OLDS’ SWEET GORN 9a 
Our Sweet Corn is all first-class, high testing seed. Our 
packets are larger than the usual packet “and enough for 80 to 
40 hills. About ten pounds will plant an acre. Varieties marked 
with % are excellent for freezing, For larger amounts see our 
Market Gardeners’ List opposite | page 1. 
143. BLENDED HYBRID SWEET CORN. Hybrid 
Sweet Corn is undoubtedly the finest type of sweet corn, It is 
resistant to Stewart’s Disease and for yield and quality 
cannot be excelled. It has one objection in the home garden 
in that it matures all at one time. To overcome this we have 
taken and mixed several hybrids of different maturities. By 
planting this mixture you will have the finest quality sweet 
corn throughout the sweet corn season. Pkt., 10c; Y2 1b., 40c; 
Ib., 70c; 2 lbs., $1.30; 5 lbs., $2.70, postpaid. 
138. HOWLING MOB. (85 days). When first offered 
the demand for it became so loud and clamorous that it was 
given its queer but appropriate name. It is one of the best 
flavored and most tender of all second-early or main crop 
varieties. Very productive, ears 7 to 8 inches long, a twelve 
to sixteen rows. Pkt., 10c; 1% Ib., 30c; Ib., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 
5 Ibs., $1.90, postpaid. 
140. BLACK MEXICAN. (88 days.) One of the largest 
and sweetest of all varieties of sweet corn. Ears 8 inches long 
with 8 rows. Kernels bluish-white when in the eating state. 
The best second early for the home garden, Pkt., 10c; Y Ib., 
30c; lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., $2.10, postpaid. 
35. IMPROVED SPANCROSS. (64 days.) The 
best extra early hybrid available today. Does exceedingly 
well on high altitudes. See page 3 for illustration and com- 
plete deseription. Pkt., 15c; Y% Ib., 40c; Ilb., 70c; 2 Ibs., 
$1.30; 5 lbs., $2.70, postpaid. 
Try our New 
Early Pota- 
to La Soda. 
See page 70. 
Golden Bantam. 
*142. GOLDEN BANTAM. (80 days.) 
Most popular variety in the United States. Every- 
one likes Golden Bantam, Indeed, many people 
will not take any other when it is obtainable. 
The flavor is deliciously distinct, superior to that 
of any other open pollinated corn. The small 
8-rowed ears, usually less than 7 inches in 
length and several on a stalk, are perhaps higher 
in sugar content than any other corn but the x 
hybrids. The kernels are tender, very wide and : oe ee eee ee rand inieeduceg: Oe 
of good depth, and the flavor delicious. Pkt., 10c; Golden Cross Bantam Hybrid. DE By ekee y I i t th Px th Dakota Ag a 
Y, Ib., 30¢; Ib. 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $1.90 a tedrubavar yntmnenoa re 
postpaid , 2 ? ? *141. GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM HY. tural Experiment Station. It has a rich, golden 
i BRID. (84 days.) A cross of two inbred Ban- color; the ears are about one inch longer than 
tams. It is midseason about four days later than the ears of Golden Bantam and usually ‘haye 12 
145. EARLY EVERGREEN. (88 days.) regular Bantam. Stalks average about 6 feet in TOWS instead of 8, while the quality practically 
An extra fine strain of Stowell’s Evergreen with height and very sturdy. Two ears are usually equals that of the famous Bantam, Pkt., 10c; 
large white ears, yet ready for the table 7 to 8 produced on each stalk averaging 8 inches in /2 1¥., 30c; lb., 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, 
days paz hee than Stowell s. ens the fine length and 12 to 14 rows. It will yield about 50 postpaid. 
sugary flavor and tenderness of kernel that have per cent more than regular Bantam and is re- AG 
made the Hvyergreens popular. Hars 8 inches sistant to Stewart’s Disease. Hybrid corns are CEE ERutee ) ont BAN Tt en ee 
long with 14 to 18 rows. Pkt., 10c; 4% 1b., 30c; remarkable for their uniformity of stalk, ears, madeut Snr enees Bee wee anes 
Ib., 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $1.90, postpaid. and time of ripening. For the home gardens it Ae S Hathe of Geiden "Banta wi ‘the tanaee 
should be planted at intervals, otherwise it will Sin and large ear of che Evergreen. The Ban- 
all ripen at one time. Quality is excellent. Pkt., tam Evergreen is: the only really successful 
BE 
: ole ee Ib., 60c; 2 Ibs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., Gross. A fine second-planting variety Evergreen 
type of ear with 14 to 18 rows. Kernels rich 
*137. GOLD RUSH HYBRID. 69 golden yellow, deep with tender hull, sweet and 
days.) An extra sits fine quality. Pxt., 10c; Yo Ib.. 30c; Ib., 50c; 
hybrid of excellent quali- 2 1bs., 90¢; 5 lus., $1.90, postpaid. 
ty that is ready 10 days = 147, STOWELL’'S EVERGREEN. (96 
has ef eon Cross days.) The most largely planted of all late white 
ee ee PEE 4 for varieties. It makes the largest ear and the most 
Spe Kt 15¢; fodder of any sweet corn we list, and the corn 
i Pp 1 Ante 12 ABs is tender, sweet, and of excellent flavor. Ears are 
31580: * ae 2 sae 8.inches long with 14 to 18 rows. Its popularity 
aes 8. $3.10, is also due to the fact that it remains long in the 
postpaid, milk before ripening up, thereby lengthening its 
season for table use. Pkt., 10c; Y% I1b., 30c; Ib., 
50c; 2 Ibs., 90¢e525 Ibs., $1. 90, ” postpaid. 
Treat Seed with Arasan for bigger and more 
vigorous stands. See next page. 
Golden ig Sunshine. 
148. GOLDEN SUNSHINE. (76 days.) 
The most important feature of Golden Sunshine 
Corn is its extreme earliness. It is actually 5 to 
Country Gentleman, 
139. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. (93 
days.) Often called ‘‘Shoepeg’’ corn because of 
the long narrow pointed kernels, with their 
crowded and irregular arrangement on the cob. 
It is a distinct late variety, with two to five 
J-inch ears on a large stalk, A favorite main 
crop sweet corn, packed from tip to butt with 
long pearly- white kernels set closely on a re- 
markably small cob. Sweeter and finer flavored 
than any other white corn. Widely used by 
canners for cream style corn. Pkt., 10c; ¥ In., 
30c; lb., 50¢; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, post- 
paid. 
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Gold Rush Hybrid. 
HYBRID SWEET CORN COLLECTION 
149C. Unquestionably the hybrids are the finest sweet corns on the 
market today, but they all ripen--over a period of a few days’ time. To 
extend the sweet corn season in the home garden we have made up a 
collection of#hybrids that will:teach the picking stage over a 65 to 85 
day period.“;Plant all at. ane.time and have delicious sweet corn for 3 
weeks. .This collection consists of the following varieties: Improved 
Spancross, 64 day hybrid;’.Gold Rush, 69 day hybrid; and Golden Cross 
Bantam hybrid, 85 days. Collection of one packet of each, 30c; Ye Ib. of 
each, $1,00; 1 lb, of each, $1.90, postpaid. 
