Title: Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm & garden
Identifier: CAT31284998 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: T. W. Wood & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Richmond, Va. : T. W. Wood & 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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Geneeal List of Choice Vegetable Seeds. 17 CORN==Table and Sugar Varieties. For descriptions and information about Field Corns, see Field Seed pages. Sweet or sugar corns are so far superior in flavor and tenderness that it is surprising that any one should be satisfied with field corns for the table. Culture.—Plant the early coru6 in well-manured ground last of March or early in April. Su<?ar corn should not be planted until the ground gets warm. Cultivate deeply and often, and continue planting at intervals of about two weeks for a succession of roasting ears. The early varieties of sugar corn can be planted during July for late roasting-ears. One quart will plant two hundred hills, and from six to eight quarts one acre. Add 15 cents per quart, 10 cents per pint, if to be sent by mail. The first five varieties are not sugar corns, but valuable on account of their earliiiess: Truckers' Favorite. This splendid new corn gave the most unbounded satisfaction to our trucker and market- gardener customers the past season. It makes a large and better shaped ear than Early Adams, and is very nearly as quick in maturity. It is particularly at- tractive in appearance, and makes one of the best sellers of any roasting-ear corn grown. For fuller information of this variety, see page 5. Pkt. 10c.; qt. 25c.; peck, 90c.; bushel, $3.00; doz. ears, 30c. Extra Early Adams. The earliest white corn in cultiva- tion; makes a small ear and stalk, and can be planted close together. Pkt. 5c.; pt. 10c.; qt. 15c.; peck, 75c.; bushel, $2.50; doz. ears, 25c. Early Adams, or Burlington. Similar to the Extra Early Adams, but a little later, and makes larger ears. It is earlier and hardier than any of the sugar corns, and as it makes a small stalk, can be planted very close. Pkt. 5c; pt. 10c; qt. 15c.; peck, 70c; bushel, $2.40; doz. ears, 25c Gentry Early Market. A large-eared, quick-maturing, flinty white corn, making good roasting-ears to come in after Early Adams. Aside from its worth as a table eorn, it possesses merits of high order as a field variety, especially on light soils and thin land. It grows and matures very rapidly, making it valuable to plant early for market or home use, or to plant late, after it is too late to plant other varieties. Pkt. 5c; pt. 10c; qt. 15c.; peck, 50c; bushel, $1.60: doz. ears, 25c. Rare Ripe, or Long White Flint. Known in some sec- tions as the Hominy Corn, and is one of the best sorts for this purpose. The ears are long, and being of very quick growth is desirable for second early market for roasting-ears. Pkt. 5c.; pt. 10c.; qt. 15c; peck, 50c.; bushel, $1.60: doz. ears, 25c. Extra Early Cory. This is the earliest of the sweet corns. The ears, while not as large as the later sorts, are very sweet, and of the best quality. Pkt. 5c; qt. 20c; peck, 90c. Early Minnesota. One of the earliest of the sugar corns. Of dwarf habit; ears of fair size; very sweet and tender. Pkt 5c; qt. 20c: peck, 90c Black Mexican, One of the sweetest and most delicious flavored of the sugar corns. Of quick maturity. Pkt. 5c: qt. 20c; peck, 90c Crosby's Early Sweet. An excellent early variety. Ears of good size and very sweet. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c.; peck, 90c; bushel, $3.00. Country Gentleman. Although a comparatively new variety, its many good qualities have brought it rapidly Into favor. The ears are not only of good size, but are produced in great abundance, frequently yielding three or four good ears to the stalk. Its table qualities are unsurpassed. Pkt. 5c; qt. 20c; peck, 90c; bus. $3. Triumph Sugar. The earliest of the large varieties; very prolific and sweet; intermediate between the preceding variety and StowelPs Evergreen. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c; peck, 75c.; bushel, $2.75. Egyptian. A splendid sort both for table and market, also largely used for canning. The ears are large and exceptionally sw.-H and rich. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c.; peck, 75c; bushel, $2.75; doz. ears, 35c. StowelPs Evergreen. This has long been a great favorite. Its strong point is that it will remain in the green state longer than any other sort. Very tender and sugary. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c; peck, 75c- bushel $2.50; doz. ears, 35c. 9 Early Mammoth. Closely resemU.v- the Late Mammoth, but is a little smaller, and about two weeks earlier. Of good size and quality. Pkt. 5c; qt. 20c; peck, 75c; bushel, $2.75. Late riammoth Sugar. This is the latest but largest of all the sugar corns. The ears grow to an im mense size, and are of fine quality and flavor. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c; peck, 75c.; bush. $2.75 ; doz. ears 40c
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