VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 4 KEYSTONE SEEDS 
SWEET CORN Seer 
Prin- Tele- Days to 
YELLOW HYBRIDS—Continued cipal graph__— Edible 
Uses Code Stage 
KVF 45 MC CHABO 85 
This variety will be of great interest to those desiring a vigorous, sturdy yellow hybrid 
of fine quality. The quality is comparable to Golden Cross. This is surprising in a 
sweet corn of such great vigor and productivity. 
STALKS—7 feet tall, medium heavy, sturdy, no tillers (suckers), | ear per stalk. 
EARS —8!/2 inches long, 12 to 16 rows, uniform, cylindrical, well filled, heavy husk. 
KERNEL—Golden yellow, medium narrow, tender, deep, sweet, good quality. Seed 
yellow and wrinkled. 
MARCROSS C13.6 M CHUBB 67 
This early hybrid was originated at the Connecticut experiment station by Drs. Jones 
and Singleton and in the more northern areas is one of the most widely. used and 
recommended hybrids. A very fine home and early market sort. 
STALKS —5 feet tall, short, sparsely foliaged, medium broad leaves, with distinct type 
leaf and stalk formation, with very few suckers. Resistant to bacterial wilt. 
EARS —7 inches long, chubby shape, being plump, 10 to 14 rows with broad kernels 
abruptly tapered at tips. 
KERNEL—Light yellow, fairly good flavor and quality. Seed light yellow, large and 
wrinkled, 
MARCROSS No. 39—See Carmelcross. 
WHITE HYBRIDS 
CORNELI'S SUPERCROSS MSC CHOCK 8] 
For canners, market gardeners and shippers desiring a white sweet corn of the same 
high quality as found in Golden Cross, here is the complete answer. For those who 
wish to compare it with Golden Cross, it will be found that Supercross is fully equal 
in quality but with a deeper, beautiful, snowy white kernel and a larger ear, there- 
fore giving substantially better production. The tight, heavy husk affords protection 
to the tip, the straight, regular rows of kernels on the ear being without husks wedged 
between the rows. Relatively free from tillers. We are offering this new white 
hybrid for 1947 plantings on a commercial trial basis only. 
STALKS—6!/, feet tall, uniform, dark green, vigorous with heavy foliage and usually 
2 ears per stalk. 
EARS —8 inches long, 16 to 18 rows, cylindrical, uniform in size, shape and maturity 
and well filled to the tip. 
KERNEL—Deep, tender, sweet and of excellent flavor. Seed white and wrinkled. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN HYBRID Ill. 8x6 MC CHAAB 84 
Of the Country Gentleman types this hybrid is well known with canners. Its deep kernel 
produces a high ratio of cut corn per ton. It has developed to edible stage in 76 days 
on our St. Louis breeding farm, and is fine for market gardeners. 
STALKS —7 feet tall, dark green, stout, vigorous and heavier foliage than regular 
Country Gentleman. Characteristic of this hybrid, inherited from line 8 in 
the cross, is a floppy or rolled tassel of value for its resistance to hot winds. 
EARS —734 inches long, more cylindrical than regular Country Gentleman and 
deeper kernel, well filled to medium blunt tip. 
KERNEL—The seed kernel is rather round in shape. Kernel on hybrid ear typical shoe 
peg type. 
ILLINOIS 15 (a Country Gentlemen Hybrid) MC CHOSE 99 
A new hybrid of the Country Gentlemen type, originated by Prof. W. A. Huelsen 
of the University of Illinois. This variety has excellent qualifications for market garden 
and canning purposes. Its deep kernels produce a high ratio of cut corn per ton. 
STALKS—7 feet tall, stout, vigorous, highly productive. 
EARS —9 inches long, slightly tapered, |-2 ears per stalk. 
KERNEL—Typical shoe-peg type, white, of excellent quality. 
