. A few choice seeds and plants worthy of general culture. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Zanesville. 24 CATALOGUE OF SEEDS AND PLANTS. FIELD CORN. Champion Yellow Dent. A grand new thoroughbred corn. We now first introduce this superior early dent corn. (The illustra- tion herewith, exactly representing part of an ear, husked September 20,1894.) It was originated by an expert seed grower, in the famous corn region of Illinois. The origin- ator says: "Much encouraged by the success of the famous Champion White
. A few choice seeds and plants worthy of general culture. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Zanesville. 24 CATALOGUE OF SEEDS AND PLANTS. FIELD CORN. Champion Yellow Dent. A grand new thoroughbred corn. We now first introduce this superior early dent corn. (The illustra- tion herewith, exactly representing part of an ear, husked September 20,1894.) It was originated by an expert seed grower, in the famous corn region of Illinois. The origin- ator says: "Much encouraged by the success of the famous Champion White Pearl corn (of which I am the originator) has achieved throughoutthe land, I have, during the past ten years, been breeding up towards a high ideal, a main crop superior yellow dent corn, suitable for general and extensive culture. First by a combination of crosses of several leading standard sorts. Subsequently by continuous and systematic selection, grasp- ing and perpetuating the superior merits of its parents, and permanently fixing its type and characteristics. I have never seen a variety that combines so many desirable qualities. In fact, it is what they call an "all rounder"—good in every point. It stands alone, in my estimation, as the best general crop yellow dent corn for all locali- ties south of the latitude of the northern boundary of Illinois. It is not a wonderful magic yielder, but a uniformly large yielder, 80 to 100 bushels per acre over large fields being common occurrences. It can be de- pended upon, when planted by June 15, to make a good corn crop by September 15. When planted early it matures in 100 days. The grain, owing to an unusually large and solid oily germ, has peculiarly high germin- ating powers, seldom germinating less than 100 per cent.—truly a most valuable fea- ; It makes a rapid, strong, healthy spring growth: a short, thick, strong jointed stalk, with a profuse growth of air roots which hold it firm against storms. I
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