SWEET CORN 
Open Pollinated Kinds (Continued) 
TABLE OR ROASTING EAR VARIETIES: 
Adams Extra Early — Popular roasting ear type, 
with 5 foot stalks, and 8 inch ears with 12 rows to 
the ear. Kernels are white and tasty at table stage. 
Seed is white and smooth. 65 days. 
Truckers Favorite — Very fine roasting ear variety 
with resistance to heat, drouth, and ear worm. 
Stands 8 to 9 feet tall. Ears are 8 to 9 inches long, 
14 rowed. Kernels are white, fair flavor. 80 days. 
Truckers Favorite Hybrid — Similar to regular 
Truckers, but heavier yielding. Kernels tend to 
harden more quickly than regular Truckers. Vigor- 
ous and hardy. 80 days. 
HYBRID SWEET CORN 
WHITE VARIETIES:— 
Country Gentleman (Ill. No. 15) — An excellent 
white hybrid with shoe-peg, staggered rows on 8 
inch ears. Useful in canning and in market gardens. 
Stalk is about 7 feet tall, slightly heavier than reg- 
ular Country Gentleman. Kernels are deep, white, 
choice quality. 90 days. 
Stowells Evergreen (Ill. 14x13) — Good variety for 
canning whole or cream style and for home garden- 
ing. Ears are about 9 inches long, very uniform, 
with 14 to 16 rows of white, deep, narrow kernels. 
Flavor is fine. Stalks are about 8 feet tall, sturdy 
and hardy. 90 days. 
YELLOW VARIETIES: 
Carmelcross Improved (C-13) — Hardy, depend- 
able second-early type for home and market gar- 
den. Excellent flavor and color. Plants are about 6 
feet tall, few suckers, well foliated. Ears are about 
7 inches long, slightly tapered, 12 to 14 rowed, 
Beat yellow. Kernels are deep and fairly wide. 75 
ays. 
Golden Cross Bantam — Popular, all-purpose yel- 
low hybrid for canners, shippers, and market 
gardeners. Stalks are about 614 feet tall, bearing 
two or more ears, vigorous, wilt resistant. Ears are 
8 inches long, 10 to 12 rowed, well filled, uniform 
in size, shape, and maturity. Kernels are bright 
yellow, tender, and deep. 80 days. 
Golden Harvest — A Purdue University develop- 
ment of hybrid resembling Golden Cross Bantam 
in ear formation and coloring, but having white 
silks inside husks. Stalks about 7 feet tall with low 
tillers which protect roots from heat and drought. 
Tassels are off white. Normally produces 2 to 4 
ears 8 inches long, high on stalks. Ships, freezes 
and cans well. 83 days. 
Hoosier Gold — A Purdue University type a few 
days earlier than Golden Cross, Uniform quality, 
fine flavor and texture. Ears about 8 inches, 14 
rowed, light yellow kernels. Good shipper and 
canner. 82 days. 
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