








DIBBLE’S Double Cross Hybrid CORN 
Hybrid Corn has replaced / ° ~ : Re Ss ya 
the original varieties so com- i : : 
pletely in the Corn-belt that it 
is now difficult to find a field of 
open-pollinated Corn. <Acre- 
age in the Northeast is in- 
creasing each year. Cornell 
has developed two outstand- 
ing Hybrids for our North- 
eastern conditions—Cornell 
29-3 and Cornell 34-53. 
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Hybrid Cornell 29-3 Corn 
veloped at the Cornell Agricultural Experiment 
Station by inbreeding and crossing. The varieties 
used in making this double cross are inbred strains of 
Luce’s Favourite, Onondaga White Dent, Cornell 11 and 
Bloody Butcher. 
In Dibble’s Hybrid 29-3 we now have a hybrid Corn 
that is adapted to our Eastern conditions. It matures mn 
about 110 to 115 days and has the widest adaptability of 
any Corn grown in the Northeastern Territory. The ear Is 
9 to 10 inches Iong and 2 inches in diameter, tapering 
slightly. It is yellow Corn with a slightly reddish tinge and 
showing deep amber between the rows. Very distinct. 
ace 29-3 is a double cross hybrid Corn de- 
We recommend it for ensilage wherever West Branch 
Sweepstakes or Leaming Is now used, and for grain 
wherever Golden Glow or a late strain of Cornell 11 ma- 
tures. Comparative tests show it produces 40 to 50 per 
cent more grain at silage-cutting time and 15 to 20 bushels 
more of dry shelled grain per acre at husking-time. 
Our seed is from carefully selected, hand-picked ears, 
thoroughly recleaned, of splendid germimation, and we 
sell it subject to your test on our money-back-if-you-want- 
it guarantee. 
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own Seed Corn 
The utmost care is taken to fur- 
nish Seed Corn of the highest 
possible quality, Corn that is 
thoroughly dried naturally or 
dried artificially by the most up-to-date methods 
known, of high germination and of varieties that 
are adapted to the northern and eastern states. 
Hybrid Cornell 34-53 Corn 
This hybrid is a double cross made by combming four 
inbred Strains of Cornell 11. It requires about the same 
length of season to mature as regular Cornell 11 and ri- 
pens approximately a week earlier than double cross 29-3. 
It is about a week later in maturity than the open-polli- 
nated strain of Early Cornell 11. 
_Ifplanted before June 1, Hybrid 34-53 will mature fully 
ripe grain in New York State in all areas where the eleva- 
tion does not exceed 1000 feet, though it may fail to do so in 
some seasons in northern New York. On good soil the 
stalks usually attain a height of 8 feet or more. The ears 
are from 7 to 9 inches Jong with from 14 to 18 rows of 
yellow kernels. Tests mdicate that it exceeds the 
parent variety, Cornell 11, in yield of grain by about 
10 per cent. 
Cornell 34-53, though primarily a grain variety, is a 
superior silage Corn m the shorter-season areas. Though 
only slightly heavier m acre production of green weight 
than the regular Cornell 11, it is measurably higher in 
dry weight. Most of this additional weight is grain. 
Tests in areas where the growing season is short give 
evidence that it will prove more satisfactory for ensilage 
than any of the open-pollinated varieties or than Iater- 
maturing hybrids. 
DIBBLE’S FARM SEED CATALOG - 1944 
