. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. AN EAR OF PRIMITIVE CORN. PRIDE OF THE NORTH.—(See cut No. 1.) This variety has been grown and improved in the extreme northern part of Iowa. The ears are 8 to 10 inches long with small cob and kernel; seventy pounds of ears will make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange, and very uniform. Will ripen in ninety days and matures in this latitude when planted in June. Per pk. 50c, bu. $, 2 bu. or more
. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. AN EAR OF PRIMITIVE CORN. PRIDE OF THE NORTH.—(See cut No. 1.) This variety has been grown and improved in the extreme northern part of Iowa. The ears are 8 to 10 inches long with small cob and kernel; seventy pounds of ears will make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange, and very uniform. Will ripen in ninety days and matures in this latitude when planted in June. Per pk. 50c, bu. $, 2 bu. or more @ $ LONGFELLOW FLINT.—(See cut No. 2.) An eight-rowed yellow flint variety with ears from 10 to 15 inches long, 1V2 to 2y2 inches in di- ameter, and are well filled out to extreme end of cob. The cob is small and the kernel large and broad, ripens in 85 to 90 days. This corn is well adapted to the northwest, and is said to produce 200 bushels of ear3 to the acre in Massachusetts. In ordering, be sure and put in the I word flint, to distinguish from our Longfellow Dent. Per pk. 75c, bu. $, 2 bu. or more @ $ CLARK'S EARLY MAST0D0N--(See cut No. 3.) Very popular in some sections of the country owing to its large size and record of ! enormous yields. In the celebrated American Agriculturist's corn con- test in 188?, the Early Mastodon outyielded every other yellow corn! in America, Mr. Alfred Rose, of New York state, raising 213 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. It is hardy, of strong, rank growth, ears of good size. Matures in 120 days. Pk 50c, bu. $, 2 bu. or more @ $ LENOCHER'S HOMESTEAD.—(See cut No. 4.) Well known in Iowa from its having won ihe Iowa Homestead prize of $ as the largest producer in the state. In 1891 this variety yielded 345 bushels on three acres with ordinary culture. It was also awarded a diploma at the World's Fair. This variety originated with Mr. G. F. Lenocher, one of the most practical farmers and corn growers in t
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