minnesota 287) 80 to 84 Days 
Ears—62 to 7 inch, with 12 to 16 rows of short, sweet, 
tender, white kernels. Stalk—5 ft. Ears well up. Selected 
for improved kernel depth, with typical Crosby flavor. 
EARLY EVERGREEN 90 to 93 Days 
Ears—8 inch, with 14 to 18 rows of medium size deep, white 
kernels of good quality and sweetness. Stalk—6 to 7 ft. 
Market garden and canning selected strain in the evergreen 
class. 
EARLY PEARL 72 to 76 Days 
Ears—5¥2 inch, with 12 to 14 rows of small white deep 
kernels. Very tender and sweet. Stalk—412 to 5 ft. Limited 
use mainly in the East, and for crossing purposes. 
GILLS GOLDEN EARLY MARKET 68 Days 
Ears—5'¥2 to 6 inch, with 12 rows of fairly broad yellow 
kernels, of fine quality. Stalk—4 to 5 ft. Used extensively 
for garden and market. Also known as “GOLDEN HUMMER”, 
“EXTRA EARLY YELLOW”, “EXTRA EARLY SWEET”, AND 
“GILLS GOLDEN EARLY SWEET”. 
GOLDEN BANTAM 8 ROWED 78 to 80 Days 
Ears—6 to 7 inch, with 8 rows of kernels of highest flavor 
and sweetness. No flag leaves. Stalk—4'% to 5 ft. An ex- 
cellent selected Northern strain, hardy and well known. 
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