. The Samuel Wilson Co.'s seed catalogue : plant, tree and live stock annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. 7 PREHISTORIC CORN.—The Greatest Novelty of the Age. So-called because it is claimed that the seed was found in sealed earthen ves- sels at Marked Tree, Ark., "placed there at least three thousand years ago, fif- teen feet under ground.'' However this may be, it is certainly a distinct and novel variety. The introducer says: " Search could be made over our wh
. The Samuel Wilson Co.'s seed catalogue : plant, tree and live stock annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. 7 PREHISTORIC CORN.—The Greatest Novelty of the Age. So-called because it is claimed that the seed was found in sealed earthen ves- sels at Marked Tree, Ark., "placed there at least three thousand years ago, fif- teen feet under ground.'' However this may be, it is certainly a distinct and novel variety. The introducer says: " Search could be made over our whole country, and no Corn similar to it in stalk, blade, ear, or style of growth would be found. While growing, the stalks ai d blades have a peculiar bluish color, and on the young ears the grains are green instead of white. . This corn is truer to type tlian nine-tenths of the thoroughbred Corn of the present day. The prevailing color is bronze, varying from dark to light, and the ears have a beautiful silken appearance or finish. . Grown in Northern Illinois, it matured long be- fore frost, and was hard and dry enough to crib September 1st. . Asa table Corn it is as sweet as Sugar Corn, while its color, green, gives it a distinct value as a great ; Rev. Mr. Curry says: " I planted this corn on my farm in Missouri and have been raising it for several years. The prevailing color is a beautiful light bronze. I have stalks fifteen feet high ; the blades are seven inches broad and ten feet from, tip to tip on opposite sides of the stalks, with eleven ears on one ; Mr. J. H. Beagley, Sibley, 111., the well-known corn specialist and editor of Com and Hog Journal, says: " I have had the Pre-Historic Corn fully tested in various parts of the country and find Dr. Curry's statement fully verified. It ripens early ; in Northern Missouri e irs were grown weighing over a pound, and very often seven to eleven on one stalk. Much more has been written and p
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