THE TESTS TELL 
NCOLN. 78 days here. Outstanding appearance. Wilt resistant. 
ae to 8% z 1.7” to 1.9”, 12 to 16 rowed, 15% to 20% 
heavier than Golden Cross, good shape. Kernels medium depth and 
width, bright yellow, very tender, good flavor but not quite as sweet 
as Golden Cross. Large, highly attractive ears sell readily. 
Yields. Usually better than Golden Cross in number of marketable 
ears as well as size. Stalks 644’ to 7%’, no suckers. 5 
Remarks. Has demonstrated wide adaptability and drouth resist- 
ance. Sells well on appearance. 
GREELEY. 79 days here. A higher yielding midseason hybrid. 
Wilt susceptible. . 
Ears. 714” x 1.8”, cylindrical, 12 to 14 rowed. Kernels deep, fairly 
wide, light golden, tenderness good, flavor excellent. 
Yields. Few more ears per acre than Lincoln, Sherman and Grant, 
and almost as large. Stalks 6’. 
Remarks. A high yield of deep kernelled, larger than average ears 
of high quality, makes this a profitable corn outside wilt areas. 
BIG LINCOLN. 80 days here. A larger eared, heavier yielding, 
taller Lincoln. Wilt resistant. 
Ears. 8” to 9” x 2”, 12 to 18 rowed, 10% to 20% heavier than 
Lincoln. Kernels deep, medium width, light, tender, good flavor. 
Yields. Even better than Lincoln. Stalks about 10” taller. 
Remarks. Big Lincoln meets the requirements of those markets that 
want and pay for large ears with good quality to boot. 
IOGOLD 51. 80 days here. Successor to Ioana and lochief, with 
better quality, better yield and 4 days earlier. Wilt resistant. 
Ears. 7” to 74%" x 1.8”, 12to16 rowed, slightly tapering, attractive 
appearance, easy picking. Kernels light golden, medium depth, nar- 
row, exceptionally tender and very good flavor. Retains quality longer 
after ripening than most corns. 
Yields. Tests to date show more ears and more total weight from 
Iogold 51 than from Lincoln or regular Golden Cross. Stalks 6’. 
Remarks. Jogold 51 ripening with or just after Lincoln and Big 
Lincoln but with better quality, greater yield and large ears will be 
preferred by many. 
CONNECTICUT GOLDEN CROSS. 84 days here. This is a 
hybrid of parent stocks developed by Connecticut plant breeders from 
the original Golden Cross parents. Yield is fully equal, ear size 
slightly greater, kernels more tender and flavor equal or better com- 
pared with Improved Golden Cross. Wilt resistant. 
Ears. 744” x 1.8”, cylindrical, 14 to 16 rowed, excellent type for 
market, canning or freezing, fine appearance. Quality excellent. 
Yields. Ranks with best of the various Golden Cross hybrids in 
number, size and total weight of ears. Stalks 6%’. 
Remarks. A better Golden Cross, we believe, which will merit even 
greater popularity with all classes of consumers. 
BIG GOLDEN CROSS. 87 days here. A larger eared Connecti- 
cut Golden Cross. Wilt resistant. 
Ears. 8” x 1.9”, cylindrical, 14 to 16 rowed. Kernels medium size, 
tenderness and flavor excellent. 
Yields. Same as Golden Cross except ears larger. Stalks 7’. 
Remarks. A little more size added to the already attractive, high 
quality Golden Cross increases its salability on many markets. 
MAGNAGOLD. 90 days here. Abundant tonnage and quality. 
Wilt resistant. Wide adaptability. 
Ears. 814” to 9” x 1.7” to 1.9”, 14 to 18 rowed, cylindrical, well 
filled. Impressively large but surprisingly tender, sweet and well 
flavored. Kernels light golden, tender, medium size and depth. 
Yields. Number of ears slightly more than Golden Cross. Weight of 
ears 30% more. Stalks 7’ to 8’, no suckers. 
Remarks. This is the bigger and later sweet corn needed for many 
markets and by canners where seasons are long enough. It is more 
resistant to wilt, heat and drought than many hybrids. Size, ap- 
pearance and quality assure easy selling at profit making prices. 
Successive plantings prolong the harvest. Customers’ reports are en- 
thusiastically favorable and many orders are placed a year ahead. 
NEW WILSON and LAKE SUCCESS. Both victims of pro- 
longed drouth. 
SWEET CORN PLANTING SUGGESTIONS 
Getting the most out of sweet corn depends considerably on 
choosing hybrids and timing plantings so as best to meet one’s par- 
ticular situation. For instance, home gardeners, roadside stand 
gardeners, and some — but not all — market gardeners should plant 
hybrids that will provide a continuous harvest from the earliest date 
possible to the very last of the season. For some markets, only the 
earliest possible corns pay well; for others, the latest; and for some, 
there are in-between periods when prices are usually highest. 
