Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: 1 RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM Mais, fr. CORN, sweet or sugar {gj ck One pound will plant 100 hills, or about 250 feet of row. CULTURE — Seed is liable to rot if planted in cold ground. About middle of May plant in hills 3 feet apart each way, covering about 8 or 10 seeds half an inch and thin out to three plants to a hill, or plant in rows 3 feet apart, and thin out plants to stand 12 inches apart in the rows. For succession plant early sorts every two weeks up to July 15. The Early White Sorts 304
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: 1 RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM Mais, fr. CORN, sweet or sugar {gj ck One pound will plant 100 hills, or about 250 feet of row. CULTURE — Seed is liable to rot if planted in cold ground. About middle of May plant in hills 3 feet apart each way, covering about 8 or 10 seeds half an inch and thin out to three plants to a hill, or plant in rows 3 feet apart, and thin out plants to stand 12 inches apart in the rows. For succession plant early sorts every two weeks up to July 15. The Early White Sorts 304 Adams' Extra Early. Can be planted earlier than any other, but is not a Sugar Corn, and is good for table only when young. Pkt., 10 cts.; j lb., 20 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 2 lbs., 55 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. 307 Dreer's Aristocrat. A desirable extra early Corn, with ears 8 inches in length, with 8 or 10 rows of broad white grains of tender quality. This variety is very pro- ductive, usually bearing two handsome ears to each stalk. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 5 lbs., $, pre- paid. 310 Black Mexican. Dry seed grains are al- most black, but the edible ears are white and remarkably sweet. Pkt., 10 cts.; J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 70 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. 327 Dreer's Extra Early 'Indepen- dence.' This delicious corn will produce ears equal in quality to the best of the later maturing sorts. On stalks averaging 3 j feet high, 2 and sometimes 3 large ears are pro- duced. These ears are 6 to 7 inches long, with 10 or 12 rows of plump, milky grains of surprising sweetness. At our trials in New Jersey this corn was ready in 60 days from the date of planting. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 70 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. 326 Howling Mob. A large-eared second early variety. Ears measure 8 to 9 inches long with 16 rows of pure white grains. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 5 lbs.
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