SWEET CORN—cContinued 
Yellow Hybrids 
Carmelcross 77 days 
Plant—5'% feet tall, vigorous, 
scant, few suckers, early. 
Ear—7 inches long x 1% inches diameter, 
12 to 14 rows, light yellow, kernels deep 
and medium wide, ear blocky, quality 
fair to good. 
Developed by Dr. W. R. Singleton at the 
Conn. Agric. Exp. Station. It has an 
unusually large ear for such an early 
corn, is widely adapted and popular with 
home and market gardeners. 
foliage 
Golden Bounty 
Golden Bounty 84 days 
Plant—7% feet to 8 feet tall, vigorous, 
wilt resistant, very few suckers, tassels 
and silks yellow. Ears are borne 8 inches 
higher and the shank is longer than 
Golden Cross Strains. Therefore more 
adapted to mechanical picking than 
Golden Cross NC or VT20. 
Ear—9 inches long x 1% inches diameter, 
12 to 14 rows, bright yellow, kernels 
deep and medium wide, quality excel- 
lent. 
Developed by Northrup, King and Co. An 
improved Golden Cross type developed 
to meet the demand for a taller plant 
with a higher ear and fewer suckers. 
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Excellent hybrid for home, market gar- 
deners, canners and freezers. Quality is 
equal to Golden Cross. 
Golden Cross NC 85 days 
Plant—6% to 7 feet tall, vigorous, wilt 
resistant, suckers moderately, tassels 
and silks yellow. 
Ear—8 inches long x 1%4 inches diameter, 
12 to 14 rows, medium yellow, kernels 
deep and medium wide, excellent quality. 
Developed by Dr. Glenn Smith at Purdue 
University. Perhaps the most widely 
adapted and known yellow hybrid, this 
popular corn is used by home and market 
gardeners, canners and freezers. 
Golden Cross VT20 83 days 
Plant—61% to 7% feet tall, vigorous, wilt 
resistant, suckers less than NC strain, 
tassels mixed brown and yellow. 
Ear—8 to 8% inches long x 1% inches 
diameter, 12 to 14 rows, deeper golden 
yellow than Golden Cross NC, excellent 
quality. 
Developed by Northrup, King and Co. A 
popular, widely adapted strain of Golden 
Cross widely used in the Midwest by 
canners and freezers. Will withstand 
adverse conditions better than Golden 
Cross NC. 
