Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 

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Hybrids Produce a Bigger Yield of Better Corn 
U. S.-262.—This hybrid is grown in Virginia by a 
man who has had years of experience in producing 
hybrids. For this reason, we think it better adapted 
to our soil and climate than many of the western 
grown hybrids. U. S.-262 in actual field trials the 
past year made some of the finest corn we have ever 
seen. Sturdy stalks bore mostly two ears each and 
they were the best ears we have found. The ears are 
long and filled to the tip with medium wide deep 
grains. It has a large cob but fills out perfectly and 
makes a big yield of light yellow corn. 
See Price List. 
G-145.—_YELLOW.—This is a new Hybrid which 
has been extensively tested throughout this section 
for several years and found well adapted to our needs. 
It is a medium early sort producing about with 
G-135 but this new kind gives a deeper grain, better 
shuck coverage of ear, and a medium size stalk 
growth. It is highly resistant to both disease and 
insects and we predict that it will become one of our 
most popular hybrids. 
See Price List. 
U. S.-357.—This is another Virginia grown hybrid 
that ranks high in production tests and is well adapt- 
ed to the South. It has a medium cob well filled with 
deep grains of light yellow color. For the thin lands 
of the South, we think this will make an ideal va- 
riety. It has good shuck coverage, heavy yield, and 
good keeping qualities. 
See Price List. 
KY.-203.—A standard white hybrid that has a 
record of good yields all over the South. This stock 
is produced in Virginia and has proven its value. 
Stalks are large and strong, holding up in both dry 
weather and storms and bearing one to two large ears 
well covered and perfectly filled. For a bread corn 
this offers the hig yield of the hybrid plus the quality 
of open pollinated white corn. 
See Price List. 

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Hybrid Corns 
A few years ago, hybrid corns were al- 
most unknown in the South but today the 
farmer who keeps up with the times knows 
that higher yields and better corn can be 
grown from hybrids than from open polli- 
nated varieties. All of the hybrids listed 
here have been tested for adaptability in the 
South and each variety listed has been se- 
lected for a specific purpose. Thus we have 
tried to get the best of the many hybrids for 
our customers without naming a confusing 
list of varieties. Many farmers think that 
all hybrids are alike but this is a mistake. 
The value of a hybrid depends upon the par- 
ent stock from which it is bred. 

G-515W.—WHITE.—White corn will al- 
ways have an important place on southern 
farms and for this reason, we have selected 
one of Funk’s best white hybrids. G-515W 
is a vigorous grower with stalks of medium 
height and producing a large long ear of 
corn. The kernels are deep, large and broad. 
It will make a heavy yield of good feed corn 
and one of the best milling corns to be had. 
The G-515W will yield right along with the 
yellow hybrids and crops of 60 to 75 bu. per 
acre are quite common in carefully measured 
official tests. 
See Price List. 
G-711.—For years we have had a demand 
for a yellow corn with a wide deep grain. 
Funk has provided this in G-711. It is the best look- 
ing Hybrid seed we have ever seen and in our trials 
for the past two years it has proven its yield. The 
grains are very wide and long, almost the size of 
Hickory King. It has a deep yellow color and a 
flinty polish that gives it the best appearance of 
any of the hybrids. The stalk growth is medium and 
it bears one to two large ears. The shuck coverage 
is good and the corn is harder than most hybrids. 
It is adapted to southern conditions because it will 
keep better in our warm climate. Every grower should 
give G-71l a trial. See Price List. 
G-135.—-YELLOW.—This variety has a remark- 
able record for high yields in the Southern corn belt 
where it is known as the “Weatherproof” corn. We are 
offering it as being especially adapted to lowland 
cultivation. G-135 stands up well under both flood and 
dry weather and makes a consistently high yield of 
excellent quality corn. This big rugged hybrid has a 
tall stalk that resists wind storms, insects, and dis- 
ease and comes through with a big yield where others 
fail. It is a single eared sort but the ears are very 
long, large, and filled with deep kernels of medium 
width. This variety has been thoroughly tested and 
proven to be one of the best of the yellow hybrids. 
See Price List. 
G-80.—YELLOW.—This variety holds the new 
world’s record of 190.1 bushels per acre in a five acre 
yield contest. It is some later than the other yellow 
hybrids listed here but should be perfectly safe from 
Virginia South and is adapted to a wide range of 
soil types. We believe this to be the heaviest yield- 
ing corn on our list and at the same time it has the 
rugged constitution to go through our hot dry sum- 
mers with a minimum of damage. The stalk is tall 
and vigorous with strong stay roots to hold it erect. 
‘The ears are very large and almost the same size at 
both ends. The grain is dented, long and of medium 
width. See Price List. 
