eneca Dawn Best Early Hybrid 

High quality hybrid sweet corn is based on careful breeding but this must be followed by painstaking details in the production of seed. 
The tassels must be removed almost daily through the crossing season from the seed plants so as to be sure the ears will be fertilized by 
the male pollen. Crews of high school and college girls do this under careful supervision on our 700 acres of hybrid corn. 
HYBRID SWEET CORN 
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Plant after danger of frost, either in hills 30 to 36 inches apart and 3 to 4 seeds per hill or in rows 30 to 36 
inches apart and 9 to 12 inches apart in the row. Golden Cross and Seneca Chief are very vigorous growers 
and seem to do better in rows than hills. 
The early varieties may be planted closer in the row than the larger growing hybrids. It does no harm to 
plant different varieties of yellow corn together. They will cross, but this will not materially affect the quality 
of this year’s crop. 
More and more people each year are finding how much better hybrid sweet corn yields; how much more 
uniform the ears are; and what fine quality is found in our better hybrids. We specialize in the breeding of 
hybrid yellow sweet corn. Thousands of crosses are made each Summer. These are scientifically tested the 
next year for quality, productiveness and many other factors that make a sweet corn desirable for canning, freez- 
ing, or fresh corn on the table. Only if one of these proves to be outstandingly better than hybrids already on 
the market is it saved for further testing. This breeding of hybrids is a long and painstaking process. Seneca 
nee our new, high quality hybrid, required over ten years of development and testing before it was ready for 
istribution. 
We recommend that the home or market gardener plant Seneca Dawn, Seneca Golden, and either Seneca 
Chief or Golden Cross. The first planting should be made after danger of frost is past and should include all 
three varieties. Additional weekly plantings of Seneca Chief or Golden Cross may be made in the North up 
to about July Ist. This will furnish a continuous supply of corn throughout the season. 
Seneca Dawn and Seneca Golden are early varieties but are not as good quality as Seneca Chief or Golden 
Cross Bantam. Seneca Chief is so outstanding in quality that it is by far the best for freezing and home canning. 
Lincoln, Lee, Ioana produce a slightly larger ear than Golden Cross and Seneca Chief but are definitely 
inferior in quality. Joana seems to withstand dry weather and light soil better than most varieties. Seneca 
Giant is only useful where a very large ear is desired with little thought to tenderness or sweetness. 
EARLY HYBRIDS 
«600 SENECA DAWN: 65 days. 150 kernels peroz. 602 SENECA 60 X C13: 65 days. 150 kernels per oz. 
A large eared extra early yellow hybrid developed by A new wilt resistant hybrid for those sections where 
our breeding department. Stalks 4% to 5 ft., strong, bacterial wilt is prevalent. The 4% to 5 foot stalk 
upright. Ears well up from the ground, 6% inches is a vigorous grower. Ears 6% inches long, 10 to 14 
long, 12 to 14 rows, medium yellow, fair quality ker- rows of yellow kernels of fair quality. A larger ear 
nels on large cob. Heavy husk gives good coverage than Seneca ‘‘60"’ and only a few days later. Pkt. 15 
to end of ear. Pkt. 15 cts.; % lb. 40 cts.; lb. 70 cts.; % lb. 35 cts.; lb. 60 cts.; 2 Ibs. $1.15; 6 lbs. 
ey, 2 Ibs. $1.35; 6 Ibs. $3.00; 12 Ibs. $5.65; 100 lbs. $2.85; 12 lbs. $5.35; 100 lbs. $42.00. 
45.00. 
1 6669"? «603 SENECA GOLDEN: 72 days. 220 kernels per oz. 
EAA re arene es Wt maemaiestsiy <s . Stalks 514 feet tall and produce two marketable ears 
: on practically every stalk. Ears nearly as large as 
ae eae het pies ores eerie ans Golden Cross and well filled clear to the tip. Kernels 
: ; rich golden yellow and if harvested when ready are 
ETI ee nel ioe pe aoe ae of excellent quality. Should not be used in the South 
couwilt. Pict 15 etal: 221. a5 cre MIB MeO eta where bacterial wilt is serious. Pkt. 15 cts.; 4% lb. 
3 ‘ ‘ 35 cts.; lb. 60 cts.; 2 Ibs. $1.15; 6 Ibs. $3.00; 12 
Ibs. $1.15; 6 Ibs. $3.00; 12 Ibs. $5.35; 100 lbs. : ? ’ ’ 
$43.65. Ibs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $42.00. 
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