Sweet Corn 
One pound plants 200 hills; 12 pounds plants an acre 
New Disease-Resistant Hybrids 
Spancross C4.13. This is the earliest good hybrid 
and matures in 67 to 70 days, well ahead of Golden 
Early Market. The 12-rowed, deep yellow ears 
are 6 to 7 inches long and well filled, about two 
to each 4 to 5-foot stalk. 
Marcross C13.6. One of the best early hybrids. The 
5-foot stalks produce 8-mch, 10 to 14-rowed, 
golden yellow ears well filled to the tip in 74 to 
77 days. Highly disease-resistant, well over 85 
per cent of the ears are usually marketable. 
Carmelcross. A hybrid of unusually high quality. The 
deep yellow, 10 to 14-rowed, 8-mch ears come on 
stalks 6 feet high. They are ready to pick in 78 to 
82 days, just nicely followmg Marcross C13.6. 
This stram 1s very highly disease-resistant. High 
eating quality and delicious sweet flavor. 
Golden Cross Bantam. The very sturdy stalks, with 
broad dark green leaves, are unbelievably uni- 
form. This applies also to the 8-inch, 10 to 14- 
rowed yellow ears which mature all at one time 
in 88 to 90 days. The tightly wrapped husks resist 
ear-worms. Is 95 per cent immune. 
Ioana. A fine disease-resistant main-crop variety 
often withstanding more drought than Golden 
Cross Bantam. The broad-leaved stalks, 6 to 
7 feet tall, bear cylindrical, 12 or 14-rowed, tender, 
cream-yellow ears over 8 inches Jong in 86 days, 
Lincoln. A top-rank, bright yellow hybrid maturmg 
between Carmelcross and Golden Cross Bantam m 
82 days. The well-filled, tapermg ears, 8 mches 
long and 2 inches in diameter, are 12 to 16-rowed. 
The vigorous, well-foliaged stalks are 6 feet high. 
Narrow Grain Evergreen 26.15. A white hybrid of 
high quality. The 7-inch ears, uniformly tapered 
with 18 to 22 rows of narrow, deep white kernels, 
mature in 98 days on 8-foot stalks. 
Early Variety 
Whipple’s Yellow. Ma- 
tures in 82 to 87 days 
and grows golden yel- 
low ears 7 to 8 inches 
Jong and 12 to 16- 
rowed, often two to a 
6-foot stalk. 
First Early 
Golden Early Market. 
The stalks grow 5 feet 
high and the golden 
yellow ears, 7 inches 
Jong, are 12 or 14 
rowed and ready in 72 
to 75 days. 
Late Varieties Golden Cross Bantam Corn 
Bantam Evergreen. A cross between Golden _Stowell’s Evergreen. Ears, 7 to 9 inches long 
Bantam and Stowell’s Evergreen. Ready and 18-rowed, are white, remaining in a 
in 90 to 95 days; 8-inch golden yellow ears, green state for a long period. The stalks 
12-rowed, filled with big, deep grains. grow 71% feet. Ready in 95 to 100 days. 
For prices on above and other varieties not described, see opposite 
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Black Beauty Eggplant 
Dandelion 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of row 
Thick-Leaf. Unsurpassed in thickness of 
leaf and deep green color. It grows 
compactly, forming a regular upright 
tuft, and makimg an abundant crop 
without using much ground. 
Italian (Ciccoria catalogna). Produces one 
main stalk which, when cut, causes the 
plant to produce numerous sprouts. 
These are cut several times through the 
season and sold in bunches, 


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Early Long: Purples, 7.35 = 
ENDIVE. Florida Deep Heart.......... 
Full Heart: Bataviani-=2) ).. to. 
Green Curled Rose-Ribbed............ 
Mammoth Bordeaux Curled........... 

487 Washington St., Newark 2, N. J. 
Hybrid Corn, pkt. 15 cts., Yzlb. 35 cts.; regular varieties, pkt. 10 cts.; 1b. 25 cts. 








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Eggplant 
One ounce will produce about 1000 plants; 
\4pound will sow an acre 
Black Beauty. The earliest and best of all 
large-fruited Eggplants. The bushes are 
well rounded, sturdy, branching freely 
near the ground. The Jarge dark purplish 
black fruits are thick, heavy at the base. 
Early Long Purple. Dark purple elongated 
fruits, 7 to 8 inches Iong, 21% to 3 inches across, 
produced early on 26-inch plants. ; 
Fort Myers Market. Vigorous 32-inch, high- 
bush type yielding a succession of glossy pur- 
plish black fruits, 914 inches long, 6 inches 
across, neckless, oval shaped but larger at base. 
Endive 
One ounce sows 150 feet; 3 pounds sows an acre 
Florida Deep Heart. The plants grow to 
large size with large, broad, bright green 
leaves somewhat rounded at the ends. The 
heavy plants form a very deep heart. 
Full Heart Batavian. The broad, twisted 
or waved, thick leaves are slightly paler 
green but grow more upright. The heart 
is very full; the midribs are white. 
Green Curled Rose-Ribbed. Rosette, 18 inches 
across, of very curly leaves with underside 
of midribs tinted pale rose-pink. Hardy vig- 
-orous growing with deep bright green leaves 
and golden heart. Stands hot weather well. 
Mammoth Bordeaux Curled. Attains large size 
—20 inches across. Center very full and close. 
Fine for summer and autumn. 





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