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Title: 1893 Maule's seed catalogue
Identifier: 1893maulesseedca1893wmhe (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wm. Henry Maule (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Maule
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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EVERBEARING SWEET CORN.—In 1888 I first called the attention of my customers to this magnificent variety: but my supply was so very limited I could only furni it in the smallest quantities. All planting it, however, found it a most profitable investment, so much so, that I certainly expect a very large demand indeed for it this season. The ears are ot good size, and are covered with kernels clear to the end of the cob. In growth and appear- ance it is very distinct, the husk and stalks being of a red color, and in this respect it is differ- ent from every other variety. But we now come to a most astonishing quality, which has given thi9 variety its name. Ripening a few days after the Stabler's Early, each stalk will produce one to two well-developed ears ; now if these are picked when mature, one to two and even four more ears will set and develop on the same stalks during the next two to four weeks; single stalks producing during the season frequently as many as six large, well-developed ears. That this is a most remarkable and desirable qualification all will admit, and Everbearing may at once be classed as the greatest addition in years to our list of Sweet Corns, except, possibly, Maule's xy mentioned below. 3 or 4 dozen hills from one planting will supply a good-sized family with a succession of the most delicious Sweet Corn for weeks. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts. MAULE'S XX SUGAR.—I took pleasure in offering my customers in 1888, for the first time, a most excellent and desirable variety of Sugar Corn, which well deserves the title XX. This corn comes from one of the most successful market-gardeners in the United States, who has grown this variety* to the exclusion of all other sorts for the last 20 years; although he has tried every other known variety he has never succeeded in securing anything that would begin to come up to this sweet corn, either in productiveness, quality, or above all in quick market sales. It is fit for the table in 9 to 10 weeks from planting, and is of the most delicious, sweet and sugary flavor, while I venture to say that it remains longer in an edible condition than any other variety, not excepting any. It is of comparatively dwarf habit, stalks seldom growing more than 4 to 5 feet high. While it matures in a comparatively short period of time for such a large-eared variety, it produces 12 to 16-rowed ears as large as Stowell's Evergreen, which are set Tow on the stalks. Three well- developed ears are often matured on a single stalk. Planted as late as the middle of July it has frequently matured a most excellent paying market crop. To sum up, Maule's XX Sugar, while a medium early variety, produces ears as large as any other, ex- cepting Maule's Mammoth. In flavor it has no equal, if, indeed, it does not surpass every other variety. Its productiveness is simply remarkable. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts. NEW CORY SWEET CORN.—There is no question but that the Cory is the earliest of all Sweet Corns, excepting First of All. Originated by Mr. Cory, of Rhode Island, he has been able to supply for many years the first sweet corn to Providence, Newport and Fall River markets. It is not only much earlier than the Marblehead, but produces much finer, larger and sweeter ears than this well-known extra early. It is very dwarf in growth, pro- ducing almost invariably two ears to the stalk. Ears have been fit for boiling 52 days from planting. Two crops can readily be grown on the same ground in a single season. A large grower of vegetables near Newport, R. I., from about six acres, marketed July Tth, 7,000 dozen ears, at 35 cents, and by July 16th 15,000 ears at 30 cents, while Marblehead, not readv until 7 or 8 days later, brought only 20 cents per dozen. Demand has been so great the last five seasons as to soon exhaust my supply, and all pronounced their Cory Corn purchase one of the most profitable they ever made. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.

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