SWEET CORN—Hybrid Evergreen Types—Continued a 
logreen 191 x 12E 88 days 
Plant—7% to 8 feet tall, vigorous, foliage 
dark green, sturdy stalk with very little 
suckering. 
Ear—7 to 7% inches long, 16 to 20 rows, 
diameter 2% inches, kernels semi-nar- 
row, deep and of good quality. 
Developed by Dr. E. S. Haber at lowa 
State College. An early maturing, 
widely adapted white hybrid, especially 
valuable where maturity is a factor. 
Very productive, it is recommended for 
canning cream style. Adapted to me- 
chanical picking. 
logreen 56 95 days 
Plant—8 to 8% feet tall, foliage dark 
green, stalk sturdy, virtually no suckers, 
Ear—7% to 8 inches long x 2% inches 
diameter, 20 to 26 rows, pearly-white, 
kernels narrow and very deep, ear type 
blocky, quality good. 
A heavy yielder adapted to mechanical 
picking. One of the most popular recent 
developments in this class. 
Open Pollinated — Yellow Varieties 
Bantam or Golden Evergreen 
95 days 
Plant—6 to 7 feet tall, foliage medium 
dark green, stalk heavy, few suckers. 
Ear—7 to 8 inches long, slightly tapered, 
10 to 14 rows, broad, deep yellow 
kernels, quality fair. 
A cross between Golden Bantam and Sto- 
well’s Evergreen. A medium late vari- 
ety for home and market garden. 
Earliest Golden Sweet, 8 Row 
(Golden Gem Type) 70 days 
Plant—4 feet tall, stalk thin, few suckers. 
Ear—6 to 7 inches long, cylindrical, main- 
ly 8 rowed, medium yellow, quality 
excellent. 
One of the earliest high quality yellow 
varieties, popular with home and market 
gardeners in the North. 
Extra Early Golden Bantam 76 days 
Plant—4% to 5. feet tall, foliage medium 
green, moderate suckering. 
EKar—7 inches long, straight and cylin- 
drical, mostly 8 rowed, medium golden 
yellow, quality excellent. 
Our strain is a re-combination of the best 
selected inbred lines from our breeding 
grounds resulting in an unusually vigor- 
ous, uniform and productive stock. Espe- 
cially adapted to home gardens where 
early eating corn is desired. This variety 
is especially popular in Northern areas 
and is unsurpassed in quality. 
Gill’s Golden Early Market 
Plant—5 feet tall, few suckers. 
Ear—6 to 7 inches long, chunky, slightly 
tapered, 10 to 12 rows, kernels medium 
to light yellow, quality fair. 
An extra early yellow variety adapted to 
home and market garden use in North- 
ern short season areas. 
73 days 
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Extra Early Golden Bantam 
Golden Bantam Standard 
Plant—5 to 5% feet tall, foliage medium 
green, moderate suckering. 
Ear—7% inches long, cylindrical, mostly 
8 rowed, kernels medium yellow, quality 
excellent. 
A vigorous and productive strain. Most 
popular strain of Golden Bantam for the 
Central States. Planted to follow Extra 
Early Golden Bantam in Northern 
latitudes. 
83 days 
Golden Giant 84 days 
Plant—5 to 6 feet tall, foliage dark green, 
stalk medium thick, few suckers. 
Ear—7 to 8 inches long, 12 to 16 rows, 
kernels medium yellow and medium 
deep, quality good. 
A cross between Golden Bantam and 
Howling Mob. An old variety popular 
with home gardeners wanting large, 
yellow ears of midseason maturity. 
