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| Keywords: Garden and farm seeds (16185046188).jpg v\ miE <br> A CURRIE CO fi <br> FARM SEEDSl <br> CORN <br> Wisconsin No 8 Early Yellow Dent Originally secured by the <br> Wisconsin Experiment Station from Minnesota where it is <br> known as Minnesota No 13 It is especially valuable for its <br> earliness and can be depended to ripen anywhere in Wiscon- <br> sin The stalks are fairly large with a good supply of leaves <br> The ears average 7 to 8 inches long and are well filled with <br> fair-sized yellow kernels Shelled per quart 20c; peck 1 00; <br> bushel 3 00 On the ear peck 1 25; bushel 3 50 <br> Golden Glow Wisconsin No 12 Matures a little later than Wis- <br> consin No S The ears are larger than that variety and are <br> closely filled with deep golden dent corn The stalks are fairly <br> large and well furnished with leaves Shelled per quart 20c; <br> peck 1 00; bushel 3 00 On the ear peck 1 25; bushel 3 50 <br> Earliest of All A small exceedingly early variety maturing in 60 <br> days small ears that are well filled with white kernels When <br> planted at the same time as other sorts it is ready for use in <br> July The stalks grow to an average height of 6 feet and are <br> well supplied with leaves It is especially valuable coming in <br> at a time when fodder is scarce during the dry summer <br> months Shelled per quart 20c by mail 35c per quart ; peck <br> 1 00; bushel 3 00 <br> King of the Earlies Dent Although somewhat neglected lately <br> in the effort to popularize other varieties in Wisconsin this <br> old favorite still holds its own In a season that is at all <br> favorable it never fails to mature a heavy crop of first-class <br> corn in the northern part of Wisconsin The stalks grow to <br> an average height of 8 feet and they are well covered with <br> leaves close to the ground and bearing ears of medium length <br> profusely with a very small cob closely set with long deep <br> golden yellow kernels Shelled per quart 15c by mail 30c <br> per quart ; peck 50c; bushel 1 50; 2V 2 bushels 3 50 <br> Pride of the North An old favorite yellow dent variety maturing <br> a crop of excellent corn in about ninety days The ears are <br> medium long cob small with deep kernels set closely together <br> Shelled per quart 15c by mail 30c per quart ; peck 50c; <br> bushel 1 50; 2 bushels 3 50 <br> Minnesota King- Half dent A valuable variety for northern lati- <br> tudes where the dent sorts cannot be depended upon to mature <br> a crop The ears are a good size with a small cob and eight <br> rows of large very broad golden-yellow kernels between a <br> dent and a flint Shelled per quart 15c by mail 30c per <br> quart ; peck 50c; bushel 1 50; 2 bushels 3 50 <br> White Cap Yellow Dent The earliest of the large dent sorts ma- <br> turing in about ninety days It is a favorite silage variety on <br> account of the heavy yield of fodder The stalks are medium <br> long strong and stocky with an abundance of leaves The <br> ears are large and closely set with deep flat yellow kernels <br> white at the tip It is especially suitable for poor thin soil <br> Shelled per quart 15c by mail 30c per quart ; peck 50c; <br> bushel 1 50; 2 bushels 3 50 <br> King of the Earlies <br> If Corn is wanted in new Seamless Rags add 241c for each <br> bag' required <br> 31 42156483 132761 65916 Page 31 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42156483 1912 10 5962/bhl title 65916 A Currie Company ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection Biodiversity Heritage Library Garden and farm seeds spring 1912 Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Nurseries Horticulture Plants Ornamental Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42156483 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42156483 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants nurseries horticulture plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-26 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16185046188 2015-08-25 06 54 46 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Garden and farm seeds 1912 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script | ||||
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