. [Catalog] : spring 1950. Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort. F-26 Corn, Dixie 17 F-3 Tennessee 10 (White) a consistently good white hybrid for Coastal Plain, Piedmont and Mountain regions in North Carolina and extensively used in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. In the 1949 official tests Ten- nessee 10 averaged bushels per acre in 4 tests in the Coastal Plain
. [Catalog] : spring 1950. Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort. F-26 Corn, Dixie 17 F-3 Tennessee 10 (White) a consistently good white hybrid for Coastal Plain, Piedmont and Mountain regions in North Carolina and extensively used in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. In the 1949 official tests Ten- nessee 10 averaged bushels per acre in 4 tests in the Coastal Plain and 69 in 2 tests in the Piedmont. Its 6 year average 1944-49 in the Mountains is bushels per acre. Medium maturity. Prices: 8 lb. bag $ post- paid. Not prepaid, 8 lbs. $; 14 lbs. (peck) $; 28 lbs. (V2 bu.) $; 56 lbs. (1 bu.) $ Chemical Weed Control Planters of large corn acreages should contact us for information on Chemical weed control. No obligation. A large Eastern grower wrote us May 26, 1949, "I treated around 80 acres of corn with the best results. Not hardly a weed left and did not hurt any corn in any ; N. C. Agricultural Extension Service Recommendations for Increasing Corn Yields 1. Have the soil tested and apply lime as recommended. 2. Prepare a good seedbed and plant level with the ground except where drainage is poor. 3. Use 300-500 lbs. of 6-8-6 or 4-8-8 at planting. Use the higher rates following crops receiving low amount of fertilizer and the 4-8-8 on potash deficient soils or following legumes for hay. 4. Avoid late, deep cultivation but control weeds early. Use a weeder where available until corn is six inches high. Cultivate shallow until the corn is 2Y2 feet high, and then stop cultivation. Do not use turning plow or bull tongue. Do not injure corn roots. 5. Place rows about 3J2 feet apart. 6. Space plants about 16-20 inches apart within the row, using wider spacing for less fertile soils. 7. Sidedress with adequa
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