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- be what it should be, you will have cukes to sell. 
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
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Sweet Corn 
One Pound for 15@ hills, 1@ to 12 Ibs. in hills for an acre. 
CULTURE—Plant in rows 3 feet apart in hills 3% feet 
apart, drop in each hill 4-5 seeds, later thin out to two plants 
in each hill. Closer planting than this means, even on rich 
ground, less and smaller ears. Plant deep, 3 to 4 inches, so 
that in case of frost the plants will have a chance to come up 
from the root which unless the frost is very severe are un- 
hurt. 
Which Sweet Corn Is the Best? 
There is no best. You can easily decide the variety for 
you to grow. Our list is quite ample for that. Growers for 
the wholesale market should not fail to try Marcross and 
Assgrow Heavy Hybrids. 
TO PREVENT SMUT on corn treat with semesan. Ask the 
dealer which semesan to use. There are more than one kind. 
To prevent damage from worms in ears of corn one would 
have to spray the silk every morning till the ears were in 
picking stage. That would cost so much that it would never 
pay to do so. Where worms are bad we recommend to grow 
pthc with heavy husk such as Vanguard and all Hybrid 
varieties. 
DAYS TO PICKING—tThis varies. If the weather is not fa- 
vorable the crop may come from 2 to 8 days later than stated 
by us. 
SWEET CORN EARLY RELIANCE(79 days) 
Ready for the market days ahead of Evergreen, ears the 
size of Evergreen and every bit as good as Evergreen in 
quality and sweetness. 
The plant growth seldom exceeds four feet in height, 
the ears borne close to the ground 7 to 8 inches in length, 
blocky in shape and well filled with glistening white grains 
in rows of 12 to 14. A real sweet corn, which we recommend 
unhesitatingly to all gardeners being convinced beyond the 
shade of doubt that Early Reliance will make money for them 
and help to make the business of gardening more interesting 
and worth while. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, prepaid. F. O. B. 10 Ibs. 
$2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
EARLY GOLDEN ROD (82 days) 
Early—Ears Long—Heavily Productive 
Ears from 8 to 10 inches in length, with twelve to eight- 
een rows of deep, golden yellow, lusciously sweet kernels. 
The kernels are in absolutely straight lines on the cob and 
nicer looking ears are hard to imagine. A variety that will 
sell no matter at what time it is placed on the market. The 
ears of Golden Rod remain tender, in milky condition longer 
than any other known sort and the stalks bear never less than 
two perfect ears and quite often three. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, 
prepaid. F. O. B. Council Bluffs. 10 lbs. $2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
Produces on stalks 
GOLDEN SUNSHINE (75 days) 7722u°e, 07, sta! 
large ears with broad, very sweet and tender kernels. An excellent 
early, yellow-earned variety. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, prepaid. Unprepaid: 
10 Ibs. $2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
How to Make Dill Pickles 
Freshly gathered perfectly formed and sound, carefully washed 
cukes are placed in jars or barrels in layers with layers of dill 
either fresh or dried and the jars filled with brine. For quick con- 
sumption make the brine by adding a pint of vinegar and 4 oz. of 
salt to each gallon of water; if you wish the pickles to keep for a 
ee time, use twice as much vinegar and salt. Place a board 
with a weight on the top of the cukes, to keep them submerged. 
In warm weather the pickles will be ready in 8-10 days, in cool 
weather it takes as long as 4 weeks. 
AN IMMENSE CROP of pickling cucumbers will you get by cut- 
ting off the tips of vines and keeping them cut to the length of 4 
ft. At ALL times pick your vines CLEAN. If the market price is 
not below the cost of production, sell, otherwise feed your cukes 
to pigs. Vines picked clean will keep on bearing. Se, pice 
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successive plantings. If your first planting goes haywire, there are 
8 more plantings to fall back on. As they say, there is more than 
one way to skin the cat. Every way has to be used nowadays if 
oe does not want to go crazy trying to figure out how to meet the 

SEPTEMBER MORN SWEET CORN 
SEPTEMBER MORN has ears fully twelve inches long 
and at times they reach 14 inches. They are six to seven 
inches in circumference and have 16 rows of very deep ker- 
nels. It is really immense in size and combines with this an 
unusual feature—really high quality, being tender and 
extraordinarily sweet. 
SEPTEMBER MORN is both a heavy yielder and has a 
very thick husk. This latter feature makes it very resistant 
to worms and there will be little if any loss from this source. 
It is a variety that is hard to beat. Pkt. 10c; 1 lb. 40c, pre- 
paid. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. Days to 
picking 96. 
WHIPPLE’S EARLY YELLOW (86 days)—Ears almost twice 
as large as those of Golden Bantam, fully as sweet and 
tender, three days later. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, prepaid. Not 
prepaid: 10 Ibs. $2.20. 
NARROW GRAIN EVERGREEN (96 days)—Long heavy ears 
18-20 rowed deep narrow grains, highest quality, few days 
earlier than Stowell’s. 10 Ibs. $2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
GOLDEN BANTAM (83 days) 
Small ears, symmetrical, with yellow kernels which at first 
give the impression of field corn, but after tasting it, it proves 
to be real Sweet Corn and of exceptionally good quality. Med- 
ium-early. Pkt. 10c; Ib. 40c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $2.20; 100 Ibs. 
$20.00. 
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN—The most popular variety of 
white corn. Ears 2% inches thick. 16-20 rowed, kernels 
broad deep, sweet and tender. Holds well in prime condition 
at eating stage. Ready in 100 days. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, pre- 
paid. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN (98 days)—A prolific variety of ex- 
cellent quality. Ears 7-8 inches long, kernels very deep, 
slender, sweet and tender, set irregularly “shoe peg” fashion 
without row formation. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, prepaid. Not pre- 
paid: 10 Ibs. $2.40; 100 lbs. $22.00. 
SWEET CORN VANGUARD (85 days) 
Ears 10 inches long, white, enveloped in an immensely 
thick and heavy husk. For this reason the ears are not at- 
tacked nearly as badly by worms as is the case with other 
varieties. Of good quality, fairly sweet. Immensely produc- 
tive, averaging 3 well developed ears to a stalk. Vanguard is 
one of the best paying sorts available. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, pre- 
paid. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $2.20; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
