FOREWARD 
W: realize that the cost of seed for most canners is relatively small. Never- 
theless, good seed is the basis for good crops. No matter how large or 
how small the purchase, Northrup, King & Co. recognizes its responsibility in the 
transaction. Its organization and equipment are working toward one goal—at pro- 
ducing, warehousing, and distributing only the best seed obtainable. 
For more than sixty years this organization has endeavored to produce and distribute 
seed of outstanding quality in all respects. Through its many outlets, it has been 
able to keep its stocks and inventory well balanced. The utmost care is always used 
in the selection of stock seed. Peas and Beans are carefully rogued and selected for 
both plant and pod characters. Root crops are selected both for exterior and interior 
color, as well as plant habit. All lots of seed are carefully checked in trial grounds 
for germination, type, purity, and adaptability. Also, stocks of seed are carefully 
checked in Northrup, King & Co.'s own seed testing Laboratory, which is one of the 
best equipped in the United States. 
Sweet Corn has been and is a specialty with Northrup, King & Co. Open pollinated 
varieties are given special care in order to maintain true to name stocks. Production 
fields are carefully and thoroughly isolated. This Company is one of the oldest and 
most experienced growers of Hybrid Corn. It started this work in 1922 and during 
the past twenty-five years has learned how to handle inbreds to maintain purity and 
trueness to type. This, plus proper isolation of fields, accurate detasseling of produc- 
tion plants and rapid drying after maturity is, as you know, the real secret of good 
Hybrid Corn production. 
On the basis of good seed and service, Northrup, King & Co. solicits your confidence 
and patronage. it will endeavor in every way to merit both. 
In considering the varieties listed in this book, please bear in mind all maturity dates 
are comparative and are based on findings in the Minneapolis area. It is natural that 
under other climatic conditions maturity dates and varietal reactions will vary. 
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