Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 24 THJ ^^KTADRgR--PHIIADEbPHlA--PA-^^^ RftlABLE VEGETABLE 'SEEDS CORN, Sweet or Sugar. Welsehkorn, Ger. Mais, Fr. Maiz, Sp. 1 qt. will plant 200 hills; 8 to 10 qts. to aii acre, in hills. CULTURE.âSeed of the sweet varieties is liable to rot if planted in wet or cold ground. Vet 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
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 24 THJ ^^KTADRgR--PHIIADEbPHlA--PA-^^^ RftlABLE VEGETABLE 'SEEDS CORN, Sweet or Sugar. Welsehkorn, Ger. Mais, Fr. Maiz, Sp. 1 qt. will plant 200 hills; 8 to 10 qts. to aii acre, in hills. CULTURE.âSeed of the sweet varieties is liable to rot if planted in wet or cold ground. Vet 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. Packet of any variety of Sweet Corn, 10 cts., postpaid. EARLY VARIETIES. Golden Dawn. (See page 6.) Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 2-5 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (post- paid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., ; peck, § Dreer'S Aristocrat. This delicious Sweet Com was first introduced by us in 1903, previous to which it was controlled by a prominent gardener who supplies truck to the aristocrats at Newport, R. I. It is an extra early variety, ripening with the Cory; stalks grow 4 to 6 feet high, and ears are of large size, meas- uring 8 to 10 inches in length. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt, 35 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Peep o' Day. Originating in the far North, this variety is therefore extremely early in maturing. Besides this very important feature, it is a ' Street Corn ' in the true sense of the word, being remarkably sweet and tender. The stalks grow about three and one-half feet high, and are usually very prolific, producing from two to five ears each, which measure about five inches in length and are well filled. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 25 cts.); qt., 30 cts (postpaid, 40 cts.); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Golden Bantam. The fact that the grains of this variety are yellow
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