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Title: Landreth seeds Philadelphia : American grown seeds
Identifier: CAT31284688 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: David Landreth & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : D. Landreth & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CORNâContinued. MAMMOTH WHITE COREY, 70 DAYS.-A large development of the White Corey type. Very early for its size. An acquisition. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; ixjr qt. 20c. EARLY SORTS. EARLY CONCORD SUGAR.-An excellent early variety. succeed- ing the Crosby. Height of stalk about live feet. Pkts. oc. and lOc; per qt. 15c. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, 70 DAYS.-A short-stalked, pro- ductive sort, frequently producing tliree ears to tlie plaut. Ears large for so small a stalk ; grain narrow and very INTERMEDIATE SORTS. I L.ANDRETH SUGAR.âEdible 75 days from germination. A remarkably satisfactory and productive variety, two ears on every stalk, often tlirec, sometimes four. Stalk two feet shorter than the Evergreen and very close Jointed. The ears set low, large and well filled. The grain is nar- row and very long or deep, somewhat similar In shape to Evergreen, but smaller. The ear remains long in milky condition for the table, tlie edible grain being pure white and exceedingly sugary. The Liandreth Sugar Corn Is a very showy variety, both In stalk and ear, and will mature for marketiitg eight days earlier tlian the Kvergreen. The I.iandreths' Sugar Corn will afford market gardeners more
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baskets of marketable ears to the acre than any other variety of Sugar Corn in cultiva- tion, and is valuable to the canner as having almost as long a grain and ripening earlier than the Evergreen, while possessing all the merits of the Evergreen under processing. AVe recommeitd it without qualification, as being undoubtedly the best Sugar Corn in existence. That is high praise. Plant 4:)4 x 3 feet. Pkts. 5c. and lOc; per qt. 15c. SQUANTUM SUGAR, OR EXCELSIOR.-A variety of celebrity in the New York markets. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per qt. 15c. PERRY'S HYBRID, 75 DAYS.âAn early va- riety and productive, producing a large ear set with large grains. Pkts. 5c. and lOc; per qt. 15c. ZIGZAG EVERGREEN, 78 DAYS.âAn early variety bearing exceedingly long ears. Stalk short and slender. Early in maturity for so large an car, showy and highly recommended. TRY IT. Pkts. 5c. aiid lOc.; per qt. 15c. BLACK MEXICAN SUGAR.âRich in saccharine or sugary qualities. The grain, though black when dry. is simply of a smoky hue when in edible condi- tion. Pkts. he. and 10c.;" per qt. 15c. EVERGREEN SUGAR (Stoweli.'s).âA favorite variety among the late Sugar Corns. Matures for table "about eighty days from germination. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per qt". 15c. LATE SORTS. 1 Extra, Early Beverly 5. Hickox Sugar. 9. Evergreen Sugar. 2. Extra Early .Adams. 6. Early Mammoth Sugar. 10. Late" Mammoth Sugar. :>. ('rosby Sugar. 7. Triumpii Sugar. â 1 .\.syluiu .Sugar. 8. Lalidreth Sugar. LATE MAMMOTH SUGAR.âThe strongest grow- ing of all Sugar Corns. It rc<iuires alxjut eighty- five days to reacli maturity for table. The ears are very large and showy. Pkts. 5c. and 10c : per qt. 15c." deep, after form of shoe-peg. Highly recommended as one of the very best. Pkts. 5c. and lOc; per qt. 15c. HICKOX SUGAR.âAn excellent sort succeeding the Concord. Pkts. 5c. and 10c.; per qt. 15c. ASYLUM SUGAR.âStalk 6 feet, ears long. 10c.: per qt. 15c. Desirable. Pkts. be. and EGYPTIAN SUGAR, 90 DAYS.âSweet and large in ear, vigorours in stalk, habit late. PKts. be. and 10c.; iier qt. 1.5c. ENSILAGE SUGAR CORN.-By broadcast sowing, or drilling in close rows, a luxuriant growth of sugary forage may be obtained from this Com. Cut when just showing the flower spike, as in that condition it is most nutritious. Per qt. 15c. (15)

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