FIELD SEED—FIELD CORN (Continued) 
KILGORE’S IMPROVED FLORIDA FLINT (White Cob, 
Semi-Flint). (92 days.) The small white cob is covered with 
long, deep, white, semi-flint grains. It is a heavy yielder and 
the husk grows well down over the end of the ear, which fur- 
nishes protection against weevils, worms and birds. This va- 
riety is very highly recommended as one of the best, medium- 
sized ear, white corns for general farm planting in Florida. 
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HICKORY KING. (91 days.) A very desirable, early, heavy- 
yielding white Corn, with very large, deep, broad grain and 
small cob. Will do well on thin Florida soil and is popular as 
a fine roasting-ear Corn. Hickory King is a standard and ex- 
ceedingly popular variety in Florida as an early field Corn. 
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WHATLEY’S RED COB PROLIFIC. (98 days.) An early, 
very prolific, high yielding, two-eared, white seeded, red 
cob corn. Especially well suited to Florida. Long husk covers 
the tip of ears fairly well, making it quite resistant to worm and 
wet weather damage and bird attacks. Ears are large and heavy, 
small cob, deep white grain, which is rather hard and keeps 
well. Provides quality and quantity for roasting ears and for 
feed. One of the best, high yielding varieties for Florida. 
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STRAWBERRY CORN. (90 days.) This variety produces 
a short, stocky plant, resistant to heat and drouth. The ears 
are protected from weevils and ear worms by the long, tight 
husk or shuck. The large, deep grains are copper colored on 
the outside but are white inside. Valuable for early feed and 
for roasting ears. A very heavy yielder for an early corn. 
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HASTING’S PROLIFIC. (100 days.) This variety is of vig- 
orous growth, rather late in maturity, but an immense yielder. 
Ears are medium size, usually two per stalk. Cob is small, cov- 
ered with deep, white, hard kernels. Good for grain and for 
roasting ears. 
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IMPROVED GOLDEN DENT. (86 days.) A wonderful 
yielder, and does splendidly here in Florida. It is planted ex- 
tensively for early use, but is too soft for a general crop. Has 
large, deep, broad grains, and is desirable for early feed. 
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MEXICAN JUNE. (89 days.) A splendid variety to plant 
in case your vegetable crop is a little late coming off the 
ground on which you desire to plant Corn. It is a drought and 
heat-resistant variety. This variety is very popular and a 
good yielder. May be used for roasting ears. 
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POP CORN 
Plant 10 pounds per acre. 
IMPROVED BABY RICE (White). (90 days.) The ears 
are large, round, from three to five inches long, with many 
rows of kernels, and the kernels are long and slender in shape. 
It is a very heavy yielder. The cob is small, so 115 to 120 
pounds of ear corn will usually shell about 100 pounds of 
shelled corn. 
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FLORIDA W-1 HYBRID. (New) (95 days.) This is a first 
generation cross hybrid of four inbred lines of corn developed 
by the Florida Experiment Station. It is the only hybrid corn 
released by the Florida Experiment Station for commercial use. 
This new variety is exceedingly prolific, with two ears on 
nearly every stalk, up to 20 per cent three-eared in tests at 
Gainesville. It was the highest yielding corn in variety tests 
at Gainesville, yielding an average of 43 per cent over the aver- 
age yield of all ordinary varieties grown on farms in the north- 
ern half of Florida. This hybrid variety is especially recom- 
mended for north and central Florida, but not for Everglades 
muck. Ears have exceptionally long, tight husks making the 
variety very resistant to insect damage, smooth dent kernel 
type, highly resistant to weevils. Plant grows tall, with a slen- 
der stalk, and with a very strong root system. Seed is white, 
deep, with a very small cob; 50 per cent red cobs, 50 per cent 
white cobs. This is the only hybrid corn that is adapted to 
Florida climate and soil, and that can be recommended now 
for general use in Florida. It is strongly recommended that 
no seed be saved from a crop of Florida W-1 or any other hy- 
brid corn for planting the next year, because of the hybrid char- 
acter of the corn, it will break up next year and produce a much 
lower yield. Tests with second generation Florida W-1 show 
average yields of 35 per cent to 42 per cent lower yield than with 
the first generation Florida W-1. In other words, the yield of 
the second generation Florida W-1 averages only 62 per cent of 
the yield of the first generation of Florida W-1. 
It cannot be too strongly emphasized that saving seed from 
a crop of Hybrid corn will always produce disappointing re- 
sults. Hybrid corn is reproduced anew each year by plant 
breeders or specialists who recross, by hand, the inbred parent 
lines. Farmers crop Hybrid corn should not be planted as seed. 
Hybrid seed corn necessarily is expensive, because of the 
time, labor and expense involved in producing it, but remem- 
ber the seed cost per acre of corn is always small, because a 
bushel of seed will plant on an average of about eight acres. 
Planting Hybrid seed corn is the cheapest method known of 
increasing your corn yields by an average of 40 per cent. 
Seed supply limited. 
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Typical Ears of the New Florida W-1 Hybrid Corn 
Upper—Sample of 10 ears slip-shucked. Note long, tight husk 
protection against insect damage. 
Lower—Sample of 10 ears clean-shucked. 

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