There’s Nothing Like Freshly Picked Sweet Corn 


CAULIFLOWER 
Packets, ounces, 14 pounds and pounds, 
postpaid. For larger quantities consult chart 
on page l. 
One ounce of seed will produce 1500 plants 
CuLTuRE. Sow seed in hotbeds or win- 
dow-boxes in February or March and trans- 
plant in coldframes. When hard frosts are 
over, plant outdoors. For second crop, sow 
in April and set out in May. For late crop, 
sow in June and set out in July. Plants 
should be set 2 feet apart in the row. About 
90 days. Soil A. Vitamins A, B, C, G. 
Dry. Weather or Danish Giant. The great 
drought-resisting variety. The heads are 
large, snow-white and protected with a 
liberal growth of foliage. The ideal va- 
riety to plant for summer use. 
EARLY SNOWBALL. Extremely early 
dwarf variety, producing magnificent white 
heads of fine quality. Well adapted to hot- 
bed culture. 
CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. See page 23. 
Cardoon 
Grown for its stalks, which make a delicious 
vegetable. Vitamins A, B, C, G 
Celtuce (Burpee’s) 
A Chinese vegetable, easy to grow and very 
palatable. Grow like lettuce. The young 
leaves may be eaten like a salad and the raw 
The cooked 
Soil A. Vita- 
stalks like celery or carrots. 
stalks have a pleasing taste. 
mins A, B, C,G 
A wR thd | a. Ae 
Early Snowball Cauliflower 




Golden Cross Bantam Corn 
SWEET or SUGAR CORN 
One quart of seed will plant 200 hills; 8 quarts in hills to acre 
Sugar Corn varies in weight according to 
variety. We have decided to list 44 pounds 
as a bushel, except Adams and Trucker’s 
Favorite, which weigh 56 pounds to bushel. 
Cutture. The Sweet or Sugar varieties, 
being liable to rot in cold or wet ground, 
should not be planted before May, or until 
the ground has become warm. For a suc- 
cession, continue planting every two weeks, 
until the middle of July, in rich, well-ma- 
nured ground, in hills, covering about Y inch 
and thin out to 3 plants toa hill. Extra-early 
varieties can be planted 144 feet apart in the 
row. The field varieties should be planted 
4 feet apart each way, leaving 3 plants to a 
hill. From 65 to 90 days. Soil B. Vitamins 
AM BaGe 
NOTICE 
For the convenience of our customers, 
we have marked 5 of the best varieties, 
as they mature in succession. No. 1 is 
the earliest and No. 5 the latest. 

No. 1. Golden Bantam. An extremely 
early true Sugar Corn. The grain when 
ripe is a bright golden yellow; flavor is ex- 
ceptionally rich and sugary. Produces 
2 or 3 good ears to the stalk. 
No. 2. Whipple’s Early White. Matures 

CAULIFLOWER 
Early Snowball . 
Dry Weather (Danish Giant). . 
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CORN, SUGAR or SWEET 
No. i—Golden Bantam. . 
in 65 days. Large ears of pearly whiteness. 
Pkt. IYLoz. 
.25c and $0 50 $1 25 $2 “00 
.25c and 50 iL Asp (0D) 
10 50 
1402. Voz. Oz. 
15 $0 30 $050 $0 90 
Pkt. Pt. Qt. IApk. Pie 
All bus. prices on request 
=$0 10 $040 $0 cb $2 25 $4 00 
40 
No. 2—Whipple’s Early White. . 10 a WA PAs) ak NO) 
No. 3—Early Evergreen... 10 40 ay 74 as 
Ne, 4—Country Gentleman (Shoe- Peg)... 10 40 (De ae) 
No. 5—Stowell’s RENAL ee: 10 40 By wey 2h tw 
Golden Giant. . et 10 40 iby PAS alae 
The Vanguard. . 10 40 (ey Pav Ey 
Black Mexican. 10 40 75 
Howling Mob. 10 40 Vis» 4 Pay LOD 
Stowell’s Hybrid. . 10 COM le Lome mOnOO 
Country Gentleman ‘Hybrid. . Tees eee 10 GO 1a Oe a2 On OO 
Golden Croas Bantams: otc. tan. ee tee 10 GOR Seo me OR OO) 
Lincoln Hybrid. eee en 10 GOR lel Dee OmmOLOO 
Ioana Hybrid Oa ae) ee ee 10 60 i Soe COmEOnOO 
Gold Rush Hybrid .. apt. 40c.. 10 (Oe 25 eee O00 eee e550 
Blands: Early {263.8 res ree ee ls hes ae 10 30 55, 2.00) 3°50 
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No. 3. EARLY EVERGREEN. The large, 
uniform ears are well filled to the tip with 
beautiful white kernels. Splendid sort for 
market and home-garden, being 10 to 12 
days earlier than Stowell’s Evergreen. 
Keeps well after being cut. 
No. 4. Country Gentleman or Shoe-Peg. 
A short-stalked, productive sort. Ears 
large for so small a stalk; grain narrow, 
very deep, of excellent quality. 
No. 5. Stowell’s Evergreen. The ears are 
large. Grains are deep and sugary. 
Howling Mob. An early Sugar Corn with 
fine, large ears. Excellent for truckers or 
the home gardener. 
The Vanguard. Large-eared white Sweet 
Corn of excellent table quality. Matures 
in 65 to 70 days. 
Golden Giant. A cross between Golden 
Bantam and Howling Mob. Ears 64% 
inches long. 
Black Mexican. 
tender and sweet. 
Early Adams. Stalks 3 to 4 feet high with 
ears set within 6 inches of ground. Not a 
Sugar Corn but a decided acquisition so 
early in the season. 
Blands Early. This is the earliest of all Corn. 
Trucker’s Favorite. A late variety of 
Adams type. Suitable for table or stock. 
Ears very large, 14- or 16-rowed. 
Stowell’s Hybrid. Deep narrow kernels on 
ears 714 inches Jong. Very sweet. 
Country Gentleman Hybrid. Ears 8 
inches long, on a 7-foot plant. 
Golden Cross Bantam. Has 8-inch ears 
with 10 to 14 rows of delicious golden yel- 
low kernels. The sturdy stalks grow 6 to 
61% feet high. Matures in 80 days 
Ioana. (Hybrid). Ears 8% inches long, with 
12 to 16 rows of light yellow kernels of 
excellent quality. Uniform. Stalk 7 to 
71% feet high. High-yielding. 90 days. 
Lincoln. (Hybrid). Ears 8 inches long, with 
14 to 16 rows of yellow kernels of good 
quality. Stalk 61% to 7 feet tall; resists 
lodging; ears borne high. Primarily for 
market gardeners wanting large early 
ears. Good yielder. 82 days. 
Goldrush Hybrid. Its earliness and beau- 
tiful ears are almost unbelievable. The 
sturdy stalks are 6 feet tall, most stalks 
producing 2 ears 81% inches long, 12 to 14 
rowed, well filled. Kernel most attractive, 
yellow, tender, sweet; fine quality and 
flavor. Matures in 69 days. 
Prices on bus. lots of Sugar Corn on request 
POSTAGE ON SUGAR CORN EXTRA: 
Pt. 12c; qt. 15c; Wepk. 23c; pk. 33c; bus. 99c, 
up to 2d zone only. For other zones consult 
chart on page 1. 
An old favorite. Very 

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