Code 198 85 days 
Plant—6-6% feet tall, ear height 28-32 
inches, good vigor, sturdy thick stalks, 
wide, dark green leaves, very few 
suckers. Ideal for mechanical picking. 
Ear—8-9 inches long, 16-20 rows, 2%4- 
2% inches in diameter. Kernels narrow 
and very deep, kernel color light yellow 
similar to Ioana. Medium brown silk, 
fair to good quality. 
One of largest eared sweet corn hybrids 
developed by Northrup, King & Co. 
Should be top yielder with excellent re- 
covery of narrow deep kernels. Prima- 
rily a processing type especially for 
cream style corn. 
Code 199 86 days 
Plant—7'%-8 feet tall, ear 36 inches, tall 
sturdy plants, wide dark green leaves, 
few suckers, good vigor, medium long 
shanks, easy snapping. 
Ear—7%-8 inches long, 18-20 rows, 2%4- 
2% inches diameter. Blocky ear, nar- 
row, deep kernel, good quality for such 
a large corn, bright golden color. 
Developed by Northrup, King & Co. as 
an improvement over lIochief. Has 
similar type plant but ear has higher 
row number, bigger diameter, deeper 
kernel, better quality, easier snapping, 
and better field yield. 
Golden Rocket 
Golden Bounty 85 days 
Plant—71'2-8 feet tall, vigorous, widely 
adapted, yellow tassels and silk, very 
few suckers, wilt resistant, ears borne 
8 inches higher than Golden Cross NC. 
EKar—29 inches long, 12-14 rows, diameter 
1% inches, bright yellow, medium ker- 
nel depth, medium kernel width, excel- 
lent quality. 
Developed by Northrup, King & Co. An 
improved Golden Cross type developed 
to meet the demand for a taller plant 
with a higher ear and fewer suckers, 
excellent for mechanical picking. Ex- 
cellent hybrid for home, market gar- 
deners, canners and freezers. Quality 
is equal to Golden Cross. 
Golden Cross NC 85 days 
Plant—61'%2-7 feet tall, vigorous, widely 
adapted, yellow tassels and silk, suck- 
ers moderately, wilt resistant. 
Ear—8 inches long, 12-14 rows, diameter 
1% inches, medium yellow kernel depth, 
medium kernel width, excellent quality. 
The original Golden Cross was developed 
by Dr. Glenn Smith at Purdue Univer- 
sity. Perhaps the most widely adapted 
and well known yellow hybrid, this 
popular corn is used by ‘home and 
market gardeners, canners and freezers. 
Golden Cross VT 20 
Plant—612-7'% feet tall, vigorous, widely 
adapted, mixed red and yellow tassels, 
suckers less than NC, wilt resistant. 
Ear—8-81'2 inches long, 12-14 rows, 
diameter 1% inches, more golden than 
NC, good kernel depth, medium kernel 
width, excellent quality. 
Developed by Northrup, King & Co. A 
popular, widely adapted strain of Gold- 
en Cross widely used in the Midwest by 
canners and freezers. Will withstand 
adverse conditions better than Golden 
Cross NC. 
83 days 
Golden Freezer 80 days 
Plant—5 12-6 feet tall, good vigor, suckers 
moderately. 
Ear—812-9 inches long, 12 rows, 1% 
inches in diameter, slim, cylindrical, 
very uniform ears, small cob, excellent 
quality. 
Developed by Northrup, King & Co. One 
of the sweetest tasting sweet corns. It 
is ideally suited for freezing or can- 
ning on the cob as well as fresh “corn- 
on-the-cob.” 
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