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Title: Descriptive catalog of vegetables
Identifier: descriptivecatal1947asso (find matches)
Year: 1947 (1940s)
Authors: Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Golden Hybrid No. 2439: Vigorous plants and attractive ears Height Length of stalk of ear feet inches Days GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM (Golden Cross) (y) 6 8 85 Developed by Glenn M. Smith and introduced jointly by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Purdue University in 1933. Extremely uniform in plant and ear characteristics and in maturity. Highly resistant to bacterial wilt. Widely adapted. Stalk sturdy and upright. Ears 10-14 rowed, kernels rich yel- low in color, medium in width and depth. GOLDEN HYBRID No. 2439 (y) 7 7% 87 An exclusive Asgrow development. Valuable to truckers and canners in the East or in irrigated sections. Plant vigorous, uniform, comparatively free from suckers; leaves wide, dark green and numerous. Highly resistant to bacterial wilt. Ears cylindrical, 12-16 rowed, with long husks affording considerable resistance to ear worm. Kernels medium-narrow and deep. IOANA (y) 6Y2 8 87 Originated by Iowa State College, commercially developed and entered by us in the All-America Trials for 1939, when it was awarded a Bronze Medal. An attractive hybrid, highly resistant to wilt. Plants tall and sturdy. Ears 7^"-8" long, 12-14 rowed, cylindrical; well filled with medium-narrow, light yellow kernels. KENNEBEC (y) 6 7*4 82 Developed at our Eastern breeding station to meet the need for a hybrid of Golden Cross Bantam type but several days earlier. Ears a little shorter than Golden Cross Bantam but otherwise very similar, including kernel type and husk cover- age; 12-14 rowed, cylindrical. A very promising hybrid for its intended purpose. Lincoln (y) 6 7*4 83 Developed by Dr. W. Ralph Singleton, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and awarded the All-America Bronze Medal for 1942. Vigorous, well-foliaged plants; tapering ears well filled to the tips with 12-16 rows of bright yellow kernels.

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