. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds. Nursery stock Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. '5. CORN==Roasting=Ear Varieties. Sweet or sugar corns are so far superior in flavor and tenderness that it is surprising that any one should be satisfied with field corns for the table. On the market sugar corns always command better prices than field sorts, and as more ears are produced to a stalk it is far more profitable. Those who have never grown sweet corns should by all means give
. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds. Nursery stock Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. '5. CORN==Roasting=Ear Varieties. Sweet or sugar corns are so far superior in flavor and tenderness that it is surprising that any one should be satisfied with field corns for the table. On the market sugar corns always command better prices than field sorts, and as more ears are produced to a stalk it is far more profitable. Those who have never grown sweet corns should by all means give them a trial, and we be- lieve they will never be without them. Culture.—Plant the early corns in wcil-nianured ground last of March or early in April. SuRar corn should not be planted until the ground gets warm. Cultivate deeply and often, and (.MiiiiniiL- planting at intervals of about two weeks for a succession of roasting-ears. The early \ ;n it licsof sugar corn can be planted during ]u\y for late I'oasting-ears. One quart wiiri)lant live hundred hills, and from six to eight quarts one acre. Adrf 15 cents per quart, 10 cents per pint, to your order if to be sent by mail. The following four varieties are not sugar corns, but are valuable on ac- count of their earliness : Extra Early Adams. The earliest white corn in cultivation; makes a small ear and stalk, and can be planted close together. Pkt. 5c.; pt. loc; qt. 15c.; 4 qts. 40c.; peck, 75c.; bushel, ; on ears, per doz., 30c.; per too, $ Early Adams, or Burlington. Similar to the Extra Early Adams, but a little later, and makes larger ears. It is earlier and hardier than any of the sugar corns, and as it makes a small stalk, can be planted very close. Pkt. 5c.; pt. loc; qt. 15c.; 4 qts. Early Northern White Field Corn. 40c.; peck, 75c.; bushel, $; on ears, per doz., 30c.; per 100, f Early Northern White Field. This new white corn makes a most desirable green corn for second early planting, to come in
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