. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 24 CORN, Sweet or Sugar Welschkorn, Ger. Mais, Fr. Maiz, Sp. i qt. will plant 200 hills; 8 to 10 qts. to an acre, in hills. HI «*<^ /*%»-. r~ ^^jF*****.^. CULTURE.—Seed of the Sweet varieties is liable to rot if planted in wet or cold ground. Yet if we have an early warm spell in spring, it may pay us to take some risks. Often the plants, when once up, will escape injury by a belated light frost. Plant in warm
. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 24 CORN, Sweet or Sugar Welschkorn, Ger. Mais, Fr. Maiz, Sp. i qt. will plant 200 hills; 8 to 10 qts. to an acre, in hills. HI «*<^ /*%»-. r~ ^^jF*****.^. CULTURE.—Seed of the Sweet varieties is liable to rot if planted in wet or cold ground. Yet if we have an early warm spell in spring, it may pay us to take some risks. Often the plants, when once up, will escape injury by a belated light frost. Plant in warm soil, making the rows 3 feet apart for the dwarfer early sorts, and 4 feet apart for the taller late sorts. Hills to be 2 to 3 feet apart in the rows. For succession plant every two weeks up to July loth. SWEET CORN BY PARCEL POST. The prices given in this Catalogue for Sweet Corn of all kinds are for same to be sent by express or freight, at purchaser's expense. If pints or quarts are wanted sent by Parcel Post remit extra as follows: To points East of the Mississippi River, 6 cts. pt.; 8 cts. qt. To points West of the Mississippi River, 10 cts. pt.; 18,cts. qt. Packets of all varieties of Sweet Corn, 10 cts. each postpaid. Dreer's Aristocrat. (See Specialties, page 9.) Golden Cream. (See Specialties, page 7.) Golden Bantam. (See cut.) Produces ears measuring about 5 inches, but the smallness of the ears is fully made up by the deliciously sweet flavor and tender quality of the Corn when cooked. It is a fine variety for the home garden. By express or freight, at pur- chaser's expense, pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Golden Dawn. This is an extra early yellow-grained variety, but when one gets the sweet, delicious taste, the color of grain is forgotten. Stalks about 5 feet high and bear 2 and 3 ears, free from smut and filled out to the extreme tip. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 2
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