Another consideration is the kind of sweet corn one’s market pre- 
fers. In some cases the preference is for tenderness and sweetness 
regardless of size of ears but in others, size of ear is more important. 
In general, the shorter the period between picking and eating or the 
more prosperous the consumers, the greater is the demand for quality 
and vice versa. It pays to please. 
Our series of hybrids, ripening at intervals and including top 
quality hybrids, extra large eared hybrids and heavy stalked hybrids, 
helps you plan to meet your particular situation. 
AIMING FOR THE EARLY MARKETS 
Early market prices usually are highest. To make the most of 
them, we suggest one or two small successive plantings of cold re- 
sistant ADVANCED SPANCROSS, before weather conditions are 
quite safe. Select early ground. Use our treated seed. Do not plant 
too deeply. Then when conditions are safe, plant at one time, all the 
ADVANCED SPANCROSS you can pick and sell in 4 days, PATRICK 
HENRY for another 4 days and all the WASHINGTON or MAR- 
CROSS you can market in 4 days. This furnishes sweet corn for 
the first 2 or 3 weeks of the season. If it is wanted for a longer 
period, make a planting of Carmelcross at the same time. If any of 
the first planting is lost, replant with any yellow sweet corn or other 
crops. One of these plantings on the market ahead of the crowd, will 
more than repay the labor and seed lost on several. 
TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS SUPPLY 
For a continuous supply, make at least one planting of AD- 
VANCED SPANCROSS a few days before the safe date. Then, when 
it is safe, plant at one time equal areas of one or more hybrids from 
each maturity group following: 
Extra early :— Advanced Spancross. 
Early :— Patrick Henry, Washington, Marcross. 
Early midseason:— _ Jefferson, Improved Carmelcross, Madison and 
Early Golden Cross. 
Midseason :— Grant, Sherman, Lincoln, Greeley, Big Lincoln, 
logold 51. 
Late midseason :— Connecticut Golden Cross, Big Golden Cross. 
Late :— Magnagold. 
Then at 5 day intervals, plant more of any hybrid you prefer, up 
to 75 or 85 days before the hoped for date of your last picking. This 
will give throughout the season as continuous a supply as can be ar- 
ranged, of quality corn that will win and hold your customers. 
AIMING FOR THE LATE MARKETS 
If your late markets are extra good, make several plantings of 
whichever late hybrid you prefer up to 85 or 75 days before that last 
picking date. If delayed by weather or if planting after an early 
crop, use one of the earlier, big eared hybrids. They may be planted 
up to 75 to 65 days prior to the last picking date. 
FOR CANNING, FREEZING or ROASTING 
We rate Carmelcross, Madison, Early Golden Cross, Iogold 51, 
Golden Cross and Magnagold best for canning, freezing or drying. 
For roasting, Grant, Sherman, Big Golden Cross, and Magnagold. — 
IF YOU FEED THE STALKS | 
Magnagold, Big Golden Cross, Big Lincoln give the most fodder. 
OTHER SUGGESTIONS 
These hybrids have the vigor to make fine big crops but they must 
have plant food and moisture. Fertilize liberally. Commercial ferti- 
lizer plowed under is better than shallow applications. A later side 
dressing of nitrate usually pays, especially after leaching rains. Use 
every means to conserve the winter and spring accumulation of mois- 
ture. Hybrid corn must have normal or greater spacing. If your 
stand is too thick, be sure to thin it. This is important. Tests show 
that suckering and topping usually do not pay, may reduce yields. 
Corn borer, earworm and smut can be controlled. Consult your 
County Agricultural Agent. 
WILT DISEASE PREDICTABLE 
Stewart’s Wilt is sweet corn’s most serious disease. Early in- 
fections destroy the plants. Late infections seriously reduce yields 
and may kill the plants. The bacteria causing this wilt overwinter 
in corn flea beetles and are transferred to the new crop by the beetles 
in feeding. The disease is more or less regularly present in areas with 
mild winters, that is, south of a line extending eastward and west- 
ward from the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary. Following a series 
of mild winters with relatively little ground freezing, the disease has 
spread northward more or less periodically since its discovery . in 
1894, apparently in association with weather cycles. The last such 
northward movement occurred between 1927-and 1933; another:is in 
progress now. 
Dr. Charles Chupp, plant pathologist at the N. Y.State College 
of Agr., discovered that when and where the average temperatures of 
Dec., Jan., and’ Feb. add to 100 or more, wilt increases and after a 
second such winter, becomes severe. Government meteorologists can 
supply these figures in March for their various stations. From 
them, the occurrence and severity of wilt during the following sum- 
mer can be predicted with reasonable accuracy. 
Mild temperatures to date this winter suggest possible intensi- 
fication of the disease and further northward spread. Wherever wilt 
is likely to be severe resistant hybrids should be used, 
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