. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. iv SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER'S SEED From the originator JOSIAH CROSBY, Esq., of Arlington, Mass., and planted specially for us by him. This variety is unquestionably the very best of all the early sorts of Sweet Corn, and in several respects, and for many purposes, it is, all points considered, the very best to grow for a main
. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. iv SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER'S SEED From the originator JOSIAH CROSBY, Esq., of Arlington, Mass., and planted specially for us by him. This variety is unquestionably the very best of all the early sorts of Sweet Corn, and in several respects, and for many purposes, it is, all points considered, the very best to grow for a main crop. It is very dwarf (about four feet), with numerous large ears (twelve to sixteen rowed), set very low on the stalks ; and, as it matures so early, second crops of many sorts can be obtained from the land. This is the variety almost exclu- sively used by the large growers of Sweet Corn in Maine and elsewhere, for canning purposes. Its table qualities are unsurpassed. About thirty-five years ago Josiah Crosby first exhibited corn of this variety, and ever since that time he has made annual selections, using the utmost care, and learning by long experience how to choose those ears best suited for seed, to maintain the true type of the variety. Although a great number of other cultivators have for years endeavored to perpetuate a pure strain of Early Crosby Corn, few, if any, seem to under- stand the method of selection which Mr. Crosby has found absolutely necessary to fol- low to avoid radically changing the type of both stalk and ear; and all have eventually been obliged to turn to headquarters from time to time, in order to procure pure seed of this variety. For several years pasi we have secured all the crop of the above com that Mr. Crosby has had for sale; and this year we have done likewise. Therefore no early Crosby corn of his GROWING IS for SALE EXCEPT BY OURSELVES. N. B.—Be careful not to confound this strain with 'that grown by others THAN THE ORIGINATOR, JOSIA
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