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flavor. Dry seed is large, semi-round, wrinkled, 
light green. 75 days. 
- Mammoth Melting Sugar — Choice edible-pod 
| variety for home and market garden. Vines are 
almost 5 feet tall, coarse, heavy, and wilt resistant. 
_ Pods are about 44 inches long by 34 inches wide, 
_ straight, flat, fleshy, stringless, light green, and of 
_ sweet flavor. Dry seed is large, round, smooth, 
creamy. 75 days. 
White Marrowfat — Used mostly in dry state for 
soups, but also as a late home garden variety. Vines 
are about 5 feet tall, hardy and wilt resistant. Pods 
are about 3% inches long, straight, blunt, light 
green, contain 6 to 8 peas. Green peas are large, 
/ round, pale green, only fair quality. Dry seed is 
round, smooth, cream-colored. 85 days. 
SWEET CORN 
(Open-Pollinated Kinds) 
CULTURE: Sweet corn will rot after planting if 
soil is cold and wet, so delay planting until Spring 
> is well under way. Successive plantings will keep 
the gardener supplied with fresh ears over a long 
|, season. Plants in 30-inch rows, 12 inches apart in 
' the row. Keep well cultivated but do not cut roots. 
Corn requires fertilizer and cultivation for best 
_ results. Manure is preferable. 
| WHITE VARIETIES: 
_ Country Gentleman — Standard garden variety in 
_most parts of the country. Plant is about 7 feet 
‘tall at maturity, with slender, almost suckerless 
| stalk. Foliage is dark green. Ears are about 8 inches 
' long, slightly tapering, with white kernels in irreg- 
' ular rows. Kernels are shoe-peg type, deep and 
| narrow. Flavor is good. 95 days. 
Early Evergreen—Early type of Stowells, with ears 
about 8 inches long and 16 rowed. Kernels are 
white and deep. Quality and flavor are good. Stalks 
_ are up to 8 feet tall. 85 days. 
Stowells Evergreen, Select — This is a uniform, 
quality strain of Stowells, widely used in gardens 
and in canning. Ears are about 8 inches long, 16 
rowed, white kernels of good depth and quality. 
Stalks are about 8 feet tall. 95 days. 
YELLOW VARIETIES: 
| Golden Bantam 8 Row — A good home garden and 
canning type, with ears about 7 inches long, 8 
'rowed. Stalks are about 5 feet tall. Kernels are 
) yellow and large, tender and sweet. 70 days. 
Golden Bantam 12 Row — Has ears averaging 
slightly longer than 8 row. Stalks are about 7 feet 
‘} tall. Kernels are 12 to 14 rowed, tender, deep well- 
‘flavored. 80 days. 
Golden Evergreen — A cross between Stowells and 
Golden Bantam, with 8 inch ears, 14 rows. Ears 
taper slightly. Kernels are deep, fairly good quality. 
Stalks are about 7 feet tall. 90 days. 
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