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Title: Descriptive annual catalogue of Jos. F. Dickmann Seed Co.'s high-class garden, field and lfower seeds : grain, implements, and fertilizers and poultry supplies of all kinds
Identifier: CAT31282507 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Jos. F. Dickmann (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: (St. Louis) : Jos. F. Dickmann
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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JOS. F. DICK M ANN SEED CO. SUGAR CORN. German, Welchkorti. French, Mais. Spanish, Mate. All varieties of Sweet or Sugar Corn may be either sown in rows four and one-half feet apart, and the seeds placed about eight inches apart in the rows, or planted in hills at distances of three or four feet each way, according to the varietv grown or the richness of the soil in which it is planted. The taller the variety, or the richer the soil, the greater should be the distance apart. We make our first plantings in this vicinity about April, and continue successive plantings every two or three weeks until the last week in July. In more southerly latitudes planting is begun a month earlier and con- tinued a month later.
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THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. The Country Gentleman is the finest of all Sweet Corns, re- taining its delicate tenderness and flavor even when a little old. While the ears are much smaller and less showy than the coarser varie- ties, for private family use, where quality is the first consideration, it has no equal, for it is the finest Sweet Corn for private use. The ears, of good size, are produced in great abundance; stalks frequently bear four, while the average is three ears to a stalk. The cob is very small, giving great depth to the kernels, which are of pearly whiteness, lint the great merit of the Country Gentleman Corn is its delicious qual- ity; it is, without doubt, the sweetest and most tender of all Sweet Corn, and at the same time with ears of good size. EARLY CORY. One of the earliest Sweet Corns. Ears about six inches long, generally two or three ears to the stalk ; first ears are fit for use in about forty-four days after planting; owimr to its earliness, one of"the best for market. CROSBY'S EXTRA EARLY. An early market variety; very productive, ears rather short and rich sugary flavor. EARLY MINNESOTA. Very early and desira- ble alike in the market or family garden. Height not over four and one-half feet; ears of fair size and good quality. LATE MAMMOTH. One of the best late varie- ties; ears enormously large, twelve to sixteen rowed, verv tender and sweet; cob white, large and well filled. PERRY'S HYBRID SWEET CORN. A very fine early variety, fully as early as the Min- nesota, and ears much larger, each containing twelve to fourteen rows of kernels, well filled to the ends. The grains are very large and pure white, but the cob is red. The ears are about the same length as Crosby's, but larger around, and are ready to market fully a week earlier. The stalks grow live and one-half feet high, and the ears (two to a stalk) are set about two feet from the ground. SHOE PEG. A new and entirely distinct variety. It has the deepest grain and smallest cob of any Sweet Corn known. It is said to be of such ex- ceedingly sweet and juicy flavor as to sell, where it is known, at double the prices of other varieties. It was introduced last season, and from reliable sources we learn that it possesses exceptional merit. EGYPTIAN. Kars of large size; the flavor pecul- iarly rich and sweet. It is grown in large quantities for both canning and for selling in the green state. Like all other large varieties, it matures late. You don't "TRY OUR SEEDS;" we try them before you tfet them.

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