SEEDSMEN SINCE 
T. W. WOOD & SONS - 
o7 
1879 - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

WOOD'S EARLY CORNS 
verse. 


Wood’s Early Snowflake 
Snowflake is better in the deep South. 
*Boone County 
well indeed, outyielding local Boone five bushels per acre.” 
mont and Valley. 
Iowa Grown Silver King 
days. 
bringing a better price. 
resistant. Good on poor or rich land. 
i 1 Matures in 106 days; roasting ears in 80 days; 8 feet tall. 
Iowa Silvermine Heavy yielding white corn for high altitudes or early feed 
and roasting ears in the South. Good poor land corn. Drought resistant, 
large ears, deep grain. Resembles Boone County, but 12 days earlier, and 
sounder ear, 
* 4 i One of the largest eared, soundest and heaviest 
Oklahoma Silvermine _yielding white corns ever developed in the South. 
Matures in 123 days; roasting ears in 89 days; resistant to adverse southern 
conditions, 

40 acres of Wood’s Oklahoma Silvermine yielded 2,500 bus., 20% 
more than my regular corn. Wonderful shuck protection. Very 
heavy ears 11 to 12 inches long. Very deep, large grain; small cob. 
Hxtremely sound, no rotten corn. Strong, stocky stalks.”—A, R. 
Piercy, Powhatan Co., Va. 
WOODBURN WHITE DENT—122 days. Large ear, stalk and yield. 


118 days; 8% feet tall, Won more 
championships than any other corn, 
*Reid’s Yellow Dent 
sweepstakes at the Chicago International, and nearly every year 
in the Virginia and Maryland corn shows; took Gold Medal for 
yielding over 100 bushels per acre. It has a large, beautiful, 
show type ear, 10% ins. long; 18 to 20 straight rows of deep 
grain, pisaely. wedged on a red cob. Tip and butt completely 
covered. 
PRICE All Uncertified Corns: By mail postpaid, 144 peck 75c; 
peck $1.15; 1%4 bus. $2.00. Not postpaid, 144 peck 50c; 
peck 75c; 14 bus. $1.30; bus. $2.25; 5-bus. lots $2.10 per bus. 
All Certified Corns (Marked *): By mail postpaid, 144 peck 80c; 
peck $1.25; 44 bus. $2.15. Not postpaid, 4% peck 55c; peck 85c; 
1% bus. $1.40; bus. $2.50; 5-bus. lots $2.35 per bus. 
Hickory King M@tures 
: days; roasting ears TERY 
in 85 days; 8% feet tall. The most Untreated ; 
dependable corn for poor land or . Check EAS 
when growing conditions are ad- 
Shuck extends two inches 
beyond the end of ear. 
proved stock is the pure eight- 
rowed strain and has made the 
highest yield every year in the 
North Carolina poor-land test. 
Popular in the mountain sections 
and for early feed and roasting 
ears throughout the South, 
Matures in 105 days; roasting ears in 79 days. 
Deep white grain on small white cob. One of 
our best white husking varieties for mountains or the North or for early feed 
and roasting ears in the northern part of the cotton belt. Similar to Southern 
Snowflake (page 56) but is 12 days earlier and has larger ears. 
Our strain has won most of the prizes for white corn in 
Virginia corn shows. Ky. Exp. Sta.: ‘““Your Boone did very 
It has magnifi- 
cent heavy ears 10 to 11 inches long, with 18 to 20 straight rows of deep 
grain closely wedged on a white cob. Heavy yield on good soils in the Pied- 
Extra early, heavy yielding white corn. Ma- 
tures in 90 days; delicious roasting ears in 63 
Far northern-grown seed gets roasting ears on the market earlier, 
An ideal field corn for mountains, where it has 
stood at the top in yield tests. Excellent for early feed in the South. Large, 
long ears; 16 rows of deep grain on a small cob; small, stocky stalk; drought- 
ins115 
BSA Beste 
Our im- 

