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Title: 1896 catalogue
Identifier: CAT31282480 (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Sunset Seed and Plant Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock California Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Nursery stock; Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables; Grasses; Flowers
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Sunset Seed and Plant Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Corn Mais. Welshkorn. Mdiz. fi^'Our Seed Corn is all eastern grown and will be found of the highest grade of quality and ger- minating power. One pound will plant one hundred hills; eight pounds will plant one acre. Plant in hills three feet apart each way, covering about half an inch, and thin out to three plants to a hill. Field varieties should be planted four feet apart each way; hoe and cultivate frequently. If ordered by mail add 8 cents per pound for postage. Sweet or Sugar Corn Adam's Extra Early. The hardiest and earliest variety for table use; it can be planted Lb. 100 Lbs. earlier than any other, but is not a Sweet Corn; white, indented grains and short ear . jo 10 $9 oo Black Hexican. Sweet and desirable for family use; when dry the kernels are black, but the corn, when in condition for the table, cooks remarkably white and is not excelled in tenderness by any other sort 10 7 00 Early Crosby. One of the best early sorts; of dwarf habit, good-sized ears 10 7 00 Early Minnesota. Small ears of excellent quality; very productive 10 7 00 Extra Early Cory. Very early; good-sized ears, large kernels 10 7 00 Hickox Improved. From one to two weeks earlier than Evergreen; has a large, attract- ive ear with white cob and grain, and remains in condition for use a long time .... 10 7 00 Late Mammoth. The largest variety grown; excellent for market 10 7 00 Perry's Hybrid. Very early; large size; succulent and tender 10 7 00 Squantum. Of larger size than usual for the early kinds. It is remarkable for fine flavor, sweetness, and earliness, and is desirable for canning 10 S 00 StowelPs Evergreen. The best and one of the sweetest; ears large, remaining green longer than any other variety • 10 7 00 Field Corn Dakota Dent. The earliest variety grown; a superior selection .08 6 00 Early Canada. The earliest yellow'flint corn; eight-rowed and small cob; produces two or more ears to the stalk 07 6 00 Hickory King. Extremely large grain and small cob; white dent 08 6 00 Kansas King. A new variety of medium high and very strong stalks, generally bearing two ears to the stalk; the grains are white and very large, while the cob is small like Hickory King; the ears weigh heavy, averaging nearly one pound each, and have ten to fourteen rows 09 7 50 Improved Learning. ( Yellow Dent) Ears of good size, cob red and small, with a deep, large grain of bright yellow; very earlv and does well where other varieties of dent fail, 08 6 00 Pride of the North." A very early golden dent variety; short, well-filled ears, twelve to sixteen rowed *. • . . 08 700 Yellow Flint. Produces large, handsome ears; very prolific oS 5 50 Pop Corn, Rice. Well-known variety; used for parching 07 6 00 Pop Corn, White Pearl. An improvement on the old white 06 5 00 All seeds can be had in 5-cent packets except where noted.

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