Archive image from page 28 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM 88 days A hybrid cross developed by Purdue Experiment Station from two inbred strains of Bantam. Normally, it matures from 8 to 10 days later than Golden Bantam. Ears about 8 inches long, 12 to 14 rowed. Stalks 63 to 7 feet high, sturdy, and productive. Better adapted for growing under more varied conditions and less susceptible to Stewart's Disease than other varieties in its class. Golden Early Market 76 days. Valuable first early
Archive image from page 28 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM 88 days A hybrid cross developed by Purdue Experiment Station from two inbred strains of Bantam. Normally, it matures from 8 to 10 days later than Golden Bantam. Ears about 8 inches long, 12 to 14 rowed. Stalks 63 to 7 feet high, sturdy, and productive. Better adapted for growing under more varied conditions and less susceptible to Stewart's Disease than other varieties in its class. Golden Early Market 76 days. Valuable first early yellow variety, producing large at- tractive ears with 12 to 14 rows of moderately broad kernels of good depth. Stalks sturdy 4 to 4> feet tall with abundant medium dark green foliage. A profitable early home garden and market sort. Golden Sunshine 80 days. Comparatively new early sweet corn of merit for the home and market garden. Plants 53—6 feet tall. Ears commonly 6H—732 inches long and 10—12 rowed; of good quaUty. Howling Mob 85-88 days. Vigorous, heavily productive sort particularly valu- able for market gardeners and truckers. Plants 43—5 feet tall. Ears 7—73 inches long, 12 rowed. Kernels milky white and of good sweet flavor. Oregon Evergreen 100 days. Later than Alameda Sweet and often used for succession planting. An important variety on the Pacific Coast, particularly in Southern California. Long, 12 to 14 rowed ears with rather shallow, well wrinkled white kernels. Husk very long and firm, protecting the ear to some extent from the corn ear worm and allowing long distance shipping. Height about seven feet. 'lArStowell's Evergreen 105 days. Standard late variety very valuable for canning and much grown for market. Plants 7—7J ft. tall. Ears 8 in. long; 23—23 in. thick; 14—20 rowed. Kernels very deep, white, sweet and tender and remain in table condition a long time. WHIPPLE'S EARLY YELLOW 85 days. An excellent early yellow corn of good size and fi
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