Quality Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed for 
1943 
We are offering home and market growers for 1943 what 
we believe to be the best of the sweet corn hybrids for their 
respective seasons of maturity. At present, they are most 
extensively grown in the North-eastern section of the United 
States, but we believe there is a profitable place for them in 
other areas, such as around the Great Lakes. These varieties 
range from “extremely early” to “late season” and include two 
“All-American” seed selections—SPANCROSS and LINCOLN. 
The former received this honor for 1941 and the latter for 
1942. Very enthusiastic reports have been received about 
Lincoln following the 1942 growing season. This seems to be 
by far the best Whipcross yet developed. 
Our acreage of hybrid sweet corn is probably the largest 
grown in Connecticut for seed purposes and we offer only that 
seed for sale. We do not sell seed from other sources. Selling 
only our own home-grown seed insures as far as possible that 
our customers will receive seed properly crossed, strong in 
germination, true to variety, and carefully graded. We do not 
substitute without permission from the purchaser. 
Every effort is made to produce the best seed that can be 
grown. The most carefully grown inbreds are secured for our 
crossing. During the growing season, the most critical period is 
when the seed rows must be detasselled. This means much 
extra labor, for the fields may have to be covered every day. 
But we have the workers on our other farm operations available 
as needed for this important job. When harvested, the crop is 
spread out to cure and dry in our large, airy sheds—ideal 
conditions for securing bright, clean seed, free from mould. To 
meet the demand of machine planters, we have installed the 
necessary up-to-date machinery for screening and grading the 
corn seed. Round kernels are separated from the flat ones, 
which are each in turn separated into more uniform sizes. Two 
sizes or grades of round kernels are made and offered at special 
discounts. (See price list). Many growers last year were 
induced to try our “rounds’’. The results in the field were so 
satisfactory that we urge others to try them this year. 
If the six hybrids listed are planted at the same time, Span- 
cross, Marcross, and Carmelcross will give a nearly continuous 
