SWEET CORN—Continued 
MARCROSS (Y)—76 days Originated by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 
EAR—7” long, 10 to 14 rows with broad kernels, light yellow, fairly good flavor 
and quality. 
PLANT —5 ft. tall, medium broad leaves, medium green, few suckers. 
USE—Canning in far North and market garden areas elsewhere. 
A good early variety used in the home garden and in the eastern and northern 
market garden areas. 
TENDERBLONDE (Y)—84 days Originated by Michael-Leonard Company 
EAR—8” to 9” long, 14 to 16 rows, brilliant yellow, excellent quality, good holding 
power in the field. White silks, hard to detect. 
PLANT—7 to 8 ft. tall, dark green, very few suckers, drouth resistant, picks 
mechanically. 
USE—Freezing and canning whole kernel and cream style. 
This new hybrid is a little larger than Golden Cross, deeper kernels, clean white 
silks and longer holding in the garden. A fine new up-to-date hybrid with the rich 
good flavor that made Golden Cross famous. Fancy edible period 81 to 86 days. 
TENDERGOLD (Y)—77 days Originated by Michael-Leonard Company 
EAR—7” to 8” long; 10 to 12 rows, medium yellow, good flavor. 
PLANT—5¥ to 6 ft. tall, medium green. 
USE—Canning, cream style and market gardeners and for the home garden. 
An early corn that ripens about four days ahead of Golden Bantam and yields 
. about twice as much. Try this in your home garden this season. Fancy edible 
stage 74 to 81 days. 
TENDERMOST (Y)—85 days Originated by Michael-Leonard Company 
EAR—9” to 914” long, 14 to 18 rows, brilliant yellow, holds very well in the field, 
excellent quality. Very deep kernel, small cob. 
PLANT—7 to 7) ft. tall, dark green, sparsely suckered, picks mechanically, wilt 
resistant. 
USE—Freezing, canning whole kernel or cream style, market and home gardeners. 
Of all the hybrids we have developed, this is the most tender and succulent. Large 
ears, deep sugary-sweet kernels. This corn stays sweet and tender on the stalk for 
nearly two weeks. Fancy edible stage 81 to 91 days. Make successive plantings 
in the northern half of the United States from early May to mid-July for con- 
tinuous summer crops. 
A Major Improvement—Snow White Silks on Tendermost 
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