SEMESAN, UR. increased this crop 21.3 bus. per acre. 
Treat your seed corn with it. Allows earlier planting, 
increases germination and stands 5 to 25%, produces 
sturdier, healthier plants, controls seedling blight and 
root rot and materially increases the yield. 1% ozs. 
treats a bus. Postpaid, 14% ozs. 20c; 1 lb. 90c. Not post- 
paid, 14% ozs. 15c. 
Wood’s seed corn treated 20c bu. extra. Hybrid corn 
treated free, 
Southern 


Matures in 99 days; roast- 
Clarage Early Yellow ing ears in 75 days; 7% feet. 
tall. Grown in the mountains of West Virginia. Ideal 
for short seasons. Ears 8 inches long; 16 rows; small 
cob. Half the stalks have two ears. Stalks are short, 
stocky, storm-resistant. Adapted to any soil; on rich 
land plant close in the row. Made i,760 bushels on 
ten acres. Virginia Coastal Expt. Station: “Clarage 
is ideal for early feed, hogging down or roasting ears.” 
Matures in 111 days; roasting ears in 80 days. Gen- 
Str awberry uine strain. Large deep sound grain, copper colored 
outside and white inside. Popular in the South for roasting ears, 
early feed, and snow white corn meal in the summer when old 
corn is used up. Long tight shuck. Resistant to weevil, ear 
worms, heat and drought. The South Carolina Experiment Sta- 
tion says: “It is extremely early, produces good heavy ears on 
a small strong stalk and is excellent for fattening hogs for early 
market.” 
ron! Matures in 122 days; roasting ears in 
Virginia Yellow Dent 86 days; 9 feet tall. Makes one of the 
largest ears of any yellow corn, 10 to 11 inches long, with 18 
straight rows of medium sized closely fitting grain; butt and 
tip well covered with grain; medium cob; sturdy stalk. A fine 
corn for planting after potatoes. One of the heaviest yielding 
yellow corns on medium to rich soil. It made the highest yield 
in the Appomattox, Va., eight-year test, 
bs Matures in 111 days.. Roasting ears in 
Improved Leaming 82 days; 8% feet tall. Popular for early 
ensilage in the North and early feed and roasting ears in the 
South. Yellow ears 9 inches long, rough dent; 16 to 18 rows of 
deep grain closely set; small red cob; adapted to any type of 
soil. Our improved strain averaged 62 bushels of grain and 14 
tons of silage, to 55 bus. and 10 tons for ordinary Leaming. 
WOODBURN YELLOW—One of the earliest heavy yielding corns. 
Matures in 104 days; 8% feet tall. Large, beautiful, show type 
ears 9 to 10 inches long, 16 rows; deep, rich orange-colored grain. 
Roasting ears in 79 days. 
LANCASTER SURECROP—Matures in 113 days; roasting ears in 
83 days. Tremendous yields of grain or silage in a short sea- 
son. Largest ear of any early corn, a foot long. Reddish-yellow 
grain. 
WOOD’S 90-DAY 8-ROW GOLDEN FLINT—Roasting ears in 65 
days; 13 inches long. Strong, vigorous stalk 8 feet tall. For 
high altitudes or early planting in South. Grows in cold, damp 
weather that kills dent corns. Can plant 10 days earlier. 
LONGFELLOW 8 Row Yellow Flint—97 day northern husking 
corn. 
CANADA Early Yellow Dent—90 day northern husking corn. 
SMOKY DENT or Red Robin—93 day, broad white cap, red grain. 
BLOODY BUTCHER—95 day northern field corn, deep red grain. 
WHITE CAP YELLOW—95 day northern mountain corn; deep 
grain. 
EARLY BUTLER—95 day reddish yellow northern field corn. 
CORNELL II—90 day, earliest yellow dent in the far North. 
PRIDE of the NORTH—95 day yellow northern field or silage corn. 
GOLDMINE—99 day; early feed in South; roasting ears 75 days. 
