


NORTHRUP. KING & CO.’S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 3 
OPEN POLLINATED SWEET CORN (Continued) 
Extra Early Varieties 

N., K. & Co.’s Extra Early Golden Bantam 
Earliest Golden Sweet 
8 Row 70 days 
One of the earliest yellow varieties. Ears 
of good size—6 to 7 inches—mostly 8-rowed 
but some 10-rowed. Stalks stand 3% to 4 
ft. and fairly productive. Excellent eating 
quality. Especially adapted to regions of 
short growing periods. 
Early Market (White) 60 days 
Stalks often have two ears. Strong husks 
with 10 to 12 rows of clear white, tender 
kernels of good quality. Very early. 
Extra Early Adams 80 days 
This is not a real sweet corn but is popu- 
lar for table corn in the South where it 
appears more resistant to ear worm and 
disease. Makes excellent roasting ears or 
fodder in hot, dry summer months. 
Extra Early Golden Bantam 76 days 
This is a recombination of 15 inbred 
strains of Golden Bantam from our own 
breeding grounds. The strains used were 
inbred since 1922. 
In our trial grounds this combination has 
been ready to eat approximately a week 
before ordinary Golden Bantam. The plants 
grow fully as tall and the strain comes into 
eating stage more uniformly than regular 
Bantam. 
The quality, color and width of kernel is 
quite superior. “Extra Early” Golden Ban- 
tam is adapted especially to home gardens, 
where early eating corn is desired. It is 
also profitable to market gardeners. This 
recombination can be carried along by seed 
selection from the crop just as with any 
normal variety. 
Golden Bantam Standard 83 days 
Plants 4% to 5 ft. tall, very productive. 
Kars about 6 in. long with 8 rows of golden 
kernels, tender, sweet and of delicious 
flavor. 
Golden Early Market (Gill’s) 72 days 
An excellent extra early yellow variety 
introduced by Gill Bros. Adapted to home 
garden and market garden trade. Ears are 
6 to 7 in. long, mostly 12 rows of kernels, 
which are golden yellow, tender, sweet and 
of good quality. Ears are heavy in diameter 
compared to length but are attractive due to 
the long husk. Plants are about 5 ft., strong 
and thrifty, and are very productive for such 
an early corn. 

Gill’s Golden Early Market 
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