D Landreth Seed Company D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog] DLandrethSeedCo00LandA Year: 19uu SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Corn Lb. U L», .35 .25. 30 20' 30 20 30 20 30 20 WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON CORN One Quart of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Sixteen Pounds to the Acre. 120 to 140 Days from Planting to Cutting. Postage on Corn averages about 6 cents a pound. See zone rates. See map, inside cover. Sugar Corn Ears, 4 to 5 Cents Each. Black Mexican.—An early Corn, very sugarv, black or purple flattish grain. Ex- io Lbs. cellent $ Country Gentleman or Shoe Peg, 70 days.—A short-stalked, productive so
D Landreth Seed Company D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog] DLandrethSeedCo00LandA Year: 19uu SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED Corn Lb. U L», .35 .25. 30 20' 30 20 30 20 30 20 WE DO NOT PAY POSTAGE ON CORN One Quart of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Sixteen Pounds to the Acre. 120 to 140 Days from Planting to Cutting. Postage on Corn averages about 6 cents a pound. See zone rates. See map, inside cover. Sugar Corn Ears, 4 to 5 Cents Each. Black Mexican.—An early Corn, very sugarv, black or purple flattish grain. Ex- io Lbs. cellent $ Country Gentleman or Shoe Peg, 70 days.—A short-stalked, productive sort, frequently producing 3 ears to the plant. Ears large for so small a stalk; grain narrow and very deep, after form of the Shoe-peg variety Crosby, Extra Early, 65 days.—One of the most reliable sorts for early garden; recommended as an opener of the season. Used almost entirely in far northern localities Early Mammoth, 80 days.—Large ears, earliest of its size; stalks 7 feet Evergreen (Stowell's), 80 days.—The most popular among the late Sugar Corns. More bushels are used than all other sorts combined. Large, tender, grain very deep, milk-white grains k Evergreen, Long Narrow-grained.—This is a selection • . .1 from the ordinary Stowell's Evergreen Sugar Corn, but one in which the grains are narrower, longer, or deeper, semi-translucent, and generally in straight rows. They are tight together when the grain is in edible condition, but become loose from one another when it becomes dry. The sort is exceedingly sugary, \ as indicated by the shrunken character and lighter weight than that of ordinary Evergreen Evergreen Early White, 75 days.—Slimmer and shorter stalks than the Stowell's Evergreen; broad, vigorous, deep green foliage without any red color SRSr g Evergreen Golden.—An evergreen both in stalk and ear, but quite golden in color of grain BBfe>5«Jr. t ' Golden Bantam,\70 days.—Dwarf, four and one-half BPQjE
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