
SWEET CORN—Continued 
SWEET CORN COLLECTION 
For the Home Garden 
This collection when planted at one time will give you a continuous 
supply of the finest sweet corn from early to medium late. It consists of 

Harris Extra Early Bantam 
Prolific early corn of true Bantam type. 
When Different Varieties Mature 
We give after the names of the different varieties 
listed in this catalog the approximate number of days 
in which the corn is ready to eat after planting. As the 
time required varies greatly according to the weather, 
time of planting, and fertility of the soil the figures 
should be regarded as relative rather than actual, 
although they are taken from our trials which were 
planted about the middle of May. 

105 BUTTERCUP. Sweeter, Larger Ears than 
Golden Bantam. (80 days.) This 
old favorite is one of the sweetest kinds of corn which we 
know and is altogether a fine variety. The kernels are large, 
of a rich “June butter’’ yellow and are deliciously succulent 
and tender. 
Buttercup is a medium early variety, maturing the same 
time as Golden Bantam which it resembles but the ears are 
much larger than that variety, being fully eight to ten inches 
long with 8 to 10 straight rows of broad kernels on a fine 
slender cob. 
This corn has long been a favorite with home gardeners 
who appreciate high quality in sweet corn. If you want the 
sweetest and finest flavored sweet corn for your table, grow 
Buttercup. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 80c; 6 Lbs. $2.00; 
12 Lbs. $3.70. 

four of our best and most popular varieties, as follows: 
Harris’ Extra Early Bantam, Northern Cross, Golden Bantam 
and Golden Cross Bantam. 
One regular packet of each variety, enough to plant 200 hills. 
Ask for Corn Collection No. 5—40c postpaid. 
Onen-Pollinated or Standard 
Varieties of Sweet Com 
The following varieties are the regular kinds of sweet corn and are called 
“‘“open-pollinated’”’ because they do not require special control of pollination as 
the hybrids do. They are all excellent varieties producing fine crops of good ears. 
They are often preferred for the home garden because the ears do not ripen all 
at one time and hence you can have corn over a longer period. 
117 GOLDEN EARLY MARKET (Gill’s). Also called Golden Hummer, 
Extra Early Golden, Extra Early Yellow, Etc. (67 days.) The ears are 
large for early corn, being fully 7 inches long with twelve rows of broad, butter 
yellow kernels. The quality is good but not equal to Extra Early Bantam. It 
matures with us about the same time. 
There are many stocks of this corn being sold under a great variety of names. 
We obtained our stock seed direct from the originators and each year carefully 
grow and select it in order to maintain and improve the purity and earliness. 
This has become a standard extra early yellow variety because of the large ears. 
Pkt. 10c; 44 Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 80c; 6 Lbs. $2.00; 12 Lbs. $3.70. 

120 HARRIS’ EXTRA EARLY BANTAM. Prolific Very Early Yel- 
lowSweetCorn. (68days.) 
This fine corn which we introduced in 1926 is still considered one of the finest early 
sweet corns ever grown. It is 8 rowed and identical to Golden Bantam for size, shape 
and high quality but is actually ten days to two weeks earlier, being among the earliest 
varieties of sweet corn. It is also one of the most prolific varieties. More often than 
not, each stalk will have two well developed ears. 
It is the only very early corn of the true Bantam type, and we consider this one of 
the finest high quality varieties for the home garden. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 80c; 6 Lbs. $2.00; 12 Lbs. $3.70. 
110 GOLDEN BANTAM. True 8 rowed Stock. (80 days.) For many years the 
standard for high quality in sweet corn, and still very popular with many home 
gardeners. The ears are 6 to 7 inches long with 8 rows of deep yellow kernels which 
are deliciously sweet and tender. Matures medium early. This is the most uniform 
8 rowed stock of Golden Bantam ever grown. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 80c; 6 Lbs. $2.00; 12 Lbs. $3.70. 


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Hybrid Corn Being Grown for Seed on Our North Farm. 
This photo shows one of our crops of hybrid corn after being thoroughly detas- 
seled. The three rows of female parent are pollinated by the taller, single rows of 
male parent, and seed is saved only from the female rows. It is necessary to go 
over these rows many times to remove all the tassels before they shed pollen, an 
expensive and difficult process but essential to get true hybrid seed with maximum 
vigor and uniformity. For hybrid sweet corn varieties see page 17. 
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