Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 


Funk’s G Hybrids Produce a Bigger Yield of Better Corn 
G-135—Y ELLOW.—this variety has a remarkable 
record for high yields in the Southern corn belt where 
it is know as the “Weatherproof” corn. We are 
offering it as being especially adapted to lowland 
cultivation. G-135 stands up well under both flood and 
dry weather and makes a consistently high yield of 
excellent quality corn. This big rugged hybrid has a 
tall stalk that resists wind storms, insects, and dis- 
ease and comes through with a big yield where others 
fail. It is a single eared sort but the ears are very 
long, large, and filled with deep kernels of medium 
width. This variety has been thoroughly tested and 
proven to be one of the best of the yellow hybrids. 
See Price List. 
G-80—YELLOW.— This variety holds the new 
world’s record of 190.1 bushels per acre in a five acre 
yield contest. It is some later than the other yellow 
hybrids listed here but should be perfectly safe from 
Virginia South and is adapted to a wide range of 
soil types. We believe this to be the heaviest yield- 
ing corn on our list and at the same time it has the 
rugged constitution to go through our hot dry sum- 
mers with a minimum of damage. The stalk is tall 
and vigorous with strong stay roots to hold it erect. 
The ears are very large and almost the same size at 
both ends. The grain is dented, long and of medium 
width. Stocks of G-80 seed will probably be limited 
for the coming season, because production has not 
been able to keep pace with demand, so in ordering 
this please name a second choice. 
See Price List. 
FUNK'S G 
Hybrid Corns 
Because the production of Hybrid seed 
corn is a specialty requiring years of ex- 
perience, skill, and foundation stock, we 
have made special arrangements with the 
Funk Bros. Seed Co. to distribute their hy- 
brids to our customers. It is a tribute to 
the Funk Brothers that they are the first 
growers of any kind of seed whose name we 
have allowed in our catalog. We do this in 
acknowledgment of the splendid work they 
have done in corn breeding. A few years 
ago, hybrid corns were almost unknown in 
the South but today the farmer who keeps 
up with the times knows that higher yields 
and better corn ean be grown from hybrids 
than from open pollinated varieties. All of 
the hybrids listed here have been tested for 
adaptability in the South and each variety 
listed has been selected for a specific pur- 
pose. Thus we have tried to get the best of 
the many Funk G hybrids for our customers 
without naming a confusing list of varieties. 
Many farmers think that all hybrids are 
alike but this is a mistake. The value of a 
hybrid depends upon the parent stock from 
which it is bred. The Funk Bros. maintain 
thousands of experimental plots all over the 
United States to prove their corns. Then 
on their breeding grounds they carefully 
breed and select open pollinated varieties 
for the parent stock from which to breed 
hybrids. This pedigreed breeding stock is what has 
made Funk’s hybrids the heaviest yielding of all hy- 
brid corns. Small lots of Funk’s hybrids will be 
shipped under our own label but half bushel and 
bushel lots will come to you in the original Funk 
bag with their label. 
G-515W—WHITE.—White corn will always have 
an important place on southern farms and for this rea- 
son, we have selected one of Funk’s best white hy- 
brids. G-515W is a vigorous grower with stalks of 
medium height and producing a large long ear of 
corn. The kernels are deep, large and broad. It will’ 
make a heavy yield of good feed corn and one of the 
best milling corns to be had. The G-515W will yield 
right along with the yellow hybrids and crops of 60 
to 75 bu. per acre are quite common in carefully 
measured official tests. 
See Price List. 
G-90—YELLOW.—Many of us must still plant 
corn on land of low fertility. G-90 has been bred to 
produce well on thin soils and for this reason it is 
destined to become one of the most important hy- 
brids for the South. It is a single eared hybrid with 
very stiff stalk and a remarkable resistance to heat 
and dry weather. It is a fast grower with large dark 
green fodder, holding its color on through the sea- 
son. The ears are large and long and filled with long 
grains of medium width and a rich golden color. If 
you have land that produces only a fair yield of 
ordinary corn, plant it in G-90 and get a big yield. 
See Price List. 
