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CELERIAC 
Giant Prague or Large Erfurt or Turnip-Rooted Celery 
120 days 
Culture same as celery. Since the roots are the edible portion it requires no hilling. 
The turnip shaped root has flavor of celery and is splendid for stews, soups and salads, or 
boiled like parsnips. The Large Erfurt is the earliest variety, flesh is pure white, very 
CHICORY 
tender and of finest quality. 
Large Rooted (Magdeburg) 120 days 
This variety is used as a substitute for 
coffee. Roots are cut in small pieces and 
dried, then roasted and ground. Leaves may 
be used for salad. The root of this variety 
is large, smooth, white. 
CHIVES—See 
Witloof or French Endive 150 days 
A popular winter salad, forms leaves like 
cos lettuce and can be eaten raw or boiled. 
Sow seed in the spring. In the fall, gather 
and store the roots in sand until winter 
when they may be forced, producing creamy 
white leaves. 
White Onions 
COLLARDS 
Cabbage Collards 90 days 
Leaves form in large loose bunches, form- 
ing a soft head. It is claimed to be a cross 
between collards and cabbage. Quality is ex- 
cellent, flavor same as cabbage and plant is 
as hardy as collards. Average height of 
Diane 0, Zar t. 
True Georgia 80 days 
A vigorous variety growing 2 to 3 feet 
tall, carrying a loose head of large succu- 
lent leaves, which are used for greens, A 
light frost will improve the flavor. Grown 
extensively in the South in place of cab- 
bage. 
SWEET CORN 
Since 1884 Northrup, King & Co. have specialized in sweet corn. Throughout the 
period all the seed corn offered by this firm has been grown under the personal direction 
of its own staff of experts. Nearly all the strains of standard varieties have been improved 
and several new varieties have been propagated. During the last 22 years a new and more 
effective corn breeding method has been developed involving selections from self fertilized 
lines of inbred strains. . ; 
By this method, pure strains are developed by inbreeding and selection, covering sev- 
eral years. The first year after certain pairs of these inbreds are crossed, a greater vigor 
and uniformity results than with the old varieties. The second year after crossing, these 
advantages disappear. Therefore, in production of these inbred hybrids, the seed must be 
crossed at the same time the seed is grown to produce first generation hybrids. 
Northrup, King & Co. is one of the first of the seedsmen to go into this type of 
breeding on a 
large scale, having started in 1922, using the general principles formerly 
worked out by the State and Federal experiment stations. 
HYBRID SWEET CORN 
Golden Cross Bantam 85 days 
Developed by the U. S. D. A. at Purdue 
Agricultural Experimental Station. Consid- 
erably larger in both plant and ears than 
Bantam. Ears carry from ten to fourteen 
rows and are medium yellow color. Ear 
length 744 to 8 inches. It is resistant to 
Stewart’s disease or bacterial wilt. Best 
known yellow hybrid and it is widely adapted 
to market garden, home and canning use. 
Golden Cross VT20 83 days 
A new type of Golden Cross of our own 
development. Bred primarily as a canning 
and freezing variety. Ears very uniform 
and have a sun red factor which makes them 
slightly darker in color and gives a more 
golden appearance in the can than regular 
Golden Cross. Will stand adverse condi- 
tions better than regular Golden Cross. 
Plants are 61% to 7 feet in height. Do not 
sucker as much as regular Golden Cross. 
Good stalk with dark green foliage. Tas- 
sels are variegated in color. 
Ears are 8 to 8% inches long and fill out 
well. Kernel depth good. Percentage of 
cut is very high. Row number 12 to 14. 
Quality good. 
The plants’ sun red factor gives the ears 
an outstanding eye-appeal. 
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