. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock Iowa Clarinda Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. A. A. BERRY SEED CO., CI,ARINEA, IOWA. 74. EARI,Y MASTODON. Originated with C. S. Clark of Wakeman, Ohio, at one time the largest grower of sweet and field corn for seed in America, but now western growers are wearing that honor. Mr. Clark says: "I claim for this corn that it has the largest ear and largest grain of an}' dent corn ever grown in this ; That was several years ago though. The following is what we said of our Early Mastodon in
. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock Iowa Clarinda Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. A. A. BERRY SEED CO., CI,ARINEA, IOWA. 74. EARI,Y MASTODON. Originated with C. S. Clark of Wakeman, Ohio, at one time the largest grower of sweet and field corn for seed in America, but now western growers are wearing that honor. Mr. Clark says: "I claim for this corn that it has the largest ear and largest grain of an}' dent corn ever grown in this ; That was several years ago though. The following is what we said of our Early Mastodon in last year's catalogue, and we can substanti- ate every woi d and add that this year our seed was splendid and the size of the ears was simplv immense. We can also add further that we have bred it up fully 10 to 15 days earlier than when we first received it, and now it will mature in from 105 to 115 days, ordinary sea- sons, and can be grown as far north as the northern Iowa line: "We have grown it in this state for 11 years, obtaining the seed from the originator. Our seed is thoroughly acclimated. We have greatly improved it in several particulars and now we have a better corn than Mr. Clark. One of the most prominent seedsmen in this country was examining onr seed corn and stated that we "had the best Mastodon he ever saw and much superior to Mr. Clark's original. We have bred that rough, sharp-pointed thin grain off and substituted a nice smooth grain; have bred off, to a great extent, the heavy large shank so difficult to break off in husking and which was objected to by many farmers; we have improved it in shape and size of the grain and size of ear, and now have it much earlier than when we obtained it. It is certainly foil}' to send east or north for Early Mastodon, as we" have "it greatly improved, of the highest type and fully acclimated. The first seed we obtained 11 years ago"was very late, not maturing until after frost, but we obtained som
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