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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds &c.
Identifier: CAT31282554 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Joseph Breck & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Joseph Breck & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 29 CORN. —Sweet. German, Mais. —French, Mais. — Spanish, Matz. A rich, warm soil is best, especially for the earlier varieties, which ordinarily should not be planted before the middle of May. Successive plantings may be made until July. Plant in hills three or four feet apart each way, according to the height of the variety. One quart will -plant about 200 kills. Selected Ears, Five Cents each, except as noted. Pki CROSBY, Josiah Crosby's strain . EARLY MAINE, earliest white-cob variety in cultivation „ EARLY CORY, earliest of all the red- cob varieties ...... EARLY MARBLEHEAD, a variety similar to Cory ..... EARLY MINNESOTA, dwarf habit . FIRST CROP SUGAR, an extra early eight-rowed variety of good quality . BRECKS PREMIER, large, medium early, unequalled in quality MOORE'S CONCORD, ears large and weli filled, early, and unsurpassed Tor richness BLACK MEXICAN, said to be the sweetest corn in cultivation . POTTER'S EXCELSIOR, perhaps the best and sweetest main-crop variety . NE PLUS ULTRA, medium-sized ears, very long kernels . .... EGYPTIAN, a very large late variety, exceedinglv sweet and superior . MAMMOTH SUGAR, a late variety, produces ears larger than any other . STOWELL'S EVERGREEN, the standard late variety .... COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, a large and later Ne Plus Ultra CORN. —Field. varieties for field culture. Special Offer No. 3 only applies to Field and Foddet Cor 71 s. ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT, the earliest and best yellow flint variety LONGFELLOW, eight-rowed yellow flint, long ears with small cob EARLY YELLOW CANADA, well- known early, eight-rowed flint variety, EARLY SANFORD, a white flint vanetv, equally valuable for ensilage or grinding . . LEAMING a yellow dent variety, very valuable for ensilage .... GOLDEN BEAUTY, a tall-growing leaf'v dent variety, suitable for ensilage, PRIDE OF THE" NORTH. This vari- ety can be successfully grown farther north than any other dent corn. Grown for ensilage or fodder .... BRECKS BOSTON MARKET. This variety is now so well known that it is scarcely necessary for us to say that it is especially adapted for the purpose of ensilaging- Pkt. .10 Qt. Pk. .25 $1.25 •25 1-25 . 10 •25 1.25 . 10 . 10 •25 .20 1.25 1.00 .10 •25 1-25 .10 •25 1-25 IO .20 1.00 .10 •25 1.25 .10 •25 1.25 . 10 •25 1.25 .10 •25' 1-25 .10 •25 1.25 .10 •25 1.00 .10 •25 1.25 Qt. Pk. Bu. .20 •75 $2.50 •15 .60 2.00 •15 .60 2.00 •15 .60 2.00 •15 .60 2.00 •15 .60 2.00 •15 .60 2.00
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More than a dozen different agricultural experiment stations in the States have indorsed it, as have also thousands of successful farmers, P. & W. PERFECT MAMMOTH ENSILAGE, a well-known ensilage variety BLUNT S PROLIFIC, an early eight-rowed heavy dent variety . RED COB ENSILAGE, an excellent fodder and ensilage sort WHITE SOUTHERN, an immense cropper, valuable for ensilage and fodder . EVERGREEN SWEET FODDER. For cutting green and feeding to stock this variety excels all others in tenderness, sweetness, and nutriment. Also popular as a silo variety WHITE RICE, selected ears for seed purposes, 3 cts. per ear. WHITE PEARL, selected ears for seed purposes, 3 cts. per ear. I EIGHT-ROWED WHITE, selected ears for seed purposes, 3 cts. per ear. I TATTOOED YANKEE POP-CORN, per pkt., 5 cts. Special Offer No. j only applies to both Ensilage and Pop Corn. See Special Offers on third page of cover. Pk. Bu. .60 $2.00 SO 50 •50 '•75 i-75 15c 1.25 POP-CORN 15 .75 2.25

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