
DeKalb 56 
Earliest DeKalb hybrid. Deep kernel. Yields 
well. Medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 65 
Growing season similar to Early Butler. Extra 
sound quality. It’s tops for high-altitude counties 
of Pennsylvania, New York, and New England 
States. Large or medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 240 
Widely used in high-altitude parts of 
Pennsylvania, New York, and lower 
parts of New England States. Ears dry 
quickly, which insures early harvest. 
Makes more friends yearly. Large or 
medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 241 
Same maturity as 240. Very vigorous stalk and 
heavy foliage, plus generous grain yield makes 241 
an all-round favorite for grain and silage. Medium 
flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 404A 
404A’s reputation as an “all-time’’ favorite has 
been built on its big, dependable yields of quality 
grain year after year. A medium-maturing hybrid 
for the northern Corn belt. One of the easiest 
hybrids to husk by hand or machine. Large or 
medium flats, $12.90 per bus. Medium rounds, 
$10.50 per bus. 
Wanted DeKalb because he saw his neighbor’s freld: ‘“‘This 
man saw my Corn and wanted some like.it, so am ordering 
2 bushels for him.”—Brandywine, Prince Georges Co., Md. 
“T have tried several varieties of DeKalb, Nos. 65, 240, 
241, and I think some others, but 240 does best for me.”— 
Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y 
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., Seedsmen 

DeKalb 404C 
Has exactly the same breeding as 404A, but a 
different arrangement in crossing the inbreds 
gives the seed a distinctive reddish cast. Same 
maturity and ear type. Yields equally as well as 
404A. Large or medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 422 
Slightly Iater than 404A. Grows tall for a 
short-season variety. Has extra heavy foliage, 
which insures heavy, well-filled ears. Popular as 
grain and ensilage for northern areas. Large or 
medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 458 
Very similar to 404A. Designed to 
retain all of 404A’s good qualities with 
a few days’ added maturity and slightly 
stronger ear attachment. An excep- 
tionally clean and easy husking hybrid. 
Large or medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 609 
Earliest of 600. series. Widely used in 400 zone 
for grain and silage. Ears long; cob thin, deep 
grained; heavy yielder. Husks clean and easy. 
Large or medium flats, $12.90 per bus. 
DeKalb 628A 
For six years 628A has grown in pop- 
ularity for grain in southern Penn- 
sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and 
Maryland, also for ensilage in northern 
areas. Always at home in any soil. 
Heavy foliage, big grain yields, and 
general all-round performance have 
earned 628A this distinction. Large or 
medium flats, $11.80 per bus. 

Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Penna. 

