THE TESTS TELL 
IOGOLD 51. 80 days here. Successor to Ioana and lochief, with 
better quality, better yield and 4 days earlier. Wilt resistant. } 
Ears. 7” to 7%” 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 
logold 51 than from Lincoln or regular Golden Cross. Stalks 6’. 
Remarks. JIogold 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. 7%” 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 644’. 
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. 81%” 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. 
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 6 days, and all 
the WASHINGTON or MARCROSS you can market in 6 days. This 
furnishes sweet corn for the first 2 or 3 weeks of theseason. 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: 
SWEET CORN INSECT 
STEWART’S WILT DISEASE is recognized by grayish brown spots of 
dead tissue on leaves and stalks. These spots elongate, merge and tend eventually 
to include the entire plant. Early infections usually kill the plants; late infections 
reduce yields and may kill the plants. The wilt bacteria over-winter in corn flea 
beetles. Surviving beetles, when feeding, infect the corn. When and where winters 
are mild with average temperatures of Dec., Jan. and Feb. totaling 100 or more, 
fiea beetle survival and wilt infection are high. Wilt disease is usually prevalent 
south of the latitude of the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary. It extends northward 
only following mild winters and becomes severe only after two or three mild winters 
in succession, As a result of such conditions, Stewart’s wilt disease last year 
caused much damage in sweet corn as far north as southern New England, eastern 
and western New York, northern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Lower temperatures 
this winter indicate less damage from wilt this summer north of its usual locations. 
Wilt can be partially controlled by use of wilt resistant hybrids. Resistance 
varies from low to high and there is no immunity. Wilt damage varies not only 
with the relative resistance of the hybrid but also with the earliness of the infection 
and the numbers of wilt carrying flea beetles feeding on the plants. 
Wilt can be controlled also by preventing infection by insects. Weekly insecticide 
applications from the time the first leaves open until tassels are out gives good 
results, even with hybrids only moderately resistant. This program controls also 
corn borer, fall army worm and smut. 
SMUT starts with the microscopic, wind borne spores of the smut fungus from 
last year’s smut bodies on the ground or in manure. Spores that lodge in leaf axils, 
insect or wind damaged spots or that are washed by rain or carried by insects into 
the tips of ears, where there is sufficient moisture, -germinate and- start new smut 
growth. Controlling insects gives 50% to 100% control of smut varying with varieties. 
Extra early :— Advanced Spancross. 
Early :— Washington, Marcross. 
Early midseason:— Jefferson, Improved Carmelcross, Early 
Golden Cross. 
Midseason :-— Grant, Sherman, Lincoln, Big Lincoln, 
Iogold 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, 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. 
AND DISEASE CONTROL 
CORN BORERS hatch from white, pin-head size eggs laid in patches on the 
underside of the corn leaves. They crawl toward the stalks, eating pin holes in 
the leaves on the way. Then begin immediately four applications of insecticide at 
about five day intervals. 
EAR WORMS are hatched from eggs laid on fresh silks and eat their way thru 
the silks to the tip of the ear. When silking starts, cut husks and silks from the 
tip of 10 or more ears, unroll them and search for tiny worms or traces. Check 
frequently. If found, make 2 or 3 insecticide applications 5 or 6 days apart. Keep 
silks lightly but thoroly covered. This controls Japanese beetle also. 
FALL ARMY WORMS behave more like corn borers or ear worms than 
regular army worms, hey hatch over a longer period. If detected or expectea, 
apply insecticide,—lst, when ear is forming; 2nd, when silks appear; 3rd, when 
tips of silks begin to wilt; 4th, 2 or 8 days later. The 2nd and 4th applications are 
the same as for ear worms. 
JAPANESK BEETLES cause cull ears by eating silks and preventing complete 
pollination. Apply insecticide when beetles first appear. : 
COMPLETE PROTECTION from all of these pests can be had by applying 
insecticides on a 5 to 7 day schedule from time first leaves open until silks have 
dried. Many commercial growers in areas where wilt is expected have adopted this 
program. Where wilt is not expected, applications at 5 to 7 day intervals from the 
time ears begin to form until silks have dried will give good protection. Equipment 
now available makes these programs practicable. Controlling all of these pests goes 
a long way in assuring sweet corn profits. F Ra 
INSECTICIDES RECOM, ENDED are DDT and Parathion. ones local 
farm bureau agents ormulation, : 
PLAN YOUR PLANTINGS FOR GREATER PROFITS 
