VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES ¢ KEYSTONE SEEDS 
Season. 
SWEET CORN—Continued ae Are rane 
OPEN-POLLINATED YELLOW VARIETIES Uses Code Stage 
- BARDEN'S WONDER BANTAM - HMS CLUES 72 
Desirable for home and market gardeners and shippers who want a heavier foliaged, 
more vigorous growing, longer eared variety than regular Golden Bantam. 
STALKS —5!/5 to 6 feet tall, vigorous, sturdy, heavy foliage. 
EARS —7!/, to 8!/. inches long, 8 rowed, somewhat pointed, sometimes 2 ears per 
stalk. 
KERNEL—Yellow, tender, sweet, of good quality and flavor. Seed, dark yellow, 
wrinkled. 
GOLDEN BANTAM HMSF CHOKE 70 
The old reliable yellow sweet corn. Highly praised by home and market gardeners and 
canners. It has proved invaluable as a parent stock in many of our hybrids of today. 
Recommended for freezing preservation. 
STALKS —4!/) to 5!/> feet tall, high percentage of stalks with 2 ears. 
EARS —6!/> to 7!/p inches long, 8 rowed, very well shaped ear, well carried out to the 
tip end. | 
KERNEL—Yellow, large, tender, sweet, of excellent flavor. Seed, yellow and wrinkled. 
GOLDEN EVERGREEN or Bantam Evergreen HM CHOPS 87 
One of the best of the medium late varieties. Has a large ear, of excellent quality. A 
cross between Golden Bantam and Stowell's Evergreen. 
STALKS —6l/, to 7!/2 feet tall, sturdy, vigorous. 
EARS -—8 to 9 inches long, 12 to 14 rows, often 2 ears per plant, Evergreen type. 
KERNEL—Rich golden yellow, broad, deep, tender, sweet, of excellent quality. Seed, 
yellow and very wrinkled. 
GOLDEN SUNSHINE HM CRAMP 68 
Desirable as a very early yellow corn in northern home and market gardens. Earlier than 
Golden Bantam, with larger but shorter ear. 
STALKS —5 to 5!/, feet tall, fairly sturdy. 
EARS -—7 to 7!/) inches long, 10 to 12 rowed, well filled and plump. 
KERNEL—A golden yellow, medium in size and depth, tender, sweet, of good flavor. 
Seed, yellow and very wrinkled. 
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EARLY WHITE TABLE VARIETIES 
Zea mays var. dentata 
EARLY ADAMS H CHORD 73 
A hardy table variety that can stand more cold, damp weather than regular sweet corn. 
It is well liked as a table corn. because of its dependability, earliness, and worm 
resistance. 
STALKS —5I/, to 6!/> feet tall, more vigorous and taller than Extra Early Adams. 
EARS —7 to 8 inches long, 12 to 14 rowed. 
KERNEL—White, tender, and tasty at table stage. Seed, white and smooth. 
EXTRA EARLY ADAMS H CIVIL 70 
Another very hardy table variety; extremely early; can be planted earlier than sweet 
corn. 
STALKS —4 to 4!/, feet tall; ears grow close to ground. 
EARS —5Il/, to 6 inches long, 12 rowed. 
KERNEL—White, fairly sweet, tender. Seed, white and smooth. 
HYBRID TRUCKERS HMS CHERS 80 
Here is a new early white dent double-cross hybrid. This variety is entirely new and 
merits growing for roasting ears, to replace Truckers Favorite. 
STALKS—7|/, feet tall, vigorous, hardy. 
EARS —9 inches long, attractive and uniform. 
KERNEL—White, large, tender and fairly sweet. Seed, small, white, smooth, dented. 
TRUCKERS' FAVORITE HMS CLACK 78 
Well-known variety of the South, used as roasting ears for local trade and also shipping. 
Has dual value in producing good crop of feed corn if roasting ear market unfavorable. 
STALKS —7!/, to 81/2 feet tall, uniform grower. Hardy and capable of withstanding 
colder weather in spring than sugar corns. 
EARS -—8 to ? inches long, 12 to 16 rowed, attractive in appearance. 
KERNEL—White, tender, fairly sweet. Seed, white, smooth, dented. 
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